Marilyn Monroe, in an early role, calls producers “unhappy rabbits,” a dismissal that’s indicative of the film’s attitude toward the theater.
All About Eve (1950): Satire, Starring Bette Davis, Became Gay Cult Classic, with Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
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All About Eve (1950): Mankiewicz’ Witty Satire, Starring Bette Davis in her Best (but Snubbed) Performance
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The 1950 Best Picture winner, All About Eve, starring Bette Davis in her most memorable part, was the first movie to be nominated for 14 Oscar awards.
1900: Bertolucci’s Ambitious Epic, Starring Brando, Burt Lancaster, De Niro (AMOUR)
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An ambitious historical epic, covering 70 years of life and social conflict in the Emilia region of Italy, 1900 had the misfortune of being released after Bertolucci made his masterpiece, “Last Tango in Paris,” the film that had established him as the most gifted directors in world cinema.
$ (aka Dollars): Richard Brooks’ Heist Movie, Starring Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Frobe, Robert Webber
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Marking a change of pace for director Richard Brooks, who’s better known for melodramas (Blackboard Jungle, Elmer Gantry), $ (aka Dollars), is a so-so heist picture.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: Kubrick’s Masterpiece from Film to Stage, Directed by Armando Iannucci and Starring Steve Coogan in Peyer Seller’s Oscar Nominated Role
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The ‘Veep’ and ‘Death of Stalin’ director is adapting Stanley Kubrick’s seminal nuclear war satire for the stage, with Coogan set to play multiple roles in the mode of ‘Strangelove’ star Peter Sellers.
