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A list of American films released in 1957. The Bridge on the River Kwai won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Eran Creevy (director/screenplay); F. Scott Frazier (screenplay); Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Marwan Kenzari, Ben Kingsley, Anthony Hopkins. [55] I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore. Netflix / XYZ Films. Macon Blair (director/screenplay); Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood, David Yow, Jane Levy, Devon Graye.
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In 1964, World War III has devastated the Northern Hemisphere, killing all humans there. Air currents are slowly carrying the fallout to the Southern Hemisphere, where Melbourne, Australiawill be the last major city on Earth to perish. The American nuclear submarine USS Sawfish, commanded by Capt. Dwight Towers, arrives in Melbourne and is placed u...
As in the novel, much of On the Beach takes place in Melbourne, close to the southernmost part of the Australian mainland. Principal photography took place from January 15 to March 27, 1959. The film was shot in Berwick, then a town outside Melbourne, and Frankston, described in the film as 45 minutes away from Melbourne. The scene where Peck meets...
On the Beach premiered in 18 theaters on all seven continents on December 17, 1959. The Hollywood premiere was attended by the film's stars Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins, director Stanley Kramer, and other celebrities including Cary Grant. The New York premiere was attended by Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. The London premiere was attended by Soviet...
On the Beach was remade in 2000 as an Australian television film by Southern Star Productions, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Armand Assante, Bryan Brown, and Rachel Ward. It originally aired on Showtime. The remake of the 1959 film was also based on the 1957 novel by Nevil Shute, but updates the setting of the story to the film's then-fu...
The 2013 documentary Fallout by Melbourne filmmaker Lawrence Johnston explores Shute's life and Kramer's making of On the Beach, with interviews of Shute's daughter, Kramer's wife Karen, and Donna Anderson, one of the film's surviving cast members. Falloutwas produced by Peter Kaufmann.
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18. The Spirit of St. Louis. 1957 2h 15m Approved. 7.1 (8.6K) Rate. Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing. Director Billy Wilder Stars James Stewart Murray Hamilton Patricia Smith. 19.
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Dec 5, 2017 · I Am Not Your Negro. Eye-opening, Oscar-nominated documentary from director Raoul Peck, focusing on writer James Baldwin’s role in the 1960s civil rights struggle. Read the full review. James ...
12. Throne of Blood. 1957 1h 50m Not Rated. 8.0 (56K) Rate. A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle. Director Akira Kurosawa Stars Toshirô Mifune Minoru Chiaki Isuzu Yamada. 13. The Incredible Shrinking Man.
