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June 12th, 2013: The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Jun12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip Tagged "Are you a God?", "no man has lived to tell the tale", Afghanistan, Albert Moses, Alexander the Great, avalanche, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, British Army, British Empire, Christopher Plummer, Classical allusion, Classical Mythology, gods, husband and wife team, India, John Huston, journalist, less famous spouse, Martini Henry Rifle, Maurice Jarre, Michael Caine, mountains, natives, nepotism, pact, pith helmet, rope bridge, Rudyard Kipling, Saeed Jaffrey, Sean Connery, Shakira Caine, train, tribes

May 10th, 2013: Mary Poppins (1964)

May10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Book, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film Tagged "England", Alan Napier, annoying children, Arthur Malet, bank, banker, before they were famous, Best Actress, Best Adapted Score Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Effects Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, chimney sweep, comedic working class, David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke, Disney, Ed Wynn, Elsa Lanchester, feminist, Glynis Johns, Jane Darwell, Julie Andrews, live action combined with animation, Marnie Nixon, nanny, suffragettes, terrible accent, Walt Disney

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

March 9th, 2013: The Professionals (1966)

Mar9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Columbia Pictures, Conrad L. Hall, double cross, explosives, Hispanic-face, hostage, Jack Palance, kidnapping, Lee Marvin, Maurice Jarre, mercenary, Mexico, Pancho Villa, Ralph Bellamy, ransom, Robert Ryan, Texas, trackers, train, veteran, Woody Strode

January 21st, 2013: Hugo (2011)

Jan21 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Computer Animation, Drama, Event Film, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film Tagged Asa Butterfield, automaton, Ben Kingsley, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Brian Selznick, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, clockwork, dad bomb, Emily Mortimer, father-son relationship, film history, fire, George Melies, godfather, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, magician, Martin Scorces, orphan, Paramount Pictures, Paris, Ray Winstone, Sacha Baron Cohen, train station, uncle

December 8th, 2012: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Dec8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Canal+, car accident, coma, dream sequence, dream worlds, flashback, France, hospital, Julian Schnabel, Matthew Amalric, Max Von Sydow, paralysis

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

Nov13 by professormortis

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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

November 11th, 2012: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Nov11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Anti-War, Based on a Book, Black and White, Coming of Age, Drama, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, War Movies Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Picture, Carl Laemmle Jr., cursed objects, Edward L. Cahn, Erich Maria Remaque, French Army, George Cukor, German Army, Germany, Great War, hard ass seargant, horrors of war, hospital, Karl Freund, Lew Ayres, Lewis Milestone, Louis Wolheim, military training, teachers, Universal Pictures

October 19th, 2012: The Constant Gardener

Oct19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Espionage, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller Tagged "ripped from the headlines", activists, Africa, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actress, Bill Nighy, Britain, children of famous people, China, co-production, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, corruption, cover-up, Danny Huston, double cross, Fernando Meirelles, Focus Features, Germany, John Le Carre, Kenya, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, UK Film Council

October 11th, 2012: Out of Sight (1998)

Oct11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Albert Brooks, attempted rape, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, Barry Sonnenfeld, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, boxing, cash-in, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Detroit, Don Cheadle, double cross, Elmore Leonard, evil businessman, father, father-daugther relationship, FBI, Florida, George Clooney, Isaiah Washington, it's not over, Jennifer Lopez, Luis Guzman, Miami, Michael Keaton, Nancy Allen, prison break, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Zahn, Steven Soderbergh, U.S. Marshall, Universal Pictures, Ving Rhames

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