Top cast:Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson,Clara Williams,Brinsley Shaw
Director:Nick Cassavetes
Genre:Fantasy
Region:Czech Republic
Year:2005
Storyline:The 1940s boxing champion/bum blindly, obtusely, and stupidly inflicts wounds upon himself (mostly outside the ring in his personal and marital life with sibling rivalry, obsessive and irrational jealousy, and domestic abuse) while he also legally brutalizes opponents in the ring.Although it was nominated in four categories for Academy Awards, Best Picture, Best Actor (William Powell), Best Director (W.Shot on location in the steamy, colorful, dense tropical jungles of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the story's theme is the futility and insanity of war, and the irony of British pride, viewed through he psychological, confrontational struggle of imperialistic wills between a proud and rigid British and Japanese Colonel.However, it was earlier ousted by the box-office epicThe Godfather (1972).]This wholesome production from producer/director Robert Wise (of the previously popularWest Side Story (1961)for which he won the same two Oscars) and 20th Century Fox has become one of the most favorite, beloved films of moviegoers.The two-page handwritten letter, beginning with "Dear Clarice," was from Lecter, expressing how he had followed her "disgrace and public shaming," and knew that her previous success in capturing Jamie Gumb was now overshadowed by her killing of five during the FBI shootout ("Do you imagine your Daddy being shamed by your disgrace?", he asked mockingly about her humiliation) - "the sorry, petty end of a promising career.