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The Crazy in Alabama 1999

Bibbi — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:22:59 +0000

Crazy in Alabama is a 1999 comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Banderas, written by Mark Childress (based on his own 1993 novel of the same name), and starring Melanie Griffith as an abused wife who heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.

Crystal Lee Sutton played by Sally Field in Norma Rae from 1979

Obama — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:22:21 +0000

The movie Norma Rae from 1979 was recorded in Auburn in the great state of Alabama in USA.
It is a true story based on the life about Crystal Lee Sutton.

Crystal Lee Sutton was fighting to get a union contract at J.P. Stevens Mill and she got it. But it took her and her friends 10 long years.

Sally Field plays the lead roll as Norma Rae and some other members of the cast are Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle.

The movie Norma Rae was directed Martin Ritt relased 15 June 1979 in West Germany and it won 2 Oscars.

Shadow Waltz filmed in Alabama

Obama — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:22:20 +0000

Shadow Waltz

Shadow Watlz was released in November 1985 and directed by Milton Bagby. The cast and the director are unfamiliar the only star in this movie was Jamie Rose as Columbine Cromwell and the lesser known Thom Gossom Jr as Pompeii (a slave). The movie plot is about the American Civil War in the 1860s. A lonely Indiana farm widow finds love when she takes in an injured traveling salesman (Terence Knox), only to learn he is a Confederate spy on the run from Yankee patrols. The story then evolves from being just a simple drama film to something more. The movie actually covers many important elements, this was however not enough to impress Hollywood who slaughtered the movie.

The movie was filmed in Bessemer, Alabama, USA and features beautiful environment. The director Milton Bagby was fresh in the game when I made this movie it became his first and his last film. The movie contains plenty of drama, a lot of romance and some good war scenes. However, Shadow Waltz also known as Revel Love never made it big. My guess was that the Director was simply not experienced enough and a bad selection of actors made it even worse.

The End of August

Obama — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:22:17 +0000

This movie was directed by Bob Graham and released in September 1982. This was Grahamâ€™s second last movie and it is filmed in Grand Hotel – One Grand Avenue, Point Clear, Alabama, USA. The movie was produced by the company Quartet from USA and almost all the actors here are unfamiliar except from Lilia Skala (Mlle. Reisz) and Patricia Barry (Mrs. Merriman). Lilia Skala did a good performance in this movie and she is overall a good actor with 2 won Oscars through out her career. Patricia Barry also did a okay job but could have been better. Except from this the screenplay of this movie is really weak and the rest of the actors had a big lack of quality when it came to performance.

This is a drama movie about a girl named Edna (Sally Sharp) feels sick and tired of her family and a boring marriage. She then meets and falls in love with a younger guy and later she leaves her family and tries to start a new life. The movie is however based on Kate Chopinâ€™s novel which was a great novel, and the film is also known as â€œThe Awakening of Eveâ€. Overall a good it was a good story with low quality acting.

The Lost Platoon a movie from Alabama

Obama — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:22:16 +0000

The Lost Platoon (1991)

The Lost Platoon is directed by David A. Prior and it was release in 1991. Most of Davidâ€™s movies are filmed in Mobile, Alabama so is this one. This is a low budget war/action movie with a poorly put together cast and a really bad plot. The stars in the movie are David Parry as Jonathan Hancock and Stephen Quadros as Walker. The rest of the staff is totally unfamiliar and after you seen the movie it is easy to know why.

The plot is about an American reporter who is a WW2 Veteran soldier. In Nicaragua he meets four solders which are also veterans from WW2 however these guys are vampires and the general who commands their division is also a vampire.

The movie never made it big and it is easy to see why. There are also many strange â€œmistakesâ€ in the movie for example the soldier vampires walks around in the sun and enjoys the good weather, I really cannot connect that with vampires. David A Prior also wrote this movie with his brother Ted Prior, it was a movie that could have been good if they just did a little bit more work with the whole thing.

The Traveling Executioner recorded in Alabama prison

Obama — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:22:13 +0000

A funny thing about this movie is that the movie crew promised they will take down the walls of the Kilby Prison off of Coliseum Blvd Alabama, USA if they could make the movie there. But when they tried with the power they had the walls was so thick they could not do it and they where standing for years.

The movie The Traveling Executioner from 1970 is directed by Jack Smight and stars the talented Stacy Keach.

The movie is not approved for children and you should not see it with children. The plot is about a guy who travels around with an Electric chair.

Frankenfish filmed in Alabama 2004

Obama — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:22:04 +0000

Frankenfish (2004)

Frankenfish was directed by Mark A.Z Dippe the same guy who produced Alexander the Great. Frankenfish was release in 2004 and was a good horror flick at the American theaters. Simon Barrett wrote the movie, this is the same guy that wrote Dead Birds a year before. Frankenfish was filmed in Alabama, USA but I cannot say exactly where in Alabama the filming took place. There are many familiar faces in the cast but no stars. Tory Kittles, K.D. Aubert, China Chow and Matthew Rauch are some of the actors you will see in this horror / action movie. The cast does and acceptable job in this low budget movie and I am surprised over China Chows performance.

The story is quite okay and it is about this huge monster fish called Frankenfish. When the body of a man is found completely destroyed in the swamps in Louisiana, the medical investigator Sam Rivers is assigned to investigate the murder. He travels with Mary (China Chow) to the location it all happen but when they get there they get lost and they have to fight for the survival versus this huge monster fish which kills everyone in his sight. The story is good and itâ€™s a good entertainment film.

Love Liza (2002)

Obama — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:22:01 +0000

Love Liza is a comedy / drama movie directed by award winning Todd Louiso. The film was released in late 2002 but I am not exactly sure which date. The movie was filmed in Mobile Alabama and they manage to show some landscape here but far from much. The movie won 2 awards and got 3 nominations. The 2 awards were from Chlotrudis Award and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for best supporting actor Jack Kehler and Gordy Hoffman. The cast is however not familiar but not unfamiliar either. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates and J.D. Walsh are some of the actors you will see in this movie. Philip Seymour Hoffman is an excellent actor and he really brings this movie to life. He got a Oscar for best leading role in Capote in 2005 and here he shows what made him get this far and get his Oscar.

The story is about Wilson Joel. His wife just killed himself and we follow Wilson Joel on his journey to get new happiness in his life. His mother-in-law is there for him, but her sympathies turn quickly. After a while Wilson gets into the drug business but before its to late his life will shine again.

Southern Heart (1999)

Obama — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:21:57 +0000

Southern Heart is a action /comedy /drama movie directed by Peter DeLuise. The film was released on 22 October 1999. The filming took place in Mentone, Alabama, USA. The film was an okay success but the cast is very unfamiliar. The director Peter DeLuise and his writer Emily Carpenter plays in the movie together with Jason Horgan. It is not often that the Director and the writer plays in their own movie, but this is an exception. The film also captures a lot of beautiful landscape in Alabama this is a great plus in our book and a beautiful sight indeed.

This film touched many people hearts and, in all ages and even though the actors, were not very well known, the viewers loved it. The story is beautiful and touching and I simply love the way they show Alabama, it really makes me want to visit Alabama and look at the beautiful and stunning landscape Alabama has to offer. The movie is a little bit cheesy and maybe they have put to much love into it, but overall its good and a movie I recommend at my strongest. Never has Alabama been more beautiful then this that is for sure.

Soul of the Game (1995)

Obama — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:21:55 +0000

Soul of the Game was directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. The story was however made by Gary Hoffman and teleplay by David Himmelstein. The film was released in 1996 on 20 April and it was a huge success in the US. The movie was only filmed in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Soul of the Game was also nominated by Image awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series Delroy Lindo, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series Blair Underwood and Outstanding Television Movie or Mini-Series.

The cast of the movie is pretty good we have actors like Delroy Lindo, Mykelti Williamson, Edward Herrmann and Blair Underwood. A perfect cast for this movie. The story is about the true story of the friendship between three of the greatest Negro League Players of all time (Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige, and Josh Gibson) and how things changed when Robinson was chosen to break the color barrier in the Major Leagues.

I like the story very much and the film offers fun, exciting and sad scenes with a very good screenplay. The movies also donâ€™t makes much commercial for baseball like most other baseball movies do and that is one of the reasons this movie is something special compared to all the other baseball movies out there.