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56 Rue Pigalle
-By:Willy Rozier/Jacques Dumesnil ; Marie Dea ; Aime Clariond ; Raymond
Cordy ; Janine Miller ; Rene Blancard
Jean Vigneron's
manservant is blackmailing his boss, who is having an affair with Ines de
Montalban. The servant is murdered. Everyone accuses Vigneron, who keeps
quiet so as not to compromise his lover. His innocence proved, Vigneron
flees with Ines. Montalban, the cheated husband, tries to forget them, but
sinks into debauchery. Despite ordeals in an unwelcoming Africa, love
conquers all...
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Pretty Horses (UCA) -Actors:Matt
Damon ; Elizabeth Ibarra ; Lonnie Rodriguez ; Angelina Torres ; J.D. Garfie
Academy Award-winner Matt Damon stars in director Billy Bob
Thornton's action-filled tale of love and loss based on Cormac McCarthy's
best-selling novel. John Grady Cole (Damon) and his best friend Lacey
Rawlins (Henry Thomas) leave Texas and head south of the border in search of
adventure and find work as horse-wranglers. But when Cole embarks on an
illicit and passionate affair with the beautiful daughter (Penelope Cruz) of
the wealthy ranch owner who is his employer, events are set in motion which
forever change the lives of all involved.
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Amelie (2001): 2 Disc Special Edition (5.1/DTS)
-By:Jean-Pierre
Jeunet/Actors:Audrey Tautou ; Mathieu Kassovitz ; Rufus ; Lorella Cravotta ;
Claire Maurier ; Isabelle Nanty ; Dominique Pinon ; Serge Merlin ; Jamel
Debbouze ; Yolande Moreau ; Urbain Cancellier
She'll change your
life. Amelie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who glides through the
streets of Paris: observing. With wide eyes and a tiny grin, she sees the
world in a magical light, discovering minor miracles every day. A shy girl
whose favorite moments are spent alone skimming stones into the water,
Amelie was raised by a pair of eccentrics who falsely diagnosed her with a
heart problem at the age of six and so limited her exposure to the outside
world. Now a free and independent woman, Amelie wears a bob that curls in
every direction and dresses in red. With a job in a cafe and an aptitude for
spying on her neighbors, Amelie entertains herself by enacting a series of
homemade, kindhearted practical jokes. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (who
co-directed 'Delicatessen' and 'The City Of Lost Children' with Marc Caro)
presents 'Amelie', a gorgeous and inventive film.
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Amen.
-By:Costa-Gavras/Actors:Mathieu Kassovitz ; Ulrich Tukur ; Ulrich Mühe ;
Michel Duchaussoy ; Ion Caramitru ; Marcel Iures ; Friedrich von Thun ;
Antje Schmidt
Two Men. Two Worlds.
One Cause. When newly-commissioned SS Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich
Tukur) witnesses the chemical disinfectant he's helped perfect being used to
systematically murder interred Jews, he has no choice but to act. The only
sympathetic
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At The Height Of Summer
-By:Anh Hung
Tran/Actors:Tran Nu Yen-Khe ; Nguyen Nhu Quynh ; Le Khanh ; Ngo Quanh Hai
Set in Hanoi, Vietnam,
'At The Height Of Summer' is a rich visual banquet overflowing with lush,
artful images that unfold with the same languorous slowness with which the
the film's enigmatic characters and relationships develop. Three sisters,
Lien ...
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Blood In Blood Out
-By:Taylor Hackford/Actors:Benjamin Bratt ; Jesse Borrego ; Damian Chapa ;
Enrique Castillo ; Victor Rivers
A gangland feature set
in the Chicano culture of East Los Angeles, which traces the lives of three
cousins who were raised as brothers and the separate paths they are forced
to follow. One searches for the truth in law, one expresses his passion
through art, and one finds power in prison. Through it all, family and
honour keep their lives intertwined as each strives to find his own personal
truth.
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Brown's Requiem
-By:Jason Freeland/Actors:Michael Rooker ; Selma Blair ; Kevin Corrigan ;
Brad Dourif ; Will Sasso ; Tobin Bell
A man whose career as a
police officer is finished because of a drinking problem, takes a job as a
private detective. A new case involves freeing a teenager from the clutches
of a gangster. Based on the novel by James Ellroy.
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Caged Seduction: The Shocking True Story
-By:Karen
Arthur/Actors:Judith Light ; Stacy Keach ; Kay Lenz ; Tonya Pinkins ;
Michael Woods ; Guillana Santini ; Eugene Lipinski
She is a determined
woman with a grim past and hopeful future, an ex-con determined to go
straight and stay clean - until a lover's betrayal sends her back to a
nightmare of abuse, humiliation and desperation at a women's prison where
the staff brutalised the inmates and forced them to have ... . Yet even
criminals have rights and Alice vows to fight for justice and expose the
scandal with the help of a crusading lawyer. But with her freedom and even
her life under threat, just how far is she prepared to go, and what price
will she have to pay?
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Charlotte Gray (2001)
-By:Gillian Armstrong/Actors:Cate Blanchett ; Abigail Cruttenden ; Billy
Crudup ; Charlotte McDougall ; James Fleet ; Michael Gambon ; Robert Hands ;
Rupert Penry-Jones
The story of an
ordinary woman is an extraordinary time.Once they were housewives,
waitresses or factory workers. Now they're World War II spies for Britain.
Cate Blanchett stars as the courageous young woman who embarks upon a
dangerous foray behind enemy lines while keeping secret her personal mission
to find her lover, an RAF pilot downed over occupied France...
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Chhalia (Hindi)
-By:Manmohan Desai/Actors:Raj Kapoor ; Nutan ; Pran ; Rehman ; Bupet Raja
Set during the time of
the India Pakistan partition, 'Chhalia' tells the story of Shanti, a woman
who is separated from her husband and her family. Abdulrehman - a Gunda and
a criminal - becomes her only source of comfort. When she finally manages to
find with her family, they reject her. Resigned to suicide, Chhalia saves
her just in time...This movie contains the all time favourite song 'Challia
Mera Naam, Chalna Mera Kaam, Hindu Muslim Sikh Isaai Sab Ko Mera Salaam',
the song that spoke volumes about the diversity of India.
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Crazy Beautiful
-By:John Stockwell/Actors:Kirsten Dunst ; Jay Hernandez ; Bruce Davison ;
Miguel Castro
When fate steps in and
brings together two high school seniors from opposite sides of the track,
it's something crazy/beautiful in this fun and energetic story of first
love. Nicole (Kirsten Dunst) is the 17-year-old troubled daughter of a
wealthy congressman who never met a rule she didn't break. Carlos (Jay
Hernandez) is a grade A student with big dreams who endures a two-hour bus
ride every morning to attend high school in an upscale L.A. neighbourhood.
Their innocent flirtations quickly develop into passionate love, but ...
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Culloden (1964) (BFI)
-By:Peter Watkins
Described in its
opening credits as 'an account of one of the most mishandled and brutal
battles ever fought in Britain', 'Culloden' was heralded as a breakthrough
after its first broadcast by the BBC in December 1964. Peter Watkins'
reconstruction of the famous battle of 1746 that 'tore apart forever the
clan system of the Scottish Highlands', shot as a current news report by a
television crew, stunned viewers with the power of its imagery and the
immediacy of its storytelling.
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Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca (1997)
-By:Jim
O'Brien/Actors:Charles Dance ; Anthony Bate ; John Branwell ; Jonathan Cake
; Tom Chadbon ; Lucy Cohu ; Zulema Dene ; Frank Doherty ; Faye Dunaway ;
Emilia Fox ; Ian McDiarmid ; Timothy West ; Diana Rigg ; Geraldine James ;
Jonathan Cake
Based on Daphne du
Maurier's classic novel, this Masterpiece Theatre adaptation stars Emilia
Fox as Mrs. De Winter, the second wife of the aging aristocrat Maxim De
Winter (Dance). Mrs. De Winter, a young middle class girl, met her husband
while he was traveling, and the two almost instantly fell in love, even
though Maxim was still grieving over his wife, Rebecca, that died only one
year earlier. The two impulsively decide to get married and enjoy a blissful
romance until the two return to Manderlay, Maxim's estate, and Mrs. De
Winter finds that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone there,
especially the sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Rigg), who goes so far as
to refer to her as the second Mrs. De Winter.
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Death In Small Doses
-By:Sondra Locke/Actors:Richard Thomas ; Tess Harper ; Glynnis O'Connor ;
Shawn Elliott ; Gary Frank ; Matthew Posey ; Ann Hearn
When successful Dallas
architect Nancy Lyon died in agony from arsenic poisoning, it seemed that
no-one could unravel the mystery surrounding her death; someone was about to
get away with murder. However, District Attorney Jerry Sims is determined to
find the truth. Based on a true story.
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Dekalog - Parts 6-10 -The Ten Commandments
-By:Krzysztof
Kieslowski/Actors:Miroslaw Baka ; Henryk Baranowski ; Artur Barcis ;
Aleksander Bardini ; Maja Barelkowska ; Adrianna Biedrzynska ; Henryk Bista
Dekalog, from the acclaimed director of "The Double Life of Veronique", was
premiered at the 1989 Venice Film Festival, winning both unanimously glowing
critical praise and numerous awards. The ten hour-long films, five of which
are presented here, are al
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Eureka
-By:Shinji
Aoyama/Actors:Koji Yakusho ; Aoi Miyazaki ; Masaru Miyazaki ; Yoichiro Saito
; Sayuri Kokusho ; Ken Mitsuishi ; Go Riju ; Yutaka Matsushige
This 220 minute,
beautifully composed black & white film explores a transcendent story of
redemption. On what seemed to be a normal morning in southwest Japan, a
crazed killer, apparently without motive, hijacks a city bus. In the ensuing
carnage only three people survive - the driver, a schoolgirl and her older
brother. After a long period away, the traumatized bus driver returns to his
family only to find his wife has left him. The two students have withdrawn
further into silence since their mother left home to begin a new life
elsewhere when their father died in a car accident. Upon the driver's return
to town, he reacquaints himself with the orphaned children. He moves into
their house, filthy from neglect, and together with the orphans' cousin,
they begin a new life.Please note: despite an error on the DVD packaging,
this film is presented in 2.35:1 widescreen and not fullscreen as stated.
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Hamish MacBeth: The Complete Box Set (6 Discs)
-Actors:Robert Carlyle ; James Young ;
David Ashton ; Stuart Davids ; Mona Bruce ; Shirl
Lochdubh: a frontier town in the wild west of Scotland. One hotel,
one general store, one doctor and one lawman - PC Hamish Macbeth (Robert
Carlyle). He's the sherrif, along with canine sidekick Wee Jock, with his
own singular methods of dealing with crime and misdemeanours. If only his
love life were so easily solved. But then that's another story... The
complete collection of the popular BBC1 series Hamish MacBeth. Series 1: 1.
The Great Lochdubh Salt Robbery 2. A Pillar Of The Community 3. The Big
Freeze 4. Wee Jock's Lament 5. A Bit Of An Epic Series 2: 1. A Perfectly
Simple Explanation 2. In Search of a Rose 3. Isobel Pulls It Off 4. Radio
Lochdubh 5. No Man Is an Island 6. The Lochdubh Deluxe Series 3: 1. The
Honourable Policeman 2. Deferred Sentence 3. The Lochdubh Assassin 4. The
Good Thief 5. The Trouble with Rory 6. More Than a Game 7. Destiny (Part 1)
8. Destiny (Part 2)
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Imitation Of Life -Actors:Lana
Turner ; Sandra Dee ; Juanita Moore ; Susan Kohner
Living a lie is a poor substitute for living the truth -
sometimes it takes the harsh realties of life to help us discover who we
truly are. The legendary Lana Turner stars in this 1959 version of Fannie
Hurst's emotionally charged drama, which chronicles two widows and their
troubled daughters as they struggle to find true happiness amidst racial
prejudice. Lana Turner plays Lora, a single white mother whose Hollywood
starlet ambitions come at the expense of any meaningful relationship with
her daughter, Susie (Sandra Dee). Lora's black housekeeper, Annie (Juanita
Moore), has troubles of her own as she faces the rejection of her own
fair-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner), who abandons her heritage
for a chance to be accepted as white. As years of selfishness and denial
pass, tragedy strikes and forces the women to come to terms with their own
identities.
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In The Line Of Duty: The Price Of Vengeance
-By:Dick
Lowry/Actors:Dean Stockwell ; Michael Gross ; Mary Kay Place ; Brent
Jennings ; Bruce A. Young ; Brian Markinson
Detective Tom Williams,
investigating the affairs of local gangster Johnnie Moore, is gunned down.
An L.A cop is called in to continue the case and see that Moore goes to the
gas chamber. Based on a true story.
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It's All About Love
-By:Thomas Vinterberg/Actors:Joaquin Phoenix ; Claire Danes ; Sean Penn ;
Douglas Henshall ; Alun Armstrong ; Margo Martindale ; Mark Strong
'It's All About Love'
takes place in the near future and tells the story of two lovers fighting
for their lives in a world out of balance. It's a classic love story with
elements of Hitchcockian suspense. John (Joaquin Phoenix) and the world
famous ice skater Elena (Claire Danes) have a cosmopolitan marriage and have
lived apart for a number of years. Time has made the distance between them
grow and eventually John goes from Poland to New York to see Elena and get a
divorce - but as John arrives in New York he realizes that unexpected and
inexplicable things are going on around Elena. The people he knew as friends
might not be friends after all. The love that he thought had died bursts
into flames again and it becomes up to John to save Elena from her destiny.
If he can...
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Jane Austen's Emma (1996)
-By:Diarmuid
Lawrence/Actors:Kate Beckinsale ; Samantha Morton ; Prunella Scales ;
Samantha Bond ; Bernard Hepton ; Mark Strong ; James Hazeldine ; Dominic
Rowan ; Sylvia Barter ; Guy Henry ; Dido Miles ; Raymond Coulthard ; Olivia
Williams ; Lucy Robinson
An adaptation of Jane
Austen's story of marriage and manners set in a picturesque 19th Century
village, which revolves around a spoilt young woman, Emma Woodhouse, who
delights in influencing the love-lives of her friends, with disastrous
results.
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King Kong: The Legend Reborn (1976)
-By:John
Guillermin/Actors:Jeff Bridges ; Charles Grodin ; Jessica Lange ; John
Randolph ; Rene Auberjonois ; Jack O'Halloran ; John Lone ; Julius Harris
Dino De Laurentiis'
remake of the original hairy monster movie features remarkable special
effects by Rick Baker. Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin), head of an oil drilling
expedition to the remote island of Micronesia, discovers a stow-away on his
ship, Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges), a zoologist in search of a prehistoric
creature fabled to exist on the island. Off the coast of Micronesia, they
rescue Dwan (Jessica Lange), a beautiful woman shipwrecked in the
treacherous seas. On the island the expedition witness a mysterious ritual
to a strange beast called Kong. They soon realise that Kong is the gigantic
ape that Prescott is searching for.
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Kramer vs Kramer (UCA)
-By:Robert Benton/Actors:Dustin Hoffman ; Meryl Streep ; Justin Henry ;
Howard Duff ; Jane Alexander ; JoBeth Williams ; George Coe ; Howland
Chamberlain
Kramer vs Kramer is the
box office smash that gathered 5 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor
for Dustin Hoffman and Best Supporting Actress for Meryl Streep. Returning
home late from work one night, a career-obsessed Ted Kramer is told by his
wife that she is leaving him. After a life of being 'somebody's daughter' or
'somebody's wife,' she's going off to find herself - leaving Ted to care for
their 6 year-old son. Ted, while trying to hold down his job, gets to really
know his son: cooking his meals, taking him to the park, understanding every
need and fear. For the first time in his life he feels like a fulfilled
parent. But then Joanna returns. And she wants her son back...
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Lars Von Trier's Europe Trilogy: Element Of Crime / Epidemic / Europa (4
Discs)
-By:Lars Von
Trier/Actors:Michael Elphick ; Esmond Knight ; Jerold Wells ; Meme Lai ;
Lars von Trier ; Niels Vorsel ; Udo Kier ; Svend Ali Hamann ; Gitte Lind ;
Jean-Marc Barr ; Barbara Sukowa ; Europa narration by:
Max Von Sydow
Lars Von Trier is
considered one of world cinema's great auteurs. His reputation has been
built upon controversial and experimental films such as The Idiots, Dancer
In The Dark and Dogville, that often divide audiences. However, he found his
own unique ...
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Last Dance
- By:Bruce Beresford/Actors:Sharon Stone ; Rob Morrow ; Randy Quaid ; Peter
Gallagher ; Jack Thompson ; Skeet Ulrich
Sharon Stone stars as a
convicted killer facing execution. After twelve years inside for a double
murder she is now prepared to die. However, she is not prepared for the
relationship in which she finds herself entangled with the attorney assigned
to save her life.
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Little Man Tate
-By:Jodie Foster/Actors:Jodie Foster ; Dianne Wiest ; Harry Connick Jr. ;
Adam Hann-Byrd ; Debi Mazar ; George Plimpton ; David Hyde Pierce ; P.J.
Ochlan
A delicate,
compassionate tale! -The Hollywood ReporterJodie Foster (The Accused) "makes
an impressive directorial debut" (Tribune Media Services) with Scott Frank's
(Out of Sight, Get Shorty) compelling and bittersweet screenplay about a
child prodigy ...
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Love Her Madly (Ray Manzarek)
-By:Ray
Manzarek/Actors:Jennifer Lothrop ; Madison Mason ; Richard Daniels ; T.J.
Thyne ; Rende Rae Norman
Lover Her Madly is a
tale a tale of sexual obsession, madness and murder set in the campus
community of the exclusive California College of the Arts. A whodunit in the
finest noir tradition. Yet, Directed by and mated to a soundtrack scored by
Doors' keyboard wizard, Ray Manzarek, Love Her Madly christens a new
millennial genre: hip-hop Hitchcock.
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Merci La Vie
-By:Bertrand Blier/Actors:Charlotte Gainsbourg ; Anouk Grinberg ; Michel
Blanc ; Jean Carmet ; Annie Girardot ; Jean-Louis Trintignant ; Catherine
Jacob ; Gerard Depardieu ; Philippe Clevenot
Camille, a naive
schoolgirl, encounters the intriguing Joelle, a girl slightly older but
vastly more experienced in the ways of the world. Joelle leads Camille into
a new a rather uncomfortable world through the darker side of life. Later in
life, as Camille discovers the paralysing fear of Aids, she recalls her
earlier encounters with Joelle and the fact she may have contracted the
disease.
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Monster's Ball (2002)
-By:Marc Forster/Actors:Halle Berry ; Peter Boyle ; Heath Ledger ; Billy Bob
Thornton ; Sean 'Puffy' Combs ; Dante Beze ; Coronji Calhoun
Monster's Ball is a
hard hitting Southern drama tempered by a story of powerful, life-changing
love. It is the story of Hank (Billy Bob Thornton), an embittered prison
guard working on Death Row who begins an unlikely, but emotionally charged
affair with ...
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Murder On Flight 502
-By:George McCowan/Actors:Farah Fawcett Majors ; Ralph Bellamy ; Sonny Bono
; Robert Stack
Shortly after a 747
heading to London takes off from New York's Kennedy airport, a mysterious
letter is found in the airport lounge warning that several murders will take
place on the plane before it lands. At first, airport security brushes this
off as a bogus prank. But they quickly realize the reality of the situation
as the first dead body is discovered on the plane. As the death count
increases, a trail of clues suggests the killer's motives, with signs
pointing to both passengers and flight staff. Will the murderer be stopped
before everyone is dead? Highlights include a fresh-faced, pre-CHARLIES
ANGELS Farrah Fawcett, and deadpan performances by Robert Stack and Fernando
Llamas.
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Murder Rooms - The Kingdom Of Bones
-By:Simon
Langton/Actors:Ian Richardson ; Ian McNeice ; John Sessions ; Caroline
Carver ; Crispin Bonham-Carter ; Warwick Davis ; Cyril Shaps
When the public
unwrapping of an allegedly ancient Egyptian mummy turns out to reveal the
fresh corpse of a contemporary gentleman, it is clear to Dr. Joseph Bell and
Doyle that foul play is at hand. After a post mortem proves that the
deceased was indeed the victim of a brutal murder, the doctor and his friend
resolve to discover the killer. In their search they become acquainted with
a Canadian art collector who appears to be equally keen to solve the riddle
of the mummy. But can appearances be trusted?
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Murder Rooms - The Patient's Eyes
-By:Tim
Fywell/Actors:Ian Richardson ; Charles Edwards ; Simon Chandler ; Katie
Blake ; Simon Quaterman
Doyle, now a newly
qualified doctor, is troubled by a beautiful, young patient claiming to be
the victim of a stalker - a shadowy figure who follows her into town on a
bicycle. As Doyle himself discovers, her fears appear to be more than mere
fancy, and soon the incomparable Dr. Bell is on the case. As the two
investigate further, events take a gradually more sinister turn with corpses
starting to appear, an old house with a gruesome past and the worrying
disappearance of Doyle's young and beautiful patient. Could all this be
connected to the mysterious stalker? Can Dr. Bell once again employ his
famed "methodology" to solve the case? Or will even he be prepared for the
final twist that awaits them?
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Murder Rooms - The Photographer's Chair
-By:Paul
Marcus/Actors:Ian Richardson ; Charles Edwards ; Henry Goodman ; Roger Lloyd
Pack ; Simon Chandler ; Tim Woodward
1882: London is in the
grip of spirtualists and seances. Arthur Conan Doyle joins Dr Joseph Bell in
a labyrinthine task of investigating a number of corpses found mutilated,
floating in the River Thames. Their quest to uncover the architect behind
the gruesome murders leads them through London's underground world of
soothsayers and mediums. As the two sleuths probe deeper, they find
themselves dangerously caught up in a 'spiritualism' darker and more
terrifying than either man could possibly have imagined.
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Murder Rooms - The White Knight Stratagem
-By:Paul
Marcus/Actors:Ian Richardson ; Charles Edwards ; Rik Mayall ; Anton Lesser ;
Annette Crosbie
The suicide of a
mysterious young woman and the murder of two men appear to be inextricably
linked. When Dr. Joseph Bell is asked to assist the police, it soom becomes
clear that this is more than just a routine case. Dr Bell's relationship
with the Chief of investigation is put in the spot light as old resentments
come to the surface jeopardising a quick conclusion to the murders. Bell
calls in Arthur Conan Doyle for support, but when Doyle seems to side with
the Chief rather than his mentor, cracks start to appear in their long
friendship. Can Joseph Bell's extraordinary powers of deduction reveal that
there is more to this case than meets the eye? Or will he be proved wrong
for the first time in his career?
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Crossing -By:Delbert
Mann/Actors:John Hurt ; Beau Bridges ; Jane Alexander ; Glynnis O'Connor ;
Doug McKeon ; Keith McKeon ; Geoffrey Liesik ; Michael Liesik
In the fall of 1979, one of history's most ingenious and
courageous flights to freedom took place when two families fled from
Communist East Germany to the West in their own handcrafted hot air balloon.
Starring John Hurt (HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE), Jane Alexander
(THE CIDER HOUSE RULES), and Beau Bridges, Walt Disney Pictures brings to
the screen this remarkable true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families
and their daring, death-defying escape.
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Oliver Twist
-By:Tony Bill/Actors:Richard Dreyfuss ; Elijah Wood ; David O'Hara ; Alex
Trench
Charles Dicken's
classical story about the young orphan boy in 1837 England is adapted for
the small screen by Tony Bill...
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On The Edge (5.1/DTS)
-By:John Carney/Actors:Cillian Murphy ; Tricia Vessey ; Jonathan Jackson ;
Stephen Rea
Sometimes looking
inside is the only way out.After a near-fatal car accident in a stolen car,
19 year-old Jonathan Breech (Cillian Murphy) is given two choices: prison or
a psychiatric hospital. He begrudgingly accepts the latter although he makes
it clear to his psychiatrist (Rea) that he doesn't believe in therapy.
Jonathan then begins the long journey of understanding himself through other
patients. His friend Toby (Jackson), a sensitive tormented young man who
blames himself for his brother's accidental death, offers support. And, by
falling for Rachel (Vessey), who is constantly testing him, unable to
believe that anyone can love her, learns to love others. A poignant
coming-of-age drama, as a young man learns to accept his feelings and
embrace life through love and friendship.
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Pandaemonium (2000)
-By:Julian Temple/Actors:John Hannah ; Linus Roache ; Samantha Morton ;
Emily Woof ; Samuel West ; Dexter Fletcher ; Emma Fielding ; Andy Serkis
Their poems have
crossed centuries, but now their secrets will be revealed. At the turn of
the 19th century, poetry love and betrayal bound together William Wordsworth
and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The duo who would become literary icons
collaborated during a tumultuous period of political and romantic idealism -
and their friendship followed a similarly turbulent course. The men
experience rivalry, jealousy and addiction in their ultimately diverging
quests for artistic freedom.
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Perfect
-By:James
Bridges/Actors:John Travolta ; Marilu Henner ; Jamie Lee Curtis ; Laraine
Newman ; David Paymer
Where love is a dance,
and beauty is everything...John Travolta is a writer for Rolling Stone;
Jamie lee Curtis is a beautiful aerobics instuctor. When he investigates
health clubs as the singles bar of the '80's, sparks fly and a sizzling
romance heats up.
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Pinero
-By:Leon
Ichaso/Actors:Benjamin Bratt ; Giancarlo Esposito ; Talisa Soto ; Nelson
Vasquez ; Michael Irby ; Michael Wright ; Rita Moreno ; Jaime Sanchez ; Rome
Neal ; Mandy Patinkin ; Robert Klein
Available for the first
time on DVD!Miguel Piero was a New York City poet and playwright who wrote
what he knew: a world of "stabbing, shooting and dying." This gritty,
non-linear biographical film presents Piero's dark charisma and even darker
life in all it's angry glory. A junkie, a drug dealer, and a thief, Piero
(played by Benjamin Bratt) spent time in Sing-Sing prison, an experience
which was the basis of his most famous play, SHORT EYES, which won the Tony
award in 1974. Piero also pioneered the spoken-word poetry (the forebearer
to rap and hip-hop) of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, which he helped found.
Mixing digital video in color with 16mm film in black and white, the film
creates a convincingly harsh and lively portrait of life on the mean streets
of Lower East Side Manhattan in the 1970s and '80s.
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Prophet Of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
-By:Jud
Taylor/Actore:Brian Dennehy ; William Devane ; Tracey Needham ; Dee Wallace
Stone ; Michael Watson ; Jack Earle Haley
The true story of Ervil
LeBaron, a fanatical cult leader, who ordered the death of anyone who dared
to challenge his beliefs. Investigator Dan Fields is determined to bring
this figure of pure evil to justice, even with a price on his own head.
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Purgatory
-By:Ami
Artzi/Actors:Tanya Roberts ; Julie Pop ; Hal Orlandini ; Adrienne Pierce ;
Marie Human ; Rufus Swart ; Clare Marshall
On the way to their
African airport, two peace corps volunteers pick up a friendly hitchhiker.
However, the innocent traveller is in fact a drug smuggler and when stopped
at a checkpoint, the discovery of the drug stash propels the two female
volunteers into the living hell of a women's prison...
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Quadrophenia: Special Edition (2 Discs)
-Actors:Phil Daniels ; Mark Wingett ; Philip
Davis ; Leslie Ash ; Garry Cooper
We are the mods, we are the mods,we are, we are, we are the
mods! London 1964: two rival youth cults emerge - the mods and the rockers -
with explosive consequences. For Jimmy (Phil Daniels) and his sharp-suited,
pill-popping, scooter-riding mates, being a mod is a way of life. It's their
generation. Together they head off to Brighton for an orgy of drugs, thrills
and violent confrontation against the rockers. Jimmy never wants to stray
from his maxim: "I don't wanna be like everybody else, that's why I'm a mod,
see?" Will Jimmy emerge a hero or will he be disillusioned by his way of
life?
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Rabbit Proof Fence -Actors:Kenneth
Branagh ; David Gulpilil ; Everlyn Sampi ; Tianna Sansbury ; Laura Monag
Molly, Daisy and Gracie are all born of an Aboriginal mother
and a white father. Forcibly removed from their family by the Australian
government, the girls are taken 1,500 miles to a severe Anglican education
camp. There they are trained as domestic servants in order to be
'assimilated' into white society. Molly Craig, the oldest of the three leads
her younger sister and cousin in a daring escape back to their home and
family. The film follows the trio on an epic journey across the breathtaking
Australian Outback. A government built, rabbit proof fence that stretches
from the north to the south of Australia, ironically provides the girls with
something that they can follow all the way home, away from the cruelty of
their oppressors.
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Shattering The Silence
-By:Linda Otto/Actors:Joanna Kerns ; Michael Brandon ; Tony Roberts ;
Shelley Hack ; Richard Gilliland ; Dina Merrill
A happily-married
mother discovers that her own childhood was destroyed by ... . Now she must
confront her own nightmares and protect her niece from the same fate.
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She Said No
-By:John Patterson/Actors:Veronica Hamel ; Judd Hirsch ; Lee Grant ; Ray
Baker
Beth Early is trying to
get over her broken marriage. She attends the local college, where she meets
Martin Knapek, a successful lawyer. One night after accepting his lift home
she is subjected to a brutal assault. At his trial he is freed and Beth is
then faced with a libel suit for wrongly accusing him of rape. Based on a
true story.
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Out -Actors:Ann Mitchell ; Linda
Marlowe ; Maureen Sweeney ; Anna Patrick ; Zoe Heyes ; Magg
Dolly Rawlins is free again. Having served her sentence for
her husband's murder she's now looking to collect a cool 6 million in
diamonds, hidden after a robbery eight years ago. She had dreams of a new
life and the loot will help her start afresh. However, the girls with whom
she served time have their own plans...
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Sirens (1994)-By:John
Duigan/Actors:Sam Neill ; Hugh Grant ; Tara Fitzgerald ; Elle Macpherson
This endearingly funny
comedy has captivated moviegoers everywhere! The charming Hugh Grant plays
an idealistic young minister on a mission. He must tame the wicked ways of a
notorious artist whose paintings of his beautiful models scandalize the
nation! Intent on delivering salvation, the repressed reverend and his wife
instead are led into temptation by their playfully seductive hosts and ...
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Soul Of The Game
-By:Kevin Rodney Sullivan/Actors:Delroy Lindo ; Mykelti Williamson ; Edward
Herrmann ; Blair Underwood ; R. Lee Ermey ; Salli Richardson ; Gina Ravera ;
Obba Babatunde ; Cylk Cozart ; J. D. Hall
In 1945, the world of
baseball was divided between the Majors and the Negro Leagues - but the time
has come for change. Will Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson or Jackie Robinson be
the first to take the field in the Majors?
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Spare Parts (aka: Rezervni Deli)
-By:Damjan
Kozole/Actors:Peter Musevski ; Aljosa Kovacic ; Primoz Petkovsek ; Valter
Dragan ; Aleksandra Balmazovic ; Vladimir Vlaskalic ; Verica Nedeska
Krsko, a small
industrial town near the southern Slovenian border with Croatia. The only
Slovenian nuclear power plant is based at the outskirts of the city. Ludvik,
a former national speedway champion and widower, transports illegal
immigrants every night
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Stage Door Canteen
-By:Frank Borzage/Actors:Katharine Hepburn ; Helen Hayes ; Edgar Bergen ;
Harpo Marx ; Count Basie ; Benny Goodman ; Guy Lombardo ; Freddy Martin
In an effort to boost
morale on the home front, Hollywood made several films overflowing with
talent saluting the good old USA and the boys getting ready to go overseas.
The Stage Door Canteen similar to the USO clubs, used real Hollywood
celebrities to wait on and entertain any and all servicemen who came there.
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Stalker (2 Discs)
-By:Andrei Tarkovsky/Actors:Aleksander Kaidanovsky ; Nikolai Grinko ; Alice
Friendlich
Andrey Tarkovsky
entered school in Moscow in 1945, and nine years later enrolled at the State
Institute of Cinematography. He displayed a remarkable talent with his first
feature, Ivan's Childhood, in 1962 and he continued to astound for over
twenty years. He announced his self-imposed exile from the USSR in 1984,
just two years before his death. His memory has since been venerated in his
home country, and his reputation and stature continue to grow throughout the
world. The 'Stalker' is half-outlaw, half-saint; he guides those who want to
enter the Forbidden Zone, seeking an answer to their deepest desires, while
hoping to heal his own sick daughter: but the Zone plays strange tricks on
those who dare to enter - and Tarkovsky here creates his most disturbing
vision of a dislocated world.
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Tape
-By:Richard
Linklater/Actors:Ethan Hawke ; Uma Thurman ; Robert Sean Leonard
After ten years apart
three people come together at a motel to play out the unresolved drama of
their final days in high school. The nature of memory and truth, the bonds
between old friends and lovers are examined with hagged intensity. Amy
arrives at the motel expecting only to see Vince but is stunned to be also
facing John, and her past. Steeped in venom, deception and manipulation Tape
is a super-taut and superbly acted thriller written by Stephen Belber and
directed by Richard Linklater.
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The Body
-By:Jonas McCord/Actors:Antonio Banderas ; Olivia Williams ; Vernon
Dobtcheff ; Jason Flemyng ; Derek Jacobi ; Makram Khoury ; Ian McNeice ;
John Shrapnel ; John Wood
To Find The Truth, He
Will Risk His Life And Challenge His Faith.Dawn of a new millennium. In the
cradle of faith that is Jerusalem, two seemingly mismatched people from
different worlds and cultures -- a Vatican-appointed Jesuit priest (Antonio
Banderas) and an Israeli archaeologist (Olivia Williams) -- make a tenuous
alliance to investigate a find that threatens the very foundations of
Western religion. It also threatens to blow apart the region's fragile
peace.
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The Brit Flick Box Set
-/Actors:Phil Collins ; Julie Walters ; Nick Moran ; Ray Winstone ; Max
Beesley
Box set containing the
following films: Buster: Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time
job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he flees to
Mexico but finds that he must choose between his family and his freedom.
Five Seconds To Spare: A young musician travels to London in pursuit of his
dreams, but winds up the sole witness to a bizarre murder. Christy Malry's
Own Double Entry: Nick Moran uses the principles of double-entry bookkeeping
to settle his accounts with society.
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The Cemetery Club
-By:Bill Duke/Actors:Olympia Dukakis ; Ellen Burstyn ; Diane Ladd ; Danny
Aiello ; Lainie Kazan ; Christina Ricci
An all-star cast lights
up the screen with irresistible laughter and charm in the heartwarming
comedy, The Cemetery Club. When three spirited widows throw caution to the
wind and go in search of eligible bachelors, they discover that the
transition from mating to dating is a tricky proposition filled with
unexpected surprises. Academy Award winners Olympia Dukakis, 1987 Best
Supporting Actress, (Moonstruck) and Ellen Burstyn, 1974 Best Actress,
(Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore), plus Academy Award nominees Diane Ladd,
1991 Best Supporting Actress, (Rambling Rose) and Danny Aiello, 1989 Best
Supporting Actor, (Do The Right Thing), team up to deliver genuinely
delightful performances in this fun-filled celebration of life you're sure
to enjoy!
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The Deli
-By:John Gallagher/Actors:Mike Starr ; Matt Keeslar ; Ice-T ; Heavy D ;
Judith Malina ; Michael Badalucco ; Iman ; Jerry Stiller ; Gretchen Mol ;
Michael Imperioli ; David Johansen ; Heather Matarazzo ; Debi Mazar ; Chris
Noth
In the course of one
intense, hilarious week, from Sunday to Saturday, Johnny (Mike Starr) must
use all his wits and charms to pay off a debt in a comic plot that snowballs
into a suspenseful climax. Johnny is the owner of a deli, a middle aged
happy-go-lucky, perpetually-behind-the-eight-ball kinda guy... a gambler
with a heart of gold. Johnny's mother has been giving her son $10 a week for
years to play a special number - but Johnny stopped playing the number five
years ago. The inevitable day comes when Mrs Amico's number comes up and he
scrambles to raise the money...
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Four Minute Mile (Prism)
-Actors:Richard Huw ; Nique Needles ; Adrian Rawlins ; John Philbin ;
Michael York ; Adr
In 1954, four athletes across three continents were trying to
run a mile under the milestone 4 minute mark - a feat then thought
impossible. With two supremely gifted athletes emerging as front runners:
England's Roger Bannister and Australia's John Landy a race into the history
books was on...Based on Roger Bannister's sporting achievement, this film is
a story of dedication, perseverance and glory.
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The Fourth Mann
-By:Paul Verhoeven/Actors:Jeroen Krabbe ; Renee Soutendijk ; Thom Hoffman ;
Geert De Jong
A death-obsessed,
dreamlike thriller and a wickedly funny comedy. -Newsweek Gerard Reve
(Jeroen Krabbe) is a controversial alcoholic novelist who claims his stories
"lie the truth". But when he is seduced by sexy widow Christine (Renee
Soutendijk), Gerard finds himself trapped in a nightmare of blasphemy,
bloodshed, and bisexual desire. Has Christine brutally murdered her previous
three husbands or is Gerard only hallucinating his horrific fate as 'The
Fourth Man'? Part savage thriller, part outrageous black comedy, this
acclaimed erotic shocker was the final Dutch-language film directed by Paul
Verhoeven and features stunning cinematography by Jan de Bont (director of
'Speed' and 'Twister').
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The Importance Of Being Earnest
-By:Anthony
Asquith/Actors:Michael Redgrave ; Michael Denison ; Edith Evans ; Joan
Greenwood ; Dorothy Tutin ; Margaret Rutherford ; Miles Malleson ;
Oscar Wilde's comic
jewel sparkles in Anthony Asquith's film adaptation of The Importance of
Being Earnest. Featuring brilliantly polished performances by Michael
Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, and Dame Edith Evans, the enduringly hilarious
story of two young women who think themselves engaged to the same
nonexistent man is given the grand Technicolor treatment. Seldom has a
classic stage comedy been so engagingly transferred to the screen!
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The Scarlet Pimpernel - A King's Ransom (1999)
-By:Patrick
Lau/Actors:Richard E. Grant ; Elizabeth McGovern ; Martin Shaw
In this final film of
the series, The Scarlet Pimpernel is drawn into a mystery which threatens to
destroy the French monarchy forever whilst putting his own life in grave
danger. The heir to the French throne, 10 year old Dauphin, is under the
control of Robespierre but is kidnapped by a sinister masked character. As
Sir Percy gets close to witnesses who might identify the Dauphin's kidnapper
they are killed before they can reveal the truth. However, all the signs
point to the legendary swordsman Chevalier D'Orly - the only person with the
skill and strength needed for the daring kidnap...
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The Scarlet Pimpernel - Valentin Gautier (1999)
-By:Patrick
Lau/Actors:Richard E. Grant ; Elizabeth McGovern ; Martin Shaw
In this second of three
adventures the Scarlet Pimpernel may have met his match when he is forced to
confront Gabrielle Damiens, alias Mademoiselle Guillotine, the French
Revolution's most feared whip-wielding killer...
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The Three Worlds Of Gulliver
-By:Jack
Sher/Actors:Kerwin Matthews ; Jo Morrow ; Jane Thorburn ; Lee Patterson ;
Gregoire Aslan ; Basil Sydney ; Charles Lloyd Pack
Gulliver leaves home to
see the world and seek adventure on the high seas. But his ship is wrecked
by a storm and he is washed ashore on Lilliput where the people are just a
few inches high. His travels then take him to Brobdignag, a land inhabited
by enormous giants...
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Tipping The Velvet
-By:Geoffrey Sax/Actors:Rachael Stirling ; Keeley Hawes ; Hugh Bonneville ;
John Bowe ; Anna Chancellor ; Jodhi May
The most sexually
explicit drama the BBC has ever broadcast! An erotically charged exploration
of lesbian life in Victorian London... Episode 1 The glamorous world of the
19th -century music hall provides the backdrop for Nan's first love affair
with Kitt
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Umberto D -Actors:Carlo Battisti ;
Maria Pia Casilio ; Lina Gennari ; Alberto Albani Barbieri
Retired civil servant Umberto struggles to survive on his
rapidly dwindling pension in the harsh environment of post-World War II
Rome, a city plagued by its society's total disregard for the plight of the
elderly, the poor and the downtrodden. His only companions are his loyal
dog, Flag, and a pregnant housemaid named Maria (Maria-Pia Casilio). Facing
eviction from his humble home by his tyrannical landlady (Lina Gennari),
Umberto's desperate, failed attempts to raise money lead him to contemplate
suicide. But first he must find a home for his little dog. Filmed on
location in Rome with a totally non-professional cast, Vittorio De Sica's
compassionate but unsentimental handling of Umberto's tale devastatingly
conveys the wretchedness of poverty and old age. 'Umberto D' is a deeply
emotional and moving film that has quite rightly been hailed as a timeless
classic of modern cinema.
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Valentino (1977)
-By:Ken Russell/Actors:Rudolf Nureyev ; Michelle Phillips ; Leslie Caron ;
Felicity Kendal ; Alfred Marks ; Anton Diffring ; Carol Kane ; John Justin ;
Jennie Linden ; John Ratzenberger
Premier ballet dancer,
Rudolph Nureyev, makes his acting debut in this lavish story of the life of
the famous silent screen actor Rudolph Valentino, who caused female
moviegoers to riot in the streets upon his death.Controversial director Ken
Russell lavishly recreates the glitzy and decadent atmosphere of the roaring
20's and the presence of Nureyev as Valentino imbues the film with passion
rarely found in Hollywood.
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Wings Of Desire (1987) (Anchor Bay)
-By:Wim
Wenders/Actors:Otto Sander ; Peter Falk ; Bruno Ganz ; Solveig Dommartin ;
Curt Bois
There are angels on the
streets of Berlin...One of Wim Wenders' biggest commercial successes and
arguably his most accessible film to date, WINGS OF DESIRE (Der Himmel uber
Berlin) centres around two trench-coated angels, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and
Cassiel ...
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Of The Gun (1991)
-Actors:Valeria Golino ; Andrew McCarthy ; Sharon Stone ; John Pankow
A Heart-Stopping, Intelligent Thriller - New York Post The
master of the poetical thriller, John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian
Candidate), has done it again - this time focusing his astute lens on Rome
in the late seventies, a time in which the classical
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And Reba -Actrors:Sean
Patrick Flanery ; Brittany Murphy ; Kathy Najimy ; Martin Mull ; Michael Je
Reba (Murphy of CLUELESS and 8 MILE) calls off her wedding a week
before it is to occur. After her fiance commits suicide, guilty Reba takes
off for her hometown of Spooner. There she encounters Beulah (Reynolds) and
her grieving grandson Zack (Flanery of POWDER), who is still in love with
his dead wife. Beulah begins scheming to bring these two attractive and
mixed-up youngsters together...
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