Posts Tagged ‘1950s’

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Al Pacino | Robert Duvall | Diane Keaton | Robert De Niro | John Cazale | Talia Shire | Lee Strasberg | Michael V. Gazzo | G.D. Spradlin | Richard Bright | Gastone Moschin | Tom Rosqui | Bruno Kirby | Frank Sivero | Francesca De Sapio
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola
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The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

The Producers (2005)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Nathan Lane | Matthew Broderick | Uma Thurman | Will Ferrell | Gary Beach | Roger Bart | Eileen Essell | Michael McKean | David Huddleston | Debra Monk | Andrea Martin | Jon Lovitz | Bryn Dowling | Meg Gillentine | Kevin Ligon
Directors: Susan Stroman
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New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he’s visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there’s no accounting for taste…

Fido (2006)

Friday, April 11th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada
Actors: Billy Connolly | Jan Skorzewski | Carrie-Anne Moss | Dylan Baker | Kevin Tyell | K'Sun Ray | Henry Czerny | Tim Blake Nelson | Sonja Bennett | Jennifer Clement | Raphael Kepinski | Aaron Brown | Brandon Olds | Alexia Fast | Bernard Cuffling
Directors: Andrew Currie
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Timmy Robinson’s best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when FIDO eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, “FIDO” will rip your heart out.

The Walker (2007)

Friday, April 11th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Woody Harrelson | Kristin Scott Thomas | Lauren Bacall | Ned Beatty | Moritz Bleibtreu | Mary Beth Hurt | Lily Tomlin | Willem Dafoe | William Hope | Geff Francis | Steven Hartley | Garrick Hagon | Michael J. Reynolds | Allen Lidkey | Stewart Alexander
Directors: Paul Schrader
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An escort (Harrelson) who caters to Washington D.C.’s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.

Porky’s (1982)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Dan Monahan | Mark Herrier | Wyatt Knight | Roger Wilson | Cyril O'Reilly | Tony Ganios | Kaki Hunter | Kim Cattrall | Nancy Parsons | Scott Colomby | Boyd Gaines | Doug McGrath | Susan Clark | Art Hindle | Wayne Maunder
Directors: Bob Clark
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The mother (and father) of all Teen Sex Gross Out comedies is set in the 1950’s where there’s only one thing on the male sex’s mind. Well, sex to be correct. We have PEE WEE: the horny toad that is desperate to lose his virginity. TOMMY: the bad boy of the bunch. MEAT: tough jock whose nickname originates from his abnormally large body appendage. MICKEY: a wiseass redneck without a care in all the universe. BRIAN: the smart Jew. And TIM: the racist giving talents of his abusive father. Each one takes a trip to PORKY’S, it’s the most popular strip joint in Florida. But when they try to get in, they’re tricked and humiliated. Returning home, they vow revenge. Following crazy sex jokes like Ms. Balbrick’s famous “Pecker Pull” incident, to the ultimate return fire on a strip club, PORKY’S is and will remain the grandest of all teenage comedies.

Stand by Me (1986)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Wil Wheaton | River Phoenix | Corey Feldman | Jerry O'Connell | Kiefer Sutherland | Casey Siemaszko | Gary Riley | Bradley Gregg | Jason Oliver | Marshall Bell | Frances Lee McCain | Bruce Kirby | William Bronder | Scott Beach | Richard Dreyfuss
Directors: Rob Reiner
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Unable to grasp the fact of his brother’s death, Gordie Lachance feels compelled to travel with three friends to see a dead body that has been found near the railroad tracks.

In Cold Blood (1967)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Robert Blake | Scott Wilson | John Forsythe | Paul Stewart | Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Jeff Corey | John Gallaudet | James Flavin | Charles McGraw | Will Geer | John McLiam | Ruth Storey | Brenda Currin | Paul Hough | Vaughn Taylor
Directors: Richard Brooks
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Truman Capote wrote the ‘non-fiction novel’ from which the film is drawn, using the novelist’s craft to render reality. The reality was that at two a.m. on November 15, 1959 in the rural town of Holcomb, Kansas, the four members of the Clutter family were roused from their sleep, bound and gagged, and then brutally murdered by two unknown assailants. After the latters’ capture, sentencing and imprisonment prior to execution, Capote researched the case thoroughly, spent weeks talking with the prisoners, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, jurors, police, friends and neighbors, trying to unearth why such a senseless act was committed, and what society’s response might have been.

Grease (1978)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: John Travolta | Olivia Newton-John | Stockard Channing | Jeff Conaway | Barry Pearl | Michael Tucci | Kelly Ward | Didi Conn | Jamie Donnelly | Dinah Manoff | Eve Arden | Frankie Avalon | Joan Blondell | Edd Byrnes | Sid Caesar
Directors: Randal Kleiser
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What, you haven’t seen it? Danny is the ‘coolest’ of the T Birds, a group of High School guys, they hang out with the Pink Ladies. Danny met Sandy during the summer holiday and now she’s moved to the area and to his school, Rydell High. Sandy doesn’t fit in with the ‘cool’ scene, and the Pink ladies, “Look at me I’m Sandra Dee, Blessed with my virginity” sings Rizzo, the Pink Ladies leader. A rival gang Scorpians want to race the T Birds car (”Go Greased Lightening …”). Also there’s a National Dance TV show coming to Rydall High … There are a couple of rival suitors to Sandy and Danny, to liven the relationship up. And ‘oh yes’ - Graduation.

Blow (2001)

Friday, January 18th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | Penélope Cruz | Franka Potente | Rachel Griffiths | Paul Reubens | Jordi Mollà | Cliff Curtis | Miguel Sandoval | Ethan Suplee | Ray Liotta | Kevin Gage | Max Perlich | Jesse James | Miguel Pérez | Dan Ferro
Directors: Ted Demme
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A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950’s. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George’s father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960’s, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960’s, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

Infamous (2006)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Sigourney Weaver | Toby Jones | Gwyneth Paltrow | Mark Rubin | Steve Schwelling | Glover Johns Gill | Rey Arteaga | Justin Sherburn | Andrew Halbreich | Juliet Stevenson | Michael Panes | Hope Davis | Frank G. Curcio | Sandra Bullock | Isabella Rossellini
Directors: Douglas McGrath
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On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?