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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

MOVIE : Rock of Ages (2012)

Rock of Ages (2012)
DVD Cover
The film features the music of several 1980s rock artists including: Extreme, Def Leppard, Journey, Scorpions, Poison, Foreigner, Guns N' Roses, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, Bon Jovi, David Lee Roth, Twisted Sister, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, and others.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

MOVIE : Taking Woodstock [2009]

Taking Woodstock is a 2009 American comedy-drama film about the Woodstock Festival of 1969,

directed by Ang Lee. The screenplay by James Schamus is based on the memoir

Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte.

MOVIE : Last Days (2005)

Last Days is a 2005 American film directed, produced, and written by Gus Van Sant,

and is a fictionalized account of the last days of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

MOVIE : Evita (1996)

Evita is a 1996 musical drama film of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical of the same name based on the life of Eva Perón. It was directed by Alan Parker and written by Parker and Oliver Stone. It starred Madonna, Antonio Banderas, and Jonathan Pryce.

MOVIE : West Side Story [1961]

West Side Story is a 1961 musical film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was adapted from William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

MOVIE : The Sound of Music [1965]

The Sound of Music [1965]
The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and with the musical book written by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and screenplay written by Ernest Lehman. The musical originated with the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp.

MOVIE : The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the 1975 film adaptation of the British rock musical stageplay, The Rocky Horror Show, written by Richard O'Brien. The film is a parody of B-movie, science fiction and horror films of the late 1940s through early 1970s.

MOVIE : Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

Repo! The Genetic Opera is a 2008 horror-rock opera musical film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. The film is based on a play written and composed by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich.

MOVIE : Birth Of The Beatles [1979]

- Birth Of The Beatles [1979]

The film focuses on the early history of The Beatles. It was released only nine years after the announced break-up of The Beatles themselves, and is the only Beatles biopic to be made while John Lennon was still alive.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

MOVIE: The Doors 1991 (Oliver Stones)

= The Doors 1991 (directed by Oliver Stones)
The film portrays Morrison as the larger-than-life icon of 1960s rock and roll, counterculture, and the drug-using free love hippie lifestyle. But the depiction goes beyond the iconic: his alcoholism, interest in the spiritual plane and hallucinogenic drugs as entheogens, and, particularly, his growing obsession with death are threads which weave in and out of the film. The film's depiction of Morrison did not sit well with his close friends and family.

MOVIE : The Glenn Miller Story (1953)

- The Glenn Miller Story 1953
The film follows big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying in was lost over the English Channel during World War II. Prominent placement in the film is given to Miller's courtship and marriage to Helen Burger, and various cameos by actual musicians who were colleagues of Miller.

MOVIE : Great Balls Of Fire (1989)

Great Balls Of Fire (1989)
The early career of Jerry Lee Lewis, from his rise to rock 'n' roll stardom to his

controversial marriage to his 13-year-old cousin that led to his downfall, is depicted in the film.

MOVIE : Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
A film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock opera of the same name.

MOVIE : Two Of Us ( 2000 )

- Two Of Us ( 2000 )
Two of Us is a 2000 television drama which offers a dramatized account of April 24, 1976 (six years after the break-up of The Beatles), the day in which Lorne Michaels made a statement on Saturday Night Live offering The Beatles $3,000 to reunite on his program.
The screenplay consists of a series of long conversations between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The discussions between Lennon and McCartney explore a number of issues including the breakup of The Beatles and the difficulties that developed between them after Lennon married Yoko Ono.

MOVIE : Backbeat (1994) The Beatles In Hamburg Period

- Backbeat (1994) (The Beatles In Hamburg Period)

Backbeat is a 1994 British-German drama film directed by Iain Softley. It chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe and John Lennon, and also with Sutcliffe's German girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr. The film is based on interviews conducted by the writer/director Iain Softley with Astrid Kirchherr and Klaus Voormann in the spring of 1988.