Your Soundtrack Film: 7/1/12

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Teenage Dream
by Boyce Avenue

I think you're pretty without any makeup on
I think you're funny when you tell the punch line wrong
I knew you got me so you let your walls come down
Down

Before you met me
I was alright but things were kinda heavy
You brought me to life
Now every February you'll be my Valentine
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The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Synopsis

The film opens up with a tight close up of a very old woman on her deathbed in the hospital. Theres a terrible storm raging outside the window. Clearly in pain, the old woman is struggling to speak and her daughter (Julia Ormond) is at her bedside. We can tell the mother is at the end of her life because when she cries out in pain and her daughter fetches the nurse, the nurse tells her that she can have as much pain medication as she wants. See all

Review

An Astonishing Rarity

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a film unlike any I've ever seen and probably ever will. A true epic that left me utterly speechless. It accomplished so much through such simplicity. Everything was top notch from the elegant directing to the subtly wonderful performances down to the magical score. See all

David Fincher

Director, Producer, Writer

Date of Birth: 28 August 1962, Denver, Colorado, USA

Birth Name: David Andrew Leo Fincher

Nickname: Finch Davey

Height: 6' 0¥" (1.84 m)

“I don't know how much movies should entertain. To me I'm always interested in movies that scar. The thing I love about JAWS is that I've never gone swimming in the ocean again.” David Fincher

Bio

David Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American music video and film director known for his dark and stylish portraits of the human experience, particularly Fight Club (film) and Se7en. Born in Denver, Colorado, Fincher was raised in Marin County, California. He moved to Ashland, Oregon in his teens where he graduated from Ashland High School. See all

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Boyce Avenue :: Teenage Dream

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My Body Is A Cage
by Arcade Fire

F#m
My body is a cage
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That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
       F#m
But my mind holds the key

             F#m
My body is a cage
     A/E                            D
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
       F#m
But my mind holds the key   See all

Drive

Genre: Drama, Crime -- 169 min

Release Date: 8 December 2011, Indonesia

Filming Locations: 1710 Naomi Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Synopsis

The Driver (Ryan Gosling) has no name and no signs of any real personal life. He barely speaks and rarely shows any real emotions. The Driver works as a Hollywood stunt driver by day and a getaway driver for criminals by night. The cars the Driver uses are provided by his mentor and boss, Shannon (Bryan Cranston)a crippled, washed-up body shop owner. On criminal missions all he does is drive. See all

Review

Why Are Some People So Dumb?
One reviewer here suggested that instead of seeing Drive you should see what Drive was aspiring to be Layer Cake. Drive is nothing like Layer Cake nor even tries to be. They have nothing in common, and the comment is just absurd. It is a far far better film though. From it's title sequence written in cursive pink (which a ton of idiots just did not get for some reason) to it's retro soundtrack. It is a picture perfect reflection of the films from the late 60's, 70's and 80's. If you have not seen films from this era (i do believe so many reviewers here have not) you will not entirely get this film. See all

Nicolas Winding Refn

Writer, Director, Producer

Date of Birth: 29 December 1970, Copenhagen, Denmark

Birth Name: Jang

Height: 6' 2½" (1.89 m)

“Art is an act of violence.” Nicolas Winding Refn

Bio

Nicolas Winding Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1970. He moved with his parents at the age of 10 to New York, returning to Copenhagen at 17. After graduating from high school, Refn attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, but found the environment unbearable and was quickly expelled. Back in Denmark he was accepted by the Danish Film School but dropped out one month prior to the start of term. See all

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Arcade Fire :: My Body Is A Cage

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Rocky Road To Dublin
by Gaelic Storm

In the merry month of May, From my home I started,
Left the girls of Tuam, Nearly broken hearted,
Saluted father dear, Kissed my darlin' mother,
Drank a pint of beer, My grief and tears to smother,
Then off to reap the corn, And leave where I was born,
I cut a stout blackthorn, To banish ghost and goblin,
In a brand new pair of brogues, I rattled o'er the bogs,
And frightened all the dogs,On the rocky road to Dublin. See all

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime -- 129 min
Release Date: 23 December 2011, Indonesia

Filming Locations: Richmond Park, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Synopsis
Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) is investigating a seemingly unrelated series of crimes around Europe, believing them all connected to Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris), a criminal mastermind just as smart as Holmes. After Moriarty arranges for another assassination, he poisons Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams), as her feelings for Holmes have compromised her usefulness. Meanwhile, Holmes takes Dr. Watson (Jude Law) out with his brother Mycroft (Stephen Fry) for Watson's stag party, and saves another intended victim of Moriarty's, a fortune telling gypsy named Sim (Noomi Rapace). See all

Review

Better than the first one
This movie was absolutely fantastic. I have been waiting for it for what feels like forever now and it truly did not disappoint. The storyline was clever, the dynamic between Watson and Holmes was charming and beautiful, and the effects were incredible. Honestly, as much of a fan I am of the first movie, its sequel surpassed it and my overall expectation. See all

Guy Ritchie
[Director, Producer, Writer]
Date of Birth: 9 September 1968, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Birth Name: Guy Stuart Ritchie

Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)

“I like death. I’m a big fan of it.” Guy Ritchie

Bio
Though he may have enjoyed cultivating his image as a bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks, British filmmaker Guy Ritchie roots were steeped in England’s upper class. Nonetheless, Ritchie directed some of the most stylish caper comedies about blue collar thugs and other lower class misfits ever to emerge from his native land. See all

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Gaelic Storm :: Rocky Road To Dublin

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Por Una Cabeza
By The Head Of A Horse (Le Tango, 1935)
by Carlos Gardel

Version en castellano

Por una cabeza de un noble potrillo

que justo en la raya afloja al llegar

y que al regresar parece decir:

no olvides, hermano,

vos sabes, no hay que jugar...

Por una cabeza, metejon de un dia,

de aquella coqueta y risueña mujer

que al jurar sonriendo,

el amor que esta mintiendo

quema en una hoguera todo mi querer. See all

English Version

Losing by a head of a noble horse
who slackens just down the stretch
and when it comes back it seems to say:
don't forget brother,
You know, you shouldn't bet.
Losing by a head, instant violent love
of that flirtatious and cheerful woman
who, swearing with a smile
a love she's lying about,
burns in a blaze all my love. See all

Scent Of A Woman

Genre: Drama -- 157 min
Release Date: 23 December 1992, USA

Filming Locations: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Synopsis
Frank is a retired Lt Col in the US army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over thanksgiving. Frank's niece says this will be easy money, but she didn't reckon on Frank spending his thanksgiving in New York. See all

Review

It's one of the most beautiful movies ever

I think this incredible movie leaves a legacy of life, it makes us appreciate life an also understand that a life can be lived in a minute just like Al Pacino says in one of this movie's most beautiful scenes, it also talks about values, integrity, and moral principles, by sides of this movie's wonderful script it's incredible cast makes it one of the most outstanding movies I have ever seen. See all

Martin Brest

Date of Birth: 8 August 1951, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

"That the film turned out to be coherent is a miracle. That it is successful proves there is a God." Martin Brest

Bio

He was born in a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York. Brest graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1969, from New York University's School of the Arts in 1973 and from the AFI Conservatory with an M.F.A. degree in 1977. His major studio debut was 1979's Going in Style, which starred George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg, the first of several films to mix action and comedy to great effect. Brest was then hired to direct the film WarGames, but was fired during production. See all

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Carlos Gardel :: Por Una Cabeza

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Fallin
by John Frusciante

Part 1

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Part 2

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Solo at 2:52

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About John Frusciante    See all

The Brown Bunny


Genre:  Drama -- 93 min


Release Date:  14 November 2003, Austria






Synopsis
The film opens with a motocross race shot from high above the racetrack. The racers careen around the track and the sound goes in and out as the racers get further from the camera. The camera focuses on one racer in particular, number 77, as he tries to keep up in the race. He is far from first, but is still in the race.    See all





VINCENT GALLO [DIRECTOR]

Date of Birth:  11 April 1961, Buffalo, New York, USA 
Nickname:  Vinnie 
Height:  5' 11" (1.80 m)