Posts Tagged ‘based-on-play’

Evita (1996)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Madonna | Antonio Banderas | Jonathan Pryce | Jimmy Nail | Victoria Sus | Julian Littman | Olga Merediz | Laura Pallas | Julia Worsley | María Luján Hidalgo | Servando Villamil | Andrea Corr | Peter Polycarpou | Gary Brooker | Maite Yerro
Directors: Alan Parker
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Based on the incredible true story, Eva (Evita) Peron, starts out life as a poor girl who goes on to become an actress and then become the wife of the president of Argentina, Juan Peron. The musical is a story of love and politics, showing all the battles and triumphs Evita has in her short, but amazing life.

Dracula (1979)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Horror | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Gary Oldman | Winona Ryder | Anthony Hopkins | Keanu Reeves | Richard E. Grant | Cary Elwes | Bill Campbell | Sadie Frost | Tom Waits | Monica Bellucci | Michaela Bercu | Florina Kendrick | Jay Robinson | I.M. Hobson | Laurie Franks
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola
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When a schooner is wrecked off Whitby the only survivor is Count Dracula who has arrived with large amounts of Transylvanian soil to take up residence in Carfax Abbey. He takes the life or Lucy, who is engaged to Dr. Seward, who runs the local asylum. Lucy’s friend Mina, and her fiancé Jonathan Harker, a solicitor, also make contact with Dracula. But almost immediately, Lucy dies from loss of blood, and just possibly this may not be a coincidence. The group calls on the aid of Prefessor Van Helsing, noted supernatural expert, and together they pursue the vampire.

Oscar (1991)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Peter Riegert | Chazz Palminteri | Joey Travolta | Paul Greco | Sylvester Stallone | Richard Foronjy | Yvonne De Carlo | Don Ameche | Richard Romanus | Arleen Sorkin | Eddie Bracken | Tony Munafo | Robert Lesser | Art LaFleur | Kurtwood Smith
Directors: John Landis
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Angelo “Snaps” Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise. He is faced with numerous problems: henchmen who know nothing but crime, the police who are convinced he is hatching a master plan, and Oscar, who has just got his daughter pregnant.

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow | Li Gong | Jay Chou | Ye Liu | Dahong Ni | Junjie Qin | Man Li | Jin Chen
Directors: Yimou Zhang
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China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor’s daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress’s health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor’s family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, Jiang Shi (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai’s loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.

West Side Story (1961)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Natalie Wood | Richard Beymer | Russ Tamblyn | Rita Moreno | George Chakiris | Simon Oakland | Ned Glass | William Bramley | Tucker Smith | Tony Mordente | David Winters | Eliot Feld | Bert Michaels | David Bean | Robert Banas
Directors: Jerome Robbins
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This movie transplants the classic tale of “Romeo and Juliet” to New York City in the 1950s. The two feuding families are replaced by brawling street gangs. The Montagues become the Anglo Jets, led by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), and the Capulets become the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo (George Chakiris). At a dance, Tony (Richard Beymer), former leader of the Jets and Riff’s best friend, and Maria (Natalie Wood), Bernardo’s little sister, see each other across the room and it’s love at first sight. With opposition from both sides, they meet secretly and their love grows deeper. However, the gangs are plotting one last rumble, a fight that will finally end the battle for control of the streets. Will Tony and Maria’s love carry through a battle that threatens to destroy the people they love around them? With a young, talented cast, a gorgeous score and dance sequences that need to be seen to believe, West Side Story is a must-see!

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Romance | War | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis | Madeleine Stowe | Russell Means | Eric Schweig | Jodhi May | Steven Waddington | Wes Studi | Maurice Roëves | Patrice Chéreau | Edward Blatchford | Terry Kinney | Tracey Ellis | Justin M. Rice | Dennis Banks | Pete Postlethwaite
Directors: Michael Mann
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In 18th century North America during the French and Indian War, a white man adopted by the last members of a dying tribe called the Mohicans unwittingly becomes the protector of the two daughters of a British colonel, who have been targeted by Magua, a sadistic and vengeful Huron warrior who has dedicated his life to destroying the girls’ father for a past injustice.

Macbeth (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Australia
Actors: Sam Worthington | Victoria Hill | Lachy Hulme | Gary Sweet | Steve Bastoni | Mick Molloy | Matt Doran | Damian Walshe-Howling | Jonny Pasvolsky | Rel Hunt | John Molloy | Miranda Nation | Chloe Armstrong | Kate Bell | Bob Franklin
Directors: Geoffrey Wright
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A contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” set in the ganglands of Melbourne.

Flyboys (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Jesse James | Reiley McClendon | Stephen Baldwin | Tom Sizemore | J. Todd Adams | Dallen Gettling | Jennifer Slimko | Robert Costanzo | Vince Cecere | Frank D'Amico | Harrison Young | Blaire Baron | Tommy Hinkley | Joanne Baron | Dylan Kasch
Directors: Rocco DeVilliers
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Two kids from a small town accidentally stow away aboard an airplane owned by the mob.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jane Russell | Marilyn Monroe | Charles Coburn | Elliott Reid | Tommy Noonan | George Winslow | Marcel Dalio | Taylor Holmes | Norma Varden | Howard Wendell | Steven Geray | Henri Letondal | Leo Mostovoy | Alex Frazer | George Davis
Directors: Howard Hawks
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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.

Desperate Hours (1990)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Mickey Rourke | Anthony Hopkins | Mimi Rogers | Lindsay Crouse | Kelly Lynch | Elias Koteas | David Morse | Shawnee Smith | Danny Gerard | Gerry Bamman | Matt McGrath | John Christopher Jones | Dean Norris | John Finn | Christopher Curry
Directors: Michael Cimino
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Michael Bosworth is a psychotic criminal who is about to go on trial however, he seduces his lawyer into helping him escape. But as they try to make their getaway, she’s left behind. He decides to wait for her to come to him, so he decides to hide at the house of the Cornells. Now it appears that the Cornells have problems of their own. The husband and wife are separated. And there’s an FBI agent after them who is using the lawyer to lead them to Bosworth.