ESSENTIAL VIEWING!!! GREAT FILM ACTING … in no particular order John Gallagher Film Acting Classes www.jgmovie.com Bold=especially recommended!
Directed by John Cassavetes* *FACES 1968 Gena Rowlands *HUSBANDS 1970 Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes *MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ 1971 Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel *A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE 1975 Gena Rowlands *KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE 1976 Ben Gazzara *OPENING NIGHT ‘77 Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes *GLORIA 1980 Gena Rowlands *LOVE STREAMS 1984 Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, John C
ON THE WATERFRONT ‘54 d. Elia Kazan w/Brando, Saint, Steiger A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ’51 d. Kazan w/Brando, VLeigh SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS ‘61 d. Kazan w/Natalie Wood, W Beatty LA STRADA ‘54 d. F Fellini w/Guilietta Massina, Anthony Quinn NIGHTS OF CABIRIA 1957 d. Federico Fellini w/Giulietta Massina ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS 1961 d. Luchino Visconti w/Delon SEVEN BEAUTIES 1976 d. Lina Wertmuller w/Giancarlo Giannini LEON/THE PROFESSIONAL ‘94 d.Besson w/Reno,Portman,Oldman MARGARET ’11 d. Kenneth Lonergan w/Anna Paquin, Matt Damon THE SEARCHERS 1956 d. John Ford w/John Wayne, Natalie Wood ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA 1983 d. Sergio Leone W/Robt DeNiro, Elizabeth McGovern, James Woods MALCOLM X 1991 d. Spike Lee w/Denzel Washington ROOM 2015 d. Lenny Abrahamson w/Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay A BRONX TALE 1993 d. Robt DeNiro w/Chazz Palminteri, R DeNiro CHINATOWN ‘74 d. Roman Polanski w/Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway THE LAST DETAIL 1973 d. Hal Ashby w/Jack Nicholson BEING THERE 1979 d. Hal Ashby w/Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine GLORY 1989 d. Ed Zwick w/ Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman THE SAND PEBBLES 1966 d. Robert Wise w/Steve McQueen 20th CENTURY ’34 d. Howard Hawks w/J Barrymore, C Lombard ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS ’39 d. Howard Hawks w/Cary Grant HIS GIRL FRIDAY ’40 d. Howard Hawks w/Cary Grant, Roz Russell RIO BRAVO ’58 d. H Hawks w/John Wayne, Dean Martin NOTORIOUS 1946 d. A Hitchcock w/Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE ’48 d. John Huston w/H. Bogart PULP FICTION ’94 d. Q.Tarantino w/John Travolta, Sam Jackson, etc. THE HOURS ’02 d. SDaldry w/Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, JMoore HILARY AND JACKIE 1999 w/Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths ALL ABOUT EVE 1950 w/Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Marilyn Monroe HEAVENLY CREATURES 1997 w/Kate Winslet, Melanie Linskey WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE 1996 w/Heather Matarazzo LOLITA 1961 d. Stanley Kubrick w/James Mason, Sue Lyon EYES WIDE SHUT 1999 d. Kubrick w/Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman A PLACE IN THE SUN 1951 d. Geo Stevens w/LizTaylor, Monty Clift YOU CAN COUNT ON ME ’00 d. Lonergan w/Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo THE APARTMENT ‘60 d. Billy Wilder w/Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine TWO WOMEN d. Vittorio DeSica w/Sophia Loren DAYS OF WINE & ROSES ’62 d.Blake Edwards w/JLemmon, Lee Remick LAWRENCE OF ARABIA ’62 d. David Lean w/Peter O’Toole THE LION IN WINTER ’68 d. Anthony Harvey w/PO’Toole, K.Hepburn MIDNIGHT COWBOY 1969 d. John Schlesinger w/Dustin Hoffman RAIN MAN 1989 d, Barry Levinson w/Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise THE LAST PICTURE SHOW 1971 d. P Bogdanovich w/Jeff Bridges DOG DAY AFTERNOON 1975 d. Sidney Lumet w/Al Pacino, John Cazale ONE FLEW OVER CUCKOO’S NEST 75 d. M. Forman w/Jack Nicholson TAXI DRIVER 1976 d. Martin Scorsese w/Robt DeNiro NEW YORK NEW YORK 1977 d. Scorsese w/DeNiro, Liza Minnelli RAGING BULL 1980 d. Scorsese w/DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty KING OF COMEDY 1982 d. Scorsese w/DeNiro, Jerry Lewis GOODFELLAS 1989 d. Scorsese w/DeNiro, Pesci, Lorraine Bracco THE DEER HUNTER 1978 d. M. Cimino w/DeNiro, Meryl Streep REMAINS OF THE DAY 1994 d. J. Ivory w/A. Hopkins, EThompson THE GRAPES OF WRATH 1940 d. John Ford w/Henry Fonda STAGE DOOR 1937 d. Gregory LaCava w/Katharine Hepburn THE OX BOW INCIDENT 1943 d. William Wellman w/Henry Fonda TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS 1977 d. Marco Ferreri w/Gazzara HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY ‘41 d. John Ford w/Roddy McDowell THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES ’46 d. Wm Wyler w/Fredric March INHERIT THE WIND ’60 d. S. Kramer w/Spencer Tracy, Fredric March EDWARD SCISSORHANDS 1990 d. Tim Burton w/Johnny Depp WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE ’94 d. L.Halstrom w/Depp &DiCaprio THIS BOYS’S LIFE 1992 d. Michael Caton-Jones w/DeNiro & DiCaprio SALVADOR 1985 d. Oliver Stone w/James Woods GODFATHER I & II ’71-74 d. Coppola w/Pacino, DeNiro, Brando SUNSET BLVD 1950 d. Billy Wilder w/Wm Holden, Gloria Swanson FROM HERE TO ETERNITY ’53 d. F. Zinnemann w/Monty Clift, Sinatra SOME CAME RUNNING ’59 d. VMinnelli w/Sinatra, Dino, S MacLaine HAPPINESS ’99 d. Solondz w/PS Hoffman, Ben Gazzara, LF Boyle HUD ’63 d. Martin Ritt w/Paul Newman, Patricia Neal HENRY V (both the 1944 Olivier version and the 1989 Branagh version) OTHELLO (1966) d. Stuart Byrge w/Laurence Olivier
… to name just a very few of 1000s, tip of the proverbial iceberg …
Watch ANYTHING directed by:
John Ford
William Wyler
William Wellman
Howard Hawks
Billy Wilder
Elia Kazan
Federico Fellini
Vittorio DeSica
John Cassavetes
Stanley Kubrick
Martin Scorsese