Bloody Sunday (2002)
93%RT Audience Score: 91%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Bloody Sunday powerfully recreates the events of that day with startling immediacy.
Bloody Sunday is a movie that will leave you feeling like you just got punched in the gut, but in a good way. It’s a powerful retelling of the 1972 demonstrations that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. Director Paul Greengrass does an outstanding job of capturing the chaos and confusion of real-life emergencies, and the nerve-jangling, documentary-type immediacy will have you feeling like you’re right in the middle of the action. It’s not a movie for the faint of heart, but if you’re looking for a film that will leave you feeling emotionally drained and intellectually stimulated, then Bloody Sunday is definitely worth checking out.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
38 Pembroke Square, Kensington, London, England, UK
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
1971
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Mono
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Aspect ratio:1.66 : 1
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Runtime:1h 47m
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Language(s):English, Italian, Hebrew, French
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Country of origin:United Kingdom, Ireland
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Oct 11, 2002 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 5, 2016
Genre(s)
History/Drama
Keyword(s)
Bloody Sunday, History, Drama, R, English, Paul Greengrass, Mark Redhead, Don Mullan, James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Allan Gildea, Kevin McCorry, Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR, Flat (1.85:1), Paramount Pictures, $773.2K, 106 Reviews, 91% Audience Score, reviewed by Nell Minow, Scott Foundas, Patrick Z McGavin, David Ansen, Alan Morrison, Trevor Johnston, Dennis Harvey, Cole Smithey, Nick Rogers, Betsy Bozdech, Alan Dale, Jeffrey M Anderson, directed by Paul Greengrass, produced by Mark Redhead, written by Paul Greengrass and Don Mullan, starring James Nesbitt as Ivan Cooper, Tim Pigott-Smith as Major General Ford, Nicholas Farrell as Brigadier Maclellan, Gerard McSorley as Chief Supt Lagan, Kathy Kiera Clarke as Frances, Allan Gildea as Kevin McCorry
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Tim Pigott-Smith – Major General Ford
Nicholas Farrell – Brigadier Maclellan
Gerard McSorley – Chief Supt. Lagan
Kathy Kiera Clarke – Frances
Allan Gildea – Kevin McCorry
Director(s)
Paul Greengrass
Writer(s)
Paul Greengrass, Don Mullan
Producer(s)
Mark Redhead
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (106) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (98) | Rotten (8)
Powerful retelling of 1972 demonstrations.
December 22, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
Stunning.
March 11, 2008
Scott Foundas
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Greengrass sacrifices character and plot to a chilling impressionistic stylization.
March 11, 2008
Patrick Z. McGavin
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Watching director Paul Greengrass’s explosive Bloody Sunday, you have to remind yourself at moments that you’re not looking at a documentary.
November 1, 2007
David Ansen
Newsweek
TOP CRITIC
Greengrass has deliberately chosen to provoke an emotional rather than intellectual response with his film — but sometimes provocation is much preferred to the British media’s maintenance of the status quo.
December 30, 2006 | Rating: 4/5
Alan Morrison
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Comparisons with The Battle of Algiers are not inappropriate.
June 24, 2006
Trevor Johnston
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
[An] outstanding dramatization of real-life emergencies, with a nerve-jangling, documentary-type immediacy.
October 21, 2020
Dennis Harvey
48 Hills
Although originally produced for British television in 2002, Paul Greengrass’s vivid depiction of a violent turning point in the so-called Troubles in Northern Ireland was released in the U.S. in theaters.
May 7, 2013 | Rating: A+
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
Time has offered the Troubles perspective, investigation and pop-culture outlets (U2′s “Sunday Bloody Sunday”). But Paul Greengrass’s film spoke to how reason meant absolutely nothing when rage reigned on either side of the line.
September 25, 2010 | Rating: 4/4
Nick Rogers
The Film Yap
It’s rare that a dramatic film convincingly captures the chaotic, confusing, fast-paced nature of real life — much less real life in a crisis.
November 6, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/4
Betsy Bozdech
DVDJournal.com
Bloody Sunday demonstrates an historical thesis formulated in retrospect, which fits oddly with Greengrass’s continuous-present technique.
June 24, 2006
Alan Dale
Blogcritics.org
Intense and difficult, but rewarding.
May 4, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid…
Plot
Divorced working woman Alex and well-to-do Jewish family doctor Daniel Hirsh share not only the same answering service but also the favours of young Bob Elkin who bed-hops between them as the mood takes him. Both Alex and Dr Hirsh are aware of the other’s existence but prefer to live with the situation rather than risk losing Elkin completely. But a wet winter weekend in London can be difficult.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no mention of the film COTTONWORKS.COM DESIGN MORE WITH COTTON on Fresh Kernels, so there is no goofy, funny, or odd comment to provide.
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Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry (1971)
89%RT Audience Score: 90%
Awards & Nominations: 2 wins & 4 nominations
As tough and taciturn as its no-nonsense hero, Dirty Harry delivers a deceptively layered message without sacrificing an ounce of its solid action impact.
Dirty Harry is the ultimate cop movie for those who love a good dose of vigilante justice. Clint Eastwood’s portrayal of Harry Callahan is both tough and hilarious, with one-liners that will have you laughing out loud. Director Don Siegel’s use of cutting and framing is masterful, making this film a true classic. Sure, it may be controversial and some may call it propaganda for police brutality, but if you’re looking for a thrilling ride with a badass cop, Dirty Harry is the movie for you.
Production Company(ies)
Charles K. Feldman Group Warner Bros.,
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Holiday Inn Select Downtown Hotel – 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
1971
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Mono
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 43m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 1, 1971 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 3, 2008
Genre(s)
Action
Keyword(s)
starring Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, John Larch, Andrew Robinson, John Vernon, directed by Don Siegel, written by Harry Julian Fink, Rita M Fink, Dean Riesner, produced by Don Siegel, action, R rating, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Derek Malcolm, Alexander Walker, John Russell Taylor, Dave Kehr, J Hoberman, Roger Ebert, Madeleine Harmsworth, Matt Brunson, David Nusair, Josh Larsen, Mike Massie, Eve Tushnet, cop, psychopathic killer, civil rights, school bus, violence, loner, police brutality, Clint Eastwood’s breakthrough role, Warner Bros Pictures, mono sound mix, scope aspect ratio
Worldwide gross: $35,988,495
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $295,310,435
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 510
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 32,203,973
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $4,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $32,822,760
Production budget ranking: 1,106
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $17,675,056
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $244,812,618
ROI to date (est.): 485%
ROI ranking: 263
Harry Guardino – Bressler
Reni Santoni – Chico
John Larch – Police Chief
Andrew Robinson – Scorpio Killer
John Vernon – The Mayor
Director(s)
Don Siegel
Writer(s)
Harry Julian Fink, Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Rita M. Fink, Dean Riesner
Producer(s)
Don Siegel
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
2 wins & 4 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (53) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (6)
Siegel shouldn’t have had to shout so much to make himself heard, nor should Eastwood, otherwise excellent, be quite so determined to maintain a star’s steely dignity. But a lot still manages to get through about violence and the loner’s path.
May 31, 2022
Derek Malcolm
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
Dirty Harry is a film meant to wring the already well wrung and mangled conscience of the liberal. Which it succeeds in doing with engrossing efficiency.
May 31, 2022
Alexander Walker
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
The message, finally, is the least important part of the film; the medium, and the artist’s command of it, is the real message. And Siegel has never been more in command of it than here.
May 26, 2022
John Russell Taylor
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
A crisp, beautifully paced film, full of Siegel’s wonderful coups of cutting and framing.
March 1, 2007
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
No less than Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, it offers a fabulous, multifarious political metaphor. (And, as with Body Snatchers, Siegel’s own liberal interpretation was trumped by a more forceful hard-right reading.
April 4, 2006
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
TOP CRITIC
If there aren’t mentalities like Dirty Harry’s at loose in the land, then the movie is irrelevant. If there are, we should not blame the bearer of the bad news.
October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
TOP CRITIC
Excellent thriller of the tough cop variety.
May 31, 2022
Madeleine Harmsworth
Sunday Mirror (UK)
Director Don Siegel’s classic sci-fi flick Invasion of the Body Snatchers was alternately read as both right-wing (anti-Commie) and left-wing (anti-McCarthyism), and he found his controversial police thriller experiencing the same sort of dichotomy.
December 16, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
…essentially the template for play-by-his-own-rules cop pictures…
December 9, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
…a straw-man movie.
September 2, 2021 | Rating: 1.5/4
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
He’s one of the coolest unethical cops around, sporting a mean hand-cannon, an attitude of proportional size, and witty dialogue that consistently sizzles.
August 29, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Beautifully-made propaganda for police brutality. Clint Eastwood is not as great as I expected, he does weirdly stilted line readings…
March 26, 2020
Eve Tushnet
Patheos…
Plot
In 1971, San Francisco faces the terror of a maniac known as the “Scorpio Killer” (Andrew Robinson), who snipes at innocent victims and demands ransom through notes left at the scene of the crime. Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is assigned to the case along with his newest partner Inspector Chico Gonzalez (Reni Santoni) to track down Scorpio and stop him. Using humiliation and cat-and-mouse type of games against Callahan, Scorpio is put to the test with the cop with a dirty attitude.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Clint Eastwood’s portrayal of Harry Callahan has become a cultural icon and has been parodied and referenced in numerous films and TV shows.
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Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
85%RT Audience Score: 92%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 Oscar
2 wins & 4 nominations total
Diamonds are Forever is a largely derivative affair, but it’s still pretty entertaining nonetheless, thanks to great stunts, witty dialogue, and the presence of Sean Connery
Diamonds Are Forever is like a rollercoaster ride – it’s not always logical, but it’s a wild and fun experience. Sean Connery’s return as Bond is a treat, and the film delivers on the classic Bond formula of gadgets, beautiful women, and over-the-top action. Sure, it may not be the most critically acclaimed entry in the series, but who cares when you’re having this much fun? Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.
Production Company(ies)
Frenesy Film Company, La Cinéfacture RT Features,
Distributor
United Artists
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Elrod House – 2175 Southridge Drive, Palm Springs, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
GP
Year of Release
1971
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Surround 7.1Mono
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 59m
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Language(s):English, German
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 17, 1971 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 7, 2006
Genre(s)
Action
Keyword(s)
starring Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bruce Cabot, directed by Guy Hamilton, written by Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz, action, PG, James Bond, spy, diamond smuggling, Las Vegas, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, SPECTRE, laser satellite, smuggler, Tiffany Case, United Artists, Albert R Broccoli, Harry Saltzman, Mono, Scope (2.35:1), box office, budget, critic reviews, reviewed by Jay Cocks, Ian Nathan, Variety Staff, Dave Kehr, Vincent Canby, Roger Ebert, Matt Brunson, Jake Tropila, Mike Massie, Kelechi Ehenulo, Thomas Berger, PJ Nabarro, Patrick Nabarro
Worldwide gross: $43,821,550
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $359,586,056
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 426
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 39,213,310
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $7,200,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $59,080,968
Production budget ranking: 688
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $31,815,101
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $268,689,986
ROI to date (est.): 296%
ROI ranking: 463
Jill St. John – Tiffany Case
Charles Gray – Ernst Stavro Blofeld, SPECTRE Operative #1
Lana Wood – Plenty O’Toole
Jimmy Dean – Willard Whyte
Bruce Cabot – Saxby
Director(s)
Guy Hamilton
Writer(s)
Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz
Producer(s)
Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
2 wins & 4 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (50) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (18)
Bond looks better than ever, partly because Sean Connery has returned to play him.
October 13, 2008
Jay Cocks
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Connery has a ball with great stunts, snappy dialogue and a bevy of typically Bondish beauties.
April 24, 2008 | Rating: 3/5
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Diamonds Are Forever doesn’t carry the same quality or flair as its many predecessors.
April 24, 2008
Variety Staff
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Assorted ladies, a few quick lines, and one good chase, making for a mediocre entry in the series.
April 24, 2008
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
The movie’s momentum is such that one never has much time to react to its lack of reason, only to its sensations of speed and narrow escape, and to the splendor of its crazy gadgets and dcor.
May 9, 2005 | Rating: 4/5
Vincent Canby
New York Times
TOP CRITIC
We see different movies for different reasons, and Diamonds Are Forever is great at doing the things we see a James Bond movie for.
October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
TOP CRITIC
It would be Connery’s final appearance in the official series, and he goes out in style.
September 25, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
Diamonds Are Forever might not be the greatest showcase for Connery’s talents, but it’s still an enjoyable outing in its own right, one that values humor over thrills.
September 16, 2020
Jake Tropila
Film Inquiry
This might be the last time for another several features that Bond actually feels like a secret agent.
August 29, 2020 | Rating: 4/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Maybe I’m doing Diamonds a disservice. There are some fun moments and some silly moments that I can’t defend (like multiple Blofelds) but sadly I felt cheated (and still do) on what this film could have been.
July 16, 2020 | Rating: 2/5
Kelechi Ehenulo
Confessions From A Geek Mind
How good it was to see the gadgets again, the gymnastic grace of the fantasy-violence, the comedy of the imaginary sex, and that quality of the Bond pictures at their best which I can only call geniality.
February 10, 2020
Thomas Berger
Esquire Magazine
Has some dramatic merit and is one of the better films in the entire franchise.
October 31, 2019 | Rating: 3/5
PJ Nabarro
Patrick Nabarro…
Plot
James Bond’s mission is to find out who has been smuggling diamonds, which are not re-appearing. He adopts another identity in the form of Peter Franks. He joins up with Tiffany Case, and acts as if he is smuggling the diamonds, but everyone is hungry for these diamonds. He also has to avoid Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, the dangerous couple who do not leave anyone in their way. Ernst Stavro Blofeld isn’t out of the question. He may have changed his looks, but is he linked with the heist? And if he is, can Bond finally defeat his ultimate enemy.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny or odd comment about the film Diamonds Are Forever on Fresh Kernels.
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Ghislaine Maxwell Sex Lies and Secrets
Ghislaine Maxwell: Sex, Lies and Secrets
83%RT Audience Score:
Hulu, Netflix, Social, Topical
Year of Release
2020
Technical Specs
Color: NA
Sound mix: NA
Aspect ratio: NA
Language(s): English
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Original premiere:
Newest season premiere:
Genre(s)
Documentary, Political, Topical
Keyword(s)
Documentary TV Special, Informative TV Special, Political TV Special, Topical, Roast Beef Productions Shows, TV Shows from United Kingdom, English Language, Female Producer
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Rotten Tomatoes placeholder cast and crew thumbnail image
Barbara Shearer
Director
Executive Producer
Emma Cooper profile Cooper
Nina Burleigh Burleigh
Sam Sniderman
Laura Michalchyshyn Michalchyshyn
Producer
Director(s)
Writer(s)
Executive(s)
NA
Awards & Nominations
NA
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
Hulu, HBO, Netflix, ABC
Stream Now
(Click to Watch)
Coming soon…
Adventure Time Distant Lands
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
91%RT Audience Score:
Creator: Pendleton Ward
Starring: Jeremy Shada, John DiMaggio, Olivia Olson, Niki Yang, Hynden Walch
Cartoon Network Studios, HBO Max, MARV, Verse
Year of Release
2020
Technical Specs
Color: Color
Sound mix: Dolby Digital, Stereo, Dolby
Aspect ratio: 16:9 HD
Language(s): English
Country of origin: United States
Original premiere: 06/25/2020
Newest season premiere: 06/25/2020
Season Finale:
09/02/2021
Genre(s)
Action, Action/Adventure, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Reboot, Vampire, War
Keyword(s)
Action/Adventure Digital Animation, Animated Comedy Digital Animation, Childrens Animation Digital Animation, Fantasy Digital Animation, Reboot, Cartoon Network Studios, Frederator Studios, TV Shows from 2020, Movies from United States, GLAAD Media Awards Nominees, South Asian Producer, South Asian Writer, HBO Max Original, Female Writer, Nonbinary Writer, 2+ Ethnicity Lead Cast, Asian Lead Cast, South Asian Show Creator, Female Producer, Female Director
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Jeremy Shada
Shada
Finn
Voice
John DiMaggio DiMaggio
Jake
Olivia Olson Olson
Marceline
Niki Yang
BMO
Hynden Walch Walch
Princess Bubblegum
Steve Little Little
Peppermint Butler
Voice
Director(s)
Writer(s)
Executive(s)
NA
Awards & Nominations
NA
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
HBO
Stream Now
(Click to Watch)
Coming soon…
Patton
Patton (1970)
95%RT Audience Score: 93%
Awards & Nominations: Won 7 Oscars
24 wins & 8 nominations total
George C. Scott’s sympathetic, unflinching portrayal of the titular general in this sprawling epic is as definitive as any performance in the history of American biopics.
Patton is one of those movies that makes you want to stand up and salute, even if you’re just sitting on your couch in your pajamas. George C. Scott’s performance as the controversial military genius is nothing short of amazing, capturing both his violent tendencies and his vulnerable side. Sure, the movie may blur the lines between the man and the war around him, but who cares when you’re watching one of the greatest war movies ever made? And let’s be real, if Nixon loved it, it can’t be all bad…right?
Production Company(ies)
Twentieth Century Fox,
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Cabo de Gata, Almería, Andalucía, Spain
MPAA / Certificate
PG
Year of Release
1970
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.20 : 1
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Runtime:2h 51m
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Language(s):English, German, French, Russian, Arabic, Italian
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 1970 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2006
Genre(s)
War/Biography
Keyword(s)
starring George C Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Edward Binns, Larry Dobkin, John Doucette, directed by Franklin J Schaffner, written by Ladislas Farago, Omar N Bradley, Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H North, War, Biography, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Wanda Hale, TIME Staff, Andrew Sarris, Variety Staff, Empire Staff, Dave Kehr, James Wegg, Anne Louise, Mike Massie, Larry Zolf, Michael Ross, Lloyd Steele, PG, 20th Century Fox, stereo, DTS, General George S Patton Jr., General Omar N Bradley, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, Maj Gen Walter Bedell Smith, Colonel Gaston Bell, Major General Lucian K Truscott
Worldwide gross: $61,749,765
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $529,475,711
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 266
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 57,739,990
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $12,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $102,894,457
Production budget ranking: 393
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $55,408,665
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $371,172,589
ROI to date (est.): 234%
ROI ranking: 562
Karl Malden – General Omar N. Bradley
Michael Bates – Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
Edward Binns – Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Larry Dobkin – Colonel Gaston Bell
John Doucette – Major General Lucian K. Truscott
Director(s)
Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer(s)
Ladislas Farago, Omar N. Bradley, Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North
Producer(s)
Frank McCarthy
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 7 Oscars
24 wins & 8 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Picture Winners, Oscar Winners
All Critics (51) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (4)
I’d like to pin four stars on each shoulder of George C. Scott for his perspective characterization of the military genius, the controversial man.
February 22, 2015 | Rating: 4/4
Wanda Hale
New York Daily News
TOP CRITIC
The movie’s vision blurs the man and, incidentally, the just war around him.
February 22, 2015
TIME Staff
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
George C. Scott’s performance cannot be praised highly enough for capturing both the violence and the vulnerability of the Patton personality without degenerating either into vulgar caricature or cardboard sentimentality.
February 6, 2013
Andrew Sarris
Village Voice
TOP CRITIC
War is hell, and Patton is one hell of a war picture, perhaps one of the most remarkable of its type ever made.
February 19, 2008
Variety Staff
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Scott is simply awesome as the one-of-a-kind General George Patton.
February 19, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
Empire Staff
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Nixon’s favorite movie, which proves he was blind to ambiguity as well as a few other things.
December 13, 2006
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Redemption through victory
May 5, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
James Wegg
JWR
Patton is one of the most brilliant one-man film shows ever produced.
February 10, 2022
Anne Louise
Contra Costa Times
One of the greatest war movies ever made.
August 30, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
If he were to return in a Hollywood guise, Patton would just have to come back as George C. Scott. For Scott is Patton incarnate in a superb acting performance that rescues the film from some of Schaffner’s more pedestrian directing devices.
January 27, 2020
Larry Zolf
Maclean’s Magazine
True, we learn to hate Patton’s guts, but we also learn to understand the pragmatic magnetism that caused his men to follow him anywhere.
January 15, 2020
Michael Ross
Los Angeles Free Press
Naturally… we see all sides of Patton, but are exposed only to the more shallow surfaces of the other characters.
January 14, 2020
Lloyd Steele
Los Angeles Free Press…
Plot
“Patton” tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton’s career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Europe and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton’s numerous faults such his temper and tendency toward insubordination, faults that would prevent him from becoming the lead American general in the Normandy Invasion as well as to his being relieved as Occupation Commander of Germany.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
George C. Scott’s performance as General George S. Patton Jr. is “as definitive as any performance in the history of American biopics,” according to the critics consensus on Fresh Kernels.
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MASH
M*A*S*H (1970)
84%RT Audience Score: 83%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Bold, timely, subversive, and above all funny, M*A*S*H remains a high point in Robert Altman’s distinguished filmography
M*A*S*H is the kind of movie that makes you laugh so hard you forget you’re watching a movie about war. It’s like if your grandpa told you a dirty joke and you couldn’t help but laugh even though you know you shouldn’t. Sure, it’s offensive and outdated, but it’s also a classic that paved the way for other anti-war comedies. Plus, who doesn’t love a good prankster humor?
Production Company(ies)
Participant Willi Hill Killer Content
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
TV-PG
Year of Release
1970
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:1h 56m
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Language(s):
-
Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 30, 1970 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 7, 2004
Genre(s)
Comedy/War
Keyword(s)
starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt, Robert Duvall, Jo Ann Pflug, directed by Robert Altman, written by Ring Lardner Jr., comedy, war, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Myles Standish, John Mahoney, Alan Morrison, Gene Siskel, Eric Henderson, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Eddie Harrison, Roger Moore, Harvey G Cox, Richard Propes, MPAA rating R, produced by Otto Preminger, Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Korean Conflict, surgery, Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John McIntyre, Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan, Duke Forrest, Major Frank Burns, Lt Dish, 20th Century Fox, Mono, Stereo, Scope (2.35:1)
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Elliott Gould – “Trapper” John McIntyre
Sally Kellerman – Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan
Tom Skerritt – Duke Forrest
Robert Duvall – Major Frank Burns
Jo Ann Pflug – Lt. Dish
Director(s)
Robert Altman
Writer(s)
Ring Lardner Jr.
Producer(s)
Otto Preminger
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (56) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (9)
It is ribald, cruel, sick, sacrilegious, offensive and enormously funny, continuously and wildly hilarious.
March 27, 2020
Myles Standish
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
TOP CRITIC
The finest American comedy since Some Like It Hot, the Mr. Roberts of the Korean War, The Graduate of 1970, and the film that has been expected from director Robert Altman for some short time.
January 25, 2018
John Mahoney
Hollywood Reporter
TOP CRITIC
As a savage comedy about man’s rebellion in the face of death it has rarely been bettered.
March 3, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
Alan Morrison
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
For me, M*A*S*H contains as much depression as humor.
January 18, 2013 | Rating: 4/4
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
A good dint lower than its reputation, more so if you look at it not as one of the seminal 1970s films but instead as the first chapter from the finest filmmaking career spent examining the American mystique.
September 15, 2009 | Rating: 2/4
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
TOP CRITIC
This is still watchable for the verve of the ensemble acting and dovetailing direction, but some of the crassness leaves a sour aftertaste.
June 27, 2007
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Altman’s original movie revels in misogyny, racism, prankster humour and very outdated attitudes; it really should not be watchable in 2021, but it is…
December 9, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Eddie Harrison
film-authority.com
Really showing its age. I’d go so far as to call it “obsolescent” now.
June 6, 2021 | Rating: 2/4
Roger Moore
Movie Nation
When it comes to absurdist, black-humor antiwar films, M.A.S.H. falls way, way behind Catch-22.
January 7, 2021
Harvey G. Cox
Tempo (National Council of Churches)
One of my comfortable films because it reminds me in the most subtle of ways that when I am in the midst of the battle there is always a way to survive.
September 16, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
A wholly unique comedy, oriented in a most unlikely setting.
August 30, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
A good (but not great) comedy about the calculated idiocies of war precisely because it is a human and ultimately humane movie.
January 15, 2020
Michael Ross
Los Angeles Free Press…
Plot
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean War. With little help from the circumstance in which they find themselves, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable. Nevertheless, the war goes on.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The ensemble acting in M*A*S*H is praised for its verve and dovetailing direction.
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The Batman
The Batman
75%RT Audience Score: 87%
Awards & Nominations: NA
A grim, gritty, and gripping super-noir, The Batman ranks among the Dark Knight’s bleakest — and most thrillingly ambitious — live-action outings.
It’s long, but The Batman looks and sounds great, and its grounded take on Gotham is a solid fit for this Caped Crusader.
Centers on reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne and his dual role as Gotham City’s vigilante detective.
Tagline
Unmask The Truth
Production Company(ies)
6th & Idaho, DC Entertainment, Dylan Clark Productions, HBO Max, Pearl Street Films, Roadshow Films, Verse, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
(Originating Distributor)
Release Date:
03-04-2022
Release Type
STREAMING, STREAMING (HBO MAX), THEATRICAL, THEATRICAL (WIDE)
Filming Location(s)
London, England, United Kingdom; Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom; Chicago, Illinois, United States
MPAA / Certificate
PG-13
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, Dolby, Dolby Surround 7.1
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2 h 56 m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Mar 4, 2022
Genre(s)
Action, Action/Adventure, Adventure, Animation, Detective, Literary Adaptation, Music, Sport, Superhero, War
Keyword(s)
Action/Adventure Action Movie, Comic Book / Graphic Novel Adaptation Action Movie, Literary Adaptation Action Movie, Superhero, Movies Directed by Matt Reeves, Movies Written by Matt Reeves, Movies Starring Robert Pattinson, Movies Starring Zoe Kravitz, Movies Starring Paul Dano, Movies Starring Jeffrey Wright, Movies Starring John Turturro, Movies Starring Peter Sarsgaard, Movies Starring Andy Serkis, Movies Starring Colin Farrell, Warner Bros. Pictures Movie, 6th & Idaho Movie, Dylan Clark Productions Movie, DC Comics Movie, Pearl Street Films Movie, Movies from 2022, Movies from the 2020s, Big Budget Movie, Movies from United States, English Language, Movies Starring Barry Keoghan, Movies Starring Jayme Lawson, Movies Starring Charlie Carver, Movies from 2021, Franchise: Batman, Franchise: DC Extended Universe, Impacted by COVID-19, 2+ Ethnicity Producer, Asian Producer, Female Producer, LGBTQ+ Lead Cast, 2+ Ethnicity Lead Cast, Black Lead Cast, LGBTQ Lead Cast
Worldwide gross: $770,836,163
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $770,836,163
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 152
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 84,060,650
US/Canada gross: $369,345,583
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $369,345,583
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 137
US/Canada opening weekend: $134,008,624
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $134,008,624
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 49
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $200,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $200,000,000
Production budget ranking: 108
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $107,700,000
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $463,136,163
ROI to date (est.): 151%
ROI ranking: 765
Bruce Wayne, The Batman
Zoë Kravitz
Selina Kyle
Jeffrey Wright
Lt. James Gordon
Colin Farrell
Oz, The Penguin
Paul Dano
The Riddler
John Turturro
Carmine Falcone
Director(s)
Matt Reeves
Writer(s)
Matt Reeves
Executive(s)
NA
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (494) | Top Critics (84) | Fresh (421) | Rotten (73)
Operatic, simmering, and replete with a smoky noir atmosphere, The Batman is an enthralling package of contradictions.
May 25, 2022
Eric Francisco
Inverse
TOP CRITIC
The film I imagine Ricky Fitts would grow up to make after the events of ‘American Beauty.’
March 24, 2022
Keith Uhlich
(All (Parentheses))
TOP CRITIC
What this film does achieve, however, is telling a solid new Batman story, one with some pretty compelling twists and a strong point-of-view on who, exactly, the Caped Crusader is. By default, that makes it one of the better Batman movies ever made. March 19, 2022
Liz Shannon Miller
Consequence
TOP CRITIC
Ultimately, this Batman accepts the thankless, death-defying role he’s stepped into, and the sacrifices that go with it. But that choice would be more compelling if it weren’t framed as a tacit acknowledgement of all the inevitable sequels to come…
March 11, 2022
Adam Nayman
The Ringer
TOP CRITIC
The movie’s inability to imagine its superheroes and supervillains with any meaningful psychological identity is of a piece with the failure to imagine ordinary people with any degree of individuality.
March 10, 2022
Richard Brody
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
It’s not too surprising that this is Reeves’s film, since the recent Planet of the Apes trilogy is among the most rich, complex, and well-crafted franchises in cinematic history.
March 9, 2022
Alissa Wilkinson
Vox
TOP CRITIC
The way that everything is spliced and shaken together, and the mood — and it’s definitely a mood — makes this weighty, heavy, sublimely shot, excellently cast, always-engaging blockbuster feel new, and all things Batman with it.
June 25, 2022
Sarah Ward
Concrete Playground
THE BATMAN shows that even the best intentions may inspire mayhem, cause heck this is Gotham.
June 22, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Rosalie Kicks
MovieJawn
And even though at times the movie seems a little too male-centric, in times when this is almost prohibited, it felt good to feel those testosterone punches in such a quality, entertaining film. [Full review in Spanish]
June 15, 2022
Erick Estrada
Cinegarage
How many times can this story be told? Next time pray that the filmmakers aren’t this self-serious about their own vision and that the running time values your time outside of Gotham.
June 14, 2022 | Rating: C+
Nathaniel Rogers
The Film Experience
Lovers of action, fight sequences, digital effects, and mainstream fare may be driven to mental torture. [Full review in Spanish]
June 14, 2022
Javier Ocaña
El Pais (Spain)
Matt Reeves is a director with a vision. I’m glad I enjoy that vision, because Batman needs to have good movies.
June 9, 2022 | Rating: A-
Kent Garrison
Mad About Movies Podcast…
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
Batman and Gordon discover that the Riddler left a thumb drive in Mitchell’s car containing images of Mitchell with a woman, Annika Kosolov, at the Iceberg Lounge—a nightclub operated by the Penguin, mobster Carmine Falcone’s lieutenant. While the Penguin pleads ignorance, Batman notices that Selina Kyle, Annika’s roommate and lover, works at the club as a waitress. When Annika disappears, Batman sends Selina back to the Iceberg Lounge for answers and discovers that Savage was on Falcone’s payroll, as is district attorney Gil Colson.
The Riddler abducts Colson, straps a timed collar bomb to his neck, and sends him to interrupt Mitchell’s funeral. When Batman arrives, the Riddler calls him via Colson’s phone and threatens to detonate the bomb if Colson cannot answer three riddles. Colson refuses to answer the third—the name of the informant who gave the GCPD information that led to a historic drug bust ending mobster Salvatore Maroni’s operation—and dies. Batman and Gordon deduce that the informant may be the Penguin and track him to a drug deal. They discover that Maroni’s operation transferred to Falcone, with many corrupt GCPD officers involved. Selina inadvertently exposes them when she arrives to steal money and discovers Annika’s corpse in a car trunk. After a car chase, Batman captures the Penguin but learns he is not the informant.
Batman and Gordon follow the Riddler’s trail to the ruins of an orphanage funded by Bruce’s murdered parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, where they learn that the Riddler holds a grudge against the Wayne family. Bruce’s butler and caretaker, Alfred Pennyworth, is hospitalized after opening a letter bomb addressed to Bruce. The Riddler leaks evidence that Thomas, who was running for mayor before he was murdered, hired Falcone to kill a journalist for threatening to reveal details about Martha and her family’s history of mental illness. Bruce, who grew up believing his father was morally upstanding, confronts Alfred, who maintains that Thomas only asked Falcone to threaten the journalist into silence; Thomas planned to turn himself and Falcone over to the police once he found out Falcone murdered the journalist instead. Alfred believes that Falcone had Thomas and Martha killed to prevent this.
Selina reveals to Batman that Falcone is her neglectful father. She decides to kill him after learning that he strangled Annika because Mitchell told her that Falcone was the informant. Batman and Gordon arrive in time to stop her, but the Riddler kills Falcone as he is being arrested. The Riddler is unmasked as forensic accountant Edward Nashton and is incarcerated in Arkham State Hospital, where he tells Batman he took inspiration from him when targeting the corrupt. Batman learns that Nashton has stationed car bombs around Gotham and cultivated an online following that plans to assassinate mayor-elect Bella Reál.
The bombs destroy the seawall around Gotham and flood the city. Nashton’s followers attempt to kill Reál but are stopped by Batman and Selina. In the aftermath, Nashton befriends another inmate,[a] while Selina deems Gotham beyond saving and leaves. Batman aids recovery efforts and vows to inspire hope in Gotham.
Trivia
Goofs
As a rule, forensics analysts don’t just plug digital media straight into their computer. For one, it becomes inadmissible in court since it can argued maybe the cops put incriminating evidence on the drive. The other thing is it might trigger a logic bomb which is exactly what happens when Gordon pulls up the pictures on the “thumb” drive. In reality, the drive would go to the lab and be imaged for a copy that would then be looked through. A detective as seasoned as Gordon would know better.
Quotes
Batman: Our scars can destroy us, even after the physical wounds have healed. But if we survive them, they can transform us. They can give us the power to endure, and the strength to fight.
Credits
Alternate Versions
NA
Soundtracks
Ave Maria
Written by Franz Schubert
Arranged by Jeff Kryka
Performed by The Tiffin Boys’ Choir
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Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
84%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 4 Oscars
10 wins & 21 nominations total
An important touchstone of the New Hollywood era, Five Easy Pieces is a haunting portrait of alienation that features one of Jack Nicholson’s greatest performances
Five Easy Pieces is a movie that’s so good, it makes me want to throw my own life away and become a drifter. Jack Nicholson is at his best, playing a character who’s equal parts charming and frustrating. The film is a moody, counterculture masterpiece that’s both subtle and passionate. It’s a character study that’s both courageous and eloquent. If you’re looking for a movie that will make you feel less alone, this is the one. Just don’t blame me if you end up quitting your job and hitting the road.
Production Company(ies)
Paramount Pictures, Georgetown Productions Inc., Sean S. Cunningham Films,
Distributor
Criterion Collection, Columbia Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Denny’s Restaurant – 3652 Glenwood Drive, Eugene, Oregon, USA
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
1970
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Mono
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 36m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 12, 1970 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 28, 2001
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers, Lois Smith, Marlena MacGuire, Helena Kallianiotes, Toni Basil, Ralph Waite, William Challee, John P Ryan, Irene Dailey, Lorna Thayer, Charles LaVine, John Garfield Jr., Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler, Carole Eastman, drama, box office, budget, reviewed by Edward Guthmann, Andrew Sarris, Noel Murray, Michael Sragow, David Denby, Peter Bradshaw, R rating, directed by Bob Rafelson, written by Carole Eastman and Bob Rafelson, New Hollywood, alienation, classical pianist, blue-collar, California oil field, estranged family, road trip, intersection, Criterion Collection, Columbia Pictures
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Karen Black – Rayette Dipesto
Susan Anspach – Catherine Van Oost
Billy Green Bush – Elton
Fannie Flagg – Stoney
Sally Struthers – Betty
Director – Bob Rafelson
Producers – Richard Wechsler, Bob Rafelson
Writers – Carole Eastman, Bob Rafelson
Director(s)
Bob Rafelson
Writer(s)
Carole Eastman, Bob Rafelson
Producer(s)
Richard Wechsler, Bob Rafelson
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 4 Oscars
10 wins & 21 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (54) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (6)
If the function of art is to help an audience feel less alone, then Five Easy Pieces succeeds beautifully.
March 4, 2019 | Rating: 4/4
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
A very modern film. Elliptical, absurdist, harshly humorous, convulsively lyrical.
November 18, 2017
Andrew Sarris
Village Voice
TOP CRITIC
Director Bob Rafelson attempts something unusual here, making a film that’s subtle about its meaning without ever ranging into the pretentiously oblique or merely ambiguous.
July 1, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
Noel Murray
The Dissolve
TOP CRITIC
The flaws of this acutely self-conscious 1970 road picture grow more obvious with every passing year, but so does its passion and eloquence.
July 18, 2014
Michael Sragow
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
The movie has more anger than it knows what to do with; that’s its fascination and its weakness, too.
June 16, 2014
David Denby
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
This superbly composed film comes as close to perfection as it gets.
June 16, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
A moody study on alienation, class status and dropping-out.
June 22, 2022 | Rating: B+
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
It was Five Easy Pieces that proved (Jack Nicholson) to be a performer of considerable depth and emotion.
February 23, 2022
Allen Almachar
The MacGuffin
A landmark of counterculture filmmaking.
February 12, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
In Easy Rider Nicholson’s brilliant cameo was just too short. It left us whetted and fascinated like a tantalizing apertif. Now in Five Easy Pieces Nicholson is given scope.
January 7, 2021
Harvey G. Cox
Tempo (National Council of Churches)
A courageous character study and an acting masterclass.
November 13, 2020
Rob Aldam
Backseat Mafia
Nicholson gives a galvanizing performance as a drifter who knows no tribe of his own, an updated anti-hero seething with self-loathing and discontent.
April 19, 2019
Sean Burns
The ARTery…
Plot
Robert Dupea has given up his promising career as a concert pianist and is now working in oil fields. He lives together with Rayette, who’s a waitress in a diner. When Robert hears from his sister that his father isn’t well, he drives up to Washington to see him, taking Rayette with him. There he gets confronted with his rich, cultured family that he had left behind.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Jack Nicholson gives one of his greatest performances in Five Easy Pieces.
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2001 A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
97%RT Audience Score: 89%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 Oscar
16 wins & 12 nominations total
One of the most influential of all sci-fi films — and one of the most controversial — Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 is a delicate, poetic meditation on the ingenuity — and folly — of mankind.
If you’re into sci-fi, you gotta check out 2001. It’s a total game-changer and people can’t stop talking about it. Stanley Kubrick really outdid himself with this one. It’s got everything you could want in a movie: action, suspense, and a whole lot of deep thinking. But be warned, it’s not for the faint of heart. Some people love it, some people hate it, but everyone agrees it’s a masterpiece. So grab some popcorn and get ready to have your mind blown by this poetic meditation on the ups and downs of humanity.
Production Company(ies)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Stanley Kubrick Productions,
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Criterion Collection, Warner Home Vídeo, Warner Bros.
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Isle of Harris, Western Isles, Scotland, UK
MPAA / Certificate
G
Year of Release
1970
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.20 : 1
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Runtime:2h 19m
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Language(s):English, Russian, French
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 2, 1968 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 23, 2007
Genre(s)
Sci-Fi
Keyword(s)
starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Douglas Rain, directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Arthur C Clarke, produced by Stanley Kubrick, sci-fi, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Charles Champlin, Bilge Ebiri, Richard Roud, Joe Morgenstern, Kathleen Carroll, Alexander Walker, Brian Eggert, Cory Woodroof, Anton Bitel, Sarah Brinks, Tony Black, Mike Massie, G rating, black structure, past and future, enigmatic adaptation, short story, revered sci-fi author, mysterious mission, ship’s computer system, increasingly strange behavior, tense showdown, mind-bending trek, space and time, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Criterion Collection, Warner Home Vídeo, Warner Bros., Magnetic Stereo 6 Track, Mono, Stereo, 70mm
Worldwide gross: $65,877,808
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $564,871,773
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 247
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 61,599,975
US/Canada gross: $60,481,243
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $518,598,721
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 72
US/Canada opening weekend: $202,759
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $1,738,565
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,221
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $12,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $102,894,457
Production budget ranking: 393
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $55,408,665
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $406,568,651
ROI to date (est.): 257%
ROI ranking: 522
Gary Lockwood – Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester – Dr. Haywood R. Floyd
Daniel Richter – Moonwatcher
Leonard Rossiter – Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Douglas Rain – HAL 9000 (Voice)
Director(s)
Stanley Kubrick
Writer(s)
Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick
Producer(s)
Stanley Kubrick
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
16 wins & 12 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (115) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (106) | Rotten (9)
Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is the picture which science-fiction enthusiasts of every age and in every corner of the world have prayed (sometimes forlornly) that the industry might one day give them.
June 28, 2019
Charles Champlin
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
The film is a journey through outer space, but it is also a journey through cinematic space. It conjures the future by making you sit through its vision of the future, spending time just being in it.
May 21, 2018
Bilge Ebiri
Village Voice
TOP CRITIC
Speculation and ambiguity are fine, but it does rather look as if Kubrick and his co-writer, Arthur C. Clarke, just haven’t thought it through.
May 3, 2018
Richard Roud
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
Aa whimsical space operetta, then frantically inflates itself again for a surreal climax in which the imagery is just obscure enough to be annoying, just precise enough to be banal.
April 5, 2018
Joe Morgenstern
Newsweek
TOP CRITIC
A small sphere of intellectuals will feel that Kubrick has said something, simply because one expected him to say something. … Most moviegoers will only wish that Mr. Kubrick would come back down to earth.
April 3, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4
Kathleen Carroll
New York Daily News
TOP CRITIC
I shall go and see it again as soon as possible, for one thing is clear. Man has shrunk space, but Kubrick has expanded the cinema.
February 16, 2016
Alexander Walker
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
Rather than pursuing the elusive significance behind the images in the film, experience them the way Kubrick intended and devise your own understanding.
March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Once Richard Strauss orchestral boom Also sprach Zarathustra coincides with the suns dawn in Stanley Kubricks masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, you know youre in for something truly unique.
February 11, 2022
Cory Woodroof
Williamson Home Page
Kubrick translates Clarke’s verbal work into a near wordless abstraction for the eyes.
October 16, 2021
Anton Bitel
BFI
2001: A Space Odyssey is a tricky film to write about because I see its importance in filmmaking history-It is a beautiful film and it is a big part of the cultural zeitgeist…
March 24, 2021
Sarah Brinks
Battleship Pretension
A phenomenal achievement and a real candidate for the greatest motion picture ever made.
January 31, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Tony Black
Cultural Conversation
Like an abstract painting, with elements of marvel as well as madness, demonstrating that filmmaking doesn’t have to be dedicated to telling a linear story.
August 24, 2020 | Rating: 9/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins…
Plot
“2001” is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon’s surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny or odd comment about the film or anyone in the cast on Fresh Kernels.
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