​IN CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY THEATRE AT YOUR OSPREY IN JUNE AND PROFESSIONAL THEATRE IN JULY, YOUR MIDWEEK MOVIE THEME FOR JUNE AND JULY IS ... MOVIES ADAPTED FROM PLAYS!
From Tennessee Williams comes another Pulitzer Prize-winning play made even more famous by Marlon Brando's iconic performance. "A Streetcar Named Desire" follows troubled former schoolteacher Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) as she leaves small-town Mississippi and moves in with her sister, Stella Kowalski (Kim Hunter), and her husband, Stanley (Marlon Brando), in New Orleans. Blanche's flirtatious Southern-belle presence causes problems for Stella and Stanley, who already have a volatile relationship, leading to even greater conflict in the Kowalski household. "Elia Kazan's claustrophobic close-ups do a fine job of recreating the intensity of the stage." - Times (UK). "Perfect" - Time Magazine. 97% Fresh - Rotten Tomatoes
When once-successful playwright Sidney Bruhl (Michael Caine) sees his latest Broadway effort bomb on its opening night, he tumbles into despair -- until he receives a package from his former student Clifford Anderson (Christopher Reeve). Inside is an unproduced script that's better than anything Sidney has written in years. At the urging of his wife, Myra (Dyan Cannon), Sidney undertakes a plan to lure Clifford to his country home, murder him and then announce the script as his own work. 75% Fresh - Rotten Tomatoes
Based on the renowned play by Anthony Shaffer, this mystery finds Andrew Wyke (Michael Caine) a highly successful mystery writer living in a beautiful and technologically advanced mansion in England. Milo Tindle (Jude Law) is an unsuccessful actor with decidedly less to show for his professional exploits. The lives of these two men cross paths when Andrew's wife leaves him for the younger Milo. Hoping to carry out a cleverly constructed revenge plot, Andrew invites Milo to his estate, where elaborate mind games ensue. Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
Baz Luhrmann helped adapt this classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen, updating the setting to a post-modern city named Verona Beach. In this version, the Capulets and the Montagues are two rival gangs. Juliet (Claire Danes) is attending a costume ball thrown by her parents. Her father Fulgencio Capulet (Paul Sorvino) has arranged her marriage to the boorish Paris (Paul Rudd) as part of a strategic investment plan. Romeo attends the masked ball and he and Juliet fall in love. 78% Fresh - Rotten Tomatoes