What the Beck???
Bucket List Update
Academy Award Nominated Movies
1974 Chinatown
starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye
Dunaway, John Huston, Peggy Lopez, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd, and Roman Polanski.
plot – A story of lies,
corruption, and murder. A private detective trails an adulterer.
I really liked this movie. Nicholson was perfect as the detective.
Dunaway was quite secretive and mysterious in this one.
1949 The
Heiress
starring: Olivia de Havilland,
Montgomery Cliff, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown
plot – A young woman falls
for a man that her Dad thinks is
only after her for her money.
This was a really good movie. I felt so bad for her when her Dad
said that the man she loved didn’t really love her. Heartbreaking.
1955 The
Rose Tattoo
starring: Anna Magnani, Burt
Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper
plot – Set in Louisiana, a
smuggler is killed by the police. His
wife withdraws from life. Eventually Mom tries
to get her daughter to withdraw from life, too.
The daughter rebels.
This movie was dismal and depressing. The story line was good, but
it definitely will not lift your spirits.
1968 Rachel
Rachel
starring: Joanne Woodward,
James Olson, Kate Harrington, Estelle Parsons
plot – Woodward plays a
“spinster teacher” who still lives at
home with her Mom. Her life is mundane until
she meets a big city man who asks her out
on a date.
I liked this movie and discovered what a great actress Joanne
Woodward really was in the movies. I only knew her as Paul Newman’s wife. She’s great!
1952 High
Noon
starring: Gary Cooper, Grace
Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney, Harry Morgan, Otto Kruger,
Ian McDonald
plot – Gary Cooper plays
lawman Will Kane. He and his wife
(Kelly) are moving away until he learns that a
freed criminal is coming for him. The townspeople
chicken out, and he has to face him
alone.
I loved this movie!
Gary Cooper is an amazing actor and so believable as the town marshal
and the hero of the story. This is
one of those movies you should see again.
1974 Lenny
starring: Dustin Hoffman,
Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck
plot – The
story of Lenny Bruce, a really bad comedian in the
50’s who becomes really edgy, but a hit. He is
eventually banned and his life plummets down
into the toilet.
This was not my cup a tea. I hated to see how much he wanted to
succeed, but made choices that led to his own demise. What a waste.
1974 The
Conversation
starring: Gene Hackman, John
Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford, Frederic Forrest
plot – Hackman plays a
surveillance expert paid to follow a couple. He and his partner tape a conversation and
Hackman tries to figure out if the couple is
really in trouble.
This was an okay movie. At times it was good, but it was a lot of
following the suspects, etc.
1976 Network
starring: Faye Dunaway,
William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty
plot – Finch plays an
anchorman who the company wants to
retire. He is so upset that he threatens to commit
suicide on the air. Instead he throws an
angry tantrum on air and the shows ratings go
way up. This leads the producer to find crazy
extreme ideas to use on the show to keep the
success going.
I never saw this movie before. I found the premise interesting and
it is well cast. Holden, Duvall, and Dunaway were great.
1976 Taxi
Driver
starring: Robert DeNiro, Jodie
Foster, Cybil Shepherd, Harry Cohn, Diahnne Abbott, Frank Adu, Victor Argo, Gino
Ardito, Garth Avery, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks
plot – The story of a New
York City taxi driver. He is a mentally unstable Veteran who tries to save a child
prostitute.
This was an interesting movie. I had heard a lot about it, but
this was the first time I saw it. DeNiro was really good in this film, and it
was not a “happy” movie, but it was so dark it made me really think about
people who may have this life.
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