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	Cradle Will Rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cradle Will Rock is a 1999 movie written and directed by Tim Robbins.
		Set in 1937, it is a somewhat fictionalized account of the genesis and first performance of Marc Blitzstein's musical The Cradle Will Rock, which was directed by Orson Welles.
		Cradle Will Rock is Tim Robbins's third film as a director.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cradle_Will_Rock (308 words)

	The Cradle Will Rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein was originally a part of the Federal Theatre Project.
		The Cradle Will Rock was performed shortly after its initial New York production by students at Harvard, with a young Leonard Bernstein at the piano.
		It was revived on Broadway in 1964 and Off-Broadway in 1983.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Cradle_Will_Rock (672 words)

	Cradle Will Rock (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		CWR boasts an excellent cast, but few of the performances stand out as either positive or negative, though I felt most leaned toward the latter category since much of the acting was quite broad.
		Cradle Will Rock isn't a bad movie, but it lacks consistency and seems too overtly political for its own good; Robbins never gives the audience a chance to form their own viewpoints as he shoves his own perceptions down our throats.
		Cradle Will Rock can't be called a complete failure, as it has some decent moments - most significantly in the form of excellent performances from Bill Murray and Vanessa Redgrave - but the long roster of faults outweighs the few strengths.
	www.dvdmg.com /cradlewillrock.shtml (1341 words)

	Cradle Will Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But Cradle Will Rock is neither sly nor subtle; instead of chipping away at allegorical targets, Robbins takes them head on, and he’s not afraid to use the broadsword rather than the scalpel.
		Cradle Will Rock’s time frame is dictated by the amazing real-life circumstances surrounding the staging of Marc Blitzstein’s near-titular musical.
		Maybe people will be scared of Cradle Will Rock, and no doubt some will deride it as "politically correct" or other such nonsense.
	www.citypaper.net /movies/c/cradlewillrock.shtml (789 words)

	Cradle Will Rock
		Cradle Will Rock reflects the title of an FTP production, a real musical written by the real-life playwright Marc Blitzstein (played by Hank Azaria).The anti-communist Dies Commission tried to close down the FTP because it criticized capitalism and harbored Communists.
		Cradle Will Rock is a piece of history.
		Cradle Will Rock is meant to rock you, not to sleep, as most entertainment does, but wide awake.
	www.ronaldbrucemeyer.com /2ndlook/cradlerock.htm (376 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| 'Cradle Will Rock'
		Cradle Will Rock is the story of the wildcat production of Marc Blitzstein's musical The Cradle Will Rock and the end of the WPA theater project at the hands of government critics who thought that it was a breeding ground for communists.
		The original The Cradle Will Rock is still a fresh little piece of cabaret with a minimum of the bombastic, embarrassing side of political theater in it.
		Cradle Will Rock (R; 134 min.), directed and written by Tim Robbins, photographed by Jean-Yves Escoffier and starring Hank Azaria, Joan and John Cusack, Cary Elwes, Bill Murray and Emily Watson, opens Friday at Camera 3 in San Jose and the Palo Alto Square.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/01.13.00/cradlewillrock-0002.html (569 words)

	Salon Arts & Entertainment \| "Cradle Will Rock" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The frustrating thing about Robbins' new film "Cradle Will Rock," his third as writer and director, is that both impulses are up there on the screen.
		"Cradle Will Rock" may be the most ambitious American movie of the year; at times it's one of the most entertaining, and in many ways, it's the most appalling.
		One of the wittiest things about "Cradle Will Rock" is the way Robbins tries to blend the conventions of '30s movies into the story he's telling.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/1999/12/10/cradle (1148 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cradle Will Rock Life in the Theater Cradle Will Rock Oh, Tim Robbins is gonna be one of the first ones up against the wall when the revolution comes, there's no doubt about that.
		In Cradle Will Rock, which he wrote and directed, he has had the audacity to create a spirited and surprisingly funny film that aims well-deserved slaps to both big business and unions, to the U.S. government, and to those with big wallets and small minds.
		The final shot of Cradle Will Rock serves as a haunting condemnation of theater today and as a warning that that freedom is slipping away.
	www.flickfilosopher.com /flickfilos/archive/4q99/cradlewillrock.html (964 words)

	Cradle Will Rock
		"Cradle Will Rock" is a sprawling masterwork of epic proportions filled with colorful characters, raw emotion, and intense passion, and it is a film experience you'll not soon forget.
		For starving actress Olive Stanton (Emily Watson), "The Cradle Will Rock" is a strong play that could be her big break and take her off the streets.
		"Cradle" is informative enough to capture the feeling of a bygone era, and it is dramatic enough, especially during the finale, to end up as a truly inspiring cinematic experience.
	www.moviemantz.com /movie_reviews/1299/cradle_will_rock.html (774 words)

	Cradle Will Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cradle Will Rock, the third directorial outing from Tim Robbins, examines this unusual juxtoposition with plenty of energy.
		The primary storyline in Cradle Will Rock (and the source of the film's title) is the production of a pro-union, anti-capitalist 1937 musical drama by Marc Blitzstein (Hank Azaria), as one of the final productions of the WPO (the government sponsored theater program).
		The overall theme of Cradle Will Rock is the passing of art from governmental hands into the private sector, and the detriment to creativity that shift has caused.
	www.cinematter.com /movie.php3?cwr (576 words)

	CRADLE WILL ROCK
		The play, of course, is The Cradle Will Rock, a musical created by Marc Blitzstein (Hank Azaria, Mystery, Alaska), a playwright haunted by a lack of sleep and two ghosts.
		Rock has one of the biggest casts of the year, overshadowed only by Magnolia and Any Given Sunday.
		Rock doesn’t immediately grab you the way that Magnolia does and, as a result, the beginning is a bit jumbled and the story doesn’t quite gel until well into the film.
	www.sick-boy.com /cradlewillrock.htm (801 words)

	Review: Cradle Will Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cradle Will Rock is not without its flaws - but, as always, it's far more agreeable to experience a movie that occasionally stumbles because the filmmaker is ambitious, as opposed to the opposite.
		Now, with Cradle Will Rock, Robbins looks at two issues that are different but related: freedom of expression and what it means for an artist to prostitute himself or herself.
		Cradle Will Rock is, according to the film, (mostly) based on a true tale.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/c/cradle.html (1277 words)

	Cradle Will Rock (1999): Reviews
		Rock actually rocks out as one of the year's most purely entertaining movies (just keep thinking: Bill Murray as a ventriloquist).
		Cradle Will Rock is the masterpiece that wasn't, a magnificent opportunity blown to hell.
		Cradle Will Rock is left in mid-rock, as it were, its energy squandered, its sense of history confused, its sound and fury ultimately signifying nothing.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/cradlewillrock (887 words)

	Touchstone Pictures' Cradle Will Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The art and theater world of 1930's New York City is the backdrop for the new Touchstone Pictures film "Cradle Will Rock." As labor strikes break out throughout the country, New York City is alive with a burgeoning cultural revolution.
		"Cradle Will Rock" is a tapestry of interwoven stories: Nelson Rockefeller (John Cusack) commissions Mexican artist Diego Rivera (Ruben Blades) to paint the lobby of Rockefeller Center, while Italian propagandist Margherita Sarfatti (Susan Sarandon) sells Da Vincis to millionaires to fund the Mussolini war effort.
		Based on true events, "Cradle Will Rock" relives an exciting and dangerous time in American history, when individual courage prevailed over censorship, and artists risked their livelihood by continuing to perform and paint according to conscience.
	video.movies.go.com /cradlewillrock/synopsis.html (199 words)

	The Cradle Will Rock: Audience Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cradle was hardly ready either, but no matter: when the over-sold audience gathered outside the Maxine Elliot Theater, they found it padlocked and guarded by WPA "Cossacks" (Houseman's term) to make certain that no "government property" (that is, sets, props, or costumes) were removed.
		So when, in the spring of that year, Congress got wind of a flamboyant, high-visibility musical depicting an evil conspiracy to subjugate workers and calling for a union uprising to "rock the cradle," it had reason to be alarmed.
		But The Cradle Will Rock, especially Ella Hammer's lament in Scene 9, truly represents a moment in time when it was not inconceivable that capitalism was poised at the edge of a precipice, waiting for a push.
	www.americancentury.org /cradleguide.htm (3367 words)

	iFMagazine.com Reviews - CRADLE WILL ROCK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		To their credit, there are certain issues that the majors are willing to tackle, education, racism and corporate corruption being a few of the most visible.
		There is also a finale that underscores CRADLE’s message in a manner that would have gladdened Blitzstein and Flanagan’s hearts while achieving a sense of thrilling theatricality in its own right – we actually wish we were in the house with the audience and performers.
		CRADLE doesn’t always flow smoothly, but it succeeds in drawing intelligent parallels with today’s political scene while getting us to believe both to cheer for a united working class and the perennial notion that the show must go on.
	www.ifmagazine.com /reviews/review.asp?reviewID=311 (735 words)

	Cradle Will Rock at Carolina
		The result was The Cradle Will Rock, a stage play in the form of opera tinged with the familiar idioms of the American musical.
		When it was produced, The Cradle Will Rock triggered a political firestorm and changed the face of American theater.
		"Cradle to Grave: Songs of Blitzstein, Weill, and Sondheim" performed by UNC students and faculty
	www.johnstoncenter.unc.edu /events/cradle.htm (241 words)

	Cradle Will Rock (1999)
		Writer/director Tim Robbins marries fact with fiction in the Depression-era ensemble Cradle Will Rock, a carefully woven but monochromatic tapestry examining the Faustian bond between creativity and capitalism.
		Cradle Will Rock is based on the real-life events surrounding the production of a similarly named musical by overlooked but influential composer Marc Blitzstein.
		But as complex as the intertwining of so many lives initially appears to be, they exist only to support a single idea, and the film as a whole adds up to less than the sum of its parts.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=128197&Tab=reviews&CID=13 (581 words)

	Cradle Will Rock - Movie Review
		A wonderfully ambitious, old-school ensemble piece, very much in the can-do spirit of the community to which it pays homage, "Cradle Will Rock" is a politically-undertoned dramedy about theater, censorship, ambition, apprehension, oppression, Orson Welles and the Great Depression.
		The play was entitled "The Cradle Will Rock" and its story of a greedy industrialist taken down by the organized working man made a lot of federal bureaucrats see red -- as in communism.
		The moral center of the film is a track that follows Cherry Jones (a wonderful Broadway actress, seen in last year's "The Horse Whisperer") as the ever-optimistic head of said Federal Theater project, who goes to Washington to face down a congressional committee rifling through the WPA on a communist witch hunt.
	excite.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/cradlerock (584 words)

	Cradle Will Rock \| ajc.com
		Tim Robbins has put his money — and more importantly, his art — where his mouth is. "Cradle Will Rock," an overcluttered, overearnest movie, has one thing going for it: integrity.
		"Cradle" takes its title from Marc Blitzstein's musical "The Cradle Will Rock," which was famously staged in 1937 in an impromptu, to-hell-with-the government-censors performance led by director Orson Welles and John Houseman.
		Structured as a kind of historical smorgasbord, "Cradle" is part "Ragtime," part "Nashville." And, while there are some wonderful moments, the picture as a whole is didactic and often as self-righteous as the smug right-wingers it attacks.
	www.ajc.com /movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/C/cradlewillrock.html (339 words)

	Cradle Will Rock - Cincinnati.Com
		Tim Robbins’ new film, Cradle Will Rock, ostensibly is a swirl of stories spun together about a couple of historic incidents in 1930s New York, throwing sunlight on a dark moment in a past we seem only too willing to sweep under a rug.
		The result is an uneven Cradle Will Rock, one that takes admirable chances and makes valid points — then pounds them home through repetition and obvious symbolism.
		The central story involves the Federal Theater Project, which was being run by Hallie Flanagan and had as its New York branch a troupe led by Orson Welles and John Houseman.
	www.cincinnati.com /freetime/movies/other/012100_cradlewillrock.html (492 words)

	Cradle will Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With Cradle Will Rock, director Tim Robbins has created from theater history an epic that should warm the hearts of radicals and artists.
		Stuart Klawans of The Nation damned Cradle Will Rock with faint praise, objecting to its Brechtian style and its fictionalizations — the very qualities that give it verve and punch.
		Cradle rocks with a faith that art can transcend its misuse by patronage systems and flourish as an expression of collective hope and a harbinger of political change.
	www.socialism.com /fsarticles/vol21no1/cradle.html (566 words)

	Cradle Will Rock
		Cradle Will Rock is a piece of theater history.
		However, Cradle Will Rock was a generic story that made a dramatic statement about the times and how hard life was.
		The vision is extraordinary and actually will make other such spectacles, for example, such as the Grand Canyon, seem as they really are, in comparison, such a petty thing.
	www.truefresco.org /bookshop/viewproduct.php?country=us&asin=B00003CWNU (975 words)

	The Cradle Will Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Blitzstein took something like eight parts himself, as nearly all the actors and a solitary accordionist from the pit band rose on their cue and performed the piece across the wide expanse of the Venice theatre.
		The audience went wild, and by the following morning Marc Blitzstein was on the front page of newspapers across the country, and The Cradle Will Rock had passed into theatre legend.
		For the record, The Cradle Will Rock ran for a further 18 performances at the Venice Theatre.
	www.marcblitzstein.com /pages/cradle/pages/cradle3.htm (301 words)

	Cradle Will Rock
		Cradle Will Rock relives the spirit of the 1930's.
		Cradle Will Rock is a high minded film that will really appeal to the theater set as there is a battle for a federally financed theater.
		Political and theatrical forces collide with the opening of a contentious musical, "The Cradle Will Rock" by Marc Blitzstein (Hank Azaria).
	www.projections-movies.com /reviews/cradlewillrock.htm (359 words)

	Cradle Will Rock
		CRADLE WILL ROCK— Film directed by Tim Robbins based upon the life of Marc Blitzstein.
		With this in mind, the recent release of the film Cradle Will Rock, with its subject the musical-opera The Cradle Will Rock, by Marc Blitzstein, should be recommended as more than just a “token” composer representation.
		Rather than spoiling the ending, I will say that the cinematographer triumphed by using New York as an axis and bringing us into the present day.
	www.newmusicon.org /v8n2/cradle.html (744 words)

	Amazon.com: The Cradle Will Rock: Original 1985 Cast Recording (+ Bonus CD): Music: Marc Blitzstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock is now remembered mainly for its dramatic opening night, immortalized in Tim Robbins's film of the same name.
		However, the role of Moll is a key minor character that Lupone reveals in this recording a full dimensionality that is not available in the other recordings of Cradle Will Rock: not just the tough cookie paradigm of the prostitute, but also the naïf in the midst of wolves, down on her luck.
		Perhaps we will be always lucky to have other composers like Stephen Sondheim, who must have been familiar enough with "Art For Art's Sake" (Scene Six) to use it as an inspiration for "Putting It Together" of Sunday In the Park With George.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IXJH?v=glance (1452 words)

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