Unit+Three+Films

=Unit 3: Films=


 * Duck Soup-** A film by the marx brothers Zeppo, Harpo, Groucho, and Chico. this film depicts politics in a very funny way. Firefly, the dictator of Freedonia declares war on Sylvania over the love of Mrs. Teasdale. Directed by Leo McCarey and released in 1933. Won National Film Registry in 1990. This comedy musical runs 68 minutes and is in black and white.


 * Some Like It Hot-** A film directed by Billy Wilder that stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon as members of an all female band. Tony, playing the part of Joe, and Jack, playing the part of Jerry, witness a mob hit and have to escape Chicago. The only way to do this is to join an all female band and ride the train to Florida. On the train they meet Sugar, played by Marilyn Monroe, which causes further complications to their plans. Joe ends up dawning the disguise of a rich oil tycoon and the heir to the Shell Oil fortune in an attempt to make Sugar love him. He eventually asks her to come onto his yacht, although in reality it is someone else's, where they fall in love. This is all messed up when the mob that they ran away from discovers that they are hiding with the all girl band and tries to kill them. Eventually, they abandon their disguises, but Sugar still loves Joe anyways, even though he had deceived her.


 * Dr. Strangelove-** A comedy directed by Stanley Kubrick starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, and Sterling Hayden. It depicts an insane general who starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. This film is considered the greatest comedy film. It uses a sense of dark humor as its particular brand of comedy. This film was originally meant to end in which a fight would break out in the war room and everyone threw pies at each other.


 * What's Up, Doc? -** Starring Barbra Streistand, Ryan O'neal and Madeline Kahn. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich in 1972. About two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in Music. One seems a bit distracted, and that was before he meets her. A strange woman seems to have devoted her life to confusing and embarassing him. At the same time a woman has her jewels stolen and a government whistle blower arrives with his stolen top secret papers. All, of course have the same style and color overnight bag.


 * Raising Arizona -** An ex-con named H.I. McDonnough and an ex-cop Edwina get married but find they cannot have childeren. They come up with a plan to kidnap one of the quintuplets from a future tycoon Nathan Arizona. The McDounnoughs try to hide their crime while H.I.'s convict friends, bosses and co-workers, and a feral, harley-riding bounty hunter become intertwined in their crime.


 * It Happened One Night -** Directed by Frank Capra in 1934. About a spoiled heiress (Claudette Colbert), running away from her family, is helped by a man (Clark Gable) who's actually a reporter looking for a story.