[amazon_link asins=’B07FRXG255′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’fbf67c61-d00c-11e8-bb68-afe82d0663a9′]Released in 1988, Bat 21 (stylized as “Bat*21”) is based on the true story of Lt. Col. Iceal “Ham” Hambleton, a weapons countermeasure expert shot down in the jungles of Vietnam while taking part in…
[amazon_link asins=’B07DY2H1G2′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’c5830040-c7f2-11e8-a8b7-9f41d783de80′]Unbelievable if it weren’t true, the documentary Three Identical Strangers tells the story of triplets separated at birth and reunited by happenstance at nineteen. None of the young men–or their families–knew about the other, which…
[amazon_link asins=’B07FPYV371′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’ff34ec6f-c4f5-11e8-8e1e-67c9fab36c08′]Based on a Finnish play, The Farmer’s Daughter was purchased by David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind) specifically for Ingrid Bergman. When she wasn’t interested, producer Dory Schary suggested Loretta Young (Call of the…
[amazon_link asins=’B079PTC3G4′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’d3551098-c4d7-11e8-b00d-a54990853a7e’]A circus acrobat before an Injury forced him to find a new career, Burt Lancaster (Tough Guys) always dreamed of doing a film about the circus. That opportunity came with Trapeze, based on Max Catto’s…
[amazon_link asins=’B07CT95HP6′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’35d3e940-c4cd-11e8-9a25-57e0fbb6ba5a’]By the 1960’s, Joan Crawford’s (Mildred Pierce) career was in serious decline. Her days as a Hollywood glamour girl were long past, and despite a brief resurgence in 1962’s Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? good…
[amazon_link asins=’B07FJ8FVFY’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’3d716a9c-c4ce-11e8-9226-1f4a1b731a47′]A staple of public television for nearly forty years, Fred Rogers become an American icon, and a teacher for generations of young children, sharing his wisdom, and showing compassion to his audience. Director Morgan Neville’s…
[amazon_link asins=’B07CZHRQXP’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’06b6aff2-a886-11e8-8a24-55695495736d’]Created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers and Rhys Thomas, Documentary Now! isn’t your average television show. Aired on IFC, with a third season scheduled to premiere on February 20, 2019, the series spoofs…
[amazon_link asins=’B07DKSSDDH’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’08e0f0dd-a30a-11e8-b22e-ad5ccc66fa31′]One of the best films ever directed for television, Nicholas Meyers’ (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) The Day After, recently arrived on Blu-ray via Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Originally broadcast on November 20,…
[amazon_link asins=’B07CXBXRBX’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5800d55f-9f11-11e8-a3f0-9d99ae094243′]Three years removed from the success of The Apartment, 1963 saw the release of Billy Wilder’s Irma La Douce. This oft-forgotten classic features the repairing of Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in the starring roles,…
[amazon_link asins=’B07F1SQZ7K’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’8c424abd-9751-11e8-b09b-7395eaba8d61′]Riding a wave of acclaim for his screenplay for Jeremiah Johnson, John Milius developed a script The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, that he hoped would be his directorial debut. Unfortunately for him,…