Oscar Movies: Ice Castles (1979)–Schmaltzy Romance Starring Robby Benson

This romantic tale, which reportedly inspired a generation of girls, gets a modernized update of the 1978 film. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment debuts the 2010 remake on DVD on February 9, 2010.
 

 

 

Oscar Movies: I Want You (1951)–Farley Granger in the Korean War

In this Cold War era Film, directed by Mark Robson, Farley Granger plays a high school grad who gets drafted intothe Korean War. He persuades his older brother (Dana Andrews), a WWII vet, that enlisting is the right thing to do. Simplistic and wearing it’s message on its sleeves, it was produced by Samuel Goldwyn, […]

Oscar Movies: I Wanted Wings (1941)–Special Effects

Shot on location at Randolph and Kelly Fields near San Antonio, Texas, with the cooperation of the Army Air Corps, Paramount’s war film, starring Ray Milland, William Holden, and Veronica Lake, is an agit-prop salute to that branch.

 

Oscar Movies: I Vitelloni (1953)–Top Fellini Nominee

The themes of the film, Fellini’s first international success, coming-of-age and male initiation into adulthood, with all the pains, sorrows, and the rituals involved, predate such classic American films as George Lucas’ American Graffiti and Barry Levinson’s Diner.

Oscar Movies: I Never Sang for My Father (1970)–Starring Gene Hackman

Modestly directed by Gilbert Cates, and based on the play by Robert Anderson, “I Never Sang for My Father” is a two-generational family
melodrama, well acted by Melvyn Douglas and Gene Hackman (both Oscar nominated).