Movies Releasing: the Week of November 02, 2007 |
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American Gangster |
DVD Release Date : ( France : May 20, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Ridley Scott. |
Starring : Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding, Jr. ,Josh Brolin, Armand Assante, RZA ,John Ortiz, John Hawkes, Ted Levine. |
Runtime : 157 minutes. Genre : Drama, Crime. |
Official Website : http://www.americangangster.net/ |
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Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Brian Grazer, Steve Zaillian and Ridley Scott team to tell the true juggernaut success story of a cult hero from the streets of 1970s Harlem in "American Gangster."
Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas (Oscar® winner Washington), the quiet driver to one of the inner city's leading black crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade, flooding the streets with a purer product at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime syndicates and becomes not only one of the city's mainline corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars.
Richie Roberts (Oscar® winner Crowe) is an outcast cop close enough to the streets to feel a shift of control in the drug underworld. Roberts believes someone is climbing the rungs above the kno... |
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Bee Movie |
DVD Release Date : ( France : June 25, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Simon J. Smith, Steve Hickner. |
Starring : Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Megan Mullally, Kathy Bates, Alan Arkin, Patrick Warburton. |
Runtime : 95 minutes. Genre : Animation. |
Official Website : http://www.beemovie.com/ |
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"Bee Movie" is a comedy that will change everything you think you know about bees. Having just graduated from college, a bee by the name of Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice – honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bees' honey for centuries, and ultimately realizes that his true calling in life is to set the world right by suing the human race for stealing their precious honey. |
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The Kite Runner |
DVD Release Date : ( France : August 28, 2008 ) |
Réalisateur : Marc Forster. |
Starring : Wali Razaqi, Saïd Taghmaoui, Shaun Toub, Nasser Memarzia. |
Runtime : 122 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.kiterunnermovie.com/ |
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An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy to the atrocities of the Taliban reign. This unforgettable story of redemption is based on the best selling phenomena "The Kite Runner." |
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Darfur Now |
Réalisateur : Ted Braun. |
Starring : Don Cheadle, Hejewa Adam, Pablo Recalde, Ahmed Mahmoud Abakar, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Adam Sterling. |
Runtime : 99 minutes. Genre : Documentary. |
Official Website : http://www.myspace.com/darfurnow |
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Six lives transformed by human tragedy. Six people united by a belief that anything is possible. Six people committed to stop the worst crisis of the 21st century. Six ways to save Darfur.
Even the smallest act makes a difference.
"Darfur Now" is a call to action for people everywhere to help stop the catastrophe in Darfur, Sudan. For the first time in history, the US government has declared a genocide while it is still ongoing. In this documentary the struggles and achievements of six very different individuals bring to light the situation in Darfur and illustrate the absolute need to get involved. From a UCLA graduate in Manhattan Beach, California, to a Darfurian woman who joins rebel forces, to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, to a United Nations humanitarian on the ground in Sudan, to an internationally known actor and activist, and finally to a community leader in a West Darfur refugee camp, the film portrays the heroic efforts of six peopl... |
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