Movies Releasing: the Week of September 17, 2004 |
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Silver City |
Réalisateur : John Sayles. |
Starring : Maria Bello, Daryl Hannah, Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Thora Birch. |
Runtime : 129 minutes. Genre : Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.dickiepilager2004.com/ |
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From John Sayles, one of the essential, iconoclastic voices of American independent cinema, comes "Silver City," a film that is equal parts scathing political lampoon and sun-stunned neo-noir detective story. Set against the backdrop of a mythic "New West," "Silver City" follows grammatically-challenged, "user-friendly" candidate Dicky Pilager (Cooper), scapegrace scion of Colorado's venerable Senator Jud Pilager (Murphy), during his gubernatorial campaign. When Pilager finds that he's reeled in a corpse during the taping of an environmental political ad, his ferocious campaign manager, Chuck Raven (Dreyfuss), hires former idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny O'Brien (Huston) to investigate potential links between the corpse and the Pilager family's enemies. In the tradition of the great films noir, Danny’s investigation pulls him deeper and deeper into a complex web of influence and corruption, involving high stakes lobbyists, media conglomerates, environmental... |
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Head in the Clouds |
Réalisateur : John Duigan. |
Starring : Charlize Theron, Penélope Cruz, Stuart Townsend, Thomas Kretschmann, Allen Altman. |
Genre : Drama, War, Romance. |
Official Website : http://www.headinthecloudsmovie.com/ |
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Irish born Guy (Townsend) is the son of a policeman, on scholarship at Cambridge University in 1933. On a rainy night, his door bursts open and beautiful Gilda Bess (Theron) enters his life. The daughter of a French aristocrat raised by her American mother, Gilda is somewhat notorious for her affairs, and quiet Guy lets her spend the night, treating her with respect and humor. Later, at a party, they become lovers, but Guy can't believe it will last. The death of her mother prompts Gilda to leave England, and Guy is amused years later when he spots her as an extra in a Hollywood film.
Gilda writes to Guy, inviting him to Paris, where she is a rising star in the art scene with her unusual photography. She lives with the beautiful, Spanish-born model, Mia (Cruz) and has a number of lovers, but soon Guy has moved in, and life in Paris seems ideal, perfect. But it is now 1936, the height of the Spanish Civil War: Guy has always supported the Republican Army, and as Franco's fascists mak... |
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Cellular |
DVD Release Date : ( France : July 07, 2005 ) |
Réalisateur : David R. Ellis. |
Starring : Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, William H. Macy, Jason Statham. |
Runtime : 95 minutes. Genre : Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.cellularthemovie.com/ |
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A random wrong number on his cell phone sends a young man into a high-stakes race against time to save a woman’s life. With no knowledge of Jessica Martin (Basinger) other than her hushed, panicked voice on the other end of the tenuous cell phone connection, Ryan (Evans) is quickly thrown into a world of deception and murder on his frantic search to find and save her. Jessica’s life is in his hands, but what is waiting for him on the other side of the line, and what will cost him to find out? |
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Saw |
DVD Release Date : ( France : December 08, 2005 ) |
Réalisateur : James Wan. |
Starring : Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer. |
Runtime : 104 minutes. Genre : Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.sawmovie.com/ |
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Two strangers awaken, chained side-by-side to the wall of a filthy bathroom. Neither knows how they came to this awful predicament, nor what might await them. But the man lying on the floor and missing part of his head might be a clue. Soon, they'll discover they are the latest victims of a maniac who makes his own amusement by pitting two strangers in gory, life-and-death situations. |
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Innocence - Ghost in the shell 2 |
DVD Release Date : ( France : June 07, 2005 ) |
Réalisateur : Mamoru Oshii. |
Starring : Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Kôichi Yamadera, Tamio Ôki, Yutaka Nakano, Naoto Takenaka. |
Runtime : 100 minutes. Genre : Action, Animation, Fantasy, Science fiction. |
Official Website : http://www.innocence-movie.jp/ |
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After nine years, acclaimed writer/director Mamoru Oshii follows up his cult hit "Ghost in the Shell"—one of the biggest animé successes of all time—with the long-awaited sequel "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence." It is the year 2032 and the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction. Humans have forgotten that they are human and those that are left coexist with cyborgs (human spirits inhabiting entirely mechanized bodies) and dolls (robots with no human elements at all). Batou is a cyborg. His body is artificial: the only remnants left of his humanity are traces of his brain…and the memories of a woman called The Major. A detective for the government's covert anti-terrorist unit, Public Security Section 9, Batou is investigating the case of a gynoid—a hyper-realistic female robot created specifically for sexual companionship—who malfunctions and slaughters her owner. As Batou delves deeper into the investigation, questions arise about humanity's need to... |
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