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October 22nd, 2014: Rebecca (1940)

Oct22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Romance, The Original, Thriller Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Effects-Best Special Effects Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, C. Aubrey Smith, Daphne du Maurier, David O. Selznick, George Sanders, Gothic, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, Laurence Olivier, Leo G. Carroll, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, Selznick International Pictures, United Artists

August 27th, 2014: There Will Be Blood

Aug27 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Indy, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing, California, capitalists, Christian fundamentalists, Ciaran Hinds, con artist, Daniel Day-Lewis, deaf people, minister, Miramax, oil, Paramount Vantage, Paul Dano, Paul Thomas Anderson, prospectors

July 30th, 2014: The Last Picture Show (1971)

Jul30 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Coming of Age, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original Tagged Ben Johnson, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Cloris Leachman, Clu Gulager, Columbia Pictures, Cybill Shepard, Eileen Brennan, Ellen Burstyn, Frank Marshall, Jeff Bridges, Larry McMurty, Peter Bogdanovich, Randy Quaid, Sam Bottoms, teens, Texas, Timothy Bottoms

June 12th: Cidade de Deus aka City of God (2002)

Jun12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Alice Braga, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Brazil, brothers, co-production, double cross, drug dealers, drugs, favelas, Fernando Meirelles, France, insanity, it's not over, revenge, Rio De Janerio, Seu Jorge, slums, street gang, teens

May 22nd, 2014: Sleuth (1972)

May22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Crime, Drama, Heist, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller Tagged battle of wits, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Britain, class issues, clowns, co-production, country estate, double cross, double nominee, gimmick, hairdresser, it's not over, jilted lover, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, mystery writer, Palomar Pictures, prejudice, thief, twist, writer

April 28th, 2014: American Hustle

Apr28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Con, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged 1970s, Abscam, adultery, Amy Adams, Anthony Zerbe, Atlantic City, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Production Design Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Camden, Christian Bale, Colleen Camp, Columbia Pictures, con, con artist, Danny Elfman, disco, double cross, dry cleaner, FBI, homage, informant, insanity, it's not over, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Long Island, Louis C. K., Mafia, New Jersey, New York City, overbearing mother, Robert De Niro, twist

April 26th, 2014: Being John Malkovich

Apr26 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged Best Director Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Charlie Kaufman, Charlie Sheen, David Fincher, head film, John Cusack, John Malkovich, mind transferrence, New York City, Octavia Spencer, office building, Orson Bean, puppeteer, Spike Jonze

April 23rd, 2014: Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Apr23 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance, Tragedy Tagged Best Cinematography, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Britain, co-production, Dino De Laurentiis, duel, feuding families, Franco Zeffirelli, Italy, Michael York, Milo O'Shea, monks, nurse, poison, Renaissance, teens, Verona, William Shakespeare

March 29th, 2014: Apocalypse Now (1979)

Mar29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Independent, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, boat, Colleen Camp, Dennis Hopper, Francis Ford Coppola, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, John Milius, Joseph Conrad, journey, Laurence Fishburne, Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Philippines, R. Lee Emery, river, Robert Duvall, Sam Bottoms, Scott Glen, United Artists, USO, Vietnam, war is hell, Zoetrope Studios

March 27th, 2014: Pulp Fiction

Mar27 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Indy, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged A Band Apart, Amanda Plummer, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, boxing, Bruce Willis, children of famous people, Christopher Walken, Danny DeVito, Eric Stoltz, Frank Whaley, Harvey Keitel, hit man, homage, John Travolta, Joseph Pilato, Julia Sweeney, Kathy Griffin, Miramax, non-linear timeline, Quentin Tarantino, robbery, Roger Avary, Rosanna Arquette, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames

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