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Cradle Will Rock (1999)
6.7
Ratings: 6.7/10 from 6,462 users
Metascore:
64/100
Reviews: 154 user | 71 critic | 31 from Metacritic.com
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production. Director:Tim RobbinsWriter:Tim Robbins |
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| Hank Azaria | ... | ||
| Rubén Blades | ... | ||
| Joan Cusack | ... | ||
| John Cusack | ... | ||
| Cary Elwes | ... | ||
| Philip Baker Hall | ... | ||
| Cherry Jones | ... | ||
| Angus Macfadyen | ... | ||
| Bill Murray | ... | ||
| Vanessa Redgrave | ... | ||
| Susan Sarandon | ... | ||
| Jamey Sheridan | ... | ||
| John Turturro | ... | ||
| Emily Watson | ... | ||
| Bob Balaban | ... | ||
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Storyline
In 1930s New York Orson Welles tries to stage a musical on a steel strike under the Federal Theater Program despite pressure from an establishment fearful of industrial unrest and red activity. Meanwhile Nelson Rockefeller gets the foyer of his company headquarters decorated and an Italian countess sells paintings for Mussolini. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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Art is never dangerous -- unless it tells the truth.Genres:
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(France) See more »Also Known As:
Abajo el telón See more »Box Office
Budget:
$32,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$93,998 (USA) (12 December 1999) (8 Screens)Gross:
$2,899,970 (USA) (23 April 2000)Company Credits
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Margherita Sarfatti: I support your art but that does not mean that I must support your revolution.
Diego Rivera: It's the same thing!
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organizations and events have been fictionalized. See more »
Written by Marc Blitzstein
Performed by Henry Stram, Erin Hill, Daniel Jenkins (as Dan Jenkins),
Timothy Jerome (as Tim Jerome), Victoria Clark (as Vicki Clark) and Chris McKinney
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Goofs
Revealing mistakes: The Diego Rivera mural, as depicted in the film, is not his original Rockefeller Center version design (for which in-progress photographs exist), but of the smaller re-creation Rivera did a year later in Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. The Rockefeller Center mural was larger, whereas the spatial arrangement of features in the re-creation (and in the film) is more compact. See more »Quotes
Diego Rivera: When did you stop supporting art?Margherita Sarfatti: I support your art but that does not mean that I must support your revolution.
Diego Rivera: It's the same thing!
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This movie was inspired by actual events, but certain characters,organizations and events have been fictionalized. See more »
Soundtracks
"Oh What a Filthy Night Court"Written by Marc Blitzstein
Performed by Henry Stram, Erin Hill, Daniel Jenkins (as Dan Jenkins),
Timothy Jerome (as Tim Jerome), Victoria Clark (as Vicki Clark) and Chris McKinney
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