Cradle Will Rock 1999

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 129 min

genre: historical

theme: art

director: Tim Robbins

Score: 5 / 10

Cradle Will Rock is a 1999 American historical drama film written, produced and directed by Tim Robbins. The story fictionalizes the true events that surrounded the development of the 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein; it adapts history to create an account of the original production, bringing in other stories of the time to produce a social commentary on the role of art and power in the 1930s, particularly amidst the struggles of the labor movement at the time and the corresponding appeal of socialism and communism among many intellectuals, artists and working-class people in the same period.

Plot

At the height of the Great Depression, the Federal Theatre Project, led by Hallie Flanagan, brings low-cost theater to millions across America. FTP and other projects of the Works Progress Administration face anti-communist criticism and increasing government pressure led by the new House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Cast

More details

author	Tim Robbins
award	National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	New York City
director	Tim Robbins
editor	Geraldine Peroni
genre	drama historical political social
keywords	advertise alarmism alarmist benito mussolini bertolt brecht break break in broadway broadway theatre business magnate communist diego rivera dressing room fascist federal theatre project force great depression hallie flanagan house committee on un-american activities improvised industrialist italian fascism john houseman late wife lay off layoff lose man at the crossroads marc blitzstein margherita sarfatti meet mural nelson rockefeller new house open orson welles patron patron of the arts patronage rockefeller center set up the cradle will rock times square vaudeville ventriloquist vladimir lenin walk war effort william randolph hearst works progress administration
musicBy	Dave Robbins
producer	Jon Kilik Lydia Dean Pilcher Tim Robbins
productionCompany	Touchstone Pictures
publisher	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Filmauro
recordedAt	New York City
theme	art labor relations social issues