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Walk
the Line (2005)
He picked cotton, sold door to
door, and served in the Air Force. He was a voice of rebellion
that changed the face of rock and roll. An outlaw before today¿s
rebels were born ¿ and an icon they would never forget. He did
all this before turning 30. And his name was Johnny Cash. WALK THE
LINE explores the early years of the music legend, an artist who
transcended musical boundaries to touch people around the globe.
As his music changed the world, Cash¿s own world was rocked by
the woman who became the love of his life: June Carter.
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Hotel
Rwanda (2004)
Ten years ago, some of the worst
atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of
Rwanda; and in an era of high-speed communication and
round-the-clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest
of the world. In only three months, almost 1 million people were
brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions,
inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons
extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand
helpless refugees by granting them shelter in the hotel he
manages.
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It's
All About Love (2004)
Set in a near future besieged by
flash ice ages, the disappearance of gravity in Uganda, and a
fatal disease that freezes the hearts of those that experience
devastating grief and loneliness, this is the story of two
separated lovers, one of whom is a famous ice skater, who are
reunited in New York so he can sign the divorce papers. Her
entourage greets him warmly, but the patriarch of the clan has a
malevolent plan of appalling proportions that endangers the
couple's lives.
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Ladder
49 (2004)
Trapped in a fire that looks
likely to kill him, a fireman (Phoenix) takes the opportunity to
look back over his life, career and marriage, while he waits for
his company, Ladder 49, to rescue him, if they can... (Travolta
plays Phoenix's fire chief and mentor; Barrett plays his wife).
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The
Village (2004)
Set in rural Pennsylvania in 1897,
this is the story of the small village of Covington (population
60) surrounded by a woods inhabited by a race of "mythical
creatures," and the romance that blossoms between Kitty
(Greer), the daughter of the town's leader (Hurt), and Lucius
(Phoenix), a young man who questions the policy of keeping
Covington's citizens completely confined to the village.
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Brother
Bear (2003)
Set in the Pacific Northwest
before the invasion of the white man, this is the story of the
youngest (Phoenix) of three sons whose oldest brother was killed
by a bear when he accidentally disturbed a mother bear, who killed
him thinking he wanted to harm her cubs. Enraged, the young man
sets out to hunt the bear himself when his other older brother
refuses to form a hunting party right away. In his hunt for
vengeance however, the young man is transformed by the spirits of
the forest into the very thing that he sought to slay... a bear.
Seeing the world through a bear's eyes, the young man will learn
valuable lessons about the cycle of life... especially when he
learns that his middle brother has finally formed a hunting party,
aiming to kill *all* bears to avenge the brother's death... which
means him too.
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Buffalo
Soldiers (2003)
Set just before the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989, this is the story of a criminal drug culture
among U.S. Army soldiers, focusing on Sgt. Ray Elwood (Phoenix),
the clerk to the battalion commander, Colonel Berman (Harris).
What Ray doesn't know is that there is an investigation working
its way in his direction, even as he is falling in love with the
daughter, Robyn (Paquin), of the soldier, Sgt. Lee (Glenn), of the
man who's tipping the investigation off about Ray.
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Signs
(2002)
Writer/Director M. Night Shyamalan
follows up THE SIXTH SENSE and UNBREAKABLE with his new feature
film, SIGNS, a thriller set in Bucks County, Pennsylvania focusing
on the mysterious appearance of a five-hundred-foot design of
circles and lines carved into a family's crops. Mel Gibson stars
as Graham Hess, the family patriarch, who is tested in his journey
to find the truth behind the unfolding mystery. Joaquin Phoenix is
Merrill Hess, brother to Graham and a former minor league baseball
star.
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Quills
(2000)
Based on historical fact of the
Napoleonic Era, the notorious Marquis de Sade continues to write
about the pain of love and the love of pain while banished to a
secluded Paris asylum. A young, idealistic priest endeavors to
save his soul but instead is distracted by de Sade's luscious
maid. The asylum director Dr. Royce-Collard vows to cure de Sade,
by any means possible.
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The
Yards (2000)
Director James Gray's second film
is a dark and atmospheric exploration of the corruption that lies
underneath both the surface of a New York City railway
manufacturing company and the family that runs it. Mark Wahlberg
turns in an impressive and quietly intense performance as Leo, a
24-year-old who has just been released from prison and is in need
of a job. Leo gets a job working for his uncle Frank (James Caan)
in the railway business, where his best friend, Willie (Joaquin
Phoenix), shows him how to bribe politicians by day and sabotage
the competition's work by night. Almost immediately Leo and Willie
run into trouble when they go down to the railway yards to damage
their competitor's work. Leo is soon on the run, hunted for a
murder that Willie committed.
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Gladiator
(2000)
In the final days of Marcus
Aurelius' reign, the aging emperor arouses his son Commodus' anger
when he makes known his wish that Maximus be his successor.
Power-hungry Commodus kills his father and orders the death of
Maximus. But the latter flees and hides his identity by becoming
slave and a gladiator. Eventually, Maximus journeys back to Rome
to confront his archrival.
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8mm
(1999)
Cage plays Tom Welles, a
straight-laced surveillance specialist. His innocent, naive world
begins to unravel when he is hired by the widow of an
industrialist to investigate what she has shockingly discovered in
her late husband's safe. It appears to be a snuff film of a young
girl being murdered. In order to discover the truth, he must enter
the city's seedy underworld, guided by porn-store clerk Phoenix.
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Clay
Pigeons (1998)
Joaquin Phoenix is Clay, a young
Montana man who is distressed over the suicide of his friend, the
wife of whom Clay was having an affair with. When he befriends a
charismatic serial killer (Vince Vaughn), death, while never
touching him, can't seem to leave Clay alone. Janeane Garofolo
does a snappy turn as an FBI agent in the darkly comic and
surprising film.
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Return
to Paradise (1998)
Tony is a successful architect,
ready to be married. Sherriff is a devil-may-care limo driver. Two
years prior, they had been in Malaysia living the high life with a
third buddy, Lewis. Lewis stayed on to continue their hedonistic
lifestyle. His long-lost buddies don't know, however, that he is
in prison, sentenced to die because of them. If a lawyer can
persuade Tony and Sherriff to return to Malaysia and serve 3 years
in the same prison, Lewis' life will be spared. Will they
sacrifice that portion of their lives to save the life of a
friend?
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U-Turn
(1997)
Oliver Stone shelved his social
conscience while making this vicious nest-of-vipers noir. Sean
Penn stars as Bobby Cooper, a gambler on the run who is forced to
lay up in a desolate Arizona whistlestop with car trouble.
Desperate and broke, he receives an offer from the middle-aged
Jake McKenna (Nick Nolte) to kill his beautiful young wife, Grace
(Jennifer Lopez). Initially reluctant, he's finally forced to
contemplate the deal. But the fun doesn't really begin until Grace
hires Bobby to kill Jake. The film is based on the modern noir
novel STRAY DOGS by John Ridley.
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Inventing
the Abbotts (1997)
In the placid, potboiler-perfect
1950s hamlet of Haley, Illinois, life revolves around the wealthy
and powerful Abbott family, which boasts three strapping brunette
daughters in addition to its other assets. On the other side of
the proverbial tracks live two fatherless brothers--one idolizes
the Abbotts, while the other seeks to destroy the family by
systematically deflowering and debasing the sisters.
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To Die
For (1995)
A cable-TV weather girl who'll do
anything to become a celebrity seduces a high school student and
convinces him to kill her go-nowhere husband in this black comedy.
Gus Van Sant's sly satire on America's tabloid mentality is
loosely adapted from Joyce Maynard's chronicle of the real-life
tale of husband-killer Pamela Smart.
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Parenthood
(1989)
The Buckmans are a modern-day
family facing the age-old dilemma of trying to raise children the
"right" way. At the center of the storm is Gil, who
manages to keep his unique sense of humor while maintaining his
career, and being a loving husband and parent. Academy Award
Nominations: 2, including Best Supporting Actress--Dianne Wiest,
Best Song ("I Love to See You Smile").
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Russkies
(1987)
Russian sailor is shipwrecked in
America and found by three adventurous young boys who grow fond of
the Soviet and come to his aid. Anti-Soviet sentiments are strong
in their community, but must be faced in the climatic ending.
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Space
Camp (1986)
While attending the United States
Space Camp, five teenagers and their instructor are accidentally
launched into space on board a shuttle and they must figure out
how to bring themselves safely back to Earth.
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