The gold diggers is a british film that was made with an allfemale crew. Aug 17, 20 dick powell murder, my sweet joins oscar and golden globenominee joan blondell grease, the blue veil in this oscarnominated musical about three chorus girls who recruit a millionaire. The gold diggers aleichem play, a 1908 yiddish theatre play. A wealthy older woman falls in love with a younger man, but is the relationship all that it seems. Although warned to stay away from jody, beth develops a close friendship with her. There she takes up tango lessons and forms a relationship with the dancer. The cult success of her short 16mm film, thriller 1979 brought sally potter the opportunity to direct her first 35mm feature. The film stars hope hampton, wyndham standing, and. The gold diggers 1983 posted on august 4, 2014 by rosie sally potters feature film directorial debut, the gold diggers, is a strange yet stunning black and white curiosity piece written from a feminist perspective was the film that begun potter on a path of intelligent and creative works.
Gold diggers of 1937 1936 official trailer dick powell. National lampoons gold diggers 2004 rotten tomatoes. Aesthetically, the film occupies the territory between experimental cinema and, with its stunningly lit blackandwhite cinematography redolent of ingmar bergman s films, european art cinema. Gold diggers of 1933 1933 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. I only have eyes for you from dames with ruby keeler and dick powell 1934 duration. Gold diggers of 1935 1935 official trailer gloria stuart.
The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. The secret of bear mountain was released theatrically in the united states on november 3, 1995. Gold diggers of 1933 was originally to be called high life, and george brent was an early casting idea for the role played by warren william. A wealthy composer rescues unemployed broadway performers with a new play. The film stars dick powell and joan blondell, who were married at the time, with glenda farrell and victor moore. National lampoons gold diggers critics consensus it aspires to farrellylevel offensiveness, but the pg rating and a dearth of decent gags renders gold diggers tame, toothless, and dull. The gold diggers 1983 is a drama, music movie starring julie christie and david gale. Other films that belong to what ozy calls the zeropercent club include orgy of the dead 1965, staying alive 1983, jaws the revenge 1987, return to the blue lagoon 1991, national. Carol gilligan the gold diggers is a feminist movie from. Gold diggers 1933 precode scene hd, busby berkeley youtube.
The gold diggers is a film directed by sally potter with julie christie, colette laffont, hilary westlake, david gale, year. National lampoon breaks new comedic ground as it explores the misadventures of two completely incompetent con men who, in desperation, turn their attention to t. It stars warren william, joan blondell, aline macmahon, ruby keeler, and dick powell, and features guy kibbee, ned sparks and ginger rogers the story is based on the play the gold diggers by avery hopwood. With warren william, joan blondell, aline macmahon, ruby keeler. Both the play and the film were produced by david belasco. The gold diggers 1983 an exploration into the relationship between gold, money and celebrity. Gold diggers of 1933 quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. Its also possible that the critics resented potter for giving them all tinnitus. Jul 28, 2014 gold diggers of 1935 1935 official trailer gloria stuart, dick powell musical movie hd in a luxury hotel stage director nicoleff stages a show to get the money to pay his bills. The gold diggers sally potter, 1983 sally potter doesnt buy the dictum about how all you need to make a film is a girl and a gun. Gold diggers of 1937 1936 official trailer dick powell, joan blondell musical movie hd stageproducer j. Making her feature debut with the 1983 julie christie film the gold diggers, she came to international attention with her excellent 1992 adaptation of virginia woolfs orlando, starring tilda swinton, before going on to make the tango lesson, the man who cried which starred depp and cate blanchett, and the underrated, spokenentirely. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Sep 28, 2016 gold digger by ville jankeri finland 2016.
The film features songs by the teams of harold arlen, e. Bored with her new surroundings, beth soon meets another year old, jody salerno, who is a social outcast. With karlasimone spence, julia ormond, ben barnes, sebastian armesto. The gold diggers was funded by the bfi production board and channel 4, with a total budget of around. An avantgarde examination of the relationship between women. Horbart, is going to put on a new show, but he doesnt know that his two partners. Julie christie in black and white art film jonathan. In this version of avery hopwoods theatrical warhorse the golddiggers of broadway, showgirls joan blondell, ruby keeler, and aline mcmahon attempt to find financial backing for the new show. With george antoni, julie christie, kassandra colson, siobhan davies. The gold diggers is a 1983 british film directed by sally potter, her debut, and stars julie christie, kassandra colson and siobhan davies. The best movies of 1983 picked by critics and filmmakers and sorted by rank. Dec 22, 2017 an early film by the great british writerdirector stephen poliakoff. The movie was made with an allfemale crew, and features photography by babette magolte and a score by lindsay cooper film festivals. Not only was this a great movie that came the year after my book, in a different voice was released, but it speaks to some of what i discussed in it.
See the full list of the gold diggers cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Buy movie tickets and see showtimes in theaters for the gold diggers 1983 sally potter on allmovie. Sally potters film the gold diggers 1983 occupies an important place in the cultural politics of feminism. Sally potter doesnt buy the dictum about how all you need to make a film is a girl and a gun. In the opening song for her 1983 debut feature the gold diggers, singing in tones that recall those of dagmar krause, potter sings of violence particularly maleperpetrated violence as manifested in both film and literature, and how it messes with her head, and pleads, please give me back my. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Gold diggers 1933 precode scene hd, busby berkeley. Disney movies 1983 every disney movie coming out in 1983. But this is no action movie, for its heart is in its mouth, and the value of each. Gold diggers of 1935 1935 official trailer gloria stuart, dick powell musical movie hd in a luxury hotel stage director nicoleff stages a show to get the money to pay his bills. Celeste colette laffont is a computer clerk in a bank who becomes fascinated by the relationship between gold and power. Principles such as whether women are smart in business and why women choose rich mates are discussed. An avantgarde examination of the relationship between women and money in society. Early drafts of the screenplay focused on the sensual elements of the story, and subsequent drafts gradually began adding more of the narrative taking place behind the scenes of the show.
Any movie that encourages young girls to be wilderness adventurers rather than boycrazed babesinwaiting certainly has its heart in the right place. The movie explores that relationship that women have with money in society. The gold diggers, her first feature, got a monstering from critics comparable to michael powells peeping tom, and probably some of this was down to misogyny, and antiintellectualism, and other unworthy reasons to reject such an ambitious, sincere film. Mixing musical, silent melodrama, and philosophical treatise into a postpunk, heady brew.