Posts Tagged ‘historical’

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Clark Gable | Vivien Leigh | Leslie Howard | Olivia de Havilland | Thomas Mitchell
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Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie.

The Lion in Winter (1968)

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: UK
Actors: Peter O'Toole | Katharine Hepburn | Anthony Hopkins | John Castle | Nigel Terry | Timothy Dalton | Jane Merrow | Nigel Stock | Kenneth Ives | O.Z. Whitehead | Fran Stafford | Ella More | Kenneth Griffith | Henry Woolf | Karol Hagar
Directors: Anthony Harvey
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In 1183 Henry II summonses his sons Richard, John, and Geoffrey to join him and his prison-bound wife Eleanor at Chinon for a family Christmas, along with King Philip II of France and his sister Alais, Henry’s mistress. Philip is insisting Alais now marries John as agreed years before else he wants her dowry, the lands of the Vexen, back. As Eleanor has already given the province of Aquitaine to Richard, the outcome of this may decide the very future of England. Everyone present except perhaps Alais are masters of double-dealing and deceipt, so it could be a lively Yuletide.

Anna and the King (1999)

Monday, July 13th, 2009
Genres: Drama | History | Romance
Countries: USA
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This is the story of Anna Leonowens, the English schoolteacher who came to Siam in the 1860s to teach the children of King Mongkut. She becomes involved in his affairs, from the tragic plight of a young concubine to trying to forge an alliance with Britain to a war with Burma that is orchestrated by Britain. In the meantime, a subtle romance develops between them.

The Patriot (2000)

Monday, July 13th, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Steven Seagal | Gailard Sartain | L. Q. Jones | Silas Weir Mitchell | Camilla Belle | Dan Beene | Damon Collazo | Whitney Yellow Robe | Brad Leland | Molly McClure | Philip Winchester | Douglas Sebern | Ross Loney | Bernard O'Connor | Leonard Mountain Chief
Directors: Dean Semler
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The movie takes place in South Carolina in 1776. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, is a patriot who wants no part in a war with Britian. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can’t wait to go out and kill some Redcoats. When South Carolina decides to go to war with Britain, Gabriel immediatly signs up to fight…without his father’s permission. But soon, Colonel Tavington, British solder infamous for his brutal tactiks, captures Gabriel and sentences him to be hanged. As Gabriel is taken away, Thomas tries to free him, only to be killed by Tavington, in front of Benjamin. Now, seeking revenge for his son’s death, Benjamin leaves behind his 5 other children to bring independence to the 13 colonies.

The Crucible (1996)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis | Winona Ryder | Paul Scofield | Joan Allen | Bruce Davison | Rob Campbell | Jeffrey Jones | Peter Vaughan | Karron Graves | Charlayne Woodard | Frances Conroy | Elizabeth Lawrence | George Gaynes | Mary Pat Gleason | Robert Breuler
Directors: Nicholas Hytner
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A small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others’ land and one young woman (Ryder) infatuated with a married man (Day-Lewis) and determined to get rid of his innocent wife (Allen). Arthur Miller wrote the events and the subsequent trials where those who demanded thier innocence were executed, those who would not name names were incarcerated and tortured, and those who admitted their guilt were immediately freed as a parable of the Congressional Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joe McCarthy in 1950’s America.

Immortal Beloved (1994)

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Gary Oldman | Jeroen Krabbé | Isabella Rossellini | Johanna ter Steege | Marco Hofschneider | Miriam Margolyes | Barry Humphries | Valeria Golino | Gerard Horan | Christopher Fulford | Alexandra Pigg | Luigi Diberti | Michael Culkin | Donal Gibson | Matthew North
Directors: Bernard Rose
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Ludwig van Beethoven dies and his assistant/friend Schindler proceeds to deal with his affairs (last will and testament). There is a question as to who really is his “immortal beloved”, and so tries to find out who this might be.

Black Robe (1991)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Drama | History
Countries: Australia | Canada
Actors: Lothaire Bluteau | Aden Young | Sandrine Holt | August Schellenberg | Tantoo Cardinal | Billy Two Rivers | Lawrence Bayne | Harrison Liu | Wesley Cote | Frank Wilson | François Tassé | Jean Brousseau | Yvan Labelle | Raoul Trujillo | James Bobbish
Directors: Bruce Beresford
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In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit experiences a spiritual journey while his young companion falls in love with the Algonquin chief’s beautiful daughter underneath the imposing and magnificent mountains. Dread and death follows them upriver.

Excalibur (1981)

Sunday, May 17th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Nigel Terry | Helen Mirren | Nicholas Clay | Cherie Lunghi | Paul Geoffrey | Nicol Williamson | Robert Addie | Gabriel Byrne | Keith Buckley | Katrine Boorman | Liam Neeson | Corin Redgrave | Niall O'Brien | Patrick Stewart | Clive Swift
Directors: John Boorman
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As the title would suggest, it follows the travels of the legendary sword Excalibur through Arthurian myth, from the violent, powerful hands of Uther Pendragon, to a long-years’ rest in the stone to being redrawn by Uther’s son Arthur, who uses it to defeat the evil invaders and establish the great court of Camelot and the great Knights of the Round Table. It is there in Arthur’s glory years and in his decline, brought on by the love affair between his wife Guenevere and best friend and best knight Sir Lancelot, the Holy Grail Quest which produces many casualties among the knights, and the arrival of Mordred, the son Arthur had by his evil half-sister, the sorceress Morgana. Through it all, the magician Merlin watches over everything, always ready to throw in a Charm of Making when it’s called for.

The Robe (1953)

Friday, May 8th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Richard Burton | Jean Simmons | Victor Mature | Michael Rennie | Jay Robinson | Dean Jagger | Torin Thatcher | Richard Boone | Betta St. John | Jeff Morrow | Ernest Thesiger | Dawn Addams | Leon Askin | Michael Ansara | Jan Arvan
Directors: Henry Koster
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Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus’ homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.

Sharpe’s Peril (2008)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Sean Bean | Daragh O'Malley | Amit Behl | Michael Cochrane | Jonathan Coyne | Martin Hancock | David Henry | Raza Jaffrey | Deepak Jethi | Rajesh Khattar | Pascal Langdale | Jonathan Moore | Ryan Pope | David Robb | Steve Speirs
Directors: Tom Clegg
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Our story begins at the end of Sharpe’s Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile territory. Chitu, a legendary bandit leader in control of the area, strikes fear in the members of the party. When an attack occurs Sharpe takes control of the situation, leading the group 300 miles through enemy territory and training the disorganized, rag-tag group to be proper soldiers. Despite all these responsibilities, Sharpe still manages to find time for a little romance…