Mason Williams was in his late 20s when he wrote the instrumental hit “Classical Gas.” He was working for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour at the time, where he wrote some 74 shows. Later, he also ...

Inspired by a true story of survival.

A narrator (Ronald Fletcher) is used (and arguably over-used) intermittently throughout - allowing the movie, when it wants, to keep a certain distance between itself and its subject matter, rather ...

When classical-music fans hear that a new Hollywood production has a scene set at the opera or the symphony, they reflexively prepare to cringe. Typically, such scenes give a klutzy picture of musical ...