Movies for the Day, Sunday, January 27, 2019

Today's movies mark the Holocaust and the birthdays of Mozart and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

Which of today's movies would you watch?





The Pawnbroker (1965) is about a Jewish
pawnbroker in Harlem and memories of Nazi
concentration camps.  This excellent movie is
on the National Film Registry.  Today, January 27, is
International Holocaust Remembrance Day.






The Pawnbroker








Amadeus (1984) is about the great
musician and composer Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart and a jealous rival.  Mozart was born
January 27, 1756.  This movie won Oscars for
Best Picture, Best Actor, to F. Murray Abraham,
born October 24, 1940, Best Director, Writing,
Art/Set Decoration, Costume Design, Sound, and
Makeup.



Amadeus











White Nights (1985) is about a ballet
star who tries to defect from the USSR.
It stars the great ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov,
born January 27, 1948.  It won an Oscar
for Original Song, "Say You, Say Me."





White Nights