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Gosford Park
(2001) [M]
Robert Altman directs this elegant period drama and Agatha Christie-style murder mystery that features the cream of British acting talent. Gathered at aristocrat Michael Gambon's big house are fellow toffs Charles Dance, James Wilby and Jeremy Northam (as British matinee idol Ivor Novello) among... More
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To End All Wars
(2001) [MA]
Based on a true story of Captain Ernest Gordon, a young Scottish soldier taken prisoner by the Japanese at the height of World War II. To End All Wars is a war drama which explores man's deepest struggle for freedom in the face of inhumanity and despair. When Gordon's regiment, the elite Argyll... More
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The Man Who Wasn't There
(2001) [MA]
1949, Santa Rosa, California. A laconic, chain-smoking barber with fallen arches tells a story of a man trying to escape a humdrum life. It's a tale of suspected adultery, blackmail, foul play, death, Sacramento city slickers, racial slurs, invented war heroics, shaved legs, a gamine piano... More
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Monster's Ball
(2001) [R]
MONSTER'S BALL is a hard hitting southern drama tempered by a story of powerful, life-changing love. It is the story of Hank (Billy Bob Thornton), an embittered prison guard working on Death Row who begins an unlikely, but emotionally charged affair with Leticia (Halle Berry), the wife of a man... More
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Kandahar
(2001) [PG]
Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf examines the troubling story of life in neighboring Afghanistan in this compelling drama. Nafas (Niloufar Pazira) is a reporter who was born in Afghanistan, but fled with her family to Canada as a child, escaping the violence of the country's political... More
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The Shipping News
(2001) [M]
Kevin Spacey and Judi Dench join talents with Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett in this deeply moving motion picture from director Lasse Hallstrom. After tragedy strikes, Quoyle (Spacey) moves with his daughter from upstate New York to his ancestral home in a small Newfoundland fishing village.... More
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The Royal Tenenbaums
(2001) [M]
Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife Etherline (Anjelica Huston) had three children - Chas (Ben Stiller), Richie (Luke Wilson) and Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) - they were a family of geniuses, and then they separated. Years later, feigning terminal illness, the reprehensible Royal Tenenbaum... More
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Heist
(2001) [M]
David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny... More
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Under The Sand
(2000)
In Francois Ozon’s absorbing and affecting drama, Charlotte Rampling gives one of the best performances of her career as Marie, a college lecturer who has been happily married to Jean for over 25 years. Whilst on holiday, they visit a deserted beach where Marie lazes in the sun while Jean... More
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No Man's Land
(2001)
Danis Tanovic's darkly comic satire No Man's Land is the critically acclaimed winner of numerous awards, including both an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and the Best Screenplay award at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The Bosnian conflict, 1993. Two enemy soldiers,... More
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Collateral Damage
(2002) [M]
Officials investigating a terrorist bombing warn Gordy Brewer not to get involved, but events have already involved him in the most horrible way. His wife and child are among the victims claimed by the blast. Surging excitement and one-man heroics fuel the powerful action thriller Collateral... More
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The Princess And The Warrior
(2000) [MA]
Deep in the countryside lies the Birkenhof asylum, an isolated kingdom over which nurse Sissi rules with gentleness and charm. On a trip to the nearby town she becomes the victim of a horrendous road accident. A mysterious passer-by saves her life, but he disappears without revealing his... More
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Crush (2001)
(2001) [M]
Three sophisticated women, all somewhat older than they would care to admit, meet every week to drink, smoke and swap stories about old boyfriends. When Kate (Andie MacDowell) starts an ill advised affair with a sexy stranger fifteen years her junior, her friends, despite their barely concealed... More
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Witness
(1985) [M]
When a young Amish woman and her son get caught up in the murder of an undercover narcotics agent, their savior turns out to be hardened Philadelphia detective John Book. Harrison Ford is sensational as Book, the cop who turns head-on into the non-violent world of the Pennsylvania Amish... More
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Bandits
(2001) [M]
Strap yourself in for one hilarious "action-comedy with...great chemistry...great one-liners [and] expert direction" (New York Post)! Bruce Willis "makes all the right moves" (San Francisco Examiner) as the man with the perfect bank-robbing plan - and two imperfect partners - in this "terrific... More
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Waking Life
(2001) [M]
This is the story of a boy who has a dream that he can float, but unless he holds on, he will drift away into the sky. Even when he is grown up, this idea recurs. After a strange accident, he walks through what may be a dream, flowing in and out of scenarios and encountering various characters.... More
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Monsoon Wedding
(2001) [M]
A story set in the modern upper-middle class of India, where telecommunications and a western lifestyle mix with old traditions, like the arranged wedding young Aditi accepts when she ends the affair with a married TV producer. The groom is an Indian living in Texas, and all relatives from both... More
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The Circle
(2000) [PG]
Three Iranian women must contend with a repressive political regime that has placed a stranglehold on nearly every aspect of their lives in this hard-hitting social drama. In a nation where a woman cannot buy a bus ticket out of town or accept a car ride from a man, much less have an abortion,... More
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Harrison's Flowers
(2000) [MA]
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Harrison Lloyd (David Strathairn) is presumed dead in foreign territory, but his wife Sarah (Andie MacDowell) knows he's alive. Unable to convince her to turn back, Harrison colleagues join Sarah in her pursuit. Armed with their camera lenses, fellow... More
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In The Bedroom
(2001) [MA]
Summer time on the coast of Maine. In The Bedroom centres on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler (Tom Wilkinson) is a doctor practising in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler (Sissy Spacek), a choral music teacher. Their only child, Frank (Nick... More
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Black Hawk Down
(2001) [MA]
Somalia, October 1993. Stationed outside the capital Mogadishu, a group of U.S. Special Forces are present as part of a United Nations peace keeping force. Food supplies and aid for the starving population are often seized by the army of ruling warlord Mohammad Farrah Aidid, who has proved... More
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Ali (2 Disc Set)
(2001) [M]
In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African American's in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of... More
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Domestic Disturbance
(2001) [M]
In this "edge of your seat thriller", John Travolta stars as Frank Morrison, a man who discovers that his son's new stepfather (Vince Vaughn) is not who he pretends to be. Frank's investigation into this man's past explodes into a terrifying mission to rescue his son from the ultimate danger.... More
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Divided We Fall
(2001) [PG]
Divided We Fall is a delicious black comedy which deftly deals with the compromises forced upon ordinary people during wartime. Based on real life events in Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia, Divided We Fall tells the tale of childless couple Josef and Marie Cizek, who offer refuge to David, a young... More
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A Time For Drunken Horses
(2000) [M]
For Kurdish children Ameneh, Ayoub and Madi, life is hard. Their mother is dead and their father is often away from home trying to earn the money to keep his family. During these long absences, the children work everyday in a nearby town wrapping glasses for export, or staggering under the heavy... More
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K-Pax
(2001) [M]
The police turn Prot (Spacey) over to Dr Mark Powell (Bridges) after he politely tells them that the light on their planet is too bright for him - much brighter than back home on the distant planet K-PAX. Prot says he's on a fact-finding mission, and patiently explains how his experiences on... More
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Behind Enemy Lines
(2001) [M]
Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson excel in this high-flying action thriller filled with explosive excitement at every turn. The war was supposed to be over, but the battle to survive has only just begun. When U.S Navy pilot Chris Burnett (Wilson) is shot down during a recon mission over Bosnia, he... More
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Hearts In Atlantis
(2001) [M]
When middle-aged photographer Bobby Garfield (David Morse) returns to his hometown for the funeral of a childhood friend, the unforgettable memories of 1960, his eleventh summer, come flooding back. It all began with the arrival of a mysterious stranger, Ted Brautigen (Anthony Hopkins), who... More
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One Night The Moon
(2001) [M]
The Australian Outback, 1932. Entranced by the moon, a young girl steps out of her bedroom window. When her parents check on her, she is gone. The police suggest Aboriginal tracker Albert Yang lead the search, but the father revolts - insisting there's to be 'No blacks on my land".
Instead, he... More
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Amelie (Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain)
(2001) [M]
This tells the story of Amelie Poulain, a young French girl who has been brought up by overprotective parents. As soon as she is old enough, Amelie leaves the suburbs for Paris where she finds work as a waitress in a cafe. Life is pretty uneventful until her chance discovery of a tin box... More
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