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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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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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Steve Zissou, sea-film auteur a la Jacques Cousteau, has reason to be melancholy: his partner has been eaten, perhaps by a mythic jaguar shark, his wife may be taking up with her ex-husband, a young man appears claiming Steve is his father (Steve hates fathers), his most recent films have tanked, he's having trouble raising money for his venture to revenge his partner, and he's attracted to a pregnant reporter who prefers the pretender. At sea, in pursuit of the shark, will he escape pirates and mutiny, forge the bonds of fatherhood, place his arm around his wife, find the monster of the deep, re-establish box office hegemony, and discover a reason to smile?
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Bill Murray |
Owen Wilson |
Cate Blanchett |
Anjelica Huston |
Willem Dafoe |
Jeff Goldblum |
Michael Gambon |
Noah Taylor |
Bud Cort |
Seu Jorge |
Robyn Cohen |
Waris Ahluwalia |
Niels Koizumi |
Pawel Wdowczak |
Matthew Gray Gubler |
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Wes Anderson |
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An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!
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Fantasy |
Thriller |
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Noel Appleby |
Elijah Wood |
Sean Astin |
Sala Baker |
Sean Bean |
Cate Blanchett |
Orlando Bloom |
Billy Boyd |
Marton Csokas |
Megan Edwards |
Michael Elsworth |
Mark Ferguson |
Ian Holm |
Ian McKellen |
Christopher Lee |
Lawrence Makoare |
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Peter Jackson |
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The story centers on a corporate climber who gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
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Thriller |
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Wes Bentley |
Rachel Nichols |
Jamie Jones |
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee |
Simon Reynolds |
Philip Williams |
Miranda Edwards |
Grace Lynn Kung |
Stephanie Moore |
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Franck Khalfoun |
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Special agent Frank Castle had it all: A loving family, a great life, and an adventurous job. But when his life is taken away from him by a ruthless criminal and his associates, Frank has become reborn. Now serving as judge, jury, and executioner, he's a new kind of vigilante out to wage a one man war against those who have done him wrong.
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Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Will Patton |
John Travolta |
Rebecca Romijn |
Roy Scheider |
A. Russell Andrews |
Omar Avila |
James Carpinello |
Mark Collie |
Russ Comegys |
Antoni Corone |
Rick Elmhurst |
Laura Harring |
Ben Foster |
Michael Reardon |
Will Hasenzahl |
Thomas Jane |
Eddie Jemison |
Marco St. John |
Marcus Johns |
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Jonathan Hensleigh |
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In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don't know is that they'll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.
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Sci-Fi |
Thriller |
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Casper Van Dien |
Dina Meyer |
Denise Richards |
Jake Busey |
Neil Patrick Harris |
Clancy Brown |
Seth Gilliam |
Patrick Muldoon |
Michael Ironside |
Rue McClanahan |
Marshall Bell |
Eric Bruskotter |
Matt Levin |
Blake Lindsley |
Anthony Ruivivar |
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Paul Verhoeven |
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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad."
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Julian Glover |
Brian Cox |
Nathan Jones |
Adoni Maropis |
Jacob Smith |
Brad Pitt |
John Shrapnel |
Brendan Gleeson |
Diane Kruger |
Eric Bana |
Orlando Bloom |
Siri Svegler |
Lucie Barat |
Ken Bones |
Manuel Cauchi |
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Wolfgang Petersen |
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