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类型：剧情片
主演：Anna Neagle Anton Walbrook C. Aubre
语言：英语
年代：未知
简介：Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far. The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939). The title music sets the tone a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff. The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man. Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'. Roger Philip Mellor
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类型：喜剧片
主演：扎克·埃夫隆 莱斯利·曼恩 托马斯·列农 马修·派瑞 Tyler St
导演：布尔·斯蒂尔斯
语言：
年代：未知
简介：17岁的迈克（扎克·埃夫隆ZacEfron饰）是校园风云人物，在一次关键性的篮球冠军赛上，他决定放弃前途，向怀有身孕的女友斯佳丽求婚。20年后，人到中年的迈克（马修·佩里MatthewPerry饰）生活事业两失意，妻子斯佳丽（莱斯利·曼恩LeslieMann饰）决定与迈克分居，一双儿女也对他形同路人，迈克只好搬入科技新贵的朋友奈德（托马斯·列侬ThomasLennon饰）家暂住。迈克追忆自己本来可有的锦绣前程，却在重返高中校园过程中遇到一位神秘的清洁工，让他突然重返17岁。迈克决定与奈德假扮父子，重入高中，相信这是上天给他第二次机会让他做出正确决定，却发现自己的女儿玛吉（米歇尔·崔切伯格MichelleTrachtenberg饰）与儿子亚历克斯（斯特林·克耐特SterlingKnight饰）在学校问题重重……
