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Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman writes the way he lives... With Great Difficulty. His Twin Brother Donald Lives t...
[2002,
USA] from $1.99
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Plot Summary:
Frequently cynical screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has just taken on a new assignment. That is, to adapt writer Susan Orlean's "The Orchid Thief" into a screenplay, all of it based on the life of the eccentric John Laroche, an exotic plant collector based out of Florida. While his easygoing twin brother Donald, is writing scripts with ease, Charlie finds himself on a perpetual struggle that never seems to end.
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Drama |
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Nicolas Cage |
Meryl Streep |
Chris Cooper |
Cara Seymour |
Tilda Swinton |
Bill Livingston |
Brian Cox |
Maggie Gyllenhaal |
Judy Greer |
Jim Beaver |
Litefoot |
Doug Jones |
Jim Tavaré |
Stephen Tobolowsky |
Roger Willie |
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Spike Jonze |
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New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
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Drama |
Romance |
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Jack Nicholson |
Helen Hunt |
Greg Kinnear |
Cuba Gooding Jr. |
Skeet Ulrich |
Shirley Knight |
Yeardley Smith |
Lupe Ontiveros |
Jill the Dog |
Timer the Dog |
Billy the Dog |
Bibi Osterwald |
Ross Bleckner |
Bernadette Balagtas |
Jaffe Cohen |
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James L. Brooks |
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A former rockstar Johnny Boz is brutally killed during sex , and the case is assigned to the Detective Nick Curran of the SFPD . During the investigation , Nick meets Catherine Tramell , a crime novelist who was Boz's girlfriend when he died . Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman , and though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz , he is unable to find any evidence . Later , when Nilsen , Nick's rival in the police is killed , Nick suspects of Catherine's involvement in it . He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her , but as their relationship progresses , the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine's guilt .
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Drama |
Mystery |
Thriller |
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Michael Douglas |
Sharon Stone |
George Dzundza |
Jeanne Tripplehorn |
Denis Arndt |
Leilani Sarelle |
Bruce A. Young |
Chelcie Ross |
Dorothy Malone |
Wayne Knight |
Daniel von Bargen |
Stephen Tobolowsky |
Benjamin Mouton |
Jack McGee |
Bill Cable |
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Paul Verhoeven |
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In a futuristic Britain, a gang of teenagers go on the rampage every night, beating and raping helpless victims. After one of the boys quells an uprising in the gang, they knock him out and leave him for the police to find. He agrees to try "aversion therapy" to shorten his jail sentence. When he is eventually let out, he hates violence, but the rest of his gang members are still after him.
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Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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| Actors: |
Malcolm McDowell |
Patrick Magee |
Michael Bates |
Warren Clarke |
John Clive |
Adrienne Corri |
Carl Duering |
Paul Farrell |
Clive Francis |
Michael Gover |
Miriam Karlin |
James Marcus |
Aubrey Morris |
Godfrey Quigley |
Sheila Raynor |
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Stanley Kubrick |
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Alex Rose (Stiller) and Nancy Kendricks (Barrymore) are a young, professional, New York couple in search of their dream home. When they finally find the perfect Brooklyn brownstone they are giddy with anticipation. The duplex is a dream come true, complete with multiple fireplaces, except for one thing: Mrs. Connelly (Eileen Essel), the cranky old lady who lives on the rent-controlled top floor. Assuming she is elderly and ill, they take the apartment but their hopes are quickly dashed when they realize that Mrs. Connelly is an energetic senior who enjoys watching her television at top volume day in and day out and rehearsing in a brass band. A writer, Alex is attempting to finish his novel against a looming deadline. However, each day as he begins to write, he is interrupted by Mrs. Connelly's numerous demands and requests and what begins as a nuisance quickly escalates into an all-out war. When Nancy loses her job and the pair are trapped at home together with Mrs. Connelly, their rage turns to homicidal fantasy as they plot ways to get rid of their no-good neighbour...
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Ben Stiller |
Drew Barrymore |
Eileen Essell |
Harvey Fierstein |
Justin Theroux |
James Remar |
Robert Wisdom |
Swoosie Kurtz |
Wallace Shawn |
Maya Rudolph |
Amber Valletta |
Cheryl Klein |
Tim Maculan |
Jackie Titone |
Yevgeni Lazarev |
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Danny DeVito |
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This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
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Matt Dillon |
Lili Taylor |
Marisa Tomei |
Fisher Stevens |
Didier Flamand |
Adrienne Shelly |
Karen Young |
Thomas Lyons |
Dean Brewington |
James Cada |
James Michael Detmar |
Kurt Schweickhardt |
Dee Noah |
James Noah |
Michael Egan |
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Bent Hamer |
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A young teacher (Swank) inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
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Hilary Swank |
Patrick Dempsey |
Scott Glenn |
Imelda Staunton |
April L. Hernandez |
Mario |
Kristin Herrera |
Jacklyn Ngan |
Sergio Montalvo |
Jason Finn |
Deance Wyatt |
Vanetta Smith |
Gabriel Chavarria |
Hunter Parrish |
Antonio García |
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Richard LaGravenese |
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On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?
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Biography |
Drama |
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Sigourney Weaver |
Toby Jones |
Gwyneth Paltrow |
Mark Rubin |
Steve Schwelling |
Glover Johns Gill |
Rey Arteaga |
Justin Sherburn |
Andrew Halbreich |
Juliet Stevenson |
Michael Panes |
Hope Davis |
Frank G. Curcio |
Sandra Bullock |
Isabella Rossellini |
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Douglas McGrath |
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Killing Fields, The
Every so often, there is a film that is destined to be talked about and remembered for years to c...
[1984,
UK] from $1.99
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Plot Summary:
Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist convering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the Americans forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.
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Drama |
History |
War |
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Sam Waterston |
Haing S. Ngor |
John Malkovich |
Julian Sands |
Craig T. Nelson |
Spalding Gray |
Bill Paterson |
Athol Fugard |
Graham Kennedy |
Katherine Krapum Chey |
Oliver Pierpaoli |
Edward Entero Chey |
Tom Bird |
Monirak Sisowath |
Lambool Dtangpaibool |
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Roland Joffé |
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The Hoover family is the dictionary definition for the word "dysfunctional". The dad Richard is a man who gives lectures on winners and losers, the wife is Sheryl, a chain-smoking, frazzled wife and working mother whose idea of a home cooked meal frequently consists of a bucket of chicken. Her gay brother Frank recently attempted suicide. The grandpa is Edwin, a drug addict. The son is Dwayne a rebel who has vowed not to talk until he gets into the Air Force. And then there is Olive, a seven-year old girl who dreams of going to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. So what happens when they do?
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Comedy |
Drama |
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Abigail Breslin |
Greg Kinnear |
Paul Dano |
Alan Arkin |
Toni Collette |
Steve Carell |
Marc Turtletaub |
Jill Talley |
Brenda Canela |
Julio Oscar Mechoso |
Chuck Loring |
Justin Shilton |
Gordon Thomson |
Steven Christopher Parker |
Bryan Cranston |
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Jonathan Dayton |
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Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout | | |
