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    “Norma Rae” (1979)

    September 26th, 2009

    Norma Rae (1979)

    Summary: Norma Rae Webster struggles to help unionize an oppressive textile mill in her hometown during the summer of 1979.

    Screenplay: Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank, Jr.

    Director: Martin Ritt

    Cast: Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle


    “On the Beach (1959)”

    September 11th, 2009

    “On the Beach (1959)”

    Summary: The survivors of a nuclear war struggle to accept that the fallout will soon claim them as well.

    Screenplay: Nevil Schute (novel); John Paxton

    Director: Stanley Kramer

    Cast: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins, Fred Astaire, Donna Anderson


    “Oliver Twist (1948)”

    September 4th, 2009

    “Oliver Twist (1948)”

    Summary: Oliver Twist is an orphan who runs away to 19th-century London and falls in with a gang of pickpockets led by the murderous thief Fagin.

    Screenplay: Charles Dickens (novel); David Lean, Stanley Haynes; Eric Ambler (uncredited), Kay Walsh (uncredited)

    Director: David Lean

    Cast: Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh, Henry Stephenson, John Howard Davies