Altman's re-make of Nicholas Ray's They Live by Night, and the second adaptation of Edward Anderson's novel. A trio of half-baked criminals attempt to emulate the organised big-time villains glamorized by the media of 1930s America, but come a cropper after an all-too-short taste of freedom from their rightful place in the county jail. Keith Carradine is the youngest crim, whose love for the farmer's daughter who helps them escape provides the romance in this Depression-based melodrama.
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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (2011)
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Set during the Great Depression, Jacob Janowski finds his promising career as a vetinary student shattered by family tragedy. Bereft and confused Jacob joins the Benzini Brothers circus as the vet for their animals and in particular the company’s elephant, Rosie. But it is the ringmaster’s wife that really holds the young Jacob’s attention, and it is this mutual attraction that forms the heart of the story. Based on Sara Gruen’s best selling novel, ‘Water for Elephants’ is a sumptuous but relati
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