London Hospital surgeon Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) discovers John Merrick (John Hurt) in a Victorian freak show in London’s East End, where he is managed by the brutish Bytes (Freddie Jones). Merrick is deformed to the point that he must wear a hood and cap when in public, and Bytes claims he is an imbecile. […]
Amadeus
The story begins in 1823 as the elderly Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) attempts suicide by slitting his throat while loudly begging forgiveness for having killed Mozart (Tom Hulce) in 1791. Placed in a lunatic asylum for the act, Salieri is visited by Father Vogler (Richard Frank), a young priest who seeks to take his […]
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Loretta Lynn (Sissy Spacek) is one of eight children born to Ted Webb (Levon Helm), a coal miner raising a family despite grinding poverty in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky (pronounced by locals as “Butcher Holler”). She marries Oliver Vanetta (Doolittle) “Mooney” Lynn (Tommy Lee Jones) when she is 15 years old. A mother of four by […]
Lorenzo’s Oil
At the beginning of the film, Lorenzo (Noah Banks, Zack O’Malley Greenburg) is portrayed as a active and exuberant young. A few years later, he begins to show neurological problems, loss of hearing, and tantrums. Lorenzo is diagnosed as having adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) which is usually fatal within two years. When they fail to find a […]
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