Posts Tagged ‘price-of-fame’

Fame (1980)

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Barth, Eddie | Cara, Irene | Curreri, Lee | Dean, Laura | Franceschi, Antonia | Gaines, Boyd | Hague, Albert | Hughes, Tresa | Inwood, Steve | McCrane, Paul | Meara, Anne | Merlin, Joanna | Miller, Barry | Moody, Jim | Ray, Gene Anthony
Directors: Parker, Alan
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At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, etc. This movie follows four students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. They are the brazen Coco Hernandez, shy Doris Finsecker, sensitive gay Montgomery MacNeil, and brash, abrasive Raul Garcia.

Citizen Kane (1941)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Cotten, Joseph | Comingore, Dorothy | Moorehead, Agnes | Warrick, Ruth | Collins, Ray | Sanford, Erskine | Sloane, Everett | Alland, William | Stewart, Paul | Coulouris, George | Bonanova, Fortunio | Schilling, Gus | Van Zandt, Philip | Backus, Georgia | Shannon, Harry
Directors: Welles, Orson
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Considered by many to be the best film ever made, this is the story of Charles Foster Kane. The film opens with a long shot of Xanadu - the private estate of one of the world’s richest men. In the middle of the estate is a castle. We see, inside the castle, a dying man examining a winter scene within a crystal ball. As he drops it, it smashes, and one word is heard - “Rosebud…” What follows are pieces of newsreel-like footage detailing how Kane amassed his fortune, and turning around full circle at the end.

My Favorite Year (1982)

Monday, December 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: O'Toole, Peter | Linn-Baker, Mark | Harper, Jessica | Bologna, Joseph | Macy, Bill | Kazan, Lainie | De Salvo, Anne | Hoffman, Basil | Jacobi, Lou | Green, Adolph | DiBenedetto, Tony | Wyner, George | Diamond, Selma | Mitchell, Cameron | Neumann, Jenny
Directors: Benjamin, Richard
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It’s 1950’s New York and the age of live television. Benjy Stone is a young writer on a major comedy-variety show. He is assigned to chaperon that week’s guest Alan Swann, a faded movie-star and renowned womanizer and drinker. Benjy’s job is to try and keep Swann sober and above all else, make sure he shows up for the live broadcast on Saturday evening. Benjy and Swann have a number of adventures throughout the week, including dinner with Benjy’s somewhat eccentric family. In the end, both learn lessons in life from the other.

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.

Valley of the Dolls (1967)

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Parkins, Barbara | Duke, Patty | Burke, Paul | Tate, Sharon | Scotti, Tony | Milner, Martin | Drake, Charles | Davion, Alexander | Grant, Lee | Stevens, Naomi | Harris, Robert H. | Susann, Jacqueline | Viharo, Robert | Bishop, Joey | Jessel, George
Directors: Robson, Mark
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Anne Welles, a bright, brash young New England college grad leaves her Peyton Place-ish small town and heads for Broadway, where she hopes to find an exciting job and sophisticated men. During her misadventures in Manhattan and, later, Hollywood, she shares experiences with two other young hopefuls: Jennifer North, a statuesque, Monroe-ish actress who wants to be accepted as a human being, but is regarded as a sex object by all the men she meets, and Neely O’Hara, a talented young actress who’s accused of using devious means by a great older star (Helen Lawson) to reach the top, pulling an “All About Eve”-type deception in order to steal a good role away from her.

Purple Rain (1984)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Prince | Kotero, Apollonia | Day, Morris | Karlatos, Olga | Williams III, Clarence | Benton, Jerome | Sparks, Billy | Jones, Jill | Huntsberry, Charles | Dickerson, Dez | Bennett, Brenda | Moonsie, Susan | Gershman, Sandra Claire | Upsher, Kim | Leeds, Alan
Directors: Magnoli, Albert
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A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn’t all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father’s self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.