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Movies Releasing: the Week of March 05, 2004 |
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The Reckoning |
Réalisateur : Paul McGuigan. |
Starring : Paul Bettany, Willem Dafoe, Brian Cox, Gina McKee, Ewen Bremner. |
Genre : History, Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.paramountclassics.com/reckoning/ |
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In 14th Century England, this powerful tale of redemption follows a fugitive priest (Bettany) who falls in with a troupe of travelling actors (led by Dafoe). As they arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman being sentenced to death for witchcraft and murder. Discarding the expected bible stories, the actors stage a performance based on the crime. Through the performance of the play, they discover that the townspeople know the woman did not, in fact, commit the murder. The stage becomes a place where vital human truth is told. The fugitive priest comes to terms with his own crime and makes a powerful sacrifice, thereby redeeming himself. |
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Starsky & Hutch |
Réalisateur : Todd Phillips. |
Starring : Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Carmen Electra, Molly Sims. |
Genre : Action, Comedy, Crime. |
Official Website : http://starskyandhutchmovie.warnerbros.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
In "Starsky & Hutch," the origins of the charismatic crime-fighting duo David Starsky and Ken “Hutch” Hutchinson are explored when these undercover Bay City detectives are partnered for their very first assignment. Ben Stiller plays the tightly wound Detective David Starsky who is thrown together with Owen Wilson’s easygoing Detective Ken Hutchinson on a high-stakes case. Platinum-selling rapper and actor Snoop Dogg plays their savvy street informant Huggy Bear. Vince Vaughn also joins the cast as Reese Feldman, a smooth-talking entrepreneur with an eye towards the future. |
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Hidalgo |
Réalisateur : Joe Johnston. |
Starring : Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, Malcolm McDowell, Omar Sharif, Saïd Taghmaoui. |
Genre : Action, Adventure, History. |
Official Website : http://hidalgo.movies.go.com/main.html |
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Based on the true story of the greatest long-distance horse race ever run, "Hidalgo" is an epic action-adventure and one man's journey of personal redemption. Held yearly for centuries, the Ocean of Fire - a 3,000 mile survival race across the Arabian Desert - was a challenge restricted to the finest Arabian horses ever bred, the purest and noblest lines, owned by the greatest royal families. In 1890, a wealthy Sheik invited an American and his horse to enter the race for the first time. Frank T. Hopkins (Mortensen) was a cowboy and dispatch rider for the US cavalry who had once been billed as the greatest rider the West had ever known. The Sheik (Sharif) would put his claim to the test, pitting the American cowboy and his mustang, Hidalgo, against the world's greatest Arabian horses and Bedouin riders - some of whom were determined to prevent the foreigner from finishing the race. For Frank, the Ocean of Fire becomes not only a matter of pride and honor, but a race for his very surviv... |
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