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Cast Away: Special Edition (2 disc set)
(2000) [M]
Tom Hanks "gives one of the towering screen performances of all time" (New York Post) as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose ruled-by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. As Chuck struggles to survive, he finds that his... More
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Puberty Blues
(1981) [M]
Based on the novel of the same name, written by the infamous Salami Sisters, namely Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette, Puberty Blues traces the adventures of Debbie (Nell Schofield), and her life-long companion Sue (Jad Capelja). Two teenagers are desperately trying to break into the "in" group who... More
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Sunshine (1999)
(1999) [MA]
Starting at the beginning of the twentieth century and continuing to the present day, Sunshine is an emotive drama tracing three generations of a wealthy Hungarian Jewish family. Ralph Fiennes plays three challenging roles in this beautifully filmed study of the rise and fall of a prosperous... More
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A Room For Romeo Brass
(1999) [M]
Twelve-year-old Romeo and friend Gavin live next door to each other. They are best mates with a shared sense of humour that helps them to survive in a landscape of comic losers and broken dreams. But their friendship is put to the test by a chance encounter. After a stranger saves them from being... More
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Vanilla Sky
(2001) [M]
Tom Cruise delivers one of his finest performances in this unforgettably powerful film that reunites him with Cameron Crowe, the director of Jerry Maguire. Young, handsome and wealthy, publishing tycoon David Adams (Cruise) can have anything his heart desires. Still, David's charmed life seems... More
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Phar Lap (2 disc set)
(1984) [G]
The true story of a racehorse who ruled the turf in the 1930's. Phar Lap captured the hearts of millions, was feared by the bookies, and won enemies as fast as he won races and friends. More
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The Dish
(2000) [M]
In the days before the July 19, 1969 space mission that marked humankind's first steps on the moon, NASA was working with a group of Australian technicians who had agreed to rig up a satellite interface. That the Aussies placed the satellite dish smack dab in the middle of an Australian sheep... More
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Felicia's Journey
(1999) [M]
A lonely middle-aged catering manager (Bob Hoskins) spends all of his time studying tapes of an eccentric TV chef (Arsinee Khanjian). Meanwhile, a young woman (Elaine Cassidy) is making her way from Ireland to find her boy friend (Peter McDonald), who moved to England to get a job in a lawn-mower... More
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What Lies Beneath
(2000) [M]
A spellbinding supernatural thriller, What Lies Beneath marks the first pairing of superstars Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford. It had been a year since Dr. Norman Spencer betrayed his beautiful wife Claire. But with Claire oblivious to the truth and the affair over, Norman's life and marriage... More
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Chopper
(2000) [R]
Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn. An extraordinary movie about an extraordinary man, the highly acclaimed and award winning Chopper is the boldest and grittiest Australian film in decades. Brimming with dangerous excitement and stunning innovation, the sensational debut of... More
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East Is East
(1999) [M]
George Khan, proud Pakistani and chip shop owner, rules his family with a rod of iron. He thinks he's raising his seven children to be respectable Pakistanis - but this is Salford in the North of England, in 1971. For the seven kids of George Khan life is one long compromise. Tomboy Meenah... More
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The Virgin Suicides
(1999) [MA]
Based on the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, then adapted for the screen and directed by Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides is a story about five sisters and their mysterious existence, told in the words of the neighborhood boys who worshiped them from a distance. It is a solitary story of the girls... More
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East - West
(1999) [M]
In June 1946 Stalin launches a massive propoganda campaign targeted at Russian emigrants living in the West, offering an amnesty, new passports and the chance to play a crucial role in the reconstruction of the post-war Soviet Union. Attracted by the promise of a new life, Alexei (Oleg... More
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My Mother Frank
(2000) [M]
The story of Frances Aileen Nano Kennedy a.k.a. Frank. She's an eccentric, bad tempered, dry witted, devoutly Roman Catholic, over-protective mother, with a seriously bad memory. Frank is living her life through her grown up children David and Margaret and driving them absolutely crazy in the... More
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Wonder Boys
(2000) [M]
English Professor, Graddy Tripp tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, his married mistress falling pregnant and the various other problems that his friends and associates involve him in. Professor Tripp used to be a... More
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Ride With The Devil
(1999) [MA]
In 1861, the Southern Confederacy is formed and the American Civil War ignites. Friends Jake and Jack join the Bushwackers, a unit formed to raid the North Union soldiers. With the fierce winter looming their unit must seperate and find shelter, their quest helped by a young widow called Sue... More
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Rules Of Engagement
(2000) [MA]
Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson deliver electrifying performances in this drama about what happens when the rules that command a soldier become the rules that condemn him. Colonel Terry Childers (Jackson) is a patriot and war hero. But when a peacekeeping mission he leads in Yemen goes... More
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If These Walls Could Talk
(1996) [MA]
If these walls could talk goes inside one home, peeling back the wallpaper for intimate glimpses of the lives of three different women living there in three different decades. Moore, Spacek and Cher star separately in the three stories that comprise the film. The first story stars Moore as a... More
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If These Walls Could Talk 2
(2000) [M]
Semi-follow up of the first "If These Walls Could Talk" with three segments set in the same house, but with different occupants which spans nearly 40 years. While the first film delt with women and the topic of abortion, this deals with women and the topic of lesbianism.
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Any Given Sunday
(1999) [MA]
Life is a contact sport and football is life when three-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone and a dynamic acting ensemble explore the fortunes of the Miami Sharks in Any Given Sunday. At the 50-yard line of this gridiron cosmos is Al Pacino as Tony D'Amato, the embattled Sharks... More
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The War Zone
(1999) [R]
In Tim Roth's directorial debut, Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) and Jessie (Lara Belmont) have recently moved to rural Devon with their parents. Tom finds the move particularly difficult and somewhat isolating, which results in him becoming more of an observer of the family than an active member. His... More
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Erin Brockovich
(2000) [M]
Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts in her Oscar winning role) was never trained, or indeed meant to work in a lawyers office. Circumstances take this down-on-her-luck, twice-divorced mother of three into a legal practice. Here she discovers some legal files that don't add up. On investigation she... More
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Jesus' Son
(1999) [R]
Based on a highly acclaimed collection of short stories by Denis Johnson, "Jesus' Son" is the intense, edgy, often hilarious story of a young man's journey from addiction and petty crime to redemption through the startling discovery of his own capacity for compassion. Set in the drug subculture... More
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The Patriot
(2000) [MA]
Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) distinguished himself in the French and Indian Wars but now lives in peace with his seven children on his sprawling South Carolina plantation. The horrors of conflict come back to haunt him, however, when his headstrong eldest son Gabriel (Heath Ledger) defies his... More
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
(1999) [MA]
A professional hitman with a difference, Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) conducts himself with strict adherence to the philosophies of the Samurai. Living in a dishevelled roof top shack his usual means of communication with his clients is by carrier pigeon. When Ghost Dog’s code is dangerously... More
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The Perfect Storm
(2000) [M]
In October 1991, the fishing community of Gloucester, Massachusetts, experienced the full wrath of Mother Nature when a freak meteorological event produced the fiercest storm in modern history. Director Wolfgang Petersen has fashioned this heroic true story (as chronicled in Sebastian Junger's... More
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28 Days
(2000) [M]
"Alcohol is like love: the first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine" (Raymond Chandler). Successful New York writer Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) rarely stops at just three kisses: she's a party girl who ricochets from nightclub to bar, from one hangover to the next. Her... More
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I Dreamed Of Africa
(2000) [M]
Academy Award winner KIM BASINGER stars in this epic tale of a woman's quest for adventure and a new life in the majestic, untamed lands of rural Africa. Based on the true story of Kuki Gallmann, this breathtaking film chronicles her life as she leaves her pampered existence in Italy for the... More
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Music Of The Heart
(1999) [PG]
Two-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep (One True Thing) stars with Angela Bassett (How Stella Got Her Groove Back) in a heartwarming, acclaimed true story of how one woman's musical gift affected those who least expected it! A single mother with little more than talent and the determination... More
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