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May 4th, 2013: Frost/Nixon (2008)

May4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Period Film, Drama, Adaptation, "Based on a True Story", Based on a Play, Movie of the Day Tagged behind the scenes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Clint Howard, double cross, former child stars, Frank Langella, Hans Zimmer, Imagine Entertainment, interview, Kevin Bacon, less famous parents, less famous siblings, Michael Sheen, Oliver Platt, Oscar bait, Patty McCormack, President of the United States, Rance Howard, Relativity Media, Richard Nixon, Ron Howard, Sam Rockwell, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

February 4th, 2013: The Social Network (2010)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Coming of Age, Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Atticus Ross, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Editing, Best Original Score, Best Picture Nominee, Brenda Song, David Fincher, Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara, Trent Reznor

December 24th, 2012: The Apartment (1960)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged adultery, affair, attempted suicide, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Billy Wilder, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Fred MacMurray, I.A.L. Diamond, Jack Lemmon, New Year's Eve, Ray Walston, Shirley MacLaine, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists

December 9th, 2012: Bulldog Drummond (1929)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Play, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller Tagged awful gay stereotypes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, gay sidekick, Great War veteran, Gregg Toland, Joan Bennett, kidnapping, Montagu Love, Pre-Code, Ronald Coleman, Samuel Goldwyn, Samuel Goldwyn Company, United Artists, veteran, yellow peril

November 13th, 2012: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged adultery, Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Britain, Canal+, Christmas Party, Ciaran Hinds, Cold War, Colin Firth, double agent, double cross, Gary Oldman, John Hurt, John Le Carre, Mark Strong, MI6, party, Soviet Union, Soviets, Stephen Graham, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson, Working Title Films

September 9th, 2012: Rocky (1976)

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Leave a comment Posted in Drama, Fight Film, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music Original Song Nominee, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Best Writing - Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nominee, Bill Conti, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, John G. Avildsen, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire

August 1st, 2012: True Grit (2010)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Remake, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged alcoholic, apprentice/mentor relationship, Barry Pepper, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing Nominee, Best Sound Mixing Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Carter Burwell, children of famous people, comedic alcoholic, Ethan Coen, Hailee Steinfeld, hanging, Indian Territory, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, Matt Damon, Paramount Pictures, Roger Deakins, Scott Rudin Productions, snakes, Steven Spielberg, teens, Texas Ranger, U.S. Marshall

May 31st, 2012: Unforgiven (1992)

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged alcoholic, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director, Best Picture, bounty hunters, Clint Eastwood, cowboys, Frances Fisher, Gene Hackman, gunfighter, Malpaso Productions, Morgan Freeman, prostitutes, reporter, Richard Harris, Saul Rubinek, Sharps Rifle, sharpshooters, sheriff, Warner Brothers

May 28th, 2012: Twelve O’Clock High (1949)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Air Operations, Based on a Book, Black and White, Campaign History, Drama, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged 20th Century Fox, B-17, Best Actor Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Recording, Best Supporting Actor, bombers, Darryl F. Zanuck, Dean Jagger, Gary Merrill, Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, stock footage, U.S. Army Air Force, World War Two, World War Two Veterans

April 11th, 2012: The Elephant Man (1980)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Anne Bancroft, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Britain, Brooksfilm, David Lynch, Dexter Fletcher, doctor, freaks, freakshow, Freddie Francis, Freddie Jones, John Gielgud, John Hurt, Kenny Baker, London, Mel Brooks, nthony Hopkins, Paramount Pictures, sideshow, Wendy Hiller

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