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Velvet Goldmine

Rated: 0 | 172 Views Released Year: 1998

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: A decade after British glam-rocker Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) fakes his assassination on stage and disappears from view, tabloid journalist Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) is dispatched to deconstruct the legend of the bisexual pop star. In the process of interviewing Slade's cohorts and colleagues, Stuart gradually strips away the veneer of makeup and glitz, revealing the empty core of both the man and his music.
URL: Velvet Goldmine

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Rated: 0 | 135 Views Released Year: 2005

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Halle Berry stars in this version of Zora Neale Hurston's novel, adapted for television and produced by Oprah Winfrey. The story centers on Janie Crawford (Berry), a free-spirited woman who lives her life on her own terms. Refusing to accept her place as a black woman in the 1920s, Janie lives life to its fullest and experiences a journey filled with great joy and unbearable heartache. Ruby Dee, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Kevin Daniels also star.
URL: Their Eyes Were Watching God

God on Trial

Rated: 0 | 122 Views Released Year: 2008

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Rupert Graves, Dominic Cooper, Antony Sher and Stellan Skarsgard star in this Masterpiece Theatre World War II drama about a group of Auschwitz prisoners who decide to put God on trial. The tale is based on anecdotal reports of an actual band of concentration camp inmates who convened a rabbinical court to determine how such evil could exist in a God-centric universe as they awaited the determination of their own fates -- death or hard labor.
URL: God on Trial

Joe Gould's Secret

Rated: 0 | 109 Views Released Year: 2000

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: According to film critic Roger Ebert, Joe Gould's Secret "makes American Beauty pale by comparison." Stanley Tucci directs and stars in this lovingly crafted film about New York literary circles in the 1930s and '40s, slowly unraveling a secret that might belong to someone other than the titular homeless man. Ian Holm is masterful as the half-lunatic, half-oracle Gould.
URL: Joe Gould's Secret

The Good Shepherd

Rated: 0 | 151 Views Released Year: 2006

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Matt Damon and Robert De Niro (who also directs) star in this partially fact-based drama that examines the early history of the CIA as seen through the eyes of a dedicated agent. An upstanding, sharp-minded Yale student, Edward Wilson (Damon) is recruited to work for the fledgling CIA during World War II. Though loyal to his country, Wilson begins to feel the job eroding his ideals, filling him with distrust and destroying his personal life.
URL: The Good Shepherd

Good

Rated: 0 | 160 Views Released Year: 2008

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Professor John Halder (Viggo Mortensen) has a lot on his plate -- a neurotic wife, two small children and a mother suffering from dementia -- in this drama set in World War II Germany. But his life changes after he writes a book promoting compassionate euthanasia. When the Nazi party embraces his ideas, Halder faces a series of subtle ethical choices that gradually compromise his morality and his relationships.
URL: Good

The Good German

Rated: 0 | 146 Views Released Year: 2006

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: U.S. Army correspondent Jake Geismar (George Clooney) rekindles relations with an old flame, Lena (Cate Blanchett), in this Steven Soderbergh drama set in post-World War II Berlin. When her husband is hunted by U.S. and Russian military, a desperate Lena looks to Jake for a way out. Tension mounts as Jake discovers Lena has been keeping secrets and learns of black market dealings involving his shady driver (Tobey Maguire).
URL: The Good German

The Good Earth

Rated: 0 | 108 Views Released Year: 1937

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Luise Rainer took home her second consecutive Best Actress Oscar for her heartfelt portrayal of O-Lan, the long-suffering spouse of Chinese dirt farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni). Based on Pearl S. Buck's epic tome, the lyrical tale chronicles the couple's changing fortunes as they survive famine and revolution, only to be tested again by avarice, lust and Mother Nature. Karl Freund picked up an Academy Award for his first-rate cinematography.
URL: The Good Earth

The Good Wife

Rated: 0 | 108 Views Released Year: 1987

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: A lonely, discontented housewife, Marge (Rachel Ward), lives an unexciting life in the Australian Outback with her dull-witted husband (Bryan Brown). When a new man (Sam Neill) arrives and gives Marge one chance -- and only one chance -- to accept his proposition, Marge refuses, but gradually becomes consumed with lust for him. Having let opportunity pass her by, Marge's desperation grows, threatening her marriage, reputation and very stability.
URL: The Good Wife

The Only Good Indian

Rated: 0 | 111 Views Released Year: 2009

Genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
About: Set in the early 20th century, when Native Americans were forced to attend boarding schools to assimilate with white culture, this provocative drama follows Charlie (Winter Fox Frank), a teenager who flees one such school to return home. Wes Studi is Sam Franklin, a Cherokee bounty hunter who has rejected his native people, charged with bringing Charlie back. Kevin Willmott (CSA: Confederate States of America) directs this powerful film.
URL: The Only Good Indian

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