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December 22nd, 2014: The Day of the Locust (1975)

Dec22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Tragedy Tagged "simple" people, annoying children, behind the scenes, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Billy Barty, Bo Hopkins, brothel, Burgess Meredith, California, child killer, cock fight, cuckold, Dennis Dugan, Donald Sutherland, Geraldine Page, Great Depression, hallucinations, Hollywood, insanity, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hillerman, Karen Black, Los Angeles, mob, Nathaneal West, Paramount Pictures, Pepe Serna, prostitutes, Richard Dysart, riot, travelling salesman, Vaudville, William Atherton, William Castle

February 28th, 2014: The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Feb28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged acting family, actress, alcoholic, Barbara Billingsley, behind the scenes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, director, double cross, fading star, Francis X. Bushman, Gilbert Roland, Hollywood, John Houseman, Leo G. Carroll, MGM, movie stars, Paul Stewart, producer, sleazy movie producer, Vincente Minnelli, writer

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

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Play, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film 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

October 10th, 2012: Noises Off…

Oct10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Workplace Tagged Amblin Entertainment, behind the scenes, Broadway, Carol Burnett, children of famous people, Denholm Elliott, Frank Marshall, John Ritter, Julie Hagerty, Marilu Henner, Mark Linn-Baker, Miami, Michael Caine, New York City, Nicolette Sheridan, Peter Bogdanovich, theater, Touchstone Pictures

June 6th, 2012: Targets (1968)

Jun6 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Drama, Horror, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged as himself, before they were famous, behind the scenes, Boris Karloff, cult, Drive-In, Frank Marshall, homage, horror star, Laszlo Kovacs, low-budget, mass murderer, mass shooting, matricide, meta, Mike Farrell, Paramount Pictures, patricide, Peter Bogdanovich, Roger Corman, Samuel Fuller, sniper, The Real Don Steele, Vietnam veterans

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