Cradle Will Rock (1999)

Directed by:
Tim Robbins

Written by:
Tim Robbins

Plot:
The story of the staging of Marc Blitzstein's 1937 musical "The Cradle Will Rock", which the government placed an injunction against. The actors led the audience through New York to another venue and acted in the auditorium without props or costumes, just one action during the charged Depression-era in which Orson Welles and John Houseman's theatrical collaborations pushed artistic and political

Genres: Drama
Countries: United States
Languages: English / Italian
Runtime: 132

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Cast:

John Turturro... Aldo Silvano

Philip Baker Hall... Gray Mathers

John Cusack... Nelson Rockefeller

Bill Murray... Tommy Crickshaw

Hank Azaria... Marc Blitzstein

Paul Giamatti... Carlo

Joan Cusack... Hazel Huffman

Vanessa Redgrave... Countess Constance LaGrange

Susan Sarandon... Margherita Sarfatti

Bob Balaban... Harry Hopkins

Jack Black... Sid

Harris Yulin... Chairman Martin Dies