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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Rear Window (1954)

Rear Window (1954)



Storyline

Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.

Director: 

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: 

John Michael Hayes (screenplay), Cornell Woolrich(based on the short story by)

Stars:

 James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Wendell Corey

Details

Country:

 USA

Language:

 English

Release Date:

  (Japan)

Also Known As:

 Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window 

Filming Locations:

 Los Angeles, California, USA 

American History X (1998)

American History X (1998)


Storyline

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

Director: 

Tony Kaye

Writer: 

David McKenna

Stars:

 Edward Norton, Edward Furlong and Beverly D'Angelo

Details

Official Sites:

 New Line 

Country:

 USA

Language:

 English

Release Date:

  (Denmark) 

Also Known As:

 Μαθήματα Αμερικανικής Ιστορίας 

Filming Locations:

 Johnie's Coffee Shop - 6101 Wilshire Boulevard, Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA  

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)




The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
 
 
 

Storyline

Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI agent Jack Crawford believes that Lecter who is also a very powerful and clever mind manipulator have the answers to their questions to help locate the killer. Clarice must first try and gain Lecter's confidence before he is to give away any information. 

Director: 

Jonathan Demme

Writers: 

Thomas Harris (novel), Ted Tally (screenplay)

Stars:

 Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and Lawrence A. Bonney


Details

Country:

 USA

Language:

 English

Release Date:

  (USA) 

Also Known As:

 El silencio de los inocentes

Filming Locations:

 Bellaire, Ohio, USA

The Dark Knight (2008)

The Dark Knight (2008)


Storyline

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.
  

Director: 

Christopher Nolan

Writers: 

Jonathan Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan(screenplay)

Stars:

 Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart

Details

Official Sites:

 Citizens for Batman | City of Gotham Police Department |

Country:

 USA | UK

Language:

 English | Mandarin

Release Date:

  (USA) 

Also Known As:

 Batman: The Dark Knight

Filming Locations:

 2 International Finance Centre, Central, Hong Kong, China 
 
 

Amélie (2001) Amélie (2001)


Amélie (2001)

Storyline

Amélie is a story about a girl named Amélie whose childhood was suppressed by her Father's mistaken concerns of a heart defect. With these concerns Amélie gets hardly any real life contact with other people. This leads Amélie to resort to her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty. She later on becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to the former occupant of her apartment, she decides to return it to him. After seeing his reaction and his new found perspective - she decides to devote her life to the people around her. Such as, her father who is obsessed with his garden-gnome, a failed writer, a hypochondriac, a man who stalks his ex girlfriends, the "ghost", a suppressed young soul, the love of her life and a man whose bones are as brittle as glass. But after consuming herself with these escapades..


Director: 

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writers: 

Guillaume Laurant (scenario), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (scenario)

Stars:

 Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz and Rufus
 

Details

Official Sites:

 Pro Kino GmbH [Germany] 

Country:

 France | Germany

Language:

 French | Russian

Release Date:

  (Belgium)

Also Known As:

 Amelie 

Filming Locations:

 Abbesses, Paris 18, Paris, France
 

Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump (1994)



Storyline

Forrest, Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low IQ but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, create the smiley, write bumper stickers and songs, donating to people and meeting the president several times. However this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can onle wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone. 

Director: 

Robert Zemeckis

Writers: 

Winston Groom (novel), Eric Roth (screenplay)

Stars:

 Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Gary Sinise
 
   

Details

Country:

 USA

Language:

 English

Release Date:

  (USA) 

Also Known As:

 Форест Гъмп

Filming Locations:

 Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA 

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Storyline

Sauron's forces increase. His allies grow. The Ringwraiths return in an even more frightening form. Saruman's army of Uruk Hai is ready to launch an assault against Aragorn and the people of Rohan. Yet, the Fellowship is broken and Boromir is dead. For the little hope that is left, Frodo and Sam march on into Mordor, unprotected. A number of new allies join with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Pippin and Merry. And they must defend Rohan and attack Isengard. Yet, while all this is going on, Sauron's troops mass toward the City of Gondor, for the War of the Ring is about to begin. 


Director: 

Peter Jackson

Writers: 

J.R.R. Tolkien (novel), Fran Walsh (screenplay),

Stars:

 Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen


Details

Official Sites:

 Aurum [Spain] | New Line Cinema |

Country:

 USA | New Zealand

Language:

 English | Sindarin | Old English

Release Date:

  (USA)

Also Known As:

 The Two Towers 

Filming Locations:

 Camperdown Studios, Camperdown Road, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand 

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

Life Is Beautiful (1997)


Storyline

In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank. 

Director: 

Roberto Benigni

Writers: 

Vincenzo Cerami (story), Roberto Benigni(story)

Stars:

 Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi and Giorgio Cantarin
 
 

Details

Country:

 Italy

Language:

 Italian | German | English

Release Date:

  (USA)

Also Known As:

 La vida es bella

Filming Locations:

 Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)


One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

 

 

 

 

Storyline

McMurphy has a criminal past and has once again gotten himself into trouble with the law. To escape labor duties in prison, McMurphy pleads insanity and is sent to a ward for the mentally unstable. Once here, McMurphy both endures and stands witness to the abuse and degradation of the oppressive Nurse Ratched, who gains superiority and power through the flaws of the other inmates. McMurphy and the other inmates band together to make a rebellious stance against the atrocious Nurse.


Director: 

Milos Forman

Writers: 

Lawrence Hauben (screenplay), Bo Goldman(screenplay)

Stars:

 Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and Michael Berryman
 

Details

Country:

 USA

Language:

 English

Release Date:

  (USA)

Also Known As:

 Atrapado sin salida

Filming Locations:

 Depoe Bay, Oregon, USA
 
 

Fight Club (1999)


Fight Club (1999)


Storyline

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion. Written by Anonymous

Director: 

David Fincher

Writers: 

Chuck Palahniuk (novel), Jim Uhls (screenplay)

Stars:

 Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter

   

Details

Country:

 USA | Germany

Language:

 English

Release Date:

  (USA)

Also Known As:

 El club de la pelea

Filming Locations:

 Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Inception (2010)

Inception (2010)



Storyline

Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

Director: 

Christopher Nolan

Writer: 

Christopher Nolan

Stars:

 Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page
 

Details

Official Sites:

 Official Facebook | Warner Bros. [Germany] 

Country:

 USA | UK

Language:

 English | Japanese (a few words) | French (a few words)

Release Date:

  (USA) 

Also Known As:

 Inception: The IMAX Experience

Filming Locations:

 1240 S Hope St, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)



The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
 




Storyline

An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!

 

Director: 

Peter Jackson

Writers: 

J.R.R. Tolkien (novel), Fran Walsh (screenplay)

Stars:

 Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Orlando Bloom
 
 

Details

Official Sites:

 Allocine (French) | Aurum [Spain]  

Country:

 New Zealand | USA

Language:

 English | Sindarin

Release Date:

  (USA)

Also Known As:

 The Fellowship of the Ring 

Filming Locations:

 Arrowtown Recreational Reserve, Arrowtown, Otago, New Zealand