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Hank Azaria, Rubén Blades, Susan Tomaling, John Cusack, Angus MacFadyen, Joan Cusack, Cary Elwes, Philip Baker Hall, Cherry Jones, Bill Murray, Vanessa Redgrave, Jamey Sheridan, John Turturro, Emily Watson, Bob Balaban, Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Paul Giamatti, Barnard Hughes, Barbara Sukowa, Frank Armitage, Gretchen Mol |
Actors in this movie |
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Dramas |
The main genre. |
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David Robbins |
Composer |
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Region 1 |
The DVD Region code |
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Tim Robbins |
Director |
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R |
MPAA Rating |
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Jon Kilik, Tim Robbins, Lydia Dean Pilcher |
Producer |
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1999 |
Year of production for the movie. |
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment |
Release Company |
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05/16/2000 |
Date of this DVD release. |
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"...A timely rallying cry against censorship....Robbins is a world-class rabble-rouser whose playful style doesn't hide his serious intent..." (Rolling Stone, 1/20/2000, p.63-4, Peter Travers), "Writer/director Tim Robbins has crafted an ambitous, vibrant ensemble movie..." (Movieline's Hollywood Life, 12/1999-01/2000, p.40, Stephen Farber), "...A vivid and richly entertaining pageant..." -- 4 out of 5 stars (Premiere, 06/01/2000, p.101, Christopher Kelly), "...Smart and pleasingly ambition....Jones' controlled energy and charisma simultaneously drive the film and ground it in a reality..." (Los Angeles Times, 12/08/1999, p.C1, Kenneth Turan), "...Sweeping, ambitious....There is a lot of material to cover here, and Robbins covers it in a way that will be fascinating to people who know the period..." (Chicago Sun-Times, 12/24/1999, p.29, Roger Ebert) |
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133 min. |
The runtime of this DVD. |
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Writer-director Tim Robbins weaves together historical and fictional characters dealing with the relationship between politics and the arts and the fear of communism so prevalent in the first half of the 20th century. Set in New York City in the 1930s, the action is based around a pro-union musical, CRADLE WILL ROCK, written by Mark Blitzstein (Hank Azaria). A young Orson Welles (Angus MacFadyen), as part of the Federal Theater Project, is directing Blitzstein’s musical. This branch of the Works Progress Administration, established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and intended to provide jobs for unemployed Americans following the depression, and its director, Hallie Flanagan (Cherry Jones), come under fire in congressional hearings when communist influence is suspected. Politics, wealth, and the arts make strange bedfellows as fascist Margherita Sarfatti (Susan Sarandon) sells masterpieces to millionaires to fund Mussolini’s war effort, Nelson Rockefeller (John Cusack) commissions anti-capitalist artist Diego Rivera (Ruben Blades) to paint a mural, and Countess LaGrange (Vanessa Redgrave) becomes involved in the theater company’s hijinks. Ultimately, Robbins’s star-studded tour de force is a tribute to the courageous individuals who refused to be silenced by censorship. |
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