Tag Archives: biography

Elvis (2022)

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Baz Luhrmann Writer: Baz Luhrmann & Sam Bromell and Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce and Jeremy Doner (Story by Day Luhrmann and Jeremy Doner)

Posted in Drama, Musical | Tagged 1950s, 2022, austin butler, b.b. king, baz luhrmann, biography, catherine martin, colonel, craig pearce, dance, dancing, david wenham, drama, elliott wheeler, elvis, elvis presley, gail berman, gary clark jr., graceland, guitar, jeremy doner, jonathan redmond, kelvin harrison jr., kodi smit-mcphee, las vegas, manager, mandy walker, matt billa, music, musical, musician, nevada, olivia dejonge, patrick mccormick, rock n roll, sam bromell, schuyler weiss, singer, toby emmerich, tom hanks, tour, true story | Leave a comment

Secret Honor (1984)

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Altman Writers: Donald Freed & Arnold M. Stone (Based on the play by Donald Freed & Arnold M. Stone)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged adaptation, arnold m. stone, biography, comedy, donald freed, drama, george burt, history, juliet weber, microphone, nixon, philip baker hall, pierre mignot, play, politician, politics, politicxs, president, recording, richard nixon, robert altman, scandal, secret honor, theater, watergate | Leave a comment

Bright Star (2009)

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jane Campion Writer: Jane Campion (Based on the book “Keats” by Andrew Motion)

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 1800s, 2009, abbie cornish, adaptation, alexandre de franceschi, andrew motion, ben whishaw, biography, bright star, caroline hewitt, death, drama, edie martin, england, greig fraser, jan chapman, jane campion, john keats, keats, kerry fox, london, love, mark bradshaw, paul schneider, poem, poet, poetry, romance, sick, thomas brodie-sangster, true story, valentine | Leave a comment

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Showalter Writer: Abe Sylvia (Based on the documentary “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” by Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2021, abe sylvia, adaptation, affair, andrew garfield, andrew weisblum, biography, cancer, cherry jones, church, divorce, faith, fenton bailey, fraud, gigi pritzker, god, jerry falwell, jessica chastain, jim bakker, kelly carmichael, lawsuit, marriage, mary jo markey, Michael gioulakis, michael showalter, mike gioulakis, pastor, prison, PTL, rachel shane, randy barbato, religion, scandal, singer, talk show, tammy faye, tammy faye bakker, televangelism, televangelist, television, the eyes of tammy faye, theodore shapiro, true story, tv, vincent d'onofrio | Leave a comment

An Angel at My Table (1990)

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jane Campion Writer: Laura Jones (Based on the books “To the Is-Land” and “An Angel at My Table” and “The Envoy from Mirror City” by Janet Frame)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1990, adaptation, an angel at my table, author, autobiography, biography, bridget ikin, doctor, don mcglashan, drama, ect, electroconvulsive therapy, hospital, institution, jane campion, janet frame, kerry fox, laura jones, metal hospital, misdiagnosis, new zealand, patient, poem, poet, poetry, schizophrenia, stuart dryburgh, the envoy from mirror city, to the is-land, true story, veronika haeussler, veronika jenet, writer, writing | Leave a comment

Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Aaron Sorkin (Based on the book “Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History” by George Crile) Mike Nichols’s final film. OK but really saved by Hoffman’s supporting performance. Miss him … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Drama, War | Tagged 2007, aaron sorkin, adaptation, afghanistan, amy adams, antonia van drimmelen, arms dealer, biography, bombs, charlie wilson, charlie wilson's war, cia, cocaine, comedy, congress, congressman, drama, drugs, emily blunt, gary goetzman, guns, history, james newton howard, john bloom, john slattery, julia roberts, las vegas, middle east, mike nichols, military, money, ned beatty, nevada, philip seymour hoffman, politician, politics, rebels, rizwan manji, russia, soviet union, stephen goldblatt, texas, tom hanks, true story, war, weapons | Leave a comment

The Snowtown Murders (2011)

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Justin Kurzel Writer: Shaun Grant (Story by Shaun Grant & Justin Kurzel) (Based on the books “Killing for Pleasure” by Debi Marshall and “The Snowtown Murders” by Andrew McGarry)