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1983

 The Evil Dead Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Evil Dead>details The Evil Dead details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Sam Raimi Produced By: New Line Cinema, Renaissance Pictures Year: 1983 Run Time: 85 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Horror Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Hal Delrich, Sarah York, Sam Raimi, John Cameron, Scott Spiegel, Full Credits This auspicious feature debut from Sam Raimi -- shot on 16mm in the woods of Tennesse for around $350,000 -- secured the young director's cult status as a creative force to be reckoned with. The nominal plot involves five vacationing college kids -- Ash (Bruce Campbell), his girlfriend Linda (Betsy Baker), and their classmates Cheryl (Ellen Sandweiss), Scott (Hal Delrich) and Shelly (Sarah York) -- making an unplanned stopover in an abandoned mountain cabin surrounded by impenetrable woods. Before settling in for the night, they come across an ancient-looking occult tome filled with dense hieroglyphics and macabre illustrations, a dagger fashioned from human bones, and a reel-to-reel tape recorder. The taped message, dictated by a professor of archaeology, describes the contents of the Sumerian "Book of the Dead," filled with incantations used to bring otherworldly demons to life, giving them license to possess the living. The message goes on to explain that those possessed by these demons can only be stopped by total bodily dismemberment. When played among the group later that evening, the professor's recorded translations of the ritual chants traumatize the strangely prescient Shelly ... and simultaneously release an ominous presence from the depths of the forest. The evil spirits take to their dirty work with gusto, first assuming control of Shelly and transforming her into a cackling, murderous hag with superhuman strength; the others imprison her in the fruit cellar and chain the trapdoor shut. The spirits then begin to possess the other women, including Linda -- who immediately turns on Ash with a barrage of punches and sadistic taunts. Unable to bring himself to chop up his lover's corpse, Ash gives her a more customary burial in the woods -- which proves to be a big mistake. As the others succumb to demonic influence, Ash's horrific predicament becomes increasingly grim until, when all hope seems lost, he stumbles upon a final, desperate solution to the ghoulish onslaught ... well, maybe not. Despite the shoestring production values, Raimi has fashioned a tight, lightning-paced fever dream of a movie, filled with operatic overacting and outrageously gory effects that give the project a comic-book feel. Based on an earlier 8mm short titled Within the Woods, this feature version was fraught with distribution difficulties before finding its first audience overseas. After considerable word of mouth (and a glowing endorsement from horror author Stephen King), the film became a hit on home video, where it achieved further notoriety thanks to its highly-publicized banning in Britain amid the notorious "Video Nasties" censorship campaign. Raimi, along with producer Robert Tapert, writer Scott Spiegel and much of the same crew, cranked up the story's comic aspects several dozen notches for the rollicking semi-remake, Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn. by Cavett Binion, Rovi Keywords: atrocity book cabin cellar chainsaw demon dismemberment gateway-to-hell monster demonic-possession rampage satanic Satanism slasher tree weekend woods [place] college-student invocation Themes: Zombies Demonic Possession Nightmare Vacations Curses and Spells Exclusive coverage Get Dragged to Hell With This Ultimate Sam Raimi Fan Quiz - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Inside the Unlikely Cult of Road House - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs U.S. Marshals and Five Other Stealthy Movie Sequels - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Best Cars in Horror Movies (#8) Great Movies With Greater Monsters (#5)  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Evil Dead [Film Series] The Exorcist (1973) Miller's Crossing (1990) The Omen (1976) Barwy Ochronne (1977) Donnie Darko (2001) Dead Alive (1992) Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987) Re-Animator (1985) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... mpaa rating: R country: USA category: Feature year:

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set in

Paris, France

 The Moderns Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Moderns>details The Moderns details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Alan Rudolph Produced By: Alive Enterprises, Nelson Entertainment, Franco London Films Year: 1988 Run Time: 126 minutes Country: USA Language: English Set in: Paris, France MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 1988 04 15 (USA) Key Cast: Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, John Lone, Wallace Shawn, Geneviève Bujold, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin J. O'Connor, Charlie Couture, Full Credits In the expatriate-littered Paris of the 1920s, painter Nick Hart (Keith Carradine) mingles with Ernest Hemingway (Kevin O'Connor) and other leading lights of the Lost Generation while palling around with gossip columnist Oiseau (Wallace Shawn), whose reportage has helped establish the international reputation of the writers and artists who fled America for France after WWI. Older and less successful than many of his fellow painters, Hart relies on gallery owner Libby Valentin (Genevieve Bujold) to sell what she can of his work while he supports himself drawing cartoons for Oiseau's weekly column. In a café one day, Hart spies Rachel Stone (Linda Fiorentino) on the arm of her husband, Bertram (John Lone), a condom magnate and art patron who's trying to buy his way into society. It seems Hart and Rachel share a romantic past of which Stone is completely unaware. At the salon of writers Gertrude Stein (Elsa Raven) and Alice B. Tolkas (Ali Giron), Hart suffers a nasty run-in with the Stones and meets Nathalie de Ville (Geraldine Chaplin), a rich socialite who wants to steal three paintings from her estranged husband. Nathalie plies Hart with sexual favors and the promise of cash in exchange for his help in forging copies of the paintings. Although he's loath to follow in the footsteps of his father, a gifted forger, Hart acquiesces, and soon his rivalry with Stone and his involvement with the forgeries leads to death, destruction, and scandal in the art world. Bujold, Shawn, Chaplin, and Carradine are all regular collaborators of iconoclastic director Alan Rudolph, who filmed The Moderns in Montréal and would go on to lens the similarly intellectual Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. by Brian J. Dillard, Rovi Keywords: artist expatriate painting bohemian Modernism writer art-scene Themes: Life in the Arts Infidelity Bohemian Life  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) The Law of Desire (1986) Under the Volcano (1984) Risky Business (1983) The Cat's Meow (2001) Demonios En El Jardin (1982) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) Dreamspeaker (1977) Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) A Gathering of Old Men (1987) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... filmed in: Color country: USA director: Alan Rudolph set in:

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produced by

Paramount

 Fire in the Sky Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Fire in the Sky>details Fire in the Sky details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Robert H. Lieberman Produced By: Paramount Year: 1993 Run Time: 98 minutes Country: USA MPAA Rating: PG13 (for sci-fi violence) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Mystery, Science Fiction Filmed In: Color Key Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg, James Garner, Henry Thomas, Bradley Gregg, Noble Willingham, Full Credits One of the most famous real-life UFO abduction cases on record becomes this character-driven drama from sci-fi screenwriter Tracy Torme. D.B. Sweeney stars as Travis Walton, a forestry worker who disappears one night during an encounter with a flying saucer. Authorities treat with skepticism the outrageous story related by the only witnesses to the event, Travis' five co-workers, who include his best friend and future brother-in-law, Mike Rogers (Robert Patrick). A state lawman (James Garner) finds a tabloid newspaper in the crew's pickup truck and quickly ascertains that tensions had arisen between Walton and a surly fellow logger (Craig Sheffer), leading him to conclude that a murder cover-up is underway. However, all of the men pass lie detector tests and the case becomes stalled until the shocking last-minute reappearance of Travis, who tells a literally fantastic story involving his whereabouts for the past week. by Karl Williams, Rovi Keywords: alien [not human] experiment friendship kidnapping killing logger UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) missing capture false-accusation Themes: Miscarriage of Justice Exclusive coverage Classic Ten - Alien Abductions - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) The X-Files [TV Series] (1993) Karhozat (1988) It Came from Outer Space (1953) Angel Heart (1987) Last Season (1987) Fearless (1993) Latitude 55° (1982) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... genre/type: Mystery, Science Fiction year: 1993 run time: 98 minutes produced by:

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director

Peter O'Fallon

 Suicide Kings Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Suicide Kings>details Suicide Kings details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Peter O'Fallon Produced By: Eyes 'n Rice, Live Entertainment Year: 1997 Run Time: 106 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence and language, and for some nudity and drug use) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Thriller, Crime Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Henry Thomas, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, Johnny Galecki, Laura San Giacomo, Full Credits Television director Peter O'Fallon made his feature film debut with this independent film that pays obvious homage to the style of Quentin Tarantino, with plenty of violence and funny, talkative hit men. Suave gangster Charlie Barrett (Christopher Walken) meets four young men who have taken over his regular booth at a popular bistro. Charmed by the swaggering kids, he agrees to take a ride with them, but they give him a sedative and he awakens in a deserted mansion, taped to a chair with one of his fingers missing. One of his abductors, Avery (Henry Thomas), says that he has a sister who has been kidnapped and they need two million dollars to get her back, as well as a finger to exchange for her severed digit. Charlie phones his lawyer Marty (Cliff De Young), who calls a henchman, Lono (Denis Leary), who investigates the kidnappings and gives Charlie enough information to start playing each of his inexperienced abductors against the others. by Michael Betzold, Rovi Keywords: betrayal gangster kidnapping ransom college-student Themes: Thrill Crime Crime Gone Awry Kidnapping  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Hit (1984) The Ref (1994) Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Dead Silence (1991) Northern Exposure: Aurora Borealis - A Fairytale for Big People (1990) Barquero (1970) Attack The Gas Station! (1999) Wannabes (2000) Niagara Niagara (1997) Can't Buy Me Love (1987) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... category: Feature country: USA genre/type: Thriller, Crime director:

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language

English

 Great Expectations Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Great Expectations>details Great Expectations details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Alfonso Cuarón Produced By: 20th Century Fox Year: 1998 Run Time: 111 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for language and some sexuality) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama, Romance Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro, Josh Mostel, Kim Dickens, Full Credits Alfonso Cuaron (The Little Princess) directed this Mitch Glazer screenplay, a modernization of the 1860-61 classic by Charles Dickens. Some situations in the film are presented as memories -- the way the central figure, Finnegan Bell (Ethan Hawke) recalls events many years later. At a Florida fishing village, eight-year-old orphan Finn Bell (Jeremy James Kissner), talented at art, is left in the care of his sister and her husband, Joe (Chris Cooper). One day, Finn helps a chained, escaped convict who appears in the surf. On other days, he visits Paradiso Perduto, where he plays with young Estella (Raquel Beaudene), niece of the mansion's colorful, flamboyant, and extremely wealthy owner, Ms. Dinsmoor (Anne Bancroft), who parallels the novel's tragic Miss Havisham, a woman jilted at the altar and left emotionally scarred and mentally imbalanced. As Ms. Dinsmoor watches Finn draw a portrait of Estella, she plots to mold Estella into a hard woman capable of destroying men. In a flash forward to the '90s, Finn (Hawke) and Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow), now in their late teens, re-create the water-fountain kiss of their childhood, but Estella vanishes, breaking Finn's heart to such a degree that he doesn't draw or paint for seven years, choosing to eke out a marginal existence with his uncle Joe (after Finn's sister abandons the two). Then Manhattan art representative Jerry Ragno (Josh Mostel) turns up with a startling offer -- if Finn will return to painting and relocate in New York, Ragno will give him a one-man show. With an apparent assist from Ms. Dinsmoor, Finn makes the move and begins his new life with great expectations and a deadline of 10 weeks to complete the necessary paintings. When Finn next encounters Estella, she has a wealthy boyfriend, Walter (Hank Azaria). As Finn once again becomes entranced by Estella, he also begins to question exactly how his life is being manipulated. Francesco Clemente did the paintings and drawings seen in the film. Shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. by Bhob Stewart, Rovi Keywords: artist art-gallery heartbreak mansion orphan painting escaped-convict fishing-village Themes: Haunted By the Past Star-Crossed Lovers Life in the Arts Rags To Riches Exclusive coverage Dracula 2000 Put a Goth Spin on Literary Adaptations for Teens - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Great Expectations (1946) The Untouchables (1987) Great Expectations (1999) Great Expectations (1981) Great Expectations (1989) Jamila (1994) The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) Wag the Dog (1997) A Bronx Tale (1993) Hamlet (2000) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... filmed in: Color country: USA genre/type: Drama, Romance language:

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run time

135 minutes

 They Were Expendable Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>They Were Expendable>details They Were Expendable details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: John Ford Produced By: MGM Year: 1945 Run Time: 135 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: NR Category: Feature Genre/Type: War Filmed In: Available in Colorized Version, B&W Key Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Cameron Mitchell, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson, Leon Ames, Paul Langton, Full Credits John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) believes in PT boats, and as a lowly U.S. Navy lieutenant stationed in the Philippines, that makes him a radical thinker. "Your boats maneuver beautifully," an admiral (Charles Trowbridge) tells him, "but if I'm going into combat, I prefer something a little more substantial." The gently delivered but stinging dismissal stirs the resentment of Lt. "Rusty" Ryan (John Wayne), who tartly tells Brickley that he wants to be transferred to destroyers. The Pearl Harbor bombing makes transfer impossible, especially with the Japanese preparing to invade the islands. So Brickley and Ryan go to work, first as message carriers between the Philippines and Corregidor, then, finally, as ship hunters. They record some successes, but it's a doomed effort: The Americans are hopelessly outnumbered by the Japanese, and with almost all of the Pacific Fleet destroyed at Pearl Harbor, they know help won't arrive to save them. As the Japanese push the U.S. forces back, Brickley and Ryan and their crews hop from island to island, scrounging supplies and taking casualties but keeping up the fight. Just as it appears that they will be forced to fight on Corregidor against the Japanese, they get rescued; they're ordered home to promote their PT-boat successes, and they take the last plane out, hoping to return and avenge their defeats. by Nick Sambides, Jr., Rovi Keywords: captain [military] Navy PT-boats sacrifice war sea-battle fighting Japanese [nationality] American [nationality] Themes: Military Life War At Sea ...ranks in these movie lists: The Best War Movies of John Wayne (#3) John Wayne's Best Movies (#11)  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies My Darling Clementine (1946) Stagecoach (1939) From Here to Eternity (1953) The Searchers (1956) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) Patterns (1956) Rio Bravo (1959) In Which We Serve (1942) Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... produced by: MGM genre/type: War country: USA run time:

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G

 Kronk's New Groove Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Kronk's New Groove>details Kronk's New Groove details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Year: 2005 Run Time: 75 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: G Category: Feature Genre/Type: Children's/Family Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Eartha Kitt, John Goodman, Tracey Ullman, David Spade, Patrick Warburton, Full Credits The voice cast of Disney's 2000 animated hit The Emperor's New Groove returns in this sequel in which newly established restaurateur Kronk attempts to whip his diner into shape before the arrival of his visiting father. Business at his newly opened restaurant just isn't as good as Kronk had hoped, and upon receiving a llama-gram stating that his father is currently en route, the stressed chef and his enchanting partner Yzma begin cooking up a scheme that will give the restaurant the distinct smell of success. When the plan backfires and an enormous cheese explosion leaves Kronk and company scrambling to get back on their feet, it's up to his friends to convince him that the only way he'll ever achieve true happiness is by remaining true to his groove no matter how heavy the odds are stacked against him. by Jason Buchanan, Rovi Keywords: cheese partner father restaurant Themes: Fathers and Sons  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Emperor's New Groove (2000) Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) Tarzan II (2005) Stitch! The Movie (2003) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA language: English year: 2005 mpaa rating:

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produced by

Columbia Pictures

 Switching Channels Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Switching Channels>details Switching Channels details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Ted Kotcheff Produced By: Columbia Pictures Year: 1988 Run Time: 108 minutes Country: USA MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Filmed In: Color Release: 1988 03 04 (USA) Key Cast: Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, Al Waxman, George Newbern, Ken James, Full Credits The 1920s-era play The Front Page was about a Chicago reporter who wants to retire and get married but is tricked by his editor into doing one last story -- which proves to be complicated. It was made into a classic film in 1931 and inspired the 1940 hit movie His Girl Friday, in which the reporter was changed into a woman. Billy Wilder also remade the original film in 1974. Switching Channels is a 1988 remake of His Girl Friday, with Kathleen Turner in the starring role, which has now morphed into that of a cable television network news anchor, Christy Colleran. She wants to marry a rich and handsome sporting goods manufacturer, Blaine Bingham (Christopher Reeve) and move out of town. But her ex-husband, John L. Sullivan IV (Burt Reynolds), who is also her producer and boss, gives her one final assignment to try to keep her around. Her reporting leads her into an investigation of a jail escape that follows a botched-up execution. Writer Jonathan Reynolds updated the original material. by Michael Betzold, Rovi Keywords: anchorperson ex-husband love-triangle marriage millionaire scheme battle-of-the-sexes Themes: Workplace Romance Members of the Press Battle of the Sexes  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies His Girl Friday (1940) The Front Page (1974) A Room With a View (1986) The Front Page (1931) Jules and Jim (1962) La Dolce Vita (1960) Broadcast News (1987) Gilda (1946) Gunga Din (1939) Body Heat (1981) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 108 minutes director: Ted Kotcheff mpaa rating: PG produced by:

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B&W

 December 7th Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>December 7th>details December 7th details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: John Ford, Gregg Toland Year: 1943 Run Time: 34 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG Category: Documentary Genre/Type: History Filmed In: B&W Key Cast: Walter Huston, Harry Davenport, Dana Andrews, Full Credits Produced on behalf of the U.S. government, December 7th is just as slick and professional as any of director John Ford's "civilian" films. With the not inconsiderable contribution of cinematographer Gregg Toland, Ford literally recreates the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, and even manages to build up suspense by filming several scenes of the unsuspecting military personnel at work, play, and worship. So convincing were many of the attack scenes that they have since been excerpted in several documentaries, leading the more impressionable viewers to ponder why the film's cameramen were foresighted enough to have set up their equipment at the precise moment of the bombing! As originally intended, the film, narrated by Walter Huston, was a stern criticism of America's lack of preparedness at Pearl Harbor (the entire fleet were lined up like sitting ducks). The government didn't like this aspect of December 7th and ordered it removed; still, the remaining 34-minute docudrama (pared down from feature length) ended up winning an Academy Award. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: attack bombing war Themes: Great Battles  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Battle of Midway (1942) Pearl Harbor (2001) This is Korea (1951) Tonight or Never (1931) Pearl Harbor (2001) Washington Masquerade (1932) Johann the Coffinmaker (1927) December 7th: The Movie (1943) Pearl Harbor: Surprise Attack (1989) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... year: 1943 run time: 34 minutes mpaa rating: PG filmed in:

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Japan

 Kagemusha Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Kagemusha>details Kagemusha details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Akira Kurosawa Produced By: Kurosawa Productions, 20th Century Fox, Toho Year: 1980 Run Time: 179 minutes Country: Japan Language: Japanese MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Epic Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: The Double, The Shadow Warrior Key Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Kota Yui, Shuji Otake, Daisuke Ryu, Takashi Shimura, Mitsuko Baisho, Full Credits Just as many American studio-era directors found acclaim abroad that was denied them in their home country, by 1980 Akira Kurosawa's reputation outside Japan exceeded his esteem at home. As uncompromising as ever, he found considerable difficulty securing backing for his ambitious projects. Unsure he would be able to film it, the director, an aspiring artist before he entered filmmaking, converted Kagemusha into a series of paintings, and it was partly on the basis of these that he won the financial support of longtime admirers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Set in the 16th century, when powerful warlords competed for control of Japan, it offers an examination of the nature of political power and the slipperiness of identity. For some time, Shingen Takeda Tatsuya Nakadai has been able to stay removed from the heat of battle by using his brother Nobukado Tsutomu Yamazaki as a double. As the film opens, Nobukado offers another option, having discovered a condemned thief (also played by Tatsuya Nakadai) bearing an uncanny resemblance to the warlord. After he insists on witnessing the fall of an enemy in person, Shingen falls victim to a sniper's bullet, forcing his advisers to present the thief as the fallen warrior. At first awkward in his new position and plagued by dreams in which the spirit of his double confronts him, he slowly grows into the role even as his enemies begin to advance on his kingdom. The winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes, Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior has also been released as The Double. by Keith Phipps, Rovi Keywords: army identity samurai warlord warrior lookalike role-switching thief Themes: Assumed Identities  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies A Man Escaped (1956) Rashomon (1951) Seven Samurai (1954) Yojimbo (1961) Ran (1985) Throne of Blood (1957) The Memory of Justice (1976) Playing for Time (1980) The Hidden Fortress (1958) Sanshiro Sugata (1943) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... year: 1980 language: Japanese genre/type: Epic country:

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produced by

Underground Films

 Remember Me Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Remember Me>details Remember Me details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 0 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Allen Coulter Produced By: Underground Films Year: 2010 Run Time: 113 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG13 (for violence, sexual content, language and smoking) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 2010 03 12 (USA) Key Cast: Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Lena Olin, Tate Ellington, Ruby Jerins, Gregory Jbara, Full Credits His relationship with his father strained in the wake of a family tragedy, rebellious New Yorker Tyler (Robert Pattinson) finds love with the one girl who understands him. Tyler wasn't looking for love, but that's exactly what he found when he met Ally (Emilie de Ravin). Enchanted by her beauty and inspired by her spirit, Tyler finds that his strange life suddenly makes sense when he's around Ally. As their relationship grows, Tyler learns to live his life with passion, and value the little things. When buried secrets threaten to tear the young couple apart, Tyler realizes that sometimes love is worth fighting for. Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, and Lena Olin co-star. by Jason Buchanan, Rovi Keywords: love rebel relationship romance family-tragedy Themes: Haunted By the Past Fathers and Daughters Fathers and Sons  click here Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Atonement (2007) Don't Let Me Drown (2008) Dear John (2010) The Notebook (2004) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... genre/type: Drama category: Feature language: English produced by:

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2005

 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Tim Burton's Corpse Bride>details Tim Burton's Corpse Bride details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson Produced By: Will Vinton Studios, Warner Brothers Feature Animation, Tim Burton Animation Co Year: 2005 Run Time: 76 minutes Country: UK, USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG (for some scary images and action and brief mild language) Category: Animated Genre/Type: Fantasy Filmed In: Stop-Motion, Color Release: 2005 09 23 (USA), 2005 09 16 (USA - Limited) Alternate Titles: Corpse Bride Key Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Albert Finney, Danny Elfman, Christopher Lee, Joanna Lumley, Full Credits Tim Burton returns to the dark but fanciful animated style of The Nightmare Before Christmas with this stop-motion black comedy. Victor (voice of Johnny Depp) lives in a small European village in the 19th century, where he is pledged to marry Victoria (voice of Emily Watson), a partnership arranged by their parents. The two only meet the day before their scheduled nuptials, and Victor performs disastrously in the wedding rehearsal. Later that evening, while he is walking through the woods and hopelessly practicing his vows, he puts Victoria's wedding band on what looks like a branch. Victor quickly discovers this was a big mistake; as it happens, he has put the ring on the skeletal finger of the enchanted Corpse Bride (voice of Helena Bonham Carter), who then whisks him off to a dark and mysterious netherworld where they are now married. Victor is frightened in the land of the dead, and even realizes that he has fallen in love with his true fiancée, Victoria, so he searches for a way back to his own world. Directed by Tim Burton in collaboration with animator Mike Johnson, Corpse Bride features a stellar voice cast, including Albert Finney, Christopher Lee, Richard E. Grant, Joanna Lumley, and Danny Elfman (who also composed the film's musical score). by Mark Deming, Rovi Themes: Wedding Bells Supernatural Romance Ghosts Exclusive coverage Horror Brides Tourney, Round Two: Bride of Chucky (No. 4) vs. The Corpse Bride (No. 8) - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Horror Brides Tourney, Championship Round - Bride of Frankenstein (No. 1) vs. Young Frankenstein (No. 14) - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Horror Brides Tourney, Semifinals - Bride of Frankenstein (No. 1) vs. The Corpse Bride (No. 5) - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Horror Bride Tournament - Final Girls Enter the Semifinals - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Ten Creepy Comic Book Movies to Make Your Halloween a Super Scream - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs The Brides of Horror Tournament: Meet the Engaging Contenders - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) The Triplets of Belleville (2003) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) Blithe Spirit (1945) Edward Scissorhands (1990) Puphedz Beetlejuice (1988) The Addams Family (1991) High Spirits (1988) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... genre/type: Fantasy director: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson run time: 76 minutes year:

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 Women in Love Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Women in Love>details Women in Love details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Ken Russell Produced By: United Artists Year: 1969 Run Time: 129 minutes Country: UK Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden, Eleanor Bron, Alan Webb, Vladek Sheybal, Catherine Willmer, Full Credits Women in Love is set in 1920s England, where free-spirited artist Gudrun (Glenda Jackson) and her schoolteacher sister Ursula (Jennie Linden) make the acquaintance of lifelong friends Gerald (Oliver Reed) and Rupert (Alan Bates). The foursome attends a picnic in honor of a pair of newlyweds, who put a damper on the proceedings (literally!) by drowning in a nearby lake. Evidently unscathed by this tragedy, Gerald and Rupert participate in a nude wrestling match later that evening (this was the sequence that got the most press, thanks to fleeting glimpses of the male stars' privates). Gerald marries Gudrun, Rupert weds Ursula, and the foursome embarks upon a Swiss honeymoon. The holiday is marred by infidelity and sudden death, leaving Rupert to wonder aloud just what it is that makes men and women "tick." An Academy Award went to Glenda Jackson, while nominations were bestowed upon screenwriter Larry Kramer and cinematographer Billy Williams (who received an uncredited assist from director Ken Russell). by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: artist bisexuality couple drowning friendship honeymoon lust marriage newlywed promiscuity schoolteacher sister love-affair Themes: Infidelity Sexual Awakening  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) El Norte (1983) Georgy Girl (1966) The Wings of the Dove (1997) Two English Girls (1971) Alfie (1966) The Rocking Horse Winner (1949) The Go-Between (1971) Tommy (1975) A Man and a Woman (1966) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 129 minutes language: English filmed in: Color country:

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 Cries and Whispers Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Cries and Whispers>details Cries and Whispers details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Ingmar Bergman Produced By: New World, Swedish Film Production Year: 1972 Run Time: 95 minutes Country: Sweden Language: Swedish MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: Viskningar och Rop Key Cast: Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Henning Moritzen, George Arlin, Linn Ullmann, Full Credits Cries and Whispers stars Liv Ullman and Ingrid Thulin as the sisters of dying cancer patient Harriet Andersson. Both sisters have already had brushes with death: Ullman has had an affair which prompted her husband's suicide, while Thulin has long wanted to do away with herself, at one point mutilating her own vagina out of self-hatred. As for Andersson, she has been in pain so long that she feels as though she's in the midst of death-in-life. With her two sisters wrapped up in their own problems, Harriet turns to her housekeeper Kari Sylwan for comfort; Sylwan has herself suffered the death of a child, and has developed a philosophical attitude towards impending doom. One of the most influential moments of the film -- when two of the sisters share the innermost thoughts that they'd kept from one another for so many years -- is filmed without benefit of dialogue, with the music of Chopin (enhanced by cinematographer Sven Nykvist's carefully selected camera angles) "speaking" for the ladies. While Cries and Whispers only won the Oscar for cinematography, the film did very well for itself in international awards contests. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: compassion death depression family friendship terminal-illness repression servant sex sister tuberculosis Themes: Servants and Employers Crumbling Marriages Sibling Relationships Dysfunctional Families  click here Currently 5/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Seventh Seal (1957) Five Easy Pieces (1970) Autumn Sonata (1978) Fanny & Alexander (1982) Wild Strawberries (1957) Scenes from a Marriage (1974) Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) Daleká cesta (1949) Shame (1968) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 95 minutes mpaa rating: R category: Feature country:

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 Hotel Rwanda Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Hotel Rwanda>details Hotel Rwanda details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Terry George Produced By: Seamus, Miracle Pictures, Inside Track, Gauteng Film Office, United Artists, Lions Gate Entertainment Year: 2004 Run Time: 121 minutes Country: Italy, UK, South Africa Language: English MPAA Rating: PG13 (for violence, disturbing images and brief strong language) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 2004 12 22 (USA - Limited) Key Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte, Jean Reno, Desmond Dube, Mothusi Magano, Leleti Khumalo, Full Credits Hotel Rwanda tackles one of the most horrifically ugly events in recent history, when the Hutu extremists of Rwanda initiated a terrifying campaign of genocide, massacring hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsis (who had been given power by the departed Belgian colonists), while the rest of the world looked on and did nothing. Don Cheadle stars as Paul Rusesabagina, the hotel manager at the fancy Les Milles Collines hotel in Kigali. Paul is a Hutu, and a very successful businessman who smoothly greases the wheels, making powerful connections in all strata of Rwandan life. His wife, Tatiana (Sophie Okonedo of Aeon Flux), is a Tutsi. She urges Paul to use his influence to help local Tutsis, who are being harassed and beaten with increasing frequency, but Paul will only use the political capital he's built up to help his own family, if and when they need it. Soon enough, the violence escalates, and the Hutus begin their genocide of the Tutsis. European guests and staff at the hotel are flown out of the country, and Paul is left in charge. He finds that his conscience won't allow him to watch as the innocent are slaughtered, and before long, the hotel has become a well-appointed refugee camp. Paul is seen as a traitor by some, putting his life in danger, and the predicament of his "guests" grows more precarious every day, but despite good intentions on the part of a journalist (Joaquin Phoenix) and a UN peacekeeping colonel (Nick Nolte), the rest of the world is not eager to intervene and stop the massacre. Hotel Rwanda was directed by Irish filmmaker Terry George (Some Mother's Son), who co-wrote the script with Keir Pearson. by Josh Ralske, Rovi Keywords: civil-war colonialism genocide hotel massacre reporter United-Nations Rwanda Themes: Righting the Wronged Unlikely Heroes Refugees Exclusive coverage Don Cheadle Reveals His Frivolous Side - AMC News - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Q&A - Moonyeenn Lee (Casting Director, South Africa) - The Prisoner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck's Top Ten Favorite Movies - AMC News - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Toronto International Film Festival's Best Movies (#1)  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Schindler's List (1993) Salvador (1986) The Killing Fields (1984) Bloody Sunday (2002) Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (2004) No Man's Land (2001) Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) Sometimes in April (2005) Under Fire (1983) Kandahar (2001) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... filmed in: Color director: Terry George run time: 121 minutes year:

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 Almost Famous Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Almost Famous>details Almost Famous details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Cameron Crowe Produced By: Vinyl Films Year: 2000 Run Time: 122 minutes Country: USA Language: English Set in: San Diego, CA, Rolling Stone magazine office, San Fransisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Hyatt House, Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, CA, New York City, NY MPAA Rating: R (for language, drug content and brief nudity) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 2000 09 29 (USA), 2000 09 15 (USA - Limited) Key Cast: Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Paquin, Full Credits Writer and director Cameron Crowe's experiences as a teenage rock journalist -- he was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone while still in high school -- inspired this coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old boy hitting the road with an up-and-coming rock band in the early 1970s. Elaine Miller (Frances McDormand) is a bright, loving, but strict single parent whose distrust of rock music and fears about drug use have helped to drive a wedge between herself and her two children, Anita (Zooey Deschanel) and William (Patrick Fugit). Anita rebels by dropping out of school and becoming a stewardess, but William makes something of his love of rock & roll by writing album reviews for a local underground newspaper. William's work attracts the attention of Lester Bangs (Philip Seymour Hoffman), editor of renegade rock magazine Creem, who takes William under his wing and gives him his first professional writing assignment -- covering a Black Sabbath concert. While William is unable to score an interview with the headliners, the opening act, Stillwater, are more than happy to chat with a reporter, even if he's still too young to drive, and William's piece on the group in Creem gains him a new admirer in Ben Fong-Torres (Terry Chen), an editor at Rolling Stone. Torres offers William an assignment for a 3,000-word cover story on Stillwater, and over the objections of his mother (whose parting words are "Don't use drugs!"), and after some stern advice from Bangs (who says under no circumstances should he become friends with a band he's covering), Williams joins Stillwater on tour, where he becomes friendly with guitarist Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) and singer Jeff Bebe (Jason Lee). William also becomes enamored of Penny Lane (Kate Hudson), a groupie traveling with the band who is no older than William, but is deeply involved with Russell. Lester Bangs and Ben Fong-Torres, incidentally, were real-life rock writers Crowe worked with closely during his days as a journalist. Almost Famous' original score was composed by Nancy Wilson of Heart (who is also Crowe's wife). by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: advice writing band [music group] concert journalism magazine youth Themes: Innocence Lost Unrequited Love Writer's Life Mothers and Sons Child Prodigies Musician's Life Exclusive coverage SciFi Power Ranking - June 2, 2008from SciFi Scanner ...ranks in these movie lists: Favorite Movies 2000s (#16) Coming of Age Movies (#7)  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Rushmore (1998) Dazed and Confused (1993) Say Anything... (1989) Twist and Shout (1984) High Fidelity (2000) The Commitments (1991) I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) That Thing You Do! (1996) Plaster Caster (2001) Garage Days (2002) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... produced by: Vinyl Films filmed in: Color language: English run time:

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 Piranha 3-D Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Piranha 3-D>details Piranha 3-D details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 0 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Alexandre Aja Produced By: The Weinstein Company, Intellectual Properties Worldwide (lpw), Atmosphere Entertainment Mm Llc., Atmosphere Pictures, Atmosphere Year: 2010 Run Time: 89 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for sequences of strong bloody horror violence and gore, graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Horror, Comedy Filmed In: Color, Stereoscopic/3D Release: 2010 08 20 (USA), 2010 08 27 (USA - 3D) Key Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Jerry O'Connell, Ving Rhames, Jessica Szohr, Steven R. McQueen, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Dreyfuss, Full Credits Haute Tension and Hills Have Eyes director Alexandre Aja pays homage to the films that made him fall in love with the horror genre by helming this comedic remake of director Joe Dante's 1978 Jaws parody. Lake Victoria may look peaceful, but beneath the placid waters of this painterly lake lurks a deadly menace. A powerful underwater tremor has released scores of man-eating prehistoric fish into the waters, and now it's up to a group of unlikely heroes to band together and defeat the razor-toothed predators. With time running out and the aquatic carnivores taking over, one brave heroine (Elisabeth Shue) will risk everything to save the lake and prevent her family from becoming fish food. Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Jerry O'Connell, and Adam Scott star in the Dimension Films production. by Jason Buchanan, Rovi Keywords: lake piranha prehistoric Spring-Break Themes: When Animals Attack Terror in the Water Exclusive coverage The Good, The Bad and The Scary - June 8, 2009 - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs The Good, The Bad and The Scary - May 25, 2009 - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs The Good, The Bad and The Scary - May 18, 2009 - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs The Good, The Bad and The Scary - May 11, 2009 - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Freddy, Wolfman and Blair Witch Stand Ready to Terrorize 2010 - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs The Good, The Bad and The Scary - June 15, 2009 - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Piranha (1978) Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002) Jaws 3 (1983) Lake Placid (1999) Deep Blue Sea (1999) Frankenfish (2004) I Tentacoli (1977) Blood Tide (1982) Hatchet II (2010) Mega Piranha (2010) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 89 minutes genre/type: Horror, Comedy director: Alexandre Aja category:

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 Queen Margot Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Queen Margot>details Queen Margot details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Patrice Chéreau Produced By: Degeto Film, D.A. Films, France 2 Cinema, Nouvelle Edition Francaise, Renn Productions, RCS Films & TV Year: 1994 Run Time: 161 minutes Country: Germany, Italy, France Language: French MPAA Rating: R (for nudity, strong sexuality, and for graphic scenes of massacre) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Epic, Historical Film Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: La Reine Margot Key Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc, Pascal Greggory, Claudio Amendola, Full Credits The historical novel by Alexandre Dumas was adapted for the screen with this lavish French epic, winner of 5 Césars and a pair of awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Isabelle Adjani stars as Marguerite de Valois, better known as Margot, daughter of scheming Catholic power player Catherine de Medici (Virna Lisi). Margot is an heiress to the throne during the late 16th century reign of the neurotic, hypochondriac King Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a time when Protestants and Catholics are vying for political control of France. Catherine decides to make an overture of good will by offering up Margot in marriage to prominent Protestant Huguenot Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil), although she also schemes to bring about the notorious St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572, when tens of thousands of Protestants are slaughtered. The marriage goes forward but Margot doesn't love Henri and takes a lover, the soldier La Mole (Vincent Perez), also a Protestant from a well-to-do family. Murders by poisoning follow, as court intrigues multiply and Catherine's villainous plotting to place her son Anjou (Pascal Greggory) on the throne threatens the lives of La Mole, Margot and Henri. The American release version was cut to 145 minutes. by Karl Williams, Rovi Keywords: Catholicism intolerance marriage-arranged massacre passion queen [royalty] religion treachery Protestant political-intrigue poisoning French [nationality] Themes: Crumbling Marriages Arranged Marriages Political Unrest Crowned Heads  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Jean de Florette (1986) Signore e Signori (1966) The Tenant (1976) Camille Claudel (1988) Danton (1982) The Last of the Mohicans (1992) Manon of the Spring (1986) One Deadly Summer (1983) Elizabeth (1998) The Story of Adele H. (1975) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... language: French alternate titles: La Reine Margot category: Feature year:

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 James and the Giant Peach Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>James and the Giant Peach>details James and the Giant Peach details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Henry Selick Produced By: Buena Vista, Walt Disney Productions, Allied Film Makers Year: 1996 Run Time: 80 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG (for some frightening images) Category: Animated Genre/Type: Children's/Family Filmed In: Stop-Motion, Computer Animation, Color Key Cast: Simon Callow, Joanna Lumley, Richard Dreyfuss, Pete Postlethwaite, Jane Leeves, Miriam Margolyes, Paul Terry, Susan Sarandon, Full Credits A young boy's discovery of a gigantic peach triggers an eventful journey across the sea in this strikingly designed and surprisingly twisted animated adventure. A live-action framing device establishes the dark yet fanciful mood one might expect from an adaptation of a Roald Dahl story, as young British lad James (Paul Terry) is orphaned by the death of his parents and forced to live with two cruel, repulsive aunts (played by noted British character actors Miriam Margolyes and Joanna Lumley of British TV hit Absolutely Fabulous). The visit of a mysterious stranger provides a means of escape, however, through a magic bag of "crocodile tongues" that bring about the appearance of the giant peach. The curious James soon winds up inside the fruit, at which point his body changes, and the film switches to a combination of stop-motion and digital animation. The new James meets up with a group of talking, oversized insects, including a vampish spider (voiced by Susan Sarandon), a sarcastic centipede (voiced by Richard Dreyfuss), and a matronly ladybug (voiced by Jane Leeves). These creatures become his traveling companions when the peach rolls into the Atlantic Ocean, and James and his new friends must brave a variety of dangers to reach the shore. Director Henry Selick provides further proof of the visual skill he demonstrated in The Nightmare Before Christmas, creating a fascinating, often eerie alternate universe, while Randy Newman provides the upbeat musical accompaniment. Young children may be disturbed by the story's creepier overtones, but the mixture of remarkable visuals, oddball characters, and off-kilter fantasy will appeal to all other audiences. by Judd Blaise, Rovi Keywords: aunt dream family fantasy magic orphan reality vagabond fantasy-world death-in-family Themes: Orphans Runaways Authority Figures [k] Exclusive coverage AFI Dallas 2009 - Henry Selick Carries Coraline on the Red Carpet - AMC News - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Mary Robinette Kowal - Why Do Fantasy Movies Always Kill the Parents? - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Mary Robinette Kowal - The Many Fantastic Flicks of Mr. Roald Dahl - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Roald Dahl's Fantasy Movies (#6)  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Ed Wood (1994) Toy Story (1995) Toy Story 2 (1999) Finding Nemo (2003) Batman (1989) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Tin Toy (1988) Porco Rosso (1992) Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) Once Around (1991) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 80 minutes language: English year: 1996 genre/type:

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 Miller's Crossing Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Miller's Crossing>details Miller's Crossing details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Joel Coen Produced By: Circle Films, 20th Century Fox Year: 1990 Run Time: 120 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Crime Filmed In: Color Release: 1990 09 22 (USA) Key Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Full Credits Joel and Ethan Coen's third collaboration, the gangster film Miller's Crossing, stars Gabriel Byrne as Tom Reagan, the right-hand man of big-city Irish mob boss Leo (Albert Finney). The film opens with Italian mobster Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito) and his second in command Eddie Dane (J.E. Freeman) informing Leo and Tom that they are going to kill bookie Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) because he has been revealing Caspar's fixed fights to other gamblers. Leo informs Caspar that Bernie pays for protection and is not to be touched. After the Italians leave in a huff, Tom informs Leo that he should give up Bernie. Tom and Leo are both involved with Verna (Marcia Gay Harden), Bernie's sister. After a failed hit on Leo starts a full-scale mob war, Tom reveals to Leo the truth about his relationship with Verna. This leads to a falling-out between the pair. Tom goes to work for Caspar, but in truth, he is still loyal to Leo. Tom figures out how to manipulate all of the situations so that Leo survives, but this may cost Tom his relationship with Verna. by Perry Seibert, Rovi Keywords: double-cross friendship gang-war Irish-American Italian-American mob-boss Themes: Dishonor Among Thieves Criminal's Revenge Feuds Exclusive coverage Beyond The Godfather - The Best Mob Movies You've (Probably) Never Seen - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Ten Movies Completely Overlooked by Oscar - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Classic American Gangster Movies (#12) The Coen Brothers' Best Movies (#8) Underrated Mob Movies (#5)  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Killer (1989) Mean Streets (1973) Raising Arizona (1987) GoodFellas (1990) Barton Fink (1991) Once Upon a Time in America (1984) The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part II (1974) Blood Simple (1984) Das Boot (1981) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... language: English mpaa rating: R filmed in: Color category:

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 Woodstock Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Woodstock>details Woodstock details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Michael Wadleigh Produced By: Wadleigh-Maurice, Warner Brothers Year: 1970 Run Time: 230 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Documentary Genre/Type: Music Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: Woodstock - 3 Days of Love & Music, Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut) Key Cast: Joan Baez, The Who, Joe Cocker, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Arlo Guthrie, Jefferson Airplane, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, Full Credits This iconic musical documentary covers the three-day 1969 music festival on the property of Max Yasger's farm that symbolized the late 1960s in terms of musical, social and political ideology of the era. American audiences are introduced to Ten Years After, featuring guitar great Alvin Lee. Jimi Hendix, The Who and Joe Cocker give riveting performances. As naked flower children romp, the New York freeway is closed because of traffic congestion. Music lovers leave their cars and travel on foot only survive torrential downpours of rain, food shortages and non-stop music. Jefferson Airplane gives the wake up call with their song "Volunteers Of America." Crosby, Stills and Nash deliver a memorable performance. John Sebastian gives an impromptu set with a borrowed guitar from Tim Hardin. Santana, Sly and The Family Stone, Sha-Na-Na, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens and Joan Baez also appear. The movie did big box office business and a successful three record set sold millions of copies. The Grateful Dead, Credence Clearwater Revival and Janis Joplin performed but were not shown in the film. The Dead's Jerry Garcia recalled that it was the worst live show the band ever did, ironic for a band known for their spirited live performances. by Dan Pavlides, Rovi Keywords: drugs hippie mud music performer protester rock-music songwriter rock-band folk-music Themes: Generation Gap Bohemian Life Exclusive coverage Classic Ten - Greatest Concert Movies - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Rockin' Concert Movies (#1)  click here Currently 5/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) The Last Waltz (1978) M*A*S*H (1970) The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter (1970) Das Boot (1981) Monterey Pop (1968) That Was Rock (1965) Wattstax (1972) Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) Come and See (1985) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... language: English filmed in: Color run time: 230 minutes genre/type:

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 Change of Habit Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Change of Habit>details Change of Habit details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: William A. Graham Produced By: Universal Year: 1969 Run Time: 93 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair, Jane Elliot, Leora Dana, Ed Asner, Robert Emhardt, Regis Toomey, Full Credits Dr. John Carpenter (Elvis Presley) helps the economically disadvantaged in an inner-city medical clinic. Three nuns are assigned to help out at the facility and are allowed to wear regular clothes instead of the traditional habits. Sister Michelle (Mary Tyler Moore) is the speech therapist who Dr. Carpenter would like to examine personally after hours. Along with the other sisters (Barbara McNair and Jane Elliot), Michelle is subjected to the criticism of the local parish priest (Regis Toomey) in the social experiment of non-traditional dress. Two spinsters even mistake the nuns for prostitutes without their habits. The priest wins out in the end, and the nuns must again don their habits. As the good doctor sings to the ailing children, Sister Michelle is transfixed both by a crucifix hanging on the wall and by Elvis Presley in an ironic and symbolic scene that flashes between the two icons. This was Presley's last studio feature and he welcomed the move from stifling screen images as he returned his focus to live performances and recording for the remainder of his illustrious career. by Dan Pavlides, Rovi Keywords: clinic doctor/nurse ghetto nun peeping-tom rape forbidden-love Themes: Members of the Clergy  click here Currently 1/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Sound of Music (1965) Lilies of the Field (1963) Going My Way (1944) Jesus of Montreal (1989) Remparts d'Argile (1970) Historias del Subdesarrollo (1968) The Fugitive (1948) Black Robe (1991) The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) King Creole (1958) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... mpaa rating: R language: English director: William A. Graham year:

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 Deliver Us From Evil Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Deliver Us From Evil>details Deliver Us From Evil details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Amy Berg Produced By: Disarming Films Year: 2006 Run Time: 103 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: NR Category: Documentary Genre/Type: History Filmed In: Color Release: 2006 10 13 (USA - Limited) Key Cast: Oliver O'Grady, Bob Jyono, Ann Jyono, Nancy Sloan, Marie Jyono, Jeff Anderson, Phil M., Becky M., Full Credits Filmmaker Amy Berg recounts a harrowing story of child abuse and how a serial child molester went free for the better part of two decades in this documentary. Oliver O'Grady was a Catholic priest who served in a number of parishes in Southern California during the 1970s and '80s. O'Grady was also a habitual child molester who abused dozens of youngsters who were entrusted to his care, and while his superiors in the church were aware of O'Grady's crimes as early as 1973, they opted to simply move him from one congregation to another rather than turn him in to authorities or strip him of his ordination. In Deliver Us From Evil, a number of O'Grady's victims and their families discuss his crimes and the repercussions they feel to this day. O'Grady himself also appears in the film, speaking candidly about his career as a sexual predator and recounting his misdeeds in detail. (After finally being convicted of child sexual abuse, O'Grady served time in prison and now lives in Ireland, where he is still looked after by Catholic clergy.) Berg also offers a look into the history of the Catholic Church and how its leadership has often protected those within the hierarchy at the expense of their worshipers. Deliver Us From Evil was named Best Documentary Feature at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: Catholicism priest shame aftermath child-molestation Themes: Domestic Abuse Members of the Clergy Rape & Sexual Abuse Wolf in Sheep's Clothing  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Capturing the Friedmans (2002) Twist of Faith (2004) Holy Water-Gate: Abuse Cover-Up in the Catholic Church (2004) Hand of God (2006) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... category: Documentary filmed in: Color mpaa rating: NR run time:

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 Airborne Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Airborne>details Airborne details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Rob Bowman Produced By: Warner Brothers Year: 1993 Run Time: 89 minutes Country: USA MPAA Rating: PG (for language and brief nudity) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Drama Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Shane Mc Dermott, Seth Green, Brittney Powell, Chris Conrad, Edie McClurg, Patrick O'Brien, Jack Black, Alanna Ubach, Full Credits The exciting world of rollerblading provides the basis of this tale of a young teen who tries to inspire the affection of a pretty girl with his skating prowess. The lad is 15-year-old Mitchell Goosen who is sent from sunny southern California to snowy Cincinnati to live with relatives while his parents go on a long trip to Australia. The boy comes to the Ohio city clutching his surfboard and meets his goofy cousin who quickly becomes his friend. Naturally his laid back West Coast ways make him the subject of ridicule in his new high school. His biggest foe is the school jock. The pain of his new life is eased a bit after Mitchell meets perky blond Nikki. They talk and then he is forced to play in a hockey game. Mitchell has no idea what hockey is about but still manages to score the winning goal causing him to be the victim of more ostracism. In the spring, he begins rollerblading and the other kids are amazed by his many stunts. Eventually, he uses his skills to win the respect of his enemies and Niki's heart, but not without a lot more daring skating escapades. by Sandra Brennan, Rovi Keywords: boy roller-blading romance sports teenagers coming-of-age new-kid-in-town Themes: Fish Out of Water Underdogs High School Life First Love New Kid in Town  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Walkabout (1971) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Radio Days (1987) Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) Brown of Harvard (1926) The Secret of NIMH (1982) The Karate Kid (1984) Eating Raoul (1982) The Master of Ballantrae (1984) Divided Loyalties (1990) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... genre/type: Comedy Drama director: Rob Bowman produced by: Warner Brothers country:

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 Legend Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Legend>details Legend details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Ridley Scott Produced By: Legend Productions, Universal Year: 1985 Run Time: 114 minutes Country: UK, USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Fantasy Filmed In: Color Release: 1986 04 18 (USA) Key Cast: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, Peter O'Farrell, Full Credits This lavishly staged and costumed fantasy is about young Jack (Tom Cruise) and his lady love Princess Lili (Mia Sara), and how Jack battles Darkness (Tim Curry) to save both the Princess and the world. When the peasant Jack takes Princess Lili to see the unicorns, the strongest animals around, he does not know that Darkness, with his cloven hooves, yellow eyes, and red skin plans on using Lili as bait to weaken the unicorns which he does -- and plunge the world into an ice age. Soon after that disaster, Darkness captures Lili and, Jack has to rally his elves and elvettes to rescue her and subdue Darkness at the same time. by Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi Keywords: beast black-magic demon elf goblin Hell princess romance sorcerer unicorn good-vs-evil Themes: Daring Rescues Mythical Creatures Heroic Mission Exclusive coverage Larklight: The Next Narnia... or the Next Golden Compass?from SciFi Scanner John Scalzi - Ridley Scott Deserves an Oscar, Even If It's an Honorary One - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Fantasy Flicks for Chicks (#7)  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Blade Runner (1982) Thelma & Louise (1991) Alien (1979) Pinocchio (1940) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) A Passage to India (1984) Yellow Submarine (1968) Oliver Twist (1982) The Neverending Story (1984) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... category: Feature genre/type: Fantasy director: Ridley Scott run time:

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 The Jungle Book Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Jungle Book>details The Jungle Book details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Wolfgang Reitherman Produced By: Buena Vista, Walt Disney Productions Year: 1967 Run Time: 78 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: G Category: Animated Genre/Type: Adventure, Musical, Children's/Family Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Bruce Reitherman, Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, J. Pat O'Malley, Verna Felton, Full Credits The final animated feature produced under the supervision of Walt Disney is a lively neo-swing musical, loosely based upon the tales of Rudyard Kipling. The story takes place in a tropical jungle where people are conspicuously absent. But one day Bagheera the Panther (voice of Sebastian Cabot) discovers a baby in the wreck of a boat. Feeling pity on the child, Bagheera takes him to be raised with the wolves. Ten years later, the child has grown into Mowgli (voice of Bruce Reitherman). Mowgli discovers that his life is in danger because of the return to the area of Shere Khan the Tiger (voice of George Sanders), whose hatred of humans is such that Mowgli faces certain death if discovered. Bagheera agrees to transport Mowgli to the human village, where he will be safe from Shere Khan. Along the way to the village, night falls and Mowgli and Bagheera almost succumb to the man-eating snake Kaa (voice of Sterling Holloway). Escaping Kaa's coils, they run into the lock-step military elephant band of Colonel Hathi (voice of J. Pat O'Malley). Afterwards, Mowgli, who doesn't want to be sent to the human village, runs away from Bagheera and meets up with the fun-loving Baloo the Bear (voice of Phil Harrris). With both Bagheera and Baloo to protect him, Mowgli is saved from several more life-threatening situations -- including a barber-shop quartet of vultures, the crazed King Louie of the Apes (voice of Louis Prima), and Shere Khan himself -- before making it to the village of humans. by Paul Brenner, Rovi Keywords: bear boy jungle king orangutan roots [origins] tiger vultures wolf talking-animal feral-child Themes: Orphans Mischievous Children  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Dumbo (1941) Fantasia (1940) Pinocchio (1940) Bambi (1942) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974) Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1965) 101 Dalmatians (1961) Lady and the Tramp (1955) It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... year: 1967 category: Animated run time: 78 minutes filmed in:

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 Reversal of Fortune Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Reversal of Fortune>details Reversal of Fortune details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Barbet Schroeder Produced By: Shochiku, Warner Brothers, Sovereign Pictures Year: 1990 Run Time: 112 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 1990 10 17 (USA) Key Cast: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra, Uta Hagen, Fisher Stevens, Christine Baranski, Mano Singh, Full Credits This film is a darkly humorous, determinedly ambiguous adaptation of Alan Dershowitz's book about his successful legal appeal of Claus von Bulow's conviction for the attempted murder of his wife, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow. Sunny (Glenn Close) -- who remains in a "persistent vegetative state" resulting from a suspicious injection of insulin -- narrates the film, summarizing the first murder trial, which ended with Claus (Jeremy Irons) convicted and released on bail pending appeal. Claus approaches Harvard Law professor Dershowitz (Ron Silver) to handle the case. Working with a small group of law students recruited from his classes, Dershowitz presents sufficient new evidence to cast doubt as to Claus' guilt and the veracity of the star witness, her maid. Jeremy Irons' extraordinary, Oscar-winning performance dominates the film. He plays the role of Claus with a alternatively pompous, aloof snobbishness and an engagingly enigmatic, kinky, sly humor. Barbet Schroeder was also nominated for an Academy Award for his extraordinary, off-beat, direction of this sophisticated, exceptionally intelligent legal drama. Reversal of Fortune with its sharp, witty, Oscar-nominated screenplay by Nicholas Kazan is unusual in its understanding that legal guilt and moral culpability are not the same thing -- making for an unusually provocative tragicomedy of bad manners and bad behavior among the rich. by Linda Rasmussen, Rovi Keywords: addiction drugs lawyer courtroom courtship decadence murder family investigation jury killing marriage marriage-problems socialite trial [courtroom] wife downward-mobility family-tragedy riches-to-rags false-accusation Themes: Treacherous Spouses Lawyers  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Belle de Jour (1967) Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Dead Ringers (1988) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) The Murder of Mary Phagan (1987) Jagged Edge (1985) Barfly (1987) The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) More (1969) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA run time: 112 minutes genre/type: Drama category:

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 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Unbearable Lightness of Being>details The Unbearable Lightness of Being details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Philip Kaufman Produced By: Saul Zaentz Co., Orion Year: 1988 Run Time: 172 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 1988 02 05 (USA) Key Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson, Donald Moffat, Pavel Landovsky, Daniel Olbrychski, Full Credits In Philip Kaufman's surprisingly successful film adaptation of Czech author Milan Kundera's demanding 1984 best-seller, Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Tomas, an overly amorous Prague surgeon, while Juliette Binoche plays Tereza, the waiflike beauty whom he marries. Even though he's supposedly committed, Tomas continues his wanton womanizing, notably with his silken mistress Sabina (Lena Olin). Escaping the 1968 Russian invasion of Prague by heading for Geneva, Sabina takes up with another man and unexpectedly develops a friendship with Tereza. Meanwhile, Tomas, who previously was interested only in sex, becomes politicized by the collapse of Czechoslovakia's Dubcek regime. The Unbearable Lightness of Being may be too leisurely for some viewers, but other viewers may feel the same warm sense of inner satisfaction that is felt after finishing a good, long novel. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: extramarital-affair writing invasion demonstration [political] doctor/nurse love love-triangle photography politician riot [uprising] romance Themes: Bohemian Life Infidelity Love Triangles Political Unrest  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Easy Rider (1969) Gone With the Wind (1939) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) A Room With a View (1986) Withnail & I (1987) The Right Stuff (1983) The Mother and the Whore (1973) Cries and Whispers (1972) Jules and Jim (1962) The Philadelphia Story (1940) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA language: English filmed in: Color mpaa rating:

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 Things Behind the Sun Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Things Behind the Sun>details Things Behind the Sun details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Allison Anders Produced By: Sidekick Entertainment, Echo Lake Productions Year: 2001 Run Time: 117 minutes Country: USA Language: English Set in: Cocoa Beach, FL MPAA Rating: R (for strong sexual violence, sexuality, language and substance abuse) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Made for TV, Color Release: 2001 10 12 (USA - Limited) Key Cast: Kim Dickens, Gabriel Mann, Don Cheadle, Eric Stoltz, Elizabeth Peña, Rosanna Arquette, Alison Folland, Patsy Kensit, Full Credits Writer and director Allison Anders, who used the world of rock & roll as the backdrop for her films Border Radio, Grace of My Heart, and Sugar Mountain, returns to the music scene for this tale of a woman struggling to come to terms with an emotionally devastating past. Sherry McGrale (Kim Dickens) is a punk-influenced singer and songwriter whose angry, deeply personal music has begun to win her a national following, though the demons that fuel her art are playing havoc with her life, as she drowns her sorrows in drugs and alcohol and fills a growing police blotter with arrests for disorderly conduct. Sherry is winning significant airplay for a song about the brutal rape of a young woman, and rock journalist Owen (Gabriel Mann) convinces his editor Pete (Rosanna Arquette) to assign him a major story on Sherry when he tells her he knows the truth about Sherry's own rape as an adolescent, which inspired the song. Owen is forced to run interference with Chuck (Don Cheadle), Sherry's manager and former boyfriend who is fiercely protective of his fragile client, but Owen is still able to meet with the singer. However, Owen finds that Sherry either can't or won't remember most of the details of the brutal and degrading assault, and she doesn't want to discuss the heavy toll it's taken upon her. Influential experimental rock group Sonic Youth contributed several original compositions for the film's score; Sherry's singing voice was provided by Kristen Vigard, who performed on the soundtrack of Grace of My Heart. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: alcoholism boyfriend editor punk-rock rape reporter rock-music songwriter drug-addiction manager musician Themes: Haunted By the Past Members of the Press Musician's Life  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Georgia (1995) The Rose (1979) Tape (2001) Grace of My Heart (1996) Prey for Rock & Roll (2003) Velvet Goldmine (1998) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... director: Allison Anders year: 2001 run time: 117 minutes category:

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 The Legend of Hell House Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Legend of Hell House>details The Legend of Hell House details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: John Hough Produced By: 20th Century Fox Year: 1973 Run Time: 94 minutes Country: UK Language: English MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Horror Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roland Culver, Peter Bowles, Michael Gough, Full Credits Richard Matheson adapted the screenplay of The Legend of Hell House from his own novel. In the tradition of Shirley Jackson's Haunting of Hill House, four people with alleged extrasensory powers are called upon to spend a weekend in a supposedly haunted house, to either prove or disprove the presence of ghosts. Roddy McDowall has been in the house before, and refuses to treat the possibility of paranormal activity lightly; scientist Clive Revill believes that he can trace the happenings to rational explanations involving electric current; Pamela Franklin is convinced that, if spirits exists, she will be able to communicate with them; and Gayle Hunnicutt plays Revill's young wife, ripe for "possession." by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: ghost demon haunted-house house investigation mansion medium [psychic] millionaire occult demonic-possession research sadist scientist paranormal supernatural-forces mystery [unexplained phenomenon] Themes: Psychic Abilities Ghosts Exclusive coverage Houses Can Be Haunted, but True Evil Lurks Inside Our Furniturefrom Horror Hacker ...ranks in these movie lists: Best Haunted House Movies (#9)  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Blow-Up (1966) The Innocents (1961) Dead of Night (1945) The Haunting (1963) Poltergeist (1982) The Uninvited (1944) House (1977) La Noche del Terror Ciego (1971) Fright Night (1985) House on Haunted Hill (1958) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... mpaa rating: PG year: 1973 run time: 94 minutes category:

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 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Mary Shelley's Frankenstein>details Mary Shelley's Frankenstein details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Kenneth Branagh Produced By: TriStar Year: 1994 Run Time: 123 minutes Country: UK, USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for horrific images) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Horror Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Aidan Quinn, Ian Holm, Richard Briers, John Cleese, Full Credits Director Kenneth Branagh's interpretation of Mary Shelley's classic horror novel stars Robert DeNiro as a terrifying monster created in an obsessive attempt to defeat death and stretch the limits of medicine in the early 19th century. With the use of flashback, a dying Dr. Viktor Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) divulges a tale of gruesome terror to a sea captain (Aidan Quinn): As a medical student, the rebellious Frankenstein elaborates on the work of a brilliant scientist (John Cleese), successfully bringing to life a "man" assembled from the body parts of corpses. Upon realizing the destructive consequences of his experiment, Dr. Frankenstein abandons the creature and attempts to return to a normal life with his medical partner, Henry (Tom Hulce), and his fiancée (and adopted sister), Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter). In the meantime, the nameless creature struggles with loneliness and rejection from society until he sets out to track down his creator in search of one of two things: a bride to keep him company or revenge. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) was produced by Francis Ford Coppola, who previously directed and produced monster-drama Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). by Lisa Kropiewnicki, Rovi Keywords: revenge death escape immortality killing obsession reincarnation rescue romance violence boating Frankenstein Themes: Experiments Gone Awry Mad Scientists Exclusive coverage Tonight on AMC: Young Frankensteinfrom SciFi Scanner Tonight on AMC: Young Frankensteinfrom SciFi Scanner The Monster In the Manfrom Horror Hacker  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Victor Frankenstein (1975) Taxi Driver (1976) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) Frankenstein (1931) The Deer Hunter (1978) The Godfather Part II (1974) Henry V (1989) Angel Heart (1987) Dead Again (1991) Much Ado About Nothing (1993) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 123 minutes country: UK, USA category: Feature director:

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 Ghost World Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Ghost World>details Ghost World details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Terry Zwigoff Produced By: Jersey Shore Films, Granada Film, United Artists Year: 2001 Run Time: 111 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for strong language and some sexual content) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 2001 07 20 (USA - Limited) Key Cast: Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban, Teri Garr, Stacey Travis, Full Credits Filmmaker Terry Zwigoff, who enjoyed breakthrough success with his 1994 documentary Crumb, shifts gears as he examines the lives of two young women on the verge of leaving their adolescence behind in his first dramatic feature. Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) are two close friends who've just graduated from high school, and are trying to decide what to do with their lives. Enid is a dark-haired arch cynic who is tired of living at home with her ineffectual dad (Bob Balaban) and his annoyingly perky girlfriend Maxine (Teri Garr), while Rebecca is prettier and a bit cheerier, but no more certain about her future. While the two girls have vague plans of getting an apartment together, they seem content to while away their summer hanging out and indulging in their shared infatuation with Josh (Brad Renfro), a friend from school who works at a convenience store and doesn't seem to be especially attracted to either of them. Enid discovers that in order to get her diploma, she'll have to take an additional class over the summer, where she winds up studying art with Roberta (Illeana Douglas), who is determined to encourage Enid's creative impulses, whether Enid likes it or not. More significantly, Enid meets Seymour (Steve Buscemi), a geeky record collector more than twice her age, and while they would seem to have little in common (and Rebecca thinks he's a creep), Enid discovers a kindred spirit in fellow misfit Seymour, who shares her disgust with the world around them, and a relationship begins to develop between the two. Ghost World is based on the award-winning graphic novel by comic artist Daniel Clowes, who also wrote the film's screenplay. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: culture [social culture] dysfunctional experiment friendship graduation infatuation obsession uncertainty crossroads coming-of-age Themes: Teachers and Students Teen Angst Suburban Dysfunction Faltering Friendships Unlikely Friendships Exclusive coverage The Ten Best Comic Book Movies of the Decade - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Acne Comics Presents... The Top Five Teenage Superheroes! - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs After Watchmen, Hollywood Should Tackle These "Unfilmable" Comics - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs No Joke, Heath Ledger Owes His Oscar Nomination to Superman - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Classic Ten - Greatest Slackers - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Best Comic Book Movies of the '00s (#9)  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Slacker (1991) Rushmore (1998) Confessions of an American Girl (2002) Juno (2007) American Splendor (2003) Lover Girl (1997) Josie and the Pussycats (2001) Girls Can't Swim (2000) Gypsy 83 (2001) Lost in Translation (2003) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA filmed in: Color director: Terry Zwigoff genre/type:

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 Scream Bloody Murder Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Scream Bloody Murder>details Scream Bloody Murder details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Marc B. Ray Produced By: American Pictures Year: 1972 Run Time: 90 minutes Country: USA MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Horror Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: Claw of Terror, Matthew, The Captive Female Key Cast: Fred Holbert, Rory Guy, Leigh Mitchell, Robert Knox, Suzette Hamilton, Full Credits In this slasher outing, a deranged young man mangles his father to death with a tractor. During the fun, he loses his own hand. Afterward he is placed in a hospital for the criminally insane where his hand is replaced by a hook. Time passes and he is eventually released. Unfortunately, he is far from cured and goes on an unparalleled killing spree. by Sandra Brennan, Rovi Keywords: asylum [mental hospital] craziness murder family mental-illness investigation killing rampage slasher  click here Currently 1/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Belle de Jour (1967) Shock Corridor (1963) Indagine su un Cittadino al di Sopra di Ogni Sospetto (1970) The Lawyer (1969) Psycho II (1983) Secret Beyond the Door (1948) Sketches of a Strangler (1978) The Stoolie (1972) Recommendation for Mercy (1975) Urge to Kill (1984) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... mpaa rating: R country: USA produced by: American Pictures director:

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 The Bridges of Madison County Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Bridges of Madison County>details The Bridges of Madison County details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Clint Eastwood Produced By: Warner Brothers Year: 1995 Run Time: 135 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG13 (for some sexuality and brief strong language) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama, Romance Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak, Jim Haynie, George Orrison, Debra Monk, Phyllis Lyons, Full Credits The brief, illicit love affair between an Iowa housewife and a post-middle-age free-lance photographer is chronicled in this powerful romance based on the best-selling novella by Robert James Waller. The story begins as globetrotting National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid journeys to Madison County in 1965 to film its lovely covered bridges. Upon his arrival, he stops by an old farmhouse to ask directions. There he encounters housewife, Francesca Johnson, whose spouse and two children are out of town. Thus begins their four-day affair, a liaison that fundamentally changes them both. Later Francesca chronicles the affair in a diary which her flabbergasted grown children read; never would they have expected their mother to be capable of the passion she experienced with Kincaid. by Sandra Brennan, Rovi Keywords: extramarital-affair bridge [structure] loneliness love romance life-choices photographer Themes: Infidelity Brief Encounters Exclusive coverage Movies on the News: Schwarzenegger Fires Eastwood - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Scribe Ron Bass Is a Nicholas Sparks for the Multiplex - Just Ask Julia Roberts - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: The Best Movies of Director Clint Eastwood (#9) Clint Eastwood's Best Movies (#8) Greatest Chick Flicks (#8)  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Unforgiven (1992) Brief Encounter (1945) Love Affair (1939) Escape from Alcatraz (1979) The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Same Time, Next Year (1978) Bird (1988) Dama S Sobachkoy (1959) In the Line of Fire (1993) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... director: Clint Eastwood country: USA category: Feature produced by:

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 Return of the Secaucus 7 Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Return of the Secaucus 7>details Return of the Secaucus 7 details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: John Sayles Produced By: Specialty Films, Salsipuedes, Libra Films International Year: 1980 Run Time: 114 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 2002 04 12 (USA - Limited Rerelease) Alternate Titles: Return of the Secaucus Seven Key Cast: Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam Le Fevre, Maggie Cousineau, Gordon Clapp, Jean Passanante, Karen Trott, Mark Arnott, Full Credits College friends reunite for a New England summer weekend in this low-budget first feature by accomplished independent filmmaker John Sayles. A predecessor of the well-paced, character-driven films in Sayles' future, Secaucus Seven also looks ahead to the 1980s ensemble movies that it inspired, most notably Lawrence Kasdan's The Big Chill, which arrived in theaters three years later. As each friend arrives at the house (or travels to the house), characterizations build, dialogue expands, and the house (and film) are full of people getting reacquainted and re-examining themselves and each other. Sayles builds the plot by testing the characters' connections: Will these former radicals accept the uptight boyfriend of the well-loved politico? What happens when a couple splits up? How does the educated set treat the local blue-collars? Many critics cited Secaucus Seven in their decade-end list of the best films of the 1980s. by Norm Schrager, Rovi Keywords: activism anti-war arrest college friendship identity protester radical reunion student weekend slice-of-life Themes: Class Differences Twentysomething Life Breakups and Divorces  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies A Hard Day's Night (1964) The Graduate (1967) Nashville (1975) Local Hero (1983) Malcolm X (1992) The Last Picture Show (1971) Jonah, Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976) The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) Passion Fish (1992) Baby It's You (1983) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... mpaa rating: R genre/type: Comedy Drama language: English director:

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 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie>details The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Stephen Hillenburg Produced By: United Plankton Pictures, Nickelodeon Pictures Year: 2004 Run Time: 87 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG (for some mild crude humor) Category: Animated Genre/Type: Comedy, Children's/Family Filmed In: Animation & Live Action Mixed, Color Release: 2004 11 19 (USA) Key Cast: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Mr. Lawrence, Alec Baldwin, David Hasselhoff, Scarlett Johansson, Full Credits Something nefarious is afloat in the depths of Bikini Bottom: King Neptune's crown has been stolen, and the prime suspect is Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob's boss at Mr. Krabs' Krabby Patties. Despite the overwhelming evidence against Mr. Krabs -- not to mention having been turned down for a long-awaited promotion at the restaurant -- SpongeBob (voice of Tom Kenny) refuses to believe that his boss is responsible and teams up with his best friend, Patrick (voice of Bill Fagerbakke), on a mission to Shell City, where he hopes he can exonerate Mr. Krabs and return the crown to its rightful owner. Of course, this is no easy task; once outside the safety of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob is faced with the overwhelming dangers of the sea, not the least of which being a cyclops that many believe to be responsible for the deaths of countless other unfortunate sea-creatures who ventured outside county lines. Among those who lent their vocal chords to the film include Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Tambor, and Alec Baldwin. by Tracie Cooper, Rovi Keywords: boss [employer] crown employee journey promotion search exoneration sea-life false-accusation Themes: Saintly Fools Heroic Mission  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Muppet Movie (1979) SpongeBob SquarePants: Truth or Square (2009) SpongeBob SquarePants [Animated TV Series] (1999) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002) Dudley Do-Right (1999) Space Jam (1996) The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) Inspector Gadget (1999) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA run time: 87 minutes language: English year:

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Mystery

 Zero Effect Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Zero Effect>details Zero Effect details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Jake Kasdan Produced By: Manifest Film Company, Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Year: 1998 Run Time: 115 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for language) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Mystery Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Hugh Ross, Sara Devincentis, Matt O'Toole, Full Credits Jake Kasdan made his feature film directorial debut with this oblique thriller about eccentric private detective Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman) and his sardonic front man partner Steve Arlo (Ben Stiller). After the two are hired by blackmail victim Gregory Stark (Ryan O'Neal), Zero sets up a sting operation and soon focuses on his suspect, Gloria Sullivan (Kim Dickens), a woman he met at a health club. Thinking Zero is an accountant, she asks him to look over her tax return. Clues form a trail to hitman Kragan Vincent (Matt O'Toole), who could be Gloria's father. Amid the romance and revenge, Zero manages to write a few songs (actually written by Pullman and Kasdan). by Bhob Stewart, Rovi Keywords: blackmail eccentric hitman investigation love sidekick private-detective Themes: Private Eyes Assumed Identities  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Usual Suspects (1995) Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) The Late Show (1977) Moonlighting (1985) The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) Beat the Devil (1953) The Cable Guy (1996) Love at Large (1989) Reality Bites (1994) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA year: 1998 director: Jake Kasdan genre/type:

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 Born on the Fourth of July Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Born on the Fourth of July>details Born on the Fourth of July details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Oliver Stone Produced By: Ixtlan Corporation, Universal Year: 1989 Run Time: 145 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: War, Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 1989 12 20 (USA) Key Cast: Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Kyra Sedgwick, Willem Dafoe, Brian Larkin, Jerry Levine, Josh Evans, Full Credits The second of three films by co-writer/director Oliver Stone to explore the effects of the Vietnam War (Platoon and Heaven and Earth are the others), Born On The Fourth Of July tells the true story of Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise), a patriotic, All-American small town athlete who shocks his family by enlisting with the Marines to fight in the Vietnam War. Once he is overseas, however, Kovic's gung-ho enthusiasm turns to horror and confusion when he accidentally kills one of his own men in a firefight. His downfall is furthered by a bullet wound that leaves him paralyzed from the chest down. He returns home, spends an appalling, nightmarish stint in a veterans' hospital, and follows an increasingly disillusioned and fragmented path that ultimately leaves him drunk and dissolute in Mexico. However, Kovic somehow turns himself around and pulls his life together, becoming an outspoken anti-war activist in the process. The film is long but emotionally powerful; many consider it Stone's best work and Cruise's best performance. Both were nominated for Oscars, as was the film itself, but only Stone, who co-wrote the film with Kovic from the latter's book, won for Best Director. by Don Kaye, Rovi Keywords: activism family paraplegic veteran [military] wheelchair wrestling-Greco-Roman VA-Hospital Vietnam self-pity Themes: Fighting the System Social Injustice Starting Over Living With Disability Home From the War Exclusive coverage Even John Wayne Couldn't Sell a Contemporary War Movie So Don't Knock De Palma - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: The Best Movies of Oliver Stone (#4) Tom Cruise's Greatest Movies (#9)  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) Easy Rider (1969) M*A*S*H (1970) The Deer Hunter (1978) Boyz 'N the Hood (1991) Das Boot (1981) Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Belle de Jour (1967) The Big Parade (1925) Coming Home (1978) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... category: Feature language: English run time: 145 minutes genre/type:

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2008

 Cadillac Records Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Cadillac Records>details Cadillac Records details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Darnell Martin Produced By: Sony Music Film Year: 2008 Run Time: 108 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for pervasive language and some sexuality) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 2008 12 05 (USA) Key Cast: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Beyoncé Knowles, Columbus Short, Mos Def, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Full Credits Directed by TV veteran Darnell Martin, the musical drama Cadillac Records documents the compelling true-life story of the Chicago record label that helped the world discover such legendary artists as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, and Chuck Berry. Founded in 1950 by Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), Chess Records quickly gained a reputation as home to some of the most talented and influential blues artists ever to step into a recording studio. But giving these musicians an opportunity to bring their music to the world was no easy task, because along the way there was enough sex, drugs, and rock & roll to ensure that things around Chess Records never got boring. Featuring Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Gabrielle Union as Geneva Wade, Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, and Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf. by Jason Buchanan, Rovi Keywords: blues-music record-company singer recording-studio Themes: Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance Musician's Life  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Dreamgirls (2006) Ray (2004) What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993) Grace of My Heart (1996) The Five Heartbeats (1991) Notorious (2009) Great Balls of Fire! (1989) Who Do You Love (2008) The Temptations (1998) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 108 minutes category: Feature filmed in: Color year:

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United Artists

 Coming Home Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Coming Home>details Coming Home details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Hal Ashby Produced By: United Artists Year: 1978 Run Time: 130 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Romance, Drama Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Robert Ginty, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Charles Cyphers, Pat Corley, Full Credits Hal Ashby's 1978 melodrama examines the impact of the Vietnam War on the "war at home" among the men who fought it and the women in their lives. Left alone in Los Angeles when her gung-ho Marine husband Bob (Bruce Dern) heads to Vietnam in 1968, proper wife Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) decides to volunteer at the V.A. hospital where her new friend Vi (Penelope Milford) works. There she meets Luke Martin (Jon Voight), a former high-school classmate and Marine who has returned from 'Nam a bitter paraplegic. As their relationship grows, Sally sees the effect of the war on the soldiers after they come back, inspiring her to rethink her priorities; Luke's spirits begin to lift, and a hospital tragedy helps focus his anger toward meaningful protest. After a Hong Kong visit with her increasingly withdrawn husband, Sally finds a love and companionship with Luke that she had never known with her husband. Once Bob comes home with his own injury, however, the three must find a way to deal with a changing world and with a system that betrayed the men fighting for it. by Lucia Bozzola, Rovi Keywords: anger anti-war depression doctor/nurse homecoming love-triangle paraplegic self-discovery veteran [military] volunteer wheelchair VA-Hospital Vietnam Themes: Haunted By the Past Home From the War Starting Over Coming Home Exclusive coverage Even John Wayne Couldn't Sell a Contemporary War Movie So Don't Knock De Palma - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) Easy Rider (1969) From Here to Eternity (1953) Rocco and His Brothers (1960) Manhattan (1979) Night and the City (1950) The Deer Hunter (1978) Woman in the Dunes (1964) Midnight Cowboy (1969) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... director: Hal Ashby year: 1978 run time: 130 minutes produced by:

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1999

 Crime 101 Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Crime 101>details Crime 101 details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Produced By: Portman Entertainment Year: 1999 Run Time: 94 minutes Country: New Zealand Language: English MPAA Rating: NR Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: Scarfies Key Cast: Willa O'Neill, Neill Rea, Taika Cohen, Ashleigh Seagar, Charlie Bleakley, Jon Brazier, Full Credits In Scarfies, a group of college students think they've stumbled into some fast money only to discover there are some dangerous strings attached. Reliable Scott (Neill Rea), practical Emma (Willa O'Neill), naive Graham (Charlie Bleakley), charming but sneaky Alex (Taika Cohen) and Alex's embittered ex-girlfriend Nicole (Ashleigh Seagar) are all students at New Zealand's Otago University; Otago students are nicknamed "Scarfies" for the scarves that were once part of the student uniform. The five are looking for a cheap place to live and seem to have found one when they discover a large, abandoned house suitable for squatting, complete with electricity. But the real bounty is in the basement, which is hiding a large, lush garden of marijuana. The five quickly harvest the herb and sell it for a quick $50,000 (far less than it was actually worth), but they've soon managed to spend their new found wealth just in time for the man who planted the pot to arrive, ready to kill whoever made off with his cash crop. The five trap the intruder in the basement, but when it becomes obvious they need to formulate a long term solution, the tensions start to get the better of them. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: drug-dealer house marijuana college-student squatter Themes: Unlikely Criminals Drug Trade  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Shallow Grave (1994) Bottle Rocket (1996) Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Suicide Kings (1997) The Perfect Score (2004) Bookies (2002) Homegrown (1998) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... language: English produced by: Portman Entertainment run time: 94 minutes year:

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R

 Body and Soul Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Body and Soul>details Body and Soul details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: George Bowers Produced By: Cannon Group Year: 1981 Run Time: 113 minutes Country: USA MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy, Michael Vincente Gazzo, Peter Lawford, Perry Lang, Kim Hamilton, Muhammad Ali, Richard Steele, Full Credits A medical student decides to enter the world of boxing and dives into a life of superficial values and corruption in this remake of the 1947 classic. by Kristie Hassen, Rovi Keywords: boxing career champion corruption sports fixed [corruption] Themes: Rags To Riches Underdogs Boxers Redemption  click here Currently 1/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Godfather Part II (1974) Body and Soul (1947) Raging Bull (1980) Rocky (1976) Million Dollar Baby (2004) Champion (1949) The Set-Up (1949) Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) A Rumor of War (1980) The Longest Day (1962) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... filmed in: Color country: USA year: 1981 mpaa rating:

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1994

 Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book>details Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Stephen Sommers, Greg Michael Produced By: Buena Vista Year: 1994 Run Time: 110 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG (for action/violence and some mild language) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Adventure, Drama, Children's/Family Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: The Jungle Book Key Cast: Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, John Cleese, Jason Flemyng, Stefan Kalipha, Ron Donachie, Full Credits Twenty-seven years after turning one of Rudyard Kipling's best known works into a successful animated musical, Disney returned to the same source material for this live-action adventure, which hews slightly closer to the original source material. Mowgli (Sean Naeleli) is the five-year-old son of a wilderness guide who accompanies his father on a hunting expedition in the jungles of their native India. Mowgli becomes close friends with a British girl named Kitty (Joanna Wolff), whose parents commissioned the hunt, but when a tiger attacks their camp and kills Mowgli's father, the boy is lost in the confusion, and he's left to fend for himself. Mowgli is befriended by the animals of the jungle -- Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, and Grey Brother the wolf -- and they develop an unspoken sense of communication as the growing boy learns to live in the wilds. Years later, after growing to adulthood, Mowgli (now played by Jason Scott Lee) once again encounters Kitty (now played by Lena Headey), who is visiting India with her father, Col. Brydon (Sam Neill), a British officer stationed nearby, and her stuffy fiancée Capt. William Boone (Cary Elwes). Kitty and Mowgli recognize each other, and while his powers of speech are rusty, with the help of Dr. Plumford (John Cleese), Kitty and her father are able to return Mowgli to civilization. However, after spending most of his life in the jungle, Mowgli does not feel at home among other people, and while he deeply loves Kitty, he concedes to his rival for her affections. However, Boone and several of his men kidnap Mowgli when they learn that he has discovered a vast treasure in the jungle, and they try to force him to reveal its secrets while fending off the dangers of the jungle which Mowgli understands, but Boone and his men do not. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: bear boy jungle kidnapping panther wolf British Themes: Fish Out of Water Treasure Hunts Orphans Survival in the Wilderness  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo (1997) Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998) The Princess Bride (1987) Tarzan (1999) Map of the Human Heart (1993) Glory (1989) The Jungle Book (1967) Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975) The Adventures of Mowgli (1996) Maugli (1968) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... alternate titles: The Jungle Book filmed in: Color produced by: Buena Vista year:

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Comedy

 Fatal Instinct Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Fatal Instinct>details Fatal Instinct details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Carl Reiner Produced By: MGM Year: 1993 Run Time: 89 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG13 (for off-color humor) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young, Christopher McDonald, Tony Randall, James Remar, Carl Reiner, Full Credits Fatal Instinct is an Airplane-style spoof of the late-'80s, early-'90s cycle of erotic crime thrillers. Setting the plot in motion is a kinky murder. Armand Assante plays the cop assigned to the case; he's also the prosecuting attorney; the "Sharon Stone" part is essayed by Sean Young. A dash of Body Heat is thrown in the pot as Assante's wife Kate Nelligan plots her hubby's demise. Tony Randall has a bit as a judge, while the film's semi-mocking jazz score is provided by Clarence Clemmons -- who shows up on screen to toot his sax at various crucial plot junctures. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: lawyer police murder love love-triangle secretary on-the-run Themes: Dangerous Attraction  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies All of Me (1984) The War of the Roses (1989) Oh, God! (1977) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) The Jerk (1979) Fatal Attraction (1987) Basic Instinct (1992) Hot Shots! (1991) The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming! (1966) The End (1978) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... year: 1993 produced by: MGM director: Carl Reiner genre/type:

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MGM, United Artists

 Whose Life Is It Anyway? Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Whose Life Is It Anyway?>details Whose Life Is It Anyway? details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: John Badham Produced By: MGM, United Artists Year: 1981 Run Time: 118 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban, Kenneth McMillan, Kaki Hunter, Thomas Carter, Alba Oms, Full Credits Stepping into the role made famous on Broadway by Tom Conti, Richard Dreyfuss stars as a profoundly handicapped sculptor in Whose Life is it Anyway? Left a quadraplegic after an auto accident, the embittered Dreyfuss feels utterly useless, as both an artist and a human being. He doesn't want his family's love, or his doctor's care, or his nurse's ministrations. Dreyfuss simply wants to die-but this is impossible, given the legal state of things in the 1970s. Whose Life is It Anyway? may be the only film in which a person's right to self-destruction is regarded as a happy ending. Not as depressing as it sounds, Whose Life Is It Anyway is perversely hilarious at times, with Dreyfuss at his acerbic best. The film was scripted by Reginald Rose and Brian Clark from Clark's stage play. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: accident car death hospital injury paralysis suicide life-support quadriplegic medical right-to-die assisted-suicide Themes: Doctors and Patients Fighting the System  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Jaws (1975) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) The Deer Hunter (1978) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Heading for Heaven (1947) The Arrangement (1969) Packin' It In (1983) The Interns (1962) Death Wish Club (1983) Britannia Hospital (1982) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... year: 1981 country: USA genre/type: Drama produced by:

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 The Great Bank Robbery Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Great Bank Robbery>details The Great Bank Robbery details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Hy Averback Produced By: Seven Arts, Warner Brothers Year: 1969 Run Time: 97 minutes Country: USA MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy, Western Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Claude Akins, Akim Tamiroff, Larry Storch, Sam Jaffe, Mako, Full Credits In this western comedy, a bogus evangelist and his assistant travel to the town of Friendly and endeavor to rob the West's purportedly most unrobbable bank. Unfortunately, they are not the only bandits planning to rob the bank. Their rivals in robbery include a Mexican bandido and his dullard son. A gunman and his assistant also want to attempt a heist. To make things even more confusing, a Texas Ranger and his six Chinese-American G-men pose as laundrymen to investigate a crooked mayor. They all converge on Friendly at the same time and chaos ensues when they meet. by Sandra Brennan, Rovi Keywords: agent [representative] federal-agent outlaw [Western] bank invasion bishop con/scam China competition control criminal evangelism gangster gunfighter robbery help loot mayor Mexico ranger [military] rival sidekick son town bank-robbery Themes: Bank Robbery  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Producers (1968) The Dirty Dozen (1967) Arizona Wildcat (1938) Sleepy Lagoon (1943) Young Maverick [TV Series] (1979) The Girl, the Gold Watch and Dynamite (1981) The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (1977) Bandits of El Dorado (1951) Thunder over Arizona (1956) Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... themes: Bank Robbery director: Hy Averback mpaa rating: PG run time:

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 Cinderella Liberty Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Cinderella Liberty>details Cinderella Liberty details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Mark Rydell Produced By: 20th Century Fox Year: 1973 Run Time: 117 minutes Country: USA MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama, Romance Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Dabney Coleman, James Caan, Eli Wallach, Bruno Kirby, Burt Young, Allyn Ann McLerie, Marsha Mason, Sally Kirkland, Full Credits A "Cinderella Liberty" is Navy jargon for a pass that runs out at midnight. Sailor John Baggs, Jr. (James Caan) has such a pass, and intends to make the most of it while his ship is docked in Seattle. He "wins" prostitute Maggie (Marsha Mason) in a pool game, but backs off at a "wham-bam-thank you ma'am" when he finds out that Maggie has a son, an 11-year-old mulatto (Kirk Calloway) -- and that there's another baby on the way. John has so much empathy for Maggie's travails that he marries her. When she loses her baby, however, Maggie feels unable to resign herself to living with John, plagued by both guilt and an unwillingness to be tied down -- thus forcing John to fight for her. Darryl Ponicsan adapted his own novel. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: prostitute/prostitution poker pregnancy sailor son identity-switch Themes: Down on Their Luck Military Life Prostitutes  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Godfather Part II (1974) The Last Detail (1973) Diva (1981) The Way We Were (1973) Klute (1971) Elmer Gantry (1960) Stay Hungry (1976) The Gambler (1974) Angele (1934) The Panic in Needle Park (1971) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... category: Feature year: 1973 director: Mark Rydell country:

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 Bamboozled Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Bamboozled>details Bamboozled details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Spike Lee Produced By: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Year: 2000 Run Time: 135 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for strong language and some violence) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Drama Filmed In: Color, Digital Video Release: 2000 10 20 (USA), 2000 10 06 (USA - Limited) Key Cast: Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Paul Mooney, Sarah Stacker Jones, Full Credits Writer and director Spike Lee casts his satiric gaze on racism in American television and how America's racist past still impacts the present in this biting comedy. Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) is an astute, Harvard-educated African-American writer working for an independent television network who is assigned to brainstorm a new show for the African-American audience. Delacroix is the only black writer on the network's staff, and the longer he works under Dunwitty (Michael Rapaport), the loudmouthed executive in charge of programming, the more he's convinced he's made a mistake. Wanting to be fired, Delacroix writes a pilot he imagines is so offensive no network would ever dare to air it: "The ManTan Minstrel Show," in which dancer Man Ray (Savion Glover) and comedian Womack (Tommy Davidson) portray two shiftless dunderheads, ManTan and Sleep 'N Eat -- who are to be played in blackface. To Delacroix's surprise, Dunwitty gives the idea the go-ahead, and to his shock, the show is soon a massive hit. Delacroix is now stuck trying to explain his show to the African-American community, who are generally not amused, especially Sloan Hopkins (Jada Pinkett Smith), his assistant on the staff, who has become involved with Man Ray. In order to give Bamboozled a look that would suit its setting in the world of network television, Spike Lee and cinematographer Ellen Kuras shot the entire film using digital video equipment. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: dance [art] fame minstrel-show television writer race-relations Themes: Rags To Riches Crisis of Conscience Rise and Fall Stories Race Relations  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Producers (1968) Do the Right Thing (1989) Network (1976) Hollywood Shuffle (1987) A Face in the Crowd (1957) Putney Swope (1969) CSA: The Confederate States of America (2003) The Mogul (1984) It's Black Entertainment! (1999) Don't Give a Damn (1994) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 135 minutes filmed in: Color, Digital Video country: USA director:

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 Mysterious Island Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Mysterious Island>details Mysterious Island details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Cy Raker Endfield Produced By: Columbia Pictures Year: 1961 Run Time: 100 minutes Country: UK, USA Language: English Set in: Pacific Islands MPAA Rating: NR Category: Feature Genre/Type: Adventure, Fantasy Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom, Percy Herbert, Beth Rogan, Dan Jackson, Full Credits Filmed at least nine times over the last nine decades, Jules Verne's Mysterious Island received its most popular picturization in the hands of producer Charles Schneer, director Cy Endfield and special-effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. During the Civil War, several P.O.W.s led by Gary Merrill escape from a southern stockade in a huge observation balloon. Buffeted about by a violent storm, the balloon lands on an unchartered island somewhere near New Zealand. The fugitives soon discover that this is no ordinary desert isle, especially after being attacked by a giant-sized crab. Joined by a pair of shipwrecked British gentlewomen (Joan Greenwood and Beth Rogan), the castaways find evidence that the island has been previously inhabited-and that they're all being watched. Sure enough, it turns out that the island is the domain of Captain Nemo (Herbert Lom), skipper of the futuristic underwater vessel Nautilus. Having failed to end all wars by blasting battleships out of the sea, Nemo is now experimenting with new means of ending starvation in the world: hence the outsized crabs and birds that the castaways have confronted. Before Nemo can spread his goodwill elsewhere, he is destroyed by the island's volcano, while the others manage to escape in the Nautilus. As in 1957's 7th Voyage of Sinbad, the combination of Ray Harryhausen and musical composer Bernard Herrmann is unbeatable; otherwise, Mysterious Island tends to slow to a halt in-between its spectacular special-effects highlights. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: attack beast pirate [seafarer] captive escape family giant island stranded mutant shipwreck survivor POW (Prisoner of War) hot-air-balloon Civil-War [US] captor Themes: Daring Rescues Mutants Stranded Survival in the Wilderness Fantasy Lands ...ranks in these movie lists: Greatest Movies of All Time With Giant Bugs (#9)  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Planet of the Apes (1968) King Kong (1933) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Spartacus (1960) Gambit (1966) Zulu (1964) Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) The Swiss Family Robinson (1960) The Frogmen (1951) Them! (1954) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... mpaa rating: NR run time: 100 minutes year: 1961 language:

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 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World>details It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 4 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Stanley Kramer Produced By: Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists Year: 1963 Run Time: 161 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: G Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Filmed In: Color Release: 1963 11 07 (USA) Key Cast: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Phil Silvers, Dick Shawn, Full Credits With this all-star Cinerama epic, producer/director Stanley Kramer vowed to make "the comedy that would end all comedies." The story begins during a massive traffic jam, caused by reckless driver Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante), who, before (literally) kicking the bucket, cryptically tells the assembled drivers that he's buried a fortune in stolen loot, "under the Big W." The various motorists setting out on a mad scramble include a dentist (Sid Caesar) and his wife (Edie Adams); a henpecked husband (Milton Berle) accompanied by his mother-in-law (Ethel Merman) and his beatnik brother-in-law (Dick Shawn); a pair of comedy writers (Buddy Hackett and Mickey Rooney); and a variety of assorted nuts including a slow-wit (Jonathan Winters), a wheeler-dealer (Phil Silvers), and a pair of covetous cabdrivers (Peter Falk and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson). Monitoring every move that the fortune hunters make is a scrupulously honest police detective (Spencer Tracy). Virtually every lead, supporting, and bit part in the picture is filled by a well-known comic actor: the laughspinning lineup also includes Carl Reiner, Terry-Thomas, Arnold Stang, Buster Keaton, Jack Benny, Jerry Lewis, and The Three Stooges, who get one of the picture's biggest laughs by standing stock still and uttering not a word. Two prominent comedians are conspicuous by their absence: Groucho Marx refused to appear when Kramer couldn't meet his price, while Stan Laurel declined because he felt he was too old-looking to be funny. Available for years in its 154-minute general release version, the film was restored to its roadshow length of 175 minutes on home video; the search goes on for a missing Buster Keaton routine, reportedly excised on the eve of the picture's premiere. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: car chase police deception fortune [wealth] greed hospital loot pursuit treasure racer aerial crash on-the-road Themes: Nothing Goes Right Treasure Hunts Exclusive coverage Flashback Five - The Moviegoer's Guide to Getting Rich Quick - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 3.8/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Music Man (1962) The General (1927) Around the World in 80 Days (1956) Our Hospitality (1923) Captains Courageous (1937) The Getaway (1972) Duel (1971) Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) The Defiant Ones (1958) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... language: English category: Feature genre/type: Comedy mpaa rating:

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 I Wanna Hold Your Hand Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>I Wanna Hold Your Hand>details I Wanna Hold Your Hand details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Robert Zemeckis Produced By: Tamara Asseyev Productions, Universal Year: 1978 Run Time: 104 minutes Country: USA Set in: New York City, NY MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Musical, Comedy Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana, Wendie Jo Sperber, Eddie Deezen, Christian Juttner, Full Credits The time is 1964, and the Beatles, already a hugely popular group, are about to go on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, an appearance that launched them into a worldwide phenomenon. Already, girls are fainting during their concerts from sheer excitement at being in the same theater with them. Pam Mitchell (Nancy Allen) is happy enough to be getting married but wants to bed one of the "Fab Four" before she does. Grace Corrigan (Theresa Saldana), a dedicated fan, is certain that if she can get some exclusive photos of the Beatles, her career as a photographer will be secured. And then there are two people who feel that the future of civilization as we know it depends on their efforts to ruin the Beatles' appearance on Ed Sullivan's show. In this madcap comedy, when these people (and others besides) descend on the New York hotel the Beatles are staying in, things begin hopping. This comedy was Robert Zemeckis' first feature. A protégé of Stephen Spielberg, he went on to direct Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? among other popular features. by Clarke Fountain, Rovi Keywords: concert fanatic music performer teenagers ticket TV-show-host rock-band slice-of-life Themes: Wedding Bells Faltering Friendships High School Life Unrequited Love Women's Friendship Obsessive Quests Exclusive coverage Flashback Five - Essential Movies to Know Your Rock and Roll History - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies American Graffiti (1973) A Hard Day's Night (1964) Nashville (1975) Big (1988) Back to the Future (1985) Breaking Away (1979) Almost Famous (2000) The Last Detail (1973) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Pecos Bill (1988) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 104 minutes director: Robert Zemeckis set in: New York City, NY filmed in:

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 Speed Racer Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Speed Racer>details Speed Racer details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski Produced By: Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures, Anarchos Productions Year: 2008 Run Time: 135 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG (for sequences of action, some violence and language) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Adventure Filmed In: Color Release: 2008 05 09 (USA), 2008 05 09 (USA - IMAX) Key Cast: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Matthew Fox, Nicholas Elia, Roger Allam, Melissa Holroyd, Full Credits The Matrix masterminds Andy and Larry Wachowski usher anime icon Tatsuo Yoshida's classic 1960s-era hit into the new millennium with this family-friendly story of a young racecar driver who takes on the mysterious Racer X in a custom-made, gadget-loaded speed machine named the Mach 5. Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is the kind of driver that every wheelman wishes he could be: a born winner whose unbeatable combination of aggression, instinct, and fearlessness always finds him crossing the checkered flag with a comfortable lead. In Speed Racer's mind, the only driver who could present him with any real challenge is his late brother -- the legendary Rex Racer. Rex died in a heated cross-country rally known as The Crucible many years ago, and now his younger sibling is driven to fulfill the legacy that Rex left behind. To this day, Speed Racer is fiercely loyal to family. It was Speed Racer's father, Pops Racer (John Goodman), who designed the unbeatable Mach 5, and even a lucrative offer from racing giants Royalton Industries isn't enough to get the young ace to break his family ties. Upon turning down Royalton's (Roger Allam) astronomical offer, Speed Racer makes the shocking discovery that the outcomes of the biggest races are being predetermined by a handful of powerful moguls who pad their profits by manipulating the drivers. Realizing that his career would be ruined if word of the fix gets out, Royalton vows that the Mach 5 will never make it to another finish line. Now, the only way for Speed Racer to save the family business and beat Royalton at his own game will be to win the very same race that claimed his brother's life so many years ago. In order to accomplish that formidable feat, however, Speed Racer will not only have to rely on his family and the aid of his longtime girlfriend, Trixie (Christina Ricci), but form a tenuous alliance with his longtime rival -- the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox) -- as well. by Jason Buchanan, Rovi Keywords: family girlfriend monkey auto-racing racer Themes: Car Racing Heroic Mission Death in the Family Hotshots Contests, Pageants and Competitions Exclusive coverage John Scalzi - SNL Actors Plus SciFi Movies Equals Box Office Death - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: The 2008 Film Most Likely to Endure (#24)  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Speed Racer [Anime Series] (1967) Tron (1982) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) Cars (2006) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... filmed in: Color country: USA category: Feature run time:

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 Where the Day Takes You Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Where the Day Takes You>details Where the Day Takes You details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Marc Rocco Produced By: CineTel Films, New Line Cinema Year: 1992 Run Time: 103 minutes Country: USA Language: English Set in: Hollywood, CA MPAA Rating: R (for drug use, language and violence) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 1992 09 11 (USA) Key Cast: Sean Astin, Lara Flynn Boyle, Balthazar Getty, Peter Dobson, Ricki Lake, James LeGros, Dermot Mulroney, Kyle MacLachlan, Full Credits Marc Rocco's gritty drama Where the Day Takes You stars Dermot Mulroney as King, a street-smart hustler who acts as a father figure to a motley collection of young runaways. Among the people in his sphere are the young self-destructive drug addict Greg (Sean Astin), self-hating gay prostitute Little J (Balthazar Getty), and newcomer Heather (Lara Flynn Boyle). The film is structured as a series of flashbacks triggered by King's conversations with a prison psychologist (Laura San Giacomo). Included in the impressive cast are such soon-to-be-famous names as Will Smith and Ricki Lake, and the already established Kyle MacLachlan, Christian Slater, and Alyssa Milano. by Perry Seibert, Rovi Keywords: drugs danger poverty drug-dealer friendship homeless love parole runaway [from home] teenagers violence street-kid on-the-run Themes: Kids in Trouble Down on Their Luck Runaways  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Sounder (1972) Nobody's Fool (1994) Distant Thunder (1973) Twin Peaks (1989) Scarecrow (1973) Hairspray (1988) A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989) Heart Like a Wheel (1983) Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... genre/type: Drama set in: Hollywood, CA language: English year:

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R

 Thief Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Thief>details Thief details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Michael Mann Produced By: United Artists Year: 1981 Run Time: 122 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Crime Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: Violent Streets Key Cast: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, James Belushi, Robert Prosky, Tom Signorelli, William L. Petersen, Elizabeth Peña, Full Credits In Thief, James Caan plays Frank, a professional jewel thief who wants to marry Jessie (Tuesday Weld) and settle down into a normal life. In order to achieve his dream of a family, Frank--who is used to working solo--has to align himself with a crime boss named Leo (Robert Prosky), who will help him gain the money he needs to begin his domestic life. Frank plans to retire after the heist, yet he finds himself indebted to Leo and he struggles to break free. Thief is the first feature film from director Michael Mann and it seethes with his stylish, atmospheric direction. Though his cool approach may put off some viewers, it's a distinctive and effective story-telling approach, and Caan's performance ranks among his very best, making Thief a crime movie like few others. by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi Keywords: fiancee girlfriend money retirement mob-boss jewel-robbery thief Themes: Going Straight One Last Heist Exclusive coverage The Dark Knight Review - Heath Ledger's Performance Is Worth Hyperventilating About - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part II (1974) Once Upon a Time in America (1984) The Killer (1989) Stagecoach (1939) Rififi (1955) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) High Noon (1952) Le Samouraï (1967) Escape from New York (1981) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... genre/type: Crime run time: 122 minutes category: Feature mpaa rating:

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 Offside Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Offside>details Offside details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Jafar Panahi Produced By: Jafar Panahi Productions Year: 2006 Run Time: 99 minutes Country: Iran Language: Farsi MPAA Rating: PG (for language throughout, and some thematic elements) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Filmed In: Color Release: 2007 03 23 (USA - Limited) Key Cast: Sima Mobarakshai, Safar Samandar, Shayesteh Irani, Mohamad Kheirabadi, Aida Sadeghi, Golnaz Farmani, Mahnnaz Zabihi, M. Kheyrabadi, Full Credits A handful of girls struggle to make their way into the man's world of an Iranian soccer stadium in this comedy from writer and director Jafar Panahi. World Cup season is just around the corner, and Iran's team is playing a game against Bahrain that will determine who will be competing in soccer's greatest tournament. Nearly everyone in Tehran seems to be abuzz with excitement over the game, through officially soccer in Iran is quite literally for men only -- no women are allowed inside the stadium, and women's interest in the game is severely frowned upon. But that doesn't stop a number of girls from all over the city from trying to crash the game dressed up as boys; while some succeed, others are unable to fool security, and are sent to a holding bullpen in the stadium where they can hear the cheers of the crowd but can't see the game. One of the policemen watching over the girls (who range from rowdy tomboys to quiet and bookish types) is sympathetic and keeps them updated on the score and key plays, while another is a petty bureaucrat who suffers the mockery of his "prisoners." Offside received its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: disguise guard Iran sexism soccer world-cup Themes: Gender-Bending Questioning Gender Roles Soccer Players  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Bend It Like Beckham (2002) Fever Pitch (1997) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... genre/type: Comedy language: Farsi filmed in: Color category:

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Woody Allen

 The Purple Rose of Cairo Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Purple Rose of Cairo>details The Purple Rose of Cairo details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Woody Allen Produced By: Orion Year: 1985 Run Time: 82 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy Filmed In: B&W and Color Key Cast: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest, Van Johnson, Zoe Caldwell, John Wood, Milo O'Shea, Full Credits Woody Allen blurs the the boundaries between the real and unreal in this unique comic fantasy. The scene is a small town in the mid-1930s. Trapped in a dead-end job and an abusive marriage, Cecelia (Mia Farrow) regularly seeks refuge in the local movie house. She becomes so enraptured by the latest attraction, an RKO screwball comedy called The Purple Rose of Cairo, that she returns to the theatre day after day. During one of these visits, the film's main character Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), pauses in his dialogue, turns towards the audience, and says to Cecelia, "My God, how you must love this picture." Then he climbs out of the movie, much to the consternation of the rest of the audience and the other characters on screen. Liberated from his customary black-and-white environs, he accompanies Cecelia on a tour of the town, eventually falling in love with her. Meanwhile, the other Purple Rose characters, unable to proceed with the film, carry on a discussion with themselves. Desperately, the RKO executives seek out Gil Shepherd, the actor who played the hero of Purple Rose. Shepherd (also played by Daniels), is sent to Cecelia's hometown to see if he can repair the damage. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: actor diner disillusionment fantasy film romance waiter/waitress love-fantasy matinee Themes: Down on Their Luck Exclusive coverage Flashback Five - Twilight's Rachelle Lefevre Joins the Ranks of Famous Fired Actors - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Favorite American Movies From Cannes (#24)  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Band Wagon (1953) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Pennies From Heaven (1978) Manhattan (1979) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Annie Hall (1977) Tootsie (1982) Network (1976) Sherlock Jr. (1924) Singin' in the Rain (1952) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... produced by: Orion themes: Down on Their Luck mpaa rating: PG director:

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 The Godfather Part II Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Godfather Part II>details The Godfather Part II details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 2 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Francis Ford Coppola Produced By: Francis Ford Coppola Productions, Paramount Year: 1974 Run Time: 200 minutes Country: USA Language: English Set in: Las Vegas, NV MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Crime Filmed In: Color Release: 1974 12 11 (USA) Key Cast: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Lee Strasberg, Talia Shire, Roger Corman, Full Credits Francis Ford Coppola's legendary continuation and sequel to his landmark 1972 film, The Godfather, parallels the young Vito Corleone's rise with his son Michael's spiritual fall, deepening The Godfather's depiction of the dark side of the American dream. In the early 1900s, the child Vito flees his Sicilian village for America after the local Mafia kills his family. Vito (Robert De Niro) struggles to make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and growing brood in Little Italy, killing the local Black Hand Fanucci (Gastone Moschin) after he demands his customary cut of the tyro's business. With Fanucci gone, Vito's communal stature grows, but it is his family (past and present) who matters most to him -- a familial legacy then upended by Michael's (Al Pacino) business expansion in the 1950s. Now based in Lake Tahoe, Michael conspires to make inroads in Las Vegas and Havana pleasure industries by any means necessary. As he realizes that allies like Hyman Roth (Lee Strasberg) are trying to kill him, the increasingly paranoid Michael also discovers that his ambition has crippled his marriage to Kay (Diane Keaton) and turned his brother, Fredo (John Cazale), against him. Barely escaping a federal indictment, Michael turns his attention to dealing with his enemies, completing his own corruption. by Lucia Bozzola, Rovi Keywords: assassination brother business corruption organized-crime family gangster informer Italian-American Cuba mob-boss immigrant Themes: Crumbling Marriages Sibling Relationships Scandals and Cover-Ups Immigrant Life Rise To Power Mafia Life Exclusive coverage Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg - Yesterday and Today - AMC News - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Neuroscientists Measure The Good, the Bad and the Ugly's Grip on Viewers' Brains - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Mafia Families in the Movies Quiz - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Site of the Week - Movie Madness Video - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs The Godfather Ultimate Fan Quiz - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Flashback Five - Cuba in the Movies - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Classic American Gangster Movies (#1) Francis Ford Coppola's Best Movies (#2) Favorite Movies 1970s (#4) AMC User's Favorite Movies of All Time (#7) Top Ten Sequels (#3) Essential Prequels (#2)  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Godfather [Film Series] Scarface (1932) The Godfather (1972) The Conversation (1974) Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Little Caesar (1930) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) GoodFellas (1990) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Killer (1989) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 200 minutes set in: Las Vegas, NV year: 1974 filmed in:

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 Rabbit Test Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Rabbit Test>details Rabbit Test details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Joan Rivers Produced By: Mel Simon Productions, Laugh or Die Productions, Avco Embassy Pictures Year: 1978 Run Time: 86 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Billy Crystal, Joan Prather, Alex Rocco, Doris Roberts, Paul Lynde, Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, George Gobel, Full Credits In this, Joan Rivers' first attempt at film direction, a young virgin male (Billy Crystal) is engaged to be married when he finds out he is pregnant! Using the film as a vehicle for her acerbic humor, director Rivers may as well be on stage, for interspersed throughout this questionable plot is an unending onslaught of sarcastic slams pointed at just about every sector of society. Ms. Rivers even makes a cameo appearance. Other big names in this film are Tom Poston (as a minister), Roddy McDowall (in several roles), and George Gobel as the U.S. President. by Rovi Keywords: doctor/nurse man pregnancy self-discovery purity coming-of-age Themes: Doctors and Patients Expecting a Baby  click here Currently 1/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) Risky Business (1983) Modern Romance (1981) Rambling Rose (1991) Diabolo Menthe (1977) The Loved One (1965) The Swimmer (1968) Remparts d'Argile (1970) Edward Scissorhands (1990) Sixteen Candles (1984) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... mpaa rating: PG genre/type: Comedy country: USA director:

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 Babes in Toyland Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Babes in Toyland>details Babes in Toyland details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Paul Sabella Year: 1997 Run Time: 74 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: G Category: Animated Genre/Type: Children's/Family Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Charles Nelson Reilly, Lacey Chabert, Joseph Ashton, Raphael Sbarge, Cathy Cavadini, Christopher Plummer, Susan Silo, Bronson Pinchot, Full Credits This highly acclaimed animated version of the classic children's holiday tale features the voices of several stars, notably Christopher Plummer, James Belushi and Bronson Pinchot. The story is set in mythical Toyland two days before Christmas and centers on the attempts of young Jack and Jill to stop the wicked Barnaby (Plummer) from shutting down the Toyland factory and spoiling the holiday for children everywhere. The heroic children receive help from Toyland residents, Tom Piper, Mary Lamb and Humpty Dumpty. by Sandra Brennan, Rovi Keywords: Christmas evil factory fairytale toy fantasy-world good-vs-evil Themes: Mischievous Children Heroic Mission  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Babes in Toyland (1961) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998) Babes in Toyland (1934) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) Babes in Toyland (1986) Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1998) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... director: Paul Sabella category: Animated run time: 74 minutes genre/type:

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 Hairspray Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Hairspray>details Hairspray details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Adam Shankman Produced By: Zadan, New Line Cinema, Meron Year: 2007 Run Time: 115 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG (for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Musical Filmed In: Color Release: 2007 07 20 (USA) Key Cast: John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Full Credits Adam Shankman's adaptation of the stage musical Hairspray, itself an adaptation of the non-musical John Waters film of the same name, stars Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, an overweight high-school student whose only dream is to be on a local Baltimore teen dance program. While her father (Christopher Walken) tells her to follow her dreams, her mother Edna (John Travolta in drag) reminds her that she doesn't look like the girls on that show. After impressing the show's host (James Marsden), Tracy earns a coveted spot on the program, but when she becomes a popular addition to the cast, she earns the wrath of the prettiest girl in school -- a girl whose mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) just happens to operate the local television station. Tracy's visit to detention hall opens her eyes to the racial tension on the show, as does the budding relationship between her best friend (Amanda Bynes) and an African-American boy named Seaweed (Elijah Kelley). Thus empowered, Tracy attempts to integrate the races on her favorite program. by Perry Seibert, Rovi Keywords: beauty [physical] Civil-Rights high-school race-relations television-show Themes: Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance Eccentric Families Race Relations Mothers and Daughters Underdogs Exclusive coverage Classic Ten - Drag Performances - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Hairspray (1988) Grease (1978) Dirty Dancing (1987) Shag (1988) Back to the Beach (1987) Colma: The Musical (2006) Save the Last Dance (2001) Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) Christmas in Canaan (2009) Cry-Baby (1990) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... filmed in: Color year: 2007 category: Feature run time:

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 Fantasia 2000 Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Fantasia 2000>details Fantasia 2000 details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: James Algar, Francis Glebas, Pixote Hunt, Eric Goldberg, Hendel Butoy, Paul Brizzi, Gaëtan Brizzi Produced By: Walt Disney Productions Year: 1999 Run Time: 90 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: G Category: Animated Genre/Type: Fantasy, Musical, Children's/Family Filmed In: Computer Animation, Color, Episode Film, IMAX Release: 2000 01 01 (USA) Alternate Titles: Fantasia Continued Key Cast: Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Penn Jillette, Teller, James Levine, Full Credits Initially released to IMAX theaters at the crescendo of millennial fever and 60 years after the original Fantasia, Fantasia 2000 was meant to revitalize Walt Disney's goal of a constantly evolving film, with new segments replacing old ones with each re-release. Only The Sorcerer's Apprentice remains, with seven new shorts. Angular, abstracted butterfly-like shapes fly through the air in Beethoven's Symphony No. 5; computer-animated whales take flight in Respighi's Pines of Rome; Al Hirschfeld's caricatures of New York life come alive in George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue; Hans Christian Andersen's The Steadfast Tin Soldier is retold with computer animation against Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102; frantic flamingos try to stop their yo-yoing comrade in Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, Finale; Donald and Daisy Duck play Noah and his wife trying to manage the ark to Sir Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance; and the cycle of life, death, and rebirth are celebrated in Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. by Emru Townsend, Rovi  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Fantasia (1940) Peter and the Wolf (1946) Yellow Submarine (1968) A Corny Concerto (1943) Make Mine Music (1946) Tales of Cadichon (1990) The Old Man and the Sea (1999) Allegro Non Troppo (1976) Opera Imaginaire (1993) Melody Time (1948) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... language: English alternate titles: Fantasia Continued produced by: Walt Disney Productions country:

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 Inside Job Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Inside Job>details Inside Job details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 0 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Charles Ferguson Produced By: Representational Pictures Year: 2010 Run Time: 108 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG13 (for some drug and sex-related material) Category: Documentary Genre/Type: Culture & Society Filmed In: Color Release: 2010 10 08 (USA - Limited), 2010 zz zz (USA - Limited) Key Cast: Matt Damon, William Ackman, Daniel Alpert, Jonathan Alpert, Sigridur Benediktsdottir, Willem Buiter, John Campbell, Patrick Daniel, Full Credits Producer/director Charles Ferguson (No End in Sight) speaks at length with journalists, politicians, and financial insiders in order to offer a clearer picture of the economic meltdown that hit America starting in 2008. Academy Award winner Matt Damon narrates this unflinching look at the deep-rooted corruption that has left millions of middle-class Americans jobless and homeless as the major corporations get bailed out while paying millions in bonuses. by Jason Buchanan, Rovi Themes: Political Corruption  click here Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) American Casino (2009) Maxed Out (2005) Frontline: Inside the Meltdown (2009) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... produced by: Representational Pictures director: Charles Ferguson country: USA category:

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 Shopgirl Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Shopgirl>details Shopgirl details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Anand Tucker Produced By: Touchstone Pictures, Brass Hat Films, Ashok Amritraj Production, 20th Century Fox International (UK), Hyde Park Entertainment Year: 2005 Run Time: 116 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for some sexual content and brief language) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 2005 10 21 (USA - Limited) Key Cast: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Samuel Bottoms, Frances Conroy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Gina Doctor, Full Credits Steve Martin wrote the screenplay and served as co-producer for this screen adaptation of his short novel, which takes a witty but bittersweet look at a young woman and the two men involved with her. Mirabelle Buttersfield (Claire Danes) is an aspiring artist in her mid-twenties who, after graduating from college, moved to Los Angeles, where she works at the glove counter of an upscale department store. Mirabelle's job is simple and not demanding, but it doesn't pay especially well, and she finds herself struggling to get out from under a growing mountain of debt from student loans and credit cards. One night, while doing her laundry, Mirabelle meets Jeremy (Jason Schwartzman), a scruffy but likable would-be musician who makes ends meet selling guitar amps. While Jeremy is obviously infatuated with Mirabelle, she isn't sure how she feels about him, especially after she meets Ray Porter (Steve Martin), a man in his fifties whom she meets at the store. Ray is independently wealthy, intelligent, and charming, and after asking her out on a date he sweeps her off her feet. However, while Mirabelle quickly falls for Ray and he's generous to a fault with her, he refuses to commit exclusively to her and suggests they should both see other people, a prospect that no longer holds much appeal for her. Shopgirl received its world premiere at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: department-store love-triangle millionaire salesperson May-December-romance musician Themes: Love Triangles Age Disparity Romance  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Manhattan (1979) La Fille Coupée en Deux (2007) Secretary (2002) Reality Bites (1994) Lost in Translation (2003) Living Out Loud (1998) Ghost World (2001) Surviving Desire (1991) Guinevere (1999) My First Mister (2001) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... filmed in: Color country: USA run time: 116 minutes genre/type:

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 Way Out West Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Way Out West>details Way Out West details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: James W. Horne Produced By: Hal Roach Productions Year: 1937 Run Time: 86 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: G Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Filmed In: Available in Colorized Version, B&W Alternate Titles: Score Key Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynne, James Finlayson, Stanley Fields, Rosina Lawrence, Vivien Oakland, Chill Wills and the Avalon Boys, Full Credits Prospectors Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy head to the western town of Brushwood Gulch, two men on a top-secret mission. The boys have been entrusted by their recently deceased partner Cy Roberts with a deed to a valuable gold mine, to be delivered in person to Roberts' daughter Mary (Rosina Lawrence). Stan inadvertently spills the beans to crooked saloon owner Mickey Finn (James Finlayson), who proceeds to pass off his own wife, saloon chanteuse Lola Marcel (Sharon Lynne), as Mary Roberts. The ever-trusting Stan and Ollie fall for the subterfuge hook, line and sinker, handing the deed over to Lola. Upon running into the real Mary, who slaves away in Mickey Finn's kitchen, Our Heroes vow to retrieve the deed. A battle royale ensues, with Stan, Ollie, Mickey and Lola passing the deed around like a football. Ultimately, Lola manages to wrest the deed away from Stan by tickling him into helpless submission. Chased out of town by the sheriff (Stanley Fields), who harbors a grudge against the boys from a previous misunderstanding, Stan and Ollie sneak back to Brushwood Gulch in the dead of night, hoping to break into Finn's saloon, steal back the deed, and place it firmly in the hands of Mary Roberts. Upon this foundation is built Way Out West, arguably Laurel & Hardy's best feature film (many aficionados prefer Sons of the Desert). Highlights include the aformentioned tickling and burglary scenes, Stan literally eating his hat after losing a bet, Ollie's perennial plunges into a pothole, and the boys' charming singing-and-dancing interludes. Also take note of Marvin Hatley's Oscar-nominated musical score, and the presence of a young, thin Chill Wills as one of "The Avalon Boys". Even if you're not a fan of The Thin One and The Fat One, you'll be limp with laughter at the end of Way Out West. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: deception friendship gold-mine map mission [quest] prospector top-secret west villain Themes: Assumed Identities Cons and Scams Inheritance at Stake  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Riders of the Purple Sage (1931) High C's (1930) The Bullfighters (1945) College (1927) The Royal Rider (1929) The Wizard of Oz (1925) Hollywood Party (1934) Fighting Cowboy (1933) The Devil's Brother (1933) A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 86 minutes language: English produced by: Hal Roach Productions category:

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 Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip>details Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Joe Layton Produced By: Rastar Films, Inc., Columbia Pictures Year: 1982 Run Time: 82 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Performance Genre/Type: Comedy Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Richard Pryor, Full Credits Just recovered from his notorious free-basing accident, Richard Pryor made a notable return in the much-acclaimed Live on the Sunset Strip. His comments on that event, as well as his notorious comments on sex, politics and race, pepper the 82-minute concert film. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: addiction drugs lawyer comedian concert marriage self-destruction stand-up-comedy cocaine  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) Bill Cosby, Himself (1981) Lenny (1974) The Lenny Bruce Performance Film (1965) Lenny Bruce: Without Tears (1971) Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983) Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998) Richard Pryor: Here and Now (1983) Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want (2000) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... mpaa rating: R genre/type: Comedy country: USA run time:

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 A Year of the Quiet Sun Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>A Year of the Quiet Sun>details A Year of the Quiet Sun details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Krzysztof Zanussi Produced By: TeleCulture, Film Polski, Regina Ziegler Film Productions, Tor Year: 1984 Run Time: 107 minutes Country: Poland, USA, West Germany Language: Polish MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama, Romance Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: Rok Spokojnego Slonca Key Cast: Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka, Ewa Dalkowska, Daniel Webb, Vadim Glowna, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Tadeusz Bradecki, Full Credits The Polish Year of the Quiet Sun is set in the years following World War II. In a small Polish town, a United Nations war-crimes investigation is taking place. While the courtroom battle rages on, American soldier Scott Wilson takes advantage of a few precious r-and-r opportunities. He falls in love with Maja Komorowska, a war widow. Despite obvious political and ideological differences, the romance flourishes--at least until it's time for the Americans to pack up and leave. More cerebral than carnal, Year of the Quiet Sun was originally release in Poland as Rok Spokojnego Slonca. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: attraction investigation love romance United-Nations war war-crimes war-widow Themes: Opposites Attract Star-Crossed Lovers  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Last Tango in Paris (1972) The Right Stuff (1983) Cyrano De Bergerac (1990) In the Heat of the Night (1967) Tampopo (1986) Twist and Shout (1984) Kradetsut Na Praskovi (1964) Lost Sex (1968) Landscape After Battle (1970) Married to the Mob (1988) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 107 minutes mpaa rating: PG genre/type: Drama, Romance filmed in:

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 The Ninth Gate Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Ninth Gate>details The Ninth Gate details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Roman Polanski Produced By: R.P. Productions, Origen Producciones, Kino Vision, Bac Films, Orly Films, TF1 Films Year: 1999 Run Time: 132 minutes Country: Spain, France, USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for some violence and sexuality) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Mystery, Thriller Filmed In: Color Release: 2000 03 10 (USA), 1999 08 25 (France) Key Cast: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Barbara Jefford, Jack Taylor, Tony Amoni, James Russo, Full Credits An authority on rare books is drawn into a confrontation with the forces of darkness in this thriller directed by Roman Polanski. Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) is a rare book broker who makes his living tracking down valuable items for rich bibliophiles. Corso is hired by Boris Balkan (Frank Langella), a millionaire New Yorker with a vast collection of occult literature and a keen interest in "The Nine Gates to the Kingdom of Shadows." Legend has it that the book was co-written by Satan in the 17th century, and only three copies are known to exist; the owner of one recently sold the book to Balkan a few days before killing himself. Balkan wants Corso to find the other two copies (one owned by a Mr. Fargas in Portugal and the other by a French collector named Kessler) and examine them to determine if they are forgeries. Corso is told to be thorough and spare no expense. He begins by visiting Liana Telfer (Lena Olin), the widow of the man who once owned Balkan's copy of the book, who has an unusually strong desire to get the book back, and confers with his friend Bernie (James Russo), who soon turns up dead, in a manner much like an illustration from the book. Corso learns that the book contains clues to a puzzle that will allow people to call up the devil, and certain people will stop at nothing to find the missing parts of the formula. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: book collector legend [fable] wealth rare satanic track [track and field] authority Themes: Americans Abroad Devil Worship Priceless Artifacts and Prized Objects Amateur Sleuths Exclusive coverage Flashback Five - A Look Back at the Movies of Controversial Director Roman Polanski - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Religious Horror Movies (#6) Top Ten Roman Polanski Movies (#4)  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Night of the Demon (1957) Rosemary's Baby (1968) Angel Heart (1987) The Devil Rides Out (1968) Dominion: A Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) The Order (2003) End of Days (1999) Inferno (1980) Stigmata (1999) Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... filmed in: Color year: 1999 language: English run time:

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 Chisum Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Chisum>details Chisum details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Andrew V. McLaglen Produced By: Warner Brothers Year: 1970 Run Time: 111 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: G Category: Feature Genre/Type: Western Filmed In: Color Key Cast: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett, Andrew Prine, Bruce Cabot, Geoffrey Deuel, Full Credits John Wayne toplines this biography of the cattle owner John Simpson Chisum, a controversial figure who was the most powerful man in New Mexico during the Wild West era. A founder and prominent citizen in the town of Lincoln, Chisum is slow to act when ruthless land baron Lawrence Murphy (Forrest Tucker) moves in on several local businesses and takes them over. By the time Chisum and his ally, fellow rancher Henry Tunstall (Patrick Knowles), decide to go to the law, Murphy's already bought and paid for influence there, as well. The only recourse left to the cattlemen is to take Murphy on in all-out range war that embroils everyone in the county, including Tunstall's hand Billy the Kid Bonney (Geoffrey Deuel) and his comrade Pat Garrett (Glenn Corbett). Screenwriter and producer Andrew J. Fenady based the script for Chisum (1970) on his own short story, a very loosely fact-based account of Chisum, Billy the Kid and their involvement in the Lincoln County wars. by Karl Williams, Rovi Keywords: revenge outlaw [Western] cattlemen con/scam corruption gunfighter land-scheme tycoon land-rights Themes: Ranchers Exclusive coverage Cowboys in Movies Quotes Quiz - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Ultimate Fan Quiz - John Wayne - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Searchers (1956) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) Rio Bravo (1959) The Untamed Breed (1948) The Call of the Wild (1976) The Three Godfathers (1948) Gunfighters (1947) Broken Lance (1954) Rose of Cimarron (1952) Seven in Darkness (1969) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA year: 1970 category: Feature run time:

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 Solomon and Gaenor Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Solomon and Gaenor>details Solomon and Gaenor details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Paul Morrison Produced By: September Films, APT Film & Television, Arts Council of England, S4C Television Year: 1999 Run Time: 102 minutes Country: UK Language: English, Welsh, Yiddish MPAA Rating: R (for sexuality and a scene of violence) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Romance, Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 2000 08 25 (USA - Limited) Key Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts, Sue Jones Davies, William Thomas, Mark Lewis Jones, Maureen Lipman, David Horovitch, Full Credits A romantic drama about love that blooms against all odds, Solomon and Gaenor is set in Wales in 1911. Solomon (Ioan Gruffudd) is a door-to-door salesman who peddles fabric, and Gaenor (Nia Roberts) is the meek but unhappy daughter of a laboring family. The two meet while Solomon is making his rounds, and it's love at first sight, despite the fact he can barely speak Welsh, having been raised in an English-speaking village. Matters become more complicated when it's discovered Solomon is a Jew; Gaenor's father is not especially tolerant, and her brother is openly anti-Semitic, and when persecution of Jews becomes commonplace in the wake of a pit strike, the couple must flee for their own safely, as well as that of their unborn child. Solomon and Gaenor received positive notices for the skillful performances by Ioan Gruffudd and Nia Roberts, as well as Nina Kellgren's photography and Ilona Sekacz's score. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: anti-Semitism family girl persecution salesperson forbidden-love Themes: Culture Clash Forbidden Love Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance Star-Crossed Lovers  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Romeo and Juliet (1968) The Playboys (1992) Mississippi Masala (1991) Jungle Fever (1991) Romeo and Juliet (1976) The Run of the Country (1995) Zebrahead (1992) æ Fond Kiss (2004) The Sleeping Dictionary (2002) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... director: Paul Morrison year: 1999 country: UK genre/type:

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 Undercover Blues Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Undercover Blues>details Undercover Blues details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Herbert Ross Produced By: MGM Year: 1993 Run Time: 89 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG13 (for one use of strong language) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Spy Film, Action, Comedy Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid, Fiona Shaw, Stanley Tucci, Larry Miller, Tom Arnold, Obba Babatunde, Park Overall, Full Credits Nick and Nora Charles are updated to a touchy-feely couple of the 1990s who take a break from the action to raise their eleven-month-old child. Kathleen Turner and Dennis Quaid star as Jane and Jeff Blue, two CIA super-agents who have abandoned the daily grind to devote quality time to their baby but find trouble on vacation in New Orleans. First a group of muggers try to take advantage of Jeff as he walks down the street with his baby in tow. Jeff teaches the boys a humiliating lesson, but one of the creepy bad guys, Muerte (Stanley Tucci), vows revenge, and he spends the rest of the movie dogging Jeff and Jane and getting kicked in the teeth in the process. But Muerte is small potatoes compared to Novacek (Fiona Shaw), a former Czech agent. Convinced to return to work by their superiors, Jeff and Jane have to catch Novacek red-handed buying illegal explosives from a New Orleans traitor so that the government can send her back to the Czech republic. by Paul Brenner, Rovi Keywords: weapons police deception espionage family husband-and-wife terrorism vacation toddlers Themes: Parenthood  click here Currently 1/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Crying Game (1992) Pennies from Heaven (1981) Body Heat (1981) Prizzi's Honor (1985) Adam (1983) Bullets Over Broadway (1994) The Last of Sheila (1973) The Getaway (1972) A Cry in the Dark (1988) Dave (1993) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA themes: Parenthood director: Herbert Ross category:

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 Carmen Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Carmen>details Carmen details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Francesco Rosi Produced By: Productions Marcel Dassault, Gaumont, Opera Film Produzione Year: 1984 Run Time: 152 minutes Country: Italy, France Language: French MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Musical Filmed In: Color Release: 1984 09 20 (Italy), 1984 03 14 (France) Alternate Titles: Bizet's Carmen Key Cast: Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi, Faith Esham, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Gerard Garino, Lilian Watson, Jean Paul Bogart, Full Credits Georges Bizet's 1875 opera about Carmen, the colorful cigarette factory worker whose flirtations with the soldier Don José are forgotten in her love for the matador Escamillo, is the source for director Francesco Rosi's cinematic version of the same story. Plácido Domingo sings the part of Don José, Julia Migenes-Johnson sings Carmen, and Ruggero Raimondi is Escamillo. Although there is nothing to fault in the singing itself, some viewers may feel that director Rosi has stayed closer to a stage production than the medium of film would warrant. Carmen received the 1984 Cesar award for "Best Sound." by Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi Keywords: betrayal death matador romance self-sacrifice soldier factory-worker star-crossed-lovers battle-of-the-sexes tragic-love Themes: Star-Crossed Lovers  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Carmen [Covent Garden] (1991) Kawachi Carmen (1966) La Traviata (1982) Carmen Jones (1954) Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) Otello (1986) Three Brothers (1980) Cadaveri Eccellenti (1976) Salvatore Giuliano (1962) Carmen (1983) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: Italy, France mpaa rating: PG language: French director:

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 Somewhere in the Night Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Somewhere in the Night>details Somewhere in the Night details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Produced By: 20th Century Fox Year: 1946 Run Time: 108 minutes Country: USA Language: English Set in: Los Angeles, CA MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Mystery Filmed In: B&W Key Cast: Charles Arnt, Richard Benedict, Whit Bissell, Richard Conte, Clancy Cooper, Jeff Corey, Mary Currier, Jack Davis, Full Credits George Taylor (John Hodiak) is a war veteran suffering from amnesia with only two clues to his past: the bitter letter from a woman who hates him and another mysterious letter signed "Larry Cravat." Taylor goes to Los Angeles to meet Cravat. It turns out that Cravat is wanted for murder and the robbery of $2 million. George becomes involved with a singer, Christy (Nancy Guild) and is chased by mobsters while on a search for the stolen money. There ensue a series of chases, an interesting plot twist and a surprise ending as John learns the true identity of Cravat.Somewhere in the Night is the quintessential "amnesia victim" as protagonist film, somewhat slow, but nevertheless, engrossing and suspenseful. by Linda Rasmussen, Rovi Keywords: amnesia apartment briefcase nightclub career clue partner confusion police criminal detective doctor/nurse escape evidence girl help hidden hide-out identity secrets investigator investigation killing letter life loot lure [tempt] Marines military mistaken-identity owner past romance search service songwriter suffering sweetheart thug unknown veteran [military] war witness discharge trapped Themes: Haunted By the Past Home From the War Amnesia  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Nora Prentiss (1947) The File of the Golden Goose (1969) The Double (1963) The Cry Baby Killer (1958) I Stand Accused (1938) Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946) The Running Man (1963) Night Affair (1961) The Unguarded Hour (1936) The Man from Cairo (1954) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... produced by: 20th Century Fox category: Feature language: English filmed in:

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 Illtown Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Illtown>details Illtown details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Nick Gomez Produced By: Shooting Gallery Year: 1996 Run Time: 103 minutes Country: USA MPAA Rating: R (for pervasive strong drug use, violence and language, and for brief nudity) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama, Crime Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Michael Rapaport, Lili Taylor, Adam Trese, Kevin Corrigan, Paul Schulze, Angela Featherstone, Isaac Hayes, Tony Danza, Full Credits This convoluted crime drama offers a haunting view of the violent and ruthless world of three Miami drug dealers: Dante, his lover Micki and Cisco. Though only in their mid-'20s, all three are veterans in the field and have made their fortunes selling heroin to upper-middle-class clients at the city's hottest nightspots via teenage couriers. The operation is overseen by a friendly but crooked-to-the-core policeman. Together the threesome has fashioned a stable, well-ordered world that borders on respectability, but that world is shattered when Dante learns that former partner Gabriel is getting out of prison and has sworn his vengeance upon the three who he believes framed him. by Sandra Brennan, Rovi Keywords: abuse addiction drugs revenge police corruption prison police-corruption Themes: Drug Addiction Going Straight Dishonor Among Thieves Drug Trade Inner City Blues  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Claire Dolan (1998) Trust (1990) The Panic in Needle Park (1971) Menace II Society (1993) Laws of Gravity (1991) Girls Town (1996) Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Kicked in the Head (1997) Trust Me (1989) Lustre (2004) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... year: 1996 director: Nick Gomez genre/type: Drama, Crime country:

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 Missing Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Missing>details Missing details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Costa-Gavras Produced By: Universal Year: 1982 Run Time: 122 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi, David Clennon, Richard Venture, Jerry Hardin, Full Credits Costa-Gavras's tense political drama opens in an unspecified South American country (though clearly intended to be Chile) in the throes of a military coup. American activist Charles Horman (John Shea), who has been a thorn in the side of the country's military ever since his arrival, suddenly disappears. In trying to find out what has happened, his wife Beth (Sissy Spacek) is stonewalled, not only by the ruling junta but by the American consulate. His father, staunchly patriotic Ed Horman (Jack Lemmon), joins Beth in her search. Ed and his daughter-in-law have never seen eye to eye politically, and he refuses to entertain the notion that his son's disappearance might be part of a larger conspiracy or cover-up. But as the days grow into weeks, Ed comes to the shattering conclusion that he and his family have been betrayed by the American government, on behalf of the "friendly" South American dictator who holds his people in a grip of iron. Adapted by Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart from a book by Thomas Hauser, Missing was inspired by the true story of the late Charles Horman. In spite of (or perhaps because of) condemnation from certain high-ranking officials in the Reagan administration, the film went on to win an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: activism coup dictator father government secrets journalism military missing-person wife South-Africa missing writer Themes: Conspiracies Missing Persons Political Unrest Switching Sides Political Corruption Americans Abroad Totalitarian States  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Salvador (1986) The Killing Fields (1984) Z (1969) Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) Thoughts Are Free (1984) The Tale of Ruby Rose (1987) Blind Chance (1982) Noch Nad Chili (1977) Hidden Agenda (1990) The Official Story (1985) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... year: 1982 mpaa rating: PG produced by: Universal genre/type:

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English

 Heavenly Creatures Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Heavenly Creatures>details Heavenly Creatures details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Peter Jackson Produced By: Fontana Films, Miramax, New Zealand Film Commission, WingNut Films Year: 1994 Run Time: 99 minutes Country: New Zealand Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for a chilling murder and some sexuality) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor, Peter Jackson, Barry Thomson, Full Credits After winning a cult following for several offbeat and darkly witty gore films, New Zealand director Peter Jackson abruptly shifted gears with this stylish, compelling, and ultimately disturbing tale of two teenage girls whose friendship begins to fuel an ultimately fatal obsession. Pauline (Melanie Lynskey) is a student in New Zealand who doesn't much care for her family or her classmates; she's a bit overweight and not especially gracious, but she quickly makes friends with Juliet (Kate Winslet), a pretty girl whose wealthy parents have relocated from England. Pauline and Juliet find they share the same tastes in art, literature, and music (especially the vocal stylings of Mario Lanza), and together they begin to construct an elaborate fantasy world named Borovnia, which exists first in stories and then in models made of clay. The more Pauline and Juliet dream of Borovnia, the more the two find themselves retreating into this fantastical world of art, adventure, and Gothic romance as they slowly drift away from reality. The girls' parents decide that perhaps they're spending too much time together, and try to bring them back into the real world, but this only feeds their continued obsession with Borovnia (and each other) and leads to a desperate and violent bid for freedom. Featuring excellent performances (especially by Kate Winslet) and imaginative production design and special effects, Heavenly Creatures skillfully allows the audience to see Pauline and Juliet both from their own fantastic perspective and how they seem to the rest of the world. Remarkably enough, Heavenly Creatures is based on a true story; in real life, Juliet grew up to become mystery novelist Anne Perry. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: insanity murder fantasy friendship killing rampage reality teenagers Themes: Redemption Opposites Attract Sexual Awakening Fantasy Life Exclusive coverage John Scalzi - Is The Dark Knight Oscar Ready? - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Another Life (2001) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) The Third Man (1949) The Butcher Boy (1997) Boys Don't Cry (1999) Sweetie (1989) The Virgin Suicides (1999) The Holy Girl (2004) My Summer of Love (2004) Wish You Were Here (1987) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... category: Feature country: New Zealand run time: 99 minutes language:

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 In the Realm of the Senses Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>In the Realm of the Senses>details In the Realm of the Senses details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Nagisa Oshima Produced By: Oshima Productions, Argos Films, Shibata Organization Year: 1976 Run Time: 105 minutes Country: France, Japan Language: Japanese MPAA Rating: NC17 Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: Ai no Corrida, Corrida of Love, Empire of the Senses, L' Empire des sens Key Cast: Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri, Akiko Koyama, Naomi Shiraishi, Taiji Tonoyama, Full Credits Based upon a true incident in 1930s Japan, Nagisa Oshima's controversial film effectively skirts the borderline between pornography and art -- making Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris of four years earlier look like children's programming in comparison. The story concerns servant and former prostitute Sada Abe (Eiko Matsuda) who becomes sexually obsessed with her employer Kizicho (Tatsuya Fuji), a businessman, after seeing him making love to his wife. After making love to Sada, Kizicho becomes obsessed with her as well. As their love-making becomes more and more intense, they find themselves unable to separate themselves from each other, until every waking hour is spent in more and more dangerous sexual acts with Sada becoming more and more of the aggressor. Finally, for the ultimate in eroticism, Kizicho agrees to be strangled during sexual ecstasy for the ultimate in orgasmic fulfillment. by Paul Brenner, Rovi Keywords: prostitute/prostitution lover obsession servant sex employer/employee sexual-attraction Themes: Servants and Employers Star-Crossed Lovers Self-Destructive Romance  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Last Tango in Paris (1972) The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) Cruel Story of Youth (1960) Gilda (1946) The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) La Ronde (1950) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) Masculin/Feminin (1966) The Call of the Wild (1976) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: France, Japan genre/type: Drama run time: 105 minutes filmed in:

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 Ma Vie en Rose Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Ma Vie en Rose>details Ma Vie en Rose details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Alain Berliner Produced By: La Sept Cinema, Sony Pictures Classics, Haut & Court Year: 1997 Run Time: 90 minutes Country: UK, France, Belgium Language: French Set in: Paris, France MPAA Rating: R (for brief strong language) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 1997 05 28 (France) Alternate Titles: My Life in Pink Key Cast: Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Hélène Vincent, Georges Du Fresne, Julien Riviere, Daniel Hanssens, Laurence Bibot, Baehr, Full Credits Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, but one child isn't so sure in this Belgian comedy drama. 7-year-old Ludovic (Georges DuFresne) is happy, healthy, and good-natured, but there's a bit of a problem -- he has decided that he's a girl. While his parents Hanna (Michele Laroque) and Pierre (Jean-Philippe Ecoffey) try to understand, Ludovic stubbornly refuses to listen to reason from his parents, teachers, or schoolmates. His fondness for wearing girl's clothes and frequent pronouncements to strangers that he's going to be a woman when he grows up become increasingly worrying, and things come to a head when Ludovic declares that when he's older, he plans to marry Jerome (Julien Riviere), the boy next door. It hardly helps that Pierre's boss, Albert (Daniel Hanssens), is also Jerome's father, and that he's notoriously closed-minded about gender issues. Will Pierre keep his job? Will the stress spoil Pierre and Hanna's marriage? And will Ludovic find the right shade of lipstick? Ma Vie En Rose was the first feature for director and screenwriter Alain Berliner. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: boy cross-dressing ostracism sexual-identity gender-roles Themes: Fathers and Sons Mothers and Sons Questioning Gender Roles Questioning Sexuality Gender-Bending  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Housekeeping (1987) My Life as a Dog (1985) Life Is Sweet (1990) Breakfast on Pluto (2004) Amélie (2001) Toto the Hero (1991) Lantern Hill (1990) Beautiful Thing (1996) Billy Elliot (2000) Matilda (1996) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... language: French category: Feature genre/type: Comedy Drama year:

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 Out of Africa Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Out of Africa>details Out of Africa details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Sydney Pollack Produced By: Universal Year: 1985 Run Time: 161 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens, Joseph Thiaka, Stephen Kinyanjui, Michael Gough, Full Credits Out of Africa is drawn from the life and writings of Danish author Isak Dinesen, who during the time that the film's events occured was known by her married name, Karen Blixen-Flecke. For convenience's sake, Karen (Meryl Streep) has married Baron Bor Blixen-Flecke (Klaus Maria Brandauer). In 1914, the Baron moves himself and his wife to a plantation in Nairobi, then leaves Karen to her own devices as he returns to his womanizing and drinking. Soon, Karen has fallen in love with charming white hunter Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford), who prefers a no-strings relationship. A woman who prides herself on her independence, Blixen finds herself unhappily in thrall to a aloof man -- and doubly unhappy for living out such a cliché situation. Although Redford received a lion's share of criticism for his too-American performance, Streep has rarely been better, and the film's perfectly measured pace is offset by David Watkin's stunning location photography. The movie was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 7, including Best Picture, Best Director for Sydney Pollack, Best Adapted Screenplay for Kurt Luedtke, and Best Cinematography for Watkin. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: adventurer writing gigolo love marriage plantation romance big-game-hunt Themes: Culture Clash Infidelity Self-Destructive Romance Exclusive coverage Sydney Pollack Remembered - AMC News - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Your Love of Pearl Harbor Depends on You're Being an Essentialist - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Tootsie (1982) The Bear (1988) Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Husbands and Wives (1992) Reds (1981) A Passage to India (1984) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) The Way We Were (1973) Masculin/Feminin (1966) They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... genre/type: Drama mpaa rating: PG produced by: Universal language:

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 Wedding in White Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Wedding in White>details Wedding in White details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: William Fruet Produced By: Dermet, Cinepix Year: 1972 Run Time: 106 minutes Country: Canada Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Donald Pleasence, Carol Kane, Paul Bradley, Christine Thomas, Bonnie Carol Case, Leo Phillips, Doris Petrie, Doug McGrath, Full Credits Carol Kane makes one of her earliest screen appearances in the Canadian Wedding in White. Set during World War 2, the film costars Donald Pleasence as Kane's father. The crux of the film concerns Pleasence's feverish efforts to save Carol's good name after she is raped and impregnated by her brother's loutish soldier friend. While it might sound like "Go and never darken my door again!" melodrama, the film is delicately handled, with some particularly poignant scenes between father and daughter. Wedding in White won the Canadian equivalent of the "best picture" Oscar in 1972. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: daughter father pregnancy rape teenagers family-tragedy Themes: Fathers and Daughters Families in Crisis  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Belle de Jour (1967) Rififi (1955) The Last Picture Show (1971) Das Boot (1981) The Great Escape (1963) The Last Detail (1973) Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) Dead Ringers (1988) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Johnny Belinda (1948) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: Canada category: Feature filmed in: Color run time:

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 Castle in the Sky Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Castle in the Sky>details Castle in the Sky details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Hayao Miyazaki Produced By: Tokuma Shoten, Studio Ghibli Year: 1986 Run Time: 124 minutes Country: Japan Language: English, Japanese MPAA Rating: PG Category: Animated Genre/Type: Fantasy, Children's/Family Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: Laputa: The Castle in the Sky, Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta Key Cast: James Van Der Beek, Anna Paquin, Mark Hamill, Cloris Leachman, Richard Dysart, Jim Cummings, John Hostetter, Michael McShane, Full Credits Hayao Miyazaki's fantasy adventure Castle in the Sky begins with a chase scene through a flying ship, where all the passengers are after the young girl, Sheeta (voice of Anna Paquin). Going overboard to avoid capture, Sheeta is rescued by her powerful crystal necklace which floats her down to safety. She's recovered by Pazu (voice of James Van Der Beek), a young resourceful boy who works in a small mining town. Sharing a common desire to see Laputa, the castle in the sky, Pazu and Sheeta team up to outrun the pirates and the military. Led by hard-bitten matriarch Dola (voice of Cloris Leachman), the pirates are a rowdy yet dimwitted group of brothers who are after Laputa's treasure. Led by the greedy yet civilized Muska (voice of Mark Hamill), the military is after Laputa's secret powers. Everyone races to get to the abandoned castle of Laputa, which has been overgrown with vines and plant life. Its only inhabitants are the animals and robots who protect a magical garden. As the different parties fight over who gets to control Laputa, it's up to Sheeta to use her ancient knowledge to save it from ultimate destruction. The English-language version also includes the voices of Mandy Patinkin and Andy Dick. by Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi Keywords: pirate [seafarer] flight flying girl kidnapping magic princess fantasy-world mining-town stone government-agent on-the-run Themes: Pirates Fantasy Lands  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Munto (2004) DragonBall Z: Gohan Goes to High School (2002) Spirited Away (2001) Princess Mononoke (1997) Tokyo Godfathers (2003) Future Boy Conan [Anime Series] (1978) Tales From Earthsea (2006) Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind (1984) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: Japan director: Hayao Miyazaki run time: 124 minutes filmed in:

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 Honor Among Thieves Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Honor Among Thieves>details Honor Among Thieves details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Jean Herman Produced By: Compagnie Commerciale Francais Cinematographie [DISTRIBUTION], Medusa Distribuzione, Paramount, Franco London Films, Greenwich Film Productions Year: 1968 Run Time: 115 minutes Country: Italy, France Language: English Set in: Marseille, France MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Thriller, Crime Filmed In: Color Release: 1968 09 04 (Italy), 1968 08 14 (France) Alternate Titles: Adieu l'Ami, Farewell, Friend, So Long, Friend Key Cast: Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Olga Georges-Picot, Brigitte Fossey, Bernard Fresson, Ellen Bahl, Guy Delorme, Catherine Sola, Full Credits Years after serving together in the French Foreign Legion, American soldier of fortune Franz Propp (Charles Bronson) and French doctor Dino Barron (Alain Delon) are unexpectedly reunited under the most extraordinary circumstances. Hoping to help a friend who has embezzled some bonds, Barron tries to break into a safe in the dead of night. Sneaking into an underground vault he is surprised to discover that his old pal Propp is also on the premises, likewise intending to crack the safe, albeit for his own benefit. After a few awkward moments, a friendship develops between the two as they try to get out from the locked vault. A Franco-Italian co-production, Adieu L'Ami was released in the U.S. as Farewell, Friend and Honor Among Thieves. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: bonds [investments] friendship robbery holiday mercenary vault [safe] trapped doctor Themes: Femmes Fatales Bank Robbery Mind Games Cons and Scams  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Rififi (1955) The Great Escape (1963) For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) Belle Starr (1941) The Godfather Saga (1977) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) The Getaway (1972) Dark Of The Sun (1968) Hard Times (1975) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... language: English set in: Marseille, France run time: 115 minutes director:

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 The Perfect Score Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Perfect Score>details The Perfect Score details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Brian Robbins Produced By: Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, Tollin/Robbins Productions, Spyglass Entertainment Year: 2004 Run Time: 93 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG13 (for language, sexual content and some drug references) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 2004 01 30 (USA) Key Cast: Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett Johansson, Darius Miles, Leonardo Nam, Tyra Ferrell, Matthew Lillard, Full Credits Produced by MTV Films, The Perfect Score is a teen crime comedy about a group of high school students who decide to steal the answers to the SAT exam. Kyle (Chris Evans) wants to be an architect, but his scores are too low to get into the school of his choice. Matty (Bryan Greenberg) is heartbroken when he is rejected from the school to which his girlfriend goes. Good girl Anna (Erika Christensen) is pressured by her parents to excel in academics and remain innocent. Desmond (Darius Miles) is a basketball player who believes the SAT exam is racist. Rounding out the group is gutsy Francesca (Scarlett Johansson) and lonely Roy (Leonardo Nam). by Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi Keywords: high-school teenagers SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) heist Themes: High School Life Perfect Crime Cons and Scams  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Election (1999) Risky Business (1983) The Breakfast Club (1985) Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Crime 101 (1999) Accepted (2006) Orange County (2002) Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) Getting In (1994) Sugar & Spice (2001) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... genre/type: Comedy Drama director: Brian Robbins language: English year:

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 Time After Time Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Time After Time>details Time After Time details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Nicholas Meyer Produced By: Orion, Warner Brothers Year: 1979 Run Time: 120 minutes Country: UK, USA Language: English Set in: San Francisco, CA MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Fantasy, Science Fiction Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi, Patti D'Arbanville, Antonia Katsaros, Corey Feldman, Geraldine Baron, Full Credits It's H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) versus Jack the Ripper (David Warner) in the fanciful Time After Time -- and, per the film's title, the chase extends from the 19th century to the 20th. Wells has built a time machine in his cellar, which the Ripper uses as a means of escape. Both men find themselves in 20th century San Francisco, and, after a period of adjustment, they make themselves at home. The plot takes a dark turn when the Ripper, disappointed that Wells' dreams of a Utopian future have not come to fruition, resumes his murderous activities. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: bank-personnel prostitute/prostitution serial-killer time-travel culture-clash time-machine fish-out-of-water Themes: Fish Out of Water Serial Killers Time Travel Heroic Mission Exclusive coverage Future Shock - The Horror of Time Travel in the Movies - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Mary Robinette Kowal - Go Back to the Future With Fantasy's Top Ten Time-Traveling Devices - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Time Travel Movies (#8)  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Terminator (1984) Tron (1982) Tom Jones (1963) Back to the Future (1985) The Time Machine (1960) Operation Daybreak (1976) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Rouge (1988) The Quiet Earth (1985) Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... category: Feature country: UK, USA filmed in: Color genre/type:

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Drama

 Edge of the City Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Edge of the City>details Edge of the City details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Martin Ritt Produced By: MGM Year: 1957 Run Time: 85 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: NR Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Available in Colorized Version, B&W Alternate Titles: A Man is Ten Feet Tall Key Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee, Robert Simon, Ruth White, Val Avery, Full Credits Edge of the City is a modern morality play, acted out in the railyards of New York. AWOL soldier John Cassavetes takes a job as a railroad worker, where he is taunted and bullied by supervisor Jack Warden, a union functionary appointed by the Mob. Cassavetes befriends his African-American co-worker Sydney Poitier, whose very presence enrages the bigoted Warden. Poitier dies in an "accident" arranged by Warden; Cassavetes knows the truth, but is frightened into silence by the corrupt union. Inspired by Poitier's widow to stand up for what is right, Cassavetes challenges Warden in a climactic one-on-one battle. Edge of the City was produced by David Susskind, who'd previously staged Robert Alan Aurthur's screenplay for television under its original title, A Man is Ten Feet Tall. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: Black [race] big-city corruption organized-crime murder racism railroad union [labor union] worker Themes: Labor Unions Fighting the System Race Relations  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies A Raisin in the Sun (1961) On the Waterfront (1954) Faces (1968) Deadlock (1969) I Met a Murderer (1939) La Rivolta dei Mercenari (1961) Black Girl (1972) Shakedown (1950) Ladies Love Brutes (1930) Circle of Death (1960) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA category: Feature run time: 85 minutes genre/type:

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French

 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Get Out Your Handkerchiefs>details Get Out Your Handkerchiefs details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Bertrand Blier Produced By: SODEP -- Brussels, CAPAC, Belga Films (Brussels), Films Ariane, GEF Year: 1978 Run Time: 109 minutes Country: Belgium, France Language: French MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: Get Your Handkerchiefs Ready, Préparez Vos Mouchoirs Key Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure, Michel Serrault, Riton Liebman, Elenore Hirt, Sylvie Joly, Jean Rougerie, Full Credits The lightly mocking title Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Préparez Vos Mouchoirs) sets the tone for this Bertrand Blier-directed amalgam of the sentimental and sardonic. Gérard Depardieu plays an at-wit's-end husband, Raoul, who'll go to any lengths to sexually satisfy his wife, Solange (Carole Laure). Raoul decides that the best thing to cure Solange's boredom would be if she took a lover; thus, he chooses Stéphane (Patrick Dewaere) for the "job." But Stéphane isn't any more successful in arousing Solange than her husband had been. Eventually, it is a 13-year-old boy who quenches Solange's erotic yearnings. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs won a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar as well as a French César award for Best Score (by Georges Delerue). by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: extramarital-affair boy depression incest love marriage-problems Themes: Love Triangles Sexual Awakening Crumbling Marriages  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Amadeus (1984) The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) The Untouchables (1987) Gilda (1946) Murmur of the Heart (1971) The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) Body Heat (1981) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) Too Beautiful for You (1989) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... genre/type: Comedy run time: 109 minutes year: 1978 language:

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 To Have and Have Not Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>To Have and Have Not>details To Have and Have Not details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 2 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Howard Hawks Produced By: Warner Brothers Year: 1944 Run Time: 100 minutes Country: USA Language: English Set in: Martinique, Caribbean MPAA Rating: NR Category: Feature Genre/Type: Romance, Drama Filmed In: Available in Colorized Version, B&W Key Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran, Hoagy Carmichael, Dan Seymour, Marcel Dalio, Walter Molnar, Full Credits Humphrey Bogart plays Harry Morgan, owner-operator of charter boat in wartime Martinique. Morgan's right-hand man is Eddie (Walter Brennan), a garrulous alky whose pet question to anyone and everyone is "Ever get stung by a dead bee?" While in port, Harry is approached by Free French activist Gerard (Marcel Dalio), who wants to charter Harry's boat to smuggle in an important underground leader. Adopting his usual I-stick-my-neck-out-for-no-one stance, Morgan refuses. Later on, he starts up a dalliance with Marie Browning (screen newcomer Lauren Bacall), an attractive pickpocket. In order to help Marie return to America, Harry agrees to Gerard's smuggling terms. He uses his boat to bring resistance fighter De Bursac (Walter Molnar) and De Bursac's wife Helene (Dolores Moran) into Martinique. The Vichy police, suspecting that something's amiss, hold Morgan's pal Eddie hostage, tormenting the poor rummy by denying him liquor. Predictably, Morgan comes to Eddie's rescue and manages to escape Martinique, with the delectable Marie as cozy company. In the hands of director Howard Hawks and screenwriters Jules Furthman and William Faulkner, the end result bore only a passing relation to the original story by Ernest Hemingway: instead, it was a virtual rehash (but a good one!) of the recently released Casablanca, replete with several of that film's cast members. The film's enduring popularity is primarily -- if not solely -- due to the sexy chemistry between Bogart and Bacall, especially in the legendary "You know how to whistle, don't you?" scene. The most salutary result of To Have & Have Not was the subsequent Bogart-Bacall marriage, which endured until his death in 1957. It's widely believed that Lauren Bacall's singing voice was dubbed in by a pre-puberty Andy Williams; this is not true. For the record, a more faithful-to-the-source cinemadaptation of the Hemingway original was filmed in 1950 as The Breaking Point. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: captain [military] love resistance romance smuggling war boating battle-of-the-sexes one-against-odds alcohol Themes: War At Sea Opposites Attract Heroic Mission Exclusive coverage Ten Movies Completely Overlooked by Oscar - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 3.5/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Tonight We Raid Calais (1943) Closely Watched Trains (1966) Johnny One-Eye (1950) Land of the Pharaohs (1955) Grand Illusion (1937) Mutiny (1952) A Man Escaped (1956) Les Amants De Verone (1948) Paid to Love (1927) Gone With the Wind (1939) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA mpaa rating: NR produced by: Warner Brothers run time:

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1942

 Gentleman Jim Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Gentleman Jim>details Gentleman Jim details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Raoul Walsh Produced By: Warner Brothers Year: 1942 Run Time: 104 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: NR Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Available in Colorized Version, B&W Key Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, John Loder, William Frawley, Ward Bond, Minor Watson, Full Credits Maybe Errol Flynn was never the war hero that he often played, but he was a capable boxer, and Gentleman Jim makes full use of this skill. Flynn stars as Jim Corbett, the 19th-century American pugilist who introduced "scientific" methods to bare-knuckle boxing. Originally an office clerk, Corbett is introduced to the then-illegal sport of fighting when one of the bank executives sponsors the young man's training at the Olympic Club. His arrogance wins Corbett a few enemies, including high-born lady Victoria Ware (Alexis Smith), whose dislike turns to casual affection when she realizes that Corbett is a sincere young fellow who can back up his boasts. What "Gentleman Jim" desires most in life is a match with reigning heavyweight champ John L. Sullivan (Ward Bond). Corbett and Sullivan finally meet in a bout governed by those new Marquis of Queensbury rules that Corbett has helped popularize. Twenty-one epoch-making rounds later, Corbett emerges victorious. At the victory celebration, Sullivan and Corbett graciously exchange mutual words of respect and affection. At this point, Corbett has totally won over the lovely Victoria -- but hasn't quite convinced his brawling brothers that "scientific" boxing is the wave of the future, and the film ends with a typical Raoul Walsh-directed battle royal. More faithful to the facts than most Errol Flynn biopics (but still with enough poetic license to drive historical purists up a wall), Gentleman Jim is broad, boisterous entertainment. Though it looks expensive, the film was made under Warner Bros.' standard pinchpenny restrictions; if you look closely at that moored ship where Corbett has one of his first professional fights, you'll notice that it's a leftover set from the 1940 Errol Flynn swashbuckler The Sea Hawk. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: bank-personnel boxing champion police prizefighter rape romance sports Themes: Boxers  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies It Happened One Night (1934) Body and Soul (1947) Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) This Sporting Life (1963) The Quiet Man (1952) Raging Bull (1980) Rocky (1976) They Were Expendable (1945) How Green Was My Valley (1941) Champion (1949) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA produced by: Warner Brothers themes: Boxers year:

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 The Wolfman Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Wolfman>details The Wolfman details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 0 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Joe Johnston Year: 2010 Run Time: 103 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for bloody horror, violence and gore) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Horror Filmed In: Color Release: 2010 02 12 (USA) Key Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Art Malik, Simon Merrells, Gemma Whelan, Mario Marin-Borquez, Full Credits Universal Studios resurrects the classic lycanthrope with this tale of a man who experiences an unsettling transformation after he returns to his ancestral home in Victorian-era Great Britain and gets attacked by a rampaging werewolf. When Ben Talbot (Simon Merrells) vanishes into thin air, his brother Lawrence (Benicio Del Toro) returns to his family estate to investigate. Upon reuniting with his estranged father, Sir John Talbot (Anthony Hopkins), however, he discovers a destiny far darker than his blackest nightmares. Ben is dead; the victim of a savage attack by a beast that keeps the superstitious locals cowering in fear every time the moon shines bright in the sky. Shortly after discovering his brother's true fate, Lawrence swears to Ben's wife, Gwen (Emily Blunt), that he will bring her late husband's killer to justice. As a young boy, the untimely death of his mother caused Lawrence to grow up before his time. Though Lawrence had previously attempted to bury his pain in the past by leaving the quiet Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor behind, he discovers that you can't outrun fate when he's attacked by the very same nocturnal beast that claimed his brother. Not even recently arrived Scotland Yard inspector Aberline (Hugo Weaving) can dream up a rational explanation for the gruesome spell cast over Blackmoor, yet rumors of an ancient curse persist. According to legend, the afflicted will experience a horrific transformation by the light of the full moon. Now, the woman Talbot loves is in mortal danger, and in order to protect her he must venture into the moonlit woods and destroy the beast before it destroys her. But this isn't a typical hunt, because before the beast can be slain, a simple man will uncover a primal side of himself that he never knew existed. Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker pens a film directed by Joe Johnston and featuring creature effects by special-effects makeup legend Rick Baker. by Jason Buchanan, Rovi Keywords: brother curse disappearance father spell [magic] Victorian werewolf Themes: Missing Persons Werewolves Curses and Spells Exclusive coverage Opening Night - Benicio Del Toro Promises This Wolfman Delivers Violence That's Up-to-Date - AMC News - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Web Stalker - The Wolfman Trailer Takes a Bite Out of Avatar - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs The Wolfman's Hugo Weaving Swears Agent Smith Is Dead... and Elrond Is Star-Gazing - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs Freddy, Wolfman and Blair Witch Stand Ready to Terrorize 2010 - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: The Horror of Anthony Hopkins (#5)  click here Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Wolf Man (1941) The Howling (1981) An American Werewolf in London (1981) The Company of Wolves (1984) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004) The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) The Real Wolfman (2009) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... language: English country: USA filmed in: Color run time:

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1998

 The Hi-Lo Country Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Hi-Lo Country>details The Hi-Lo Country details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Stephen Frears Year: 1998 Run Time: 114 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for some sexuality, a scene of violence, and for brief language) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Release: 1998 12 30 (USA) Key Cast: Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, Penélope Cruz, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette, Robert Knott, Full Credits Cowboys live again in this 20th century Western about two World War II veterans living on the lush, open New Mexico countryside. Based on the classic American novel by Max Evans about those struggling to continue living the Old West lifestyle in the early Cold War days, the film stars Woody Harrelson and Billy Crudup as two lifelong friends who fall for the same woman. Returning from war is Peter (Crudup), a cattleman who just wants a simple life on the farm, and Big Boy Matson (Harrelson), a big-drinking hellraiser always looking for a fight. Enter married Mona (Patricia Arquette), who turns both their heads and forces these two cowboys to put their friendship to the ultimate test. The film, like Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, is about freedom in wide-open spaces, so British director Stephen Frears is really out of his element in tackling this type of material. But he focuses the film on the relationships rather than the action, asking questions like "Is the girl more important than their friendship?" In the end, this film is more love story than Western. by Arthur Borman, Rovi Keywords: cattlemen Cold-War cowboy friendship love-triangle veteran [military] world-war Themes: Ranchers Home From the War Infidelity Love Triangles Faltering Friendships  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Hud (1963) The Grifters (1990) Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Giant (1956) Whistle Stop (1946) Kid Vengeance (1977) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Oklahoma! (1955) My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) The Snapper (1993) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... language: English run time: 114 minutes genre/type: Drama year:

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1982

 Making Love Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Making Love>details Making Love details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Arthur Hiller Produced By: 20th Century Fox, IndieProd Year: 1982 Run Time: 111 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Wendy Hiller, Arthur Hill, Nancy Olson, John Dukakis, Terry Kiser, Full Credits Arthur Hiller directed this drama exploring the disintegration of an ideal marriage after the husband discovers he is gay. Kate Jackson is Claire, a successful television producer, and Michael Ontkean is her husband Zack, an equally successful doctor. They enjoy eight years of married bliss until homosexual writer Bart McGuire (Harry Hamlin) appears at Zack's office. As Zack gets to know Bart, he discovers he is attracted to him. He asks Bart out to dinner, one thing leads to another, and soon Zack announces to Claire that he wants to explore his new-found sexuality with Bart. by Paul Brenner, Rovi Keywords: extramarital-affair writing book doctor/nurse executive homosexual love-triangle marriage relationship repression sex television wife Themes: Infidelity Crumbling Marriages Questioning Sexuality  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Sunset Boulevard (1950) Jules and Jim (1962) The Crying Game (1992) Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) Before Sunrise (1995) A Man for All Seasons (1966) My Own Private Idaho (1991) Karhozat (1988) Twin Peaks (1989) Maurice (1987) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA mpaa rating: R run time: 111 minutes year:

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2005

 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit>details Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Nick Park, Steve Box Produced By: Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation Year: 2005 Run Time: 82 minutes Country: UK Language: English MPAA Rating: G Category: Animated Genre/Type: Children's/Family, Comedy Filmed In: Stop-Motion, Color Release: 2005 10 07 (USA) Key Cast: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Clement Nicholas Smith, Nicholas Smith, Liz Smith, Geraldine McEwan, Full Credits Eccentric inventor Wallace (voice of Peter Sallis) and his faithful if often perplexed dog Gromit are back in their first feature-length adventure from animator Nick Park. Wallace and Gromit have launched a new business venture just in time for a major gardening competition in their neighborhood of West Wallaby. "Anti-Pesto" is a humane pest-relocation service in which Wallace and Gromit capture rabbits and other critters who have been eating the produce from local gardens and give them new homes somewhere else. Business has been going well, and when the woman hosting the garden show, Lady Tottington (voice of Helena Bonham Carter), discovers a massive tribe of rabbits has been making a mess of her garden, she calls in Wallace and Gromit to move the bunnies elsewhere. Wallace is quite taken with Lady Tottington, but he's not the only one -- Victor Quartermaine (voice of Ralph Fiennes) is a slick but arrogant upper-class type who wants to win Lady Tottington's hand (and fortune) and is convinced he can do a better job capturing the rabbits than Wallace. However, Wallace's attempts to brainwash the rabbits away from veggies using his latest invention has disastrous results, and soon Wallace has to deal with a beastly bunny as well as a heavily-armed Quartermaine. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit followed Park's previous film with the duo, A Close Shave, by ten years, and was produced after Park broke through to mainstream success with the feature Chicken Run. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: dog competition gardener hunting inventor rabbit vegetable [food] shapeshifter capture Themes: Man's Best Friend Experiments Gone Awry Werewolves Exclusive coverage Aliens in the Attic Scribe Mark Burton Explains the Allure of Mind Control - SciFi Scanner - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies A Close Shave (1995) Creature Comforts (1989) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) The Triplets of Belleville (2003) A Grand Day Out (1992) The Wrong Trousers (1993) Chicken Run (2000) Cracking Contraptions (2002) Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... run time: 82 minutes language: English mpaa rating: G year:

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 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song>details Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Melvin Van Peebles Produced By: Cinemation Year: 1971 Run Time: 97 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Action Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, West Gale, Niva Rochelle, John Amos, Ed Rue, Full Credits Produced, directed, written, scored by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles, this landmark "blaxploitation" film was as controversial as it was popular for its then X-rated story of one African-American man's triumph over the Man. After beating a couple of white cops he witnessed brutalizing a local black revolutionary, sex show performer Sweetback (Van Peebles) has to go on the run. As he flees through decrepit South Central Los Angeles, Sweetback demonstrates his formidable potency through sex as well as violence, evading the police manhunt by any means necessary. As Sweetback runs off into the sunset, however, Van Peebles warns that the story, like the 1960s racial strife, isn't over. by Lucia Bozzola, Rovi Keywords: revenge prostitute/prostitution chase police cop-killer cross-cultural-relations escape injury POW/MIA pursuit survivor conflict on-the-run Themes: Rogue Cops Fighting the System Flight of the Innocent Race Relations  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Belle de Jour (1967) Pixote (1981) Diva (1981) The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1968) BAADASSSSS! (2003) Accattone (1961) Dressed to Kill (1980) The Cool World (1963) The Lawyer (1969) Ganja and Hess (1973) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... genre/type: Action filmed in: Color produced by: Cinemation language:

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 Nothing in Common Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Nothing in Common>details Nothing in Common details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Garry Marshall Produced By: Rastar, TriStar Year: 1986 Run Time: 118 minutes Country: USA Language: English Set in: Chicago, IL MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 1986 07 30 (USA) Key Cast: Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Bess Armstrong, Sela Ward, John Kapelos, Full Credits Garry Marshall directed this film which starts as a light comedy but moves into heavy-duty drama later on. David Basner (Tom Hanks in a good performance) works in an ad agency, where he enjoys bantering with his co-workers and meets a lot of women. He hasn't been especially close to his father (Jackie Gleason) and never thought about him much until his Dad is left devastated when his wife of 36 years walks out on him. He is soon faced with serious health problems as well. This propels the elder Basner on a downward slide that affects David and their relationship. by Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi Keywords: advertising father marriage-problems mother son advertising-agency advertising-campaign advertising-executive Themes: Generation Gap Crumbling Marriages Fathers and Sons  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Terms of Endearment (1983) Big (1988) The Bear (1988) Nobody's Fool (1994) Places in the Heart (1984) I Never Sang for My Father (1970) Splash (1984) Rambling Rose (1991) The Goodbye Girl (1977) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... mpaa rating: PG year: 1986 filmed in: Color country:

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Damage Movie Facts and Details

 Damage Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Damage>details Damage details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Louis Malle Produced By: Skreba Films, European Coproduction Fund, Canal Plus, Channel 4, New Line Cinema, Nouvelle Edition Francaise Year: 1992 Run Time: 111 minutes Country: France, UK Language: English MPAA Rating: R (for strong sexuality, and for language) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Drama Filmed In: Color Release: 1992 12 23 (USA), 1992 12 09 (France) Alternate Titles: Fatale Key Cast: Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Graves, Ian Bannen, Leslie Caron, Peter Stormare, Gemma Clarke, Full Credits Adapted from Josephine Hart's spare novel by British screenwriter David Hare and French director Louis Malle, this brooding erotic drama concerns the obsessive sexual relationship between an English politician and his son's lover. Stephen Flemming (Jeremy Irons), an up-and-coming member of Parliament, has a beautiful and loving wife, Ingrid (Miranda Richardson), and two children, including son Martyn (Rupert Graves), a successsful journalist. Sparks fly, however, when Stephen meets beautiful art-world denizen Anna Barton (Juliette Binoche), Martyn's new girlfriend. A measured, seemingly passionless man who believes that life can be controlled, Stephen suddenly finds himself unable to resist brief but intense liaisons with the mysterious, melancholy Anna. Eventually she explains the palpable air of sadness that hangs over her: When she was 15, her beloved older brother committed suicide because he could not possess her. "Remember," Anna warns Stephen, "Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive." Drawn to Anna and the passion she engenders in him, Stephen tries to justify his betrayal by telling himself Martyn isn't serious about Anna; he is stunned, then, when the two announce their engagement. On the advice of Anna's mother (Leslie Caron), who sees right through the charade, Stephen tries to break things off. But soon the affair resumes with full force, eventually destroying several lives. Although Damage's stark, frank sex scenes were trimmed to attain an R rating for theatrical release, the original, uncut version is available on video and DVD. Richardson received an Oscar nomination for her work. by Brian J. Dillard, Rovi Keywords: extramarital-affair fiancee love-triangle obsession Parliament passion politician upper-class sexual-attraction family-tragedy forbidden-love Themes: Infidelity Love Triangles Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Self-Destructive Romance Exclusive coverage Breaking Down the Marisa Tomei Oscar Rumor - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Crying Game (1992) Le Feu Follet (1963) Last Tango in Paris (1972) Murmur of the Heart (1971) May Fools (1990) Double Suicide (1969) Dead Ringers (1988) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) Gilda (1946) The Piano Teacher (2001) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... year: 1992 category: Feature genre/type: Drama title:

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 Bring It On Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Bring It On>details Bring It On details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Peyton Reed Produced By: Universal, Beacon Pictures Year: 2000 Run Time: 98 minutes Country: USA Language: English Set in: San Diego, CA MPAA Rating: PG13 (for sex-related material and language) Category: Feature Genre/Type: Comedy Filmed In: Color Release: 2000 08 25 (USA) Key Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, Gabrielle Union, Clare Kramer, Nicole Bilderback, Tsianina Joelson, Rini Bell, Full Credits The hard work, dedication, and personal politics behind "rah rah rah!" and "sis boom bah!" go under the microscope in this engaging teen comedy. Torrance Shipman (Kirsten Dunst) discovers that being captain of her San Diego high school's six-time championship-winning cheerleading squad is more complicated than she had imagined. Torrance's parents want her to spend more time on her homework, her boyfriend wants her to spend more time with him, and she learns that the squad's former captain stole some of their best routines from other teams -- and that Isis (Gabrielle Union), captain of a top squad at a crosstown, inner-city high school, plans to fight back this year. To make things worse, when one of the cheerleaders is injured, Torrance is forced to replace her with Missy (Eliza Dushku), a cynical new kid who is involved only because the school doesn't offer gymnastics. In the midst of this chaos, with the national championship around the corner, Torrance couldn't have picked a worse time to fall in love with Cliff (Jesse Bradford), a classmate who cares a lot more about punk rock than school spirit. Dunst trained with a cheerleading squad for her role, though a double performed the more complicated stunts. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: boyfriend champion cheerleading classmate competition friendship high-school racial-tension rival Themes: Faltering Friendships Success is the Best Revenge Feuds New Kid in Town High School Life Exclusive coverage Flashback Five - Tween Sensations (Twilight: New Moon, You're Nothing New) - AMC Movie Blog - AMCfrom AMC Blogs ...ranks in these movie lists: Top Ten Back-to-School Movies (#7) Tween Sensations (#5)  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Bring It On Again (2004) Bring It On [Film Series] Clueless (1995) Smile (1975) The Bad News Bears (1976) Stick It (2006) The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993) Slap Shot (1977) Drumline (2002) Mean Girls (2004) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... set in: San Diego, CA country: USA produced by: Universal, Beacon Pictures director:

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 The Boston Strangler Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Boston Strangler>details The Boston Strangler details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Richard Fleischer Produced By: 20th Century Fox Year: 1968 Run Time: 115 minutes Country: USA Set in: Boston, MA MPAA Rating: R Category: Feature Genre/Type: Crime Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Hurd Hatfield, Murray Hamilton, Jeff Corey, Sally Kellerman, Full Credits The Boston Strangler adopts the split-screen technique then in vogue (see also The Thomas Crown Affair) to relate the true story of self-confessed mass murderer Albert DeSalvo. Adapted by Edward Anhalt from the book by Gerold Frank, the film covers the years 1962 to 1964, during which time a dozen women were raped and murdered in the Boston area. State-appointed officer John Bottomly (Henry Fonda) arrests as many known sex offenders as he can get his hands on in hopes of finding a clue as to the Boston Strangler's identity. As these things often happen, the police come across the necessary evidence through pure luck. Well-played by Tony Curtis (whose makeup is startling), DeSalvo himself does not appear until an hour into the film. When caught, the schizophrenic DeSalvo insists that he knows nothing of the murders. Under interrogation and hypnosis, his homicidal impulses are exposed. Meticulously cast, The Boston Strangler offers excellent vignettes by Sally Kellerman as the Strangler's only surviving victim and by Hurd Hatfield as an erudite sex pervert. When Boston Strangler was first shown on TV in 1974, a voice-over coda was added, noting that Albert DeSalvo was stabbed to death in prison on November 26, 1973, and that many experts were convinced that he was not the killer but that his confessions were the product of a delusional mind. by Hal Erickson, Rovi Keywords: hypnosis investigation manhunt rape schizophrenia serial-killer strangler suspect Themes: Serial Killers Exclusive coverage Maitland McDonagh - A History of Horror and the Golden Globes - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Jaws (1975) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Belle de Jour (1967) Helter Skelter (1976) In Cold Blood (1967) 12 Angry Men (1957) 10 Rillington Place (1971) Targets (1968) Indagine su un Cittadino al di Sopra di Ogni Sospetto (1970) Monster (2003) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... year: 1968 filmed in: Color set in: Boston, MA country:

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2000

 Titan A.E. Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Titan A.E.>details Titan A.E. details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Gary Goldman, Don Bluth Produced By: 20th Century Fox Year: 2000 Run Time: 95 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG (for action violence, mild sensuality and brief language) Category: Animated Genre/Type: Science Fiction Filmed In: Color Release: 2000 06 16 (USA) Key Cast: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo, Ron Perlman, Alex D. Linz, Full Credits Titan A.E. combines cel and CG imagery in this science fiction saga. In 3028, after the Earth is destroyed by an invading alien race, a tiny number of surviving humans roam the universe in ragtag spaceships, trying to find each other and maintain some sense of community. Shortly before the final destruction of the planet, Cale (voice of Matt Damon) was given a map that would guide him to a space station called Titan, secretly constructed as a last hope in the event of alien Armageddon. Cale sets out in search of Titan and the fabled Ice Planet with the help of his friend Korso (voice of Bill Pullman), the beautiful Akima (voice of Drew Barrymore), and a crew of friendly aliens. Titan A.E. was directed by noted animators Don Bluth and Gary Goldman and scripted by Ben Edlund, creator of the comic book series The Tick. Other members of the voice cast include Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo, John Leguizamo, and Tone Loc. by Mark Deming, Rovi Keywords: alien [not human] destruction attack earth escape father future spacecraft Themes: Space Wars Evil Aliens Heroic Mission  click here Currently 2/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Toy Story (1995) Star Wars (1977) A Bug's Life (1998) The Iron Giant (1999) The Last Starfighter (1984) The War of the Worlds (1953) Antz (1998) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) Independence Day (1996) Heavy Metal (1981) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: USA run time: 95 minutes filmed in: Color year:

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 The Vanishing Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>The Vanishing>details The Vanishing details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: George Sluizer Produced By: Golden Egg Films Year: 1988 Run Time: 120 minutes Country: France, Netherlands Language: Dutch, French MPAA Rating: NR Category: Feature Genre/Type: Thriller Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: L'Homme Qui Voulait Savoir, Spoorloos Key Cast: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus, Bernadette Lesache, Tania Latarjet, Faustine Wunsche, Linda Wise, Full Credits Based on Time Krabbe's The Golden Egg, The Vanishing is a deeply disturbing psychological thriller about a young man's search for his girlfriend after she disappears at a rest stop during a short trip. Over the course of three years, the man obsessively searches for her, using his spare time to put up posters and leave handbills, hoping that someone will give him a clue to the mystery surrounding her disappearance. The kidnapper, having watched the man for some time, is intrigued by his increasing obsession and finally contacts him. He then gives the man the opportunity to learn firsthand of his girlfriend's fate. The film, frightening and moving with a chilling conclusion, is a small masterpiece as director George Sluizer confronts and examines the true nature of evil and obsession. Sluizer remade The Vanishing in an American version four years after the release of the original Dutch film, inexplicably changing the shocking ending which gave the original film such power. by Linda Rasmussen, Rovi Keywords: murder girlfriend kidnapping missing-person obsession psychopath missing Themes: Obsessive Quests Missing Persons Mind Games Exclusive coverage Twilight's Kellan Lutz Likes Making Movies His Mom Can't Watchfrom Horror Hacker  click here Currently 5/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies Laura (1944) Red Lights (2004) The Collector (1965) The Disappearance of Harry (1983) The Tenant (1976) Insomnia (1997) I'm Not Scared (2003) One Deadly Summer (1983) Nightwatch (1994) The Lady Vanishes (1938) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... director: George Sluizer category: Feature filmed in: Color run time:

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Western

 Kid Vengeance Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Kid Vengeance>details Kid Vengeance details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 1 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Joseph Manduke Year: 1977 Run Time: 90 minutes Country: Italy, USA, Israel MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Western Filmed In: Color Alternate Titles: Take Another Hard Ride, Vendetta Key Cast: Leif Garrett, Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, John Marley, Glynnis O'Connor, Timothy Scott, Joseph Shiloach, David Menachem, Full Credits One of Cannon Films' two 1976 Italian-Israeli co-productions starring Lee Van Cleef and Leif Garrett (Gianfranco Parolini's Pistola di Dio was the other), this spaghetti western was actually shot in the Middle East by American director Joseph Manduke. Pop star Garrett plays Tom, a teenager who teams with a black gunfighter named Isaac (Jim Brown) to avenge his family. The culprit was McClain (Van Cleef), a sadistic outlaw who carried out the brutal rape-massacre, but his role is minor, as most of the film deals with Tom's maturation and coming to terms with his feelings. Omnipresent 1970s character actors Glynnis O'Connor and John Marley co-star. If there is anything remarkable about Kid Vengeance, it is Francesco Masi's fine musical score, but the film is otherwise anemic. by Robert Firsching, Rovi Keywords: revenge outlaw [Western] family gunfighter coming-of-age African-American Themes: Out For Revenge  click here Currently 1/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies The Godfather (1972) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) The Dirty Dozen (1967) High Noon (1952) For a Few Dollars More (1965) The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) The Godfather Saga (1977) Bad Company (1972) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... country: Italy, USA, Israel director: Joseph Manduke year: 1977 genre/type:

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 Badlands Movie Facts and Details click here amc home | movie guide Genres Lists Ratings amctv.com>movie guide>Badlands>details Badlands details Overall Rating Total Ratings: 2 Overview Details Cast & Credits Awards Review Movie Details: Director: Terrence Malick Produced By: Pressman-Williams, Warner Brothers Year: 1973 Run Time: 95 minutes Country: USA Language: English MPAA Rating: PG Category: Feature Genre/Type: Crime Filmed In: Color Key Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Alan Vint, Ramon Bieri, Gary Littlejohn, Terrence Malick, John Womack Jr., Full Credits "He wanted to die with me and I dreamed of being lost forever in his arms." A young couple goes on a Midwest crime spree in Terrence Malick's hypnotically assured debut feature, based on the 1950s Starkweather-Fugate murders. Fancying himself a rebel like James Dean, twentysomething Kit (Martin Sheen) takes off with teen baton-twirler Holly (Sissy Spacek) after shooting her father (Warren Oates) when he tries to split the pair up. Once bounty hunters discover their riverside hiding place, Kit and Holly head toward Saskatchewan, leaving dead bodies in their wake. As the law closes in, however, Holly gives herself up -- but Kit doesn't hold it against her, as he basks in his new status as a momentary folk hero. Inaugurating the use of voice-over narration that he would continue in Days of Heaven (1978) and The Thin Red Line (1998), Malick juxtaposes Holly's flat readings of her flowery romance-novel diary prose with the banal and surreal details of their journey. Singularly inarticulate with each other, Kit and Holly are more intrigued by mythic celebrity gestures, as Holly peruses her fan magazines and Kit commemorates key moments before orchestrating a properly dramatic capture for himself (complete with the right hat). The sublime visuals lend a dreamlike beauty to the couple's trip even as their actions are treated casually; Malick neither glamorizes Kit and Holly nor consigns them to the bloody end of their fame-fixated predecessors in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). With the couple's opaque dialogue and Holly's fanzine dream narration, Malick further denies an easy explanation for their crimes. Made for under 500,000 dollars, Badlands debuted at the 1973 New York Film Festival, along with Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, and was released within months of two other outlaw-couple road movies, Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express and Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us. Although Badlands did not make an impression at the box office, its pictorial splendor and cool yet disquieting narrative established Malick as one of the most compelling artists to come out of early-'70s Hollywood. by Lucia Bozzola, Rovi Keywords: diary teenagers killing-spree on-the-road badlands Themes: Thrill Crime Lovers on the Lam Crime Sprees Exclusive coverage Stacie Ponder - When Serial Killers Go From Real to Reel - Horror Hacker - AMCfrom AMC Blogs  click here Currently 3/5 1 2 3 4 5 write your review Enter your review: Log In or Register to write your review username password Similar Movies My Darling Clementine (1946) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Rebel Without a Cause (1955) The Executioner's Song (1982) The French Connection (1971) The Wild Bunch (1969) Thelma & Louise (1991) Easy Rider (1969) In Cold Blood (1967) schedule movies amc originals blogs videos photos polls games store mobile subscribe to the amc newsletter About & Contact FAQ Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy network sites: AMCtv.com Filmsite.org Filmcritic.com Copyright 2010 American Movie Classics Company LLC. All rights reserved. Summary of information above... year: 1973 category: Feature mpaa rating: PG language: