Movies Releasing: the Week of October 08, 2004 |
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Stage Beauty |
DVD Release Date : ( France : January 19, 2006 ) |
Réalisateur : Richard Eyre. |
Starring : Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Tom Wilkinson, Ben Chaplin, Hugh Bonneville, Richard Griffiths. |
Runtime : 110 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.stagebeautymovie.com/ |
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Actor Edward "Ned" Kynaston (Crudup) may well be the most desired man in all of London. The Restoration is in full swing, and enthusiastic audiences of aristocrats and commoners pack the theatres that were shuttered during the Puritans' joyless rule. With only men permitted to tread the boards, the greatest ardor is reserved for the actor who is the complete "female stage beauty" - and indisputably, Ned Kynaston is that actor. Lusted after by women and men alike, Ned commands all the perks of a star; at the same time, he is a dedicated actor who runs lines with his stage dresser Maria (Danes), who quietly adores him. Every night, Ned's death scene as Desdemona in "Othello" stops the show. But the winds of change are blowing - and they sound like the rustling of women's skirts. Ironically, it is Maria who ushers in a new era with her pseudonymous portrayal of Desdemona in an after-hours pub production of "Othello." After years of men-as-women, Maria is a sensation, a novelty whose time ... |
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Ladder 49 |
DVD Release Date : ( France : January 19, 2006 ) |
Réalisateur : Jay Russell. |
Starring : Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Robert Patrick, Balthazar Getty, Jacinda Barrett. |
Runtime : 115 minutes. Genre : Action, Adventure, Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.ladder49.com/ |
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Jack Morrison (Phoenix) is a fireman -- he saves lives for a living. But as rewarding as the work is, the physical toll, high risk, and low pay often make Jack wonder if he has done the right thing for his wife and children. Even the support and encouragement he receives from his mentor and chief (Travolta) and the fellow firemen in his firehouse, Ladder 49, can't help Jack shake the feeling. But when Jack becomes trapped in the worst blaze of his career, it is now he who needs to be rescued. With the fire raging in every direction and his brothers-in-arms struggling to set him free, the question of whether Jack will live or die hangs in the balance. |
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Taxi |
DVD Release Date : ( France : March 22, 2006 ) |
Réalisateur : Tim Story. |
Starring : Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Esposito, Gisele Bundchen, Christian Kane. |
Runtime : 97 minutes. Genre : Action, Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.taximovie.com/ |
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"Chicago’s" Queen Latifah and "Saturday Night Live’s" Jimmy Fallon team up in this non-stop action-comedy. Latifah is New York’s fastest cabbie whose skills behind the wheel and souped-up car help an overeager undercover cop (Fallon) pursue a gang of female bank robbers. |
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Raise Your Voice |
Réalisateur : Sean McNamara. |
Starring : Hilary Duff, John Corbett, Rebecca de Mornay, Lauren Mayhew, Jason Ritter, Ashlee Simpson. |
Genre : Drama, Romance. |
Official Website : http://www.raiseyourvoicemovie.com/ |
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Hillary Duff plays Terri Fletcher, star of her small town church choir and a girl with a special gift...an extraordinary voice. When a personal tragedy interrupts her steady life, Terri searches for strength within herself - and she will need it. A surprise acceptance to a summer study program at the country's most prestigious music school in Los Angeles is both an honor and a problem. Her strict father is absolutely against it. Not wanting to hurt her beloved father, yet knowing this is the opportunity of a lifetime, Terri decides she has to go for it. With the secret help of her mom and aunt, Terri heads for L.A. The highly competitive summer program offers a single scholarship for the coming year - a seemingly impossible dream for a small town girl. But with the help of some new friends and in inspirational teacher, Terri finds the will to meet the challenge. Raise Your Voice is an inspirational, music-filled journey of challenge, hope and true love. |
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Primer |
Réalisateur : Shane Carruth. |
Starring : David Sullivan, Shane Carruth, Carrie Crawford, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya, Brandon Blagg, Keith Bradshaw. |
Genre : Science fiction, Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.primermovie.com/ |
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"Primer" is the story of four men who have built a cottage industry of error-checking devices. But, they know that there is something more. There is some idea, some mechanism, some accidental side effect that is standing between them and a pure leap of innovation. And so, through trial and error they are building the devise that is missing most. The story of "Primer" is what happens when two of these men find the device and immediately realize that it is too valuable to market. The limit of their trust in each other is strained when they are faced with the question, "If you always want what you can't have, what do you want when you can have anything?" |
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