Oscar Nominee of All Time Tournament: Round 1, Group A
(info about nominees under the poll)
ROBERT REDFORD (1936-)
NOMINATIONS:
Lead- 1973 for The Sting
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MERLE OBERON (1911-1979)
NOMINATIONS:
Lead- 1935 for The Dark Angel
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wow tbh if i were quentin tarantino and i watched the sting 1973 at a formative age i would also get stuck on the fakeout tragic ending with the betrayal of trust by the younger criminal of his teacher and the shootout and the double death. and then make ‘reservoir dogs’ about it. with the homosocial loyalty and stuff and things
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Just finished
watching “The Sting” on Netflix. It was a wonderful movie when I’ve seen it in 1973, during a film festival in Warsaw (tickets were so hard to get!), and it’s a wonderful movie now. And young Paul Newman and Robert Redford… they don’t make them like this anymore 💓
Do yourself a favour and watch it!
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Movies Set During Depression Era U.S.
Below is list of movies set during the Great Depression here in the U.S. The list is in chronological order and . . . you might find them interesting:
MOVIES SET DURING DEPRESSION ERA U.S.
1. “The Group” (1933) - This movie is an adaptation of Mary McCarthy’s novel about a group of friends and Vassar College graduates between 1933 and 1940. Sidney Lumet directed.
2. “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967) - Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway starred in this biopic about the infamous Depression-era bank robbers, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Arthur Penn directed.
3. “Sounder” (1972) - Martin Ritt directed this adaptation of William H. Armstrong’s 1969 novel about the struggles of an African American sharecropper family in the Deep South, during the Depression. Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson and Kevin Hooks starred.
4. “Paper Moon” (1973) - Ryan and Tatum O’Neal starred in this comedy-drama about a pair of grifters on a road trip in the Midwest, during the Depression. Peter Bogdanovich directed.
5. “The Sting” (1973) - Paul Newman and Robert Redford starred in this Best Picture winner about a group of grifters who set up a major con against a crime lord responsible for the death of a friend. George Roy Hill directed.
6. “The Untouchables” (1987) - Brian De Palma directed this account of U.S. Treasury Agent Elliot Ness’ investigation into crime lord Al Capone’s bootlegging operation in Chicago, during the last years of Prohibition. Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia and Robert De Niro starred.
7. “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (2000) - Joel and Ethan Coen wrote and directed this satire set prison escapees in 1937 Mississippi, which was loosely based on Homer’s poem, “The Odyssey”. George Clooney, John Tuturro and Tim Blake Nelson starred.
8. “Road to Perdition” (2002) - Sam Mendes directed this adaptation of Max Allen Collins’ 1998 graphic novel about a mob enforcer, who seeks vengeance for the deaths of his wife and younger son, while protecting his older son, a murder witness. Set in 1931 Illinois, the movie starred Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Jude Law and Paul Newman.
9. “Seabiscuit” (2003) - Gary Ross starred in this adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s 1999 book about the famous California racehorse from the late 1930s. Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper and Elizabeth Banks starred.
10. “Cinderella Man” (2005) - Russell Crowe starred in this biopic about boxer James J. Braddock and his struggles to survive the Depression via the sport. Directed by Ron Howard, the movie co-starred Renee Zellweger and Paul Giamatti.
11. “Public Enemies” (2009) - Johnny Depp and Christian Bale starred in this biopic about the exploits of Depression-era gangster John Dillinger and the efforts of F.B.I. Special Agent Melvin Purvis to capture him. Michael Mann directed.
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