Movies Releasing: the Week of August 20, 2004  | 
		   
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	| Exorcist: The Beginning | 
  
  | DVD Release Date : ( France : May 19, 2005 ) | 
  
	| Réalisateur : Renny Harlin.  | 
  
  
	| Starring : Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Billy Crawford, Alessandra Martines, Clara Bellar.  | 
  
  
	| Runtime : 112 minutes. Genre : Horror.  | 
  
  
	| Official Website : http://exorcistthebeginning.warnerbros.com/ | 
  
  
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	Prequel to The Exorcist. The film traces the story of Father Lankester Merrin (Skarsård) back to his first encounter with the Devil in post-WW II Africa.  | 
  
  
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	| I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | 
  
  
  
	| Réalisateur : Mike Hodges.  | 
  
  
	| Starring : Clive Owen, Charlotte Rampling, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Malcolm McDowell, Noel Clarke.  | 
  
  
	| Genre : Thriller.  | 
  
  
	| Official Website : http://www.paramountclassics.com/illsleep/ | 
  
  
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	Bill (Owen) is a writer who has been living in the country. He comes out hiding to try to avenge a murder. Charlotte Rampling plays his sister who owns a restaurant.  | 
  
  
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	| Without a Paddle | 
  
  | DVD Release Date : ( France : October 20, 2005 ) | 
  
	| Réalisateur : Steven Brill.  | 
  
  
	| Starring : Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Dax Shepard, Burt Reynolds, Rachel Blanchard.  | 
  
  
	| Runtime : 98 minutes. Genre : Comedy.  | 
  
  
	| Official Website : http://www.withoutapaddlemovie.com/ | 
  
  
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	A high-speed comedy-adventure in which three young guys go into the Oregon wilderness in search of lost treasure. They take a canoe upriver and everything that can go wrong does. Hunted by two backwoods dope farmers, they encounter death-defying rapids, tree-hugging hippie chicks and a crazy old mountain man played by Burt Reynolds.  | 
  
  
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	| Mean Creek | 
  
  | DVD Release Date : ( France : July 12, 2005 ) | 
  
	| Réalisateur : Jacob Aaron Estes.  | 
  
  
	| Starring : Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck, Carly Schroeder.  | 
  
  
	| Runtime : 89 minutes. Genre : Drama.  | 
  
  
	| Official Website : http://www.meancreekmovie.com/ | 
  
  
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	Set in a small Oregon town where secrets are hard to keep and lies even harder, "Mean Creek" flows with a simple elegance of truth and consequences as it follows a crisis in the lives of its teen characters, keenly directed by first-timer Jacob Aaron Estes. The journey within begins as a plot for playful payback on a local troublemaker; the journey onscreen begins with a river, as a ragtag group of troubled-and-not teenagers set out on a boat trip to celebrate the birthday of their youngest member. As a sort of boyish Heart of Darkness trip develops, cracks in the crew form when some of the teens have second thoughts about what they are about to do.  | 
  
  
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	| Benji Off the Leash! | 
  
  
  
	| Réalisateur : Joe Camp.  | 
  
  
	| Starring : Benji ,Nick Whitaker, Chris Kendrick, Christy Summerhays, Neil Barth, Nate Bynum.  | 
  
  
	| Genre : Drama, Family.  | 
  
  
	| Official Website : http://www.benjiofftheleash.com/ | 
  
  
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	As with previous Benji movies, the film is told from the dog's point-of-view with no gimmicks -- no talking dogs, animation or narration. The story of this new Benji's early life is the backdrop for "Benji Returns: Rags to Riches". In what may be the first true "mutt buddy" picture in feature film history, the storyline finds Benji in an unwanted partnership with a hapless but loveable shaggy dog. The unlikely duo struggle to save Benji's mother from the dangers of a greedy and irresponsible backyard breeder.  | 
  
  
  
	
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