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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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History |
War |
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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Amistad
Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken.
[1997,
USA] from $1.99
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AMISTAD is about a 1839 mutiny onboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the Northeast Coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
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Drama |
History |
Mystery |
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Morgan Freeman |
Nigel Hawthorne |
Anthony Hopkins |
Djimon Hounsou |
Matthew McConaughey |
David Paymer |
Pete Postlethwaite |
Stellan Skarsgård |
Razaaq Adoti |
Abu Bakaar Fofanah |
Anna Paquin |
Tomas Milian |
Chiwetel Ejiofor |
Derrick N. Ashong |
Geno Silva |
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Steven Spielberg |
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Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a family of treasure-seekers who've all hunted for the same thing: a war chest hidden by the Founding Fathers after the Revolutionary War. Ben's close to discovering its whereabouts, as is his competition, but the FBI is also hip to the hunt.
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Action |
Adventure |
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Nicolas Cage |
Diane Kruger |
Justin Bartha |
Sean Bean |
Jon Voight |
Harvey Keitel |
Christopher Plummer |
David Dayan Fisher |
Stewart Finlay-McLennan |
Oleg Taktarov |
Stephen A. Pope |
Annie Parisse |
Mark Pellegrino |
Armando Riesco |
Erik King |
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| Directors: |
Jon Turteltaub |
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Oliver Twist (Clark) is an orphan, who is soon kicked out of the orphanage and thrown into a terrible home. The bad treatment Oliver receives, forces him to run off to London. Here, he is soon picked up by the Artful Dodger (Eden) and taken to Fagin (Kingsley). Fagin treats Oliver well, but is it the life Oliver really wants?
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Drama |
Family |
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Barney Clark |
Jeremy Swift |
Ian McNeice |
Richard Durden |
Timothy Bateson |
Andy de la Tour |
Filip Hess |
Andreas Papadopoulos |
Laurie Athey |
Joseph Tremain |
Peter Copley |
Andy Linden |
John Nettleton |
Tony Noble |
Michael Heath |
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| Directors: |
Roman Polanski |
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