Since then she has starred in numerous independent and hollywood motion pictures. As mid60s rock films go, this may have been the best. Goofy and dated but the songs are good and sonny is pretty funny. I got you babe, the beat goes on, baby dont go, tell him, all. It wasnt a good film, cher, who won best actress for moonstruck at the 1988 academy awards, told the times. Cher and sonny bono starred in this quintessentially 70s tv comedyvariety show. The storylines are silly as our the characters, but take it as just a bit of fun. It is not another hard days night, in part because sonny and cher are not the beatles, and in great part because the director, chicagoan william friedkin, is not richard lester. Husbandandwife singers sonny and cher couldnt be hotter they even have an offer to star in a movie. When sonny gets offered a role in a movie, he talks cher into giving it a try. Barkhad abdi, jennifer jason leigh, and buddy duress costar.
Viewers should be significantly disappointed in sonny and chers only film together, as it is certainly not, as the title suggests, good times. With robert pattinson, benny safdie, jennifer jason leigh, buddy duress. Lindsley parsons, steve broidy, nicholas hyams, tony barrett. A visual treat filled out by consistently stellar work from robert pattinson, good time is a singularly distinctive crime drama offering far more than the usual genre. The pair first achieved fame with two hit songs in 1965, baby dont go and i got you babe. That same year, she started her film career with sonny bono in the poorly receivedfilm good times and later as a solo actress in the low budget feature chastity. Her first appearance as an actress was in 1967 in the american television series the man from u. Cool psychedelic sequence with sonny on his motorcycle cruising hollywood. Chers 5disc video set celebrationthe whole story is available for purchase in a limited run on with. The movies come on 6 discs and come in a pretty metallic box with a gorgeous photo of cher on the front. Cher is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in numerous areas of entertainment, as well as adopting a.
Sunny and cher are irritating at the best of times but whats surprisingly good about this film is its quality, is fantastic. May 20, 1946 is an american singer, actress and television personality. Their search takes the form of spoofs on established film. After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, connie nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through new york citys underworld to. Sonny and cher contemplate making a hollywood motion picture and while daydreaming about the various types of films they could make, the film itself parodies classic hollywood movie scenes.
Good time is a 2017 american crime thriller film directed by josh and benny safdie and written by josh safdie and ronald bronstein. Commonly referred to by the media as the goddess of pop, she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a maledominated industry. The couple were replaced by elvis presley and nancy sinatra. Sonny and cher spoof many hollywood classic movie scenes. After good times flopped in 1968, columbia pictures immediately sold rights to their intended followup film speedway to mgm. Sonny and cher are asked to make a movie, and look for a story. Sonny goes to visit the strange producer of this project, mr. Chicago the cast of the madeinchicago 70s sitcom good times has launched a crowdfunding effort to make a movie. Good times original film soundtrack twec usedavailability.
One of the best music movies in existence for those who arent imbeciles. They are enjoying life as the latest music sensation when a telegram arrives inviting them to be in a movie. In 1969, another film, chastity, starring cher, written and produced by sonny, was also a. Good times, starring sonny and cher, is the first nonbeatle movie to adopt this approach.
And one of the shows stars promises it will be dynomite. Good times is regarded as a trap for neophyte director william friedkin, but given the fact that its a blatant vanity film for a pair of trendy pop stars, its better than respectible. The film marks the feature directorial debut excluding documentaries of. Sonny and cher appear as themselves in good times, the 1967 spoof of various genres. Done in a similar style to the musical duos tv show the sonny and cher comedy hour, this film is more a series of unconnected skits and parodies than a single running plot. Signing with atcoatlantic records, they released three studio. Sonny and chers hit songs featured prominently on the show, as they would often sing and perform them. Good times 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Good times 1967, chastity 1969, silkwood 1983, moonstruck 1987, mermaids 1990, and tea with mussolini 1999. The final script for good times was a selfreflexive bit of nonsense on which to hang a series of comedic sketches and musical numbers. George sanders as mr mordicus knife mcblade white hunter zarubian. The plot revolves around a film contract offered to sonny by powerful executive mr. This gimmick allows much of the film to be comprised of what are essentially blackout comedy skits, with sonny and cher starring in parodies of popular hollywood movie genres.
Dreya weber pushes to keep performing in the aerialist film trailer. Typically 60s but best of all we get to see sanders play comedy, something he rarely did but does do extremely well. The films most lasting contribution to the arts was the introduction of william friedkin as a mainstream director. It stars robert pattinson as a bank robber desperately trying to get enough money to pay for bail for his developmentally disabled brother benny safdie. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and.
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