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Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.
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Fantasy |
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Tom Hanks |
David Morse |
Bonnie Hunt |
Michael Clarke Duncan |
James Cromwell |
Michael Jeter |
Graham Greene |
Doug Hutchison |
Sam Rockwell |
Barry Pepper |
Jeffrey De Munn |
Patricia Clarkson |
Harry Dean Stanton |
Dabbs Greer |
Eve Brent |
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Frank Darabont |
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Strangers from all different walks of life: a limo driver escorting a movie star, parents with a young son, a cop transporting a convict, a prostitute, a young couple, and a motel manager are caught up in a nasty rainstorm, stuck at a motel in desolate Nevada. Soon they realize they may be at the motel for another reason when one by one, people start getting killed off. As tensions flare and fingers are pointed, they have to get to the bottom of why they're there. Meanwhile in an undisclosed location, a psychiatrist is trying to prove the innocence of a man accused of murder in an eleventh hour trial. How these two through-lines are related can only be found in Identity.
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Crime |
Horror |
Mystery |
Thriller |
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John Cusack |
Ray Liotta |
Amanda Peet |
John Hawkes |
Alfred Molina |
Clea DuVall |
John C. McGinley |
William Lee Scott |
Jake Busey |
Pruitt Taylor Vince |
Rebecca De Mornay |
Carmen Argenziano |
Marshall Bell |
Leila Kenzle |
Matt Letscher |
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James Mangold |
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Truman Capote wrote the 'non-fiction novel' from which the film is drawn, using the novelist's craft to render reality. The reality was that at two a.m. on November 15, 1959 in the rural town of Holcomb, Kansas, the four members of the Clutter family were roused from their sleep, bound and gagged, and then brutally murdered by two unknown assailants. After the latters' capture, sentencing and imprisonment prior to execution, Capote researched the case thoroughly, spent weeks talking with the prisoners, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, jurors, police, friends and neighbors, trying to unearth why such a senseless act was committed, and what society's response might have been.
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Crime |
Drama |
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Robert Blake |
Scott Wilson |
John Forsythe |
Paul Stewart |
Gerald S. O'Loughlin |
Jeff Corey |
John Gallaudet |
James Flavin |
Charles McGraw |
Will Geer |
John McLiam |
Ruth Storey |
Brenda Currin |
Paul Hough |
Vaughn Taylor |
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Richard Brooks |
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On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?
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Biography |
Drama |
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Sigourney Weaver |
Toby Jones |
Gwyneth Paltrow |
Mark Rubin |
Steve Schwelling |
Glover Johns Gill |
Rey Arteaga |
Justin Sherburn |
Andrew Halbreich |
Juliet Stevenson |
Michael Panes |
Hope Davis |
Frank G. Curcio |
Sandra Bullock |
Isabella Rossellini |
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Douglas McGrath |
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Dr. David Gale, an advocate of eliminating the death penalty, is falsely accused of rape and murder. Once convicted, he ends up on death row in Texas himself, telling his story to a reporter through a series of flashbacks.
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Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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| Actors: |
Kate Winslet |
Cleo King |
Constance Jones |
Kevin Spacey |
Laura Linney |
Lee Ritchey |
Gabriel Mann |
Matt Craven |
Brandy Little |
Cindy Waite |
Jim Beaver |
Leon Rippy |
Jesse De Luna |
Vernon Grote |
Rhona Mitra |
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Alan Parker |
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Paul "Wrecking" Crewe was a revered football superstar back in his day, but that time has since faded. But when a messy drunk driving incident lands him in jail, Paul finds he was specifically requested by Warden Hazen (James Cromwell), a duplicitous prison official well aware of Paul's athletic skills. Paul has been assigned the task of assembling a team of convicts, to square off in a big football game against the sadistic guards. With the help of fellow convict Caretaker, and an old legend named Nate Scarborough to coach, Crewe is ready for what promises to be a very interesting game. It's only the warden and the guards who have no idea who or what they're up against, with Paul the driving force behind the new team.
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Comedy |
Drama |
Sport |
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Courteney Cox |
Rob Schneider |
James Cromwell |
William Fichtner |
Adam Sandler |
Chris Rock |
Burt Reynolds |
Nelly |
Michael Irvin |
Walter Williamson |
Bill Goldberg |
Terry Crews |
Bob Sapp |
Nicholas Turturro |
Dalip Singh |
Lobo Sebastian |
Joey Diaz |
Steve Reevis |
David Patrick Kelly |
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Peter Segal |
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A dark tale based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, one of America's first female serial killers. Wuornos had a difficult and cruel childhood plagued by abuse and drug use in Michigan. She became a prostitute by the age of thirteen, the same year she became pregnant. She eventually moved to Florida where she began earning a living as a highway prostitute—servicing the desires of semi-truck drivers. The tale focuses on the nine month period between 1989 and 1990, during which Wuornos had a lesbian relationship with a woman named Selby. And during that very same time, she also began murdering her clientele in order to get money without using sex. This turned the tables on a rather common phenomena of female highway prostitutes being the victims of serial killers—instead Wuornos, herself, carried out the deeds of a cold-blooded killer.
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Biography |
Crime |
Drama |
Romance |
Thriller |
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Charlize Theron |
Christina Ricci |
Bruce Dern |
Lee Tergesen |
Pruitt Taylor Vince |
Annie Corley |
Marco St. John |
Marc Macaulay |
Scott Wilson |
Rus Blackwell |
Tim Ware |
Stephan Jones |
Brett Rice |
Kaitlin Riley |
Cree Ivey |
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Patty Jenkins |
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