Day 28: Gentleman's Agreement

Gentleman's Agreement: 1947: Winner of the 20th Academy Award

Starring :

Gregory Peck as Philip Schuyler Green

Anne Revere as Mrs. Green

Dorothy McGuire as Kathy Lacey

June Havoc as Elaine Wales

John Garfield as Dave Goldman

Albert Dekker as John Minify

Celeste Holm as Anne Dettrey

Jane Wyatt as Jane

 

 

I am super in love with Gregory Peck, ever since I watched “To Kill a Mockingbird”! In this movie he is a journalist who poses as a Jewish American citizen in order to fully understand what it means to be a Jew. Throughout the movie we see how people who have no idea he is Jewish sometimes change when they find out he is. Most of the movie is how his fiancé can't deal with it though and that just bored me.  What I will say is this, I live in California, this is Jew city and we love it. Especially since I live so close to Weho, I guess I never thought that they weren't always loved. I know it seems childish but I never knew that in America they weren't tolerated like the Irish Catholic's or the Chinese, I guess they teach you those things in high school eh?. Anyway the movie was pretty good, it was a little too much talking and to be honest I was really upset when Mr. Green didn't end up with Anne she was a real girl. Kathy was a bub, she talks to much and she isn’t even pretty! I liked the mom she was the driving force behind her son and I like strong maternal figures. It was a good movie but I took two naps. Just saying

 
It also won awards for:
 
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - Celeste Holm


Academy Award for Directing - Elia Kazan

Day 20: Annie Hall

Annie Hall: 1977: Winner of the 50th Academy Award

Starring:

Woody Allen as Alvy Singer

Diane Keaton as Annie Hall

Tony Roberts as Rob

Carol Kane as Allison Portchnik

Paul Simon as Tony Lacey

Shelley Duvall as Pam

Janet Margolin as Robin

Colleen Dewhurst as Mrs. Hall

Christopher Walken as Duane Hall

Jeff Goldblum as LA party guy on phone

Here's the biggest problem with this movie: Woody Allen. I'm sorry I know people love him but he was a bigtime nuisance in this movie. Further more this got an award? Really was there nothing better. Granted it was the 70's but come on. Woody Allen's portrayal of a neurotic paranoid, pessimistic and paranoid man was hella annoying and the only good thing was he owned he was all those things. Possibly 85% of the movie I kept wondering how she could survive much less date the mna. It als made me think that Alvy is a fucked up individual. It was one of those movies I sat through, laughed a tiny bit, and really glad I never paid a dime to see it. I ex[expected more out of Diane Keaton and didn't get anything not even a decent love story, but I can see other movies who have excelled, yet demonstrated a better understanding/ portrayal of the two characters. I guess this was kind of like “Dr. Strangelove”, it was one of those movies I just don't get.

It also won awards for:

Best Actress in a Leading Role – Diane Keaton

Best Director – Woody Allen

Best Original Screenplay – Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman

  

Day 16: Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire: 1981: Winner of the 54th Academy Awards


Starring:

Ben Cross as Harold Abrahams,

Ian Charleson as Eric Liddell,

Nicholas Farrell as Aubrey Montague,

Nigel Havers as Lord Andrew Lindsay,

Ian Holm as Sam Mussabini,

John Gielgud as Master of Trinity College at Cambridge University

Lindsay Anderson as Master of Caius College at Cambridge University

Cheryl Campbell as Jennie Liddell,

Alice Krige as Sybil Gordon,

Struan Rodger as Sandy McGrath,

Nigel Davenport as Lord Birkenhead,

Patrick Magee as Lord Cadogan,

David Yelland as the Prince of Wales,

Peter Egan as the Duke of Sutherland,

Daniel Gerroll as Henry Stallard,

Dennis Christopher as Charlie Paddock,

Brad Davis as Jackson Scholz,
 
My first thought when I saw this movie was, wtf is this going to be about, I see some skinny as fuck dude on someone’s shoulders and I have no idea why he is there. Turns out this movie is one of those feel good movies that actually had a decent plot. So these Oxford college students are trying out for the Olympics and there leader is an angry Jewish guy. He is super fast and he wants to be the fastest in the world. Ok so there’s a Scotsman who actually is the fastest man in the world. They race and he just can’t beat him. Why? Because the Scotsman runs with all his heart and soul, while the other runs to prove something so with anger and contempt. Even though he has a just cause, he is making it a battle against the world instead of asking the world to help him win the battle. Anyway they both win medals but by then they aren’t competing against one another but as a team. I’m real glad I saw this now, considering that the Summer Olympics are upon us, only four months away, and everyone who knows me that I love to watch and will seriously harm you if you come between me and the red carpet at an Award Show and the Fashion after bash and the Olympics. Therefore I can deduce that this was a real good movie, and it didn’t have any competition besides “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
 
It also won awards for:
 
Original Music Score – Vangelis
Writing Original Screenplay – Colin Welland
Costume Design – Milena Canonero