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House of D

Rated: 0 | 217 Views Released Year: 2004

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Set in New York, House of D is the multilayered story of a man (David Duchovny) coming to terms with his past and present and resolving his relationships with the people who helped make him the man he's become. Along the way, he recalls the special bond he shared with a retarded janitor (Robin Williams) who worked at the elementary school he attended. Co-stars Tea Leoni and Anton Yelchin. Duchovny also directed and wrote the screenplay.
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The Golden Bowl

Rated: 0 | 187 Views Released Year: 2000

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Another triumph from the producing-directing team of James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, The Golden Bowl (adapted from the classic novel by Henry James) pits an American industrialist (Nick Nolte) and his daughter against two well-connected but impoverished social climbers (Uma Thurman and Jeremy Northam) who'd rather marry for money than lower their station. Together, they engage in a subtle, fascinating dance with misdirection at its heart.
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e'Lollipop

Rated: 0 | 146 Views Released Year: 1976

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Set against the tumultuous backdrop of South Africa's horrifying Apartheid era, filmmaker Ashley Lazarus's heartwarming tale centers on the enduring friendship between Tsepo (Muntu Ndebele) and Jannie (Norman Knox). Following the tragic death of his parents, Jannie is sent to a village mission, where he and Tsepo strike up an unexpected relationship that exemplifies the innocence of childhood and the transcendence of true friendship.
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Sleeping Dogs Lie

Rated: 0 | 198 Views Released Year: 1998

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: In 1919, Canadian theater tycoon Ambrose Small vanished into the streets of Toronto, leaving millions in his bank account and crime investigators flummoxed. Though the case was never solved and officially closed in 1960, this period film presents a clever view of what may have happened to Small (Art Hindle). Compelling "what-if" scenarios lead the audience down several alternative paths to what the world press called "the crime of the century."
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K-19: The Widowmaker

Rated: 0 | 197 Views Released Year: 2002

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: The amazing true story of Russia's first nuclear ballistic submarine, which suffered a nuclear reactor malfunction on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic in 1961. The unyielding Capt. Vostrikov (Harrison Ford) and his second-in-command (Liam Neeson) must race against time to prevent a Chernobyl-like nuclear explosion that not only threatens the lives of the crew … it could also ignite a world war between the superpowers.
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L.A. Confidential

Rated: 0 | 220 Views Released Year: 1997

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: A must-see whodunit that's praised as one of the best films of the 1990s. In 1950s Los Angeles, three wildly different cops (Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe and Kevin Spacey) form an uneasy alliance to ferret out deep-seated police corruption. Brian Helgeland's script adaptation won an Oscar, as did Kim Basinger for her supporting role as a hooker who seduces haunted tough-guy Crowe.
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The Lover

Rated: 0 | 205 Views Released Year: 1992

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Set in French Colonial Vietnam in 1929, this Oscar-nominated film explores the erotic charge of forbidden love. A 15-year-old French girl is sent to a Saigon boarding school, where she meets a 32-year-old Chinese aristocrat. Love at first sight leads to a liaison where the lovers revel in a variety of sexual encounters. They both realize that their love is doomed, however, as neither of their families will approve of the interracial coupling.
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I Am David

Rated: 0 | 197 Views Released Year: 2004

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Based on Anne Holm's novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy (Ben Tibber) who manages to flee a Communist concentration camp through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark and a compass to help get him there. Co-stars James Caviezel and Joan Plowright.
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I Shot Andy Warhol

Rated: 0 | 185 Views Released Year: 1996

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: In 1968, radical feminist Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor) shot pop-art icon Andy Warhol (Jared Harris) when he ignored the screenplay she wrote. This film traces Solanas's life up to that moment, from childhood abuse to college prostitution to writing the male-bashing "SCUM Manifesto." Taylor won a Special Recognition Award at the Sundance Film Festival for her portrayal of a deranged woman seeking recognition.
URL: I Shot Andy Warhol

M. Butterfly

Rated: 0 | 193 Views Released Year: 1993

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Jeremy Irons stars as French civil service officer René Gallimard, a man who falls in love with an enigmatic Chinese opera singer (John Lone), in director David Cronenberg's adaptation of David Henry Hwang's Broadway stage play. Set in the midst of China's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, the film includes several allusions to "Madama Butterfly," Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera that inspired Hwang's play.
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