The Great Gatsby (In French)

Paramount prevente
une production David Merrick
un film de Jack Clayton

Robert Redford et Mia Farrow
Gatsby le Magnifique

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The Great Gatsby is a 1974 American romantic drama film.

The film won two Academy Awards, for Best Costume Design (Theoni V. Aldredge) and Best Music (Nelson Riddle).

It also won three BAFTA Awards for Best Art Direction (John Box), Best Cinematography (Douglas Slocombe), and Best Costume Design (Theoni V. Aldredge). (The male costumes were executed by Ralph Lauren, the female costumes by Barbara Matera.)

It won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (Karen Black) and received three further nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Bruce Dern and Sam Waterston) and Most Promising Newcomer (Sam Waterston).

Good will Hunting with Robin Williams and Matt Damon

Good Will Hunting

Movie Go

This is a free advertising postcard from Taiwan.  There is a small amount of Taiwanese writing on the back.

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Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, and stars Matt Damon, Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014), Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgård. It was written by Affleck and Damon.

The film received universal critical acclaim and was a financial success. It grossed over US$225 million during its theatrical run with only a modest $10 million budget. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, and won two: Best Supporting Actor for Williams and Best Original Screenplay for Damon and Affleck.

Plot:
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Oshin: A Japanese Movie

A Japanese movie called ‘Oshin’.

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Plot:
A young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family because of her own family’s fincancial conditions. However she lives strongly.

Oshin is played by Kokone Hamada

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas starring Asa Butterfield

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Son of Rambow, Hugo, Nanny Mcphee Returns

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Shown on this postcard is Asa Butterfield who stars in all the movies listed on the back.  The last movie he stared in (as I'm writing this) was Ender's Game.

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a 2008 Holocaust drama that explores the horror of a World War II Nazi extermination camp through the eyes of two 8-year-old boys; one the son of the camp's Nazi commandant, the other a Jewish inmate.

About a Boy with Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult

Now a Major Motion Picutre

About A Boy, a new movie from Universal Pictures, based on Nick Hornby's National Bestseller.  In theater this May.

This is an unused GoCard (free advertising postcard that you always end up paying for) from Barnes and Noble Booksellers.

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About a Boy is a 2002 British-American comedy-drama film co-written and directed by brothers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz. It is an adaptation of the 1998 novel of the same name by Nick Hornby. The film stars Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult.

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Plot:
It is the story of a cynical, immature young man who is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy.

Rebel Without A Cause with James Dean

CinemaScope
James Dean
Rebel without a Cause (the bottom of the postcard is cut off like this in the printing)

This card is unused and probably printed in the 80's or 90's.

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Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American drama film about confused suburban, middle-class teenagers.  The story is of a rebellious teenager who disobeys his parents, and defies the local school bullies.

Warner Bros. released the film on October 27, 1955, less than one month after Dean's fatal car crash.

Volver with Penelope Cruz

Penelope Cruz in Volver
"Set to capture your heart...there is something so playful and gorgeous about it"

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Volver is a 2006 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. It stars actress Penélope Cruz. Revolving around an eccentric family of women from Madrid, Cruz plays Raimunda, a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula. To top off the family crisis, her mother Irene comes back from the dead to tie up loose ends.

Confidence with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia

Confidence
It's not about the money.  It's about the money.

staring Edward Burns (The Player), Rachel Weisz (The Bait), Andy Garcia (The Law) and Dustin Hoffman (The Kingpin)

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Confidence is a 2003 crime drama film directed by James Foley, and written by Doug Jung.

plot:
Jake Vig (Burns) is a skillful con man about to pull his biggest job yet, one set to avenge his friend's murder. But his last scam backfired, leaving him indebted to a mob boss (Hoffman) and his enforcer.

The Devil Wears Prada

the Devil Wears Prada
Staring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.

The job to die for comes with a killer boss.

from Belgium

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The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs, a college graduate who goes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant to powerful fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep.

Captain January with Shirley Temple and Guy Kibbee

"Captain January"
Shirley Temple and Guy Kibbee
A 20th Century-Fox Production

The back reads:
Post Card
British Manufacture
This is a Real Photograph Postcard

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Captain January is a 1936 American comedy drama film directed by David Butler. It stars Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, and Sara Haden in a story about an abandoned child pursued by a truant officer.
The film features a famous dance routine for Temple and Buddy Ebsen called “At the Codfish Ball”.

How She Move

How She Move

In Theaters January 25, 2008

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How She Move is a 2007 drama film directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid and starring Rutina Wesley, Clé Bennett and Romina D'Ugo. The film showcases the street culture of step dancing.

Mona Lisa Smile with Julia Roberts and Kirsten Dunst

Mona Lisa Smile

Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles and Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 drama film about a  free-thinking art professor who teaches conservative 50's Wellesley girls to question their traditional societal roles.

 The title is a reference to the Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, and the song of the same name, originally performed by Nat King Cole, which was covered by Seal for the movie.

Julia Roberts received a record $25 million for her performance—the highest ever earned by an actress at that time.

Hanging Up with Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton and Lisa Kudrow

Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow and Walter Matthau

Hanging Up
Every family has a few hang-ups.

Columbia Pictures

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Hanging Up is a 2000 American comedy-drama film about a trio of sisters who bond over their conflicting feelings toward the approaching death of their  father, to whom none of them were particularly close. This film features Diane Keaton (who also directed), Meg Ryan, and Lisa Kudrow as the three sisters, and Walter Matthau (in his final film appearance) as the father.

Gone With the Wind

David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's Story of the Old South
Directed by Victor Fleming

GONE WITH THE WIND

starring Clark Gable as Rhett Butler
Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland
and presenting
Vivien Leigh
as Scarlett O'Hara
Released on Jan. 17, 1939. MGM

postcard made by the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2001

unused - but has a 32 cent stamp attached to the back

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Set in the 19th century American South, Gone With The Wind tells a story of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era from a Southern point of view.

The film received 10 Academy Awards (8 competitive, 2 honorary), a record that stood for 20 years  until Ben-Hur surpassed it in 1960.  In the American Film Institute's inaugural Top 100 Best American Films of All Time list of 1998, it was ranked fourth, and in 1989 was selected to be preserved by the National Film Registry. The film was the longest American sound film made up to that time – 3 hours 44 minutes, plus a 15 minute intermission.