主演：弗雷德里克·马奇,伊夫琳·维纳布尔,盖伊·斯坦丁,凯瑟琳·亚历山大,吉尔·帕特里克,凯瑟琳·霍华德,肯特·泰勒,亨利·崔佛斯,G·P·亨特利,莫洛尼·奥尔森,赫克托·萨尔诺,菲利普斯·斯莫利,Helen Westley,Anna De Linsky,Otto Hoffman,Frank Yaconelli
简介：Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play La Morte in Vacanza by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained. [Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration. To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming. More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching. (Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk) In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it. (Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net) I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line The Weirdest Love Story ever told! (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts. (Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org) See also the remake Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
简介：욕망은 인간을 다른 존재로 만든다 타인의 죽음과 등가교환을 한 성공, 당신의 선택은 소설에 나오는 살인게임 모티브로 저명한 심리학 교수가 살해당한 사건이 생겼다. 하지만 한 젊은 작가 한준은 눈앞의 성공을 위해 살인범을 은폐시키고 만다 이로 인해 소설의 원작자인 한준은 모방 범죄로 인해 미디어와 여론에 휩쓸려 인기를 얻게 되고 갑작스러운 성공으로 인생이 뒤바뀌게 된다. 한 달 뒤 한준에게 의문의 여인이 살해당한 사진과 함께 한준의 비밀을 알고 있다는 뉘앙스의 협박편지가 택배로 오게 되며, 이에 갈등에 빠진 한준은 그의 성공의 조력자인 젊은 여기자 정현과 함께 범인 추적 가운데서 사진 속 여인을 만나게 되는데...
主演：梅丽尔·斯特里普,詹姆斯·柯登,妮可·基德曼,凯丽·华盛顿,科甘-迈克尔·凯,安德鲁·兰内斯,阿丽亚娜·德博斯,乔·艾伦·佩尔曼,玛丽·凯·普莱斯,崔茜·尤玛,凯文·张伯伦,尼科·格莱瑟姆,多米尼克·凯利,约翰·沃沙,乔·亚伯拉罕,梦露·克莱恩,乔尔·杜邦,马克·克雷尼克,Kc·莫尼,道格·佩尼卡斯,安吉丽克·普雷托瑞斯,卡罗琳·里什,詹姆斯·比尔布,凯莉·安妮·斯威尼,卡莲娜·布里奇,Logan Riley,Nathaniel J. Potvin
简介：艾伦（梅丽尔·斯特里普 Meryl Streep 饰）和巴里（詹姆斯·柯登 James Corden 饰）曾经是纽约首屈一指的当红演员，却因为时代的转变导致事业一落千丈，他们所筹备的百老汇表演竟落得无人问津的下场。 那边厢，生活在印第安纳州的女孩艾玛（乔·艾伦·佩尔曼 Jo Ellen Pellman 饰）也正处于困扰的心情之中，她和她的女友艾丽莎（艾莉安娜·德博斯 Ariana DeBose 饰）想以伴侣的身份参加学校的毕业舞会，然而惨遭拒绝。当艾伦和巴里得知了这一消息后，从中发现了商机，两人决定帮助这两个女孩，通过这个机会重振他们的演艺事业。哪知道这个选择就此彻底改变了四人的命运。