[3] Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot [4] is such a beloved movie – in 2000 it was named the best Hollywood comedy ever in an American Film Institute poll – that few remember that the critics disliked it and that the studio didn’t want to make it.
[6] The Mambo Kings [7] is an irresistible blend of music, romance, and more undiluted testosterone than can be found in the entire Die Hard series. Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas simply burn up the screen.
[9] Three decades after its release, Coal Miner’s Daughter [10] is widely hailed as an American classic and remembered as the film that earned Sissy Spacek a best actress Oscar for her portrayal of country music icon Loretta Lynn [11].
[13] Cadillac Records [14] is a satisfying amble through a rich chapter of American pop culture, the story of Chess Records and the personalities who made musical history there told with equal parts nostalgia, humor, and awe.
[16] The Oscar-nominated A Great Day In Harlem [17] is a warm, wonderful documentary about the most famous photo in all of jazz. It exudes a love of jazz and an admiration for these artists.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/Film+Blog/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-some-it-hot-1959
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Billy+Wilder%22+title:%22Some+Like+It+Hot%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/20257#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-mambo-kings-1992
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Armand+Assante%22+title:%22Mambo+Kings%22
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/20122#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-coal-miner-s-daughter-1980
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Michael+Apted%22+title:%22Coal+Miner%27s+Daughter%22
[11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Lynn
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/20098#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-cadillac-records-2008
[14] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Darnell+Martin%22+title:%22Cadillac+Records%22
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/20027#comment-form
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-great-day-harlem-1994
[17] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Jean+Bach%22+title:%22Great+Day+In+Harlem%22
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-great-day-harlem-1994#comments
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=2
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=3
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=4
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=5
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=6
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=7
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=8
[27] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=41
