5 True Stories That Inspired Hollywood - Volume One

Описание: In this movie compilation discover five powerful stories based on real events, made by the Movie Vibe Archive using clips from its own expansive DVD collection. The movies include:

Awakenings (1990) - Robin Williams and Robert De Niro
Molly's Game (2017) - Jessica Chastain
Shadowlands (1993) - Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger
Elizabeth (1998) - Cate Blanchett, Daniel Craig
Zulu (1964) - Michael Caine

These films reveal the courage, resilience, and humanity behind some of cinema's greatest true story adaptations. This is volume one of a new series of videos from the Movie Vibe Archive. Its DVD collection has many more true stories on DVD which will be released as individual videos first, then edited into 5-video movie compilations.

00:00 - Intro
00:06 - Awakenings (1990) - Williams, De Niro
02:43 - Molly's Game (2017) - Jessica Chastain
04:42 - Shadowlands (1993) - Hopkins, Winger
06:40 - Elizabeth (1998) - Blanchett, Daniel Craig
09:46 - Zulu (1964) - Michael Caine

Info from Wikipedia:
AWAKENINGS is a 1990 American biographical drama film written by Steven Zaillian, directed by Penny Marshall, and starring Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Stormare and Max von Sydow. It is based on Oliver Sacks's 1973 nonfiction memoir Awakenings. The film tells the story of the fictional neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Williams), whose character is based on Sacks.
In 1969, Sayer discovers the beneficial effects of the drug L-DOPA and administers the drug to catatonic patients who survived the 1919–1930 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. The patients—among them the focal character Leonard Lowe (De Niro)—are awakened after decades and must therefore try to acclimate to life in a new and unfamiliar time.

MOLLY'S GAME is a 2017 American biographical film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin (in his directorial debut), based on the 2014 memoir by Molly Bloom. The film follows Molly, a former Olympic-class skier, as she runs the world's most exclusive underground poker empire and becomes the target of an FBI investigation. It stars Jessica Chastain as Molly, with Idris Elba as her lawyer and Kevin Costner as her father, alongside Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O'Dowd, Joe Keery, Brian D'Arcy James, and Bill Camp.
The film shows her rise and fall as the "Poker Princess", building poker empires in L.A. and New York. Her poker players include some of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world: movie stars, elite athletes, billionaire business magnates, and, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mafia.

SHADOWLANDS is a 1993 British biographical drama film about the relationship between academic C. S. Lewis (played by Anthony Hopkins) and Jewish American poet Joy Davidman (played by Debra Winger), her death from cancer, and how this challenged his Christianity. It is loosely based on Lewis's own account in his book A Grief Observed.

ELIZABETH is a 1998 British biographical historical drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur and written by Michael Hirst. It stars Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I of England, with Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, John Gielgud, and Richard Attenborough in supporting roles. The film is based on the early years of Elizabeth's reign, when she is elevated to the throne after the death of her half-sister Mary I, who had imprisoned her. As she establishes herself on the throne, she faces plots and threats to take her down.

ZULU is a 1964 British epic historical drama film depicting the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift between a detachment of the British Army and the Zulu, in the Anglo-Zulu War. The film was directed and co-written by American screenwriter[5] Cy Endfield. He had moved to the United Kingdom in 1951 for work after being blacklisted in Hollywood. It was produced by Stanley Baker and Endfield, with Joseph E. Levine as executive producer. The screenplay was by Endfield and historical writer John Prebble, based on Prebble's 1958 Lilliput article "Slaughter in the Sun".