Sentences with phrase «for docudrama»

Captain Phillips is a very good movie which reminds us of Paul Greengrass» gift for docudrama and that Tom Hanks can still act in a big, serious production.

Based on the infamous 1969 incident in which a young woman drowned after a probably - drunk Sen. Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge into a pond, «Chappaquiddick» is unusual for a docudrama in that its point of view is different from its main character's.

The picture is so sedate, in fact, that it could be mistaken for a docudrama.

Not exact matches

This is a task not for theory but for genres such as ethnography, the journalist's report, the comic book, the docudrama, and, especially, the novel» (CIS xvi).

HBO's Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, which debuts on Oct. 5 and is directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen), is a glossy and engaging docudrama that focuses on the Supreme Court's inner - chamber battles in 1971, when the justices ruled on Ali's appeal of the conviction that had cost him 3 1/2 years of his career and threatened to send him to jail for five more.

Casey is most famous for footage that has aired on the Discovery Channel's docudrama series Storm Chasers, which follows scientists as they deploy data - collecting probes inside tornadoes from the confines of 16,000 - pound armored vehicles.

No points for timeliness here; made - for - TV docudramas and the independent film «Longtime Companion» have already explored the subject, and «Philadelphia» breaks no new dramatic ground.

In pushing the film into gonzo - style comedy instead of melodrama or pure docudrama, Gillespie successfully navigates a very tricky line — this is, after all, a story filled with domestic abuse and violence, something that shouldn't be played for laughs but is also not the focus of the story.

Synopsis: Director Richard Linklater teams with writer Skip Hollandsworth for this darkly comic docudrama detailing the unusual friendship between a likable... [MORE]

He played a dramatic role as one of the inventors of silicon breast implants in the made - for - television docudrama Breast Men (1997).

Recouping after 2010's annoyingly unfunny «Dinner for Schmucks» and returning to his political interests after his recent HBO docudrama «Game Change» about Sarah Palin, director Jay Roach and screenwriters Chris Henchy («The Other Guys») and Shawn Harwell (HBO's «Eastbound and Down») have no pretense of making a smart, spiky political satire with teeth.

What this docudrama depicts is how Rabe goes from Nazi Party member to savior due to his efforts to provide sanctuary for the oppressed locals.

One of the pivots of Christine's ambitions, in «Christine,» is her idea for a new kind of news report, a kind of «docudrama,» she says, that would get behind the news and into people's lives.

Certainly those in the mood for hard - hitting docudrama about investigative journalism and its ethical tradeoffs, combining elements of «All the President's Men» and «The Year of Living Dangerously,» will also get their fix from «The Insider.»

That's not to say the performance wasn't great and that the film wasn't one of the best of the year — it just wasn't the type of film that garners awards for its actors as it was far more concerned with docudrama authenticity than it was with giving its actors full - bore characters to develop.

Director Paul Greengrass has a knack for dramatizing real - life events (as evidenced in «Bloody Sunday» and the excellent «United 93»), and that success continues here, throwing the audience right into the middle of the action docudrama - style in order to fully capture the intensity of the situation.

Originally intended for Academy Awards consideration, this earnest WW II docudrama - like escapade falls far short of Oscar - caliber.

Music Within (R for profanity, sexual reference and drug use) Docudrama chronicles the true story of Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston) a severely hearing - impaired Vietnam vet who returns from the war to dedicate his life to speaking out on behalf of Americans with disabilities.

Nonetheless, it's a film worth mentioning more than once: Clio Barnard's remarkable debut, which paved the way for the equally excellent The Selfish Giant, is an ambitious, experimental docudrama about playwright Andrea Dunbar.

Cool rationale over tired melodrama and methodical storytelling as opposed to cheap set pieces are the key factors in Steven Soderbergh's docudrama - thriller Contagion, a disturbingly realistic movie about a relentless viral outbreak that may do for sales of hand sanitizer and surgical masks what anthrax did for duct tape and plastic sheeting in the early... Continue reading →

This seems to be aspiring to something closer to a Paul Greengrass - type docudrama, but some of the lines in that trailer are fairly clunky, so we'll need to see the thing to have any real confidence in its Oscar chances (we'll have our review for you later in the week).

A made - for - TV docudrama that breeds Edward Dmytryk's The Caine Mutiny with Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men, A Glimpse of Hell impresses only with its dedication to mediocrity.

Director Craig Zobel, who received praise for his challenging 2012 docudrama «Compliance,» lovingly establishes not only Ann's routine, but also her loneliness.

That docudrama on the search for Osama bin Laden was ultimately subjected to some bizarre backlash on its depictions of torture as a viable CIA tactic.

This downbeat docudrama about the ravages of the crisis on a remote rural community is impressive for the dignified and unpretentious distance it assumes in respect to its characters.

Zero Dark Thirty (R for profanity, disturbing images and graphic violence) War on Terror docudrama, directed by Oscar - winner Kathryn Bigelow (for The Hurt Locker), chronicling the efforts of the CIA Agent (Jessica Chastain) spearheading the decade - long hunt for Osama bin Laden (Ricky Sekhon) culminating in his death during a daring, nighttime assault on his compound in Pakistan.

Performance Jack Black, Bernie In Richard Linklater's hilarious fact - based docudrama, Jack Black plays an accomplished mortician so beloved by the citizens of a Texas small town that nobody seems to want to admit he's almost certainly guilty of murdering a hateful, extraordinarily rich old woman (Shirley MacLaine) who monopolizes his time and energy — or, for that matter, concede that he's gay.

In a major upset, the Italian docudrama Caesar Must Die from directors Paolo and Vittorio Taviani has won the Golden Bear for best film at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.

Creating a docudrama allows for certain narrative leeway, and if you're not going to use that flexibility to craft an engrossing piece of based - on - a-true-story fiction, why bother telling the story at all?

For years, Steven Soderbergh was set on a docudrama about the affair between Liberace and his young lover, Scott Wilson, as his next feature film.

It is a great docudrama with great performances by Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi, both of whom may get Oscar nominations for Lead and Supporting roles.

Also on its way to big screens is a more tragic tale of the Kennedy family: the real life tale of Senator Edward «Ted» Kennedy's darkest hour, told for the first time cinematically in John Curran's docudrama Chappaquiddick.

This docudrama from director Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity) earned accolades and acclaim not merely for Helen Mirren's highly - decorated performance, but also for its involving human drama.

Hacksaw Ridge (R for graphic violence, gruesome images and ethnic slurs) World War II docudrama recounting the battlefield heroics of Army Medic Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) who saved 75 fellow G.I.'s lives during the fight for Okinawa.

When I saw the advertisement for «An Adventure in Space and Time», I thought it was another «Doctor Who» special or documentary, I had no idea that it was a docudrama about the origin of the show itself.

Rather than a United 93-esque docudrama about the landing, we open on its aftermath, with Sully and co-pilot Jeff Skiles (Aaron Eckhart) holed into the New York City Mariott hotel and wheeled out for a number of talk show appearances.

Clio Barnard's remarkable debut, which paved the way for the equally excellent The Selfish Giant, is an ambitious, experimental docudrama about playwright Andrea Dunbar.

I Can Only Imagine (PG for mature themes and some violence) Faith - based docudrama chronicling the untold true story behind «I Can Only Imagine,» the band MercyMe's double - platinum hit about the power of forgiveness which became the best - selling, contemporary Christian song of all time.

This tick - tock docudrama, which re-teams the director with Hanks while adding a game Meryl Streep to the mix for the first time, isn't exactly front - page material.

Borg vs. McEnroe (R for nudity and pervasive profanity) Tennis docudrama, set in the summer of 1980, revisiting the fierce rivalry between mild - mannered Bjorn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) and hot - headed John McEnroe (Shia LaBeouf) leading to their historic showdown at Wimbledon.

7 Days in Entebbe (PG - 13 for violence, smoking, drug use, mature themes and brief profanity) Historical docudrama, set in Uganda in 1976, recounting an Israeli commando unit's daring rescue of a hijacked, Air France jetliner's passengers and crew.

Chappaquiddick (PG - 13 for smoking, profanity, mature themes and disturbing images) Historical docudrama recounting Ted Kennedy's (Jason Clarke) summer of ’69 car accident that claimed the life of 28 year - old, campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara).

Perhaps concerned that we will mistake «My Left Foot» for one of those pious TV docudramas, the movie begins in the middle of one of Christy's typical manipulations.

Gatins deserves much of the credit for his intriguing screenplay, which feels like a true story, but one spared the sensitivity and precision that docudrama demands.

What makes this piece unique is its documentary format, as the aforementioned entries were docudramas, criticized by some for indulging in speculation and paranoid conspiracy theories.

Director Paul Greengrass has a knack for dramatizing real - life events (as evidenced in «Bloody Sunday» and the excellent «United 93»), and that success continues with «Captain Phillips,» throwing the audience right into the middle of the action docudrama - style in order to best capture the intensity of the situation.

O'Connell delivers another «intense and committed performance,» but it's just as impressive a showcase for Demange, who combines gritty docudrama camerawork, razor - sharp editing and a curious kind of impressionism, brilliantly executing a very strong script from Gregory Burke that doesn't «skirt its issues... instead it explodes them to reveal a deeper, wider truth.»

«The Railway Man» was also adapted in 1995 for the British television documentary and docudrama series, «Everyman», with an episode called «Prisoners in Time».

After weeks of partisan sniping, the public finally gets to judge HBO's Sarah Palin docudrama «Game Change» for itself this weekend.

The Lady in the Van (PG - 13 for a disturbing image) Fact - based docudrama recounting the unlikely friendship forged between a celebrated playwright (Alex Jennings) and a homeless woman (Maggie Smith) living in a car parked in his driveway.