Table of contents:
- Rocketman, 2019
- The Greatest Showman, 2017
- The Catcher in the Rye, 2017
- "Genuine Vermeer", 2016
- “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”, 2019
- Trumbo, 2015
- Jackie, 2016
- Hitchcock, 2012
- “Gainsbourg. Hooligan's love ", 2010
- Princess of Monaco, 2014
Video: 10 fascinating films about famous people and their difficult path to success
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
It seems that successful people have their whole life like a beautiful fairy tale, and they own the whole world. They are successful, wealthy, influential and can afford the very best. In fact, their path to fame and success is far from always strewn with roses, and many have experienced need, hunger, disappointment and betrayal. In our selection of today, there are poignant films about the price that the rich and famous pay for their success.
Rocketman, 2019
The history of the ascent of one of the most talented performers of our time, Elton John. As a child, he desperately wanted to be a beloved child, but his mother was cold and passionate about her own life, his father was in the service all the time and was completely uninterested in the affairs of his son. Only Grandma Ivy felt sorry for and loved him. In the movie "Rocketman", released in 2019, the viewer will be able to see how Elton John fought with his complexes and addictions, how he looked death in the eyes several times and learned to live, having met his true love.
The Greatest Showman, 2017
The fate of Phineas Taylor Barnum, the creator of one of the most famous traveling circuses of the 19th century, is portrayed in The Greatest Showman in all its realism. Here we will talk about the difficult love of an American entrepreneur, about the long search for his vocation and place in life. In his fate was rapid success, scandals and addiction to alcohol. But he found the strength in himself, having lost everything, to revive anew both himself and the work of his whole life.
The Catcher in the Rye, 2017
Danny Strong's drama tells the story of the birth of Jerome Salinger's cult novel The Catcher in the Rye. But this film is also about his own fate and life in seclusion, his search for truth, spiritual practices and attempts to become the best version of himself.
"Genuine Vermeer", 2016
Khan van Megeren was a talented artist, but he gained fame as one of the great mystifiers. He so skillfully forged the canvases of the great masters that many of his works are still kept in museums. "The True Vermeer" is a story about the drama of an artist, his quirky mind and the path of becoming from an unknown artist to a criminal genius.
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”, 2019
The film directed by Mariel Heller tells how communication with a brilliant presenter and screenwriter can change the life of even such a hardened cynic as Lloyd Vogel, who came to interview a celebrity. TV presenter and producer Fred Rogers, referred to in the film, appears before the audience in a new light, and the motives of his actions and actions become more understandable for fans.
Trumbo, 2015
The dramatic story of the talented American writer Dalton Trumbo, the Oscar-winning screenwriter, who dug into the Hollywood "blacklist" because of his convictions. His life was not easy, and fate severely tested strength. Throughout his life, he continued to create, simply because he could not otherwise, and his work influenced the history of the development of world cinema.
Jackie, 2016
A film about the incredible fate of Jacqueline Kennedy is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent. The picture depicts the image not of the brilliant wife of the President of the United States, but of the simplest woman who cries at night, suffers from loneliness, and in the morning smiles again into the camera as if there is no happier and more prosperous woman in the whole world.
Hitchcock, 2012
This is a film about the willpower and constant pursuit of goals by one of the most talented directors, Alfred Hitchcock. To make one of his most significant films, Hitchcock had to overcome the resistance of moralizers and censors. And at the same time try to understand your own life, learn to believe and trust your loved one.
“Gainsbourg. Hooligan's love ", 2010
A painting by Joanne Sfard about one of the most important figures in the history of popular music, about the life, formation and destiny of Serge Gainsbourg. This is a film about love and the creative flight of a brilliant performer, about his romance, about his work. “Gainsbourg. The love of a bully”is the atmosphere of French romance, poetic charm, passionate love of a bully and a heartthrob.
Princess of Monaco, 2014
In this film about the fate of Grace Kelly, perhaps there is no historical accuracy and strict correspondence to the biography of the main character. But there is a very humane and vulnerable actress in him, who found it very difficult to change the robe of the Queen of Hollywood for the much more modest title of Princess of Monaco.
Although horror films usually do not enjoy "critical acclaim", they invariably collect large sums of money at the box office. This is not surprising, because people have always liked to tickle their nerves. No matter how funny a horror movie is, even if it is even a little scary, and also backed up by effective marketing, such a movie will always be successful. We invite you to get acquainted with the highest-grossing (and often really scary) horror films in the history of cinema.
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