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Cradle Will Rock is a 1999 American historical drama film written, produced and directed by Tim Robbins. The story fictionalizes the true events that surrounded the development of the 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein; it adapts history to create an account of the original production, bringing in other stories of the time to produce a social commentary on the role of art and power in the 1930s,…
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It is difficult to argue against the notion that most actors, writers, musicians and other artists have their political views firmly aligned to the left. One of the rare Hollywood films to not only admit but actually relish in the fact is *Cradle Will Rock*, 1999 period drama written and directed by Tim Robbins. The plot reconstructs one of the most extraordinary events in history of American theatre and begins in 1…More
Cradle Will Rock takes over two hours, rips its story out of the textbook chapter of the Great Depression and uses approximately 15 supporting actors instead of a lead role. The chances of a movie being good with the aforementioned standard practice breaches are about the same as a tiny Italian man who speaks broken English beating Tom Hanks for Best Actor. Not only does Cradle Will Rock get away with the no-nos, bu…More
