1975 Film

Bluebird

Story: The film we invented is going to be based on a true story. In the 1950’s the CIA began a secret research procedure known as MK Ultra. This secret operation was experimenting with mind control.  There were many code names for this operation and one of them was Bluebird. That is where we got the title from. Frank Olson(played by Michel Piccoli) was a man who worked for the CIA. At a time in his career, he became a security risk. One day he “mysteriously” jumped from his hotel window. After this terrible event, Frank’s brother (Jack Nicholson) and wife (Faye Dunaway) become very interested to find out what was going on and why. As the movie goes on, the story gets deeper and deeper into the mystery of what this secret mission is and what happened to Frank Olson.

Studio and Producer: The studio we chose for our film is United Artists. We chose this studio because they played a big part in MGM’s downfall. United Artists took over the sales of MGM when MGM fell. Therefore they were on top of the list of studios that were doing well while other studios were on the bottom of the list. The director we chose is Milos Forman. We chose Milos because he had previously done other work with UA. And finally, we chose our cinematographer to be Gordan Willis who also did The Godfather. We want to focus on the cinematography so we decided to do a cinematographer who was well known.

Cast/Crew: The main cast of actors we decided to put in our film includes Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, and Jack Nicholson. We chose these actors specifically for each different part that they are playing in Bluebird. Jack Palance is known to be the scary bad guy in the previous films he has been in. In our film, Palance will be playing the head “bad” guy of the CIA. Michel Piccoli will be playing the main character, Frank Olson who works for the CIA. Jack Nicholson will be playing Frank Olson’s brother who becomes involved after Olson dies. Finally, Faye Dunaway will play the brother’s wife.

MPAA Rating: We chose to rate this movie R. This movie is rated R because it has adult content that is not good for children to see and also because this film is about something that actually happened. We want mature audiences to see what happened in some prisons from the 1950’s to the late 1970’s.

 70’s American Film Characteristics:  We had two main characteristics of 70’s film. One was anti-government. In our film, we showed the actual events that took place sometime in the history of the United States. The government let these things happen and by showing the public these events, some people might be mad at the government for allowing this to happen. Our film is also an escape for the audience. This film lets the audience think about other things that have happened in the past and forget about the current issues going on in the time.

Blending Genres: The two genres that we are blending for this film are crime and drama.