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Paris, 1786: a woman in court. The Crown murdered her father for his views about the poor, now Jeanne wants her home and good name back. She believes all can be set right if she can talk to the Queen, whose House Minister rebuffs her. With the help of a courtside gigolo, she learns to use what others desire to get what she wants. She needs a patron: with forged letters, she convinces Cardinal de Rohan she is the Queen's confidante and can help him regain royal favor. Jeanne conspires to have the Cardinal purchase a fabulous diamond necklace for the Queen. He delivers it to Jeanne for Marie Antoinette. If the scheme breaks down, what then? Might this affair spark revolution?
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Brian Cox |
Hilary Swank |
Jonathan Pryce |
Simon Baker |
Adrien Brody |
Joely Richardson |
Christopher Walken |
Hayden Panettiere |
Simon Kunz |
Paul Brooke |
Peter Eyre |
Frank McCusker |
Simon Shackleton |
Hermione Gulliford |
Geoffrey Hutchings |
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Charles Shyer |
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In the 50's, in Louisiana, the smart populist, manipulative and wolf hick Willie Stark is elected governor with the support of the lower social classes. He joins a team composed of his bodyguard and friend Sugar Boy; the journalist from an aristocratic family Jack Burden; the lobbyist Tiny Duffy; and his mistress Sadie Burke, to face the opposition of the upper classes. When the influent Judge Irwin supports a group of politicians in their request of impeachment, Stark assigns Jack to find some dirtiness along the life of Irwin, leading to a tragedy in the end.
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Sean Penn |
Jude Law |
Anthony Hopkins |
Kate Winslet |
Mark Ruffalo |
Patricia Clarkson |
James Gandolfini |
Jackie Earle Haley |
Kathy Baker |
Talia Balsam |
Travis Champagne |
Frederic Forrest |
Paul Desmond |
Kevin Dunn |
Kevin McCarthy |
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Steven Zaillian |
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This movie is the fictional story of computer programming genius Milo Hoffman after graduating from Stanford and getting out into the competitive world of computer software. In his contemplation of where to begin his career, he is contacted by Gary Winston whose character is loosely based on Bill Gates. Winston is the CEO of a company called NURV, and they are on the brink of completing the global communication's system, Synapse. They need Hoffman to help them meet their launch date, so after much thought and with the full support of his girlfriend Alice, he accepts the job. Tragedy soon after strikes and Milo becomes suspicious of the company he has been wrapped up in. He learns that trusting anyone could be a mistake, and that nothing is as it seems.
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Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Ryan Phillippe |
Rachael Leigh Cook |
Claire Forlani |
Tim Robbins |
Douglas McFerran |
Richard Roundtree |
Tygh Runyan |
Yee Jee Tso |
Nate Dushku |
Ned Bellamy |
Tyler Labine |
Scott Bellis |
David Lovgren |
Zahf Paroo |
Jonathon Young |
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Peter Howitt |
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The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese's favorite films, Hell's Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.
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Leonardo DiCaprio |
Cate Blanchett |
Kate Beckinsale |
John C. Reilly |
Alec Baldwin |
Alan Alda |
Ian Holm |
Danny Huston |
Gwen Stefani |
Jude Law |
Adam Scott |
Matt Ross |
Kelli Garner |
Frances Conroy |
Brent Spiner |
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Martin Scorsese |
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Fame hungry Roxie Hart dreams of a life on the Vaudville stage, and spends her nights jazzing it up in the bright lights of Chicago, continually hoping that she'll find her lucky break, and be shot into 1920's stardom, so able to flee her boring husband Amos. In awe of seductive club singer Velma Kelly (who is subsequantly arrested for the murder of her husband and sister - after discovering their affair), Roxie meets Fred Cassely a man who convinces her he can 'make her showbiz career take off'. However after Roxie has undergone the 'casting couch' treatment, and Fred has had his wicked way with her, he reveals that he has no more connections in showbusiness than she does. This is the final straw for Roxie, and her constant anger at rejection explodes. She shoots Fred Cassely and kills him. Upon discovering her infidelity, Roxie's husband Amos refuses to take the blame for the murder and Roxie is sent to jail, pending hanging. In jail she finally meets tabloid darling Velma Kelly, currently receiving huge media attention for the double murder she committed earlier in the tale. Sharing the clink with Velma, are a collection of other sly females, all awaiting trial for the murders of their own partners. Velma is aloof to Roxie, however the prison Warden Mrs Morton offers Roxie the opportunity of representation by slick Chicago lawyer Billy Flynn. Billy is more a showbiz P. R agent than a legal lawyer and minipulates the tabloids into thinking Roxie is no more than an innocent 'good time girl' who took the wrong path, than a scheming murderess. The tabloids go crazy for the new girl on the cell block, and Roxie finally becomes a star. However due to Roxie's new found fame, Velma is forgotten about. She is forced to approach Roxie with an offer of a part in her Vaudville act (filling the gap left by her murdered sister), but Roxie turns down her offer flat, thinking she needs no support in topping the bill. However, just as Velma's star fell, so does Roxie's, when Go-to-hell Kitty arrives at the jail on a multiple murder charge, the press forget Roxie and now she and Velma are in the same boat. With one more trick up her sleave Roxie manages to bring the media attention back onto her, and her day in court arrives. Billy is now ready to play the ultimate showman!
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Crime |
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Taye Diggs |
Cliff Saunders |
Catherine Zeta-Jones |
Renée Zellweger |
Dominic West |
Richard Gere |
Jayne Eastwood |
Bruce Beaton |
Christine Baranski |
Roman Podhora |
John C. Reilly |
Colm Feore |
Rob Smith |
Shawn Wayne Doyle |
Steve Behal |
Robbie Rox |
Chita Rivera |
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Rob Marshall |
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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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Thriller |
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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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Mays Gilliam, a Washington D.C. neighborhood Alderman, is about to be red-lined out of his job. But after the untimely death of the party frontrunner, Gilliam is plucked from obscurity, and thrust into the limelight as his party's nominee—for President of the United States. The players in Gilliam's life include: Mitch Gilliam, his unsophisticated older brother who becomes his running mate; Kim, his ex-girlfriend who had once dumped him, but who now has a sudden change of heart as she sees a chance at becoming First Lady; Martin Geller, his campaign manager; Lisa Clark, the woman who truly believes in Gilliam; and Debra Lassiter, the woman who doesn't have faith in his candidacy, and is serving as his reluctant advisor.
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Bernie Mac |
Dylan Baker |
Nick Searcy |
Lynn Whitfield |
Robin Givens |
Tamala Jones |
James Rebhorn |
Keith David |
Tracy Morgan |
Stephanie March |
Robert Stanton |
Jude Ciccolella |
Nate Dogg |
Angie Mattson |
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Chris Rock |
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When an accident obliterates the British royal family and most of its branches, a desperate geneological search discovers the next king: Ralph, a sleazy American lounge singer. Can Ralph measure up to the job, even with the help of loyal aristocrat Willingham?
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John Goodman |
Peter O'Toole |
John Hurt |
Camille Coduri |
Richard Griffiths |
Leslie Phillips |
James Villiers |
Joely Richardson |
Niall O'Brien |
Julian Glover |
Judy Parfitt |
Ed Stobart |
Gedren Heller |
Rudolph Walker |
Michael Johnson |
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David S. Ward |
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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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Michael Clayton is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach. Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life.
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Tom Wilkinson |
Michael O'Keefe |
Sydney Pollack |
Danielle Skraastad |
Tilda Swinton |
George Clooney |
Wai Chan |
Alberto Vazquez |
Brian Koppelman |
Thomas McCarthy |
Denis O'Hare |
Julie White |
Austin Williams |
Jennifer Van Dyck |
Frank Wood |
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Tony Gilroy |
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When the murdered body of a young woman who works in the White House is found. Homicide detective Harlan Regis is called in. Upon arriving Senior Secret Service Agent Spikings objects to his presence, but he has the support of the National Security Adviser. Preliminary investigation suggests that it might be a sex crime. And Regis learns that the President's son has a history of similar acts. He tries to get more info but Spikings' impeding him but he is determined to find out what happened. Secret Service Agent Nina Chance tries to help him.
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Crime |
Drama |
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Wesley Snipes |
Diane Lane |
Daniel Benzali |
Dennis Miller |
Alan Alda |
Ronny Cox |
Diane Baker |
Tate Donovan |
Harris Yulin |
Tom Wright |
Nicholas Pryor |
Charles Rocket |
Nigel Bennett |
Tamara Gorski |
Douglas O'Keeffe |
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