In this thinly disguised Janis Joplin biography, Bette Midler outdoes herself as “The Rose,”an out-of-control, incredibly talented, self-destructive singer who turns to the bottle, sex, and anything else she can to hide from her intense inner pain. Hard living, hard boozing, and bent on destroying herself, the singer is depressed and feels unloved. The Rose […]
Mississippi Burning
The story is loosely based on the real-life murders of civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. After the three are reported missing, two FBI agents are sent to investigate the incident in rural Jessup County, Mississippi (modeled after Neshoba County where the real murders took place). The two agents take completely different approaches: Agent […]
Chariots Of Fire
The true story of two British track athletes competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics. One is a devout Scottish missionary who runs for God, the other is a Jewish student at Cambridge who runs for fame and to escape prejudice. The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the […]
Malcolm X
Malcolm X begins with a title sequence featuring an American flag being consumed by fire intercut with George Holliday’s iconic videotaped footage of the beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King. A voice-over of Denzel Washington as Malcolm X angrily condemns white America: “We don’t see the American dream; we’ve experienced only the American nightmare!” […]
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