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: | Angus MacFadyen, Barbara Sukowa, Barnard Hughes, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Cary Elwes, Cherry Jones, Emily Watson, Gretchen Mol, Hank Azaria, Jack Black, Jamey Sheridan, Joan Cusack, John Carpenter, John Cusack, John Turturro, Kyle Gass, Paul Giamatti, Philip Baker Hall, Ruben Blades, Susan Sarandon, Vanessa Redgrave |
| | Details | | Sound: | HiFi Sound |
| | Notes | 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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