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A "mostly true story" of events surrounding the
production of the pro-labor stage play "The Cradle Will Rock," sponsored by
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Federal Theatre Project, and the communism scare that brought
the program to an end. With Hank Azaria, Ruben Blades, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Cary
Elwes, Philip Baker Hall, Cherry Jones, Angus MacFadyen, Bill Murray, Vanessa Redgrave,
Susan Sarandon, Jamey Sheridan, John Turturro, Emily Watson, Bob Balaban, Jack Black, Kyle
Gass, Paul Giamatti, Barnard Hughes, Barbara Sukowa, John Carpenter, Gretchen Mol, Harris
Yulin, Gil Robbins, Corina Katt and Chris McKinney. [2:12]
SEX/NUDITY 8 - A little sexual innuendo and a kiss. Twice, a couple rolls on
the floor and kisses passionately (in one scene, he is in boxers and she is topless; we
see her breasts when she stands up, though she's at quite a distance from the
camera). We see a couple in bed (presumably post-coitus; she is wearing a slip and he is
in boxers and an undershirt). We see a topless woman and two nude women (one woman's
full front is visible and the other woman is lying on her side with her legs and a shadow
covering her genital area) modeling for a painting. We see part of a woman's bare
breast in a painting.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - Police officers break up a rally by kicking and hitting
several people with clubs, a man is dragged out of a building, a man hits the back of
another's head and a man slaps another's hand. A stage prop falls during a
rehearsal; we briefly see a man with a bandage being wrapped on his hand, but no one else
seems to have been injured. Some yelling.
PROFANITY 6 - About 10 F-words, a couple of anatomical references, a few
scatological references, many mild obscenities and several insults. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - 1930s, Federal Theatre Project, stage productions, communism,
fascism, the Depression, Mussolini, unions, art, big business, congressional hearings,
fear, courage.
MESSAGE - People fear and often try to destroy what they don't
understand or don't like.
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