What the Beck???
Bucket List Update
Academy Award Nominated Movies
1967 In
the Heat of the Night
starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod
Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson
plot – Poitier plays a
police detective who has to investigate
a murder. He is a black detective in a
hostile racial town.
A fabulous movie about a small white town sheriff who needs and received
help from a big city cop. Poitier is brilliant as Mr. Tibbs, who solves the
crime.
1981 Chariots
of Fire
starring: Ben Cross, Ian
Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers
plot – In the 1920s United
Kingdom, two young men train for
the Olympics being held in Paris. The men are
very different, but strive to accomplish the same
goal.
I liked the movie because of the drive to succeed by the athletes.
1983 The
Big Chill
starring: Tom Berenger, Glenn
Close, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Kline,
Mary Kay Place, William Hurt, JoBeth Williams, Meg
Tilly
plot – After a college
friend’s funeral, his eight friends get together
for a weekend. They reminisce about the
60’s, talk about their life together, and how it
has changed in the 80’s.
I haven’t had a reunion with my college friends, but so much has
changed that I m not sure we would even have anything to talk about for any
length of time. I do see the guys from high school and always enjoy those
times.
2011 The
Tree of Life
starring: Brad Pitt, Jessica
Chastain, Sean Penn, Fiona Shaw Hunter
plot – A look at life in
the Midwest in what seemed like the 50’s.
I totally hated this movie. The beginning and end were just
graphically weird, and I couldn’t connect with the family at all. At times, I
didn’t understand the point of this movie. A great disappointment!
1937 Dead
End
starring: Sylvia Sidney, Joel
McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins
plot – The setting is NYC
in the 30’s. The wealthy homes and
the slums both border the East River. This is
the story of The Dead End Kids, an architect, and
a gangster who was brilliantly played by Humphrey
Bogart.
This is a typically good Bogart film. He always played such a
tough guy, and this film is no exception. A good one!!
1941 The
Little Foxes
starring: Bette Davis, Herbert
Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson, Dan Duryea
plot – Set in the South, the Hubbard
family is fighting against each other for power and wealth.
What a dysfunctional self-centered family.
2010 127
Hours
starring: James Franco, Amber
Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Treat Williams, Sean Bott
plot – A man mountain
climbing in Utah gets trapped and struggles
to survive.
For a true story this one really amazed me. This man was trapped
in a crevice and had to remove his own arm to escape. It really made me realize
my lack of skills when it came to survival. Lord, help me if I am ever trapped anywhere.
1996 The
English Patient
starring: Ralph Fiennes,
Juliette Binoche, Willem Defoe, Kristen
Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Naveen Andrews
plot – A man is terribly burned in a
plane crash. It is the story of
a nurse who cares for him. This movie is set in the
40’s and it incorporates flashbacks of the man’s life.
For the movie that won the Academy for 1996, I was not very
impressed. The story was good, but I thought 127 Hours was better.
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