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Sally Bowles, an American singer in 1930s Berlin, fall in love with bi-sexual Brian. They are both then seduced by Max, a rich playboy. Sally becomes pregnant, and Brian offers to marry her... All the characters are linked by the Kit-Kat club, a nightspot where Sally sings.
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Liza Minnelli |
Michael York |
Helmut Griem |
Joel Grey |
Fritz Wepper |
Marisa Berenson |
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel |
Helen Vita |
Sigrid von Richthofen |
Gerd Vespermann |
Ralf Wolter |
Georg Hartmann |
Ricky Renée |
Estrongo Nachama |
Kathryn Doby |
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Bob Fosse |
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During World War II, Europeans who were fleeing from the Germans, sought refuge in America. But to get there they would first have to go Casablanca and once they get there, they have to obtain exit visas which are not very easy to come by. Now the hottest spot in all of Casablanca is Rick's Cafe which is operated by Rick Blaine, an American expatriate, who for some reason can't return there, and he is also extremely cynical. Now it seems that two German couriers were killed and the documents they were carrying were taken. Now one of Rick's regulars, Ugarte entrusts to him some letters of transit, which he intends to sell but before he does he is arrested for killing the couriers. Captain Renault, the Chief of Police, who is neutral in his political views, informs Rick that Victor Laszlo, the European Resistance leader, is in Casablanca and will do anything to get an exit visa but Renault has been "told" by Major Strasser of the SS, to keep Laszlo in Casablanca. Laszlo goes to Rick's to meet Ugarte, because he was the one Ugarte was going to sell the letters to. But since Ugarte was arrested he has to find another way. Accompanying him is Ilsa Lund, who knew Rick when he was in Paris, and when they meet some of Rick's old wounds reopen. It is obvious that Rick's stone heart was because of her leaving him. And when they learn that Rick has the letters, he refuses to give them to him, because "he doesn't stick his neck out for anyone".
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Humphrey Bogart |
Ingrid Bergman |
Paul Henreid |
Claude Rains |
Conrad Veidt |
Sydney Greenstreet |
Peter Lorre |
S.Z. Sakall |
Madeleine LeBeau |
Dooley Wilson |
Joy Page |
John Qualen |
Leonid Kinskey |
Curt Bois |
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Michael Curtiz |
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China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, Jiang Shi (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai's loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.
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Adventure |
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Yun-Fat Chow |
Li Gong |
Jay Chou |
Ye Liu |
Dahong Ni |
Junjie Qin |
Man Li |
Jin Chen |
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Yimou Zhang |
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Set in France around 1760-1770. The Marquise de Merteuil needs a favour from her ex-lover, Vicomte de Valmont. One Marquise de Merteuil's ex-lover, Gercourt, is planning on marrying a young, virtuos, woman called Cecile de Volanges. The Marquise would like Valmont to seduce Cecile before her wedding day. Meanwhile Valmont has a conquest of his own in mind, Madame de Tourvel, a beautiful, married, and God fearing woman. The Marquise doesn't think that Valmont can do it, she tells him that if he can provide written proof of a sexual encounter with Madame de Tourvel, that she will offer him a reward, one last night with her. But Valmont will find himself falling in love with Mrs. de Tourvel, embrasing the deadly jealousy of the marquise de Merteuil.
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Glenn Close |
John Malkovich |
Michelle Pfeiffer |
Swoosie Kurtz |
Keanu Reeves |
Mildred Natwick |
Uma Thurman |
Peter Capaldi |
Joe Sheridan |
Valerie Gogan |
Laura Benson |
Joanna Pavlis |
Nicholas Hawtrey |
Paulo Abel Do Nascimento |
François Lalande |
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Stephen Frears |
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Michael Bosworth is a psychotic criminal who is about to go on trial however, he seduces his lawyer into helping him escape. But as they try to make their getaway, she's left behind. He decides to wait for her to come to him, so he decides to hide at the house of the Cornells. Now it appears that the Cornells have problems of their own. The husband and wife are separated. And there's an FBI agent after them who is using the lawyer to lead them to Bosworth.
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Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Mickey Rourke |
Anthony Hopkins |
Mimi Rogers |
Lindsay Crouse |
Kelly Lynch |
Elias Koteas |
David Morse |
Shawnee Smith |
Danny Gerard |
Gerry Bamman |
Matt McGrath |
John Christopher Jones |
Dean Norris |
John Finn |
Christopher Curry |
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Michael Cimino |
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When a schooner is wrecked off Whitby the only survivor is Count Dracula who has arrived with large amounts of Transylvanian soil to take up residence in Carfax Abbey. He takes the life or Lucy, who is engaged to Dr. Seward, who runs the local asylum. Lucy's friend Mina, and her fiancé Jonathan Harker, a solicitor, also make contact with Dracula. But almost immediately, Lucy dies from loss of blood, and just possibly this may not be a coincidence. The group calls on the aid of Prefessor Van Helsing, noted supernatural expert, and together they pursue the vampire.
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Horror |
Romance |
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Frank Langella |
Laurence Olivier |
Donald Pleasence |
Kate Nelligan |
Trevor Eve |
Jan Francis |
Janine Duvitski |
Tony Haygarth |
Teddy Turner |
Sylvester McCoy |
Kristine Howarth |
Joe Belcher |
Ted Carroll |
Frank Birch |
Gabor Vernon |
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John Badham |
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An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She resists any change in her life but, Hoke, the driver is hired by her son. She refuses to allow him to drive her anywhere at first, but Hoke slowly wins her over with his native good graces. The movie is directly taken from a stage play and does show it. It covers over twenty years of the pair's life together as they slowly build a relationship that transcends their differences.
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Comedy |
Drama |
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Morgan Freeman |
Jessica Tandy |
Dan Aykroyd |
Patti LuPone |
Esther Rolle |
Joann Havrilla |
William Hall Jr. |
Alvin M. Sugarman |
Clarice F. Geigerman |
Muriel Moore |
Sylvia Kaler |
Carolyn Gold |
Crystal R. Fox |
Bob Hannah |
Ray McKinnon |
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Bruce Beresford |
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A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller's for a Tarot reading: "You are not where you belong," she tells him. That evening he quits his marriage and walks the streets of New York, passing from a classy bar to a gentleman's club, then to a high-class bordello, a mugging, a pawnshop, and a diner where someone does listen. He shares his insights with her and later with others. Violence, disappointment, and musings entwine as Edmond loses his moorings while believing he's found them. Where does he belong?
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Drama |
Thriller |
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William H. Macy |
Frances Bay |
Rebecca Pidgeon |
Joe Mantegna |
Denise Richards |
Wendy Thompson |
Vincent Guastaferro |
Ling Bai |
Matt Landers |
Dulé Hill |
Russell Hornsby |
Aldis Hodge |
Debi Mazar |
Mena Suvari |
Jeffrey Combs |
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Stuart Gordon |
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Rita crashes into Dr. Frank Bryant's life wanting an education, although she has no idea what it is that she's asking. Her brash sincerity earns the respect of the doctor who has previously resigned himself to a life of empty lectures and booze. Rita's character is a breath of fresh air for Bryant and he begins to care about someone, or something for that matter, for the first time since his wife left him. As each begins to wake up to life in their own way, the story comes to a close as an inspiring tale of self discovery and of the power choice that comes through education.
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Michael Caine |
Julie Walters |
Michael Williams |
Maureen Lipman |
Jeananne Crowley |
Malcolm Douglas |
Godfrey Quigley |
Dearbhla Molloy |
Pat Daly |
Kim Fortune |
Philip Hurdwood |
Hilary Reynolds |
Jack Walsh |
Christopher Casson |
Rosamund Burton |
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Lewis Gilbert |
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Evita
The Most Anticipated Motion Picture Event of The Year
[1996,
USA] from $1.99
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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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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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Few Good Men, A
In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop a...
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USA] from $1.99
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In this dramatic courtroom thriller, Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise), a Navy lawyer who has never seen the inside of the courtroom, defends two stubborn Marines (Wolfgang Bodison and James Marshall) who have been accused of murdering a colleague. He (Cruise) is known as being lazy and had arranged for a plea bargain. Downey's (Marshall) Aunt Ginny appoints Cmdr. Galloway (Demi Moore) to represent him. Also on the legal staff is Lt. Sam Weinberg (Kevin Pollak). The team rounds up many facts and Kaffee is discovering that he is really cut out for trial work. The defense is originally based upon the fact that PFC Santiago, the victim, was given a "CODE RED". Santiago was basically a screw-up. At Gitmo, screw-ups aren't tolerated. Especially by Col. Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson). In Cuba, Jessup and two senior officers (J.T. Walsh and Kiefer Sutherland) try to give all the help they can, but Kaffee knows something's fishy. In the conclusion of the film, the fireworks are set off by a confrontation between Jessup and Kaffee.
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Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Tom Cruise |
Jack Nicholson |
Demi Moore |
Kevin Bacon |
Kiefer Sutherland |
Kevin Pollak |
James Marshall |
J.T. Walsh |
Christopher Guest |
J.A. Preston |
Matt Craven |
Wolfgang Bodison |
Xander Berkeley |
John M. Jackson |
Noah Wyle |
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Rob Reiner |
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