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For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen), "Lt. Tawny Madison" (Sigourney Weaver) and "Dr. Lazarus" (Alan Rickman) - set off on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space...

and then their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beamed up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director and no clue, the actors must turn in the performance of their lives in this hilarious adventure.

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Small town fire chief C.D. Bales (Steve Martin) falls madly in love with the new girl in town, a gorgeous astronomer called Roxanne (Daryl Hannah). But there's an enormous problem - C.D.

has an amazingly big nose, and is convinced that such a beauty could never love a man with such a gargantuan appendage. Roxanne proves him right when she falls for Chris, a hunky and good looking fireman. The mayhem continues when C.D. agrees to ghost-write Chris's love letters, in which he pours out his own secret feelings. In this charming modernisation of the Cyrano de Bergerac story, will C.D.'s nose (and Chris's body) come between him and true love?

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"My name is Jim, but most people call me...Jim". And most people call Blazing Saddles deliriously funny.

Filmmaker, star and paddle-ball whiz Mel Brooks goes way out West and way out of his mind with a spiffy spoof set in an 1874 Old West where 1974 Hollywood is just one soundstage away-and where nonstop fun blasts prejudices to the high comedy heavens. Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn and more join for horseplay and horselaughs, making Blazing Saddles the # 6 choice among the American Film Institute's Top-100 Comedies. Give these out to the boys in Lieu of pay. And enjoy

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At the dawn of the Civil War, the men of Cold Mountain, North Carolina, rush to join the Confederate army. Ada (Kidman) has vowed to wait for Inman (Law), but as the war drags on and letters go unanswered, she must find the will to survive.

At war's end, hearts will be dashed, dreams fulfilled and the strength of the human spirit tested...but not broken.

When a priceless painting is stolen, the insurance company sends its most cunning - and seductive - investigator (Catherine Zeta-Jones) to match wits with a solitary master thief (Sean Connery). Following a global cat-and-mouse chase, the two join forces for the ultimate heist... or so it seems.

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When the USS Missouri welcomes aboard entertainers for the battleship's last voyage, the visitors throw a party. A war party. Led by a rogue CIA operative (Tommy Lee Jones) and a turncoat officer (Gary Busey), they're killer-elite commandos out to hijack the ship's nuclear arsenal.

They overpower the crew, except one man. "I'm just a cook", that man says. But he's a cook with a recipe for action. He's ex-Navy Seal and decorated combat operative Casey Ryback (Steven Seagal). All hands on deck, action fans!

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Air travel is safest, the FAA says. But the FAA never figured the risk with Charles Rane on board. "The Rane of Terror" has masterminded four terrorist attacks. Soon there will be a fifth - and that's bad news for passengers on Flight 163.

But there's good news too: the man in seat 57! Wesley Snipes earns his wings in this exciting airborne adventure. He plays John Cutter, an undercover security operative that enters the lavatory and exits to find Rane (Bruce Payne) and his gang have taken over. Cutter's next move is clear. Do or be done to.

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In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera", Cameron Mackintosh produced a unique, spectacular staging of the musical on a scale which had never been seen before.

Inspired by the original staging by Hal Prince and Gillian Lynne, this lavish, fully-staged production set in the sumptuous Victorian splendour of London's legendary Royal Albert Hall features a cast and orchestra of over 200, plus some very special guest appearances.

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When a power-crazed despot schemes to buy California from Mexico, it takes two Zorros -the legendary Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) and his chosen successor Alejandro Murrieta (Antonio Banderas), a dashing bandit-turned-hero - to defeat the tyrant's unscrupulous plans.

But can even their combined skills, bravado and derring-do be enough to achieve de la Vega's ultimate goal: revenge against the man who killed his wife, kidnapped his daughter and held him prisoner for twenty years?

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Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, a man who has to confront the legend of the axe-wielding headless horseman in order to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel. Set in 1799, "Sleepy Hollow" is based on Washington Irving's classic tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Faithful to the dreamy custom-bound world that Irving paints in his story, the film mixes horror, fantasy and romance, and features an extraordinary cast of characters who dabble in the supernatural.

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A troubled U.S. Army officer (Denzel Washington) is ask to review the posthumous candidacy of the first woman (Meg Ryan) to receive a Medal of Honor.

During the investigation, he finds himself plunged into an apparent cover-up surrounding her death -- and must confront his own tormenting demon in the process.

Sam (Corey Haim) and his older brother Michael (Jason Patric) are average, everyday teens. But after they move with their mother (Dianne Wiest) to peaceful Santa Clara, California, things mysteriously begin to change. Michael's not himself lately. And Mom's not going to like what he's turning into.

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Of all the men and women in the jury he chose her. He knows everything about her - what she's thinking, what she's feeling - but most of all, he knows what scares her...

Demi Moore stars as Annie, a single mother determined to set her son a good example by serving as a juror in the trial of a powerful mobster. During the jury selection procedure, Annie is evaluated, not only by the judge and attorneys, but also by "The Teacher" (Alec Baldwin), a lethal onlooker. He has been hired by the Mafia to do whatever it takes to get one of the jurors to vote for an acquittal. Now, Annie is at the hands of this obsessive and maniacal hitman, and she's about to discover that justice always has a price... and this time it could be her life.

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His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) has traveled to London to vacation with his wife (Anne Archer) and child (Thora Birch).

Meeting his family outside of Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on Lord Holmes (James Fox), a member of the Royal Family. Ryan helps to thwart Holmes' assailants and becomes a local hero. But Ryan's courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorist (Sean Bean) whose brother he killed. Now Ryan must return to action for the most vital assignment of his life: to save his family.

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The most dazzling heist yet. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and co. are back with director Steven Soderbergh for a high-rolling hit that stacks the deck with wit, style and cool.

What are the odds of getting even? Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and the gang are going back to Vegas and this time there's only one reason to pull-off their most ambitious and risky casino heist - to defend one of their own. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank (Al Pacino) double-crosses one of the Eleven - Danny and the gang see if they can break "The Bank".