Top cast:Viola Davis,Emma Stone,Octavia Spencer
Director:Raymond Longford
Genre:Film-Noir
Region:China
Year:2004
Storyline:Jerry:...No thanks, Horace.In me, you see a youth who is completely on the loose.No yens.No yearnings.No strings.No connections.(He begins singing "No Strings")No ties to my affections.I""m fancy-free.I""m free for anything fancy.No dates that can""t be broken.No words that can""t be spoken.Especially when I am feeling romance-y.Like a robin upon a tree.Like a sailor that goes to sea.Like an unwritten melody, I""m free, that""s me.So bring on the big attraction,My decks are cleared for action.I""m fancy-free.I""m free for anything fancy.Happy-go-lucky, dapper Jerry has another urge and breaks into song, mid-sentence.He sings confidently, in "No Strings (I""m Fancy Free)" that he prefers his present state of footloose independence, and his stringless connections/affections.modern science.Lang""s ambitious, big-budgetMetropoliswas in production for almost two years (at ten times the expense of the average Hollywood production of the time).With a production budget of $145 million, and box-office gross receipts of $102 million (domestic) and $401 million (worldwide).She also functioned as the film""s voice-over narrator, and delivered an off-screen speech during the opening credits regarding her beloved eam - the Durham Bulls of North Carolina.