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It spans a time period from the 1920s to the 1970s, in a fictional South American country, also a lot to fit into the time available.
By the time of the period The Last Hunt is set in, the buffalo had been all but wiped out.
I don't think of this as a "gay movie," it's an interesting and tender period love story, where the two principals happen to be women.
An excellent period murder melodrama, with Fontaine effectively playing against her earlier naive wallflower type, in a role that reportedly Olivia DeHavilland turned down.
It represents the time period way of thinking though.
Like the other Cannon Movie Tales, this is a beautifully decorated period piece; every piece of cloth and jewel (both of which have major parts in this movie's plot) look fresh and new, and contrast with the plain clothes of the peasants.
The atmosphere for a movie of that time is good and the special effects are good for a film of the period.
I was given a lot of information in a short period of time but through great editing and voice-over work it didn't feel rushed or pushed.
Jules (28) and Gideon (31) Naudet (pronounced "Nau-day") want to make a documentary on New York City Firefighters, beginning with a "newbie" from the academy and follow him through the nine month probationary period to full-fledged firefighter.
However, if you love romance, period pieces, great acting, knockout scenery, or the fine art of motion picture creation, don't miss this one.
I recommend this film to all that love a epic period piece.
This is a period piece that I believe took place during the depression.
Rod Serling was, of course, a genius and his wonderful, playful, creative mind left something of the period in which he lived and examples of television at that state of development.
Heath Ledger sticks to what he knows and what works for him, period pieces.
If they were to bring the show back and it went on for another season how would it work since each episode is done in the period of a year and the story is based on what happens in the span of twenty years?
The Ugly Sisters have become wildly glamorous upper-class English girls, and together with Kathleen Turner as the stepmother they flounce about in various wonderful period costumes.
Any car buff will enjoy the apparently expertly restored period automobiles.
Yes, as unbelievable as it may be, in 1968 a musical won the Academy Award for best picture - and it was the third musical to win that award in a five-year period, the first being My Fair Lady in 1964 and then The Sound of Music in 1965.
This particular Joe McDoakes short subject was obviously inspired by the all star Warner Brothers spectacular Thank Your Lucky Stars, one of those all star wartime morale boosters of the period.
It is an accurate reflection of the period in which it is set.
Her acting was superb but her makeup and hair was not of the period, and always seemed to make her look out of place next to the other actors.
Lovely period piece capturing 1962.
Part of the enjoyment that I took from this film stemmed from the fact that I knew nothing more about it than that it starred John Turturro and Emily Watson (2 reasons enough to watch), was a period piece and involved chess.
Maybe after seeing Zabriskie Point I felt much the same way Woody Allen felt after seeing 2001- he only liked the film after seeing it three times over a two year period, realizing the filmmaker was ahead of him in what was going on.
After reading only two of the comments herein, as a lifelong Bronte fan, beginning with Olivier's Heathcliff and enduring with the many versions of Charlotte's "Rochester," it is more than eye-opening to see that it is the UNsung Bronte sister who gave the lie to the male-chauvinist period the trio inhabited.
This period melodrama is one of Griffith's earliest claustrophobic films.
This was a period in time in our country which yearned for a concise reflection on our own country's struggle for survival!!
An overblown melodrama typical of its period (mid-1950s) and appropriate matinée food.
Like other films of the period, homosexuality is disguised in heterosexual terms.
I also enjoyed the music from the movie as well, Larry Norman was a really good songwriter during that time period, although now most Christian music is now worship and praise music.
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