Irma la Douce. Irma la Douce is a 1963 romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, directed by Billy Wilder.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Is a 1966 American black comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. Searching for Bobby Fischer. Synopsis[edit] Josh Waitzkin's family discovers that he possesses a gift for chess and they seek to nurture it.
They hire a strict instructor, Bruce Pandolfini (played by Ben Kingsley) who aims to teach the boy to be as aggressive as chess legend Bobby Fischer. The title of the film is a metaphor about the character's quest to adopt the ideal of Fischer and his determination to win at any price. Josh is also heavily influenced by Vinnie, a speed chess hustler (Laurence Fishburne) whom he met in Washington Square Park. The two coaches differ greatly in their approaches to chess, and Pandolfini is upset that Josh continues to adopt the methods of Vinnie.
Cast[edit] Max Pomeranc as Josh WaitzkinJoe Mantegna as Fred WaitzkinJoan Allen as Bonnie WaitzkinBen Kingsley as Bruce PandolfiniLaurence Fishburne as VinnieMichael Nirenberg as Jonathan PoeRobert Stephens as Poe's teacherDavid Paymer as KalevHal Scardino as Morgan PehmeVasek Simek as "the man who beat Tal"William H. "Poe vs. 1... Amadeus (film) The Best Years of Our Lives. Plot[edit] Homer playing piano. Note the in-focus figure of Fred in the phone booth in the background, while maintaining clear focus on Homer, Butch, and Al, showing Gregg Toland's use of deep focus photography. Before the war, Fred had been an unskilled drugstore soda jerk. He wants something better, but the tight postwar job market forces him to return to his old job. Fred had met Marie (Virginia Mayo) while in flight training and married her shortly afterward, before shipping out less than a month later. Homer was a football quarterback and became engaged to Wilma (Cathy O'Donnell) before joining the Navy.
Peggy meets Fred while bringing her father home from a bar where the three men meet once again. At the drugstore, an obnoxious customer, who claims that the war was fought against the wrong enemies, gets into a fight with Homer. One evening, Wilma visits Homer and tells him that her parents want her to leave Boone City for an extended period to try to forget him. Hotel Rwanda. Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 American historical drama film directed by Terry George.
It was adapted from a screenplay written by both George and Keir Pearson. Based on real life events in Rwanda during the spring of 1994, the film stars Don Cheadle as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina, who attempts to rescue his fellow citizens from the ravages of the Rwandan Genocide. Sophie Okonedo and Nick Nolte also appear in principal roles.
The film, which has been called an African Schindler's List, documents Rusesabagina's acts to save the lives of his family and more than a thousand other refugees, by granting them shelter in the besieged Hôtel des Mille Collines.[3] Hotel Rwanda explores genocide, political corruption, and the repercussions of violence.[4] Hotel Rwanda premiered in theaters in limited release in the United States on December 22, 2004 and in wide release on February 4, 2005 grossing $23,530,892 in domestic ticket sales. Plot[edit] The African Queen (film) The African Queen has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1994, with the Library of Congress deeming it "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
The film currently holds a 100% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 37 reviews.[7] When Charlie warns them that war has broken out between Germany and Britain, the Sayers choose to stay on, only to witness the Germans burning down the mission village and herding the villagers away. When Samuel protests, he is beaten by a German soldier. After the Germans leave, Samuel becomes delirious with fever and soon dies. Charlie returns shortly afterward. The Piano. The Piano is a 1993 New Zealand romantic drama film about a mute pianist and her daughter, set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier backwater on the west coast of New Zealand.
The film was written and directed by Jane Campion, and stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin, in her first acting role. It features a score for the piano by Michael Nyman which became a best-selling soundtrack album. Hunter played her own piano pieces for the film, and also served as sign language teacher for Paquin, earning three screen credits. The film is an international co-production by Australian producer Jan Chapman with the French company Ciby 2000. Used People. Used People is a 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron.
The screenplay by Todd Graff, adapted from his 1988 off-Broadway play The Grandma Plays,[1] takes a humorous look at a highly dysfunctional family living in the New York City borough of Queens circa 1969. Strangely, despite being distributed by 20th Century Fox on its initial release in 1992, the movie was put on DVD on March 22, 2011 by Warner Bros. Pictures as part of their Warner Archive Collection. Plot synopsis[edit] Pearl Berman has just returned home from her husband Jack's funeral, her grief disrupted by her many relatives animatedly discussing which parkway offered the best route to the cemetery.
Into a household filled with kvetchers steps Joe Meledandri, a distinguished Italian who years ago met Pearl's wayward husband in a bar and convinced him to return to her. Principal cast[edit]