When the movie was conceived and launched, intermarriage between African-Americans and Caucasians was still illegal in fourteen states. Towards the end of production, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Loving v. Virginia. The Loving decision was made on June 12, 1967, two days after the death of Spencer Tracy, who had played a "phony" white liberal who grudgingly accepts his daughter's marriage to a black man. In Loving, the High Court unanimously ruled that anti-miscegenation marriage laws were unconstitutional. In his opinion, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote, "Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man', fundamental to our very existence and survival. To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discriminations. Under the American Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State." Interestingly, Kramer kept in the line of the African-American father played by Roy Glenn, who tells his son played by Sidney Poitier, "In sixteen or seventeen states you'll be breaking the law. You'll be criminals." This was probably because Kramer realized that, despite the change in the law, the couple would still be facing a great deal of prejudice requiring a stalwart love for their marriage to survive, which was the message Tracy's character gives in an eight minute scene that is the climax of the movie. The scene summing up the theme of the movie was the last one the dying Tracy filmed for the movie, and it was the last time he would ever appear on film. It took a week to shoot the scene, and at the end, he was given a standing ovation by the crew. He died seventeen days after walking off of a soundstage for the last time.
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During the opening credits, when Nicol Williamson's name is shown, there is a Buffalo Head nickel shown on the pavement. Nicol Williamson's first name is pronounced "nickel".
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In order to cash in on the box-office success of Murder by Death (1976) (which was a parody of locked-room mystery thrillers), some posters for this follow-up (which is different, a spoof of 1940s private eye, film noir, and foreign intrigue thrillers) were designed with cartoons of fifteen characters (evoking a cast of suspects) situated under a giant headline that read "Who Dunnit?"
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James Coco, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, and Paul Williams appeared on The Muppet Show (1976).
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Eileen Brennan and Scatman Crothers appeared in a scene in which his piano player character sings a few lines of the song "Jeepers Creepers". Brennan appeared in Jeepers Creepers (2001), in which the song can also be heard.
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Barefoot in the Park 1967
In this film based on a Neil Simon play newlyweds Corie a free spirit and Paul Bratter an uptight lawyer share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage Corie tries to find a companion for mother Ethel who is ...
Barefoot in the Park features romantic, funny, cute, talky and humorous style.
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Butterflies Are Free 1972
Striving to be independent the blind but determined Don Baker Edward Albert moves away from his overprotective mother Eileen Heckart who won an Oscar. After settling into his new San Francisco digs Don meets kooky neighbor Jill Tanner Goldie ...
Butterflies Are Free features touching, melancholic, sentimental, emotional and intense style.
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Walk the Line 2005
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cashs life from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Walk the Line features sentimental, touching, emotional, road movie and captivating style.
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Get on Up 2014
A chronicle of James Browns rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Get on Up features emotional, talky, heartbreaking, captivating and realistic style.
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Selena 1997
In this biographical drama Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father Abraham realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for ...
Selena features touching, sad, factual, emotional and sincere style.
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Whats Love Got to Do with It 1993
A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.
Whats Love Got to Do with It features inspirational, sincere, intense, emotional and serious style.
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Elvis 2022
The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager Colonel Tom Parker.
Elvis features historical drama, touching, semi autobiographical, thought provoking and captivating style.
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La Bamba 1987
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.
La Bamba features inspirational, touching, hispanic, intense and suspense style.
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love 1998
In the mid-80s three women each with an attorney arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer formerly of the Platters one is a petty thief from Philly one teaches school in a small Georgia town. ...
Why Do Fools Fall in Love features emotional, melancholic, inspirational, touching and realistic style.
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Dreamgirls 2006
Three young women Deena Jones Effie White and Lorrell Robinson dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when theyre chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James Thunder Early.
Dreamgirls features stylized, emotional, lyrical, melancholic and sentimental style.
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Crazy 2008
Crazy is the story of a legendary guitar player who emerged from Nashville in the 1950s. Blessed with incomparable natural talent Hank Garland quickly established his reputation as the finest sessions player in Nashville.
Crazy features serious, realistic, sincere, contemplative and independent film
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Cadillac Records 2008
The story of sex violence race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of Americas musical legends including Muddy Waters Leonard Chess Little Walter Howlin Wolf Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Cadillac Records features realistic, inspirational, intense, stylized and talky style.
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Lady Sings the Blues 1972
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood stint as a prostitute early tours marriages and drug addiction are featured.
Lady Sings the Blues features realistic, retro, intellectual, serious and touching style.
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The Doors 1991
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer Jim Morrison.
The Doors features psychedelic, factual, realistic, serious and cult classic style.
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La Vie en Rose 2007
A swirling impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing writer-director Olivier Dahans La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the ...
La Vie en Rose features touching, disturbing, atmospheric, gloomy and melancholic style.
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The Buddy Holly Story 1978
A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star.
The Buddy Holly Story features captivating, serious, realistic, feel good and touching style.
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