Movies, Mom & Me

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    I saw this movie some years ago. I remember the experience of viewing it, but have less of a memory of the story. I remember being stunned by it. Now that I've been reminded of it, I want to see it again. And, again. That's why, when I happened across it this evening, I decided it should be in my collection.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Rena Owen	Beth Heke	Temuera Morrison	Jake Heke	Julian Arahanga	Nig Heke	Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell	Grace Heke
  Taungaroa Emile	Mark Heke	Rachael Morris Jr.	Polly Heke	Joseph Kairau	Huata Heke	George Henare	Mr. Bennett
  Cliff Curtis	Uncle Bully	Pete Smith	Dooley	Shannon Williams	Toot	Mere Boynton	Mavis

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1994
    Directed by Lee Tamahori.

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# posted by gail @ 23:48    0 comments    email......this post

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    Joseph Fiennes playing a Roman soldier looking for the body of Jesus? And Peter Firth playing Pontius Pilate? Sounds like entertainment to me! But, then, I'm a religious movie junkie. You may feel differently.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Joseph Fiennes	Clavius	Tom Felton	Lucius	Peter Firth	Pontius Pilate	Cliff Curtis	Yeshua
  María Botto	Mary Magdalene	Luis Callejo	Joses	Antonio Gil	Joseph of Arimathea	Stephen Greif	Caiaphas
  Richard Atwill	Polybius	Stewart Scudamore	Peter	Stephen Hagan	Bartholomew	Mish Boyko	John

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2016
    Directed by Kevin Reynolds.

Labels: jesus-dvds, religion2

# posted by gail @ 23:19    0 comments    email......this post

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    Oh, come on. Don't act surprised. You're aware of my fascination with religious movies, particularly those about the religious triune of Elohim-Allah-Jesus, religion(s) which which I am most familiar. Besides which, these are among the greatest characters in all of storytelling history. Of course I am ever fascinated by their stories.
    I didn't even know this movie existed until a few minutes ago, and on this upcoming Sunday it will be a part of my collection. Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene? Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus? Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peter? Tahar Rahim and Judas? I'll be right there! Save me a seat.
    More later.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Rooney Mara	Mary Magdalene	Joaquin Phoenix	Jesus of Nazareth	Chiwetel Ejiofor	Peter	Tahar Rahim	Judas
  Sarah-Sofie Boussnina	Martha	Hadas Yaron	Sarah	Lubna Azabal	Susannah	Lior Raz	Magdala Community Leader
  Ryan Corr	Joseph	Tchéky Karyo	Elisha	Shira Haas	Leah	Uri Gavriel	Philip
  David Schofield	Thomas	Charles Babalola	Andrew	Tawfeek Barhom	James	Tzachi Halevy	Ephraim
  Zohar Strauss	John	Michael Moshonov	Matthew	Ariane Labed	Rachel	Irit Sheleg	Mary, Jesus's mother

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2018
    Directed by Garth Davis.

Labels: jesus-dvds, joaquin-phoenix, religion2

# posted by gail @ 21:36    0 comments    email......this post

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    I have to say, I'm really looking forward to watching this film. It falls just about smack dab in the middle of Barbara Stanwyck's astonishing and prolific acting career. I can't wait to add it to my collection, either. Although it was released in 1950, the way it's described (see review attached to the title of this post), it sounds like one of the first, and definitive, revisionist Westerns.
    This package includes the novel by Niven Busch, by the way.
    More later.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Barbara Stanwyck	Vance Jeffords	Wendell Corey	Rip Darrow	Walter Huston	T. C. Jeffords	Judith Anderson	Flo Burnett
  Gilbert Roland	Juan Herrera	Thomas Gomez	El Tigre	Beulah Bondi	Mrs. Anaheim	Albert Dekker	Mr. Reynolds
  John Bromfield	Clay Jeffords	Wallace Ford	Scotty Hyslip	Blanche Yurka	Herrera Mother	Louis Jean Heydt	Bailey
  Frank Ferguson	Dr. Grieve	Movita Castaneda	Chiquita	Myrna Dell	Dallas Hart	Charles Evans	Old Anaheim

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1950
    Directed by Anthony Mann.

Labels: barbara-stanwyck, Criterion7, western

# posted by gail @ 01:59    0 comments    email......this post

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    The Count of the Old Town
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Valdemar Dalquist	Greven	Julia Cæsar	Klara	Sigurd Wallén	Gurkan	Tollie Zellman	Amalia
    Edvin Adolphson	Åke	Ingrid Bergman	Elsa	Eric Abrahamsson	Borstis	Weyler Hildebrand	Göransson

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film. The write-up is pretty spare, just to let you know.
      Release Date: 1935
      Directed by Edvin Adolphson & Sigurd Wallén.
  
  
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    Walpurgis Night
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Lars Hanson	Johan Borg	Karin Kavli	Clary Borg	Victor Sjöström	Fredrik Bergström	Ingrid Bergman	Lena Bergström
    Erik 'Bullen' Berglund	Gustav Palm	Sture Lagerwall	Svensson	Marie-Louise Sorbon	Mrs. Svensson	Georg Rydeberg	Frank Roger
    Georg Blickingberg	Landberg	Richard Lund	Doctor Smith	Linnéa Hillberg	Nurse	Stig Järrel	Grane

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1935
      Directed by Gustaf Edgren.
  
  
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    Intermezzo
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Gösta Ekman	Professor Holger Brandt	Inga Tidblad	Margit Brandt	Ingrid Bergman	Anita Hoffman	Erik Berglund	Impresario Charles Möller
    Hugo Björne	Thomas Stenborg	Anders Henrikson	Swedish Sailor	Hasse Ekman	Åke Brandt	Britt Hagman	Ann-Marie Brandt

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1936
      Directed by Gustaf Molander.
  
  
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    Dollar
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Ingrid Bergman	Julia Balzar	Georg Rydeberg	Kurt Balzar	Tutta Rolf	Sussi Brenner	Kotti Chaveas	Louis Brenner
    Birgit Tengroth	Katja von Battwyhl	Håkan Westergren	Ludvig von Battwyhl	Edvin Adolphson	Dr. Jonson	Elsa Burnett	Mary Jonson
    Margareta Bergfeldt	Hotel Lobby Woman	Olle Björklund	Hotel Young Man	Millan Bolander	Karin	Gösta Cederlund	Royal Yacht Club Man

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1938
      Directed by Gustaf Molander.
  
  
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    A Woman's Face - 1938
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      This movie is the main reason I added this movie to my collection (although I'm curious about Bergman's early Swedish films, as well). I'm excited about watching this version back-to-back with Joan Crawford's version of this story and seeing how they compare and contrast with one another.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Ingrid Bergman	Anna Holm/Anna Paulsson	Tore Svennberg	Magnus Barring	Anders Henrikson	Dr. Wegert	Georg Rydeberg	Torsten Barring
    Gunnar Sjöberg	Harald Berg	Hilda Borgström	Emma	Karin Kavli	Mrs. Wegert	Erik 'Bullen' Berglund	Nyman
    Sigurd Wallén	Miller	Gösta Cederlund	The Count	Magnus Kesster	Handsome Herman	Göran Bernhard	Lars-Erik Barring

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1938
      Directed by Gustaf Molander.
  
  
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    June Night
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Ingrid Bergman	Kerstin Nordbäck/Sara Nordanå	Marianne Löfgren	Åsa	Lill-Tollie Zellman	Jane Jacobs	Marianne Aminoff	Nickan Dahlin
    Olof Widgren	Stefan von Bremen	Gunnar Sjöberg	Nils Asklund	Gabriel Alw	Professor Tillberg	Olof Winnerstrand	Count
    Sigurd Wallén	Johansson-Eldh/Röken	Hasse Ekman	Willie Wilson	Maritta Marke	Miss Vanja	Gudrun Brost	Mrs. Nilsson

    
      As well, if you care to watch this film, here is the entire film presented by The Internet Archive "for your viewing pleasure" [What video introduction does that phrase come from? Anybody? I know I heard it hundreds of times, in a commercial message immediately preceding a program, maybe? Or, was it uttered by a 60's Master of Ceremonies presenter on one of those interminable Ed-Sullivan-type shows? I just don't remember its context.]
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 1940
      Directed by Per Lindberg.
  
    Wikipedia doesn't have a write-up of this film series. I've included the Wikipedia links for the individual movies in their write-ups, above. As well, here is the Criterion presentation of this film set which includes mini-descriptions of each film. For a longer description of the individual films in this set, try this article by ioncinema, in which Nicolas Bell presents longer, more ruminative reviews of each film.

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# posted by gail @ 01:31    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  This movie is a United States remake of the Swedish film starring Ingrid Bergman, also titled, in the English translation of the original Swedish name, "A Woman's Face". I've ordered both. I'm so curious to see which I like better and how the story was handled by two different directors and actors. I'll be adding that version, above, when I receive it.
    More later. Under construction.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Joan Crawford	Anna Holm	Melvyn Douglas	Dr. Gustaf Segert	Conrad Veidt	Torsten Barring	Osa Massen	Vera Segert
  Reginald Owen	Bernard Dalvik	Albert Bassermann	Consul Magnus Barring	Marjorie Main	Emma Kristiansdotter	Donald Meek	Herman Rundvik
  Connie Gilchrist	Christina Dalvik	George Zucco	Defense Attorney	Henry Kolker	Judge	Henry Daniell	Public Prosecutor

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of this film.
    Release Date: 1941
    Directed by George Cukor.

Labels: dramaG, joan-crawford, marjorie-main

# posted by gail @ 05:15    0 comments    email......this post