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J.J. Johnson |
Gary Commock |
Opal Alladin |
Starla Benford |
Trish Gates |
Nancy McDoniel |
David Alan Basche |
Richard Bekins |
Susan Blommaert |
Ray Charleson |
Polly Adams |
Christian Clemenson |
Liza Colón-Zayas |
Lorna Dallas |
Denny Dillon |
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Paul Greengrass |
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September 11, 2001. The nation was under attack by suicide hijackers, who hit Three famous buildings. The fourth plane United 93 was a story of 40 passengers who were strangers. Who sat through terrifying event. But found courage, rebelled and become hero's. And stood united.
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Crime |
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Mystery |
Thriller |
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Adrien Brody |
Diane Lane |
Ben Affleck |
Bob Hoskins |
Robin Tunney |
Larry Cedar |
Jeffrey DeMunn |
Brad William Henke |
Dash Mihok |
Molly Parker |
Caroline Dhavernas |
Kathleen Robertson |
Joe Spano |
Gareth Williams |
Zach Mills |
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Allen Coulter |
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An exploration of fame and identity, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real-life mysteries. June 16, 1959. The glamour of Tinseltown permanently fades for actor George Reeves, the heroic Man of Steel on TV's Adventures of Superman, as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home. Felled by a single gunshot wound, Reeves leaves behind a fiancée - aspiring starlet Leonore Lemmon - and millions of fans who are shocked by his death. But it is his grieving mother, Helen Bessolo, who will not let the questionable circumstances surrounding his demise go unaddressed. Helen seeks justice, or at least answers. The Los Angeles Police Department closes the case, but Helen hires - for $50 a day - private detective Louis Simo. Simo soon ascertains that the torrid affair Reeves had with Toni Mannix, the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix, might hold the key to the truth. But truth and justice are not so easily found in Hollywood. Simo pursues dangerous and elusive leads in both high and low places and, in trying to turn up the heat, risks getting burned. The detective also uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns more personal and he learns more about Reeves himself. Behind the icon was a complex man who gave his life to Hollywood in more ways than one.
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Documentary |
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Forrest J Ackerman |
Gilbert Adler |
Stephan Bender |
Marlon Brando |
Dean Cain |
Mike Carlin |
Gerard Christopher |
Jackie Cooper |
Dan Didio |
Richard Donner |
Michael Dougherty |
Stephen Fishler |
Alfred Gough |
Gary H. Grossman |
Mark Hamill |
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Kevin Burns |
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In 1938, two aspiring comic strip talents, Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster, published a character that would create a new genre of fantasy, Superman, the first superhero. This film explores the creation of the character and his subsequent evolution over the decades through various media. With various interviews of noted creative luminaries, the film shows how the character has adapted to the times and bounced back from times when he felt irrelevant to always regain his prominence as one of the great heroes of popular culture.
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Thriller |
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Tim Robbins |
Derek Luke |
Bonnie Mbuli |
Mncedisi Shabangu |
Tumisho Masha |
Sithembiso Khumalo |
Terry Pheto |
Michele Burgers |
Mpho Lovinga |
Mxo |
Jessica Anstey |
Charlotte Savage |
Nomhlé Nkyonyeni |
Michael Mabizela |
Eduan van Jaarsveldt |
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Phillip Noyce |
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A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.
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Nicolas Cage |
Maria Bello |
Connor Paolo |
Anthony Piccininni |
Alexa Gerasimovich |
Morgan Flynn |
Michael Pena |
Armando Riesco |
Jay Hernandez |
Joe Starr |
Jon Bernthal |
William Jimeno |
Nick Damici |
Jude Ciccolella |
Martin Pfefferkorn |
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Oliver Stone |
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On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
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Gerard Butler |
Lena Headey |
Dominic West |
David Wenham |
Vincent Regan |
Michael Fassbender |
Tom Wisdom |
Andrew Pleavin |
Andrew Tiernan |
Rodrigo Santoro |
Giovani Cimmino |
Stephen McHattie |
Greg Kramer |
Alex Ivanovici |
Craig Kelly |
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Zack Snyder |
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It is spring 480 BC, Persian King Xerxes, continuing his father Darius' master plan to conquer the Hellenic city-states, arrives in Hellas. The previous Persian invasion and diplomatic attempts have already turned most northern Hellas tribes and states to the Persian side. But the people of Athens and Sparta, the largest Hellenic powers at the time, feel quite insulted by the Persian emissaries' request to surrender to Xerxes, and so slay them. In Sparta, King Leonidas consults the local oracle, who gives two options: Either a spartan king will have to be sacrificed, or Sparta will be burned to the ground. A year earlier (481, BC) a Panhellenic consortium of all southern city-states had already recognized the superiority of the Spartan army (the best organized and trained army at the time) and had declared King Leonidas as supreme commander of the combined Hellenic army. It is then decided that a small force should block Xerxes' way to southern Hellas in the Thermopylae passage. This passage was, at that time, 12 meters wide. The great historian Herodotus, possibly exaggerating, states that there were 1,700,000 Persians (their true number could have been anywhere from 100,000 to 1,000,000) against 7,000 Hellenic hoplites and slaves, including the 300 men of the Spartan King elite guard. King Xerxes waited four days for the Hellenes to be frightened and eventually surrender and was quite astonished by his opponents' complete apathy. Xerxes tried to convince Leonidas to drop weapons, give up his position, kneel before him and live on as a local governor under Xerxes. King Leonidas replied "molon lave," which means "Come and get them." The three-day battle began, with the 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians (the other Hellenes where sent by Leonidas to protect passages to their flanks) slaying thousands of Persians with minimal losses. The whole Persian campaign would have failed if it hadn't been for Efialtes, who showed Xerxes a secret passage to the Hellenic flanks. After a final battle led by King Xerxes himself, the Hellenic force was slain and their heroism and glory was written forever in history. From the beginning of the battle, the Hellenes buried their dead in the spot where they fell. Then battle signs where made for the dead of each Hellenic faction. For the Pelloponisians, (including the 300 Spartans) the sign generally read (free translation) "In this place 4,000 Pelloponisians fought 30 millions)." For the 300 Spartans (Lakaedaemonians), the sign reads (free translation) "Oh foreigner, tell the Lakaedaemonians that we are buried here obeying their laws," meaning that they never hesitated and never retreated from the enemy. The impact of the battle was enormous for both sides. The Persians' morale dropped to zero, and the Hellenes lost their fear for the Persian conqueror and organized their defense. After several successful battles, the Hellenes ultimately defeated the Persian army and repelled their invasion in the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC.
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Ken Watanabe |
Kazunari Ninomiya |
Tsuyoshi Ihara |
Ryo Kase |
Shido Nakamura |
Hiroshi Watanabe |
Takumi Bando |
Yuki Matsuzaki |
Takashi Yamaguchi |
Eijiro Ozaki |
Nae |
Nobumasa Sakagami |
Luke Eberl |
Sonny Saito |
Steve Santa Sekiyoshi |
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Clint Eastwood |
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The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination.
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History |
War |
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Martin Hancock |
Eva Green |
Brendan Gleeson |
Michael Sheen |
Nathalie Cox |
Jeremy Irons |
Eriq Ebouaney |
Edward Norton |
Jouko Ahola |
David Thewlis |
Liam Neeson |
Philip Glenister |
Orlando Bloom |
Bronson Webb |
Kevin McKidd |
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau |
Steven Robertson |
Marton Csokas |
Alexander Siddig |
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Ridley Scott |
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It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian's father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In Jerusalem at that moment--between the Second and Third Crusades--a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military restraint of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin. But Baldwin's days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism, greed, and jealousy among the Crusaders threaten to shatter the truce. King Baldwin's vision of peace--a kingdom of heaven--is shared by a handful of knights, including Godfrey of Ibelin, who swear to uphold it with their lives and honor. As Godfrey passes his sword to his son, he also passes on that sacred oath: to protect the helpless, safeguard the peace, and work toward harmony between religions and cultures, so that a kingdom of heaven can flourish on earth. Balian takes the sword and steps into history.
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Munich
[2005,
USA] from $1.99
The world was watching in 1972 as 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Olympics. This ...
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Crime |
Drama |
History |
Thriller |
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Eric Bana |
Daniel Craig |
Ciarán Hinds |
Mathieu Kassovitz |
Hanns Zischler |
Ayelet Zorer |
Geoffrey Rush |
Gila Almagor |
Michael Lonsdale |
Mathieu Amalric |
Moritz Bleibtreu |
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi |
Meret Becker |
Marie-Josée Croze |
Yvan Attal |
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During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
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Drama |
History |
Romance |
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Suzuka Ohgo |
Togo Igawa |
Mako |
Samantha Futerman |
Elizabeth Sung |
Thomas Ikeda |
Li Gong |
Tsai Chin |
Kaori Momoi |
Zoe Weizenbaum |
David Okihiro |
Miyako Tachibana |
Kotoko Kawamura |
Karl Yune |
Eugenia Yuan |
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Rob Marshall |
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In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo, until she is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. As World War II looms Japan and the geisha's world are forever changed by the onslaught of history.
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Drama |
History |
Sport |
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Gerard Butler |
Wes Bentley |
Richard Jenik |
Jay Rodan |
Louis Mandylor |
Jimmy Jean-Louis |
Zachery Ty Bryan |
Nelson Vargas |
John Rhys-Davies |
Gavin Rossdale |
Maria Bertrand |
Terry Kinney |
Joe Erker |
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David Anspaugh |
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In 1950, few soccer players in the United States played the game with any particular degree of expertise. Most Americans had heard about the soccer only by hearsay, even though it was the world's most popular sport, and when the United States was invited to compete in the World Cup in Brazil, the country turned out to have no soccer team to call their own. The U.S. set out to recruit players in the soccer breeding ground of St. Louis, Missouri, where they found a group of young friends with almost absolute lack of an appropriate experience, only an unabashed love of the game.
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Drama |
History |
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Kuno Becker |
Jay Hernandez |
Jason Scott Lee |
Doskhan Zholzhaksynov |
Ayana Yesmagambetova |
Mark Dacascos |
Ashir Chokubayev |
Zhanas Iskakov |
Almaikhan Kenzhebekova |
Tungyshbai Dzhamankulov |
Erik Zholzhaksynov |
Dilnaz Akhmadieva |
Termirkhan Tursingaliev |
Asylbolat Ismagulov |
Sabit Orazbaev |
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Sergei Bodrov |
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An historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan, where a young man is destined to unite the country's three warring tribes.
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David Strathairn |
Robert Downey Jr. |
Patricia Clarkson |
Ray Wise |
Frank Langella |
Jeff Daniels |
George Clooney |
Tate Donovan |
Thomas McCarthy |
Matt Ross |
Reed Diamond |
Robert John Burke |
Grant Heslov |
Alex Borstein |
Rose Abdoo |
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George Clooney |
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In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator 'Joseph McCarthy (II)' (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter 'Edward R. Murrow (I)' (qv) and his producer 'Fred W. Friendly' (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history.
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James Paxton |
Tom Rack |
Armand Laroche |
Peter Hurley |
Gregory Terlecki |
Jonathan Higgins |
Matthew Knight |
Luke Askew |
Amanda Tilson |
Elias Koteas |
Jamie Merling |
Eugenio Esposito |
Marnie McPhail |
Stephen Dillane |
Robin Wilcock |
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Bill Paxton |
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Near the turn of the twentieth century, young Harry Vardon becomes a champion golfer but learns that his amazing skill is no match for the class boundaries that exclude him from "gentlemanly" English society. A dozen years later, a young American, Francis Ouimet, fights against the same prejudice, as well as his own father's disdain, for a chance to participate in the U.S. Open against his idol — Harry Vardon. The struggles of both men for acceptance provides the background for an amazing contest of skills.
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Western |
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Craig Erickson |
Dennis Quaid |
Billy Bob Thornton |
Jason Patric |
Patrick Wilson |
Emilio Echevarría |
Jordi Mollà |
Leon Rippy |
Tom Davidson |
Marc Blucas |
Robert Prentiss |
Kevin Page |
Joe Stevens |
Stephen Bruton |
Laura Clifton |
Ricardo Chavira |
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John Lee Hancock |
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Historical drama detailing the 1835-36 Texas revolution before, during, and after the famous siege of the Alamo (February 23-March 6, 1836) where 183 Texans (American-born Texans) and Tejanos (Mexican-born Texans) commanded by Colonel Travis, along with Davey Crockett and Jim Bowie, were besieged in an abandoned mission outside San Antonio by a Mexican army of nearly 2,000 men under the personal command of the dictator of Mexico, General Santa Anna, as well as detailing the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836) where General Sam Houston's rag-tag army of Texans took on and defeated Santa Anna's army which led to the indepedence of Texas.
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Clive Owen |
Ioan Gruffudd |
Mads Mikkelsen |
Joel Edgerton |
Hugh Dancy |
Ray Winstone |
Ray Stevenson |
Keira Knightley |
Stephen Dillane |
Stellan Skarsgård |
Til Schweiger |
Sean Gilder |
Pat Kinevane |
Ivano Marescotti |
Ken Stott |
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Antoine Fuqua |
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The Roman Empire is stretched across many nations, including Britain. In their conquest for more land, the Romans went into Sarmatia where they fought the very brave Sarmatian cavalery. The Romans, impressed by the Sarmatian's weaponery and fighting skills, included them into their army as knights. After 15 years of serving and fighting for the Roman Empire the Sarmatian Knights, lead by Arthur/Artorious Castus, are about to receive their freedom as the Romans are leaving Britain. But the Knights must carry out one final order before they are free. A Roman priest and his family, especially his son Alecto, must be rescued from the invading Saxons. But there is another danger lurking on the road to freedom - the Woads, British rebels who hate the Romans.
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Thriller |
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Xolani Mali |
Don Cheadle |
Desmond Dube |
Hakeem Kae-Kazim |
Tony Kgoroge |
Rosie Motene |
Neil McCarthy |
Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole |
Nick Nolte |
Fana Mokoena |
Jeremiah Ndlovu |
Sophie Okonedo |
Lebo Mashile |
Antonio David Lyons |
Leleti Khumalo |
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Terry George |
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Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages.
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Julian Glover |
Brian Cox |
Nathan Jones |
Adoni Maropis |
Jacob Smith |
Brad Pitt |
John Shrapnel |
Brendan Gleeson |
Diane Kruger |
Eric Bana |
Orlando Bloom |
Siri Svegler |
Lucie Barat |
Ken Bones |
Manuel Cauchi |
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Wolfgang Petersen |
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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad."
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Drama |
Family |
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Kurt Russell |
Patricia Clarkson |
Noah Emmerich |
Sean McCann |
Kenneth Welsh |
Eddie Cahill |
Patrick O'Brien Demsey |
Michael Mantenuto |
Nathan West |
Kenneth Mitchell |
Eric Peter-Kaiser |
Bobby Hanson |
Joseph Cure |
Billy Schneider |
Nate Miller |
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Gavin O'Connor |
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The inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. Based on the true story of one of the greatest moments in sports history, the tale captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice. In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks, took a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning from a distraction from world events. With the world watching the team rose to the occasion, prompting broadcaster Al Michaels' now famous question, to the millions viewing at home: Do you believe in miracles? Yes!
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Russell Crowe |
Paul Bettany |
James D'Arcy |
Edward Woodall |
Chris Larkin |
Max Pirkis |
Jack Randall |
Max Benitz |
Lee Ingleby |
Richard Pates |
Robert Pugh |
Richard McCabe |
Ian Mercer |
Tony Dolan |
David Threlfall |
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Peter Weir |
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During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, HMS Surprise, and a much larger French warship, the Acheron, with greater fire power, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Russell Crowe brings great intensity to the role of Captain Jack Aubrey. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. While the naval battle sequences are quite fantastic, the film is successful because director Weir chose to build the story to get to know the men who are locked aboard the tight quarters of a small ship and how they interact everyday. The officers and the mates are well-known by the time the final battle comes. Paul Bettany offers a strong performance as the surgeon and naturalist who balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the scientist. He is the captain's friend and confidant, the two frequently playing violin and cello duets together. The horrors of the injuries from the war are frequently implied, but vividly depicted in the reactions of the characters.
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