Julie & Julia is based on the book by Julie Powell, a frustrated New York bureaucrat who wants to be a writer. "But you're not a writer until someone publishes you," she moans. So she gives herself a challenge: to cook her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in one year, and to blog about it. As Powell (played with chirpy determination by Amy Adams), begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own--and in the end it does provide the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise. But mostly, Julie & Julia is a valentine to Child, to Child's amazing love affair with her dashing husband, Paul (Stanley Tucci, as divine as any soufflé in the film), and to her outlook on embracing life, and ordering seconds. Streep throws herself into the Child role with real affection for her character, and while certain of Child's idiosyncrasies--including her warbly voice and unflappable haphazardness in the kitchen--are retained, it's Child's character and vision which form Streep's portrayal, and which make the film so involving and rewarding.

Nora Ephron directs with deftness and a light touch, though she seems at times to be encouraging some of Meg Ryan's onscreen tics in Adams (the self-conscious head tilt, for one). But mostly she simply allows Streep to channel Child and her love of food, her husband, and 1950s Paris. And that is a recipe for something truly sublime

Category:Biography
All Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2009
Country:USA
Runtime: 123 minutes
Rating: 7.7/10
Languages: English

Director:

Nora Ephron

Sound: Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS

Writing by :

Nora Ephron
Julie Powell
Julia Child
Alex Prud'homme

Produced by:

John Bernard
Dianne Dreyer
Nora Ephron
Donald J. Lee Jr.
Laurence Mark
Amy Robinson
Scott Rudin
J.J. Sacha
Eric Steel
Dana Stevens

Music By:

Alexandre Desplat

Cast:

Meryl Streep - Julia Child
Amy Adams - Julie Powell
Stanley Tucci - Paul Child
Chris Messina - Eric Powell
Linda Emond - Simone Beck
Helen Carey - Louisette Bertholle
Mary Lynn Rajskub - Sarah
Jane Lynch - Dorothy McWilliams
Joan Juliet Buck - Madame Brassart
Crystal Noelle - Ernestine
George Bartenieff - Chef Max Bugnard
Vanessa Ferlito - Cassie
Casey Wilson - Regina
Jillian Bach - Annabelle
Andrew Garman - John O'Brien
Michael Brian Dunn - Ivan Cousins
Remak Ramsay - John McWilliams
Diane Kagan - Phila McWilliams
Pamela Stewart - Instructor at Le Cordon Bleu (as Pamela Holden Stewart)
Jeff Brooks - Minister
Frances Sternhagen - Irma Rombauer
Brooks Ashmanskas - Mr. Misher
Eric Sheffer Stevens - Tim
Brian Avers - Garth
Kacie Sheik - Annette
Megan Byrne - Woman at the Party
Deborah Rush - Avis De Voto
Helen Coxe - Dorothy De Santillana
Amanda Hesser - Herself
Maryann Urbano - Dinner Guest
Simon Jutras - Dinner Guest
Felicity Jones - Dinner Guest
Meg Kettell - Simca's Concierge
Stephen Bogardus - Scott McLeod
Byron Jennings - Houghton Mifflin Executive
Kelly AuCoin - Houghton Mifflin Executive
Richard Bekins - Houghton Mifflin Executive
Luc Palun - The Chestnut Vendor
Rémy Roubakha - Oyster Man
Marceline Hugot - Madame Bernheim
Erin Dilly - Judith Jones
Robert Emmet Lunney - Bill Koshland
Guiesseppe Jones - Mailman
Jeff Talbott - Interrogator
Johnny Sparks - Interrogator
Simon Feil - GI
Paul Borghese - GI
Mark Gindick - GI
D.L. Shroder - GI
Darin De Paul - GI
Tom Galantich - American Ambassador
Allyn Burrows - Waiter in Paris Café
Cenovia Cummins - Musician at the Wedding
Maxim Moston - Musician at the Wedding
Shmuel Katz - Musician at the Wedding
Paul Ognissanti - Musician at the Wedding
Eric G. Halvorson - Musician at the Wedding
Julia Prud'homme - Bridge Teacher
Dimitri Radochevitch - Fish Monger
Emmanuel Suarez - Baker
Christelle Cornil - Baker's Wife
Françoise Lebrun - Baker's Mother
Teddy Bergman - Cobb Salad Waiter
Jean-Pierre Becker - Fruit Store Owner
Mark Wilkins - Butcher
Jaime D. Hall - Cheese Guy
Francesco David - Butcher
Denise M. Whalen - Dancer
Luis Villabon - Dancer
Valentine Aprile - Dancer
Alexander Brady - Dancer
Roy William Gardner - Exhibit Guest
Dianne Dreyer - American Housewife
Evelyn Taucher - Hat-Making Teacher
Mary Kay Place - Julie's Mom
Ira Berkowitz - Paris Train Porter
Lou D'Amato - French Bureaucrat
Steve Dash - Hotel Guest
Nancy Digonis - Dinner Guest
Corby Kummer - Guest at embassy party
Alyssa Polacsek - French Maid Server
Peter Riga - Wedding Guest
Stacey Scotte - Cooking Show Guest
Harry L. Seddon - New York City Subway Conductor
Ken Sladyk - Paris Train Porter
Joey Sontz - Wedding Dancer
Tom Stratford - Gangster
Paul Thornton - Restaurant patron

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Plot: Starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams and written and directed, in her most accomplished work to date, by Nora Ephron, this film adroitly combines two separate stories told by two different books (the characters never meet) that are linked not only by subject but also by theme. The first is Julia Child's, "My Life in France," a memoir by the celebrated cook, teacher and writer whose "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and accompanying "The French Chef" television show radically changed the American culinary landscape.

The second memoir, "Julie & Julia," follows writer Julie Powell as she works her way through a self-imposed quest: cooking all 524 recipes in Child's book, all specifically formulated for "the servantless American cook," in the space of one 365-day year.

These two books are linked not only by Powell's decision, or even by the authors' shared zeal for butter, but also by a similarity in personality and situation. Both women are unstoppable forces searching for something worth their involvement, and both find that cooking completes them, makes them feel alive in ways wonderful and unforeseen.

It's also worth noting that these two stories are tales, so to speak, of sisters doing it for themselves. Though both women have loyal and encouraging husbands (played by fine actors Stanley Tucci and Chris Messina) who are crucial to their success, this is the rare Hollywood film where it's the men who are the support team, not the women.

Goofs:

• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When cooking Julia Child's classic boeuf bourguignon Julie uses a Bordeaux or Bordeaux style wine rather than the burgundy or burgundy style wine (Pinot Noir) called for in all beef bourguignon recipes (including Child's).
• Anachronisms: In the final scene, Julia opens a large envelope from her publisher with a copy of her first cookbook inside (published by Knopf, 1961). The envelope is of the Bubble-Wrap variety. Bubble-Wrap itself didn't receive the US Patent (Number 3,142,599) until July 28, 1964. Envelopes of that type started appearing in the late 70's.
• Revealing mistakes: Julia Child's mortar is shown as a white stone or porcelain in construction. The one on display in the Smithsonian's collection is very dark, almost black, stone.
• Anachronisms: The Childs moved to Paris in 1948. There is a scene, fairly early during their stay, at a reception where one can hear a famous Charles Aznavour song in the background. Aznavour was writing for and performing with others then, and only became famous as a solo singer in 1953-54.
• Anachronisms: Throughout the film, Stanley Tucci's glasses can be seen to have a modern anti-reflective coating on them, years before such coatings became available. The tell-tale green sheen on the lenses is particularly visible during the outdoor wedding party.
• Anachronisms: The postal vehicle appearing in front of the Cambridge house, a DJ5, was not used until 1965. The scene in the movie is 1961 or earlier.
• Revealing mistakes: The scene involving Paul Childs photographing a food display in their kitchen, he uses a Rolleiflex camera. While shooting he winds the crank approximately one-and-a-half turns, when loaded with film the transport only requires 2/3 of a turn and stops automatic. So actually he was using an empty camera.
• Anachronisms: When Stanley Tucci is being questioned in Washington there is a pack of Lucky Strike in a green pack. Famously "Lucky Strike green went to war" because the ink contained chromium, a strategic material. Lucky Strike green never came back and the replacement design by Raymond Lowey in white which was introduced early in the war is still in use today and was in the 50s.
• Boom mic visible: When Julia is at lunch with her co-authors and shows them a new recipe, the boom mic is visible when Julia is talking.
• Anachronisms: In the scene where Julia receives a letter about publishing her first book in 1961 (or earlier). The letter carrier bears a blue and red patch with a horse and rider facing left. These patches did not come into service until 1965. The appropriate patch should be a maroon patch with the horse and rider facing the right (backwards) when warn on the left shoulder.
• Anachronisms: The movie opens in 1949 in Paris. In several establishing shots, including the Ile de la Cite and Notre Dame Cathedral, all the buildings appear to be a light tan sandstone color. Until the cleaning projects by culture minister Andre Malreaux in the late 1960s, all the famous buildings in Paris were quite black from centuries of pollution.
• Crew or equipment visible: When Julia is learning basic tasks with the other ladies at cooking school, during the shot one can see the checkered platform under Julia's feet to make her appear taller.

Trivia:

• Because of Meryl Streep's height (5'6") several camera/set/costume tricks had to be employed to mimic Julia Child's height (6'2"). Countertops were lowered, Streep wore extra high heels, and forced perspective camera angles were used.
• Eric Powell's quote ("I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by") was originally made by Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). Eric explains this himself, immediately after delivering the line.
• Both the Paris and Boston train terminal shots were done in the beautifully restored New Jersey Transit Hoboken Train Terminal waiting room.
• The first major motion picture based on a blog.

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Category: Drama
All Genres:Drama, Biography, Music
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 117 minutes
Rating: 7.3/10
Languages: English

Director:

Joe Wright

Sound: Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS

Writing by :

Susannah Grant - screenplay
Steve Lopez - book "The Soloist"

Produced by:

Rikki Lea Bestall - co-producer

Tim Bevan - executive producer

Josephine Davies - associate producer

Eric Fellner - executive producer

Gary Foster - producer

Russ Krasnoff - producer

Jeff Skoll - executive producer

Leeann Stonebreaker - co-producer

Patricia Whitcher - executive producer

Music By:

Dario Marianelli

Cast:

Jamie Foxx - Nathaniel Ayers
Robert Downey Jr. - Steve Lopez
Meggan Anderson - Flutist
Halbert Bernal - EMT
Matt Besser - Commuter #4
Troy Blendell - New young editor
Jayce Bradley - Brawling Frat Guy
Pete Brown - Composer
Michael Bunin - Adam Crane
Joshua Cabrera - Teenage Musician
Ralph Cole Jr. - Enraged Homeless Man
Ingrid Coree - Nurse
Paul Cruz - EMT
Marcos De Silvas - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Aurelius DiBarsanti - Paramedic
Paul Edney - Driver
Nelsan Ellis - David
S. Zev Esquenazi - Sgt. Hendrickson
Angela Featherstone - Commuter #1
Lauren E. Gates - Ballerina
Marissa Ghavami - Ballerina
Artel Great - Leon
Paul Greenberg - Commuter #2
Lejla Hadzimuratovic - Disney Hall Patron
Justin Rodgers Hall - Sgt. Harris
Lisa Gay Hamilton - Jennifer
Richard Hansen - L.A.P.D
Rachael Harris - Leslie
Joe Hernandez-Kolski - EMT #1
Tom Hollander - Graham Claydon
Pete Ilarius - Disney Hall Patron
Catherine Keener - Mary Weston
Edward Kiniry-Ostro - Craig
Francesca Kortesmaki - Twin violinist
Therese Kortesmaki - Twin violinist
Kitty Kreidler - Skid Row Homeless woman
Heather La Bella - ER Doctor
Hallie Lambert - Ballerina
Kirsten Lea - Awards Presenter
Susane Lee - Marisa
Lemon - Jeremy
Wayne Lopez - Officer Hank
Wally Lozano - Sign Spinner
Michael Maddigan - Brawling Frat Guy
Ricky Marciano - Cop
Justin Martin - Nathaniel - Age 13-16
Annie McKnight - Linda - LAMPS Advocate
George Meyers - Cop
Rob Nagle - Neil
Nick Nervies - Jennifer's son
Kai Nuuhiwa - Brawling Frat Guy
Alejandro Patino - Construction foreman
Palma Lawrence Reed - ER Nurse
Stephen Root - Curt
Franklin Ruehl - Homeless man
Esa-Pekka Salonen - Conductor
Jules Sanchez - Skid Row Porta Potty Dweller
Sharon Savene - LAPD Officer
Holly Sherman - Juilliard student
Robyn Jean Springer - Disney Hall patron
Janaya Sultze - Ballerina
Jeff Sutherland - Cowboy on Plane with Wife
Valentyna Svyatchenko - Julliard Student
Patrick Tatten - Paul
David Jean Thomas - Jim Trotter
Karmyn Tyler - Juilliard Party Guest
Ilia Volok - Mr. Barnoff
Maggie Wagner - Mrs. Villaraigosa
Charlie Weirauch - Atheist
Troy Williams - Cop - Hospital Scene

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Plot: The Soloist is based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a musical prodigy who developed schizophrenia during his second year at Juilliard School. Ayers becomes homeless in the streets of downtown Los Angeles, playing the violin and the cello.

Columnist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) is at a dead end. The newspaper business is in an uproar, his marriage to a fellow journalist has fallen apart and he can't entirely remember what he loved about his job in the first place. Then, one day, while walking through Los Angeles' Skid Row, he sees the mysterious bedraggled figure Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), pouring his soul into a two-stringed violin.

At first, Lopez approaches Ayers as just another story idea in a city of millions. But as he begins to unearth the mystery of how this alternately brilliant and distracted street musician, once a dynamic prodigy headed for fame, wound up living in tunnels and doorways, it sparks an unexpected quest. Imagining he can change Ayers' life, Lopez embarks on a quixotic mission to get him off the streets and back to the world of music.

But even as he fights to save Ayers' life, he begins to see that it is Ayers?with his unsinkable passion, his freedom-loving obstinacy and his valiant attempts at connection and love? who is profoundly changing Lopez.

Goofs:

• Continuity: When Lopez pulls over in the tunnel after spotting Ayers, his car blocks the right lane. In subsequent shots, cars are seen in the background cruising through that very same lane, one even merges into it, even though Lopez's car is blocking it just a few yards ahead.

Trivia:

• In the film, Steve Lopez is portrayed as divorced. However, his real life counterpart remains happily married. Lopez said that while having himself portrayed as recently single in the film was a bit weird, it was much more important to him that the film makers captured the themes of his articles rather than absolute facts.
• Most of the homeless people shown in the film are actually homeless.
• The film makers shot on "skid row" in Los Angeles, which is known for being home to one of the largest stable populations of transient persons (homeless) in the United States.
• Cameo: [Nathaniel Ayers, Jr.] The subject of the movie is himself seen in the front row of the concert, during the last scene of the movie.
• In the scene that Nathaniel Ayers and Steve Lopez attend a rehearsal concert, all the seats are covered with canvas. This was not cinematic imagery; this is actually done in some concert halls during rehearsals to reflect a more accurate sound as if the seats were being occupied.
• The real Nathaniel Ayers was invited to view the filming of the scenes at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, but opted on the day to set up his cello and music across the street and continue playing saying "I really got something going here. I think I'm going to stay and play this just a little bit longer." Steve Lopez spoke about this incident in an interview conducted by Dave Davies for National Public Radio's program Fresh Air in April 2008. He added: "I look(ed) across (the street from Disney Hall) and there he is sawing away, as he calls it. And inside this building there are maybe three hundred people, the LA Philharmonic, the cast, the crew, are shooting a movie about his life. And I said to the producer Gary Foster 'You know what Gary, we picked the right name for this thing, The Soloist. There he is.'"
• As of April 2009, Nathaniel Ayers "has a girlfriend and is doing reasonably well" according to Steve Lopez. He is also taught himself to play the flute.
• Despite his distrust of two-dimensional images, Nathaniel Ayers did attend the premiere of this film in Los Angeles with his family, who flew in for the occasion. He rarely watches movies or television.
• Several members of the Lamp Community, a housing and care center for the mentally ill, appeared in the film and attended the Los Angeles premiere and after party. Nathaniel Ayers is a resident and beneficiary of Lamp.
• Originally planned for a November 2008 release date, the film was held back due to Paramount's tightening of the number of films it releases per year and released late April of 2009. The trailer continued to run in theaters with November as the release date.

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Although the unabridged subtitle of the Italian version reads "The extraordinary life of Giulio Andreotti", it doesn't chronicle all of the famed politician's life. Instead, it focuses on the most important period concerning his career: from 1978 to the early '90s. 1978 is, of course, when Aldo Moro, a member of the right-wing party Democrazia Cristiana just like Andreotti (Toni Servillo), was kidnapped and later executed by the Red Brigades. Andreotti shows no sign of emotion when he learns of the event, as usual: he has always been a quiet, secretive man. All that matters to him is the significant amount of power he gains over the years. As he points out when asked why he doesn't talk to God when he goes to church, "priests vote, God doesn't". Nevertheless, he certainly enjoys a little help from above when he is accused of various illegal activities, working with the Mafia and ordering assassinations being the most serious ones (let's not forget some conspiracy theorists believe he contributed to Moro's death, a conjecture that is dealt with in the film).

Sorrentino obviously put a lot of research into his work, and the opening title cards, which explain the movie's context, are his way of making sure viewers don't find his effort too confusing. It clearly paid off, since the picture walked away with the Jury Prize at the 2008 Cannes Festival, silencing rumors about being "too Italian". Predictably, the real Andreotti wasn't too impressed (word has it he even considered taking legal action against the filmmakers at one point). He obviously couldn't admit what happened on screen was true, so he made the following statement: "I don't agree with Sorrentino's portrayal of me, but I understand he had to make certain dramatic choices to make it interesting; my real life is actually quite boring". He has a point: there's a certain operatic grandeur to the scenes of the "Divo" walking around in government buildings and talking with his collaborators, a bit like in The Godfather. This gives the picture the greatness of a Greek tragedy, combined with the fiery spirit of politically charged movies like, say, Oliver Stone's body of work.

The Stone comparison isn't accidental, since he directed Nixon, which, much like Il Divo, depended hugely on its leading man. Stone had Anthony Hopkins, while Sorrentino has his Robert De Niro, namely the superb Servillo, whose transformation isn't a mere make-up job (to see what he really looks like, one ought to check out the equally magnificent Gomorra): the Neapolitan actor doesn't just play Andreotti, he becomes him. It's a performance that gets past mimicry or impersonation - it's Andreotti as a person, not a movie character.

So, the concerned party's opinion aside, everything speaks in favor of this ambitious, thought-provoking, stunning opus. In one word, to keep in with the complete title: extraordinary.

Category: Biography
All Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Release Year: 2008
Country: italy
Runtime: 110 minutes
Rating: 7.5/10
Languages: English

Director:

Paolo Sorrentino

Sound: Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS

Writing by :

Paolo Sorrentino - writer

Produced by:

Stefano Bonfanti - associate producer
Francesca Cima - producer

Fabio Conversi - co-producer

Maurizio Coppolecchia - co-producer

Gennaro Formisano - line producer

Gianluigi Gardani - associate producer
Nicola Giuliano - producer
Andrea Occhipinti - producer
Viola Prestieri - line producer

Music By:

Teho Teardo

Cast:

Toni Servillo - Giulio Andreotti
Anna Bonaiuto - Livia Danese
Piera Degli Esposti - Signora Enea
Paolo Graziosi - Aldo Moro
Giulio Bosetti - Eugenio Scalfari
Flavio Bucci - Franco Evangelisti
Carlo Buccirosso - Paolo Cirino Pomicino
Giorgio Colangeli - Salvo Lima
Alberto Cracco - Don Mario
Lorenzo Gioielli - Mino Pecorelli
Gianfelice Imparato - Vincenzo Scotti
Massimo Popolizio - Vittorio Sbardella
Aldo Ralli - Giuseppe Ciarrapico
Giovanni Vettorazzo - Magistrato Scarpinato
Cristina Serafini - Caterina Stagno
Achille Brugnini - Fiorenzo Angelini
Victor Goubanov - Mikhail Gorbachev
Bob Marchese - Senatore

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Plot: The story of Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, who has been elected to Parliament seven times since it was established in 1946. The narration spans the period since the seventh election of Andreotti as Prime Minister of Italy in 1992, until the trial in which he was accused of collusion with the Mafia.

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Trivia:

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Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both. The passion and pathos of legendary poet Dylan Thomas is told through the lives of two extraordinary women. Vera Phillips and Dylan were teenage loves; fast forward ten years and the two reconnect in London. She's working as a singer whilst he's churning out scripts for government propaganda films and living off the last in a long line of infatuated women. The two former lovers feel the thunderbolt once more, but Thomas is now married to the adventurous Caitlin. Despite their love-rival status, the women form a surprising friendship. Caitlin indulges in her own infidelities, and recognises a similar adventurous spirit in her husband. But she knows his connection with Vera is something different, not to mention dangerous. Romantic turmoil continues in Vera's life. She marries her devoted admirer William Killick, but she can't deny the chemistry between herself and Dylan, nor does she want to - even if this means betraying Caitlin. When William is posted abroad, and a pregnant Vera returns to Wales with her married friends, the battle between her heart and head becomes more intense. William returns a changed man, but neither is Vera the carefree cabaret girl he married. Neighbourhood gossip fuels her husband's jealousy towards his rival. Enraged, William stages a violent attack on Dylan - an attack that forces Vera to choose between the men in her life and the friend that she loves. Desire and guilt are complicated by love and friendship in this real-life tale set in beautiful London and the majestic Welsh countryside

Category:Biography
All Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Release Year: 2009
Country: UK
Runtime: 110 minutes
Rating: 6.5/10
Languages: English

Director:

John Maybury

Sound: Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS

Writing by :

Sharman Macdonald - writer

Produced by:

David Bergstein - executive producer
Paul Brett - executive producer
Rebekah Gilbertson - producer
Bill Godfrey - co-producer
Nick Hill - executive producer
Linda James - executive producer
Huw Penalt Jones - co-producer
Hannah Leader - executive producer
Joe Oppenheimer - executive producer
Sarah Radclyffe - producer
Tim Smith - executive producer
Lesley Stewart - line producer
David M. Thompson - executive producer
Anna Webster - associate producer

Music By:

Angelo Badalamenti

Cast:

Simon Armstrong - Wilfred Hosgood
Ben BattSergeant
Geoffrey Beevers - Registrar
Rachel Bell - Midwife
Paul Brooke - Mr. Justice Singleton
Huw Ceredig - John Patrick
Richard Clifford - Alistair Graham
Richard Dillane - Lt Col David Talbot Rice
Joel Dommett - Train Soldier
Rachel Essex - Mel
Craig Gallivan - Sailor Beating Dylan
Callum Godfrey - Boy on Train
Simon Kassianides - Partisan
Keira Knightley - Vera Phillips
Anne Lambton - Anita Shenkin
Raymond Llewellyn - Dewi Ianthe
Alastair Mackenzie - Anthony Devas
Neville Malcolm - Big Joe
Sienna Miller - Caitlin MacNamara
Cillian Murphy - William Killick
Acacia Pattison Biggs - Rowatt Aged 1 Month
Bethany Towell - Rowatt Aged 1 Month
Jonathan Phillips - John Eldridge
Kyle Redmond-Jones - Boy Soldier
Matthew Rhys - Dylan Thomas
Leo Robertson - Rowatt Aged 8 Months
Olivia Robertson - Rowatt Aged 8 Months
Jenny Runacre - Woman in Yellow Dress
Camilla Rutherford - Nicolette
Lisa Stansfield - Ruth Williams
Diego Stephens - Llewellyn
Lanark Stephens - Llewellyn
Nick Stringer - PC Williams
Graham 'Suggs' McPherson - The Crooner

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Plot: A beautifully drawn love story, the film revolves around two feisty, free-spirited women, Caitlin Thomas and Vera Killick, Vera's husband William Killick, and the brilliant, charismatic poet Dylan Thomas who loves both women. Broken promises, passion, betrayal, the shadow of war and the constant threat of imminent death push the protagonists to THE EDGE OF LOVE. By no means a biopic in the traditional vein, the story explores the bohemian underworld of war-torn London, and the intimate complexities of two young couples whose lives and loves become dangerously intertwined.

THE EDGE OF LOVE is directed by the award-winning John Maybury (Love is the Devil, The Jacket) and produced by Rebekah Gilbertson and Sarah Radclyffe. The screenplay is by Sharman MacDonald. The impressive production team includes Director of Photography Jonathan Freeman (Hollywoodland, Rome), Academy Award nominated Costume Designer April Ferry (Southland Tales, Donnie Darko), Production Designer Alan MacDonald (The Queen, Love is the Devil) and editor Emma Hickox (Becoming Jane, Kinky Boots), with music by Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart, Mulholland Drive, A Very Long Engagement).

Goofs:

Trivia:

• The screenwriter is Keira Knightley's mother.
• Lindsay Lohan was originally attached to play the role of Caitlin, but dropped out shortly before filming began.
• Sharman Macdonald wrote the role of Caitlin with Keira Knightley in mind, but Keira chose to play Vera instead.
• Keira Knightley does all of her own singing in the film. She worked with vocal coach Claire Underwood to prepare for the film.
• Producer Rebekah Gilbertson is the granddaughter of the real people played by Keira Knightley and Cillian Murphy in the film.
• The film's title is subtly shown, in part, throughout the film in various places. Most noticeably after we see Caitlin's affair it appears as a silhouette on the curtain.
• The interior of the Newquay "The Black Lion" was shot in "The Black Lion" in Cardigan. The pub has since shut due to the smoking ban.

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Release Date: 16 January 2009 (USA)
Run Time: 123 min
Country: USA
Genre: Biography , Drama , Music
MPAA: Rated R for pervasive language, some strong sexuality including dialogue, nudity, and for drug content.
Tagline: No dream is too big

Directed by: George Tillman Jr.

Writing credits: | Reggie Rock Bythewood - written by | Cheo Hodari Coker - written by |

Produced by : | Wayne Barrow - producer | Edward Bates - producer | Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs - executive producer | Trish Hofmann - producer | George Paaswell - co-producer | Mark Pitts - producer | Robert Teitel - producer | Voletta Wallace - producer |

Original Music by : Danny Elfman

Cast: | Jamal Woolard - Christopher 'Biggie' Wallace | Mohamed Dione - Record Executive at Party | Derek Luke - Sean 'Puffy' Combs | Dennis L.A. White - Damion 'D-Roc' Butler | Marc John Jefferies - Lil Cease | Menyone DeVeaux - Hot Girl | Ginger Kroll - Debbie | Ricky Smith - Wally | Christopher Jordan Wallace - Biggie (age 8-13) | Amanda Christopher - Keisha | Angela Bassett - Voletta Wallace | Jasper Briggs - Damion (age 8-13) | Cyrus Farmer - Selwyn |

Goofs:

• Anachronisms: A C6 Corvette Convertible is shown. The C6 Corvette did not begin production until 2005, In fact the C5 did not even begin until 1997, the last year of his life.
• Anachronisms: In a brief establishing shot of Times Square, a billboard poster for "Chicken Run" can be seen. Chicken Run was released in 2000, and Biggie died in 1997. There is also a poster for "Will & Grace" on NBC, which premiered the year after his death (1998).
• Anachronisms: During Christopher Wallace's first rap battle (in the late 1980s), a graffiti drawing of Tupac Shakur can quickly be seen in the background.
• Anachronisms: A W211 Mercedes-Benz E-Class is shown in the scene with the Corvette. The W211 wasn't put into production until 2003.
• Continuity: When the young Christopher Wallace is writing rhymes in his notebook on the stoop, he is left-handed. Then when the grown up Christopher Wallace is in prison writing rhymes in his notebooks, he is seen writing right-handed.
• Continuity: When Biggie is free-styling, Lil Kim is first seen with her mole on the left side of her face. When it cuts back to Biggie rapping and back to her, it switches to the right side of her face. Again it cuts back to her after Biggie is seen rapping and the mole is back on the left side of her face.
• Anachronisms: A 7th generation Honda Accord is shown in the movie, but 7th generation Honda Accords weren't in production until 2003.
• Anachronisms: In the middle, when Biggie was crossing the street to talk to a woman, A Ford Crown Victoria stretch taxicab with the new NYC Taxi decals is seen. But Ford did not create a stretch Crown Victoria until 2002, And The new taxi decals were not used until mid-2007, 10 years after Biggie's death.
• Anachronisms: In a brief establishing shot of Los Angeles, the Staples Center can be seen. This building did not exist during Biggie's lifetime (Biggie died in 1997; construction for the Staples Center broke ground in 1998 and opened in 1999).

Trivia:

• Christopher Jordan Wallace, who plays a young Biggie, is the son of Biggie and Faith Evans.
• Jamal Woolard heavily prepared for his role for months, which includes listening and remembering the lyrics to all songs by Biggie, gaining weight and vocal lessons at Juilliard School to get the voice right.
• Most of the film was adapted from the book, "Unbelievable: The Life, Death and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G." by Cheo Hodari Coker.
• Rappers Beanie Sigel and Guerilla Black auditioned for the role of Biggie. Singer Sean Kingston also auditioned and publicly claimed he had gotten the role.
• Sylvester Stallone was at one point rumored to be directing.

Notorious Videos

• DailyMotion: Notorious [HD 2009 Movie Trailer #3]
• Google video: NOTORIOUS Movie Trailer
• Metacafe: Jadakiss Talks About Not Being in the NOTORIOUS MOVIE
• My Space Video: Notorious Movie Interviews
• Yahoo Video: 'Notorious' Theatrical Trailer
• Youku: Notorious
• YouTube: Charli Baltimore talks about Notorious Movie

Produced by: Philippe Aigle - associate producer: Dreammachine
Philip Elway - executive producer
John Goldwyn - producer
Andreas Grosch - executive producer
Douglas Hansen - executive producer (as Douglas E. Hansen)
Wendy Japhet - executive producer
Amy J. Kaufman - executive producer
Charlotte Mickie - associate producer: Dreammachine
Hengameh Panahi - executive producer
Charles Pugliese - co-producer
John Sloss - producer
Steven Soderbergh - executive producer
James D. Stern - producer
Christine Vachon - producer
John Wells - executive producer

Cast: Cate Blanchett - Jude
Ben Whishaw - Arthur
Christian Bale - Jack / Pastor John
Richard Gere - Billy
Marcus Carl Franklin - Woody / Chaplin Boy
Heath Ledger - Robbie
Kris Kristofferson - Narrator (voice)
Don Francks - Hobo Joe
Roc LaFortune - Hobo Moe
Larry Day - Government Agent
Paul Cagelet - Carny / Bell-Hop

Music: James Horner
Official Website: Visit Website

Plot: Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylans music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the artist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He wont be classified.

Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
There are no opening credits after the title has been shown.

Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:

Anachronisms: During the Los Angeles home sequences, Claires/Robbies telephone number has a 310 area code, which was introduced November 2, 1991. The area code should be 213.

Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• Cate Blanchett wore a sock down her trousers to play Bob Dylan. The actress said it "helped me walk like a man."
• Colin Farrell was originally cast as Robbie Clark. He dropped out of the film to admit himself into rehab for a dependency on back pain medication. Heath Ledger replaced him. Farrell would later take over for Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) after Ledgers death.

I'm Not There Videos

• DailyMotion: I'M NOT THERE / Heath Ledger Interview
• Google Video: Last interview with Heath Ledger - I'm Not There
• Metacafe: I'm Not There - I Want You Clip (Heath Ledger)
• Tudou: I'm Not There | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
• Yahoo Video: I'm Not There - Feelings
• Youku: Im Not There
• YouTube: Cate Blanchett's performance in I'M NOT THERE

• Get Ready
• A life misunderestimated.

Writing by: Stanley Weiser - (written by)

Produced by: Bill Block - producer
Moritz Borman - producer
Teresa Cheung - executive producer
Elliot Ferwerda - executive producer
Suzie Gilbert - co-producer
Peter D. Graves - executive producer
Paul Hanson - executive producer
Johnny Hon - executive producer
Jon Kilik - executive producer
Eric Kopeloff - executive producer
Christopher Mapp - executive producer
Tom Ortenberg - executive producer
Ethan Smith - co-producer
Thomas Sterchi - executive producer
Matthew Street - executive producer
David Whealy - executive producer
Albert Yeung - executive producer

Cast: Elizabeth Banks - Laura Bush
Josh Brolin - George W. Bush
Thandie Newton - Condoleezza Rice
Richard Dreyfuss - Dick Cheney
Ioan Gruffudd - Tony Blair
Jesse Bradford - Ws college friend
James Cromwell - George Herbert Walker Bush
Jason Ritter - Jeb Bush
Ellen Burstyn - Barbara Bush
Scott Glenn - Donald Rumsfeld
Noah Wyle - Don Evans

Music: Paul Cantelon
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Plot Outline: Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.

Plot: A chronicle on the life and presidency of George W. Bush (Brolin).

Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:

Continuity: When Lawrence leaves the hotel room in New York, to meet with his publisher, hes walking down the hotel corridor carrying his tie and a champagne bottle in his hand, however he doesnt remove his tie or buy the champagne until after his meeting.

Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• Josh Brolin prepared for his role as Bush by telephoning hotels and talking to the people simply to hear the accent. He also watched videos of Bush to try and get the style of his walk right.

• Robert Duvall is rumored to have been considered for the role of Dick Cheney.

W. The Movie - Videos

• Metacafe: Film Rap: Oliver Stone - W.
• Tudou: W. HD trailer
• Yahoo Video: 'W' Brolin on Bush
• Youku: W. The Movie
• YouTube: W. The Movie (George Bush) - NEW trailer!!

Writing by: Thomas Keneally - (book)
Steven Zaillian - (screenplay)

Produced by: Irving Glovin - associate producer
Kathleen Kennedy - executive producer
Branko Lustig - producer
Gerald R. Molen - producer
Robert Raymond - associate producer
Lew Rywin - co-producer
Steven Spielberg - producer

Cast: Liam Neeson - Oskar Schindler
Ben Kingsley - Itzhak Stern
Ralph Fiennes - Amon Goeth
Caroline Goodall - Emilie Schindler
Jonathan Sagall - Poldek Pfefferberg (as Jonathan Sagalle)
Embeth Davidtz - Helen Hirsch
Malgoscha Gebel - Wiktoria Klonowska
Shmuel Levy - Wilek Chilowicz (as Shmulik Levy)
Mark Ivanir - Marcel Goldberg
Béatrice Macola - Ingrid
Andrzej Seweryn - Julian Scherner

Music: John Williams
Official Website: Visit Website


Plot Outline: Oskar Schindler uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the Jews, and starts to save them.
Plot: Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us.

Crazy Credits: We know about 4 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Does not include the usual E.T.-and-Elliott logo for Steven Spielbergs Amblin Entertainment.

Goofs: We know about 31 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: Placement of Sterns arm around one-armed worker at Schindler Warehouse.

Trivia: There are 67 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• Tim Roth was considered for the role of Amon Goeth.
• Billy Wilder contributed to the first draft of the screenplay for this film, and at one time early in its production, was set to direct it.
• Spielbergs first R-rated film.





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Category: Biography
All Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
Release Year: 1990
Country: USA
Runtime: 146
Rating: 8.7 (0)
Languages: English, Italian
Director: Martin Scorsese
Sound: Dolby SR
Taglines:
• "As far back as I can remember, Ive always wanted to be a gangster." -- Henry Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955.
• Three Decades of Life in the Mafia.
• Murderers come with smiles.
• Shooting people was No big deal.
• In a world thats powered by violence, on the streets where the violent have power, a new generation carries on an old tradition.


Writing by: Nicholas Pileggi - (book "Wise Guy")
Nicholas Pileggi - (screenplay) &
Martin Scorsese - (screenplay)

Produced by: Barbara De Fina - executive producer
Bruce S. Pustin - associate producer (as Bruce Pustin)
Irwin Winkler - producer

Cast: Robert De Niro - James Jimmy Conway
Ray Liotta - Henry Hill
Joe Pesci - Tommy DeVito
Lorraine Bracco - Karen Hill
Paul Sorvino - Paul Cicero
Frank Sivero - Frankie Carbone
Tony Darrow - Sonny Bunz
Mike Starr - Frenchy
Frank Vincent - Billy Batts
Chuck Low - Morris Morrie Kessler
Frank DiLeo - Tuddy Cicero

Music: James Newton Howard
Official Website: Visit Website


Plot Outline: Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.
Plot: Henry Hill is a small time gangster, who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, is badly affected by his partners success, but will he stoop low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy ?

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
During the opening title sequence, a news report is heard. Then the movie begins with the news reporter.

Goofs: We know about 64 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Anachronisms: In the scene that opens with the title "Idlewild Airport, 1963", Henry is leaning on a 1965 Chevy Impala.

Trivia: There are 48 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• According to Maxim magazine, Joe Pesci wrote and directed the "You think Im funny?" scene at Martin Scorseses request.
• The ending shot of Joe Pesci shooting at the camera is a visual reference to The Great Train Robbery (1903), whose ending shot is of the villain, Justus D. Barnes, shooting at the camera.
• Based on the book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi. The movie was renamed to avoid confusion with the TV series "Wiseguy" (1987).





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Category: Biography
All Genres: Biography, Drama
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 102
Rating: 6.8 (0)
Languages: English, Dari, Arabic, Russian
Director: Mike Nichols
Sound: Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS
Taglines:
• Based on a true story. You think we could make all this up?
• A stiff drink. A little mascara. A lot of nerve. Who said they couldnt bring down the Soviet empire.
• When the world wasnt watching, they changed it forever.


Writing by: Aaron Sorkin - (screenplay)
George Crile - (book)

Produced by: Mary Bailey - associate producer
Celia D. Costas - executive producer (as Celia Costas)
Gary Goetzman - producer
Michael Haley - co-producer (as Mike Haley)
Tom Hanks - producer
Edward Hunt - associate producer
Ryan Kavanaugh - executive producer
Paul A. Levin - associate producer
Jeff Skoll - executive producer

Cast: Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson
Amy Adams - Bonnie Bach
Julia Roberts - Joanne Herring
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Gust Avrakotos
Terry Bozeman - CIA Award Presenter
Brian Markinson - Paul Brown
Jud Tylor - Crystal Lee
Hilary Angelo - Kelly
Cyia Batten - Stacey
Kirby Mitchell - Stoned Guy
Ed Regine - Limo Driver

Music: James Newton Howard
Official Website: Visit Website


Plot Outline: A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilsons covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Plot: In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas who seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people are suffering in the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support to defeat the Soviet Union. However, Charlie Wilson eventually learns that while military victory can had, there are other consequences and prices to that fight that are ignored to everyones sorrow.

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
This film is carbon neutral with NativeEnergy

Goofs: We know about 14 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Factual errors: The Texas flag in Charlie Wilsons office is upside down on the pole. The white horizontal bar should be on top.

Trivia: There are 7 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• A special effects assistant received critical injuries due to a handheld mock-up of a stinger missile exploding as it was being prepared to be used in a scene aboard a helicopter.
• Emily Blunt filmed her part in two days.
• Towards the end of the movie Charlie Wilson is presented with one of the Stingers he helped provide to the Afghans. In an interview with the real Charlie Wilson, Wilson states that he still has the Stinger as its one of his most prized possessions and its kept in "a very honored spot in my home".





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