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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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Based on Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, this is a controversial addition to the multitude of Vietnam war movies in existence. Set in 1969 Vietnam, we follow U.S. Special Forces Captain Willard on his mission up a river into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.
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Robert Duvall |
Marlon Brando |
Martin Sheen |
Frederic Forrest |
Sam Bottoms |
Laurence Fishburne |
Dennis Hopper |
Albert Hall |
Harrison Ford |
G.D. Spradlin |
Jerry Ziesmer |
Scott Glenn |
Bo Byers |
James Keane |
Kerry Rossall |
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Francis Ford Coppola |
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The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
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Ray Winstone |
Robin Wright Penn |
Anthony Hopkins |
John Bilezikjian |
Brice Martin |
Sonje Fortag |
Sharisse Baker-Bernard |
Charlotte Salt |
Julene Renee |
Greg Ellis |
Rik Young |
Sebastian Roché |
Leslie Harter Zemeckis |
John Malkovich |
Woody Schultz |
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Robert Zemeckis |
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Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - an ex Mercenary from Zimbabwe - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.
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Thriller |
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Leonardo DiCaprio |
Djimon Hounsou |
Jennifer Connelly |
Kagiso Kuypers |
Arnold Vosloo |
Antony Coleman |
Benu Mabhena |
Anointing Lukola |
David Harewood |
Basil Wallace |
Jimi Mistry |
Michael Sheen |
Marius Weyers |
Stephen Collins |
Ntare Mwine |
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Edward Zwick |
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Documentary-style drama showing the events that lead up to the tragic incident on January 30, 1972 in the Northern Ireland town of Derry when a protest march led by civil rights activist Ivan Cooper was fired upon by British troops, killing 13 protesters and wounding 14 more.
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James Nesbitt |
Allan Gildea |
Gerard Crossan |
Mary Moulds |
Carmel McCallion |
Tim Pigott-Smith |
Nicholas Farrell |
Christopher Villiers |
James Hewitt |
Declan Duddy |
Edel Frazer |
Lindsay Lohan |
Mike Edwards |
Gerry Hammond |
Jason Stammers |
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Paul Greengrass |
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The movie begins in the small town of Elerslie, Scotland. William lives with his father, who is not named in the film, and his older brother Malcolm. William's father and older brother are called to a meeting a few miles from their home where they find the entire nobility of Scotland hanging. Malcolm and his father then go to a battle between the British and their clan, both die tragically. At the funeral William meets his uncle Argyle who fought in the battle with Malcolm and his father. He takes him away to live with him. The scene then cuts to an adult William on his horse. William later runs into a girl he knew before he went to live with Argyle, her name, Murron, we discover that Lords have the right to sleep with brides on their wedding night, so William marries Murron in secret. Murron is the assaulted by a British guard, the guard is killed by William, a fight ensues, and eventually Murron is killed by the lord. This enrages Wallace who then build himself a fine army entering city's and killing all Englishman within. Wallace prepares to move on to Sterling where he prepared for his greatest battle yet, in the forest he realises that he must find a way to beat the heavy cavalry from the ground, he decided to create spears twice as long as men. These were used in the battle to kill the entire heavy cavalry raised at the last minute to kill the on coming horses. Eventually Wallace reaches York, the most important military city he gains control. Williams final battle at Falkirk ends in his betrayal by two nobles, whom he later kills. William is betrayed by the leper father of Robert the Bruce, is captured and refuses to bow down as a loyal subject of the king Edward I, Longshanks. Therefore, instead of mere beheading William Wallace is subject to being Hung, hung within an inch of death. Drawn, being stretched by his ankles and wrists and then having his insides shown to him before he died. Then Quartered, he was beheaded and his head was put on the London Bridge his body was torn into for pieces one sent to each corner of Britain as a warning to the citizens. After Wallace's death we see Robert the Bruce led the battle of Bannockburn the last battle for Scotland's freedom.
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Mel Gibson |
James Robinson |
Sandy Nelson |
James Cosmo |
Sean Lawlor |
Alan Tall |
Andrew Weir |
Gerda Stevenson |
Ralph Riach |
Mhairi Calvey |
Brian Cox |
Patrick McGoohan |
Peter Hanly |
Sophie Marceau |
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Mel Gibson |
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The idyllic beauty of Greece's Mediterranean coast has been invaded by Italy, bringing legions of soldiers to the once tranquil island of Cephallonia. Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer with an irrepressibly jovial personality and passion for the mandolin, initially alienates a number of the villagers, including Pelagia. The daughter of the village doctor, Pelagia is an educated and strong-willed woman, and while at first offended by the Italian soldier's behavior, she slowly warms to his certain charms as they are forced to share her father's home. When Pelagia's fiancee, a local fisherman, heads off to war, the friendship between Antonio and Pelagia grows even stronger. Her beauty and intelligence have captured his heart, and his fondness for the village's vibrant community causes him to question his reasons for fighting. Antonio becomes a part of the lives of the villagers, but the moment is fleeting. As the war grows ever closer, Antonio and Pelagia are forced to choose between their allegiance to their countries and the love they feel for one another-a love which must overcome tremendous odds, and endure the inevitable sacrifice which accompanies eternal devotion.
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Romance |
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Nicolas Cage |
Penélope Cruz |
John Hurt |
Christian Bale |
Irene Papas |
Gerasimos Skiadaressis |
Aspasia Kralli |
Michael Yannatos |
Dimitris Kaberidis |
Pietro Sarubbi |
Viki Maragaki |
Joanna-Daria Adraktas |
Ira Tavlaridis |
Katerina Didaskalu |
Emilios Chilakis |
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John Madden |
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Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini. Frustrated with the official investigation and haunted by the thought that the man responsible for murdering his family might never be brought to justice, Brewer takes matters into his own hands and tracks his quarry ultimately to Colombia.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Francesca Neri |
Elias Koteas |
Cliff Curtis |
John Leguizamo |
John Turturro |
Jsu Garcia |
Tyler Posey |
Michael Milhoan |
Rick Worthy |
Raymond Cruz |
Lindsay Frost |
Ethan Dampf |
Jorge Zepeda |
Miguel Sandoval |
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Andrew Davis |
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An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centering on mind control.
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Sci-Fi |
Thriller |
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Adam Baldwin |
Elizabeth Berkley |
Tony Todd |
Conrad Dunn |
John Neville |
Ann Marin |
Peter Spence |
Susan Potvin |
David Ferry |
Mif |
Raoul Bhaneja |
Lisa Messinger |
Joel Rinzler |
Louise Gauthier |
Colm Magner |
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Nelson McCormick |
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A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader. They soon realise the fatal mistake of underestimating the deadly skills of the Crying Freeman.
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Crime |
Thriller |
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Byron Mann |
Mark Dacascos |
Julie Condra |
Rae Dawn Chong |
Masaya Kato |
Yoko Shimada |
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Christophe Gans |
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