Posts Tagged ‘theatrical-producer’

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Amy Adams | David Alexander | Clare Clifford | Christina Cole | Stephanie Cole | Beatie Edney | Shirley Henderson | CiarĂ¡n Hinds | Sarah Kants | Sally Leonard | Frances McDormand | Katy Murphy | Lee Pace | Tom Payne | Tim Potter
Directors: Bharat Nalluri
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Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.

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…

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Geoffrey Rush | Tom Wilkinson | Steve O'Donnell | Tim McMullen | Joseph Fiennes | Steven Beard | Antony Sher | Patrick Barlow | Martin Clunes | Sandra Reinton | Simon Callow | Judi Dench | Bridget McConnell | Georgie Glen | Nicholas Boulton
Directors: John Madden
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Romantic comedy set in London in the late 16th century: Young playwright William Shakespeare struggles with his latest work “Romeo and Ethel the Pirate’s Daughter”. A great fan of Shakespeare’s plays is young, wealthy Viola who is about to be married to the cold-hearted Lord Wessex, but constantly dreams of becoming an actress. Women were not allowed to act on stage at that time (female roles were played by men, too), but dressed up as a boy, Viola successfully auditions for the part of Romeo. Soon she and William are caught in a forbidden romance that provides rich inspiration for his play.