Gene and Roger also review A LIFE IN THE THEATER, FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE and the Richard Gere misfire MR. JONES from this October '93 show, with original commercials.
@04:00 - Siskel nails it here on “Rudy” for me. I could not really care less about the football element in the film-it’s more about the academic achievement for me… so much so, that I myself strived to get into a well-known private Catholic university (not Notre Dame). After 7 long and hard years, I finally received my Master’s Degree just last winter. “Rudy” comes to mind when I think about all of my own academic hardships, and that if you really, really work hard, you can do anything.
The Accidental Tourist-John Williams score(Star Wars)Directed by Lawrence Kasdan-who wrote Raiders Of The Lost Ark&The Empire Strikes Back!:)Also William Hurt's best performance.:)
I remember being in Junior High and we were forced to watch Ruby and my friend and I both fell asleep. Of course after the movie the real Ruby made his appearance and I did wake up to listen to what he had to say. So I felt bad for falling asleep during the movie. lol Fun fact my one art teacher the late Ted Koslosky appeared in the movie Gettysburg as a General. He used to act off to the side and told us about working with Jeff Daniels and Martin Sheen. I thought that was freaking awesome.
I don't think it's his "silly liberalism", but the fact that the Lost Cause has been prevalent throughout US history. Most films, until recently, portrayed the Confederates as the good guys. Though the Confederates lost the war, they won the war of historical narrative. Why do you think Lee has been so revered and Grant so vilified.
I haven’t seen Gettysburg in years, so I can’t recall if I enjoyed it or not. I know I’ll be in the very small minority but I actually don’t like Rudy. The acting is awful, and for a “true story” many of the characters didn’t even exist (like the Charles S. Dutton character).
Based on a true story does not mean everything in a movie is part of a true story. it simply means they take a real person, or multiple real people, and make a movie about their life, or something they experienced, but they add elements to the story for entertainment purposes. True story movies may not even be about a person, it may be about an event, and all the characters in the film may be made up, or some characters may be real and some not. True story does not mean every single detail is real, and every single character is real. People should know this just by using their common sense. There used to be a show on the history Channel years ago, and each episode they would take multiple based on true story movies, and they would go through the movies and tell you what really happened and what did not happen, and would tell you which characters were real and which were not real. The show was called History VS Hollywood, and it was a good show. The people that did the show actually still have a website and they compare new true movies against what really happened. I am pretty sure they have a RU-vid channel as well. Just look it up, it is called History VS Hollywood.
@@chrisgullett4332 I don’t recall that show, and I love the History channel! I’ll check it out sometime today. It’d be interesting to see, if you take random movies based on actual people/events to see how they line up (Goodfellas, Mississippi Burning, Chariots of Fire, River Runs Through It)
As a man who has written two 'based on true events' I will tell you that things must be changed. In 'Sons of Thunder' there are some true events that would probably give rise to lawsuits. So, you change the names. Plus a morality tale can get boring without a sime life and death drama. I invented a harrowing scence on the clam boat ( like 'A Perfect Storm' or 'White Squall') to give the flavor of men who go down to the sea in ships. My other tale is harrowing enough without embellishment, but one has to cut out the tedium of recalcitrant commanders and war scenes where no one was in a lot of danger. They're great tales. Maybe one day they'll get made.
