Movies Releasing: the Week of December 15, 2006 |
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Eragon |
DVD Release Date : March 20, 2007 |
Réalisateur : Stefen Fangmeier. |
Starring : Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, Djimon Hounsou, Garrett Hedlund, John Malkovich. |
Runtime : 105 minutes. Genre : Fantasy. |
Official Website : http://www.eragonmovie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
Based on the best-selling novel, this epic fantasy-adventure centers on a young man named Eragon whose destiny is revealed with the help of a dragon. Eragon, now a Dragon Rider, is swept into a world of magic and power, discovering that he alone has the power to save – or destroy – an Empire. |
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Blood Diamond |
DVD Release Date : ( France : August 01, 2007 ) |
Réalisateur : Edward Zwick. |
Starring : Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, James Purefoy, Arnold Vosloo, Stephen Collins, Michael Sheen. |
Runtime : 142 minutes. Genre : Drama, Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.blooddiamondmovie.com/ |
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Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that enveloped 1990s Sierra Leone, "Blood Diamond" is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories and their circumstances are as different as any can be—until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives.
While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon—who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields—has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory. More than a search for a valuable diamond, the journey could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have. |
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The Pursuit of Happyness |
DVD Release Date : ( France : September 05, 2007 ) |
Réalisateur : Gabriele Muccino. |
Starring : Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith. |
Runtime : 118 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thepursuitofhappyness/index.html |
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"Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. ...You got a dream, you gotta protect it... If you want something, go get it. Period."
In Columbia Pictures' "The Pursuit of Happyness," Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them. |
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The Secret Life of Words |
Réalisateur : Isabel Coixet. |
Starring : Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Camara, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Eddie Marsan, Julie Christie, Daniel Mays. |
Runtime : 112 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.strandreleasing.com/in_Theaters_Details.asp_Q_id_E_220 |
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Hanna (Sarah Polley), a solitary and mysterious young woman, works in a factory somewhere in Europe. She speaks to no one, eats the same thing for every meal and wears a hearing aid that she turns off to protect herself from the world. Forced by her boss to take a vacation, she travels to Northern Ireland where, on a whim, she volunteers to be a nurse on an oil rig in the Irish Sea to tend to Josef (Tim Robbins) who has been burned in a flash fire. The burns have left Josef temporarily blind but in flirtatious spirits and he is eager to discover who his enigmatic nurse truly is.
On the oil rig, Coixet creates a labyrinthine world where only a handful of other characters live, including Martin (Daniel Mays), an oceanographer who shoots balls into a basketball hoop and Simon (Javier Camara), the rig’s jovial cook who turns out gourmet meals for the crew.
As Hanna tends Josef's wounds, he attempts in vain to extract information about her all the while telling her about his own troubled... |
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Venus |
Réalisateur : Roger Michell. |
Starring : Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter O'Toole. |
Runtime : 95 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : Not Available |
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"Venus" focuses on a pair of veteran actors, Maurice and Ian, whose daily routine is disrupted by the arrival of Ian's grandniece. O'Toole and Phillips play the grizzled thesps, and newcomer Whittaker plays the teen. |
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INLAND EMPIRE |
DVD Release Date : ( France : September 03, 2007 ) |
Réalisateur : David Lynch. |
Starring : Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Jeremy Irons, Terryn Westbrook. |
Runtime : 172 minutes. Genre : Drama, Fantasy, Thriller. |
Official Website : Not Available |
Plot Summary : |
Taking place in California's Inland Empire, an actress (Laura Dern) gets caught up in a mystery, landing her into trouble. |
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Home of the Brave |
Réalisateur : Irwin Winkler. |
Starring : Curtis ,Chad Michael Murray, Christina Ricci, Jessica Biel, Samuel L. Jackson. |
Runtime : 105 minutes. Genre : Drama, War. |
Official Website : Not Available |
Plot Summary : |
From Academy Award-winner Irwin Winkler comes "Home of the Brave," the story of four American soldiers nearing the end of their tours of duty in Iraq. Shortly after learning their unit will soon return home, they are sent on one final humanitarian mission to bring medical supplies to a remote Iraqi village.
The unit is ambushed and takes heavy losses. The surviving troops suffer both physical and psychological injuries. Now, as they return to the United States, four soldiers must face memories of the past as they look towards the future and return to civilian life.
These are their stories. "Home of the Brave" is about hope and courage and the impact of war on both the individuals who fight it and the people close to them. |
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