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Biography |
Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Rutger Hauer |
George Clooney |
Julia Roberts |
Jennifer Rae Westley |
Dick Clark |
Sam Rockwell |
Michelle Sweeney |
Drew Barrymore |
Chelsea Ceci |
Brad Pitt |
Michael Cera |
Matt Damon |
Aimee Rose Ambroziak |
Isabelle Blais |
Melissa Carter |
Jennifer Hall |
Ilona Elkin |
Sean Tucker |
Jaye P. Morgan |
Maggie Gyllenhaal |
David Julian Hirsh |
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George Clooney |
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Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
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Sean Hayes |
Jeremy Northam |
Paula Cale |
Sarah Manninen |
Kate Levering |
Scott McCord |
Steve Brinder |
Rhona Shekter |
Conrad Dunn |
Bill Lake |
Tony Nappo |
David Eisner |
Aron Tager |
Robert Morelli |
Markus Parilo |
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John Gray |
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Even at the start of his singing career, Dean Martin is an impressive gentleman, big, tall, hansom, exquisitely dressed, fitting his nightingale voice and naturally classy appeal, even though his womanizing costs him enough in alimony to declare bankruptcy. Jerry Lewis on the other hand is an unsightly schmuck, whose buffoon version of stand-up comedy is an agent's nightmare. When he accepts playing MC in a show with Dean, he tries interacting with him, and they hit gold judging by the audience's reactions. Initially Dean wants to walk off and stay a solo act, but success as a duo is irresistible, and they rocket together, even in Hollywood. However in time they fall out of friendship as their characters and lifestyle clash, and Dean still dreams of solo success.
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Drama |
History |
War |
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Jeremy Sisto |
Richard Harris |
Christopher Walken |
Valeria Golino |
Chris Noth |
Heino Ferch |
Pamela Bowen |
Tobias Moretti |
Samuela Sardo |
Daniela Piazza |
Nicole Grimaudo |
Sean Pertwee |
Ian Duncan |
Kate Steavenson-Payne |
Paolo Briguglia |
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Uli Edel |
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The story of the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar, born July 13, 100 B.C., and starting his career as a young Roman with visions of greatness for the Eternal City. When Sulla conquers Rome with his troops, Caesar is one of the very few to stand up against the despotic dictator. This impresses Pompeius, Sulla's general, and he protects the young man, who is a nephew of Marius, a well known veteran, against the wrath of Sulla. After Sulla's death, Caesar returns from exile and starts his political career. Caesar's daughter Julia marries general and senator Pompeius, and Caesar takes Pompeius' troops in order to simply safeguard the borders to Gaul, but instead conquers the whole country. His final victory takes place at the fortress of Alesia, where the Germanic troops under Vercingetorix capitulate. Back in Rome, Ceasar is not trusted anymore, since the troops are loyal to him alone and it is feared by Pompeius and Cato that he will use the troops to conquer Rome and declare himself King, including the establishing of a inheritbale right to the throne. Instead, Caesar does none of that and sets off to Egypt in order to ensure a constant delivery of agricultural goods to the Roman Empire. After a glorious return to Rome, his former friends Pompeius and Cato are dead, their deaths blamed on Caesar, and his personal life is in ruins since he could not resist the temptation of beautiful Egyptian empress Cleopatra. Being inveigled and aided by a group of rebellious and untrusting senators around Cassius, his nephew Brutus finally kills Julius Caesar at March 15, 44. B.C. (the Ides of March) at the age of 55, starting an era of civil wars.
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Drama |
Sport |
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Will Smith |
Jamie Foxx |
Jon Voight |
Mario Van Peebles |
Ron Silver |
Jeffrey Wright |
Mykelti Williamson |
Jada Pinkett Smith |
Nona Gaye |
Michael Michele |
Joe Morton |
Bruce McGill |
Paul Rodriguez |
Barry Shabaka Henley |
Giancarlo Esposito |
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Michael Mann |
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In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African American's in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. To his credit, he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making him a formidable boxer who soon claims the heavyweight championship. His personal life is no less noteworthy with his allegiance to the Nation of Islam, his friendship with the controversial Malcolm X and his abandonment of his slave name in favour of Muhammad Ali stirring up controversy. Yet, at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test with the military draft rules are changed, making him eligible for military induction during the Vietnam War. Despite the fact that he could easily agree to a sweetheart deal that would have meant an easy tour of duty for himself, Ali refuses to submit on principle to cooperate in an unjust war for a racist nation that treated his people so poorly. The cost of that stand is high as he finds himself unable to legally box in his own country while his case is contested in court. What follows is a battle for a man who would sacrifice so much for what he believes in and a comeback that would cement his legend as one of the great sports figures of all time.
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Biography |
Drama |
Mystery |
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Russell Crowe |
Ed Harris |
Jennifer Connelly |
Christopher Plummer |
Paul Bettany |
Adam Goldberg |
Josh Lucas |
Anthony Rapp |
Jason Gray-Stanford |
Judd Hirsch |
Austin Pendleton |
Vivien Cardone |
Jill M. Simon |
Victor Steinbach |
Tanya Clarke |
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Ron Howard |
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A biopic of the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash Jr., a math prodigy able to solve problems that baffled the greatest of minds. And how he overcame years of suffering through schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.
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Benjamin Bratt |
Giancarlo Esposito |
Talisa Soto |
Nelson Vasquez |
Michael Irby |
Michael Wright |
Rita Moreno |
Jaime Sánchez |
Rome Neal |
Mandy Patinkin |
Oscar A. Colon |
Miriam Cruz |
Luis Caballero |
Al D. Rodriguez |
Sophia Domoulin |
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Leon Ichaso |
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"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug dealing, Piñero's prison experiences developed into the 1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes. The resulting notoriety and fame was too much for the Latino bad-boy genius who retreated to the darker corners of New York City.
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Crime |
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Johnny Depp |
Penélope Cruz |
Franka Potente |
Rachel Griffiths |
Paul Reubens |
Jordi Mollà |
Cliff Curtis |
Miguel Sandoval |
Ethan Suplee |
Ray Liotta |
Kevin Gage |
Max Perlich |
Jesse James |
Miguel Pérez |
Dan Ferro |
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Ted Demme |
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George Jung is the son of a struggling small business owner. Seeing his family struggle to make ends meet and failing, George vows never to share a similar fate. Moving to California, he starts his own pot pushing operation in which he finds both success and imprisonment. In prison, he meets a cellmate who introduces him into a partnership to the lucrative new market in cocaine. Upon release, George Jung quickly becomes instrumental in establishing the exploding US market for cocaine in which he claimed that he handled about 85% of the supply in the 1970's. However, for all the fabulous wealth and power he gained, the true costs of his dangerously treacherous occupation catch up with him in ways from which he would never recover.
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Kate Winslet |
Hugh Bonneville |
Judi Dench |
Jim Broadbent |
Eleanor Bron |
Angela Morant |
Penelope Wilton |
Siobhan Hayes |
Juliet Aubrey |
Joan Bakewell |
Nancy Carroll |
Kris Marshall |
Tom Mannion |
Derek Hutchinson |
Samuel West |
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Richard Eyre |
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A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch's descent into Alzheimer's Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley until her death. The film is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends).
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Drew Barrymore |
Steve Zahn |
Adam Garcia |
Brittany Murphy |
James Woods |
Lorraine Bracco |
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Penny Marshall |
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Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter's problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she's pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly's marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin.
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Erin Brockovich
[2000,
USA] from $1.99
She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.
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Biography |
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Julia Roberts |
David Brisbin |
Dawn Didawick |
Albert Finney |
Valente Rodriguez |
Conchata Ferrell |
George Rocky Sullivan |
Pat Skipper |
Jack Gill |
Irene Olga López |
Emily Marks |
Julie Marks |
Scotty Leavenworth |
Gemmenne de la Peña |
Erin Brockovich-Ellis |
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Steven Soderbergh |
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Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.
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Biography |
Drama |
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Robert De Niro |
Cuba Gooding Jr. |
Charlize Theron |
Aunjanue Ellis |
Hal Holbrook |
Michael Rapaport |
Powers Boothe |
David Keith |
Holt McCallany |
Joshua Leonard |
Dennis Troutman |
Joshua Feinman |
Theo Nicholas Pagones |
Ryan Honey |
David Conrad |
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George Tillman Jr. |
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The story ultimately revolves around two "men of honor"; their relationship, their individual and joint failures and triumphs. Carl Brashear is determined to be the first African American Navy Diver in a time where racism is strife. Leslie Sunday is his embittered trainer, determined to see him fail. Fate, challenges and circumstances eventually draw these two men together in a tale of turbulance and ultimately triumph.
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Animation |
Biography |
Drama |
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Ralph Fiennes |
Michael Bryant |
Michael Bryant |
Julie Christie |
Rebecca Callard |
James Frain |
Richard E. Grant |
Ian Holm |
William Hurt |
Anton Lesser |
Daniel Massey |
Tim McInnerny |
Alfred Molina |
Bob Peck |
Miranda Richardson |
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Derek W. Hayes |
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This animated feature-length life of Jesus boasts a stellar pedigree. Originally a BBC Wales production, it showcases the voices of some of Britain's finest actors in any medium: Ralph Fiennes as a brooding and humble Jesus, Miranda Richardson as Mary Magdalene, Richard E. Grant as John the Baptist and David Thewlis as Judas. The lovely, flute-heavy score is by Oscar-winner Anne Dudley (The Full Monty). And clearly a lot of expense has gone into the Claymation-like animation. But while it's hard to find fault with the rendering of this familiar story—it is respectful and definitely done, you might say, by the Book—it would have been nice if there had been a tad more joy, if it walked a bit lighter in its sandals. As it is, all the characters seem consistently subdued, whether they are expressing angst, rage, terror or bliss—none of which is helped by the figures' blank-eyed stares (if animators are becoming ever more sophisticated, why can't they get rid of those creepy blank gazes once and for all?). Still, the weight of having such formidable actors play these familiar roles lends the production a certain credibility, and parents looking for good religious videos that won't insult their kids' intelligence will be thrilled.
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Biography |
Drama |
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Winona Ryder |
Angelina Jolie |
Clea DuVall |
Brittany Murphy |
Elisabeth Moss |
Jared Leto |
Jeffrey Tambor |
Vanessa Redgrave |
Whoopi Goldberg |
Angela Bettis |
Jillian Armenante |
Drucie McDaniel |
Alison Claire |
Christina Myers |
Joanna Kerns |
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James Mangold |
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Susanna is rushed to the hospital. Afterwards she discusses this with a psychiatrist. She had been having some delusions. She had also been having an affair with the husband of her parents' friend. The doctor suggests that combining a bottle of aspirin and a bottle of vodka was a suicide attempt. This she denies. He recommends a short period of rest at Claymoore. Claymoore is a private mental hospital full of noisy, crazy people. Georgina is a pathological liar. Polly has been badly scarred by fire. Daisy won't eat in the presence of other people. Lisa is a sociopath, the biggest exasperation for the staff - like Nurse Valerie - and the biggest influence on the other girls in the hospital. Lisa has a history of escapes, so gaining access to personal medical files is not a problem... Susanna's boyfriend Toby is concerned that she seems too comfortable living with her institutionalized friends...
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Jim Carrey |
Gerry Becker |
Greyson Erik Pendry |
Brittany Colonna |
Leslie Lyles |
Bobby Boriello |
George Shapiro |
Danny DeVito |
Budd Friedman |
Tom Dreesen |
Thomas Armbruster |
Pamela Abdy |
Wendy Polland |
Gerry Robert Byrne |
Cash Oshman |
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Milos Forman |
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Man on the Moon is a biographical movie on the late comedian Andy Kaufman. Kaufman, along with his role on "Taxi," was famous for being the self-declared Intergender Wrestling Champion of the world. After beating women time and time again, Jerry Lawler (who plays himself in the movie), a professional wrestler, got tired of seeing all of this and decided to challenge Kaufman to a match. In most of the matches the two had, Lawler prevailed with the piledriver, which is a move by spiking a guy head-first into the mat. In one of the most famous moments in this feud was in the early 80s when Kaufman threw coffee on Lawler on "The Late Show with David Letterman," got into fisticuffs with Lawler, and proceeded to sue NBC.
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Biography |
Drama |
History |
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Milla Jovovich |
Dustin Hoffman |
Faye Dunaway |
John Malkovich |
Tchéky Karyo |
Vincent Cassel |
Pascal Greggory |
Richard Ridings |
Desmond Harrington |
Timothy West |
Rab Affleck |
Stéphane Algoud |
Edwin Apps |
David Bailie |
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Luc Besson |
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In 1412, a young girl called Jeanne is born in Domrémy, France. The times are hard: The Hunderd Years war with England has been going on since 1337, English knights and soldiers roam the country. Jeanne develops into a very religious young woman, she confesses several times a day. At the age of 13, she has her first vision and finds a sword. When coming home with it, she finds the English leveling her home town. Years after that, in 1428, she knows her mission is to be ridding France of the English and so sets out to meet Charles, the Dauphin. In his desperate military situation, he welcomes all help and gives the maiden a chance to prove her divine mission. After the successful liberation of Orléans and Reims, the Dauphin can be crowned traditionally in the cathedral of Reims - and does not need her anymore, since his wishes are satisfied. Jeanne d'Arc gets set up in his trap and is imprisoned by the Burgundians. In a trial against her under English law, she can't be forced to tell about her divine visions she has had continuously since childhood. Being condemned of witchcraft and being considered as relapsed heretic, she is sentenced to death. Jeanne d'Arc is burnt alive in the marketplace of Rouen on May 30th, 1431, at only 19 years of age.
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Thriller |
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Al Pacino |
Russell Crowe |
Christopher Plummer |
Diane Venora |
Philip Baker Hall |
Lindsay Crouse |
Debi Mazar |
Stephen Tobolowsky |
Colm Feore |
Bruce McGill |
Gina Gershon |
Michael Gambon |
Rip Torn |
Lynne Thigpen |
Hallie Kate Eisenberg |
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Michael Mann |
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This film tells the true story of Jeffrey Wigand, a former tobacco executive, who decided to appear on the CBS-TV News show "60 Minutes." As matter of conscience partially prodded by producer Lowell Bergman, he revealed that, the tobacco industry was not only aware that cigarettes are addictive & harmful, but deliberately worked on increasing that addictiveness. Unfortunately, both protagonists of this story learn the hard way that simply telling the truth is not enough as they struggle against both Big Tobacco's attempts to silence them and the CBS TV Network's own cowardly complict preference of putting money as a higher priority over the truth.
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Biography |
Drama |
Romance |
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Catherine McCormack |
Rufus Sewell |
Oliver Platt |
Fred Ward |
Naomi Watts |
Moira Kelly |
Jacqueline Bisset |
Jeroen Krabbé |
Joanna Cassidy |
Melina Kanakaredes |
Daniel Lapaine |
Justine Miceli |
Jake Weber |
Simon Dutton |
Grant Russell |
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Marshall Herskovitz |
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In 16th century Venice, courtesans enjoy unique privileges: dressed richly in red, they read, compose poetry and music, and discuss affairs of state with the men who govern the Republic. When Veronica Franco comes of age, she cannot marry Marco Venier, whom she loves, because she is well born but penniless. Her choice: cloister or courtesan. She steels her heart, and with beauty and intelligence becomes the best. She's a heroine when she helps convince France to aid Venice in war with Turkey, but when plague descends, the Church charges her with witchcraft. At her inquisition, she must match wits with an old rival, speak for all women, and call courage from Venier.
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Adventure |
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Brad Pitt |
David Thewlis |
B. D. Wong |
Mako |
Danny Denzongpa |
Victor Wong |
Ingeborga Dapkunaite |
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk |
Lhakpa Tsamchoe |
Jetsun Pema |
Ama Ashe Dongtse |
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Jean-Jacques Annaud |
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Heinrich Harrer runs from trouble at home in WWII Austria to climb Mt. Nanga Parbat. After meeting unforseen obstacles, he comes into contact with the forbidden city of Lhasa.
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Howard Stern |
Robin Quivers |
Mary McCormack |
Fred Norris |
Paul Giamatti |
Gary Dell'Abate |
Jackie Martling |
Carol Alt |
Richard Portnow |
Kelly Bishop |
Henry Goodman |
Jonathan Hadary |
Paul Hecht |
Allison Janney |
Michael Murphy |
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Betty Thomas |
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Having always wanted to be a disc-jockey, Howard Stern works his way painfully from radio at his 1970's college to a Detroit station. It is with a move to Washington that he hits on an outrageous off-the-wall style that catches audience attention. Despite his on-air blue talk, at home he is a loving husband. He needs all the support he can get when he joins NBC in New York and comes up against a very different vision of radio.
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Evita
[1996,
USA] from $1.99
The Most Anticipated Motion Picture Event of The Year
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Biography |
Drama |
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Madonna |
Antonio Banderas |
Jonathan Pryce |
Jimmy Nail |
Victoria Sus |
Julian Littman |
Olga Merediz |
Laura Pallas |
Julia Worsley |
María Luján Hidalgo |
Servando Villamil |
Andrea Corr |
Peter Polycarpou |
Gary Brooker |
Maite Yerro |
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Alan Parker |
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Based on the incredible true story, Eva (Evita) Peron, starts out life as a poor girl who goes on to become an actress and then become the wife of the president of Argentina, Juan Peron. The musical is a story of love and politics, showing all the battles and triumphs Evita has in her short, but amazing life.
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