Movies Releasing: the Week of February 09, 2007 |
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Hannibal Rising |
| DVD Release Date : ( France : September 20, 2007 ) |
| Réalisateur : Peter Webber. |
| Starring : Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans, Richard Brake, Kevin McKidd. |
| Runtime : 115 minutes. Genre : Thriller. |
| Official Website : http://www.weinsteinco.com/hannibalrising |
Plot Summary : |
In "Red Dragon" we learned who he was. In "Silence of the Lambs" we learned how he did it. Now comes the most chilling chapter in the life of Hannibal Lecter – the one that answers the most elusive question of all - why?
"Hannibal Rising" marks the first time in the award-winning series, best selling author Thomas Harris ("Red Dragon," "Silence of the Lambs") writes the screenplay – reaching back to explore the origins of Lecter's rage, terror and savagery.
The story begins in Eastern Europe at the desperate end of World War II. For many it was no longer a conflict of nations but one of individual survival – at any cost. A young Hannibal watches from only steps away as his parents' violently die, leaving his cherished young sister in his care. This horrific moment will soon pale in comparison to the atrocities he is forced to witness and perhaps survive as a result of.
Alone and without any means of support, he is forced to live in a Soviet Orphanage that once served as his family's... |
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Norbit |
| DVD Release Date : ( France : October 04, 2007 ) |
| Réalisateur : Brian Robbins. |
| Starring : Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eddie Griffin, Terry Crews. |
| Runtime : 105 minutes. Genre : Comedy. |
| Official Website : http://www.meetnorbit.com/ |
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"Norbit" stars Eddie Murphy in the title role, a meek guy pressed into marrying a monstrous woman (also Murphy), only to meet the woman of his dreams (Thandie Newton). Cuba Gooding Jr. takes the role of Newton's boyfriend, while Eddie Griffin will star as a retired pimp. Terry Crews is in as one of Norbit's in-laws. |
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The Lives of Others |
| Réalisateur : Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. |
| Starring : Thomas Thieme, Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Ludwig Blochberger, Matthias Brenner. |
| Runtime : 137 minutes. Genre : Drama, Thriller. |
| Official Website : http://www.thelivesofothers.com/ |
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At once a political thriller and human drama, "The Lives of Others" begins in East Berlin in 1984, five years before Glasnost and the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimately takes us to 1991, in what is now the reunited Germany. "The Lives of Others" traces the gradual disillusionment of Captain Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Muhe, best known for his lead roles in Michael Haneke's "Funny Games" and as Dr. Mengele in Costa-Gavras' "Amen"), a highly skilled officer who works for the Stasi, East Germany's all-powerful secret police. His mission is to spy on a celebrated writer and actress couple, Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck).
Five years before its downfall, the former East- German government (known as the GDR, German Democratic Republic) ensures its claim to power with a ruthless system of control and surveillance via the Stasi, a vast network of informers that at one time numbered 200,000 out of a population of 17 million. Their goal is to know everythi... |
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