DVDs Releasing: the Week of March 28, 2006 |
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A Sound of Thunder |
DVD Release Date : March 28, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Peter Hyams. |
Starring : Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack. |
Runtime : 103 minutes. Genre : Science fiction. |
Official Website : http://www.asoundofthunder.com/ |
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Based on a short story by master of science fiction Ray Bradbury, the sci-fi action adventure A Sound of Thunder is set in the future, when time travel is not only possible – it's a lucrative monopoly. It's especially profitable for Charles Hatton (Kingsley), the owner of Time Safari Inc., a travel agency that specializes in escorting wealthy clients on exclusive hunting trips back to the Prehistoric Age. Under the leadership of seasoned scout Dr. Travis Ryer (Burns), participants are permitted to hunt and kill dinosaurs provided they follow a set of strenuous rules. These guidelines are intended to protect the creatures' natural habitats and prevent time travelers from impacting the course of evolution. When an expedition is compromised and the rules are broken, the hunters return to the future...and discover the world is a markedly different place than it was when they left. As "time waves" ripple from the Prehistoric past through the present to the uncharted future, Ryer teams up wi... |
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King Kong |
DVD Release Date : March 28, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Peter Jackson. |
Starring : Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Kyle Chandler, Evan Parke, Lobo Chan, Jamie Bell, John Sumner, Craig Hall, Geraldine Brophy, Will Wallace. |
Runtime : 180 minutes. Genre : Adventure, Fantasy. |
Official Website : http://www.kingkongmovie.com/ |
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Three-time Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson ("The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King") directs "King Kong".
The screenplay by Jackson, Walsh (three-time Oscar® winner) and Boyens (Academy Award® winner) is based on the original story by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace, which became the classic 1933 RKO Radio Pictures film, directed by adventurers Cooper and Ernest B. Schoesdack. The RKO "King Kong" has been designated by the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress as one of the 100 Greatest Films and chosen by that organization for permanent preservation as a national treasure.
Jackson will employ the latest motion picture technology to cinematically portray the timeless tale of the beast and his beauty. Expanding on the chapters of the tale that take place in the mysterious and dangerous jungles of Skull Island, Jackson's Kong promises to be a unique and breathtaking creation. As with his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Jackson will shoot "Kin... |
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Stay |
DVD Release Date : March 28, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Marc Forster. |
Starring : Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling, Janeane Garofalo, Bob Hoskins. |
Runtime : 99 minutes. Genre : Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.staythemovie.com/ |
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In this psychological thriller, a distraught young man announces to his psychiatrist that he plans to commit suicide in three days. The psychiatrist's desperate attempts to help his new patient, lead him through the city on an incredible, nightmarish trip to the place between life and death. From the director of "Finding Neverland" and "Monster's Ball." |
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Memoirs of a Geisha |
DVD Release Date : March 28, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Rob Marshall. |
Starring : Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, Koji Yakusho, Karl Yune, Ted Levine. |
Runtime : 140 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://sonypictures.com/movies/memoirsofageisha/ |
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Based on the internationally acclaimed novel by Arthur Golden, "Memoirs of a Geisha" is a sweeping romantic epic set in a mysterious and exotic world that still casts a potent spell today. The story begins in the years before WWII when a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms into the legendary geisha Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang). Beautiful and accomplished, Sayuri captivates the most powerful men of her day, but is haunted by her secret love for the one man who is out of her reach (Ken Watanabe). |
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' |
DVD Release Date : March 28, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Jim Sheridan. |
Starring : Viola Davis, 50 Cent, Terrence Dashon Howard, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Bill Duke, Walter Alza, Benz Antoine, Arlene Duncan, Omar Benson Miller, Pedro Miguel Arce. |
Runtime : 117 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.getrichordietryingmovie.com/ |
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A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music. |
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