Favourite Period Dramas

[SkyKing]

Is "Forrest Gump" a period drama? I guess it is but I sure don't think about '60s as old enough.

it's in 1994 but the movie is about during the 60 to 70.....

[cheeleh]

anyone seen homerun? i think it was set in the 40's...its a real good movie by jack neo emil chou hua jien did a cameo appearnce in this one

[Sparky]

the one n only one....FORREST GUMP!!! man, i watched tat movie for about 10 times but never get bored with it....

I love Forrest Gump but I wouldn't consider it a period drama. Life is like a box of chocolates...

Did anyone mention Roman Holiday? Gregory Peck is really good, Audrey Hepburn is amazing (although I am still surprised Audrey is LYF's fave actress...) and it's so funny! Of course, the Mayonaka MV kind of ruined it for me...*rips skirt*

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Audrey Hepburn is just classic.

[hinako442003]

but was Roman Holiday even a period movie? it was still pretty modern to me. but on that note, i probably liked Sabrina more. and i also liked Charade in her later acting years. i wasn't fond of Breakfast at Tiffany's >_<. i only liked the ending.

[Sparky]

but was Roman Holiday even a period movie? it was still pretty modern to me. but on that note, i probably liked Sabrina more. and i also liked Charade in her later acting years. i wasn't fond of Breakfast at Tiffany's >_<. i only liked the ending.

Now that I think about it, I was not really using my brain at the moment...it isn't, considering the costumes. But it was made in the 1950s and had princesses, so it feels more periodic. However, that's not so much historical.

Did someone mention Romeo and Juliet? I thought the acting was good, but the cinematography is a bit weird. Then again, it's Baz Luhrmann, so what do you expect? His other film MOULIN ROUGE is one of my all-time favourites. Besides the fact that Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor kick some serious butt in this movie, the music is lovely and the story is cliche but heartwarming. And the weird cinematography fits better with a film that has a setting like Moulin Rouge and includes courtesans, than say, Shakespeare.

Has anyone ever seen THE HOURS? I wouldn't necessarily call it a period drama since it changes in time, but obviously the Virginia Woolf sections are historical. It's about Virginia Woolf and based on Michael Cunningham's novel, which was based on Mrs. Dalloway. Nicole Kidman is really good in that one too (scored her an Oscar) and Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore are both in it.

[0-0-0]

Did someone mention Romeo and Juliet? I thought the acting was good, but the cinematography is a bit weird.

i think i already mentioned this, but i thought the movie was crap... there is just SOMETHING wrong with saying "draw thy rapier" and watching a gun appear.

Has anyone ever seen THE HOURS? I wouldn't necessarily call it a period drama since it changes in time, but obviously the Virginia Woolf sections are historical.

no, it's definitely classified as a period drama.

[SkyKing]

what the hell is period drama?

[Canuck21]

what the hell is period drama?

Look at the movie posters. Shouldn't that give you a clue?

[JamesG]

Just two of many: Les Miserables [1935] and Hamlet [Olivier's version] both in black and white.

[redfirefly124]

what the hell is period drama?

Okay, I don't want to be mean, but you're being a hypocrite. Didn't you say you hated lazy people? Look at the front page. 0-0-0 posted quite a few examples...

[ghostdarTeal'c]

what the hell is period drama?

all the hate for lazy ppl is directing right back at you, man....

[pemberly]

i loved gone with the wind! such pretty setting, and wonderful story. i just wish scarlett appreciated rhett sooner.

[SkyKing]

Look at the movie posters. Shouldn't that give you a clue?

wat the hell u guy talking about? the posters didn't get me anything....n i tried to look up period dramas but can't found any info, tat's y i ask.....i'm not lazy....

[SkyKing]

Okay, I don't want to be mean, but you're being a hypocrite. Didn't you say you hated lazy people? Look at the front page. 0-0-0 posted quite a few examples...

front page got pix...n wat the hell can i tell from the pix when i never saw any of those movie....

all the hate for lazy ppl is directing right back at you, man....

keep thinking tat way.....u try n look up period dramas....

[bellamia]

front page got pix...n wat the hell can i tell from the pix when i never saw any of those movie....



keep thinking tat way.....u try n look up period dramas....

somebody's definitely not lazy, just visually challenged. Here's what I got googling "period dramas"

From Wikipedia:

"In the performing arts, a period piece is a work set in a particular era. This informal term covers all countries, all periods and all genres. It may be as long and general as the medieval era or as limited as one decade, the Roaring Twenties, for example. The term is also used to describe a work that was famous in a past era but less so today: for example one might describe a production of a drama by one of Shakespeare's contemporaries as "an interesting period piece" but would be less likely to describe a production of Hamlet as such."

[SkyKing]

somebody's definitely not lazy, just visually challenged. Here's what I got googling "period dramas"

From Wikipedia:

"In the performing arts, a period piece is a work set in a particular era. This informal term covers all countries, all periods and all genres. It may be as long and general as the medieval era or as limited as one decade, the Roaring Twenties, for example. The term is also used to describe a work that was famous in a past era but less so today: for example one might describe a production of a drama by one of Shakespeare's contemporaries as "an interesting period piece" but would be less likely to describe a production of Hamlet as such."

damn, how come i can't find it on google? nm, no wonder i can't find period dramas on google b/c it's Period piece......

[0-0-0]

damn, how come i can't find it on google? nm, no wonder i can't find period dramas on google b/c it's Period piece......

surely someone of intelligence would realise that MAYBE THERE WAS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT PERIOD DRAMA AND PERIOD PIECE ARE DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS FOR SIMILAR THINGS.

and the fact that you couldn't recognise from the pictures. Are you seriously telling me you don't know what kind of movie "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" implies?

[SkyKing]

surely someone of intelligence would realise that MAYBE THERE WAS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT PERIOD DRAMA AND PERIOD PIECE ARE DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS FOR SIMILAR THINGS.

and the fact that you couldn't recognise from the pictures. Are you seriously telling me you don't know what kind of movie "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" implies?

nope....i never saw any of them....so of course i don't know from the pix....

[ghostdarTeal'c]

nope....i never saw any of them....so of course i don't know from the pix....

i never saw Pride and Prejudice too, but i get the idea from looking at the pics.....its actually a popular piece, you dont need to watch it to know what kind of movie it is....

Well, obviously, YOU do, SkyKing...

[SkyKing]

i never saw Pride and Prejudice too, but i get the idea from looking at the pics.....its actually a popular piece, you dont need to watch it to know what kind of movie it is....

Well, obviously, YOU do, SkyKing...

lol.....looking at poster don't really tell wat's the movie about......but since u know by look at it...then tell me wat's pride n prejudice is all about? don't tell me if u already watched the movie...