Gentleman's Agreement Trailler
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Posted: 5/28/2012
Though It Has Understandably Lost Some Of Its Impact Over The Years, Gentleman's Agreement Was A Daring Treatment Of An unmentionable Subject In Its Time. Adapted By Moss Hart From The Novel By Laura Z. Hobson, The Film Stars Gregory Peck As Recently Widowed Journalist Phil Green. With A Growing Son (dean Stockwell) To Support, Green Is Receptive To The Invitation Of Magazine Publisher John Minify (albert Dekker) To Write A Series Of Hard-hitting Articles On The Scourge Of Anti-semitism. In Order To Glean His Information First Hand, Green Decides To Pose As A Jew. as The Weeks Go By, Green Experiences All Manner Of Prejudice, The Most Insidious Being The Subtle, gentleman's Agreement Form Of Bigotry, Wherein Anti-jewish Sentiments Are Merely Taken For Granted. Green's Pose Takes A Toll On His Budding Romance With Minify's Niece, Kathy (dorothy Mcguire), Who Comes To Realize By Her Own Example That Even Those Who Insist That They Harbor No Anti-semitic Feelings Are Also Capable Of Prejudice. Watching From The Sidelines Is Green's Lifelong Jewish Friend, Dave (john Garfield, In What May Be His Best Performance), Who Has Learned To Be Philosophical About The Failings Of His Fellow Man, Though Not To The Extent That He's Willing To Give Up The Fight Against Blind Hatred. of The Many Memorable Scenes, Several Stand Out, Including The Now-famous Vignette In Which Dave Is Denied A Room In A Posh Resort Hotel By A Smarmy Desk Clerk (roy Roberts) Who Refuses To Admit That His Establishment Has A No-jews Policy. Also Worth Noting Is The Performance Of June Havoc As An anti-semitic Jew Who Reveals That Even Minify's Publishing Empire Practices Discrimination, And Celeste Holm As A Glamorous Socialite Who Harbors A Barely-concealed Case Of The Hots For Phil Green. though Warned By Several Jewish Film Moguls That To Produce The Film Would Merely make Trouble, 20th Century-fox Chieftain Daryl F. Zanuck (who Was Not Himself Jewish) Saw
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Posted: 5/27/2012
The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard), taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate's fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares and haunted by demons from her past. Struggling to regain some semblance of normalcy in their lives, the couple decides to adopt another child. At the local orphanage, both John and Kate find themselves strangely drawn to a young girl named Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman)...but Esther is not what she appears to be and, concerned for the safety of her family, Kate tries to get John and others to see past Esther's sweet facade. But her warnings go unheeded until it may be too late...for everyone.
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Posted: 5/18/2012
The Thin Red Line -- Criterion trailer
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Posted: 5/18/2012
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