La Classe américaine

Oct 5, 2012

1h 6m

★ 6.5

Overview

The story of the successful publicity campaign that made it possible for the French film The Artist (2011) to win five Academy Awards: an intimate look at what happens when a silent, black-and-white French film astounds Hollywood.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

La Classe américaine

La Petite Reine

La Classe américaine Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Self

Michel Hazanavicius

Self

Bérénice Bejo

Self

Jean Dujardin

Self

Thomas Langmann

Self

Guillaume Schiffman

Self

Ludovic Bource

Self

Emmanuelle Bercot

Self

Anne-Sophie Bion

Self

Garance Boulet

Self

George Clooney

Self

James Cromwell

Self

Russell Crowe

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.

6.5

In & Out

Sep 10, 1997

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

5.8

California Suite

Mar 19, 1978

The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

7.1

A Star Is Born

Oct 1, 1954

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

6.5

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Mar 18, 1994

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.

7.0

And The Oscar Goes To...

Jun 21, 2019

Isaak Ebrahim, a passionate and a struggling Indian filmmaker produces and directs his first movie which gets officially selected to the Oscars. Once nominated, Isaak gets to know about the hurdles and the unfriendly situations that can shatter his dream of winning the Oscar.

0.0

La grande menzogna

Dec 31, 2007

1957. ANNA MAGNANI is in America, invited to the ceremony of awarding the Oscars, and BETTE DAVIS does not miss the opportunity to meet her and invite her to her home for tea. With the help of an interpreter the two actresses exchange compliments and Davis, who is in possession of some films they have interpreted, proposes to Magnani to look at them together. The evening, however, will take an unexpected turn ... ANNA MAGNANI and BETTE DAVIS, they really met and exchanged confidant letters for years. Their meeting is the starting point for LA GRANDE MENZOGNA, to then become a bittersweet comedy about the life of the anomalous and “difficult” artists, shot partly in color and partly in black and white, in a perfect quote from the photography of the years films '50.

6.5

Visas and Virtue

May 1, 1997

Europe, 1940. For thousands of Jews, a Japanese diplomat and his wife defy Tokyo and the Nazis, and offer visas, for life.

5.5

Danger in the Spotlight

Aug 27, 2021

When Martha's involved in a drunk driving accident, she becomes caretaker to the ballerina injured in the crash. But what if the accident wasn't an accident at all?

8.0

Therapy Nightmares

Jan 25, 2022

Leah is an accomplished therapist who published a memoir about overcoming an abusive relationship. But she finds she's the subject of new threats...

7.1

Twisted House Sitter

Jul 16, 2021

When Alicia, a destitute young woman crosses paths with Morgan; a beautiful, affluent, entrepreneur, she realizes she'd rather live Morgan's luxurious life. So she takes it, by any means necessary.

5.2

Jackass Shark Week

Jul 11, 2021

Johnny Knoxville sends Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and new Jackass cast members on a Shark Week mission for the ages. They'll dial up a series of shark stunts that test their bravery and threshold of pain as they put common shark myths to the test.

6.0

Breakaway

Jul 13, 2021

Maya Moore was one of the best women’s basketball players in the world when she stepped away from the sport in 2019 for a remarkable reason: to fight for a man she believed was wrongly imprisoned. “Breakaway” chronicles a search for justice, and a relationship that changed the lives of two people forever.

6.0

The Media Waltz

Jan 1, 1987

Study on the evolution and modernization of public libraries and media libraries.

7.1

The Endless Summer

Jun 15, 1966

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.

7.1

Land Without Bread

Dec 1, 1933

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.

6.5

Megacities

Aug 12, 1998

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

4.7

Railway Station

Jan 1, 1980

Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. Maybe they'll come, maybe they won't. The film is about people looking for something.

6.4

Short Working Day

Nov 2, 1995

A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.

7.3

Gimme Shelter

Dec 13, 1970

A detailed chronicle of the famous 1969 tour of the United States by the British rock band The Rolling Stones, which culminated with the disastrous and tragic concert held on December 6 at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival, an event of historical significance, as it marked the end of an era: the generation of peace and love suddenly became the generation of disillusionment.