Posts Tagged ‘1950s’

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?

The Lost City (2005)

Monday, November 26th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Inés Sastre | Tomas Milian | Richard Bradford | Nestor Carbonell | Enrique Murciano | Dominik García-Lorido | Dustin Hoffman | Bill Murray | Lorena Feijóo | Steven Bauer | Juan Fernández | Jsu Garcia | William Marquez | Julio Oscar Mechoso
Directors: Andy Garcia
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In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950’s, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro’s regime ultimately leads the nightclub owner to flee to New York.

Where the Truth Lies (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada | UK
Actors: Kevin Bacon | Colin Firth | Alison Lohman | David Hayman | Rachel Blanchard | Maury Chaykin | Sonja Bennett | Kristin Adams | Deborah Grover | Beau Starr | Arsinée Khanjian | Gabrielle Rose | Don McKellar | David Hemblen | John Moraitis
Directors: Atom Egoyan
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A female journalist tries to uncover the truth behind the breakup, years earlier, of a celebrated comedy team after the duo found a girl dead in their hotel room. Though both had airtight alibis and neither was accused, the incident put an end to their act.

Walk the Line (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix | Reese Witherspoon | Ginnifer Goodwin | Robert Patrick | Dallas Roberts | Dan John Miller | Larry Bagby | Shelby Lynne | Tyler Hilton | Waylon Payne | Shooter Jennings | Sandra Ellis Lafferty | Dan Beene | Clay Steakley | Johnathan Rice
Directors: James Mangold
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While growing up in the Great Depression era, Johnny Cash(Joaquin Phoenix) takes an interest in music and eventually moves out of his Arkansas town to join the air force in Germany. While there, he buys his first guitar and writes his own music, and proposes to Vivian. When they got married, they settled in Tennessee and with a daughter, he supported the family by being a salesman. He discovers a man who can pursue his dreams and ends up getting a record with the boys. Shortly after that, he was on a short tour, promoting his songs, and meets the already famous and beautiful June Carter(Reese Witherspoon). Then as they get on the long-term tours with June, the boys, and Jerry Lee Lewis, they have this unspoken relationship that grows. But when June leaves the tour because of his behavior, he was a drug addict. His marriage was also falling apart, and when he sees June years later at an awards show, he forces June to tour with them again, promising June to support her two kids and herself. While the tour goes on, the relationship between June and John grow more,and his marriage to his first wife ends. June finds out about the drugs, and help him overcome it. True love and care helped John eventually stop the drug usage, and finally proposes to her in front of an audience at a show.

Cry-Baby (1990)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | Amy Locane | Susan Tyrrell | Polly Bergen | Iggy Pop | Ricki Lake | Traci Lords | Kim McGuire | Darren E. Burrows | Stephen Mailer | Kim Webb | Alan J. Wendl | Troy Donahue | Mink Stole | Joe Dallesandro
Directors: John Waters
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Allison is a “square” good girl who has decided she wants to be bad and falls hard for Cry-Baby Walker, a Greaser (or “Drape” in John Waters parlance). Spoofing Elvis movies and Juvenile Delinquency scare films of the ’50s, this movie follows the adventures of Cry-Baby who, though he is sent to juvie, is determined to cross class (and taste) boundaries to get Allison back.

Hollywoodland (2006)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | History | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Adrien Brody | Diane Lane | Ben Affleck | Bob Hoskins | Robin Tunney | Larry Cedar | Jeffrey DeMunn | Brad William Henke | Dash Mihok | Molly Parker | Caroline Dhavernas | Kathleen Robertson | Joe Spano | Gareth Williams | Zach Mills
Directors: Allen Coulter
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An exploration of fame and identity, inspired by one of Hollywood’s most infamous real-life mysteries. June 16, 1959. The glamour of Tinseltown permanently fades for actor George Reeves, the heroic Man of Steel on TV’s Adventures of Superman, as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home. Felled by a single gunshot wound, Reeves leaves behind a fiancée - aspiring starlet Leonore Lemmon - and millions of fans who are shocked by his death. But it is his grieving mother, Helen Bessolo, who will not let the questionable circumstances surrounding his demise go unaddressed. Helen seeks justice, or at least answers. The Los Angeles Police Department closes the case, but Helen hires - for $50 a day - private detective Louis Simo. Simo soon ascertains that the torrid affair Reeves had with Toni Mannix, the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix, might hold the key to the truth. But truth and justice are not so easily found in Hollywood. Simo pursues dangerous and elusive leads in both high and low places and, in trying to turn up the heat, risks getting burned. The detective also uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns more personal and he learns more about Reeves himself. Behind the icon was a complex man who gave his life to Hollywood in more ways than one.

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.

Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: David Strathairn | Robert Downey Jr. | Patricia Clarkson | Ray Wise | Frank Langella | Jeff Daniels | George Clooney | Tate Donovan | Thomas McCarthy | Matt Ross | Reed Diamond | Robert John Burke | Grant Heslov | Alex Borstein | Rose Abdoo
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In the early 1950’s, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator ‘Joseph McCarthy (II)’ (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter ‘Edward R. Murrow (I)’ (qv) and his producer ‘Fred W. Friendly’ (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history.