White Riot

A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir, which is not easily accepted by the town yet the choir builds a great love for their teacher.

Runtime

2h 12m

Director

Kay Pollak

Cast

Michael Nyqvist, Frida Hallgren, Helen Sjöholm

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

Runtime

2h 13m

Director

John Landis

Cast

Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, James Brown

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Baz Luhrmann

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, John Leguizamo

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Runtime

2h 18m

Director

Otto Preminger

Cast

Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr.

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.

Runtime

2h 23m

Director

Stephen Herek

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas