Movies on the Great Depression

Collapse

Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Movies on the Great Depression

    Can anyone recommend me some movies on the Great Depression?

    Thanks.
    Screenwriting is like stripping. You don't just dump your clothes on the floor. You tease as you go. And then you get screwed in a back room for money. - Craig Mazin

  • #2
    Re: Movies on the Great Depression

    cinderella man is the first that comes to mind.
    "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
    -Maya Angelou

    Comment


    • #3
      Re: Movies on the Great Depression

      There aren't many better than "The Grapes of Wrath"

      Comment


      • #4
        Re: Movies on the Great Depression

        Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (the original one with Gary Cooper, not the POS with Sandler).
        "A screenwriter is much like being a fire hydrant with a bunch of dogs lined up around it.- -Frank Miller

        "A real writer doesn't just want to write; a real writer has to write." -Alan Moore

        Comment


        • #5
          Re: Movies on the Great Depression

          Originally posted by TMac View Post
          There aren't many better than "The Grapes of Wrath"
          Yeah. Perhaps the granddaddy of em all. You felt the depression watching that. Just in the way the actors spoke and moved.
          "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
          -Maya Angelou

          Comment


          • #6
            Re: Movies on the Great Depression

            Kit Kitteridge: An American Girl Movie. Took my daughters and it scared the living daylights out of me. Way too relevant.

            Comment


            • #7
              Re: Movies on the Great Depression

              Originally posted by WriteByNight View Post
              Yeah. Perhaps the granddaddy of em all. You felt the depression watching that. Just in the way the actors spoke and moved.

              And the book by John Steinbeck is brilliant, BTW.
              "A screenwriter is much like being a fire hydrant with a bunch of dogs lined up around it.- -Frank Miller

              "A real writer doesn't just want to write; a real writer has to write." -Alan Moore

              Comment


              • #8
                Re: Movies on the Great Depression

                BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? is a great "sampler" of films about the depression. It's a doc that uses newsreel and movie clips to tell the story of the Depression.

                BOUND FOR GLORY is also a good movie with a depression background.

                - Bill
                Free Script Tips:
                http://www.scriptsecrets.net

                Comment


                • #9
                  Great Depression Films

                  PRAIRIE GIANT: THE TOMMY DOUGLAS STORY (for Canucks, look for it at Jumbo Video)

                  MY MAN GODFREY (free download from the Internet Archive)

                  BOUND FOR GLORY

                  ALL THE KING'S MEN
                  JEKYLL & CANADA (free .mp4 download @ Vimeo.com)

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    Re: Movies on the Great Depression

                    Only set in part during the depression but SEABISCUIT.
                    The end is too damn nigh.

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      Re: Movies on the Great Depression

                      Originally posted by twk69045 View Post
                      Only set in part during the depression but SEABISCUIT.
                      An excellent film on the subject.

                      Also, Steven Soderbergh's King of the Hill is a must-see. It's not on DVD, though.

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        Re: Movies on the Great Depression

                        I second "King of the Hill" and also suggest you look at films made during the Depression. Many were musicals and comedies, but all in some way touched on the misery of the masses.

                        Slightly peripheral to it is Preston Sturgess's great "Sullivan's Travels", which all screenwriters should see at some point in their careers.

                        Comment


                        • #13
                          Re: Movies on the Great Depression

                          I've always wondered why King of the Hill has never been released on DVD.
                          "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
                          -Maya Angelou

                          Comment


                          • #14
                            Re: Movies on the Great Depression

                            Sullivan's Travels.


                            Out of curiosity, not that I have much leverage here to have my curiosity satiated, is this related to a script that you're writing?
                            #writinginaStarbucks #re-thinkingmyexistence #notanotherweaklogline #thinkingwhatwouldWilldo

                            Comment


                            • #15
                              Re: Movies on the Great Depression

                              There is an R2 DVD of King of the Hill available, if you have a region-free player. Another good film set during the depression is Sydney Pollack's They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.

                              Comment

                              Working...
                              X