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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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Lester and Carolyn Burnham are on the outside, a perfect husband and wife, in a perfect house, in a perfect neighborhood. But inside, Lester is slipping deeper and deeper into a hopeless depression. He finally snaps when he becomes infatuated with one of his daughters friends. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky who lives with a homophobic father.
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Kevin Spacey |
Annette Bening |
Thora Birch |
Wes Bentley |
Mena Suvari |
Chris Cooper |
Peter Gallagher |
Allison Janney |
Scott Bakula |
Sam Robards |
Barry Del Sherman |
Ara Celi |
John Cho |
Fort Atkinson |
Sue Casey |
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Sam Mendes |
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Jonathan Ecks (Antonio Banderas), an FBI agent, realizes that he must join with his lifelong enemy, Agent Sever (Lucy Liu), a rogue DIA agent with whom he is in mortal combat, in order to defeat a common enemy. That enemy has developed a "micro-device" that can be injected into victims in order to kill them at will.
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Thriller |
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Antonio Banderas |
Lucy Liu |
Gregg Henry |
Ray Park |
Talisa Soto |
Miguel Sandoval |
Terry Chen |
Roger R. Cross |
Sandrine Holt |
Steve Bacic |
Aidan Drummond |
Eric Breker |
Tony Alcantar |
David Parker |
Josephine Jacob |
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Wych Kaosayananda |
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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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Adventure |
Drama |
Fantasy |
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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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When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.
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Comedy |
Crime |
Mystery |
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Jeff Bridges |
John Goodman |
Julianne Moore |
Steve Buscemi |
David Huddleston |
Philip Seymour Hoffman |
Tara Reid |
Philip Moon |
Mark Pellegrino |
Peter Stormare |
Flea |
Torsten Voges |
Jimmie Dale Gilmore |
Jack Kehler |
John Turturro |
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Joel Coen |
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Based on the popular 70's TV show, three cute chicks work for the mysterious "Charlie". They are the female 'James Bonds'' of our time. They get to blow stuff up, kick the cr*p out of people, and wear really tight clothing, all whilst trying to retrieve stolen software and balance in high heels.
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Cameron Diaz |
Drew Barrymore |
Lucy Liu |
Bill Murray |
Sam Rockwell |
Kelly Lynch |
Tim Curry |
Crispin Glover |
Luke Wilson |
John Forsythe |
Matt LeBlanc |
Tom Green |
LL Cool J |
Sean Whalen |
Faye Dunaway |
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McG |
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Lt. John Dunbar is dubbed a hero after he accidentally leads Union troops to a victory during the Civil War. He requests a position on the western frontier, but finds it deserted. He soon finds out he is not alone, but meets a wolf he dubs "Two-socks" and a curious Indian tribe. Dunbar quickly makes friends with the tribe, and discovers a white woman who was raised by the Indians. He gradually earns the respect of these native people, and sheds his white-man's ways.
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Adventure |
Drama |
Western |
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Kevin Costner |
Mary McDonnell |
Graham Greene |
Rodney A. Grant |
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman |
Tantoo Cardinal |
Robert Pastorelli |
Charles Rocket |
Maury Chaykin |
Jimmy Herman |
Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse |
Michael Spears |
Jason R. Lone Hill |
Tony Pierce |
Doris Leader Charge |
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Kevin Costner |
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Sean Archer is a government agent who for six years has been trying to apprehend terrorist, Caster Troy, who tried to kill him but ended up killing Archer's son instead. When Archer corners Troy, Troy tells Archer that he has planted a bomb that will go off, unless he lets him go but Archer thinks that Troy is bluffing so a fight erupts that leaves Troy comatose. But later when they go through some of his brother, Pollux's things, they discover that Troy was telling the truth. All what they need now is to find out where it is and the only person who knows is Pollux. And the only person that he will talk to about it, is his brother, Caster but unfortunately he is a vegetable. A government official then suggests to Archer that he assume Caster's identity and ask Pollux about the bomb. So she brings him to a doctor who has perfected a method wherein the face of one individual is removed from him and placed on another. Archer agrees. The operation is a success so Archer as Troy goes to the prison where Pollux is being held and successfully gets him to tell him where the bomb is. Meanwhile, Troy who was believed to be comatose awakens and forces the doctor who operated on Archer to place Archer's face on him. He then goes to the prison as Archer and taunts Archer by telling him that he has destroyed all documentation of the operation and eliminated everyone who knew about it. He then takes his brother out and leaves Archer in prison. But Archer somehow manages to escape and is now trying to find someone who will believe and help him, while Troy is plotting something.
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Action |
Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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| Actors: |
John Travolta |
Nicolas Cage |
Joan Allen |
Alessandro Nivola |
Gina Gershon |
Dominique Swain |
Nick Cassavetes |
Harve Presnell |
Colm Feore |
John Carroll Lynch |
CCH Pounder |
Robert Wisdom |
Margaret Cho |
James Denton |
Matt Ross |
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John Woo |
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After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another survivor, Carla Rodrigo, who is racked with grief and guilt since her baby died in the crash which she and Max survived.
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Jeff Bridges |
Isabella Rossellini |
Rosie Perez |
Tom Hulce |
John Turturro |
Benicio Del Toro |
Deirdre O'Connell |
John de Lancie |
Spencer Vrooman |
Daniel Cerny |
Eve Roberts |
Robin Pearson Rose |
Debra Monk |
Cynthia Mace |
Randle Mell |
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Peter Weir |
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The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he's too stupid to realize the significance of his actions. Forrest becomes representative of the baby boomer generation having walked through life blindly.
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Drama |
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Tom Hanks |
Robin Wright Penn |
Gary Sinise |
Mykelti Williamson |
Sally Field |
Rebecca Williams |
Michael Conner Humphreys |
Harold G. Herthum |
George Kelly |
Bob Penny |
John Randall |
Sam Anderson |
Margo Moorer |
Ione M. Telech |
Christine Seabrook |
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Robert Zemeckis |
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