Detailed item info | Movie description | While the rich are funding Mussolini's war efforts by purchasing ill-gotten masterpieces from fascist Margherita Sarfatti (Susan Sarandon), the poor, like Olive Stanton (Emily Watson), are singing on the street for a nickel. In an unlikely partnership, Nelson Rockefeller (John Cusack) commissions anti-capitalism artist Diego Rivera (Ruben Blades) to paint a mural. Meanwhile, Mark Blitzstein (Hank Azaria) is inspired to write a pro-union musical that is closed before it opens when Congress begins to investigate the Federal Theater Project. Based on actual events in the 1930s, writer-director Tim Robbins boldly tackles politics, the arts, and a cultural revolution.
| | Credits | | Producer: | Jon Kilik, Lydia Dean Pilcher, Tim Robbins | | Cast: | Barbara Sukowa, Cherry Jones, Gretchen Mol, John T. Chance, Kyle Gass, Paul Giamatti |
| | Notes | DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Single Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Production Featurette
Bonus Trailer - Guinevere
Trailer - 1.Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Theatrical release: December 10, 1999.
Filmed in New York City.
The dialogue in the Dies Committee Hearings scenes was taken directly from congressional records.
| | Editorial reviews | "...Smart and pleasingly ambition....Jones' controlled energy and charisma simultaneously drive the film and ground it in a reality..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (12/08/1999)
"...Sweeping, ambitious....There is a lot of material to cover here, and Robbins covers it in a way that will be fascinating to people who know the period..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (12/24/1999)
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