maxatron's - Favourites List

Show moreShow less

Richard Gere stars as Professor Parker Wilson, a distinguished scholar who discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home from work. Despite initial objections from Wilson's wife, Cate, Hachi endears himself into the Wilson family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion.

As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds embodying the true spirit of family and loyalty while inspiring the hearts of an entire town.

Show moreShow less

Kon-Tiki is the Academy Award winning film of an astonishing adventure, a journey spanning 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft.

Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by the mythical hero Kon-Tiki. Heyerdahl knew that the trade winds and ocean currents off the South American coastline bear in the direction of Polynesia. Ridiculed by the scientific establishment, who had concluded that a voyage by aboriginal balsa raft from Peru to Polynesia was impossible, he decided to prove the possibility of his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. The ensuing expedition was hailed as one of the most fantastic feats of daring and courage of its time.
On 28th April 1947, Heyerdahl and his five crew members embarked from Peru on their daring voyage to the Marquesas Islands on a balsa wood raft built according to the traditions of South America's pre-Columbian Indians. After 101 suspenseful days on the open sea, alone amid raging storms, whales and countless sharks, they landed on the Polynesian island of Raroia.
The expedition attracted worldwide interest. Heyerdahl's book Kon-Tiki was translated into 67 languages and sold more than 20 million copies. Heyerdahl had been presented with a film camera before the journey began, and both the building of the raft and the voyage across the Pacific were filmed in great detail. This fascinating black and white film was awarded an Oscar for the most outstanding documentary of 1951. The raft is now exhibited at the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo.

Show moreShow less

series Angry Boys. Chris brings to life Doniel and Nathan Sims, identical twins who live on a farm in Dunt, South Australia; Ruth Sims, aka Gran, a prison guard who works at a juvenile justice centre for boys; U.S. rapper S.

mouse, who finds himself on house arrest after doing a poo on a police cor; former world surfing champion Blake Oakfield, a surf gang leader who lost his balls in q shooting; and Jen Okazaki, domineering mother/manager of her skateboarding champion son and creator of the Gaystyle Enterprises empire.

Show moreShow less

John Travolta gives a sensual and intelligent performance as the troubled Tony Manero - Brooklyn paint store clerk by day and undisputed King of the dance floor by night.

Every Saturday, Tony puts on his wide collared shirt, flared trousers and platform shoes and heads out to the only place where he's seen as a god rather than just some young punk. But in the darkness, away from the strobe lights and glitter ball, is a tragic story of disillusionment, violence and heartbreak. Without a doubt, Travolta's performance made him a Hollywood legend, but 'Saturday Night Fever' is more than just a movie that defined the music and fashion of a generation. It's a powerful and provocative urban tragedy that carries as much significance today as it did in 1977.

Show moreShow less

Distinguished Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos directs the great Marcello Mastroianni in this extraordinary and beautifully photographed tale of self-discovery. Mastroianni plays Spyros, a schoolmaster of late middle-age who is disenchanted and unfulfilled by life.

Deciding to undertake a solitary journey to find emerging springtime flowers for his cherished beehives, Spyros encounters a young female hitchhiker with whom he begins to become obsessed. Charged with quiet emotional intensity, The Beekeeper' is a moving and powerful film about a man's struggle to find release from the spectre of the past.

Show moreShow less

Whilst crossing a snowy mountainside, a group of modern-day hunters are astonished to discover the corpse of a Greek guerrilla fighter from the 1949 civil war with wounds still fresh. At the subsequent inquest set up to explain the impossible phenomenon, the group is called upon to give evidence.

As they speak of their experiences during the civil war and the years that followed, each is revealed to be in part responsible for the man's death. Highly symbolic and at times surreal, the country's political right is held to account for its past crimes in Theo Angelopoulos' impassioned and powerful film.

The story of a legendary, lovable canine that roamed the outback and found his way into the hearts of each and everyone he met along the way. He brought people together, helping some find love and others to find themselves.

Show moreShow less

The unfortunate young man in this movie grew up in a moderately well-off Indian family which has now fallen on hard times. His ambitions for a career were dashed when his high grades were changed at the instigation of a vindictive professor at his school.

Through a series of accidents, he finds a job as a factory-rep, or middleman. However, he does not prosper until he abandons his thoroughgoing rectitude and begins providing some extra services to people who can give him big accounts.

Show moreShow less

Candela and Josu's families arranged their marriage while they were still children. But Josu loves Lucia and Candela has fallen in love with Carmelo. Josu is stabbed to death in a duel and Carmelo is sent to prison.

When he is released, Carmelo returns to Candela but Josu's ghost haunts the young woman and creates a barrier to their love.

Show moreShow less

Backstage in a theatre, the camera follows the arrival, make-up and rehearsal of a dance company. They perform the flamenco ballet, Blood Wedding: Leonardo, a married man, is in love with the bride to be.

At the end of the ceremony he runs off with the bride but the bridegroom chases after them and challenges his rival.

Show moreShow less

Shot in the summer of 1975 as General Franco lay dying, Saura's masterpiece takes its title from a sinister Spanish proverb: 'Raise ravens and they'll pluck out your eyes'.

A subtle yet unmistakable indictment of the family as a repressive force in Spanish society, 'Cria cuervos' centres on an eight-year-old orphan (the spellbinding Ana Torrent) who believes herself to have poisoned her cold, authoritarian father (Hector Alterio), a high-ranking military man whom she blames for the death of her adored mother (Geraldine Chaplin).