Posts Tagged ‘slavery’

Crash (2004)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Crash
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: James Spader | Holly Hunter | Elias Koteas | Deborah Kara Unger | Rosanna Arquette | Peter MacNeill | Yolande Julian | Cheryl Swarts | Judah Katz | Nicky Guadagni | Ronn Sarosiak | Boyd Banks | Markus Parilo | Alice Poon | John Stoneham Jr.
Directors: David Cronenberg
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Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters, a black police detective with a drugged out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are constantly theorizing on society and race, the distracted district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist veteran cop (caring for a sick father at home) who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner, a successful black Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with racist cop, a Persian-immigrant father who buys a gun to protect his shop, a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter who is afraid of bullets, and more.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Ricardo Montalban | Roddy McDowall | Don Murray | Natalie Trundy | Hari Rhodes | Severn Darden | Lori Wagner | John Randolph | Asa Maynor | H.M. Wynant | David Chow | Buck Kartalian | John Dennis | Paul Comi | Gordon Jump | Dick Spangler
Directors: J. Lee Thompson
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Colorful, futuristic sets, a relentless pace and an action-packed climax highlight the fourth episode of the legendary Apes saga, starring Roddy McDowall and Ricardo Montalban. The time is the near future. Apes have supplanted dogs and cats as household pets, and replaces servants as personal assisstans — until their continual mistreatment provokes one advanced ape from the future, Caesar (McDowall), to lead a spectacular revolt.

Enemy Mine (1985)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Enemy Mine
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Brion James | Dennis Quaid | Louis Gossett Jr. | Richard Marcus | Carolyn McCormick | Bumper Robinson
Directors: Wolfgang Petersen
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The Rundown (Welcome to the Jungle) (2003)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
The Rundown (Welcome to the Jungle)
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Dwayne Johnson | |
Directors: Peter Berg
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The Rock as a bounty hunter who attempts to square a debt by heading to the Amazon jungle to capture someone. The bounty hunter discovers that his quarry isn’t the bad guy he’d been warned about, and the two team up in pursuit of riches stored in a mine in the Amazon.

Ben-Hur (1959)

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Ben-Hur
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Charlton Heston | Jack Hawkins | Haya Harareet | Stephen Boyd | Hugh Griffith | Martha Scott | Cathy O'Donnell | Sam Jaffe | Finlay Currie | Frank Thring | Terence Longdon | George Relph | André Morell
Directors: | William Wyler
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Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a brick falls down from Judah’s house and barely misses the governor. Although Messala knows that they are not guilty he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge.

Lilja 4-ever (2002)

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Lilja 4-ever
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Oksana Akinshina | Artyom Bogucharsky | Lyubov Agapova | Liliya Shinkaryova | Elina Benenson | Pavel Ponomaryov
Directors: Lukas Moodysson
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Lilja is 16 years old. Her only friend is the young boy Volodja. They live in a poor village in Estonia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej. He is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.

Anna and the King (1999)

Monday, July 13th, 2009
Anna and the King
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
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This is the story of Anna Leonowens, the English schoolteacher who came to Siam in the 1860s to teach the children of King Mongkut. She becomes involved in his affairs, from the tragic plight of a young concubine to trying to forge an alliance with Britain to a war with Burma that is orchestrated by Britain. In the meantime, a subtle romance develops between them.

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Bicentennial Man (1999)

Friday, July 10th, 2009
Bicentennial Man
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Robin Williams | Embeth Davidtz | Sam Neill | Oliver Platt | Kiersten Warren | Wendy Crewson | Hallie Kate Eisenberg | Lindze Letherman | Angela Landis | John Michael Higgins | Bradley Whitford | Igor Hiller | Joe Bellan | Brett Wagner | Stephen Root
Directors: Chris Columbus
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This film follows the ‘life’ and times of the lead character, an android (Robin Williams) who is purchased as a household robot programmed to perform menial tasks. Within a few days the Martin family realizes that they don’t have an ordinary droid as Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought. In a story that spans two centuries, Andrew learns the intricacies of humanity while trying to stop those who created him from destroying him.

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Barabba (1961)

Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Barabba
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Anthony Quinn | Silvana Mangano | Arthur Kennedy | Katy Jurado | Harry Andrews | Vittorio Gassman | Jack Palance | Ernest Borgnine | Norman Wooland | Valentina Cortese | Michael Gwynn | Arnoldo Foà | Laurence Payne | Tullio Tomadoni | Ivan Triesault
Directors: Richard Fleischer
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Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was spared crucifixion when Pilate manipulated the crowd into to pardoning him, rather than Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.

1776 (1972)

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
1776
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: William Daniels | Howard Da Silva | Ken Howard | Donald Madden | John Cullum | Roy Poole | David Ford | Ron Holgate | Ray Middleton | William Hansen | Blythe Danner | Virginia Vestoff | Emory Bass | Ralston Hill | Howard Caine
Directors: Peter H. Hunt
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The film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies to support a resolution on independence. As George Washington sends depressing messages describing one military disaster after another, the businessmen, landowners and slave holders in Congress all stand in the way of the Declaration, and a single “nay” vote will forever end the question of independence. Large portions of spoken and sung dialog are taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants.

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Gone with the Wind
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Clark Gable | Vivien Leigh | Leslie Howard | Olivia de Havilland | Thomas Mitchell
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Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie.

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