Posts Tagged ‘based-on-play’

Bronx Tale, A (1993)

Monday, September 29th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Palminteri, Chazz | Brancato, Lillo | Capra, Francis | Hicks, Taral | Narducci, Kathrine | Caserta, Clem | Sauchelli Jr., Alfred | Pietrangolare, Frank | Pesci, Joe | D'Andrea, Robert | Montanaro, Eddie | Fischer, Fred | Salerno, Dave | D'Onofrio, Joe
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Gangster Sonny is the big man in Calogero’s Bronx neighborhood. A shooting witnessed by Calogero is the starting point of a lasting bond between the gangster and the small boy. Father (bus driver Lorenzo), however, disap- proves. Calogero grows up under the wings of both men, torn between his own natural honesty and his fascination with Sonny. C’s neighborhood cronies get involved in theft, use of guns, racial fights. When C meets girl, things don’t become easier. C’s leap to manhood is marked by tragedy, but also by his recognition of the many faces of love.

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

Friday, August 8th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Cumming, Alan | Ventresca, Vincent | Theroux, Justin | Vargas, Jacob | Dickson, Neil | Callahan, E.J. | Phifer, Zack | Goldin, Ricky Paull | Skyler, Robb | D, Deezer | Rogers, Kivi | McGregor, Brian | Wilson, Victor | Keeley, Paul | Pasqualone, Rick
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Romy and Michele are two former schoolmates who have also been roommates for ten years after the time they graduated, and their lives are far from successful, they can’t even get a date. As the 10-year class reunion approaches they try to do something to make an impression on other former schoolmates and finally decide to act as though they are very rich business women who invented Post-Its.

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: River Phoenix | Reeves, Keanu | Russo, James | Richert, William | Harvey, Rodney | Parker, Michael | Flea | Troupe, Tom | Kier, Udo | Pitchlynn, Robert Lee | Cottrell, Mickey | Evans, Wade | Ebert, Matthew | Green, Scott Patrick | Cramer, Tom
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Surreal character study focusing on the friendship between two male hustlers, Mike and Scott, in Portland, Oregon. They live on the streets, do drugs, and sell themselves to men and women. Mike is quiet, gay and suffers from narcolepsy. Abandoned as a child, he is obsessed with finding his long-lost mother. Scott is the rebellious son of a high-ranking family, who lives this life mostly to embarrass his father. Mike is in love with Scott, who still maintains he is straight and insists that his wild lifestyle on the streets is only temporary. Together, they embark on a quest to find Mike’s mother, traveling from Portland to Idaho to Italy, with Scott picking up a beautiful girl along the way.

Sunshine Boys, The (1975)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthau, Walter | Burns, George | Benjamin, Richard | Abraham, F. Murray | Hesseman, Howard | Cranna, James | Rifkin, Ron | Feld, Fritz | Bernardi, Jack | Morales, Santos | Hahn, Archie | Gould, Sid | Spratley, Tom | Smith, Sammy | Resin, Dan
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Al Lewis and Willy Clark were once a popular vaudeville comedy team called Lewis and Clark, also known as The Sunshine Boys. After forty-three years as a team, they parted company over eleven years prior on not too friendly terms as Willy wanted to continue his career whereas Al wanted to retire. They have not spoken since. Willy’s nephew, Ben - a talent agent - has been trying to find acting jobs for his uncle since with little success as Willy’s age and declining ability is showing. But a lucrative opportunity comes up when one of the major networks is producing and airing a special on the history of comedy, and want The Sunshine Boys to appear. Ben has to try and convince the comedy team to reunite for just this one gig. Ben has to try and manage the individual quirks and personalities of each of The Sunshine Boys while putting on a good face to the network that there is harmony within The Sunshine Boys comedy team. Ben also has to manage the lives of two men in the twilight of their lives.

We’re No Angels (1989)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Penn, Sean | Axton, Hoyt | Kirby, Bruno | McAnally, Ray | Russo, James | Shawn, Wallace | Reilly, John C. | Brazeau, Jay | Buhay, Ken | Murdoch, Bill | Turner, Frank C. | Walker, Matthew | Hoy, Sean | Berry, Lloyd
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A couple of escaped convicts on the run find refuge with the Church when they are mistaken for two priests. The two are keen to flee but are unable to do so without the help of Molly.

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Italy | UK
Actors: Whiting, Leonard | Hussey, Olivia | McEnery, John | O'Shea, Milo | Heywood, Pat | Stephens, Robert | York, Michael | Robinson, Bruce | Hardwick, Paul | Parry, Natasha | Pierfederici, Antonio | Ruspoli, Esmeralda | Bisacco, Roberto | Holder, Roy | Skinner, Keith
Directors: Zeffirelli, Franco
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Shakespeare’s classic tale of romance and tragedy. Two families of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, have been feuding with each other for years. Young Romeo Montague goes out with his friends to make trouble at a party the Capulets are hosting, but while there he spies the Capulet’s daughter Juliet, and falls hopelessly in love with her. She returns his affections, but they both know that their families will never allow them to follow their hearts.

North to Alaska (1960)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Wayne, John | Granger, Stewart | Kovacs, Ernie | Fabian | Shaughnessy, Mickey | Swenson, Karl | Sawyer, Joe | Qualen, John | Adams, Stanley | Bailey, Mark | Barnes, Rayford | Beregi Jr., Oscar | Bourne, Peter | Carney, Alan | Collier, Richard
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Sam (John Wayne) and George (Stewart Granger) strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George’s fiance back to Alaska. Sam finds she is already married, and returns instead with Angel (Capucine). Sam, after trying to get George and Angel together, finally romances Angel, who, in the meantime, is busy fighting off the advances of George’s younger brother, Billy (Fabian). Frankie (Ernie Kovacs) is a con man trying to steal the partner’s gold claim.

Little Voice (1998)

Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Blethyn, Brenda | Horrocks, Jane | McGregor, Ewan | Jackson, Philip | Badland, Annette | Caine, Michael | Broadbent, Jim | Fogerty, Adam | Welsh, James | Gregory, Karen | Feast, Fred | Turner, Graham | Oliver, George | Tracy, Virgil | Van Winkle, Dick
Directors: Herman, Mark
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After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV (played by Jane Horrocks) becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father’s collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother’s boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.

Edmond (2005)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Macy, William H. | Bay, Frances | Pidgeon, Rebecca | Mantegna, Joe | Richards, Denise | Thompson, Wendy | Guastaferro, Vincent | Bai, Ling | Landers, Matt | Hill, Dulé | Hornsby, Russell | Hodge, Aldis | Mazar, Debi | Suvari, Mena | Combs, Jeffrey
Directors: Gordon, Stuart
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A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller’s for a Tarot reading: “You are not where you belong,” she tells him. That evening he quits his marriage and walks the streets of New York, passing from a classy bar to a gentleman’s club, then to a high-class bordello, a mugging, a pawnshop, and a diner where someone does listen. He shares his insights with her and later with others. Violence, disappointment, and musings entwine as Edmond loses his moorings while believing he’s found them. Where does he belong?

Cabaret (1972)

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Minnelli, Liza | York, Michael | Griem, Helmut | Joel Grey | Wepper, Fritz | Berenson, Marisa | Neumann-Viertel, Elisabeth | Vita, Helen | von Richthofen, Sigrid | Vespermann, Gerd | Wolter, Ralf | Hartmann, Georg | Renée, Ricky | Nachama, Estrongo | Doby, Kathryn
Directors: Fosse, Bob
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Sally Bowles, an American singer in 1930s Berlin, fall in love with bi-sexual Brian. They are both then seduced by Max, a rich playboy. Sally becomes pregnant, and Brian offers to marry her… All the characters are linked by the Kit-Kat club, a nightspot where Sally sings.