Tag Archives: 1920s

The Untouchables (1987)

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Brian De Palma Writer: David Mamet (Based on the book by Oscar Fraley and Eliot Ness)

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1920s, 1987, action, agent, al capone, alcohol, andy garcia, art linson, boss, brian de palma, charles martin smith, chicago, cop, crime, crime boss, criminal, david mamet, drama, eliot ness, ennio morricone, fbi, federal agent, kevin costner, oscar fraley, patricia clarkson, police, police chief, prohibition, robert de niro, sean connery, team, the untouchables, thriller, untouchables | Leave a comment

The Twelve Chairs (1970)

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mel Brooks Writer: Mel Brooks (Based on the novel “Dvenadtsat stulyev” by Llya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov)

Posted in Comedy, Review | Tagged 1920s, 1970, adventure, chair, comedy, dom deluise, Dvenadtsat stulyev, frank langella, hunt, Ilf and petrov, jewels, llya ilf, mel brooks, moscow, priest, ron moody, russia, soviet, soviet russia, the twelve chairs, treasure, twelve chairs, yevgeni petrov | Leave a comment

Midnight in Paris (2011)

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen Still a delight!

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | Tagged 1920s, 2011, adrien brody, alison pill, author, book, carla bruni, cole porter, comedy, corey stoll, ernest hemingway, f. scott fitzgerald, fantasy, france, gertrude stein, josephine baker, juan belmonte, kathy bates, marion cotillard, michael sheen, midnight in paris, nostalgia, owen wilson, paris, party, rachel mcadams, romance, romantic, romantic comedy, salvador dali, screenplay, screenwriter, t.s eliot, time travel, tom hiddleston, vacation, woody allen, writer, zelda fitzgerald | Leave a comment

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Baz Luhrmann Writers: Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce (Based on a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald) I only read this book for the first time in the last year. I KNOW I KNOW I am a bad person. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 1920s, 2013, adaptation, baz luhrmann, beyonce, carey mulligan, craig armstrong, craig pearce, daisy, drama, f. scott fitzgerald, gatsby, isla fisher, jack white, jason clarke, jay z, jazz, jazz age, joel edgerton, leonardo dicaprio, nick carraway, novel, party, romance, shawn carter, the great gatsby, tobey maguire, veteran, war | Leave a comment

Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Woody Allen Writers: Woody Allen & Douglas McGrath

Posted in Comedy, Uncategorized | Tagged 1920s, 1994, bullets over broadway, charles h. joffe, chazz palminteri, comedy, debi mazar, dianne wiest, douglas mcgrath, edie falco, harvey fierstein, jack rollins, jack warden, jennifer tilly, jim broadbent, joe viterelli, john cusack, mary-louise parker, mob, mobster, new york, new york city, nyc, play, playwright, producer, rob reiner, stacey nelkin, theater, theatre, tony sirico, tracey ullman, woody allen, writer | Leave a comment