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1) Simpatico
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Three friends share the bond of a crime they committed 20 years ago. When the secret surfaces, it causes greed and passion to erupt. Set in the heart of Kentucky's thoroughbred country
3) Code unknown
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
Français
Description
On a bustling Paris street corner, four separate lives intersect, interweaving the stories of a promising actress, her photojournalist boyfriend, a teacher of African descent, and a Romanian illegal immigrant. A portrait of life in a fractured, lonely world
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Antonio Banderas' directorial debut opens in the sweltering summer of 1965, and everyone in Alabama has gone completely crazy, especially 12-year-old Peejoe's glamorous Aunt Lucille. Deciding not to let her abusive husband stand in the way of her dreams of television stardom, she gets rid of him in a most unusual way and leaves Peejoe with lots of questions and on explosive secret
10) Easy rider
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Two motorcyclists travel across the U.S. in search of the real America
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
Russian
Description
At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship between Sasha, a young boy who loves to play the violin, and Sergey, the macho driver of a steamroller. The film sidesteps sentimentality to give us a warm yet ironic look at two individuals who bridge differences in generations to form a powerful bond
12) Seize the day
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
Description
Tommy Wilhelm's life is falling apart. He's lost his job and his girlfriend, his investments have gone sour, he trusts the wrong people with the little money he has left, and he's rejected by his own father. Quite simply, Tommy is a portrait of failure
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Builder Robert is visiting his ailing wife in a nursing home and is having problems getting a taxi home due to an intense snow storm. One of the doctors, Katherine offers him a lift home however their car gets stuck and they have to spend the night in an empty cabin nearby. They talk and bond, but afterwards seem to have difficulty beginning a relationship
15) The Big easy
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
Description
A criminal's murder triggers a bloody gangland drug war. A saucy blend of New Orleans nightlife, romance and suspense
16) Dogma
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Two banished angels find a loophole that would get them back into heaven. The only snag? They'll be destroying existence in the process. In an effort to stop them, the overworked voice of God (Alan Rickman) taps cynical mortal Bethany to save the world by preventing the angels from reaching their unholy destination
17) Royal wedding
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Musical set during Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Philip Mountbatten. A brother-sister dance team go to London and get caught up in romance
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudeen death left him unfinished with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon lady took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward's fantastical adventures in a pasted paradise known as Suburbia. DVD....
20) All that jazz
Pub. Date
c1982
Language
English
Description
This spellbinding film and four time Academy Award winner is a powerful story of a man driven compulsively to find perfection in his work. It is a musical which celebrates show business, yet strips it of the glitter and all that jazz. It is a drama. It is a love story of many loves
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