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see also:
Caregiving Films, Reality TV, Alzheimer's Books & Videos,
RendezVous With Madness Film Festival,
Movies and Mental Illness Filmography
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is an unconventional romantic tale told in the abstract, inventive, and comedic storytelling style of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Like his scripts for Adaptation and Being John Malkovich, this plot works off of a relatively complex idea that is easier explained through language of film than through words. In its most basic description, Joel (Jim Carrey) is undergoing a medical procedure to erase the memory of his ex-girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet). However, while he is unconscious and the procedure is underway, he takes a journey through his mind, reliving moments with Clementine for fear of losing her forever.
Cast:
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Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah
Wood,
David Cross, Jane Adams
108 mins
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EDtv: (1999)
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"Hilarious!
Great Fun!" - Jonathon Foreman - New York Post It’s the unforgettable story of a nobody...that everybody’s watching! Matthew McConaughey and Jenna Elfman star in the hilarious romantic comedy Joel Siegel of Good Morning America calls “Big-Laugh Funny.” Ed Perkuny (McConaughey) is just a regular guy who feels he has nothing to lose by agreeing to be a star of a new reality-based TV show. Almost overnight, the program becomes a hit, and suddenly this goofy but engaging video clerk is a national celebrity! Everything’s fabulous...until Ed falls head-over-heels for Shari (Elfman), the girlfriend of his brother Ray (Woody Harrelson). Suddenly their most private moments become public entertainment – and the ratings go through the roof – as millions of fans tune in to watch a real soap opera filled with comedy and romance. Superbly directed by Ron Howard and featuring a stellar supporting cast including Elizabeth Hurley, Sally Kirkland, Martin Landau, Ellen DeGeneres, Rob Reiner and Dennis Hopper, EDtv is an outrageous look at instant fame, overnight success, and sharing your life with a few million of your closest fans. Starring: Matthew McConaughey Jenna Elfman Woody Harrelson Director: Ron Howard Category: Comedy |
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| Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Hurley, Ellen DeGeneres, Dennis Hopper, Clint Howard, Sally Kirkland, Martin Landau, Rob Reiner |
| Director: Ron Howard |
| Length 124 mins |
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On The
Air. Unaware. He's the star of the show--but he doesn't know. Jim Carrey wowed critics and audiences alike as unwitting Truman Burbank in this marvel of a movie from director Peter Weir about a man whose life is a nonstop TV show. Truman doesn't realize that his quaint hometown is a giant studio set run by a visionary producer/director/creator (Ed Harris), that folks living and working there are Hollywood actors, that even his incessantly bubbly wife is a contract player. Gradually, Truman gets wise. And what he does about his discovery will have you laughing, crying and cheering like few film stories ever have. Starring: Jim Carrey
Laura Linney Ed HarrisDirector: Peter Weir Length: 103 mins |
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Meet Big
and Little Edie Beale -- high-society dropouts, mother and daughter,
reclusive cousins of Jackie O. -- thriving together amid the decay and
disorder of their ramshackle East Hampton mansion. Five years after Gimme
Shelter, the Maysles unveiled this impossibly intimate portrait of
the unexpected, an eerie echo of the Kennedy Camelot, which has since
become a cult classic and established Little Edie as fashion icon and
philosopher queen. Starring: Edie Beale Edith Bouvier Beale Director: Albert Maysles David Maysles Category: Documentary
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The
Rise and Fall of the American Dream From the Oscar®-nominated creators of The War Room, this riveting documentary goes behind the scenes of the Internet Gold Rush to expose the human drama, cutthroat realities and painfully intimate inner workings of one would-be cyber empire from dot-com lift to dot-bomb flameout. Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman were childhood friends, whose bright idea turned them into overnight Internet millionaires. Soon, investors were lining up to throw money at them. They hired hundreds of employees, built a nationally recognized name, rubbed shoulders with the President of the United States. What could go wrong? Everything. As the Internet-mania meltdown begins, they see it all slipping away - the high life. Captured in stunningly personal detail, it's a story of ambition, greed, loyalty, and passion that has critics everywhere agreeing that Startup.com is as riveting as it is timely. Starring: Tom Herman Kaleil Isaza Tuzman Director: Chris Hegedus Jehane Noujaim Category: Documentary
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Lost in La Mancha
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Is it possible to
make a documentary about the making of a movie that never got made?
Apparently, it is. Lost in La Mancha chronicles Monty Python icon Terry
Gilliam's failed attempts to bring the story of Don Quixote to the big
screen. In the end, it seems his project metamorphosed into the
"impossible dream." Includes interviews with Gilliam as well
as Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, who, alongside Jean Rochefort,
starred in the movie.
Starring:
Terry Gilliam Johnny Depp Jean
Rochefort
Director: Keith Fulton Louis Pepe Category: Documentary |
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heart of darkness - making of apocalypse now
timecode
P.O.V.
[city of god] - street kids in brazil, i think - 2002?
the madness of king george
john goodman and peter sellers in __ (king joe)
it's a mad mad mad mad mad mad world
Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye (2001)
secrets and lies
taxicab confessions 5: las vegas - j has on video.
enter the dragon,
invasion of the body snatchers,
rebel without a cause,
unbearable lightness of being,
billy budd,
Fix,
Roger & Me
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With its outrageous characters, over-the-top spectacle and hard-hitting,
mat-slapping action, it is America's favorite guilty pleasure. And as
long as the match is entertaining, does it matter if it's real? The Unreal Story of Pro Wrestling examines the world's sweatiest showdown between good and evil. From the aristocrats to the punk rockers, from mountain men to post-apocalyptic warriors, learn the sensational secrets, the gimmicks and the rules (if there are any) of the business. Plus check out interviews with some of Pro Wrestling's best and beefiest legends - Gorgeous George, Strangler Lewis, Killer Kowalski, Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan. |
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The Matrix Revisited (2001)
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This is
a making-of disc. None of the Matrix movies are included. A Mind-Expanding Look At "The Matrix" From Conception To Phenomenon Experience the nuts, the bolts, the creative thunder of the cyberthriller that thrust moviemaking into an astonishing new dimension with never-before-seen footage from the original movie and exclusive reflections by those who lived it. Then go deeper with a look forward into the reality that is unfolding in real time: the sequels simmering to life at hidden locations around the world; an eye-popping first glance into The Matrix Anime - new dimensions that explain more about The Matrix. The Matrix Revisited is the who, what, where, when and wow of a phenomenon that has just begun. It will make you dream in bullet time. |
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"Much more
than a first-rate action epic. We're in that rare territory where the
sequel is a triumph over the original."-Richard Roeper, Ebert &
Roeper
Starring:
Keanu Reeves
Carrie-Anne Moss
Laurence FishburneDirector: Andy Wachowski Larry Wachowski Category: Action & Adventure |
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Funny Games (1998)
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[[Jonathon's note - This sounds stupid, except I'm
curious about the part I emboldened.]]
Michael
Haneke's controversial thriller watches an affluent couple, their child
and dog as they arrive at their lakeside vacation home. Settling into
their holiday routine, the family is visited by a pair of clean-cut
young men in tennis whites and gloves, who inexplicably turn ruthless
and brutal, forcing the family into playing their "funny games.'
Haneke then plays his own games turning the audience into an active
participant and radically shifting the film's narrative. Funny Games is
quite simply a chilling and unforgettable experience that will leave you
gasping for breath. |
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The Player (1992)
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Making
Movies can be Murder. [Jonathon's note: The description sounds dull, but this can be a life-transforming film - seeing the world with new eyes.]
A studio script screener gets on the bad side of a writer by not
accepting his script. The writer is sending him threatening postcards.
The screener tries to identify the writer in order to pay him off so
he'll be left alone, and then in a case of mistaken identity gone awry,
he accidentally gives the writer solid ammunition for blackmail. This
plot is written on a backdrop of sleazy Hollywood deals and several
subplots involving the politics of the industry. 157 minutes |
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Harvey (1950)
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James
Stewart gives one of his finest performances in this lighthearted film,
based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Stewart stars as the good-natured Elwood P. Dowd, whose constant companion is Harvey, a six-foot tall rabbit that only he can see. To his sister, Veta Louise, Elwood's obsession with Harvey has been a thorn in the side of her plans to marry off her daughter. But when Veta Louise decides to put Elwood in a mental hospital, a hilarious mix-up occurs and she finds herself committed instead. It's up to Elwood to straighten out the mess with his kindly philosophy, and his "imaginary" friend, in this popular classic that features a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award winning performance by Josephine Hull. Starring: James Stewart Peggy Dow Charles Drake Director: Henry Koster 105 minutes |
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50 First Dates (2004)
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Marine
biologist Henry Roth (Sandler) finds the perfect woman, Lucy Whitmore (Barrymore)
and falls head over heels for her. When he sees her the following day,
she hasn't a clue as to who he is. Lucy suffers from a rare brain
disorder that wipes her memory clean every night. With the help of his
friend Ula (Rob Schneider), Henry has to concoct a new and increasingly
clever way to meet Lucy and get her to fall in love with him every day. Starring: Adam Sandler Drew Barrymore Sean Astin Director: Peter Segal |
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Adaptation (2002)
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"Two
very enthusiastic thumbs up!" -Ebert & Roeper Director Spike Jonze delivers a stunningly original comedy that seamlessly blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche (Cooper), New Yorker journalist Susan Orlean (Streep), Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Cage), and his twin brother Donald (also Cage). As Charlie struggles to adapt Orlean's best-selling book The Orchid Thief, he writes himself into his own movie. The various stories crash into one another exploding into a wildly imaginative film. Adaptation, the year's most talked about movie, is at once a hilarious drama and a moving comedy. Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing-and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. Starring: Nicolas Cage Chris Cooper Meryl Streep Director: Spike Jonze Category: Comedy |
Analyze This (1998)
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New
York's Most Powerful Gangster Is About To Get In Touch With His
Feelings. YOU Try Telling Him His 50 Minutes Are Up. Robert DeNiro and Billy Crystal team with Lisa Kudrow, Chaz Palminteri and director/co-writer Harold Ramis to make you a comedy offer you can't refuse in this laugh-out-loud mob hit. De Niro, deftly spoofing the wiseguy roles that have been a staple of his estimable career, plays powerful New York crime family racketeer Paul Vitti. Crystal, always one joke ahead of sleeping with the fishes, is shrink, Ben Sobel, who has just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn into a happy, well-adjusted gangster. Yes, Sobel is a falmily pychiatrist.But surely this isn't the kind of family he had in mind. Starring: Billy Crystal Robert DeNiro Lisa Kudrow Director: Harold Ramis Category: Comedy |
Anger Management (2003)
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Feel
the Love After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik (Sandler) is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell (Nicholson). But when Buddy steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life in this hilarious hit comedy that will drive you mad with laughter! Starring: Jack Nicholson Adam Sandler Marisa Tomei Director: Peter Segal Category: Comedy
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Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)
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Mirthful
Murder Cary-ed Off In Slapstick, Slap-Happy Style! Cary Grant and a stellar cast romp through this classic farce based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 Broadway hit and breezily directed by Frank Capra. Frazzled drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Grant) has two aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who ply lonely geezers with poisoned libations, one sociopathic brother (Raymond Massey) who looks like Boris Karloff, one bonkers brother (John Alexander) who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, one impatient new bride (Priscilla Lane) -- and only one night to make it turn out all right. In this circus' center ring is Grant, twisting his face into a clown's gallery of flabbergasted reactions and transforming his natural athletic grace into a rubber-legged comic ballet. You'll die laughing. Starring: Cary Grant Jean Adair John Alexander Director: Frank Capra |
Bamboozled (2000)
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[[Jonathon's note - this is next-to-genius - not quite,
but still rich]]
In a
searing parody of American television, Bamboozled takes a
humorous look at how race, ratings and the pursuit of power lead to a
network executive's stunning rise and tragic downfall. |
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Features: Feature-Length Commentary with Director Spike Lee Deleted Scenes Original Documentary on the Making of the Film Animated Art Gallery Music Videos Theatrical Trailer Cast and Crew Filmographies Interactive Menus DVD-ROM Features: "Script-to-Screen" - Access the Film Directly from the Screenplay Original Website |
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Being John Malkovich (1999)
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Ever
want to be someone else? Now you can. Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is a struggling street puppeteer. In order to make some money, Craig takes a job as a filing clerk. One day he accidentally discovers a door...a portal into the brain of John Malkovich (played by John Malkovich)! For 15 minutes, he experiences the ultimate head trip -- HE is being John Malkovich! Then he's dumped onto the New Jersey turnpike! With his beautiful office mate Maxine (Catherine Keener) and his pet-obsessed wife (Cameron Diaz), they hatch a plan to let others into John's brain for just $200 a trip. See what all the critics are talking about. Starring: John Cusack Catherine Keener Cameron Diaz Director: Spike Jonze Category: Independent |
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Features: Theatrical Trailer TV Spots 7.5 Floor Orientation American Arts & Culture Presents…John Horatio Malkovich, Dance of Despair and Disillusionment A Page with Nothing On It An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering An Interview with Director Spike Jonze An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving Cast & Crew Biographies & Filmographies Spike's Photo Album |
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| Cast: John Cusack, Catherine Keener, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean |
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| Director: Spike Jonze |
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| Length 113 mins |
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Benny & Joon (1993)
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"Sensitive.
Insightful. Hilarious." -Entertainment Today Johnny Depp (Sleepy Hollow), Mary Stuart Masterson (Bed of Roses) and Aidan Quinn (Practical Magic) star in this wonderfully unique and delightfully offbeat romantic comedy. Joon (Masterson) is a little unbalanced. Sometimes, without warning, her sweet nature gives way to odd behavior - including a penchant for setting fires! She lives with her older brother Benny (Quinn), who has spent his life taking care of her since their parents died. One night, while playing a poker game with unusual stakes, Joon loses her hand...and wins Sam (Depp), a whimsical misfit who soon charms his way into Joon's heart. Now if they can only find the perfect mate for her overprotective brother... With charm, humor and an outstanding supporting cast that includes Oliver Platt (A Time To Kill) and Julianne Moore (Hannibal), Benny & Joon is the perfect movie for everyone. Starring: Johnny Depp Mary Stuart Masterson Aidan Quinn Director: Jeremiah S Chechik |
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Tom
Courtenay gives a flawlessly nuanced performance as Billy Fisher, the
underachieving undertaker's assistant whose constant daydreams and
truth-deficient stories earn him the nickname "Billy Liar."
Julie Christie is the handbag-swinging charmer whose free spirit just
might inspire Billy to finally move out of his parents' house. Deftly
veering from gritty realism to flamboyant fantasy, Billy Liar is
a dazzling and uproarious classic. Starring: Julie Christie Tom Courtenay Director: John Schlesinger Category: Comedy |
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Dancer In The Dark (2000)
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In a
world of shadows, she found the light of life. Director Lars von Trier (Breaking The Waves) delivers a provocative mix of drama and musical theater in this acclaimed movie that won both the Palme d'Or for Best Picture and the Best Female Performance award (for lead actress Bjork) at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Recording star Bjork is miraculous as Selma, a factory worker in rural America and single mother who is losing her eyesight from a hereditary disease. Determined to protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma is saving her money to get him an operation. In the evenings, Selma escapes into a world where "nothing dreadful ever happens," rehearsing for a production of The Sound of Music with her best friend, Kathy (Catherine Deneuve, Academy Award nominee for Indochine). But when a neighbor (David Morse, Proof of Life, The Green Mile, The Negotiator) betrays her trust, Selma spirals out of control. The lines between reality and fantasy blur, and Selma begins to believe that her life has actually become a Hollywood musical - as she inexorably heads toward the film's unforgettable finale. Co-starring Joel Grey (Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in Cabaret) and featuring original music by Bjork. Starring: Bjork Catherine Deneuve David Morse Director: Lars Von Trier Category: Drama
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Into The Woods (1990)
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Original
Broadway Cast A childless baker and his wife cannot have a child until they follow the bidding of the witch next door to get a cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, and the slipper as pure as gold. Good thing, then that they've got neighbors named Jack, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Cinderella to help them before (and after) Happily Ever After. Starring: Tom Aldredge Joanna Gleason
Bernadette PetersDirector: James Lapine 153 minutes |
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[Jonathon's note - this sounds dumb, but mom and I both
love Ned Beatty]
It's been
a year since Ed Chilton's mother passed away, and life just isn't the
same. Eager to have her back, Ed (Steve Buscemi) turns to a company
that, for a large fee, claims to be able to bring his mother back to
life. But once she's back, Mom (Miriam Margoyles) starts acting very
strangely...and it seems her new habits of eating bugs and sleeping in
the refrigerator are just the beginning. Ned Beatty co-stars in this
quirky dark comedy. |
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All About My Mother (1999)
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Internationally
acclaimed writer/director Pedro Almodovar (Women on the Verge of a
Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) delivers his finest film
yet, a poignant masterpiece of unconditional love, survival and
redemption. Manuela (Cecilia Roth) is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son, an aspiring writer. But when tragedy strikes and her beloved only child is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles. The heartbroken woman learns her son's final wish was to know of his father-the man she abandoned when she was pregnant 18 years earlier. Returning to Barcelona in search of him, Manuela overcomes her grief and becomes caregiver to a colorful extended family: a pregnant nun (Penelope Cruz), a transvestite prostitute (Antonia San Juan), and two troubled actresses (Marisa Paredes and Candela Pena). With riveting performances, unforgettable characters and creative plot twists, this touching screwball melodrama is "An absolute stunner. A funny, touching and vital film marks a career peak for Almodovar!" -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone Starring: Penelope Cruz Marisa Paredes Candela Pena Director: Pedro Almodovar
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Mother (1996)
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No one
misunderstands you better. She packed your lunch. Tolerated your music. And quietly looked forward to the day you'd be happily on your own. If anyone qualifies as unforgettable, it's Mom. And if there's a comedy that qualifies as hilarious, it's Mother. Albert Brooks is star, co-writer and director of this comic valentine about a twice-divorced author who decided the only way to fix his relationship problems is to move back to his childhood home and solve the problems he had with the first woman in his life - Mom (Debbie Reynolds, winning raves in her first staring role in 27 years). For laughs as only Albert Brooks can deliver, come home to Mother. Also starring Rob Morrow and featuring Lisa Kudrow. Starring: Albert Brooks Debbie Reynolds Lisa Kudrow Director: Albert Brooks Category: Comedy 103 minutes |
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Angels In America
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Academy Award-winners Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson lead an all-star cast in a 6-hour HBO Films Event. Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Tony Kushner based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play: Angels in America. [[Jonathon's note: This made-for-TV movie won all Emmy Awards for which it qualified. best actor, best actress, best direction, best production]] |
Super Size Me (2004)
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Two out of
three Americans are overweight or obese, but where does personal
responsibility end and corporate responsibility take over? On the heels
of recent lawsuits against McDonald's, director Morgan Spurlock takes a
hilarious and often terrifying look at the effects of fast food on the
human body.
The purpose of Morgan Spurlock's
experiment, eating at Mickey D's three times a day for a month, is to
determine whether fast food is as lethal as the nay-sayers insist. The
answer from his McMonth is that it's far, far worse: his health goes
spiraling out of control, his blood pressure and his cholesterol level
skyrocket, and there's liver damage. (PG) 96 min. |
Source:
* zip.ca - brilliant deal, but lots of postal packaging - compare cost of
downloading.
| What the *@&% (Bleep)! - may blow ma's mind. |
| Wanda Does It No experience. No training. No problem. Wanda Sykes shows the world she can do any job, from surgeon to repo man. Tuesdays 8:30, Comedy Central http://www.dailyshow.com/tv_shows/wandadoesit/ |
| see also: Reality TV |
| 21 Grams (2003) | 18 |
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Starring:
Sean Penn
Naomi Watts Benicio Del Toro A violent car accident unexpectedly throws together the lives of a college professor (Sean Penn), an ex-con (Benicio Del Toro) and a young mother with a reckless past (Naomi Watts). The crossing of ... Read More |
