Summer American Musical Film Series at American Corner Trieste
ICTP/infopoint - Emili Sabina
infopoint at ictp.it
Thu Jun 17 08:32:45 CEST 2021
*The Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste invites
the public to the SUMMER AMERICAN MUSICAL FILM SERIES at Piazza
Sant’Antonio Nuovo, 6 – Trieste. *
*Shows on June 22, 23, 24 and 29, 30, July 1 Showtimes at 10 am and 6 pm. *
*A GRAND FINALE EVENT with the SHOWING of **WEST SIDE STORY*
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/>*, 1961 film, considered the best
musical film of all time and winner of 10 Academy Awards, will be held
on October 28, 2021 at Sala Luttazzi, in occasion of the 60^th
Anniversary of WEST SIDE STORY and the 60^th Anniversary of the
ASSOCIAZIONE ITALO AMERICANA FVG. More details of this event coming in
the Fall. *
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*The films are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. A RESERVATION is REQUIRED
and Covid Protocol is followed. *
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*Each film is in ENGLISH with ENGLISH Subtitles. *
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*This initiative is made possible thanks to the US Embassy to Italy and
the US Department of State. *
*For additional information: **www.aia-fvg.blogspot.com*
<http://www.aia-fvg.blogspot.com>* 040 63 03 01 **aia.fvg at gmail.com*
<mailto:aia.fvg at gmail.com>**
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* DESCRIPTION of the FILMS:*
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*Tues. 22/6 - **THE WIZARD of OZ*
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1>* (1939) 1 hr. 42
min. *
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are
whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the
Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en
route they meet a Scarecrow that needs a brain, a Tin Man missing a
heart, and a Cowardly Lion who wants courage. The wizard asks the group
to bring him the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West to earn his help. ·
* Director: Victor Fleming
* Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger
* Awards: 2 Academy Awards
*Wed. 23/6 - **AN AMERICAN IN PARIS*
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043278/>* (1951) 1 hr. 54 *
·Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered"
by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art.
Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a
cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an
acerbic would-be concert pianist, while romantic complications abound.
·Director: Vincente Minnelli
·Stars: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
·Awards: 6 Academy Awards
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Thu. 24/6 - **GREASE*
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077631/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0>* (1978) 1 hr
50 min. *
A musical about teens in love in the 1950s. It's California 1958 and
greaser Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and Australian Sandy Olsson (Olivia
Newton-John) are in love. They spend time at the beach, and when they go
back to school, what neither of them knows is that they both now attend
Rydell High. Danny's the leader of the T-Birds, a group of black leather
jacket-wearing greasers while Sandy hangs with the Pink Ladies, a group
of pink-wearing girls led by Rizzo (Stockard Channing). When they clash
at Rydell's first pep rally, Danny isn't the same Danny from the beach.
They try to be like each other so they can be together.
·Director: Randal Kleiser
·Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing
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Tues. 29/6- **CHICAGO*
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299658/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1>* (2002) 1 hr 53 min*
Murderesses Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) (a chanteuse and tease
who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together)
and Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger) (who killed her boyfriend when she
discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death
row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows
in 1920s Chicago.
·Director: Rob Marshall
·Stars: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere
·Awards: 6 Academy Awards
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Wed. 30/6 - **MAMMA MIA*
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795421/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1>* (2008) 1 hr. 48
min. *
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a
wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that
any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the
wedding without telling her mother, Donna Sheridan (Meryl Streep), who
was once the lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos. In the meantime,
Donna has invited her back-up singers, Rosie Mulligan (Dame Julie
Walters) and Tanya Wilkinson (Christine Baranski).
·Director: Phyllida Lloyd
·Stars: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried
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Thu. 01/7 - **THE GREATEST SHOWMAN*
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1485796/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1>* (2017) 1 hr 45
min.*
Orphaned, penniless, but ambitious and with a mind crammed with
imagination and fresh ideas, the American entertainer, Phineas Taylor
Barnum, will always be remembered as the man with the gift to blur the
line between reality and fiction. Thirsty for innovation and hungry for
success, the son of a tailor manages to open a wax museum; however, he
soon shifts focus to the unique and the peculiar, introducing
extraordinary, never-seen-before live acts on the circus stage. Now,
some people call Barnum's rich collection of oddities, an outright freak
show; but, when Phineas, obsessed for cheers and respectability, gambles
everything on the opera singer, Jenny Lind, to appeal to a high-brow
audience, he will lose sight of the most crucial aspect of his life: his
family. Will Barnum, the greatest showman, risk it all to be accepted?
·Director: Michael Gracey
·Stars: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron
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*📅**SAVE THE DATE! October 28, 2021 - **WEST SIDE STORY*
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/>* (1961) a very special EVENT at
the SALA LUTTAZZI in Magazzino 26 – Porto Vecchio - Trieste*
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*The American Musical Film History. *
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/The Wizard of Oz/
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)> (1939)
would become a landmark film for movie musical as it experimented with
new technology such as Technicolor
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor>. It is considered the
greatest movie of all time.
During the 1940s and 1950s, musical films from MGM
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM> musicals regularly premiered. /An
American in Paris/
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_in_Paris_(film)> (1951) like
other films of the era typically relied on the star power of the film
stars well as the songwriters Comden and Green
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comden_and_Green>, Rodgers and
Hammerstein <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hammerstein>,
Irving Berlin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin>, Cole Porter
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter>, and the Gershwin Brothers
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin>.
During the 1960s, films based on stage musicals continued to be critical
and box-office successes, wespecially /West Side Story/
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story_(1961_film)> (1961) with
music composed by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and
choreography by Jerome Robbins.
In the 1970s, film culture and the changing demographics of filmgoers
placed greater emphasis on gritty realism, while the pure entertainment
and theatricality of classical-era Hollywood musicals was seen as
old-fashioned. The 1978 film version of /Grease/
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_(film)> was a smash hit; its songs
were original compositions done in a 1950s pop style.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, musicals tended to be mainly coming from
the Disney <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney>animated films
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_film>.
Since the 21st century, the musical genre was rejuvenated with darker
musicals, musical biopics, musical remakes, epic drama musicals and
comedy-drama musicals such as /Chicago/
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(2002_film)>(2002) /Mamma Mia!/
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamma_Mia!_(film)> (2008) and /The
Greatest Showman/
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Showman> (2017)
Sincerely,
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