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Coming attractions for films old and new, featuring the original score and NOT “Carmina Burana”.
I Want To Live!
In 1958, while Miles Davis was furthering the art of jazz in film scoring in France, Johnny Mandel did his part in Hollywood, composing one of the all-time great jazz scores for I WANT TO
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“Houston, We Have a Problem!”
My first memory of news from the outside world is the death of Judy Garland on June 22, 1969. Let me tell you, Dorothy’s death rocked my little seven-year-old world. Less than a month
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“I’m Not a Crook”
During the 1995 holiday season, the last thing audiences wanted to see was a controversial biopic about the most disgraced President in U.S. history. Oliver Stone’s NIXON captures the mystery and dichotomy behind the
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Anna and the King of Siam
If you get a sense of déjà vu watching ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM, then you may be more familiar with the story’s more popular incarnation, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, THE KING AND I.
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I Coulda Been a Contenduh!
Few films are as raw and powerful as Elia Kazan’s ON THE WATERFRONT. Marlon Brando stars as Terry Maloy, an ex-boxer who questions his guilt over his part in a mob death and blows
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From Here To Eternity
In 1953, Oscar decided to make up for the embarrassment of 1952′s Best Picture THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (though a guilty pleasure) by awarding its top prize to the stellar FROM HERE TO ETERNITY. The
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Frida
Elliot Goldenthal always seems to produce his best work when he’s collaborating with his real life partner, director Julie Taymor. And such was the case with his Oscar-winning score to FRIDA (2002). Selma Hayak
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
Film is the ideal medium to showcase the visual arts. The lives and work of Frida Kallo (FRIDA), Van Gogh (LUST FOR LIFE) and Jackson Pollock (POLLOCK) have all had varying success in film.
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Double Indemnity
Billy Wilder’s DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) wasn’t the first film noir, but it was the beginning of a new phase in Miklos Rozsa’s already stellar career. Adapted from James M. Cain’s classic crime novel, Fred MacMurray stars as
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Captain from Castile
Alfred Newman conquered film music yet again with 1947′s CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE. The colorful score combines the robust energy of its Spanish and Mexican locales for the tale of Pedro De Vargas (Tyrone Power), a young Castillian
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