[PW] Re: Movie about 30's character in modern times

[Ellen Cousins]

This one, Bill?
  	
Man of the Century (1999)
Directed by Adam Abraham

Here is an Ebert review:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19991105/REVIEWS/911050304/1023

Ellen C.

Bill Davis wrote:
> I'm filling up my Netflix Queue and I am trying to recall the name of a 
> movie that came out, perhaps 5-10 years ago,  about a 30's movie character 
> transposed into a modern setting.  I don't recall much about it because I 
> never actually saw it, but I know it was reviewed on television by Roger 
> Ebert and whichever co-host he had at the time, and that the movie made its 
> rounds in the art theaters.   I'm not sure but it may be that he was a 
> musical comedy character, and it may even be that he remained 
> Black-and-White in a color world.   I don't recall the names of any of the 
> actors in it.   It wasn't PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO, nor was it PLEASANTVILLE.
> 
> I sure someone on the list knows it well.  I just can't recall the title 
> and can't figure out how to search for it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill Davis