Cradle Will Rock 1999

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 129 min

genre: historical

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, aspiring singer Olive Stanton dreams of getting a job as an actress with the Federal Theatre Project. Playwright Marc Blitzstein is working on his new musical, The Cradle Will Rock, but lacks the inspiration to finish it. While attending a public protest, he is visited by two imaginary figures representing his late wife and the famed German playwright Bertolt Brecht. They encourage him to make the play more relevant to the times rather than an abstract concept.

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 aspiring singer bertolt brecht break in broadway broadway theatre communism diego rivera fascist federal government federal theatre project great depression hallie flanagan house committee on un-american activities improvised italian fascism john houseman late wife lenin lose man at the crossroads marc blitzstein nelson rockefeller open orson welles revolt of the beavers set up the cradle will rock times square ventriloquist works progress administration wpa
musicBy	Dave Robbins
producer	Jon Kilik Lydia Dean Pilcher Tim Robbins
productionCompany	Touchstone Pictures
publisher	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
recordedAt	New York City