Posts Tagged ‘friendship’



It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Stewart, James | Reed, Donna | Barrymore, Lionel | Mitchell, Thomas | Travers, Henry | Bondi, Beulah | Faylen, Frank | Bond, Ward | Grahame, Gloria | Warner, H.B. | Albertson, Frank | Karns, Todd | Hinds, Samuel S. | Treen, Mary | Patton, Virginia
Directors: Capra, Frank
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On Christmas eve, all of the citizens of the small town of Bedford Falls pray to the heavens to help George Bailey. It’s then decided that Clarence, an angel who hasn’t earned his wings, is to help George. Before he does, he should know who George Bailey was. George Bailey grew up in Bedford Falls, a small town where he dreams of leaving it and making his mark on the world. His family’s business is the only thing stands between the good citizens and Mr. Potter, a rich miser who takes sick pleasure in taking from everybody, without even caring how it affects them. George was all set to leave when his father died and had to take care of the business. George would forever be hindered by his plans to leave and thinks that he is nothing but a failure, he decides to kill himself. That’s when Clarence comes in and tries to convince him that he has made something with his life, and that he had a “Wonderful Life”.

Hair (1979)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Musical
Countries: USA | West Germany
Actors: Savage, John | Williams, Treat | D'Angelo, Beverly | Golden, Annie | Wright, Dorsey | Dacus, Don | Barnes, Cheryl | Bright, Richard | Nicholas, Ray | Rae, Charlotte | Chapin, Miles | Tailer, Fern | Denny, Charles | Meckler, Herman | Breen, Agness
Directors: Forman, Milos
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This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war.

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Lancaster, Burt | Douglas, Kirk | Fleming, Rhonda | Van Fleet, Jo | Ireland, John | Bettger, Lyle | Faylen, Frank | Holliman, Earl | de Corsia, Ted | Hopper, Dennis | Bissell, Whit | Mathews, George | Hudson, John | Kelley, DeForest | Milner, Martin
Directors: Sturges, John
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After the long career of lawman that made him a legend, Wyatt Earp deciedes to quit and join his brothers in Tombstone, Arizona. There he would see them in feud with Clantons, local clan of thugs and cattle thieves. When the showdown becomes inevitable, the help will come from Doc Holliday, terminally-ill gambler who happens to be another Wild West legend.

Picnic (1955)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Holden, William | Novak, Kim | Field, Betty | Strasberg, Susan | Robertson, Cliff | O'Connell, Arthur | Felton, Verna | Shaw, Reta | Adams, Nick | Bailey, Raymond | Wilson, Elizabeth | Russell, Rosalind | Adams, Warren Frederick | Baker, Carle E. | Bemis, George E.
Directors: Logan, Joshua
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The morning of a small town Labor Day picnic, a drifter (Hal Carter) blows into town to visit an old fraternity buddy (Alan Benson) who also happens to be the son of the richest man in town. Hal is an egocentric braggart - all potential and no accomplishment. He meets up with Madge Owens, the town beauty queen and girlfriend of Alan Benson.

Fluke (1995)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Modine, Matthew | Travis, Nancy | Stoltz, Eric | Pomeranc, Max | Perlman, Ron | Polito, Jon | Cobbs, Bill | Paxton, Collin Wilcox | Pacifici, Federico | Ross, Clarinda | Roberts, Adrian | Hansard, Bart | Hobart, Deborah
Directors: Carlei, Carlo
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Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and comes back to life as a dog. Remembering some of who he was, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time goes by, he remembers more of his life, and realizes he wasn’t such a good husband and father.

Wackness, The (2008)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Kingsley, Ben | Janssen, Famke | Peck, Josh | Thirlby, Olivia | Olsen, Mary-Kate | Adams, Jane | Man, Method | Yoo, Aaron | Balsam, Talia | Wohl, David | Dishy, Bob | Merlin, Joanna | Briggs, Shannon | Davis, Roy Milton | Flores, Alexander
Directors: Levine, Jonathan
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It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop. Set against this backdrop, a lonely teenager named Luke Shapiro spends his last summer before university selling marijuana throughout New York City, trading it with his unorthodox psychotherapist for treatment, while having a crush on his stepdaughter.

Fame (1980)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Barth, Eddie | Cara, Irene | Curreri, Lee | Dean, Laura | Franceschi, Antonia | Gaines, Boyd | Hague, Albert | Hughes, Tresa | Inwood, Steve | McCrane, Paul | Meara, Anne | Merlin, Joanna | Miller, Barry | Moody, Jim | Ray, Gene Anthony
Directors: Parker, Alan
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At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, etc. This movie follows four students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. They are the brazen Coco Hernandez, shy Doris Finsecker, sensitive gay Montgomery MacNeil, and brash, abrasive Raul Garcia.

Doctor Dolittle (1967)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Murphy, Eddie | Davis, Ossie | Platt, Oliver | Boyle, Peter | Schiff, Richard | Wilson, Kristen | Tambor, Jeffrey | Pratt, Kyla | Raven | Gilborn, Steven | Dellums, Erik | Christopher, June | Franklin, Cherie | Adair-Rios, Mark | Calfa, Don
Directors: Thomas, Betty
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Doctor Dolittle is a world-renowned veterinarian who speaks a wide array of animal languages. He sets off from his home in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, England, in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail. In so doing, he and his friends meet such exotic creatures as the Pushme-Pullyu and the Giant Moon Moth. This musical is the source of the hit song, “If I Could Talk To The Animals.”

Deliverance (1972)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Voight, Jon | Reynolds, Burt | Beatty, Ned | Cox, Ronny | Ramey, Ed | Redden, Billy | Glass, Seamon | Deal, Randall | McKinney, Bill | Coward, Herbert 'Cowboy' | Crone, Lewis | Keener, Ken | Popwell, Johnny | Fowler, John | Rickman, Kathy
Directors: Boorman, John
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Based on James Dickey’s novel, this film tells the story of an ill-fated canoe trip in deep backwoods America, where the people are as scary as the country is beautiful.

Dive Bomber (1941)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Flynn, Errol | MacMurray, Fred | Bellamy, Ralph | Smith, Alexis | Armstrong, Robert | Toomey, Regis | Jenkins, Allen | Stevens, Craig | Anderson, Herbert | Olsen, Moroni | Moore, Dennie | Heydt, Louis Jean | Nazarro, Cliff | Allen, Lane | Anderson, James
Directors: Curtiz, Michael
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When Dr. Doug Lee fails to save the life of navy pilot Swede Larson, who blacked out and crashed after entering a steep dive, the flyer’s friends take an immediate dislike to him and disparage his efforts to learn more about the problem by becoming a flyer himself. Lee’s new superior officer, Dr. Lance Rogers, also exhibits resentment toward the presumptuous newcomer. They ultimately become friends and form a mutual bond of personal and professional respect when their research develops a high altitude flying suit which they hope will prevent the kind of blackouts that killed Swede. Unfortunately the process of experimental testing of the new device proves to be a dangerous undertaking.