OBPC #41: Oliver!, 1968
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) Oliver! (1968): Dir. Carol Reed. Written by: Vernon Harris. Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. Based upon the musical of the same name with book, music, and lyrics by […]
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OBPC #40: In the Heat of the Night, 1967
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) In the Heat of the Night (1967): Dir. Norman Jewison. Written by: Stirling Silliphant. Based upon the novel of the same name by John Ball. Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod […]
OBPC #39: A Man for All Seasons, 1966
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) A Man for All Seasons (1966): Dir. Fred Zinnemann. Written by: Robert Bolt. Based upon his play of the same name. Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert […]
OBPC #38: The Sound of Music, 1965
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) The Sound of Music (1965): Dir. Robert Wise. Written by: Ernest Lehman. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. Music by Richard Rodgers. Based upon the musical of the same name with […]
OBPC #37: My Fair Lady, 1964
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) My Fair Lady (1964): Dir. George Cukor. Written by: Alan Jay Lerner. Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Music by Frederick Loewe. Based upon the musical of the same name, […]
OBPC #36: Tom Jones, 1963
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) Tom Jones (1963): Dir. Tony Richardson. Written by: John Osborne. Based upon the novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding. Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York, […]
OBPC #35: Lawrence of Arabia, 1962
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Lawrence of Arabia (1962): Dir. David Lean. Written by: Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based upon writings by T.E. Lawrence. Starring: Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Alec Guinness, […]
OBPC #34: West Side Story, 1961
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) West Side Story (1961): Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. Written by: Ernest Lehman. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Based upon the stage musical of […]
OBPC #33: The Apartment, 1960
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) The Apartment (1960): Dir. Billy Wilder. Written by: Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond. Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, and Jack Kruschen. Unrated. Running time: 125 minutes. Coming […]
OBPC #32: Ben-Hur, 1959
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Ben-Hur (1959): Dir. William Wyler. Written by: Karl Tunberg, Gore Vidal, Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, and Christopher Fry. Based upon the novel of the same name by Lew Wallace. […]