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Post by spiderwort on May 25, 2023 14:32:03 GMT
And please explain a bit why you like them. I have too many to name, so I'll pick just three very special ones right now: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - in my opinion one of the greatest American plays by one of our greatest American playwrights, Tennessee Williams, and directed by one of our greatest directors, Elia Kazan, who also directed the play on Broadway. It's a heartbreaking story with performances that are among the greatest ever put on the screen.
Picnic (1956) - I love the small town Kansas locations, the wonderful cinematography, the bittersweet story so well performed by all the cast, and the music, which is used so beautifully in the iconic dance scene with William Holden and Kim Novak.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - A masterful production of Edward Albee's play, beautifully directed by Mike Nichols with stunning performances by its ensemble cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis. It's a fierce, intense, hate-filled story of a marriage in which love sadly can only be expressed through rage.
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Post by movielover on May 25, 2023 14:33:38 GMT
The Boys in the Band (1970)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Post by movielover on May 25, 2023 15:00:04 GMT
Stalag 17
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Witness for the Prosecution
The Children’s Hour
The Women (1939)
Doubt
Amadeus
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2023 15:05:48 GMT
The Glass Menagerie (1987)
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Post by Mulder and Scully on May 25, 2023 15:09:12 GMT
A Few Good Men
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2023 15:09:43 GMT
Death And the Maiden (1994)
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Post by mikef6 on May 25, 2023 15:12:30 GMT
You can get a good trivia question out of this pick: "Shadows On The Stairs" (1941) - a grade C programmer from a failed 1929 play that was Laurence Olivier's U.S. stage debut.  |
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Post by Teleadm on May 25, 2023 16:33:46 GMT
Miss Julie 1951 directed by Alf Sjöberg and based on August Strindberg's play. Sjöberg successfully transformed his theatre version visions to cinema. Especially his innovative way with flashbacks with just moving the camera and lightning a bit. 
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Post by spiderwort on May 25, 2023 17:21:33 GMT
Miss Julie 1951 directed by Alf Sjöberg and based on August Strindberg's play. Sjöberg successfully transformed his theatre version visions to cinema. Especially his innovative way with flashbacks with just moving the camera and lightning a bit. Haven't seen this one, Teleadm, but it sounds like I need to. I love Strindberg. Thanks for the recommendation. |
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Post by mikef6 on May 25, 2023 17:41:24 GMT
Miss Julie 1951 directed by Alf Sjöberg and based on August Strindberg's play. Sjöberg successfully transformed his theatre version visions to cinema. Especially his innovative way with flashbacks with just moving the camera and lightning a bit. I will see your Strindberg and raise you some Ibsens: "A Doll's House" (1973) starring Jane Fonda "Hedda Gabler (1978) - Diana Rigg "An Enemy Of The People" with Steve McQueen |
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Post by Power Ranger on May 25, 2023 19:03:47 GMT
Don’s Party. A bawdy exploration of the liberal and conservative discourse.
It’s a ‘party gone wrong’ scenario, a bit like The Boys in the Band. In this film, no one comes across as anything but severely flawed, even the apolitical guy.
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Post by phantomparticle on May 30, 2023 2:20:57 GMT
 Based on the 1938 play by English playwright Patrick Hamilton and known as Angel Street when it opened on Broadway in 1941 with Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn and Leo G. Carroll. The play was an instant hit with critics and public, and is a favorite of mine, as well. None of the movie versions, as well made as they are, come close to the charm of the play. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on May 30, 2023 2:45:34 GMT
Mister Roberts. Henry Fonda played Mr. Roberts over 1000 times on Broadway if memory serves.
Great WWII movie about the millions who served in the war but never saw combat. Fonda, William Powell and Jack Lemmon were great. But James Cagney stole the show. The scene where he and Fonda negotiate for Liberty for the crew is so underrated.
"There's a war on, and I'm captain of this vessel, and now *you* can take it for a change! The worst thing I can do to you... is to keep you right here, mister, and here is where you're going to stay. Now, *get out!*"
And a unexpected ending. That unexpected death. I wept.
For the palm tree
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Post by Teleadm on Jun 28, 2023 17:02:09 GMT
 The Pleasure of His Company 1961 was also based on a play by Samuel A. Taylor, this time co-written with Cornelia Otis Skinner, that debuted on Broadway October 1958, the film rights had already been sold in February before it premiered on Broadway that same year. |
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Post by Darth Ackbar™ on Jun 28, 2023 17:12:03 GMT
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