Antonio Carlos Jobim Movies
The Founding Father of bossa nova and the composer of such contemporary standards as "Girl From Ipanema" and "One-Note Samba," Brazilian songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim stands among the 20th century's best popular song/jazz composers. He came to prominence in the 1950s, by infusing jazz standards with Brazil's unique rhythms. His first work scoring a feature film, Black Orpheus (1958), greatly increased the popularity of his bossa nova music. Other film scores written by Jobim include The Adventurers (1970) and Gabriela (1983). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 2007
The performance release Kurt Masur: A Life in Music - The Anniversary Gala from Leipzig finds noted European conductor Masur leading the MDR Radio Choir and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig symphony in renditions of works by Moniuszko, Dvorak, Dukas, Bizet and other composers. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kurt Masur, Harald Schmidt, (more)
Written and directed by Liz Gill, Goldfish Memory chronicles the ups and downs of several Irish singles who, like goldfish, seem to have a memory span that's simply too short to prevent them from repeating the same actions ad nauseam. Lives intertwine when a middle-aged professor (Sean Campion) with a nasty tendency to chase after his pupils breaks up with one of his conquests (Fiona Glascott) in order to repeat the pattern with another student (Fiona O'Shaughnessy). Shunned, Clara (Glascott) goes on to have a lesbian affair with a local reporter (Flora Montgomery), who turns out to be more than a little possessive. In an effort to get away from the needy reporter, Clara manages to attract the woman who had stolen the affections of her professor in the first place. Goldfish Memory was filmed entirely in Dublin, Ireland, and also features Keith McErlean, Peter Gaynor, and Jean Butler. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Flora Montgomery, Sean Campion, (more)
Art City, Vol. 2: Simplicity documents the studios and work habits of numerous modern artists including Robert Williams, Joan Snyder, and Richard Tuttle. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Tuttle, Agnes Martin, (more)
A retrospective of the acclaimed NBC variety series The Andy Williams Show. The show ran from 1962-1971, winning three Emmy awards for Best Variety Series and entertaining millions of viewers along the way. This video is a compilation of some of the greatest performances seen on the show, featuring solos by Williams and duets with some of the greatest musical stars of all time, like Julie Andrews, Judy Garland, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr., and many others. The segments were hand-picked by Williams, allowing the viewer to escape back in time with one of the great legends in musical entertainment.
~ Sarah Block, All Movie Guide
~ Sarah Block, All Movie Guide
- 1995
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Antonio Carlos Jobim appears in this upbeat program that sadly became his last recorded performance. Many talented performers including Shirley Horn and Herbie Hancock pay tribute to this Brazilian-born jazz genius. Jobim wrote over 400 songs during his career, many of which became true classics including "The Girl From Ipanema," "Once I Loved," "No More Blues," and "Wave." Jobim was eventually inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, long after his music became a treasured guest in the hearts of many of his listeners. ~ Elizabeth Smith, All Movie Guide
Cinematographer Chris Menges' first directorial effort, A World Apart was inspired by the lives of South African journalist Ruth First and her daughter Shawn Slovo (who wrote the film's screenplay). Barbara Hershey plays the fictional counterpart to Ms. First, Diana Roth, with Jodhi May as her daughter. Told from the daughter's viewpoint, the film shows us that Diana and her husband Jeroen Krabbe are so busy with their anti-Apartheid political activism that they totally shut May out of their lives. In 1963, Hershey is arrested by the South African police, becoming the first white woman to be held under the infamous 90-day-detention act. Left despondent and suicidal by two separate arrests and by constant harassment from the police, Diana still won't include her daughter in her life until the girl presses the issue in a climactic confrontation. Some critics felt that Shawn Slovo was using A World Apart to settle unresolved issues in her own life: Ruth First was killed under suspicious circumstances in 1982, without ever reconciling with her daughter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May, (more)
- 1987
All three of the main female characters in this film were performed by Lucella Santos. The three women in question all live around a plaza in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, and none of them is aware of the others. Though their adult responses to deeply flawed childhoods are very different, each of them was abandoned in a very hurtful way by their fathers. One sleeps around incessantly, for no particular reason. Another has become the captive of her overzealous mother, and the last has become an extraordinarily jealous harpy, even though her kindly husband does nothing to provoke her in any way. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lucelia Santos, Norma Bengell, (more)
- 1987
This is a Latin-music lovers fiesta featuring the Bossa Nova man, Antonio Carlos Jobim and the Brazilian singer, Gal Costa. Some songs included are "Corcovado", "Wave", and "Desafinado". ~ All Movie Guide
This sci-fi spoof stars Frank Stallone (Sly's brother) as Tony Mareda, Jr., a hot-shot private detective. Mareda leaves the funeral of his father, and while on the road and chased by two gunmen, he picks up a winsome hitchhiker and they end up at a drive in movie. While a "Zombie Beach Party 3" film flickers across the screen, a local weatherman and his date start talking about life in outer space, and lo-and-behold, a pink meteorite lands not far from the drive-in. It turns out that this "pink Mamma" transforms innocent, nubile maidens into pink chiquitas whose lust for men is a prelude to enslaving them and taking over the world. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frank Stallone, John Hemphill, (more)
- 1986
This is an entertaining documentary about people of all ages enjoying various activities that reflect the human propensity to play, to create, to be artful, and to live life for its own sake. On view are costumed dancers in Bali, a little 6-year-old pianist having fun at the ivories, a bullfighter in rehearsal, and even kids fishing on the Amazon. A musical score by the talented Antonio Carlos Jobim enhances the upbeat tenor of this tribute to people at play -- or those who work as though it were play. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- 1983
Gabriela was based on Jorge Armado's novel Gabriela, Clove and Cinammon, which also served as the source of a typically steamy Brazilian TV soap opera. Set in 1925 (when the novel was first published), the film stars Marcello Mastrioanni as Nacib, a bartender in the Bahian village of Parati. When a drought descends upon the surrounding countryside, slovenly-but-sexy Gabriela (Sonja Braga) wanders into Parati with some friends and relatives. Immediately entranced by Gabriela's earthy sensuality, Nacib hires her as a cook and potential lover. Jealous of the attentions paid to Gabriela by the local menfolk, Nacib decides to marry her, then orders her to dress and behave in a more prudish fashion. But Gabriela can't help straying sexually, and as consequence it is Nacib who is forced to undergo the film's major character transformation. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sonia Braga, Marcello Mastroianni, (more)
- 1981
- R
This Brazilian erotic exercise stars Sonia Braga and Paulo Cesar Pereio as lovers who aren't in love. Attracted to each other's all-stops-out sexuality, Braga and Pereio use one another in every sense of the word. It is only at fadeout time that they learn to their surprise that they have genuinely fallen for each other. Though it shies away from closeups, I Love You is about as hard-core as it's possible to get in a mainstream film. Originally titled Eu Te Amo, I Love You made its American debut sans a rating of any kind -- "X" or otherwise. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sonia Braga, Paulo Cesar Pereio, (more)
- 1978
Originally staged and shot in 1978, this Brazilian-flavored performance features a concert with three bossa nova heavyweights: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and Toquinho. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Antonio Carlos Jobim, Toquinho, (more)
- 1974
Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1971
The down-at-the-heels aristocrats in this Brazilian film can barely keep their moral compasses on an even keel at the best of times. When one of the women of the family throws herself wholeheartedly into a life of passion and eroticism, they haven't a clue what to do. As they begin to find ways to attack her, her defenses are strengthened by a new alliance with a wily and resourceful transvestite. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Based on Harold Robbins' bestseller, The Adventurers stars Yugoslav heartthrob Bekim Fehmiu as Porfirio Rubirosa clone Dax Xenos. Having suffered mightily as a child in a fictional South American country due to the political activities of his parents, Xenos grows up to become a sleazy, sexually manipulative playboy. He romances middle-aged widow Olivia de Havilland, then dumps her after he's run through her fortune. He then takes up with heiress Candice Bergen, who bears his child. When the kid is killed and Xenos turns his back on her, Bergen finds solace in lesbianism. All the while, Xenos is fomenting revolutions aimed at toppling the Trujillo-like despot (Alan Badel) responsible for the death of his father. The Adventurers received a lot of magazine coverage due to a poolside nude scene and the "guess who this is supposed to be?" nature of the cast of characters. But it failed to establish Bekim Fehmiu as an international star. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bekim Fehmiu, Charles Aznavour, (more)
- 1967
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Frank Sinatra in a music performance video. He sings "Day In, Day Out," "Get Me to the Church on Time," "What Now My Love," "Ol' Man River," and "Put Your Dreams Away." He does two medleys with jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald that include "How High the Moon," "Up, Up and Away," "Look Out for Jimmy Valentine," "Theme to Tony Rome," "Goody, Goody," "Don't Cry Joe," "Ode to Billy Joe," "Goin' Out of My Head," "The Song is You," "They Can't Take That Away From Me," "Stompin' at the Savoy," and "At Long Last Love," and duets of "The Lady is a Tramp." Fitzgerald sings "Body and Soul," "It's All Right with Me," and "Don't Be That Way." He also does a medley with Antonio Carlos Jobim that includes "Change Partners," "I Concentrate on You," and "The Girl from Ipanema." ~ All Movie Guide
Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) is literally what its title suggests: a retelling of the "Orpheus and Eurydice" legend enacted by black performers. This time the setting is the annual Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Orpheus (Breno Mello) is a streetcar conductor; Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn) has just jilted her lover and is attempting to escape his wrath. Orpheus himself falls in love with Eurydice, whereupon her ex-lover, disguised as the Angel of Death shows up and kills Eurydice. To reclaim his lost love, Orpheus enters "Hell" (the Rio morgue) and uses supernatural methods to revive the dead girl. A multi-award winner on the international film scene, Black Orpheus features a samba musical score by Luiz Bonfa and Antonio Carlos Jobim. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, (more)
