DVDs Releasing: the Week of February 06, 2007 |
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Hollywoodland |
DVD Release Date : February 06, 2007 |
Réalisateur : Allen Coulter. |
Starring : Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith, Robin Tunney, Kathleen Robertson, Steve Adams, Jordan Barker, Donald Burda, Larry Cedar, Brad William Henke, Joe Spano, Jeff Teravainen. |
Runtime : 126 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.hollywoodlandmovie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
"Hollywoodland" is a uniquely compelling exploration of fame and identity, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real-life mysteries. The film is the feature directorial debut for Allen Coulter (Emmy and DGA Award nominee for his work on "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City").
June 16, 1959. The glamour of Tinseltown permanently fades for actor George Reeves, the heroic Man of Steel on TV's "Adventures of Superman," as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home. Felled by a single gunshot wound, Reeves (portrayed in "Hollywoodland" by Academy Award winner Ben Affleck) leaves behind a fiancée - aspiring starlet Leonore Lemmon (Robin Tunney) - and millions of fans who are shocked by his death. But it is his grieving mother, Helen Bessolo (Lois Smith), who will not let the questionable circumstances surrounding his demise go unaddressed. Helen seeks justice, or at least answers. The Los Angeles Police Department closes the case, but Helen hires - for $50 a day - private detective ... |
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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles |
DVD Release Date : February 06, 2007 |
Réalisateur : Zhang Yimou. |
Starring : Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai. |
Runtime : 107 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.sonypictures.net/movies/ridingalone/home.html |
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From three-time Academy Award nominated director Zhang Yimou comes a moving story of one man's journey across China's heartland. For the first time in many years, Takata Gou-ichi (Takakura Ken) takes the bullet train to Tokyo from the quiet fisherman's village where he lives on the northwest coast of Japan. His daughter-in-law, Rie (Terajima Shinobu) had telephoned to tell him that his son, Ken-ichi (Nakai Kiichi) is seriously ill, and asking for his father.
But when he arrives in the city, Takata finds that Rie was not entirely truthful: Ken-ichi has been hospitalized, but after years of painful estrangement, he still refuses to see Takata. Crushed, the old man quietly slips out of the hospital, but not before Rie gives him a videotape to watch. What Takata sees on the tape, Rie hopes, will help him get to know his son again.
Takata plays the tape and learns that Ken-ichi is studying a form of Chinese exorcising drama that dates back more than a thousand years. Ken-ichi had traveled... |
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Flags of Our Fathers |
DVD Release Date : February 06, 2007 |
Réalisateur : Clint Eastwood. |
Starring : Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin Hickey. |
Runtime : 132 minutes. Genre : Drama, War. |
Official Website : http://www.flagsofourfathers.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
From Academy Award-winning director Clint Eastwood ("Million Dollar Baby," "Unforgiven") comes the World War II drama "Flags of Our Fathers," produced by Eastwood and Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg ("Saving Private Ryan," "Schindler's List").
February 1945. Even as victory in Europe was finally within reach, the war in the Pacific raged on. One of the most crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo Jima, which culminated with what would become one of the most iconic images in history: five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi.
The inspiring photo capturing that moment became a symbol of victory to a nation that had grown weary of war and made instant heroes of the six American soldiers at the base of the flag, some of whom would die soon after, never knowing that they had been immortalized. But the surviving flag raisers had no interest in being held up as symbols and did not consider themselves heroes; t... |
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The Science of Sleep |
DVD Release Date : February 06, 2007 |
Réalisateur : Michel Gondry. |
Starring : Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Jean-Michel Bernard, Emma de Caunes, Inigo Lezzi, Stéphane Metzger, Miou-Miou ,Aurélia Petit, Pierre Vaneck. |
Runtime : 105 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Fantasy, Romance. |
Official Website : http://wip.warnerbros.com/index.html?site=scienceofsleep |
Plot Summary : |
In director Michel Gondry's, "The Science of Sleep," life seems to be looking up for shy and withdrawn Stephane (Gael García Bernal) when he is coaxed to return to his childhood home with the promise of a job...in the mundane world of copy setting. Wildly creative, his fanciful and sometimes disturbing dream life constantly threatens to usurp his waking world. Stephane is quickly drawn to his neighbor, Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) whose imagination easily matches his own. As their relationship blossoms, the confidence Stephane exudes in his dreams begins bleeding over into his real life.
Unable to bear the prospect of a waking world without Stephanie's love, and with no satisfying solutions coming out of his dream world, Stephane faces a dilemma he may not be able to depend on the science of sleep to help him solve. |
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The Grudge 2 |
DVD Release Date : February 06, 2007 |
Réalisateur : Takashi Shimizu. |
Starring : Amber Tamblyn, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Arielle Kebbel, Jennifer Beals, Teresa Palmer, Takako Fuji, Ryo Ishibashi, Misako Uno, Shaun Sipos, Edison Chen. |
Runtime : 102 minutes. Genre : Horror. |
Official Website : http://www.doyouhaveagrudge.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
From Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures comes the much-anticipated sequel to the 2004 worldwide hit "The Grudge." The terrifying thriller "The Grudge 2" explores the dark secrets of the grudge as the terrifying supernatural curse is unleashed on a group of seemingly unrelated victims. One by one, they are infected by the grudge, which quickly moves from a burned-down house in Tokyo and spreads to everyone who crosses its path.
"The Grudge 2" stars Amber Tamblyn under the direction of Takashi Shimizu, from an original screenplay by Stephen Susco. The producers are Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Taka Ichise. |
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Flicka |
DVD Release Date : February 06, 2007 |
Réalisateur : Michael Mayer. |
Starring : Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten. |
Runtime : 94 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.flickamovie.com/ |
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A young girl, Katy, adopts a wild mustang she names Flicka, only to see her father sell her now beloved companion. To win back Flicka's freedom, Katy secretly schemes to enter a dangerous wild horse race. |
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Running With Scissors |
DVD Release Date : February 06, 2007 |
Réalisateur : Ryan Murphy. |
Starring : Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh, Joseph Cross. |
Runtime : 121 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/runningwithscissors/ |
Plot Summary : |
"Running With Scissors" is the hilarious and poignant feature film based on the personal memoirs of Augusten Burroughs. Growing up in the 1970's, young Augusten (Joseph Cross) was living a middle-class existence with an alcoholic father (Alec Baldwin) and a bipolar mother (Annette Bening), an unpublished poet with delusions of becoming famous. When his parents divorce, Augusten's mother sends him to live with her wildly unorthodox psychiatrist, Dr. Finch (Brian Cox) and his eccentric extended family. "Running With Scissors" chronicles Augusten's survival under the most extraordinary of circumstances.
Written for the screen and directed by Ryan Murphy, the film stars Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh and Joseph Cross. |
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Trust the Man |
DVD Release Date : February 06, 2007 |
Réalisateur : Bart Freundlich. |
Starring : Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, Billy Crudup, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eva Mendes, Ellen Barkin, James LeGros, Garry Shandling. |
Runtime : 100 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Romance. |
Official Website : (Not English Website) http://www.trusttheman-lefilm.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
A smart, sophisticated comedy about the challenges of love and marriage among modern day New Yorkers, "Trust the Man" features the romantic escapades of two couples: a successful actress (Julianne Moore) and her stay at home husband (David Duchovny); and her slacker younger brother (Billy Crudup) and his aspiring novelist girlfriend Maggie Gyllenhaal). The film follows these four on their pointed, often surprising and frequently hilarious search for love in the midst of careers, family, infidelity and the ever-daunting search for Manhattan street parking. |
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