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What is your favorite movie biopic?
Posted by RockFan under Movies
Moselle2001 asked:
I liked movie about The DOORS
Movie about Hector Lavoe: ElCantante
The Rose about Janis Joplin
I love so many… How bout you?
March 17th, 2007 at 2:06 am
Walk the line – Johnny Cash
Control – Ian Curtis
March 19th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Lust for Life (1956)
Starring Kirk Douglas as Vincent Van Gogh. Kirk Douglas should have won an Oscar for this role. The movie tells the life story of Vincent Van Gogh; his bouts of failure, depression, madness, and beauty.
Gypsy (1962)
Natalie Wood as Louise ‘Gypsy Rose Lee’ Hovick A great musical with the beautiful Natalie Wood.
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Starring José Ferrer as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. A great movie with possibly the best ending ever.
March 20th, 2007 at 4:25 am
for me it would have to be Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, i saw this when i was about 10 and it made me fascinated with him, his story is so amazing.
Another favourite would have to be Man On The Moon which depicts the life of Andy Kaufman played by Jim Carrey.
I also really enjoyed Ray (Ray Charles) and Walk The Line (Johnny Cash) which i only saw recently.
March 21st, 2007 at 2:36 am
i love the movie ed wood.
Tim burton is a master at directing. I love the set designs, the b+w cinematography, and the story. He does a great job taking you back to 50’s B-movie hollywood. Espically love the shot of Lugosi shooting up heroin. So eery, but so vivid, and real.. it’s just masterfully done.
I think this movie is important, because without the likes of Ed Wood. The off beat, the wierd, the non-normal wouldn’t be there.
Excellent movie, if you have never seen it. I highly recommend it. It ranks up there with JFK by oliver stone, or Malcolm XS by spike lee.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:39 am
Raging Bull (Scorsese), the greatest American film of the eighties.
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Schrader)
Young Mr. Lincoln (Ford)
Ivan the Terrible I II (Eisenstein)
Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky)
The passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer)
Walker (Cox)
Some of them are not technically biopics, just films about real people, but I love all of them.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:52 am
The Rose is by far my favorite movie. I love Bette Midler and I love Janis Joplin, and it’s so sad…it gets me crying every freaking time, and it’s just a good story.
I like The Doors too. Val Kilmer as Jim. Mmmm…and Bonnie Bramlett was there.
I also liked the movie about Elvis and Priscilla. Don’t remember the exact name.