National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy

May. 26,2022      
Rating:
8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in David Hare’s blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator whose legacy changed the city forever. For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses exploited those in office through a mix of charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. Faced with resistance by protest groups campaigning for a very different idea of what the city should become, will the weakness of democracy be exposed in the face of his charismatic conviction?

Ralph Fiennes as  Robert Moses
Alisha Bailey as  Mariah Heller
Samuel Barnett as  Ariel Porter
David Bromley as  Stamford Fergus
Siobhán Cullen as  Finnuala Connell
Alana Maria as  Shirley Hayes
Helen Schlesinger as  Jane Jacobs
Danny Webb as  Governer Al Smith

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Reviews

Dotsthavesp
2022/05/26

I wanted to but couldn't!

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Moustroll
2022/05/27

Good movie but grossly overrated

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Tymon Sutton
2022/05/28

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

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Philippa
2022/05/29

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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