Movies for the Day, Saturday, April 22, 2017

Today's movies celebrate an early English novelist, take us into an insane asylum, and warn against global warming.




Tom Jones (1963) is an adaptation of a novel
by Henry Fielding, born this date, April 22, in
1707.  The movie is a great period piece about
a young man in 18th century England.  It won
Oscars for Best Picture, Director (Tony
Richardson), Screenplay, and Music Score.




Tom Jones






One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
is a classic Jack Nicholson film about insane
asylum inmates asserting themselves.  This
inspiring movie won Oscars for Best Picture,
Best Actor, Jack Nicholson, Best Actress, Louise
Fletcher, Director, Milos Forman, and Screenplay.
The movie is based on a Ken Kesey book.
Nicholson was born this date, April 22, in 1936.
Fletcher's character, Nurse Ratched, is on the
American Film Institute's Villains list.  The movie
is on the National Film Registry.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest






Years of Living Dangerously (2014) is a Showtime
documentary series about climate change that is
appropriate viewing for today, Earth Day.  In
2014, the series won an Emmy for Outstanding
Documentary.





Years of Living Dangerously