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Hysteria grips California in the wake of the bombing of Pearl harbour as an assorted group of defenders attempt to make the coast defensible against an imagined Japanese invasion in this big budget, big cast comedy. Members of a Japanese submarine crew scout out the madness.
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Dan Aykroyd |
Ned Beatty |
John Belushi |
Treat Williams |
Nancy Allen |
Robert Stack |
Toshiro Mifune |
Christopher Lee |
Warren Oates |
John Candy |
Samuel Fuller |
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Ted Striker just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess at Trans American Airlines. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard the plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to contact her again and again, but as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a bad fish meal, he has no chance to get to her. In fact, Ted Striker seems to be the only healthy person aboard that has piloting experience. Now, it is up to him to get the bird down in Chicago safely, before the poisoning starts causing casualties. But Ted Striker's aversion really is a serious psychosis, which breaks open and needs to be cured - right now.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
Lloyd Bridges |
Peter Graves |
Julie Hagerty |
Robert Hays |
Leslie Nielsen |
Lorna Patterson |
Robert Stack |
Stephen Stucker |
Otto |
Jim Abrahams |
Frank Ashmore |
Jonathan Banks |
Craig Berenson |
Barbara Billingsley |
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Jim Abrahams |
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In the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis observes a flirtation between a servant's son, Robbie, and her older sister, Cecilia, that she childishly misconstrues. Briony's misunderstanding leads to a terrible crime whose consequences follow them through World War II.
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Saoirse Ronan |
Brenda Blethyn |
Julia West |
James McAvoy |
Harriet Walter |
Keira Knightley |
Juno Temple |
Felix von Simson |
Charlie von Simson |
Alfie Allen |
Patrick Kennedy |
Benedict Cumberbatch |
Peter Wight |
Peter O'Connor |
Daniel Mays |
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Joe Wright |
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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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John J. Macreedy doesn't know it, but when he steps off the train at the jerkwater town of Black Rock, he will soon find himself the object of fear, hatred, and even a murder plot! The altruistic Macreedy came to Black Rock to hand over a posthumous military award to a local man whose son had died gallantly in the Second World War. What Macreedy couldn't know when he stepped off of that train was that the town had a shameful secret, one that must be kept at all costs.
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Drama |
Thriller |
Western |
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Spencer Tracy |
Robert Ryan |
Anne Francis |
Dean Jagger |
Walter Brennan |
John Ericson |
Ernest Borgnine |
Lee Marvin |
Russell Collins |
Walter Sande |
Harry Harvey |
Francis McDonald |
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John Sturges |
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"The Believer" explores a Jewish student's private journey to understand the meaning of Judaism in his life. Set in New York City, the Plot follows a morally confused young adult struggling with the conflict between his beliefs and his heritage. "The Believer" examines themes of religion, family, and self-loathing. It is a psychological examination into the forces of intolerance, both on the individual and society as a whole.
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Ryan Gosling |
Summer Phoenix |
Theresa Russell |
Billy Zane |
A.D. Miles |
Joshua Harto |
Glenn Fitzgerald |
Garret Dillahunt |
Kris Eivers |
Joel Garland |
Elizabeth Reaser |
Dean Strober |
Judah Lazarus |
Ronald Guttman |
Heather Goldenhersh |
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Henry Bean |
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The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden (Jack Hawkins) and an American, Shears (William Holden), to blow up the bridge.
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Adventure |
Drama |
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William Holden |
Jack Hawkins |
Alec Guinness |
Sessue Hayakawa |
James Donald |
Geoffrey Horne |
André Morell |
Peter Williams |
John Boxer |
Percy Herbert |
Harold Goodwin |
Ann Sears |
Heihachiro Okawa |
Keiichiro Katsumoto |
M.R.B. Chakrabandhu |
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David Lean |
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Sally Bowles, an American singer in 1930s Berlin, fall in love with bi-sexual Brian. They are both then seduced by Max, a rich playboy. Sally becomes pregnant, and Brian offers to marry her... All the characters are linked by the Kit-Kat club, a nightspot where Sally sings.
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Drama |
Musical |
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Liza Minnelli |
Michael York |
Helmut Griem |
Joel Grey |
Fritz Wepper |
Marisa Berenson |
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel |
Helen Vita |
Sigrid von Richthofen |
Gerd Vespermann |
Ralf Wolter |
Georg Hartmann |
Ricky Renée |
Estrongo Nachama |
Kathryn Doby |
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Bob Fosse |
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The idyllic beauty of Greece's Mediterranean coast has been invaded by Italy, bringing legions of soldiers to the once tranquil island of Cephallonia. Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer with an irrepressibly jovial personality and passion for the mandolin, initially alienates a number of the villagers, including Pelagia. The daughter of the village doctor, Pelagia is an educated and strong-willed woman, and while at first offended by the Italian soldier's behavior, she slowly warms to his certain charms as they are forced to share her father's home. When Pelagia's fiancee, a local fisherman, heads off to war, the friendship between Antonio and Pelagia grows even stronger. Her beauty and intelligence have captured his heart, and his fondness for the village's vibrant community causes him to question his reasons for fighting. Antonio becomes a part of the lives of the villagers, but the moment is fleeting. As the war grows ever closer, Antonio and Pelagia are forced to choose between their allegiance to their countries and the love they feel for one another-a love which must overcome tremendous odds, and endure the inevitable sacrifice which accompanies eternal devotion.
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Drama |
Romance |
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Nicolas Cage |
Penélope Cruz |
John Hurt |
Christian Bale |
Irene Papas |
Gerasimos Skiadaressis |
Aspasia Kralli |
Michael Yannatos |
Dimitris Kaberidis |
Pietro Sarubbi |
Viki Maragaki |
Joanna-Daria Adraktas |
Ira Tavlaridis |
Katerina Didaskalu |
Emilios Chilakis |
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John Madden |
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During World War II, Europeans who were fleeing from the Germans, sought refuge in America. But to get there they would first have to go Casablanca and once they get there, they have to obtain exit visas which are not very easy to come by. Now the hottest spot in all of Casablanca is Rick's Cafe which is operated by Rick Blaine, an American expatriate, who for some reason can't return there, and he is also extremely cynical. Now it seems that two German couriers were killed and the documents they were carrying were taken. Now one of Rick's regulars, Ugarte entrusts to him some letters of transit, which he intends to sell but before he does he is arrested for killing the couriers. Captain Renault, the Chief of Police, who is neutral in his political views, informs Rick that Victor Laszlo, the European Resistance leader, is in Casablanca and will do anything to get an exit visa but Renault has been "told" by Major Strasser of the SS, to keep Laszlo in Casablanca. Laszlo goes to Rick's to meet Ugarte, because he was the one Ugarte was going to sell the letters to. But since Ugarte was arrested he has to find another way. Accompanying him is Ilsa Lund, who knew Rick when he was in Paris, and when they meet some of Rick's old wounds reopen. It is obvious that Rick's stone heart was because of her leaving him. And when they learn that Rick has the letters, he refuses to give them to him, because "he doesn't stick his neck out for anyone".
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Romance |
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Humphrey Bogart |
Ingrid Bergman |
Paul Henreid |
Claude Rains |
Conrad Veidt |
Sydney Greenstreet |
Peter Lorre |
S.Z. Sakall |
Madeleine LeBeau |
Dooley Wilson |
Joy Page |
John Qualen |
Leonid Kinskey |
Curt Bois |
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Michael Curtiz |
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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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Action |
Adventure |
Drama |
Family |
Fantasy |
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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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