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Luther Whitney is a professional thief, who only works occasionally. He is planning what is suppose to be his last job, and everything is going smoothly until some come in before he can leave. He hides in a secret room and from behind a one-way mirror sees that it's the wife of the owner of the house he is robbing and another man. They are fooling around when the guy decides to liven things up by striking her, she get away but he corners her, she then grabs a letter opener and is about to stab him when he cries out for help when two men come in and shoot her dead. It seems that the man is Alan Richmond, the President of the United States and the two men are the secret service agents assigned to him. Later, a woman, Gloria Russell, who is his Chief of Staff enters and upon learning of what has happened, decides to cover it up and make it appear that she was killed by a burglar. After sanitizing the room, they are about to leave but they forget the letter opener, Whitney comes out of the room and takes it and makes his getaway but when they returned for the letter opener they discover Whitney and chase him but he gets away. The police investigate the murder and there are so many inconsistencies, which makes the investigator, Seth Frank suspect that something is going on. Frank then discovers that Whitney is a possible suspect but the only thing is that he doesn't believe that Whitney is a killer. Whitney tries to leave town but when he learns just how corrupt and amoral Richmond is he decides to play mind games with him and the others. Richmond, at the same time, tells them that Whitney must be silenced permanently.
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Clint Eastwood |
Gene Hackman |
Ed Harris |
Laura Linney |
Scott Glenn |
Dennis Haysbert |
Judy Davis |
E.G. Marshall |
Melora Hardin |
Kenneth Welsh |
Penny Johnson |
Richard Jenkins |
Mark Margolis |
Elaine Kagan |
Alison Eastwood |
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Clint Eastwood |
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A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.
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Drama |
History |
Thriller |
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Tim Robbins |
Derek Luke |
Bonnie Mbuli |
Mncedisi Shabangu |
Tumisho Masha |
Sithembiso Khumalo |
Terry Pheto |
Michele Burgers |
Mpho Lovinga |
Mxo |
Jessica Anstey |
Charlotte Savage |
Nomhlé Nkyonyeni |
Michael Mabizela |
Eduan van Jaarsveldt |
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Phillip Noyce |
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After his Vice-president suddenly dies, the President (Jeff Bridges) who is near the end of his final term, decides to leave a legacy by selecting a woman to fill the position. Enter a Senator (Joan Allen), who has shifted from the Republican Party to the Democratic. Initially appearing to be the perfect candidate, an allegation suddenly appears that she had been involved in a sexual orgy as a 19 year old in college. The confirmation committee chairman (Gary Oldman), a Republican, leaks the information to the press, while using the press discussion as a forum to bring it into the hearings. The chairman desires to get a Governor (William Petersen) into the office. The Governor had become a national hero when he attempted to rescue a young woman from a car that crashed from a bridge into deep water near where the Governor had been fishing.
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Gary Oldman |
Jeff Bridges |
Christian Slater |
Sam Elliott |
William Petersen |
Saul Rubinek |
Philip Baker Hall |
Mike Binder |
Robin Thomas |
Douglas Urbanski |
Noah Fryrear |
Joe Taylor |
Kevin Geer |
Doug Roberts |
Bev Appleton |
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Tony Scott torna alle atmosfere thriller e senza tregua delle sue opere precedenti con un film tutto giocato sulla critica alle possibili privazioni della libertà del cittadino comune da parte dello Stato. Robert Dean è un giovane e promettente avvocato, che si trova coinvolto in un assurdo gioco di spie, perché un vecchio amico di scuola gli infila fra i regali di Natale un dischetto contenente le immagini di un omicidio commesso da un dirigente ambizioso e senza scrupoli della National Security Agency (potente organismo governativo responsabile delle operazioni spionistiche più complesse). La vita del protagonista è sconvolta e continuamente in pericolo. Un ex agente della NSA, interverrà in aiuto del giovane. Dopo essere sfuggiti numerose volte alla morte, i due si salveranno in un finale pieno di suspense e...con un po' di furbizia! Grande cast e grande azione per un film solido e ben girato.
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Will Smith |
Gene Hackman |
Jon Voight |
Lisa Bonet |
Regina King |
Stuart Wilson |
Laura Cayouette |
Loren Dean |
Barry Pepper |
Ian Hart |
Jake Busey |
Scott Caan |
Jason Lee |
Gabriel Byrne |
James LeGros |
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Tony Scott |
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Frank Horrigan is a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as a hand-picked agent by President Kennedy, he became one of the few agents to have lost a President to an assassin when Kennedy died. Now, former CIA assassin Mitch Leary is stalking the current President, who is running for re-election. Mitch has spent long hours studying Horrigan, and he taunts Horrigan, telling him of his plans to kill the President. Leary plans to kill the president because Leary feels betrayed by the government — Leary was removed from the CIA, and the CIA is now trying to have him killed. After talking to Leary, Horrigan makes sure he is assigned to presidential protection duty, working with fellow secret service agent Lilly Raines. Horrigan has no intention of failing his President this time around, and he's more than willing to take a bullet. White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent refuses to alter the President's itinerary, while Horrigan's boss, Secret Service Director Sam Campagna, is supportive of Horrigan. As the election gets closer, Horrigan begins to doubt his own abilities, especially when Horrigan's colleague Al D'Andrea is killed by Leary. But Horrigan may be the only one who can stop Leary.
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Clint Eastwood |
John Malkovich |
Rene Russo |
Dylan McDermott |
Gary Cole |
Fred Dalton Thompson |
John Mahoney |
Gregory Alan Williams |
Jim Curley |
Sally Hughes |
Clyde Kusatsu |
Steve Hytner |
Tobin Bell |
Bob Schott |
Juan A. Riojas |
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Wolfgang Petersen |
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Escalating events begin when U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand. With the words "The Teacher will never leave this room alive," in an instant, Silvia's life is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silvia's world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs deeper into his eyewitnesses' past and her secretive world of global connections, the more suspicious he becomes that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy. With every step of the way, he finds more reasons to mistrust her. Is Sylvia a victim? A suspect? Or something else entirely? And can Tobin, coping with his own personal heartache, keep her safe? Though they must depend on one another, Silvia and Tobin couldn't be more different. Silvia's strengths are words, diplomacy and the subtleties of meaning, while Tobin is all about instinct, action and reading into the most primal human behaviors. Now, as the danger of a major assassination on U.S. soil grows and Silvia's life hangs in the balance, Silvia and Tobin play out a gripping dance of evasion and revelation that keeps them both guessing as they race to stop a terrifying international crisis before it's too late.
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Drama |
Thriller |
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Nicole Kidman |
Sean Penn |
Catherine Keener |
Jesper Christensen |
Yvan Attal |
Earl Cameron |
George Harris |
Michael Wright |
Clyde Kusatsu |
Eric Keenleyside |
Hugo Speer |
Maz Jobrani |
Yusuf Gatewood |
Curtiss Cook |
Byron Utley |
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Sydney Pollack |
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When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened — or didn't happen — in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.
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Drama |
Mystery |
Sci-Fi |
Thriller |
War |
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Jeffrey Wright |
Pablo Schreiber |
Anthony Mackie |
Dorian Missick |
Jose Pablo Cantillo |
Teddy Dunn |
Joaquin Perez-Campbell |
Tim Artz |
Denzel Washington |
Robyn Hitchcock |
Liev Schreiber |
Antoine Taylor |
Joseph Alessi |
Raymond Anthony Thomas |
Bill Irwin |
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Jonathan Demme |
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Special Agent Pete Garrison is convinced that a Neo-Nazi Aryan Disciple has managed to infiltrate the White House. When a White House Agent is murdered, Garrison is framed and blackmailed over an affair with the First Lady Sarah Ballentine. He is relieved of his duties, but Garrison won't stop in trying to prove his innocence, and save the life of the President. While attempting to uncover the person behind it all, he comes into confrontation with his protege, Agent Breckinridge.
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Drama |
Thriller |
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Michael Douglas |
Kiefer Sutherland |
Kim Basinger |
Eva Longoria |
David Rasche |
Raoul Bhaneja |
Simon Reynolds |
Danny A. Gonzales |
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Clark Johnson |
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A "lone wolf" U.S. government secret agent, Scott( Kilmer), is assigned the task of rescuing the kidnapped daughter (Bell) of a high ranking government figure, only to discover along the way a larger, more sinister plot.
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Andrew Davoli |
Kristen Bell |
Lauren Bowles |
Stephen Greif |
Tia Texada |
Derek Luke |
Val Kilmer |
Jeremie Campbell |
Garth Jennings |
Lionel Mark Smith |
Johnny Messner |
Chris LaCentra |
Renato Magno |
Mark FitzGerald |
Tony Mamet |
Clark Gregg |
Ron Butler |
Steven Culp |
Vincent Guastaferro |
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David Mamet |
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When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
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Ben Affleck |
Morgan Freeman |
James Cromwell |
Ken Jenkins |
Liev Schreiber |
Bruce McGill |
John Beasley |
Russell Bobbitt |
Philip Baker Hall |
Al Vandecruys |
Richard Cohee |
Philip Pretten |
Alison Darcy |
Richard Marner |
Ostap Soroka |
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Phil Alden Robinson |
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A missile disappears in Iran, but the CIA has other problems: the heir to an Emirate gives an oil contract to China, cutting out a US company that promptly fires its immigrant workers and merges with a small firm that has landed a Kazakhstani oil contract. The Department of Justice suspects bribery, and the oil company's law firm finds a scapegoat. The CIA also needs one when its plot to kill the Emir-apparent fails. Agent Bob Barnes, the fall guy, sorts out the double cross. An American economist parlays the death of his son into a contract to advise the sheik the CIA wants dead. The jo | | |
