krantiveera sangolli rayanna ( english : legendary warrior sangolli rayanna ) is a 2012 indian historical biographical film kannada film directed by naganna and produced by anand appugol .

darshan , jayaprada and nikita thukral play lead roles .

the film is about sangolli rayanna , a prominent freedom fighter from karnataka , who fought the british till he was captured and executed in 1831 .

he was the army chief of the kingdom of kittur ruled at the time by kittur rani chennamma .

kranti veera sangolli rayanna was produced at a cost of an estimated rs 30 crore and collected approximately ₹ 30 crore in 22 days of screening in karnataka .

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sangolli rayanna ( film ) <EOT> krantiveera sangolli rayanna edited with the bgm of clash of the titans movie trailer .

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k rantiveera sangolli rayanna ( kvsr ) , a historic biopic based on the life of freedom fighter sangolli rayanna has opened to a thunderous response at the box - office across karnataka .

kurukshetra is being helmed by ace director naganna , who had previously directed krantiveera sangolli rayanna film with darshan essaying the titular character .

the history of kannada cinema best is undoubtedly ' kranti veera sangolli rayanna ' - the historical film has created history in the collection .

kranthiveera sangolli raayanna movie epic story of a warrior . the story belongs to the freedom fighter , warrior sangolli rayanna . it was a prominent freedom . . .

actor darshan’s 50th film will be directed by naganna . the duo had worked together on krantiveera sangolli rayanna which went on to become a blockbuster .

my next film will be a comedy film titled bulbul that is a remake of the telugu film darling .

sangolli rayanna ( 2012 ) starred challenging star darshan , jayapradha , shashi kumar and nikitha thukral in the lead roles . now , sangolli rayanna will be remade in hindi by sallu bhai and the news has been confirmed yesterday to the media .

sandalwood film producer and director , anand appugol , who is also the chairman of the sangolli rayanna credit cooperative society , was arrested by the mumbai police on monday .

belagavi police arrested anand appugol , chairman of the sangolli rayanna cooperative society , on charges of failing to repay money to depositors .

will , hindi remake of sangolli rayanna be a blockbuster ? let ' s wait for the movie to hit the theatres soon .

action king arjun sarja , who is very popular in telugu and tamil cinema , is now acting in another kannada movie , which is titled as sangolli rayanna . actress jayaprada will act alongside arjun sarja . according to the sources , sangolli rayanna will probably go to set in august .

krantiveera sangolli rayanna is a must - see film for all . rarely do historical films get made and this is a rare opportunity for people of this generation to watch such a movie .

adhoori and rambo were the surprise hits of the year . the historical film krantiveera sangolli rayanna became the biggest hit of the year as it created history in terms of box - office collections .

anand became extremely successful when the kannada film he produced - krantiveera sangolli rayanna , became a big hit . he has produced and directed many kannada films , and also entered politics a decade ago .

mr . appugol was known for his flashy lifestyle , including owning fancy cars and rubbing shoulders with film stars . a few years ago , he produced the successful kannada film sangolli rayanna , based on fables of eponymous lieutenant of kittur rani channamma .

however , the filmmakers are yet to confirmed the casting of the movie . initially , salman khan has given a nod to play sangolli rayanna ' s role .

jayaprada delivers a forceful performance . umashri shines in the role of rayanna ' s mother . shashi kumar as rayanna ' s trusted lieutenant has done well .

the biggest of the kannada cinema history ' kranti veera sangolli rayanna ' made at a cost of rs 30 crore has collected the same amount in 22 days of screening all over karnataka .

tight lipped team of ' kranti veera sangolli rayanna ' is not ready to disclose the gross collection and at the beginning days of the film distributor hd gangaraju disclosed that roughly rs 2 crore is the share of the producer per day . according to one estimate the holidays of diwali festival benefited the film .

the uprising against the british rule begins as rayanna goes about destroying the british camps with his skill as a guerilla fighter . as usual the british devise a divide and rule policy in fixing rayanna . what happens to rayanna ? does he succeed in fighting the british ? does rayanna giving a fitting reply to the british ? this is revealed towards the end .

the team was very co - operative . they allowed me enough time to become rayanna .

the film is very good darshan has also acted in the same way . . . but i like the real rayanna i those days . . .

sangolli rayanna born on 15th august 1798 , and executed on 26th january 1831 . the notable point is august 15th the day when india get freedom and on 26th january 26th india become republic country .

sangolli rayanna turned to be a blockbuster hit at the box office and successfully completed 100 days at theatres . analysing the success of the movie , salman khan will now remake the movie in hindi .

technically the film is superb . ramesh babu ' s camera work and background score stand out in this film . the eidting , art work and costume designing departments have reached top line levels . kranti veera sangolli raayanna is must see film . it makes you feel proud of being a kannadiga .

amidst a large number of remake movies , the actor is now taking up a project of sangolli rayanna , the tiger of kitturu . it ' s really great of arjun sarja . let us wish him success .

the film was a biopic , its subject the freedom fighter sangolli rayanna , who was also the army chief of rani chennamma ' s kingdom of kittur . billed as one of the costliest kannada films ever made , it was a sincere effort to showcase history in all its splendour .

darshan is likely to be seen in the role of duryodhana . ambareesh and upendra are expected to be part of this flick . in fact , sudeep is also being considered for a key character . naganna , who made the historical film kranthiveera sangolli rayanna , is helming the project .

the pre - production work on the film is in full swing . after a very long time , kurukshetra will be a film in

it is a big relief for actor darshan . rs 30 crore investments believing on his star power has returned in 22 days from ' kranti veera sangolli rayanna ' , which means the career graph would be for the actor .

yet another pride moment for kannada industry . after mythri and mr and mrs ramachari is being chosen to be remade in telugu , now darshan ' s sangolli rayanna will be remade in hindi starring salman khan in the lead .

darshan played the role of legendary warrior sangolli rayanna who was the army chief for kingdom of kittur . darshan was the mainlight of the movie and the actor has won , filmfare best actor award and state award in 2013 .

the film produced by munirathna , will be directed by naganna , who had previsouly helmed kranti veera sangolli rayanna for darshan , which was a blockbuster hit . with munirathna getting a green signal from darshan , naganna is readying himself with the pre - production and the makers have even fixed a launch date . the film will go on floors on july 23 , on munirathna’s birthday .

katari veera surasundarangi is a 2012 3d kannada romantic fantasy film starring upendra and ramya in the lead roles . the film is a sequel to upendra ' s 2003 film raktha kanneeru . veteran actor ambarish also plays a vital role . the film is directed by suresh krishna and produced by munirathna . it is the first full length 3d film in kannada cinema .

if the audience didn ' t shed a tear , i would feel the film had failed . but people identified with rayanna and felt for him . i heaved a sigh of relief .

this is a surprise winner at the box - office . the film marks comedian sharan ' s foray into production in his 100th film . the film transformed sharan into a hero although there is no heroism in the movie .

i also wanted to know if the audience would shed a tear at the end when rayanna is hanged in public .

in the early 1950s encouraged the kannada film industry to make more historical movies .

presently , actor arjun sarja is busy with the shooting of the movie vayuputra , which features andrita rai , arjun sarja ' s son - in - law chiranjeevi and ambareesh in the lead roles . after completing vayuputra , arjun sarja will take up sangolli rayanna for shooting .

challenging star darshan ' s 50th film , kurukshetra ' s filming is in full swing . the team of kurukshetra is currently in hyderabad , shooting for the film .

after watching the film vikram immediately headed to bala ' s office to congratulate him .

parul , who danced to the popular song , became an overnight sensation . for the first time , all the elements in a komal film fell in place . the film had comedy , romance , and good music , all of which made it an enjoyable film .

there has been a lot of tittle - tattle around the 50th film of challenging star darshan . one of them was that darshan will work with his brother dinakar thoogudeep on a film titled ‘ sarvantaryami ’ . that did not materialise , though . a couple of months later , reports started pouring that director tharun sudhir will helm the 50th film of the challenging star . this one did not go on floors too . after a lot of cooling period , now it is officially confirmed that ‘ krantiveera sangolli rayanna ‘ director naganna will collaborate with darshan for his 50th .

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was earlier scheduled to direct the actor’s 50th named sarvantrayami . but that film has now been pushed forward . darshan has also signed up for his 51st film with producer b suresha .

the film producer had gone underground a month ago , when the customers demanded his immediate arrest .

a love story with some hummable songs , this film was a surprise winner at the box - office . the film had just two protagonists with the rest of the characters making guest appearances .

the film uses mandya dialect to the hilt . harikrishna ' s songs are a big hit .

the release of ' drama ' of yogaraj bhat and ' edegarike ' of adhitya would snatch the side theaters on nove 23 from ' kranti veera sangolli rayanna ' . these two films that has very good pulls of the audience would anyway affect the collections of ' kvsr ' , which will be known by friday evening .

despite several flaws in the picturisation and songs , the film stood out for its rich production values .

, is back at the helm . the film will have an ensemble cast . as of now ,

the film is a sequel to upendra ' s earlier movie rakta kanneeru which was released in 2003 .

this historical kannada film revolves around sangoli rayanna , an active freedom fighter from karnataka in india . till his death , he fought against the british . he was the chief of the army in the kingdom of kittur which was ruled by kittur rani chennamma . this rs . 29 crore film is one of the highest budget kannada films made . the film stars darshan thoogudeep , jayaprada and nikita thukral in leading roles . naganna has directed it and anand appugol has produced it .

its opening weekend collection was a strong 57 million . the film went on to gross a total of 72 million in its first week , [ 6 ] thus breaking the records set by chingari which had collected 60 million in its first week . katari veera surasundarangi was reported to be one of the biggest openers of kannada cinema of its time next to anna bond and jogayya . [ 7 ] the film recovered its investment at the end of its second week [ 8 ] the film grossed more than 160 million at the box office after completing 50 days of run in 16 centers across karnataka . katari veera suruasundarangi was declared as a super hit [ 1 ] [ 9 ] and was the second highest grossing kannada film of 2012 behind kranthi veera sangolli rayanna .

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' s blockbuster , a kannada film producer has embarked on producing a mythological movie themed on the mahabharata .

i visited the samadhi once during the film ' s muhurat and i experienced a lot of positive vibes .

krantiveera sangolli rayanna has been the darling of the masses and the hot favourite at the awards season this year , but strangely , while the efforts of most of the team were feted , including those of the producer , actor , cameraman , etc . , director naganna was left in the cold . until , of course , bangalore times readers decided to give him his due . “this is my first award for this film , which , incidentally , is the first historical that i have directed . i have dedicated a total of seven years to this project — five on research and two on filming . in fact , much before anand appugol approached me to direct the film , i wanted to make one on sangolli rayanna with actor vishnuvardhan playing the protagonist . at the film chamber , | was told that someone else already holds the rights to the title . when vishnuvardhan passed away , the project came to a standstill . as it turns out , years later , i was destined to direct the film . the response to it has been very encouraging , ” says naganna , who , buoyed by the success of krantiveera . . . wants to make another historical .

there will be no change in my image . i will not do another film like this for some years .

in a bid to avenge the defeat , the british plan another attack and by deceit they capture kittur and chennamma . the queen is taken in as a prisoner of war and thus rayanna is also held . soon after rayanna is out , he begins to build his own army with all and sundry to recapture kittur and reinstall chennamma on the throne .

) are on the team , according to sources . the film is expected to go on floors on july 23 .

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the british play a foul game in conveying to chennamma that rayanna is killed . chennamma is unable to believe but the british provide her with a concocted proof . chennamma breathes her last in the prison . chennamma ' s death puts paid to rayanna ' s struggle to build an army to fight the british . but his friends and erstwhile force him to change his mind .

director yogaraj bhat managed to pull audiences back to the theatres with drama after seeing mixed results in his earlier film paramatma .

the team of kurukshetra has finalised most of the cast for the film except for arjuna ' s role as no suitable actor could be roped in . producer muniratna had stated that he wanted a prominent kannada actor to act as arjuna in the film .

speaking to the media naganna confirms , “ yes , it is darshan’s 50th film and it will see him playing duryodhana . we’ve still finalised the rest of the casting . we can also confirm that ambareesh will be playing bheeshma in the film . ” reports indicate that the title of the film will be ‘ kurukshetra ’ since it is an adaptation of mahabharata . darshan is busy shooting for the film ‘ taarak ’ which is being directed by milana prakash . naganna also confirms that the actor will join ‘ kurukshetra ’ after he completes shooting for ‘ taarak ’ and they plan to release the film by the end of 2017 .

ambareesh makes a special appearance as an astrologer and the narrator , which enhanced the appeal of the film for audiences young and old .

nothing much is there to share . more values are there in the film . each and every value can be incorporated in our lives

in this interview , darshan talks about the making of the epic film and his experience in donning the brave warrior ' s role .

historical films require a different thinking in terms of creating the ambience and period so as to give it an authentic feel . there are some missing chinks in this film although the film carries a lot of vigour and energy in the form of performances from darshan and jayaprada .

to be the most expensive ( 30 crore ) kannada film to date , and one of the highest grossing film ( 55 crore ) in the history of kannada cinema . the highest grossing kannada movie is mungaru male , collecting 75 crores in its 1 year theatrical run .

kvsr is a film that makes you proud of being a kannadiga and an indian . in that way the making of the film and its grandeur reminds you of classic films like moghul e azam , mangal pandey , alluri seetharama raju , veera pandya kattabomman and jodha akbar . kvsr does not have a dull moment and every technical work in the film places it on the top of the list . the camera work , backgound music , song picturisations , editing , art work , costumes and make up work all add up to provide a realistic touch to the film . and the two gems of the film are the two war sequences which are not only breath taking but also wonderfully choreographed .

the film is about how a car becomes the hero ' s villain . audiences enjoyed the twists and turns that went into the narrative .

while composer devi sri prasad will score the film ' s music actor mahesh babu will be seen in a new look in the flick .

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the film was earlier rumoured to be a remake of malayalam hit film udayananu tharam and was also rumoured to be having shades of rajkumar starrer katari veera which was released back in 1966 . however , in a press meet upendra denied all the rumours and said that his version is completely fresh and has no links with the above mentioned films whatsoever . producer munirathna , who was once the main reason behind the banning of actress nikita thukral had approached her to do an item number dance for this film . nikita had turned down the offer . [ 4 ] upendra had earlier titled this film as yamendra upendra and sadhu kokila had to direct this film . however due to several reasons , suresh krishna was roped in to direct it finally . a single song in the film has three actresses ; suman ranganath , ramanito choudary and rishika singh .

sudeep - nagashekhar together for a film ? in other development , sudeep is reportedly being approached by nagashekhar for a film on the hoysala king . the director , whose masthi gudi is getting ready for the release , is doing extensive research on the subject . the multilingual film will be made with a budget of rs 60 crore , keeping kiccha ' s market in mind . but sudeep is yet to give his consent .

the film had a lot of comical and entertaining elements , including the scenes where sharan and tabala nani play two touts involved in selling cars .

the film boosted komal ' s career as an actor and pushed its director pavan wadeyar , a protege of yogaraj bhat , into the limelight .

this is a must watch for all indians if they are looking for a patriotic movie . if you know kannada the movie will bring tears in your eyes . the movie is based on real story of 1800 ' s india ' s fight against the british and is very well projected . great acting by darshan as sangolli ryanna and superb direction . some facts about sangolli rayanna : he was inteestinglt born on 15th august and died on 26th january . he was a prominent warrior from chittor ( karnataka , india ) . the british army had to find a cunning way to capture him and then sentenced him as cowards . even the great chennamma was killed by the british by lying to her that rayanna was dead . she killed herself by consuming poison . a banyan tree is planted with some of his ashes and the tree is very well grown toady . the district is now called as " belgaum " . a big salute the great warrior from karnataka !

filming for muniratna ' s kurukshetra is going on in ramoji film city , hyderabad and sonu sood is expected to join the sets at the earliest .

katari veera suruasundarangi was the second highest grossing kannada film of 2012 and was declared as a ' super hit ' . [ 1 ] [ 1 ]

once pre - production work is over , the crew plans to shoot the film at ramoji film city in hyderabad where baahubali 1 and 2 were shot . the sets will be similar to those used in baahubali and sample clips have been already shot . the kannada film ' s budget may not be a match to baahubali 2 , touted to have been produced at a cost of rs 250 crore , but muniratna said money isn ' t a constraint .

anand appugol ' s kranti veera sangolli raayanna directed by naganna starring challenging star darshan is a fantastic , extravagant presentation with mindblowing technical work and awesome performances from many artists . it is certainly the best work of darshan , director naganna and writer keshav adithya so far .

the film is also likely to get a free run with no major releases during the next one or two weeks even after the festival holidays are over .

also , i had to recall the earlier scenes to get into the flow . i was there all the 185 days of the film ' s shoot .

co - incidentally , rayanna was born on august 15 and he died on january 26 . who would have expected the movie to release on november 1 , kannada rajyothsava day ? there were so many co - incidences during the making as well .

the film was in the making for more than a year . it introduced dhruva sarja , nephew of arjun sarja , in the lead role opposite radhika pandit .

we had ss rajamouli creating a buzz with talk of such a production , and even having discussions with aamir khan . now we hear v a shrikumar menon will be directing indian cinema’s most expensive film randamoozham ( mahabharata in other languages ) starring mohanlal . sandalwood is not far behind with kurukshetra , which will now be darshan’s 50th film .

kannada actress umashree won a best actress national award for the movie gulabi talkies in 2009 . the film also screened at osian ' s cinefan festival of asian and arab cinema and won three awards : best film in indian competition , best actress in indian competition ( umashree ) , and best actor in indian competition ( vinay bm ) .

dr . rajkumar and dr . vishnuvardhan from then are considered the two pillars of the kannada film industry . they both have been very instrumental in shaping the kannada identity .

the dialogues , where keshavaditya ( who has done a splendid job otherwise ) has taken some freedom , also take his role to a different level history can still be altered , you see . darshan’s character , though a far cry from his mass - driven roles , begs to be elevated to that exalted level genuine heroes are placed upon . however , the pace of the film which is nearly three hours long doesn’t let anyone sit still . so absorbing is the screenplay , flaws and all , that it is only towards the climax , that one begins to see that the story is sagging . however , while some may be offended the way rayanna’s end is picturised , the attempt to humanise and depict reality should also be appreciated . sangolli rayanna clicks in many ways and not just due to its dialogues , that border on jingoism sometimes . harikrishna’s background score obscures yeshovardhan’s tunes . ramesh babu’s camerawork is adequate . palani raj and ravivarma’s action choreography is well planned and executed . deepu s kumar’s work is exemplary .

ku ra seetharama sastry ( " kurasi " ) was an actor , film director , lyricist , and screen playwright from the mid - forties through the late seventies . kurasi introduced several artists to kannada film industry , including shivaram ( beratha jeeva ) and shakthi prasad ( karaga shakti , father of kannada , telugu & tamil actor / director arjun ) .

meanwhile , sudeep ' s hebbuli has completed its 50 - day run in theatres . the film is still going strong and has become one of the biggest hits in his career .

the kannada film industry reported a success rate of about 14 to 15 per cent with returns on investment being less than half of the rs 250 crore that was invested during the year .

jayapradha played the role of rani chennamma while darshan played her trusted lieutenant . the film was directed by naganna , had splendid camerawork by ramesh babu , and superb background music by harikrishna .

' s story who is the army chief of kittur in rani chennamma ' s kingdom . the film starts with chennamma raising a banner of revolt against the british as she refuses to pay tax to the british government . the british get slighted over chennamma and they decide to attack kittur with all their might . rayanna awaits orders from his queen mother to attack but is forced to keep mum until the british launch an attack . the british get defeated in the battle that follows .

katari veera surasundarangi received mostly positive reviews . oneindia praised the technical aspect of the film by saying , " upendra and ramya ' s katari veera surasundarangi is the biggest - ever 3d film made in kannada till date . katari veera surasundarangi is technically astounding and visually arrests the audience . kannadigas , who have not seen 3d sandalwood film in the last two decades , will be thrilled to experience the joy of watching the film in this format " . [ 10 ] rediff terms the film as a clear winner : " katari veera sura sundaraangi is a winner all the way . it will do for kannada cinema what avatar did for hollywood . producer munirathna naidu needs to be commended for investing in a 3d film and pioneering it in kannada cinema . just forget the story . watch it with your 3d glasses on and be entertained ! " . chitraloka too gave the movie a positive review , " kataari veera sura sundaraangi engulfs you with rich production values , grandeur when it gets started . later it is uppi who takes over the reigns to entertain , enlighten and educate the audience with his dialogues and superb dialogue delivery . " [ 11 ]

darshan will be collaborating with naganna for kurukshetra , inspired by mahabharatha , while sudeep is likely to team up with nagashekhar for a film based on the life and times of hoyasala king vishnuvardhana .

after a long time , a period drama has got its casting right . avinash , shashi kumar , rajesh , umashri , shivakumar , saurav , srinivasamurthy , ramesh bhat – all try to outdo each other . poor nikitha is reduced to just a one - song ( wholly unnecessary ) wonder . she is conveniently cast aside and is almost forgotten . why bring her on board then ? darshan shows good improvement but is yet to overcome his diction impediment . ultimately , sangolli rayanna is one man’s passion realised with equal determination by others . that passion , in this case , is easily transferred to the viewer and set the cash box ringing . kudos keshavaditya and team .

child actor kishan shrikanth became the youngest director of a professionally made feature film in the world ( guinness book of world records ) by directind c / o footpath at 9 years in kannada which won him the best children ' s film national award in 2007 , two karnataka state awards and 11 international awards from countries including italy , spain , greece , egypt , qatar , iran , usa and uk .

a 3d mythological romantic fantasy film , it was partly a sequel to rakta kanneeru . it was also the first full length 3d film in kannada cinema . upendra reprises his role of the highly educated rich - man turned beggar mohan now in hell , who meets his look alike gangster son ( upendra again ) who is killed in a gang war . the film tells the story of how mohan s son upendra falls in love with lord indra ' s daughter indraja ( ramya ) in indraloka ( heaven ) and how he faces the challenges of lord brahma , lord yama and other devatas of indraloka to marry indraja . [ 2 ]

the film that stars ' challenging star ' of kannada cinema , darshan in the brave warrior ' s role has grossed more than rs 6 crore in the first five days of its release at the box - office .

it would have been a different story had i considered this movie as another commercial movie . i am happy that a producer like apugol came forward to do such a film and i am part of such a big project .

the trailers of kataari veera sura sundaraangi which were shown in the single screen theaters and multipelxes across karnataka aroused lot of appreciation among the audience . meanwhile , upendra , ramya and munirathna actively promoted the film . [ 5 ]

previously , sonu sood had worked with kichcha sudeep in the film , vishnuvardhana . he had won accolades for his portrayal of an antagonist . now , the same actor is getting to work alongside some of the biggest names of sandalwood .

darshan has delivered a power - packed performance from the word go . he has truly lived up to the role of a patriotic warrior who stirs the emotions of his villagers . nikitha thukral who plays mallamma and rayanna ' s love interest disappears after a song and dance sequence never to return in the second half . she is completely forgotten and her absence is not justified in any way .

sandalwood stars are pushing the boundaries by taking up challenging roles . after darshan gave nod to mega - budget film mahabharatha , his on - screen rival sudeep has reportedly shown interest in a historical subject based on the life and times of king vishnuvardhana .

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“mythological themes are going to be the trend next year , with at least two big movies lined up . the atmosphere is going to be buoyant and it is a smart move on the part of kannada producers to ride on this wave and produce mythological movies , “ said k puttaswamy , film historian and analyst .

b . v . karanth ' s chomana dudi ( an evocative film on caste distinctions ) , girish karnad ' s kaadu and girish kasaravalli ' s ghatashraddha spearheaded the kannada parallel cinema . vamshavruksha , prema karanth ' s phaniyamma , kadu kudure , hamsageethe , accident , akramana , mooru dhaarigalu , tabarana kathe , bannadha vesha and puttanna kanagal ' s naagarahaavu were some of the important movies of this era . dr . vishnuvardhan and dr . ambareesh were the two stars born from the film naagarahaavu . dr . vishnuvardhan went on to become a super star of south india acting in 220 films in 5 main languages of the country .

the fact remains that out of rs 30 crore being collected , the net share for the producer is roughly around rs 18 to 20 crore . which means the film would do a good business in next 20 days and will add on to collection . the collections of challenging star darshan previous best was ' sarathi ' .

there were speculations that kurukshetra will be a multi - starrer with most of the top sandalwood stars in it . but it turns out that though an ensemble cast is being roped in , darshan will play the protagonist . while duryodhana is the villain in the original epic , the film will narrate the epic from that character’s perspective .

both sati sulochana and bhakta dhruva were major successes . sati sulochana was shot in kolhapur at the chatrapathi studio ; most filming , sound recording , and post - production was done in chennai . it was difficult to find financial backing for new film projects in the region , thus very few movies in kannada were released during the early years of indian sound cinema .

kannada cinema celebrated its 75 - year anniversary in 2009 . a function was held on the palace grounds in bangalore on 1 march 2009 under the direction of v . ravichandran , featuring a set resembling an open - winged bird . it was attended by many stars from kannada cinema as well as actors from other film industries who had a stint in kannada films .

even during the making , the film drew the attention of stars from other industries . bollywood actors sunil shetty , mithun chakraborty , jayaprada and tamil star karthik visited the shooting after the makers used seven cameras at a time . 3d stereoscopic solutions were given by epic studios . stereoscopic director of the 3d effects was jeemon and stereosgrapher was k . p nambiathiri . sound design and final mixing of the movie done by renjith viswanathan .

“we will spend as much as required . it is going to be a bigbudget movie for sure , “ he said , refusing to reveal the figure . interestingly , rajamouli too has announced that his next film would be based on the mahabharata , with a budget of rs 1 , 000 crore . another telugu producer , allu aravind , has said he is planning a movie on ramayana , with a budget no less than rs 500 crore .

kvsr may well go down in history as one of the best historical films made in kannada which can stand up in comparison with well made historical films like kiththoor chennamma . director naganna has ensured that the film has enough commercial elements to engage the mass audience and has some heart touching sentimental sequences which can strike an emotional chord with family audience . the huge production values apart , excellent performances by artists starting from darshan to even artists who play smaller roles have put in their best efforts .

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darshan perfectly suits the role with his body language and dialogue in north karnataka accent coming out very well . he shows tremondous commitment in carrying off the role of a patriot . the film will certainly go down as the best in his career . it will certainly be a treat to watch him mouthing patirotic dialogues and indulging in guerilla warfare against the oppressive british rule . jayaprada puts in best efforts to carry off her role of kiththoor chennamma . though nikitha has a brief role , she is impressive . the performances from veterans like sreenivasa murthy , doddanna , shobharaj , ramesh bhat , shashi kumar and sourav are really very good .

the 1970s and the 1980s are often considered to be the golden age of kannada cinema . it was also the period that witnessed the birth of alternate cinema or parallel cinema . kannada cinema spearheaded the parallel cinema movement in india along with hindi , bengali and malayalam cinemas . dr . rajkumar had already acquired demigod status in karnataka by then . rajkumar concentrated only on kannada and confined himself to the kannada film industry until his last movie , shabdavedhi . it is because of his passion for kannada films that he ruled kfi as its undisputed leader from 1954 - 2006 . he is considered the greatest actor that kannada cinema has seen mainly because of the ease with which he enacted historical , mythological , social , adventurous and comedic roles .

the kannada film industry managed to generate several blockbusters in the first decade of the new millennium . the new millennium saw the release of dr . rajkumar ' s last movie , shabdavedhi , which ran for a packed 175 days across the state . the movie ' s run was interrupted by veerapan ' s kidnapping of rajkumar . dr . rajkumar was held captive for 108 days , after which he was released . during this time the state of karnataka was on a string of bandhs and protests . the industry suffered heavy losses with the demise of superstars dr . rajkumar and dr . vishnuvardhan . the passing of other kfi actors like tiger prabhakar , k . s . ashwath and vajramuni also gave a huge setback to the industry .

the story thinly revolves around power shortage aptly freshened up by ample doses of action , comedy and love . viraat prasad ( darshan ) is a businessman who wants to provide a solution to the existing power problem and in consultation with the chief minister , a role played by suhasini , he plans to build a thermal power project . enter surendra singh ( ravi shankar ) , an opportunist , who tries to distract the chief minister and take over the project . but the project is handed over to viraat which does not go down well with singh . balancing the friction and the action is romance involving three ladies - keerthi ( chaitra chandranath ) , spoorthi ( vidisha srivastava ) and preethi ( isha chawla ) , who are head over heels for viraat , but the latter chooses one among them , managing to maintain his friendship with the other two . how does he handle singh and the thermal project and who does he select as his love runs in parallel and forms the crux of the film .

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bangalore - based arjun sarja entered films as child actor through the movie simhada mari sainya . he became independent actor in male bantu male in 1984 . the movie was produced by rajendra singh babu . his wife asha rani has also acted with shivaraj kumar in rathasapthami .

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' kvsr ' made at a budget of rs 30 crore has collected the same amount in 22 days of screening all over karnataka .

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fter missing many dates and deadlines , this much - awaited historical biopic has got a befitting thunderous opening on kannada rajyotsava day , today .

directed by naganna , which is also one of the costliest kannada films ever made in the history for its grandeur and production values , has lived up to its expectation despite a few flaws .

yashovardhan ' s music is a let - down although the background score is good . ramesh babu ' s camera work is good especially in the war scenes . the war scenes have been shot well in rajasthan .

the climax is quite touching and it appeals to your patriotic motives . though director naganna could have done away with at least 25 - 30 minutes of footage , it still manages to keep you engaged which is quite an achievement . there are a few flaws in documenting the period .

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wild boys of the road is a 1933 pre-code depression-era american film telling the story of several teens forced into becoming hobos .

the film was directed by william wellman from a screenplay by earl baldwin based on the story desperate youth by daniel ahern .

the film stars frankie darro .

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wild boys of the road <EOT> wild boys of the road ( 1933 ) - - ( movie . . .

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wild boys of the road is a 1933 drama directed by william a wellman , about the plight of homeless teenagers during the great depression .

an impoverished girl masquerades as a boy to run with a gang of young hobos in wild boys of the road ( 1933 ) .

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wild boys of the road . . . is disappointing , primarily because it might have been so much more than it is .

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wild boys of the road was not a financial success and much like today’s audiences , the public of 1933 seemed to prefer their movies to be of a lighter fare .

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while wild boys of the road can feel like the flip side of carvel , an andy hardy movie gone awry , it’s another mickey rooney movie that makes for a more logical follow - up : boys town ( 1938 ) .

really the climax of the opening chapters confirming the virtues of the protagonists , eddie ( frankie darro ) gives his unemployed dad ( grant mitchell ) the proceeds from selling his car , in wild boys of the road , 1933 . >

loved the energy of this heartfelt depression - era social - conscious road film .

the introduction of decent - but - broke heroes eddie ( frankie darro ) and tommy ( edwin phillips ) , from william a . wellman ' s acclaimed great depression drama wild boys of the road , 1933 . >

upon the release of his autobiography i attended a screening of “wild boys of the road” and “the ox - bow incident” hosted by william wellman . he was very proud of this picture and the demand that he produce a more optimistic ending than intended led to his placing the cartwheel as a form of sarcasm .

coached by older hobos , the boys overwhelm some railroad thugs , then eddie ( frankie darro ) discovers the wounded grace ( rochelle hudson ) and they take revenge on brakeman ward bond , in william a . wellman ' s wild boys of the road , 1933 . >

on their first night riding the rails , eddie ( frankie darro ) and tommy ( edwin phillips ) encounter the feisty sally ( dorothy coonan , who became the wife of director william a . wellman ) in wild boys of the road , 1933 . >

in the depths of the depression , two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected .

papa wolf : the boys strike back at the brakesman after he rapes grace .

one of the films more tongue in cheek scenes has young eddie whistling , we’re in the money as he walks away from his empty garage after selling his jalopy to help his family financially . the song , of course , was from gold diggers of 1933 which came out only three months earlier than wild boys of the road .

edwin phillips , who acted in barely any other movies , holds his own alongside frankie , and is especially good with him after the tragedy in the railroad yard , and later in the sewer pipe city , where he struggles to come to terms with the physical maladies of the road . dorothy coonan , who director wellman married after completion of wild boys of the road , is involved slightly less than the two boys , but is as much of a charmer to audiences as she is to all of those adults in the movie who scrunch their noses back at her .

" wild boys of the road , " the new picture at the hollywood , is disappointing , primarily because it might have been so much more than it is . dealing with the problem of the host of young americans whom the depression turned loose upon the nation ' s highways , the film might have been at once tragic , dramatic and a stirring call for remedial action . view full article in timesmachine »

despite some outdated dialogue and an ending that seems somewhat out of place , wild boys of the road is an agonizing look at the plight of america’s young homeless during the depression , and the lack of government empathy reflected by then president hoover’s failed approach to ending the depression . his belief that aiding the average u . s . citizen would only make them lazy and depend more and more on government ( 2 ) .

i’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for the juvenile delinquent movies of the 50’s . i’m not exactly sure why but young troublemakers often make for fun movies . the 50’s may have mastered the genre but every decade in movie history has had its share of troubled teens . today we head to the pre - code era of the 30’s and a film that could be seen as a grandaddy to the delinquent films of the 50’s . directed by william wellman , director of the first best picture winner wings , it’s 1933’s wild boys of the road .

i had seen pictures of the wild children of revolution - racked russia . i had read of the free youth of germany after the world war . i knew that in every nation , following a plague , an invasion , or a revolution , children left without parents and homes became vagrants . before my own experiences i had always believed that in america we managed things better ( minehan xvi ) . before wild boys of the road came to america’s movie houses , a sociologist named thomas minehan had spent two summers , plus weekends and holidays , integrating himself among america’s youth on the road . the result was his classic…

famous sequence in which eddie ( frankie darro ) , sally ( dorothy coonan ) and the gang , especially tommy ( edwin phillips ) , de - train as they come into columbus , arthur hohl the doctor they visit , in william a . wellman ' s wild boys of the road , 1933 . >

wild boys of the road is certainly a grim reminder of the great depression . i remember my grandfather telling me he lost his job in 1931 ( he was 32 years old with a wife and 3 small sons ) , then had his radio repossessed and then lost his house . i really felt the history when watching this film . thanks for the excellent review .

despite an upbeat ending wild boys of the road is one of the darkest , bleakest films of the depression era . william wellman already had a reputation for going straight for the jugular , as he did in his previous film , heroes for sale . he did not beat around the bush . while films like gold diggers of 1933 dealt with the great depression , it was mostly light hearted and escapist . you get no such relief in this 1933 hard core pre - code drama .

the film - - as propulsive as a locomotive - - is sympathetic to the plight of the young , the unemployed , the female and the ethnic ( the ' boys republic ' is open to black and jewish youngsters ) .

while the film is erratic in its brilliance , there are scenes that are truly disturbing and unsettling . one scene shows the young homeless boys and girls fighting with the police as they try to hold onto their sewer city “home . ” wellman , always on the side of the underdog , presents the police as symbols of an autocratic system . by using an excellent combination of close - ups and editing , the scene in which tommy’s leg is crushed is both brutal and affectively moving . the authenticity of the boxcar and railroad yards scene , s filmed on location , certainly adds to the film’s realism . wild boys of the road is still a strong look at the depression , the forced lawlessness , the poverty and the victimization of youth . the film gives you a strong punch in the gut that you will soon not forget .

sweet polly oliver : sally dresses as a boy and continues to wear boys ' clothes throughout the film .

the trio meet up with other youthful wanderers and the most intriguing parts of wild boys of the road becomes the escalating episodes of vagrancy in the middle of the movie . the parts that terrorized and turned off early reviewers . most of the highlights come on the trains or in the railroad yards , though i’m partial to the scene when sally discovers her aunt is a madam after the cops arrive to make a pinch . there are no greener pastures . in addition to the more shocking single scenes are a series of confrontations with authority , adults who take no pleasure in their duty , but whose service demand they take the proper steps and shoo away the vagabonds to the next town . everyone feels for them , but nobody wants them .

" the wild boys " is burroughs & apos ; s fifth or sixth or seventh book . the gang of totally sadistic homosexual young snopeses who come into the book in the last third are not important except as a culmination of the continual fantasy of boys in rainbow - colored jockstraps coldly doffing them ; nor are they important to the book . nothing here is any more important than anything else , except possibly burroughs & apos ; s unusually tender memories of adolescent sex around the golf course and locker rooms in his native st . louis in the 1920 & apos ; s . but the wild boys are apaches of freedom , and so are different from the " thought - control mob , " the narcotic cops and the despots of the communications monopolies who are the villains of burroughs & apos ; s other books - - espeically " nova express . " the wild boys in this book are a positive force for freedom : i . e . , they have such an aversion to women ( to burroughs , women are the thought - control mob in infancy ) that the boys continue the race by artificial insemination and thus , gott zu dank , a " whole generation arose that had never seen a woman & apos ; s face nor heard a woman & apos ; s voice . "

frankie darro , who previously appeared for wellman at the opening of the public enemy ( 1931 ) , leads the cast and the honors . a great talent , blessed with the skills of a mickey rooney , but cursed by similar stature and a less trustworthy face , darro otherwise had all of the tools for stardom . his biographer and friend , john gloske , noted that this was frankie’s favorite of his movies , and wrote that “until his death he would keep a newspaper stuffed away that he would gladly pull out and show to guests , ” a front page that showed the huge crowd surrounding the premiere of wild boys of the road ( 57 ) .

it ' s a cinematic blast of anger and outrage and exasperation sprung from the immediacy of the depression .

wild boys of the road is one of six movies directed by william wellman that is included in warner home video ' s 2009 dvd set , forbidden hollywood collection volume 3 . other titles are other men ' s women , the purchase price , frisco jenny , midnight mary , and heroes for sale . included among the special features are two documentaries , wild bill : hollywood maverick , which is more of a traditional documentary , and the men who made the movies : william a . wellman , which is packed with wellman in wellman ' s own words . i ' ve probably watched this forbidden hollywood collection more than any of their other sets .

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in reality , the new roosevelt administration quickly attempted to curb the problem of transient youth through new deal programs like the civilian conservation corps and various services formed under the federal transient relief service ( fera ) and , later , the works progress administration ( wpa ) . the problem was ultimately curtailed by america’s entry into world war ii as young men both entered into service and vacated jobs at home , providing opportunity to those who were previously left without work . for those of us who came along later , wild boys of the road captures an american experience that seems beyond belief , yet was thought of as over - sentimentalized by the film critic for the nation ' s top newspaper .

wild boys of the road begins with a fairly playful style to it . darro and phillips certainly have a sort of leo gorcey / huntz hall dead end kids approach to their parts . the lightheartedness fades quickly , though . the film becomes pretty dark . it is a pre - code , after all . i mean we’ve got murder , rape , and gangs of hoods attacking the police . not to mention one of the main characters getting his leg crushed by a train followed by a back alley amputation . it is a grim picture of the depression era and still packs quite a wallop today . of course , the most graphic elements of the story , like the rape and the crushed leg , take place off camera ; still , you can’t really say that the film pulls any punches . these moments are shocking and cast a darkness over the film that lingers with the viewer .

an expression of the frustration and rage felt by thousands of anonymous american caught up in the paralyzing dislocation of the great depression . the story centers on two teens , in particular who are forced to ride the rails when their own parents are thrown out of work .

when i first met wild boys of the road , as someone who had grown up in a comparatively cozy era two generations removed from the great depression , it seemed more like an alternate history that could have never happened than any sort of former american reality . it’s depressing stuff , and hard to take , these children on the lam , losing limbs , risking rape , living in sewer pipe cities , and doing their best to grin and bear it without stopping to think tomorrow will probably be worse .

just the top of the " yankee doodle boy " number from george . . .

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as hollywood got to know him , ahearn was compared to jim tully ( who worked on the story for wellman ' s similar beggars of life [ 1928 ] ) , but beyond picture snatcher and wild boys of the road , the only other story of ahearn ' s adapted to film was bulldog edition for republic in 1936 . this mysterious figure was eventually convicted of a robbery and assault that landed him a life sentence in 1948 . a technicality lowered that sentence to 15 - to - 30 years in 1952 , with the possibility of parole in six years . whether ahearn ever got out or not is a mystery . he died in obscurity in 1960 at age 59 .

don ' t you dare pity me ! : the boys are said not to help tommy up after he falls over , for this reason .

you could probably make a case that the end of the film wraps everything up a bit too neatly . not to give it all away , but what plays out on screen seems to point to a brighter future for eddie , tommy and sally . yet , it also leaves a lot up to the audience . after all that had transpired in the hour leading up to that , my brain wasn’t convinced that all turned out well after the screen faded to black . it looks like a happy ending on the surface , but i just wasn’t so sure . i suppose that’s a testament to the skill with which wild boys of the road was crafted .

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above : ann hovey in the clutches of ward bond , the same memorable scene captured in the advertisement above it .

random events plot : the movie is very episodic , showing what happens when each of the friends moves to a new location in search of work .

the underrated william a . wellman made many neglected classics during the depression , and this 1933 feature is one of the very best .

alison drake , the tough - minded executive of an automobile factory , succeeds in the man ' s world of business until she meets an independent design engineer .

the introduction of decent - but - broke heroes eddie ( frankie . . .

above : the same open letter on the other side of the country , clipped from the portsmouth herald ( nh ) , november 29 , 1933 , page 4 .

the young cast turns in some impressive performances . darro especially gives his role a optimistic spirit that likely resonated with 1930’s audiences , despite the unpleasantness not only on the screen but also in the world that awaited them beyond the theater doors . i also really enjoyed sterling holloway who provides a small degree of comic relief to the film . given the dark nature of the rest of the proceedings , he tickles the funny bone just enough to ease tension on the audience , but not come across as out - of - place .

frankie darro stars in director william a . wellman’s grim story of america’s transient youth . ripped freshly from the headlines and released in september 1933 . vivid scenes of riding the rails across the country and sometimes violent consequences suffered by young people at the mercy of society and authority .

sally ' s piece of cake jumps from the plate into her hands between shots .

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living through the great depression was tough for many including the thousands and thousands of dispossessed youngsters riding boxcars and living in shantytowns . wellman , or as he was known “wild bill” wellman was a tough son of a bitch , yet he worked within the studio system fighting for good scripts . legend has it he once dumped a trunk load of manure onto a studio bosses desk along with a script that he felt the same way about ( 1 ) .

rape as drama : grace , one of the girls on the train , gets left behind when the others are battling the railroad mooks . she is raped by a brakeman .

this earnest , socially - conscious road drama centers on two california teenagers who find their comfortable lives thrown into turmoil during the great depression . to find work for themselves , the adventurous lads sneak aboard a chicago - bound train .

the library of congress announced wednesday the addition of 25 films to its national film registry , a growing archive of american motion pictures earmarked for preservation because of their cultural , historic or aesthetic significance . according to librarian of congress james h . billington , who hand - picks the films each year from a shortlist winnowed from thousands of online suggestions , the national film registry — which includes everything from home movies to hollywood blockbusters — is not just a best - of list , or even a list of his favorite films , but a “vehicle for understanding our culture and society more broadly . ”

don ' t let the giddy jazz age prologue or the deliriously happy ending fool you : this is one of the bleakest films from the 1930s that i ' ve ever seen .

road trip plot : a harrowing journey from middle america to chicago and thence to cleveland and new york , scrounging for food and trying to avoid arrest and / or assault .

jean genet is a hero to burroughs , but genet & apos ; s masturbatory fantasies were undergone in prison , and were in the service of love . genet is indeed an addict of love , which is why his novels and plays are crowded with people . burroughs seems to me the victim of solitude . he expresses it in the coldness with which partners are dismissed : " the boy shoved the dib & apos ; s body away as if he were taking off a garment . " the comic moments in " the wild boys " are not situations but jokes : " bearded yippies rush down a street with hammers breaking every window on both sides leave a wake of screaming burglar alarms strip off the beards , reverse collars and they are fifty clean priests throwing petrol bombs under every car whoosh a block goes up behind them . "

to that end , the 2013 honorees include three early works from the silent era : “a virtuous vamp” ( 1919 ) , “daughter of dawn” ( 1920 ) , and the proto - feminist cinderella tale “ella cinders” ( 1926 ) . the inclusion of these titles will come as particularly good news to fans of silent cinema , many of whom were no doubt alarmed this month to learn , through a report issued by the library of congress , that as many as three - quarters of all silent films made through the 1920s have been lost or utterly damaged .

the young tramps seldom remain a week in any community . relief policies force them to move . in addition , there is the lure of the road inspiring them with hope of better times just beyond the hills and a nervous ‘itching foot’ for travel per se . it was , in truth , impossible for the transient boy or girl to stay anywhere when this study was made . relief authorities gave a meal and an invitation to move on . no matter how tired he or she was , how willing to work , how weary and disgusted with the road and its aimless wandering , he had to take to it . police did not trouble transients so long as they kept moving . as soon as they attempted to halt , however , police acted . jungles were raided , soup and bread lines searched for non - residents , mission lists combed . the child tramp was out again on the road ( 54 ) .

illiam s . burroughs is a great autoeroticist - - of writing , not sex . he gets astral kicks by composing in blocks , scenes , repetitive and identical memories galvanizing themselves into violent fantasies , the wild mixing of pictures , words , the echoes of popular speech . it is impossible to suspect him of any base erotic motives in his innumerable scenes of one adolescent boy servicing another like a piece of plumbing ; nor should one expect a book from him different from his others . burroughs is the purest writer in barney rosset & apos ; s grove , and not just because in this book he more than ever turns his obsession with cold , callous homosexual coupling into a piece of american science fiction .

the threat to older films is well established , partly as a result of the library of congress’s efforts to raise awareness . but more recent works are also highly fragile . filmmaker michael moore , whose groundbreaking documentary “roger & me” is also on the list of 2013 inductees , says he was recently dismayed to discover — when the new york film festival requested a copy of his film for the festival’s 50th anniversary — that there were no prints of the 1989 film that had not “faded to pink . ”

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while on the train they meet another runaway , sally ( dorothy coonan ) . she is heading for chicago to stay with her aunt . when they arrive in the windy city , most of the other young transients on the train are hauled off by the fuzz , but since dorothy has a letter from her aunt , she and the boys are able to stay . too bad sally’s aunt has her own problems with the police and is hauled off shortly after the trio arrives at her apartment .

burroughs & apos ; s whole esthetic and his suspicion of every political idea are the same : let me alone ! even his endlessly fascinated , obsessive recall of homosexual intercourse says - - let me alone . there is no lovemaking , no interest in love , not even much interest in the sensation of orgasm . the emphasis is on emission as the end product . the idea is to show in how many different scenes and with how many coldly selected partners one can do it . but repetition , that fatally boring element in burroughs & apos ; s " cut - ups , " turns the coupling into an obsessive primal scene that never varies in its details . the technical arrangements never vary , but they are described with such unwearied relish that the " wild boys " and their sadistic knives , scissors , gougers , castrators , etc . , etc . , seem like the embroidery of a cruel dream , not wickedness .

punch clock villain : the cops in cleveland , who are just following orders when they turn the fire hoses on the children ' s tramp village . one mentions that he has a couple of kids of his own at home .

spared by the adaptation : in the original story sally is the character who is raped on the train , and she hangs herself . in the movie the rape happens to another character , grace , and sally ends the movie alive .

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lakeith stanfield and his sorry to bother you director boots riley discuss the stress of filming sex scenes .

there is a very good book on the films of the depression called “we’re in the money” written back in the 1970’s but is still in print today . there is also a documentary , that actually played in movie theaters back in the mid 70’s called “brother , can you spare a dime” , which is an excellent source of depression era material . i remember clips including scenes of the stock market crash , dance marathons , breadlines and the new deal . plus there are a lot of clips from movies like “little caesar . ” , “gold diggers of 1993” and many others .

credit three excellent lead actors for lightening this dose of reality . director william a . wellman also includes many little touches to occasionally lighten the mood , whinnying horses and stolen cakes , the wrinkly - nosed smiles of the actress he ' d soon marry , and sterling holloway doing pretty much anything , as usual . then there’s the athleticism of star frankie darro bunny - hopping into a trash can or letting loose with a series of handsprings , youth keeping him an admirable bundle of energy no matter how downtrodden life is around him . but the overall tone is morbid , and even the happy ending doesn’t seem so very happy if you stop to think about it on the way out of the theater . the future is bleak .

in the 1930 ' s depression , teenage boys and girls leave home to make their own way in the world and to take the burden off their parents . travelling by train & foot , they rarely find any work and starve most of the way , and one character loses a leg in the process . eventually arrested , the three main characters are sent to court , where a sympathetic judge sends them back unpunished , giving them recommendations for jobs and a more hopeful future .

moore applauds the work being done by the library of congress’s packard campus in culpeper , va . , where films on the national film registry are typically housed , in collaboration with other archives . he also acknowledges the simple prestige of being included in such august company . “to me , ” says moore , “this honor goes on the same shelf as the oscar and the palme d’or . ”

r . d . – you are right , that was “pettin in the park” you heard . i guess warner’s was saving money . i recorded most of the wellman films that night . i watched “midnight mary” and it was decent , certainly not as good as “wild boys . ” still have to watch “heroes for sale” and “frisco jenny . ” darro was certainly agile . i meant to say something about that leap he did in the trash can , it was amazing ! did you happen to watch the documentary on wellman that was part of “the men who made the movies” series . he was an interesting character . as a former world war i pilot , he performed one of his own stunts in his first film , “wings” , when the stunt man could not do it . it required that when landing , the plane was to flip over ! wellman did it and walked away with minor scratches .

they end up getting on the train once again , joined by a number of other youths ( including one played by a young sterling holloway ) . they soon number in the hundreds . their numbers are so big , in fact , that when confronted by authorities at another station , the boys rise up and fight back . after defeating the cops , they turn their attention to the train’s brakeman ( an uncredited ward bond ) who raped one of the other young female transients ( rochelle hudson ) during the battle with the cops . he ends being tossed off the train to his presumed death . the good times continue when the gang jumps off the train and tommy ends up losing a leg as he struggles to get out of the way of an oncoming locomotive . as time moves on , eddie , tommy and sally make their way to a “sewer pipe city” in columbus , oh and eventually to new york city as they struggle to survive .

established in 1989 , the national film registry now numbers a total of 625 films , and includes such obvious classics as “citizen kane” ( 1941 ) ; “the wizard of oz” ( 1939 ) and “casablanca” ( 1942 ) , along with such surprising choices as amateur filmmaker abraham zapruder’s 1963 footage of the kennedy assassination ; jon landis’s 1983 music video for michael jackson’s “thriller” ; and a 1972 short known as “a computer animated hand . ” created as a college project by one of the men who went on to found pixar , it’s thought to be one of the earliest example of 3 - d computer animation .

above : clipped from the medford mail tribune of medford or , november 22 , 1933 , page 4 .

“we can preserve only a small fraction of threatened films , ” says morrison , who described himself as overjoyed about the news of his film’s selection . coincidentally , his prints of “decasia” were destroyed in flooding from hurricane sandy , although the museum of modern art had stored his negative , allowing morrison to reprint the film . the many layers of destruction and creation involved in “decasia” make it a work that gives people “lots to chew on , ” says morrison . being honored with preservation by the nation’s biggest library is , he says , “yet another layer” to the story .

the fact is , he is mad about anything that he can get down on paper . he loves , literally , being engaged in the act of writing , filling up paper from the scene immediately present to him . composition by field , as the black mountain used to say ; plus composition by frenzy and delight , and in any direction . words , horrid isolate words , those symbols of our enslavement , are replaced by the a - b - c of man & apos ; s perception of simultaneous factors - - the ability to drink up the " scanning pattern . " get it down when it is still hot , vibrant and wild to your consciousness ! the literary impulse is more daemonic to burroughs than sex was to sade , but can be just as nonconductive to onlookers .

an effective pre - code social drama . a group of children travel to find jobs during the depression . the story is potent , but dated , and the studio wanted . . .

excellent . i feel i know the movie , but now i realize i only thought i did . looking forward to my next viewing through the lens of all the information you provided .

a tenant farmer ' s son is caught in the middle of owner - tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner ' s seductive daughter .

the story was adapted for wellman by earl baldwin from an original by danny ahearn , who is probably the most interesting character with any hand in this classic . ahearn , who also wrote the original story that warner bros . turned into picture snatcher ( 1933 ) , was promoted as the man who committed—and got away with—a couple of murders . he had credibility along those lines as author of a book called how to commit a murder ( and all the major crimes on the calendar and get away with it ) , which supposedly fulfilled the promise of its title . a review of ahearn ' s book in the july 1930 issue of true detective described what was inside :

great movie , until the ending , which is a campaign speech for fdr and the new deal . this is the second good wellman picture to flub the ending . the other . . .

alfred kazin teaches at the state university of new york at stony brook . his books include " contemporaries " and " starting out in the thirties . "

mooks : the railroad thugs sent to chase the kids off the trains . after the kids realize they outnumber the railroad mooks by a large margin , they attack them , and chase them off .

i saw this on tcm a few years ago and i thought it was devastating . it was heartbreaking . i was rather shocked , and it’s haunted me in a way , ever since . the ending was kind of ridiculous . the actors were wonderful , i wish this movie was more well known . it seems to be buried in favor of the typical giddy gaudy 30’s baubles everyone is familiar with . wbotr is a dark shadow at the end of the driveway of a 30’s white art deco mansion .

this is how they did it , the transition in which the . . .

in the town for which the movie is named , sheriff shaw . . .

coming of age story : a particularly dark one , as two fresh - faced teens suffer terribly during the depression .

frankie darro as a can - do kid searching for work amidst the urban jungle of depression - era new york .

the supporting cast is filled with familiar faces including rochelle hudson as eddie’s date at the beginning of the movie ; grant mitchell and claire mcdowell as eddie’s parents ; minna gombell as sally’s aunt ; sterling holloway as the oddball drifter ; ann hovey as the poor girl who ward bond stumbles upon ; willard robertson as the detective sorting through the kids off the train ; arthur hohl , playing nice as a jungle surgeon ; and robert barrat as the juvenile court judge pitying the kids .

the most modern film yet accepted into the registry , which is restricted to works at least 10 years old , is “ decasia , ” a 2002 experimental collage piece by new york artist bill morrison . ironically , it was assembled from deteriorating film footage , some of which morrison says he found at — wait for it — the library of congress . according to the artist , “decasia” is not a call to arms , but rather a celebration — in such sequences as one in which a boxer appears to be battling a blob of decaying film stock — of the beauty and inevitability of decay .

cop dave ( joe partridge ) puzzles over a series of women . . .

ahearn tells exactly how to cover one ' s tracks after committing a murder . he discusses crime with the flair of one who knows it and he makes it clear that there lives in the midst of the law - abiding people of this country a strange and dangerous group apart . people who have different habits , customs , methods of living , ethics and dangers . people who have no center balance—who are either up in prosperity or down in despair ; who are either in or out—and far too many of them out ( 8 ) .

our story follows two teens , eddie ( frankie darro ) and tommy ( edwin phillips ) . they’ve got themselves a car and a regular stream of young ladies willing to climb into the backseat with them . life is good . that is , until tommy reveals that he and his mother have been living off the community chest for the last few months . to make matters worse , eddie soon learns that his father has been laid off , too . both boys decide to drop out of school and get jobs , but works is scarce . even selling the car only puts a measly $ 22 in their pockets . they soon decide their best move is to relieve their parents of the burden of caring for them . they end up jumping a train , hobo style , and heading east .

the cast led by frankie darro , edwin phillips , dorothy coonan and rochelle hudson all give good performances . darro , never seemed to out grow juvenile roles , though his career lasted a long time appearing in films like “a day at the races , saratoga , the babe ruth story and such serials as junior g - men of the air and the phantom empire dorothy coonan , who appeared in 42 nd street and gold diggers of 1933 as a chorus girl caught the eye of william wellman and would soon become the fourth and final mrs . william wellman . the marriage would produce seven children . also in the film are the fine character actors sterling holloway , grant mitchell and minna gombell .

an impoverished girl masquerades as a boy to run with a gang of young hobos .

cerebus retcon : a gag when eddie comes home from the dance has him cutting a slice of apple pie . . . and putting the tiny slice back in the fridge while he prepares to eat the big part . then he finds out his father has lost his job , and he goes back to the kitchen to take the smaller slice instead .

decomposite character : sally is the one who gets raped in the book . in the film this happens to another character called grace .

happy ending : forced on wellman by executive meddling . in the original script , it ' s a downer ending where the judge sends the kids to jail . in the finished film , the judge relents and promises to get the kids work and places to stay .

thanks for your thoughts on what your family went through . my father was a young man during the depression and i remember him telling me that one of his brothers went to work on one of the government works programs . again , thanks for your comments .

kangaroo court : a very short and sweet version of one when the kids , after finding out that the brakeman raped grace , throw him off a moving train to his death .

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samus is a girl : eddie suspects another hobo of stealing their sandwiches . eddie confronts the other hobo and gets a bloody nose before finding out the hobo is a girl , sally .

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this one’s great , and one of my favorite pre - code discoveries . you’re right that the ending was more or less mandated after the original version– which i believe involved jail time– was deemed too bleak . it was also a reflection of the more optimistic tone warners was trying to give their movies after roosevelt’s election as well .

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this is another one i really want to see , after seeing frankie darro in ‘the mayor of hell’ – it sounds like powerful stuff from your description despite the cop - out at the ending . i will have to wait until a bit later in the year to get the new wellman box set ( only available on import in the uk ) and will look forward to seeing this then .

burroughs became an imaginative force in our self - indulgent literature of disaster with " naked lunch . " he was able to turn his addiction to morphine , to " junk , " into a really amazing ability to scrutinize the contents of his restlessly bold , marvelously episodic imagination . his aversion to the hallucinogens ( lsd and the like ) is significant . he did not want to have his mind changed - - burroughs does not need inspiration ! he wanted in the tradition which is really his own , for he transcribes sexual fantasy into literary energy , to make the fullest possible inventory and rearrangement of all the stuff natural to him . he wanted to put his own mind on the internal screen that is his idea of a book .

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fan disservice : grace changing is not played for titillation , as the shot of her in her underwear has the brakeman approaching her - leaving genre savvy viewers in little doubt as to what happens next .

" you say you ' ve got to send us to jail to keep us off the streets . well , that ' s a lie . you ' re sending us to jail because you don ' t want to see us . you want to forget us . but you can ' t do it because i ' m not the only one . there ' s thousands just like me , and there ' s more hitting the road every day . "

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the runaway : eddie , tommy , sally , and the other kids on the trains have run away from home because their parents can ' t feed them .

shout out : the movie playing in the theater when eddie is trying to avoid arrest is footlight parade .

great piece , cliff . all the information about the real - life inspiration and research which went into the film are fascinating , as is all the publicity material , including that letter supposedly from the theatre management . i agree with you and lesley that darro is so talented and it is a pity he didn’t make it as an adult star – but he gave us some great performances in this and the mayor of hell .

moore’s no stranger to the detective and / or repair work that is sometimes necessary to bring to light old film footage . his body of work , which some might say has ushered in a new golden age of nonfiction filmmaking , is notable for the inclusion of obscure clips . on occasion , he has personally paid to restore damaged films ( such as milos forman’s 1979 “hair” ) in order to be able to screen them at the small michigan film festival that he runs .

in between these extremes of old and new , there is much more mainstream fare . this year’s inductees include the 1956 sci - fi adventure “forbidden planet , ” notable for being the first film to feature a robot with personality ; “the magnificent seven , ” a 1960 western inspired by akira kurasawa’s “seven samurai” ; and “pulp fiction , ” quentin tarantino’s 1994 puree of genre films .