Posts Tagged ‘based-on-book’

Field of Dreams (1989)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Costner, Kevin | Madigan, Amy | Hoffmann, Gaby | Liotta, Ray | Busfield, Timothy | Jones, James Earl | Lancaster, Burt | Whaley, Frank | Brown, Dwier | Andelin, James | Kean, Mary Anne | Persons, Fern | Coffield, Kelly | Milhoan, Michael | Eastin, Steve
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson
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Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn field tell him, “If you build it, he will come.” He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field.

Guys and Dolls (1955)

Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Brando, Marlon | Simmons, Jean | Sinatra, Frank | Blaine, Vivian | Keith, Robert | Kaye, Stubby | Pully, B.S. | Silver, Johnny | Leonard, Sheldon | Dayton, Danny | Stone, George E. | Toomey, Regis | Givney, Kathryn | Borg, Veda Ann | Hokanson, Mary Alan
Directors: Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
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All the hot gamblers are in town, and they’re all depending on Nathan Detroit to set up this week’s incarnation of “The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York”; the only problem is, he needs $1000 to get the place. Throw in Sarah Brown, who’s short on sinners at the mission she runs; Sky Masterson, who accepts Nathan’s $1000 bet that he can’t get Sarah Brown to go with him to Havana; Miss Adelaide, who wants Nathan to marry her; Police Lieutenant Brannigan, who always seems to appear at the wrong time; and the music/lyrics of Frank Loesser, and you’ve got quite a musical. Includes the songs: Fugue for Tinhorns, “Luck Be a Lady”, “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat”.

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Topol | Crane, Norma | Frey, Leonard | Picon, Molly | Mann, Paul | Harris, Rosalind | Marsh, Michele | Small, Neva | Glaser, Paul Michael | Lovelock, Ray | Edwards, Elaine | Bonstein, Candy | Ruskin, Shimen | Scooler, Zvee | Zorich, Louis
Directors: Jewison, Norman
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Film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem. Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia, coping with the day-to-day problems of ’shtetl’ life, his Jewish traditions, his family (wife and daughters), and state-sanctioned pogroms.

Rascal (1969)

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Forrest, Steve | Mumy, Bill | Toll, Pamela | Lanchester, Elsa | Jones, Henry | Ackerman, Bettye | Daly, Jonathan | Fiedler, John | Erdman, Richard | Anderson, Herbert | Emhardt, Robert | Carlson, Steve | Pidgeon, Walter | Prickett, Maudie
Directors: Tokar, Norman
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A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely boy. He becomes the boy’s only companion during his father’s frequent absences. Because of Rascal, both father and son realize their responsibility to each other.

Duchess, The (2008)

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: France | Italy | UK
Actors: Knightley, Keira | Fiennes, Ralph | Rampling, Charlotte | Cooper, Dominic | Atwell, Hayley | McBurney, Simon | McArdle, Aidan | Shrapnel, John | Petrie, Alistair | Godfrey, Patrick | Medwin, Michael | Edwards, Justin | McCabe, Richard | Dean, Calvin | Stokely, Hannah
Directors: Dibb, Saul
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A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Reach for the Sky (1956)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | War
Countries: UK
Actors: More, Kenneth | Pavlow, Muriel | Brook, Lyndon | Patterson, Lee | Knox, Alexander | Alison, Dorothy | Warre, Michael | Tafler, Sydney | Marion-Crawford, Howard | Watling, Jack | Green, Nigel | Leon, Anne | Carson, Charles | Adam, Ronald | Hudd, Walter
Directors: Gilbert, Lewis
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The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.

Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A (2006)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Wiest, Dianne | Downey Jr., Robert | LaBeouf, Shia | Diaz, Melonie | Garro, Julia | Hendricks, Eleonore | Scarimbolo, Adam | Tambakis, Peter Anthony | Tatum, Channing | Tirado, Anthony | Rosado, Erick | Payne, Steve | Palminteri, Chazz | Feldman, Tibor | Compston, Martin
Directors: Montiel, Dito
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Dito, a writer in L.A., goes home to Astoria, Queens, after a 15-year absence when his mother calls to say his father’s ill. In a series of flashbacks we see the young Dito, his parents, his four closest friends, and his girl Laurie, as each tries to navigate family, race, loyalty, sex, coming of age, violence, and wanting out. A ball falls onto the subway tracks at a station, small things get out of hand. Can Dito go home again?

Shrek the Halls (2007)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Myers, Mike | Murphy, Eddie | Diaz, Cameron | Banderas, Antonio | Cameron, Cody | Fitzer, Susan | Knights, Christopher | Vernon, Conrad | Warner, Aron | Winokur, Marissa Jaret | Bakshi, Miles Christopher | Bakshi, Nina Zoe | Hauser, Dante James
Directors: Trousdale, Gary
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This half-hour animated TV special features the Shrek characters putting their own spin on holiday traditions.

Raging Bull (1980)

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Moriarty, Cathy | Pesci, Joe | Vincent, Frank | Colasanto, Nicholas | Saldana, Theresa | Gallo, Mario | Adonis, Frank | Bono, Joseph | Topham, Frank | Flax, Lori Anne | Scorsese, Charles | Dunphy, Don | Hanrahan, Bill | Bennett, Rita
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he’s a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he’s a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family’s love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it’s his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.

Bluetoes, the Christmas Elf (1988)

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family
Countries: Canada
Actors: Broadfoot, Dave | Jones, Polly | Bradford, James | Finestone, Jennifer | Jones, Rick | MacCormack, Anna | Mulroney, Ben | O'Reilly, Michael
Directors: Casey, Mik
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Blutoes the Christmas elf is a wonderful story about an elf who does not fit in with the others; his only real friend is a penguin. On Christmas Eve, Blutoes sneaks onto Santa’s sleigh so that he can see his penguin friend home safely. Bluetoes goes into to a house to keep warm while waiting for Santa. In this house there is a little boy and a little girl who are too poor to even have stockings, so Bluetoes takes of his socks, hangs them up as stockings and fills them with toys. Bluetoes is waiting outside for Santa in his bare feet, his toes turn blue and that it is why they call him Bluetoes.