Widows' Peak (1994)

1934. Mrs. Edwina Broome (Natasha Richardson) has just moved into the neighborhood known as "Widows' Peak", so called due to the prevalent marital status of the residents, who tend to be a rather exclusive bunch. The residents are all curious about their new neighbor, but no one can seem to get much information about her, including Queen bee Mrs. Doyle-Counihan (Dame Joan Plowright), whose son is busy wooing Edwina. Miss Katherine O'Hare. (Mia Farrow) and Edwina have an immediate dislike for each other, however, and soon some accidental encounters begin to look like Edwina is trying to ruin her new rival. The problems escalate and the town is in an uproar, but they get no closer to solving the mystery of the newcomer.

Director John Irvin

Stars: Joan Plowright, Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Adrien Dunbar.

Subs: English only.

Copyright owner is blocking in these territories

Antarctica, Bermuda, Canada, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Sint Maarten, St. Barthélemy, U.S. Outlying Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States.

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Ano de 1934. Edwina Broome (Natasha Richardson) acabou de mudar para uma vilarejo, conhecido como "Widows' Peak", assim chamado devido ao status marital prevalecente das moradoras viúvas, que tendem a ser um turma exclusiva. As residente ficam sempre curiosas a respeito das novas moradoras, mas ninguém consegue saber muita informação sobre Edwina, mesmo a Sra. Doyle-Counihan (Joan Plowright), cujo filho se ocupa em galantear Edwina. Katherine O´Hare (Mia Farrow) e Edwina têm uma antipatia entre si e logo alguns encontros acidentais começam a aparentar que Edwina esteja tentando arruinar a sua rival. Os problemas crescem e a cidade está em polvorosa, mas eles não conseguem chegar perto de resolver o mistério da recém chegada.

Direção de John Irvin

Elenco: Joan Plowright, Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Adrien Dunbar.

Legendas apenas em Inglês encontradas.

LINK: https://youtu.be/xzSjC6R7ftg

Topsy -Turvy, by Mike Leigh (1999)

Topsy Turvy captures Gilbert and Sullivan in the midst of a turbulent period in their partnership. Desperate to be taken more seriously as a composer, Arthur Sullivan attempts to renege on the Gilbert and Sullivan contract with the Savoy Theatre. While his partner William S Gilbert struggles to come up with something new to write about. Each man, in a sense, is longing for individual acclaim but they are trapped in an entity neither one can shake. The fame of their collective energies has taken on a life of its own and the theater crowds want more.

Director Mike Leigh

Writer Mike Leigh

Stars: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Lesley Manville, Timothy Spall, Kevin McKidd, Andy Serkis.

Won 2 Oscars: Best Costume Design, Best Makeup.

Mike Leigh was so frustrated with the continued relegation of his movies to art house cinemas instead of wide release that he joked that he would have cast Arnold Schwarzenegger as both Gilbert and Sullivan if his budget had permitted it.

There are three Shakespearean quotes. The first is a line from Macbeth Act III, Scene 3 "O horror, horror, horror!...", spoken by Gilbert at breakfast in relation to the prospects for an extended run for 'Princess Ida'. The second is from Othello, Act I, Scene 1 : "What a full fortune does the thick-lips owe,/ If he can carry 't thus!" , spoken at the restaurant when discussing General Gordon's death at Khartoum. The third is also from Macbeth, Act II, Scene 2 : "A little water clears us of this deed," spoken by Helen Lenoir when comforting Rutland Barrington, who was ill from eating oysters. That quote from Macbeth Act 3 is also said by Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now.

Blocked in some countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Subtitles in English, Português, Español.

Topsy Turvy mostra a famosa dupla Gilbert & Sullivan (Jim Broadbent e Allan Corduner) no meio de um período turbulento da parceria deles. Gilbert & Sullivan até é citada pelo Capitão Picard em episódio de Star Trek Nova Geração. Desesperado por ser levado mais a sério como compositor, Arthur Sullivan tenta renegar o contrato que a dupla tem com o Teatro Savoy. Enquanto seu parceiro William Gilbert luta para conseguir algo novo para escrever. Cada um está esperando uma aclamação individual, mas eles estão presos em uma entidade que não conseguem mudar. A fama deles tomou vida própria e o teatro quer mais. A expressão Topsy-Turvy quer dizer de cabeça para baixo ou em desordem.

Esse filme foi publicado aqui no blog em dezembro de 2021, mas o YouTube removeu meu canal. Agora está publicado em outro canal conforme link abaixo.

Legendas em Inglês, Português e Espanhol.

Filme ganhou dois Oscars e um BAFTA.

LINK: https://youtu.be/QH4IMHTAyic

Enchanted April, by Mike Newell (1991)

Four English women, after World War I, who are unhappy with their lives, and their time away on vacation in a beautiful Italian villa.

Quatro inglesas, depois da Primeira Guerra Mundial, que estão infelizes com suas vidas, em viagem de férias em uma bonita mansão na Itália.

Directed by Mike Newell

Based on novel by Elizabeth von Arnim

Cast: Alfred Molina, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, Polly Walker, Josie Lawrence, Jim Broadbent.

The movie is copyrighted but it is only blocled in Canada, USA, Marshall Islands, American Virgin Islands, American Samoa.

O detentor de direitos autorais bloqueia o conteúdo nestes países

Canadá, Estados Unidos, Guam, Ilhas Marshall, Ilhas Virgens Americanas, Porto Rico, Samoa Americana

Legendas: English, Português, Español (ad duas últimas legendas foram ressincronizadas pelas legendas em Inglês).

LINK: https://youtu.be/_NB3yPKXGtE

Trivia IMDb:

The Italian castle scenes were filmed at Castello Brown in Portofino, Italy, the same castle where Elizabeth von Arnim stayed in the 1920s while writing the novel of the same title, on which this movie was based.

When she was cast as Mrs. Fisher, Dame Joan Plowright said that about twenty years earlier she and Dame Maggie Smith had planned an adaption of the same novel in which they would play the parts of Lottie Wilkins and Rose Arbuthnot.

Made for British television in 1991, but well-produced enough to be released in theaters in the United States in 1992.

There was no road leading up to Castello Brown, the Italian filming location for the castle. Cast and crew had to walk a mile up the hill every day in the morning, and then down again in the evening. All equipment and furnishings for the castle had to be carried up the hill. There was one elevator in the rock up to a neighboring house, but Dame Joan Plowright was the only member of the cast allowed to use it.

Alfred Molina was the only member of the cast and crew who could speak Italian and communicate with the Italian actors and locals during the shoot in Italy. He ended up acting as general interpreter for the production.

After filming wrapped, the cast and crew later remarked upon several supernatural experiences while filming on-location in Italy. Alfred Molina reportedly felt an ice-cold hand grasp the back of his neck on a night shoot, while Miranda Richardson felt her knee-high dress being aggressively yanked to the floor while waiting to film in an old castle. There were also several instances of crew members having to leave the set after suddenly feeling unwell.

Miramax Films, then a relatively small and new company, used the proceeds from the surprise success of the distribution of this movie to produce Neil Jordan's Traídos pelo Desejo (1992), which became another big success for them.

Featured Dame Joan Plowright's only Oscar nominated performance.

Former U.S. President George Bush watched this movie to cheer himself up directly after losing the 1992 election.

World War I looms large in this story set in the early 1920s. Everyone seems to assume that Mrs. Rose Arbuthnot (Miranda Richardson) and Mrs. Lottie Wilkins (Josie Lawrence) are war widows since they travel to Italy alone. Lady Caroline Dester's (Polly Walker's) life is adrift because she lost her beau in the war. Mr. George Briggs' (Michael Kitchen's) bad eyesight is due to mustard gas used by the Germans during the war.

When Mellersh Wilkins (Alfred Molina) is warned by local workmen about the boiler, but ignores them with disastrous consequences, he protests, "I didn't know 'pericoloso' meant 'explosion'!" "Pericoloso" is Italian for "dangerous".

The final movie watched by singer and songwriter Harry Nilsson.

The castle, to which the ladies travel, is located in Portofino on the outskirts of Genoa. Mr. George Briggs and Mr. Frederick Arbuthnot (Jim Broadbent) stop by the castle en route to Rome.

The novel had already a first (and lesser known) adaptation in the '30s, Enchanted April (1935), that didn't impress contemporary audience and critics.

Dame Joan Plowright and Jim Broadbent appeared in Widows' Peak (1994).

The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Jim Broadbent; and two Oscar nominees: Joan Plowright and Miranda Richardson.

The Shout (O Estranho Poder de Matar), de Jerzy Skolimosk (1978)

Um paciente de instituição mental, Crossley (Alan Bates) conta a estória de si próprio, que pode ser verdade ou não, a um jovem e confuso Tim Curry, durante uma partida de cricket na instituição. Ele conta como ele se intrometeu na casa de um compositor de música experimental, Anthony (John Hurt), que grava todos os tipos de sons e barulhos interessantes e depois os manipula em seu estúdio de equipamentos eletrônicos e de sua esposa Rachel (Susannah York) Nos flashbacks e na volta ao presente, ele conta a eles sobre sua singular habilidade que ele aprendeu de um curandeiro aborígene, nos tempos em que morava no interior da Austrália. Parece que ele consegue dar um grito (daí o título do filme) que poderá matar qualquer um dentro de certa distância. Ele demonstra "O Grito" para Anthony e, sem saber, mata um fazendeiro local. A presença de Crossley na casa de Anthony vai se tornando indesejada, mas ele continua a forçar sua estada com intimidações. Ele usa suas habilidades místicas e misteriosas para transformar Rachel em se tornar fanática por ele e zomba de Anthony com sua conquista e poderes. Anthony, humilhado em sua própria casa e em sua vida, busca desesperadamente uma maneira de derrotar Crossley. Filme baseado em estória do escritor Robert Graves. Com Alan Bates, John Hurt, Susannah York, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry e Jim Broadbent. Veja o filme neste link com legendas em Inglês e Português: https://youtu.be/4rQC6lD1mQA An "abnormal" mental patient, Crossley (Alan Bates), tells a story of himself, which may or may not be true, to a young, confused looking Tim Curry during a mental institution run cricket match. He tells of how he self-imposed his way into the home of an experimental musique concrète composer, Anthony (John Hurt), who records all sorts of fascinating sounds and noises and then manipulates them with his mini-studio of electronic equipment, and his wife Rachel (Susannah York). Inside the flashback/flash forward/flash sideways, he tells them of a unique ability he has perfected, which he learned from an aboriginal medicine man while living in the Australian outback. It seems he can perform a shout that will kill anyone within a surrounding radius. He demonstrates "The Shout" to Anthony and unknowingly kills a local farmer. His presence in Anthony's home quickly becomes awkward and unwanted but he continues to force his stay with intimidation. He uses his mysterious mystical abilities to entrance Rachel into becoming almost rabid for him, and taunts Anthony with his conquest and powers. Anthony, humiliated and overpowered in his own home and life, searches desperately for a way to defeat Crossley; searches for the source of his "soul". Film based on story by writer Robert Graves. Cast: Alan Bates, John Hurt, Susannah York, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry and Jim Broadbent. Watch the movie by this link with Englishg & Portuguese subs.https://youtu.be/4rQC6lD1mQA

Jim Broadbent escalado para Temporada 7 de Game of Thrones

O conhecido ator inglês, Jim Broadbent, vai ser escalado para um papel na temporada 7 de Game of Thrones, de acordo com a revista Variety.

A HBO não revelou qual será o papel, exceto que será importante.

Dizem os fãs que ele pode ser Grand Maester ou o denominado mestre do lugar para onde Sam se dirigiu. Broadbent não deve ter um papel maligno. Pelo menos, sua aparência jamais demonstra ser a de um típico vilão.

Agora que a série passou os livros de George Martin, os produtores estão mais cautelosos para darem spoilers.

Contudo, o que já está certo é que a temporada 7 será mais curta. Serão 7 episódios em vez de 10. E que a temporada 8 será a última.

Fonte: IMDB