Posts Tagged ‘1870s’

Blueberry (2004)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Western
Countries: France | Mexico | USA
Actors: Vincent Cassel | Juliette Lewis | Michael Madsen | Temuera Morrison | Ernest Borgnine | Djimon Hounsou | Hugh O'Conor | Geoffrey Lewis | Nichole Hiltz | Kateri Walker | Vahina Giocante | Kestenbetsa | Tchéky Karyo | Eddie Izzard | Colm Meaney
Directors: Jan Kounen
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In the 1870’s, U.S Marshal Mike S. Blueberry tries to stop Wally Blount, the man who killed his girlfriend, from getting to a stockpile of gold hidden in Indian territory. On his way, he meets Prosit, a German villain on a persistent mission to find gold in the Superstition Mountains.

Citizen Kane (1941)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Joseph Cotten | Dorothy Comingore | Agnes Moorehead | Ruth Warrick | Ray Collins | Erskine Sanford | Everett Sloane | William Alland | Paul Stewart | George Coulouris | Fortunio Bonanova | Gus Schilling | Philip Van Zandt | Georgia Backus | Harry Shannon
Directors: Orson Welles
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Considered by many to be the best film ever made, this is the story of Charles Foster Kane. The film opens with a long shot of Xanadu - the private estate of one of the world’s richest men. In the middle of the estate is a castle. We see, inside the castle, a dying man examining a winter scene within a crystal ball. As he drops it, it smashes, and one word is heard - “Rosebud…” What follows are pieces of newsreel-like footage detailing how Kane amassed his fortune, and turning around full circle at the end.

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Monday, December 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Joseph Cotten | Dolores Costello | Anne Baxter | Tim Holt | Agnes Moorehead | Ray Collins | Erskine Sanford | Richard Bennett | Orson Welles | Edwin August | Jack Baxley | William Blees | Lyle Clement | Bobby Cooper | Don Dillaway
Directors: Fred Fleck
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The young, handsome, but somewhat wild Eugene Morgan wants to marry Isabel Amberson, daughter of a rich upper-class family, but she instead marries dull and steady Wilbur Minafer. Their only child, George, grows up a spoiled brat. Years later, Eugene comes back, now a mature widower and a successful automobile maker. After Wilbur dies, Eugene again asks Isabel to marry him, and she is receptive. But George resents the attentions paid to his mother, and he and his whacko aunt Fanny manage to sabotage the romance. A series of disasters befall the Ambersons and George, and he gets his come-uppance in the end.

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

Friday, September 5th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance
Countries: Germany | Ireland | UK | USA
Actors: John Cleese | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Kathy Bates | Jackie Chan | Steve Coogan | Robert Fyfe | Jim Broadbent | Ian McNeice | David Ryall | Roger Hammond | Adam Godley | Karen Mok | Howard Cooper | Daniel Hinchcliffe | Wolfram Teufel | Tom Strauss | Kit West | Ewen Bremner
Directors: Frank Coraci
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Based on the classic novel by Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days (2003) stars Jackie Chan as Passepartout. As an adventurer, Passepartout ends up accompanying time-obsessed English gentleman, Phileas Fogg (played by Steve Coogan) on a daring mission to journey around the world. Fogg has wagered with members of his London club that he can traverse the world in 80 days. Along the way, they encounter many interesting 19th Century figures and have many exciting and suspenseful situations in their voyage around the world.

Silk (2007)

Monday, August 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Canada | France | Italy | Japan | UK
Actors: Michael Pitt | Tony Vogel | Toni Bertorelli | Kenneth Welsh | Alfred Molina | Michael Golding | Carlo Cecchi | Marc Fiorini | Leslie Csuth | Toru Tezuka | Hiroya Morita | Akinori Ando | Jun Kunimura | Kanata Hongô | Kôji Yakusho
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Based on the Alessandro Baricco’s novel this is the story of a married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful Japanese woman, the concubine of a local baron, with whom he becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve’s wife Helene begins to suspect.

Kate & Leopold (2001)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Meg Ryan | Hugh Jackman | Liev Schreiber | Breckin Meyer | Natasha Lyonne | Bradley Whitford | Paxton Whitehead | Spalding Gray | Josh Stamberg | Matthew Sussman | Charlotte Ayanna | Philip Bosco | Andrew Jack | Stan Tracy | Kristen Schaal
Directors: James Mangold
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Kate and her actor brother live in N.Y. in the 21st Century. Her ex-boy friend, Stuart, lives above her apartment and finds this space near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. He goes back to the eighteen hundreds and takes pictures of the place. Leopold, a man living in the 1870’s, was puzzled by Stuart’s tiny camera and decides to follow him and they both ended up in this century. Leopold is clueless about his new surroundings. He gets help and insights from Charlie who thinks that Leopold is an actor who is always in character. Leopold is a highly intelligent man and tries his best to learn and even improve the modern conveniences that he encounters.

September Dawn (2006)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Western
Countries: Canada
Actors: Jon Voight | Trent Ford | Tamara Hope | Jon Gries | Taylor Handley | Huntley Ritter | Krisinda Cain | Shaun Johnston | Lolita Davidovich | Dean Cain | Terence Stamp | Carter Burns | Tom Carey | Geoff Erwin | Hal Kerbes
Directors: Christopher Cain
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A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which occurred in Utah in 1857. A group of settlers, traveling on wagons, was murdered by the native Mormons. All together, about 140 souls of men, women and children, were taken. Amidst this, two young lovers-to-be, one a Mormon and the other one of the doomed settlers from Arkansas, develop a relationship in an atmosphere of suspicion and rancor.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Brad Pitt | Mary-Louise Parker | Brooklynn Proulx | Dustin Bollinger | Casey Affleck | Sam Rockwell | Jeremy Renner | Sam Shepard | Garret Dillahunt | Paul Schneider | Joel McNichol | James Defelice | J.C. Roberts | Darrell Orydzuk | Jonathan Erich Drachenberg
Directors: Andrew Dominik
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Robert Ford, who’s idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

Young Guns II (1990)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Action | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Emilio Estevez | Kiefer Sutherland | Lou Diamond Phillips | Christian Slater | William Petersen | Alan Ruck | R.D. Call | James Coburn | Balthazar Getty | Jack Kehoe | Robert Knepper | Tom Kurlander | Viggo Mortensen | Leon Rippy | Tracey Walter
Directors: Geoff Murphy
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The movie begins with the aging Brushy Bill Roberts narrating his story to a young historian. His claim? He claims that he is the famous outlaw William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, who was supposedly shot and killed by Patrick Floyd Garrett in 1881. The old man gives a very convincing story on how he and Garrett, along with Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh, Chavez y Chavez, Doc Skurlock, and a few others led the outlaw life and avoided the law, as they were wanted men. Garrett, a friend of Billy’s, was paid by John Chisum, a cattle king, to eliminate Billy the Kid. So, Garrett and Ashmun Upson set out on a journey to find Billy the Kid.

Young Guns (1988)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Emilio Estevez | Kiefer Sutherland | Lou Diamond Phillips | Charlie Sheen | Dermot Mulroney | Casey Siemaszko | Terence Stamp | Jack Palance | Terry O'Quinn | Sharon Thomas | Geoffrey Blake | Alice Carter | Brian Keith | Thomas Callaway | Patrick Wayne
Directors: Christopher Cain
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1878 in New Mexico: John Tunstall picks up young gun men from the road to have them work on his ranch, but also to teach them reading and to civilize them. However he’s a thorn in the side of the rich rancher Murphy, as he’s a competitor in selling cattle. One day he’s shot by Murphy’s men. Judge Wilson can’t do anything, since Sheriff Brady is one of Murphy’s men. But attorney Alex persuades him to constitute Tunstall’s young friends to Deputies and give them warrants of arrest for the murderers. Instead of arresting them, William Bonney just shoots them down. Soon the 5 guys become famous and William gets the name “Billie the Kid” - but they’re also chased by dozens of Murphy’s men and the army. The people however honor him as fighter for justice.


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