| Good Times | |
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| Directed by | William Friedkin |
| Produced by | Steve Broidy Lindsley Parsons |
| Written by | Tony Barrett Nicholas Hymas |
| Starring | Sonny Bono Cher George Sanders Norman Alden Larry Duran |
| Music by | Sonny Bono |
| Cinematography | Robert Wyckoff |
| Editing by | Melvin Shapiro |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 1967 |
| Running time | 91 min. William Friedkin (born August 29 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-winning American movie and television director Steve Broidy, born Samuel Broidy ( 14 June 1905 in Malden Massachusetts - 28 April 1991 in Los Angeles California Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono ( February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American Record producer, Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 George Henry Sanders (July 3 &ndashApril 25) was an Academy Award -winning English film and television Actor. Norman Alden (born September 13, 1924) is an American Actor who has performed in dozens of Television programs and Motion Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono ( February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American Record producer, }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company MAY ( also known as: Mei メイ 메이 is a Korean singer well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle" The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Good Times is a 1967 musical comedy film starring Sonny and Cher. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film The musical film is a Film genre in which several Songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative Comedy film is a genre of Film in which the main emphasis is on humor. Sonny & Cher were an American Pop music duo made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 1960s and 1970s
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Sonny and Cher appear as themselves in this spoof of various movie genres, including mysteries, westerns and spy thrillers. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of Crime film. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. The spy film genre deals with the subject of fictional Espionage, either in a realistic way or as a basis for fantasy The plot revolves around a movie contract offered to Sonny by powerful executive Mr. Mythos (Aristotle In literature the plot comprises all the events in a story particularly rendered towards the achievement of some particular Artistic or Emotional Mordicus, played by George Sanders. George Henry Sanders (July 3 &ndashApril 25) was an Academy Award -winning English film and television Actor. Sanders also plays the antagonist in each of Sonny's ideas for the proposed movie, which are played out in a number of skits featuring music and dancing by the star duo. An antagonist (from Greek ανταγωνιστής - antagonistes, "opponent competitor rival" is a character or Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic
The movie is notable for its director, William Friedkin, who would go on to direct The French Connection, for which he won the Oscar for best director in 1971. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. William Friedkin (born August 29 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-winning American movie and television director For other uses see The French Connection. The French Connection is a 1971 Hollywood Crime film directed "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. He would also direct The Exorcist, for which he received a best director nomination. The Exorcist is a 1973 American Horror film, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty, [1] Sonny and Cher themselves continued a successful career together in television and recording before their eventual marital and professional breakup. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The record industry is the part of the Music industry that sells Sound recordings of Music.
The movie received poor-to-middling reviews as a pastiche of so-so skits, though one critic credited veteran character actor Sanders for making the film "slightly less unbearable. The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word A character actor is an Actor who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading ones "[2] Even though this film may be bad, it will be on the shelve of every Sonny & Cher fan. Hopefully.