Tag Archives: true story

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

A Man Escaped (1956)

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Bresson Writer: Robert Bresson (Based on the memoir by Andre Devigny)

Posted in Drama, Foreign, Thriller, War | Tagged 1956, a man escaped, adaptation, alain poire, andre devigny, drama, escape, escaped, execution, foreign, francois leterrier, german, jail, jean thuillier, l.h. burel, leonce-henri burel, lieutenant, memoir, nazi, prison, prison cell, prison escape, raymond lamy, resistance, robert bresson, spoon, thriller, true story, war, world war, world war 2, world war ii, wwII | Leave a comment

Sully (2016)

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Todd Komarnicki (Based on the book “Highest Duty” by Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2009, 2016, accident, adaptation, allyn stewart, anna gunn, birds, blu murray, chesley sullenberger, christian jacob, clint eastwood, crash, david letterman, Delphi Harrington, drama, frank marshall, highest duty, holt mccallany, hudson river, investigation, jamey sheridan, january, jeffrey zaslow, katie couric, laura linney, michael rapaport, mike o'malley, miracle on the hudson, new york, new york city, pilot, plane crash, river, sully, tierney sutton band, tim moor, todd komarnicki, tom hanks, tom stern, true story, Valerie Mahaffey, winter | Leave a comment

Benedetta (2021)

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Verhoeven Writers: David Birke & Paul Verhoeven (Based on the book “Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy” by Judith C. Brown)

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 2021, adaptation, anne dudley, benedetta, blessed virgin, catholic, catholicism, charlotte rampling, confession, convent, crucifix, daphne patakia, david birke, drama, foreign, gay, historical, history, immodest acts, italian, italy, jeanne lapoirie, jerome seydoux, job ter burg, lambert wilson, lesbian, michel merkt, nun, paul verhoeven, plague, said ben said, stigmata, trial, true story, virginie efira | 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

House of Gucci (2021)

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Becky Johnston and Roberto Bentivegna (Story by Beck Johnston) (Based on the book “The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness. Glamous, and Greed” by Sara Gay Forden)

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged 2021, adam driver, adaptation, affair, al pacino, beck johnston, business, claire simpson, Dariusz wolski, designer, family, fashion, giannina facio, gucci, Harry Gregson-Williams, Hitman, house of gucci, italian, italy, jack huston, jared leto, jeremy irons, kevin j. walsh, lady gaga, mark huffam, marriage, married, megan ellison, money, murder, psychic, ridley scott, roberto bentivegna, salma hayek, sara gay forden, the house of gucci, trial, true story, wedding | 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

Welcome to Marwen (2018)

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Robert Zemeckis and Caroline Thompson (Based on the movie “Marwencol” by Jeff Malmberg)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Tagged 2018, adaptation, addict, addiction, alan silvestri, alcoholic, art, artist, assault, attach, c. kim miles, captain, caroline thompson, cherylanne martin, comedy, cross dresser, cross dressing, diane kruger, dolls, drama, drugs, eiza gonzalez, fantasy, fetish, gallery, gwendoline christie, imagination, jack rapke, janelle monae, jeff malmberg, leslie mann, leslie zemeckis, marwencol, merritt wever, nazi, neil jackson, ptsd, robert zemeckis, shoe fetish, shoes, siobhan williams, stefanie von pfetten, steve carell, steve starkey, toys, true story, war, welcome to marwen, world war 2, world war ii, wwII | Leave a comment

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