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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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Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are rival book salesmen from Rambling House. They each go their separate ways to sell books to folks, Daffy finds himself encountering Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig. Bugs gets forced by Sultan Yosemite Sam to tell stories to his bratty son, Prince Abba-Dabba. The stories are shown through clips of old Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
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Animation |
Comedy |
Family |
Music |
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Mel Blanc |
Arthur Q. Bryan |
Shepard Menken |
Bill Roberts |
Lennie Weinrib |
June Foray |
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Friz Freleng |
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Based on the classic novel by 'CS Lewis' (qv). Four London children are sent to a professor's country home in order for protection during World War II. There they find a magic wardrobe which leads to a mystical land called Narnia, which is being ruled by an evil witch. To defeat the witch, they must join forces with Aslan, the lion God of Narnia.
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Georgie Henley |
Skandar Keynes |
William Moseley |
Anna Popplewell |
Tilda Swinton |
James McAvoy |
Jim Broadbent |
Kiran Shah |
James Cosmo |
Judy McIntosh |
Elizabeth Hawthorne |
Patrick Kake |
Shane Rangi |
Brandon Cook |
Cassie Cook |
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Andrew Adamson |
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A barbarian trained in the arts of war joins with thieves in a quest to solve the riddle of steel and find the sorcerer responsible for the genocide of his people in this faithful adaptation of Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery adventures. This film briefly sparked a wave of fantasy films including the sequel, Conan the Destroyer, in the early 80s.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger |
James Earl Jones |
Max von Sydow |
Sandahl Bergman |
Ben Davidson |
Cassandra Gava |
Gerry Lopez |
Mako |
Valérie Quennessen |
William Smith |
Luis Barboo |
Franco Columbu |
Leslie Foldvary |
Gary Herman |
Erik Holmey |
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John Milius |
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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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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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This movie takes a big-budget, special-effects-filled look at what the world would look like if the greenhouse effect and global warming continued at such levels that they resulted in worldwide catastrophe and disaster, including multiple hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of the next Ice Age. At the center of the story is a paleoclimatologist (a scientist who studies the ways weather patterns changed in the past), Professor Jack Hall (Quaid), who tries to save the world from the effects of global warming while also trying to get to his son, Sam (Gyllenhaal), who was in New York City as part of a scholastic competition, when the city was overwhelmed by the chilling beginnings of the new Ice Age. In addition to all of the other challenges Dr. Hall faces, he's also going against the flow as humanity races south to warmer climes, and he's nearly the only one going north...
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Sci-Fi |
Thriller |
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Dennis Quaid |
Jake Gyllenhaal |
Emmy Rossum |
Dash Mihok |
Jay O. Sanders |
Sela Ward |
Austin Nichols |
Arjay Smith |
Tamlyn Tomita |
Sasha Roiz |
Ian Holm |
Nassim Sharara |
Carl Alacchi |
Kenneth Welsh |
Michael A. Samah |
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Roland Emmerich |
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When a schooner is wrecked off Whitby the only survivor is Count Dracula who has arrived with large amounts of Transylvanian soil to take up residence in Carfax Abbey. He takes the life or Lucy, who is engaged to Dr. Seward, who runs the local asylum. Lucy's friend Mina, and her fiancé Jonathan Harker, a solicitor, also make contact with Dracula. But almost immediately, Lucy dies from loss of blood, and just possibly this may not be a coincidence. The group calls on the aid of Prefessor Van Helsing, noted supernatural expert, and together they pursue the vampire.
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Frank Langella |
Laurence Olivier |
Donald Pleasence |
Kate Nelligan |
Trevor Eve |
Jan Francis |
Janine Duvitski |
Tony Haygarth |
Teddy Turner |
Sylvester McCoy |
Kristine Howarth |
Joe Belcher |
Ted Carroll |
Frank Birch |
Gabor Vernon |
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John Badham |
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This version of Dracula is closely based on Bram Stoker's classic novel of the same name. A young lawyer (Jonathan Harker) is assigned to a gloomy village in the mists of eastern Europe. He is captured and imprisoned by the undead vampire Dracula, who travels to London, inspired by a photograph of Harker's betrothed, Mina Murray. In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of seduction and terror, draining the life from Mina's closest friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy's friends gather together to try to drive Dracula away.
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Drama |
Fantasy |
Horror |
Romance |
Thriller |
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Gary Oldman |
Winona Ryder |
Anthony Hopkins |
Keanu Reeves |
Richard E. Grant |
Cary Elwes |
Bill Campbell |
Sadie Frost |
Tom Waits |
Monica Bellucci |
Michaela Bercu |
Florina Kendrick |
Jay Robinson |
I.M. Hobson |
Laurie Franks |
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Francis Ford Coppola |
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Jennifer Garner returns as Elektra, a lethal synthesis of grace and power with the mystical power known as Kimagure: a limited ability to see the future. She has purposefully severed all ties with the world and lives only for her next assignment. Elektra's latest job forces her to make a decision that can take her life in a whole new direction or destroy her.
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Crime |
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Thriller |
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Will Yun Lee |
Jennifer Garner |
Goran Visnjic |
Kirsten Prout |
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa |
Terence Stamp |
Natassia Malthe |
Bob Sapp |
Chris Ackerman |
Edson T. Ribeiro |
Colin Cunningham |
Hiro Kanagawa |
Mark Houghton |
Laura Ward |
Kurt Max Runte |
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Rob Bowman |
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The "Little Red Hiding Hood" fairytale gets an imaginative update. After The Wolf (Patrick Warburton) is found at Granny's charged with an intent to eat an investigation starts up by Nick Fippers (David Odgen Stiers). Red (Anne Hathaway), The Wolf (Warburton), The Woodsman (Jim Beluchi) and Granny (Glenn Close) give their stories, Flippers and Cheif Grizzly (Xzibit) and the rest of the police try to find out who is the Goodie Bandit. Bill: Anthony Anderson, Twitchy: Cory Edwards, Boingo: Andy Dick.
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Glenn Close |
Anne Hathaway |
James Belushi |
Patrick Warburton |
Anthony Anderson |
David Ogden Stiers |
Xzibit |
Chazz Palminteri |
Andy Dick |
Cory Edwards |
Todd Edwards |
Tye Edwards |
Benjy Gaither |
Joshua J. Greene |
Ken Marino |
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Cory Edwards |
Todd Edwards |
Tony Leech |
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