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Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin — all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.
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Leonardo DiCaprio |
Lorraine Bracco |
Marilyn Sokol |
James Madio |
Patrick McGaw |
Mark Wahlberg |
Roy Cooper |
Bruno Kirby |
Jimmy Papiris |
Nick Gaetani |
Alexander Chaplin |
Ben Jorgensen |
Josh Mostel |
Juliette Lewis |
Michael Imperioli |
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Scott Kalvert |
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George Jung is the son of a struggling small business owner. Seeing his family struggle to make ends meet and failing, George vows never to share a similar fate. Moving to California, he starts his own pot pushing operation in which he finds both success and imprisonment. In prison, he meets a cellmate who introduces him into a partnership to the lucrative new market in cocaine. Upon release, George Jung quickly becomes instrumental in establishing the exploding US market for cocaine in which he claimed that he handled about 85% of the supply in the 1970's. However, for all the fabulous wealth and power he gained, the true costs of his dangerously treacherous occupation catch up with him in ways from which he would never recover.
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Johnny Depp |
Penélope Cruz |
Franka Potente |
Rachel Griffiths |
Paul Reubens |
Jordi Mollà |
Cliff Curtis |
Miguel Sandoval |
Ethan Suplee |
Ray Liotta |
Kevin Gage |
Max Perlich |
Jesse James |
Miguel Pérez |
Dan Ferro |
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Ted Demme |
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Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
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Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Damian Chapa |
Jesse Borrego |
Benjamin Bratt |
Enrique Castillo |
Victor Rivers |
Delroy Lindo |
Tom Towles |
Carlos Carrasco |
Teddy Wilson |
Raymond Cruz |
Valente Rodriguez |
Lanny Flaherty |
Billy Bob Thornton |
Geoffrey Rivas |
Karmin Murcelo |
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Taylor Hackford |
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This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas—it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw—Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence.
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Robert De Niro |
Sharon Stone |
Joe Pesci |
James Woods |
Frank Vincent |
Pasquale Cajano |
Kevin Pollak |
Don Rickles |
Vinny Vella |
Alan King |
L. Q. Jones |
Dick Smothers |
Joseph Rigano |
John Bloom |
Melissa Prophet |
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Martin Scorsese |
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The life of Edward D. Wood,Jr, hailed as the worst director (of 'Plan 9 From Outer Space', 'Glen or Glenda?' and 'Bride of the Monster') of all time.
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Johnny Depp |
Martin Landau |
Sarah Jessica Parker |
Patricia Arquette |
Jeffrey Jones |
G.D. Spradlin |
Vincent D'Onofrio |
Bill Murray |
Mike Starr |
Max Casella |
Brent Hinkley |
Lisa Marie |
George 'The Animal' Steele |
Juliet Landau |
Clive Rosengren |
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Tim Burton |
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This biopic television miniseries features Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as the King of Rock-n-roll, the story traces all his life from the very boyhood in 1950's Memphis to the pinnacles of his worldwide glory and the depths of isolation and drug addiction of his life's end.
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Jonathan Rhys-Meyers |
Randy Quaid |
Rose McGowan |
Tim Guinee |
Antonia Bernath |
Jack Noseworthy |
Robert Patrick |
Camryn Manheim |
Clay Steakley |
Mark Adam |
Robert C. Treveiler |
Jennifer Rae Westley |
John Boyd West |
Randy McDowell |
Eric William Pierson |
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James Steven Sadwith |
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Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand—two heists, one real, one not, but which is which? Under the watchful eye of Roger, a policeman who would as soon save his longtime opponent as arrest him, Montagnet assembles a team that consists of partners Paulo and Raoul, technical mastermind Vladimer, former-drug-dealer-turned-informant Said, Anne, a young Eastern girl Montagnet rescued from prostitution, and the perfect complement to a double theft—identical twins Albert and Bertram.
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Nutsa Kukhianidze |
Ouassini Embarek |
Marc Lavoine |
Nick Nolte |
Tchéky Karyo |
Gérard Darmon |
Saïd Taghmaoui |
Patricia Kell |
Julien Maurel |
Emir Kusturica |
Roland Munter |
Warren Zavatta |
Théo Trifard |
Sarah Bridges |
Nicolas Dromard |
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Neil Jordan |
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Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the artist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified.
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Drama |
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Cate Blanchett |
Ben Whishaw |
Christian Bale |
Richard Gere |
Marcus Carl Franklin |
Heath Ledger |
Kris Kristofferson |
Don Francks |
Roc LaFortune |
Larry Day |
Paul Cagelet |
Pierre-Alexandre Fortin |
Richie Havens |
Tyrone Benskin |
Kim Roberts |
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Todd Haynes |
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1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.
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Crime |
Mystery |
Thriller |
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Kevin Spacey |
Russell Crowe |
Guy Pearce |
James Cromwell |
Kim Basinger |
Danny DeVito |
David Strathairn |
Adam Rifkin |
Matt McCoy |
Paul Guilfoyle |
Paolo Seganti |
Graham Beckel |
Sandra Taylor |
Steve Rankin |
Elisabeth Granli |
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Curtis Hanson |
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A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.
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Comedy |
Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Bruce Willis |
Damon Wayans |
Chelsea Field |
Noble Willingham |
Taylor Negron |
Danielle Harris |
Halle Berry |
Bruce McGill |
Badja Djola |
Kim Coates |
Chelcie Ross |
Joe Santos |
Clarence Felder |
Tony Longo |
Frank Collison |
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Tony Scott |
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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
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Drama |
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John Lone |
Joan Chen |
Peter O'Toole |
Ruocheng Ying |
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Dennis Dun |
Ryuichi Sakamoto |
Maggie Han |
Ric Young |
Vivian Wu |
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa |
Jade Go |
Fumihiko Ikeda |
Richard Vuu |
Tsou Tijger |
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Bernardo Bertolucci |
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