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Tokyo Drifter (1966)Tôkyô Nagaremono
Tetsu (Tetsuya Watari) and his boss Kurata (Ryûji Kita) want to put their life of crime behind them and go straight. But the past is not so easy to escape and when Kurata comes under threat from old adversaries, loyalties soon draw his number one bodyguard back into a world of gangland rivalry and bloodshead. - Director:
- Seijun Suzuki
- Cast:
- Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani
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Released in 1971 to critical acclaim and public controversy, Peter Bogdanovich's 'The Last Picture Show' garnered eight Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and was hailed by many as the most important work by a young American director since Citizen Kane. A surprisingly frank, bittersweet drama of social and sexual mores in small-town Texas, the film features a talented cast led by Jeff Bridges, Cybill Sheperd and Timothy Bottoms. - Director:
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Cast:
- Peter Bogdanovich, Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges
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George (Warren Beatty) is one of L.A.'s most desirable men, a Beverly Hills hairdresser who makes all his female clients look, and feel, better than ever. Encouraged by his girlfriend Jill (Goldie Hawn) to open his own salon, George approaches conservative businessman Lester (Jack Warden) for financing. Unbeknownst to Lester, George is sleeping with his wife (Lee Grant), his mistress (Julie Christie) and his teenage daughter (Carrie Fisher). Can George resist temptation and settle down with Jill or will he get tangled up in even more scandalous affairs? - Director:
- Hal Ashby
- Cast:
- Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn
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Léon Morin, Priest (1961)Leon Morin, Pretre
In a town in the French Alps during the Occupation, Barny (Emmanuelle Riva) is a young, wayward, sexually frustrated widow, living with her little girl. She is also a communist militant who long ago decided that the easiest way was the best. One day she enters a church, randomly chooses a priest (Jean-Paul Belmondo) to confess to and, while in confessional, attempts to provoke him by criticizing Catholicism. Instead of being affronted, the priest engages her in an intellectual discussion regarding religion. The priest is Leon Morin, young, handsome, smart and altruistic. He invites Barny to continue the conversation outside of confessional. She begins regularly seeing him and is impressed by his moral strength, while he makes it his mission to steer her onto the right path. - Director:
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc
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The charismatic Chester MacFarland (Viggo Mortensen) and his alluring younger wife Colette (Kirsten Dunst) are in Athens during a European vacation. Whilst sightseeing at the Acropolis they encounter Rydal (Oscar Isaac), a young, Greek-speaking American who is working as a tour guide, scamming female tourists on the side. Drawn to Colette's beauty and impressed by Chester's wealth and sophistication, Rydal gladly accepts their invitation to dinner. But, all is not as it seems with the MacFarlands as Chester's affable exterior hides darker secrets. When Rydal visits the couple at their exclusive hotel, events take a more sinister turn and he finds himself compromised and unable to pull free... - Director:
- Hossein Amini
- Cast:
- Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac
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Coraline Jones (voice of Dakota Fanning) is bored until she finds a secret door and discovers an alternate, better, version of her life on the other side. When this seemingly perfect world turns dangerous, and her other parents - including her Other Mother (voice of Teri Hatcher) - try to trap her forever; Coraline must use her resourcefulness, determination and bravery to escape this perilous world - and save her family. - Director:
- Henry Selick
- Cast:
- Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Extended Cut (2004)The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Special Extended Edition Scenes
The extended version (with 48 extra minutes) of the final film in Peter Jackson's epic big screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy - which won all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Gandalf manages to rally Gondor's fallen army with the help of King Theoden of Rohan for the biggest battle in the history of Middle-earth; and Aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilities. They are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep Sauron distracted in order to enable Frodo to complete his quest to destroy the Ring by throwing it into the fires of the Mountain of Doom. - Director:
- Peter Jackson
- Cast:
- Elijah Wood, Alan Howard, John Stephenson
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La Cage aux Folles (1978)The Mad Cage
Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michel Serrault) - a middle-aged gay couple who are the manager and star performer at a glitzy drag club in Saint-Tropez - agree to hide their sexual identities, along with their flamboyant personalities and home decor, when the ultraconservative parents of Renato's son fiancée come for a visit. This elegant comic scenario kicks off a wild and warmhearted French farce about the importance of nonconformity and being true to oneself. A breakout art-house smash in America, Edouard Molinaro's 'La Cage aux Folles' inspired a major Broadway musical and the blockbuster remake 'The Birdcage'. But with its hilarious performances and ahead-of-its-time social message, there's nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. - Director:
- Édouard Molinaro
- Cast:
- Ugo Tognazzi, Jacques Balutin, Michel Serrault
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The Innocent (1976)L'innocente
Luchino Visconti, the father of Neo Realism revisits the dramatic themes from his award winning 'The Leopard' in his final work of art "The Innocent". Driven by a powerful performance by Giancarlo Giannini (Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace) whose antihero displays hitherto uncharted monstrosity, "The Innocent" is set against the opulent backdrop of the decadent aristocratic life of late 19th century and its hypocritical social conventions; telling the story of Tullio (Giancarlo Giannini) who, having left his wife for his latest mistress, is seized by jealous fury when he discovers that his wife has also taken a lover. Outraged by this unsuspected audacity, he will do everything to reconquer her... - Director:
- Luchino Visconti
- Cast:
- Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Rina Morelli
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The Last Detail (1973)El último deber
Jack Nicholson in his very best in this highly-acclaimed dramatic comedy about three sailors on the loose. Two hard-boiled career petty officers, Buddusky and Mulhall, are detailed to take a young sailor, Meadows, from a Virginia Naval Base to a New Hampshire Naval Prison to serve an eight-year sentence for a trivial offence. Buddusky and Mulhall take a liking is Meadows and are determined to show him a food time on their journey north. Their escapades begin in Washington where they narrowly escape a bar fight, then get blink drunk in their hotel room. In New York City, they tangle with some Marines, and in Boston, Buddusky takes Meadows to a brothel for his first sexual experience. Finally, after reluctantly turning in Meadows, Buddusky and Mullhal realise they are as much prisoners of their won world as Meadows now is of his. - Director:
- Hal Ashby
- Cast:
- Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Otis Young
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Experienced manservant Barrett (Dirk Dirk Bogarde) starts working for foppish aristocrat Tony (James Fox) in his smart new townhouse. Much to the chagrin of Tony's girlfriend (Wendy Craig), Barrett slowly insinuates himself in the house and manipulates his master by slyly rearranging the decor. The arrival of Barrett's alluring and sexually permissive 'sister' (Sarah Miles) fatally severs the class barriers and the boundaries between master and servant, as Tony succumbs to the will of his stronger adversary. - Director:
- Joseph Losey
- Cast:
- Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig
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It is 1827. Beethoven is dead and the whole of Vienna is mourning. For his friend Anton Schindler (Jeroen Krabbe) it is the start of a strange search. In his will Beethoven has left all his worldly goods to his "Immortal Beloved" and Schindler takes it upon himself to discover this person’s identity. His search takes him on a fascinating journey into the mysterious life of the legendary composer and his artistic and romantic passions. A life that is once tragic and inspirational; obsessive and romantic; lived by a man best by his own genius an its tumultuous consequences. - Director:
- Bernard Rose
- Cast:
- Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini
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Bob the Gambler (1956)Bob Le Flambeur
In Melville's self-confessed 'love letter to Paris', the world-weary hero weaves his way through a stylised Parisian underworld, a failed gambler wearing a trench coat and a gentleman's code of honor. His pursuit of the ultimate heist takes him on a journey from the Sacre Coeur to Montmartre and Pigalle. Encountering betrayal, secrets and a dangerously seductive young girl, Bob Le Flambeur seeks to carry out his one final crime, despite warnings from L'inspecteur, his loyal friend yet adversary. - Director:
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast:
- Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy
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Children of Paradise (1945)Les Enfants Du Paradis
Set amidst the glittering theatre world of 19th century Paris, the story revoles around the beautiful and free-spirted courtesan, Garanace, and the four men who compete for her affections; a mime-artist, an actor, an aristocrat and a criminal. As the melodrama unfolds, we are treated to one of cinema's greatest love stories, a captivating tale of passion, deception and murder. - Director:
- Marcel Carné
- Cast:
- Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur
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The extended edition (over 40 extra minutes) of the second film in Peter Jackson's epic big screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy. The Fellowship of the Ring has now divided and Sam and Frodo are lost in the hills of Emyn Muil. They are also being followed by Gollum,a creature who promises to help them find the Mountain of Doom. Meanwhile Aragorn,Legolas and Gimli search for the hobbits Merry and Pippin in the Kingdom of Rohan,which is currently being attacked by Saruman's orc armies. Gandalf returns as Gandalf the White to remind Aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of Rohan with Gondor. Whilst the Fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the Two Towers: Orthanc Tower in Isengard where Saruman has bred a deadly army of 10,000,and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dûr. - Director:
- Peter Jackson
- Cast:
- Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen
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