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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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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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Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo's supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years ago.
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Action |
Adventure |
Animation |
Sci-Fi |
Thriller |
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Mitsuo Iwata |
Nozomu Sasaki |
Mami Koyama |
Tesshô Genda |
Hiroshi Ôtake |
Kôichi Kitamura |
Michihiro Ikemizu |
Yuriko Fuchizaki |
Masaaki Ôkura |
Tarô Arakawa |
Takeshi Kusao |
Kazumi Tanaka |
Masayuki Katô |
Yôsuke Akimoto |
Masato Hirano |
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Katsuhiro Ôtomo |
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Convinced that art school will put him on the path to fame, Jerome (Minghella) must come to terms with his anemic talent, as he watches the girl of his dreams fall in love with another student. Then, strangely, he's arrested as a suspected murderer — only to discover that crime might actually pay.
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Drama |
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Max Minghella |
Sophia Myles |
John Malkovich |
Jim Broadbent |
Joel Moore |
Scoot McNairy |
Ezra Buzzington |
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Terry Zwigoff |
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Tom Stall, a humble family man and owner of a popular neighborhood restaurant, lives a quiet but fulfilling existence in the Midwest. One night Tom foils a crime at his place of business and, to his chagrin, is plastered all over the news for his heroics. Following this, mysterious people follow the Stalls' every move, concerning Tom more than anyone else. As this situation is confronted, more lurks out over where all these occurrences have stemmed from compromising his marriage, family relationship and the main characters' former relations in the process.
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Action |
Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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| Actors: |
Viggo Mortensen |
Maria Bello |
Ed Harris |
William Hurt |
Ashton Holmes |
Peter MacNeill |
Stephen McHattie |
Greg Bryk |
Sumela Kay |
Kyle Schmid |
Deborah Drakeford |
Gerry Quigley |
Heidi Hayes |
Aidan Devine |
Bill MacDonald |
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David Cronenberg |
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"Sin City" is Four stories inter-weaved telling tales of corruption in Basin City. The First Story (The Customer is always right)is short, and is based on the depression of women that they need to pay a man to feel loved when they commit suicide. The Next Story is Part 1 of "That Yellow Bastard" starring Bruce Willis as a cop who needs to save a young girl from being raped. The Third Story (The Hard Goodbye) features Mickey Rourke and his revenge on a heartless killer who murdered his one-night stand. The fourth story (The Big, Fat Kill) stars Clive Owen as a man who must dispatch of a cop's body, but it will be a tough ride to do it. Following that are two conclusions to Sin City, the ending of "That Yellow Bastard" which is set 8 years later, and a short story that ends Sin City.
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Action |
Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Jessica Alba |
Devon Aoki |
Alexis Bledel |
Powers Boothe |
Jude Ciccolella |
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw |
Rosario Dawson |
Jesse De Luna |
Benicio Del Toro |
Jason Douglas |
Michael Clarke Duncan |
Tommy Flanagan |
Christina Frankenfield |
Rick Gomez |
Carla Gugino |
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Robert Rodriguez |
Quentin Tarantino |
Frank Miller |
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The futuristic tale unfolds in a Great Britain that's a fascist state. A freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman) from the secret police, and she becomes his unlikely ally.
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Drama |
Sci-Fi |
Thriller |
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Natalie Portman |
Hugo Weaving |
Stephen Rea |
Stephen Fry |
John Hurt |
Tim Pigott-Smith |
Rupert Graves |
Roger Allam |
Ben Miles |
Sinéad Cusack |
Natasha Wightman |
John Standing |
Eddie Marsan |
Clive Ashborn |
Emma Field-Rayner |
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James McTeigue |
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