Posts Tagged ‘showgirl’

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.

Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Pitt, Brad | Parker, Mary-Louise | Proulx, Brooklynn | Bollinger, Dustin | Affleck, Casey | Rockwell, Sam | Renner, Jeremy | Shepard, Sam | Dillahunt, Garret | Schneider, Paul | McNichol, Joel | Defelice, James | Roberts, J.C. | Orydzuk, Darrell | Drachenberg, Jonathan Erich
Directors: Dominik, Andrew
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Robert Ford, who’s idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Russell, Jane | Monroe, Marilyn | Coburn, Charles | Reid, Elliott | Noonan, Tommy | Winslow, George | Dalio, Marcel | Holmes, Taylor | Varden, Norma | Wendell, Howard | Geray, Steven | Letondal, Henri | Mostovoy, Leo | Frazer, Alex | Davis, George
Directors: Hawks, Howard
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Lorelei and Dorothy are just “Two Little Girls from Little Rock”, lounge singers on a transatlantic cruise, working their way to Paris, and enjoying the company of any eligible men they might meet along the way, even though “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend.” Based on the Broadway musical based on the novel.

King Ralph (1991)

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Goodman, John | O'Toole, Peter | Hurt, John | Coduri, Camille | Griffiths, Richard | Phillips, Leslie | Villiers, James | Richardson, Joely | O'Brien, Niall | Glover, Julian | Parfitt, Judy | Stobart, Ed | Heller, Gedren | Walker, Rudolph | Johnson, Michael
Directors: Ward, David S.
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When an accident obliterates the British royal family and most of its branches, a desperate geneological search discovers the next king: Ralph, a sleazy American lounge singer. Can Ralph measure up to the job, even with the help of loyal aristocrat Willingham?