Tagline: In a town full of fiction, everyone has a version of the truth. A uniquely compelling exploration of fame and identity. The drama, inspired by one of Hollywood’s most infamous real-life mysteries, follows a 1950s private detective (Academy Award winner Adrien Brody) who, investigating the mysterious death of “Superman” star George Reeves (Academy Award…
Category: Period Films
Idlewild (2006)
Set amidst the backdrop of a 1930s southern speakeasy, the film follows two characters, Percival (Andre Benjamin), the club’s piano player, and Rooster (Antwan Patton), the club’s lead performer and manager, through intersecting stories of love and ambition. The story of the loves and ambitions of two struggling performers is told through intricate musical numbers…
The Illusionist (2006)
Tagline: Nothing is what it seems. In a world where nothing is as it appears, an illusionist and a police inspector face off in a challenge of wills that attempts to determine where reality ends and magic begins… all the while blurring the line between power and corruption, love and devotion, vigilance and mania and…
Invincible (2006)
Tagline: Dreams are not lived on the sidelines. “Invincible” focuses on Vince Papale (Mark Wahlberg), who in 1976 was a 30-year-old bartender who answered the call when incoming Philadelphia Eagles coach Dick Vermeil decided to shake up his team by holding an open tryout. Papale was among a swarm of fans, but he was the…
Manderlay (2006)
It is 1933, in Alabama. Manderlay is a plantation where a group of people are living as if slavery hadn’t been abolished 70 years earlier. Upon leaving Dogville in 1933, Grace and her father head far south to the state of Alabama where they arrive upon the bizarre place. The second installment in Lars von…
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Kirsten Dunst portrays the young Austrian princess, who, as a teenager, becomes Queen of France. Jason Schwartzman portrays her indifferent husband Louis XVI. Other members of the ensemble, portraying various members of the elitist court of Versailles include Rip Torn (in the role of King Louis XV), Judy Davis (as the Comtesse de Noailles), Steve…