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Breaking and Entering
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Director: Anthony Minghella
Screenwriter: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright-Penn, Ray Winstone, Martin Freeman, Vera Farmiga
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: A story about theft, both criminal and emotional, "Breaking and Entering" follows a disparate group of long-term Londoners and new arrivals whose lives intersect in the inner-city area of King's Cross. When a landscape architect's (Jude Law) state of the art offices in a seedy part of town are repeatedly burgled, his investigations launch him out of the safety of his familiar world. "Breaking and Entering" is Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghella's first original screenplay since his 1991 feature debut, "Truly Madly Deeply." Minghella, Sydney Pollack and Timothy Bricknell are producing for Minghella and Pollack's Mirage Enterprises.
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Charlotte's Web
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Gary Winick
Screenwriter: Susannah Grant, Karey Kirkpatrick
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, André Benjamin, Thomas Haden Church, Robert Redford, Reba McEntire, Kathy Bates
Genre: Drama, Family
Plot Summary: The classic story of loyalty, trust, and sacrifice comes to life in this live-action adaptation. Fern (Dakota Fanning) is one of only two living beings who sees that Wilbur is a special animal as she raises him, the runt of the litter, into a terrific and radiant pig. As Wilbur moves into a new barn, he begins a second profound friendship with the most unlikely of creatures – a spider named Charlotte – and their bond inspires the animals around them to come together as a family. When the word gets out that Wilbur's days are numbered, it seems that only a miracle will save his life. A determined Charlotte – who sees miracles in the ordinary – spins words into her web in an effort to convince the farmer that Wilbur is "some pig" and worth saving.
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Dreamgirls
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures (Paramount)
Director: Bill Condon
Screenwriter: Bill Condon
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson, Keith Robinson, Bobby Slayton
Genre: Drama, Musical
Plot Summary: Twenty-five years after first bringing Broadway audiences to their feet, the Tony Award-winning musical sensation "Dreamgirls" comes to the big screen starring Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx ("Ray"), Beyoncé Knowles ("Austin Powers in Goldmember"), Danny Glover (the "Lethal Weapon" franchise), newcomer Jennifer Hudson, Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Broadway's "Caroline or Change") and Eddie Murphy ("The Nutty Professor," "Dr. Dolittle").
Set in the turbulent early 1960s to mid-70s, "Dreamgirls" follows the rise of a trio of women—Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Deena (Beyoncé Knowles) and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose)—who have formed a promising girl group called The Dreamettes. At a talent competition, they are discovered by an ambitious manager named Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Jamie Foxx), who offers them the opportunity of a lifetime: to become the back-up singers for headliner James "Thunder" Early (Eddie Murphy). Curtis gradually takes control of the girls' look and sound, eventually giving them their own shot in the spotlight as The Dreams. That spotlight, however, begins to narrow in on Deena, finally pushing the less attractive Effie out altogether. Though the Dreams become a crossover phenomenon, they soon realize that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined.
Rounding out the main cast are Keith Robinson ("Fat Albert"), Sharon Leal (TV's "Boston Public"), and three-time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle ("Miss Saigon," "The Tap Dance Kid," "The Wiz").
"Dreamgirls" is being directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay he adapted from the stage musical's original book by Tom Eyen. An Academy Award® winner for his screenplay for "Gods and Monsters," which he also directed, Condon received another Oscar® nomination for his screenplay adaptation of "Chicago." He more recently wrote and directed "Kinsey."
Academy Award®-nominated producer Laurence Mark ("Jerry Maguire," "As Good As It Gets," "I, Robot") is producing "Dreamgirls," with Patricia Whitcher ("Memoirs of a Geisha," "The Terminal") executive producing. The lyrics are by Tom Eyen, with music by Henry Krieger.
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Eragon
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
Screenwriter: Peter Buchman
Starring: Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, Djimon Hounsou, Garrett Hedlund, Joss Stone, Rachel Weisz, John Malkovich
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Plot Summary: This epic fantasy-adventure centers on a young man named Eragon whose destiny is revealed with the help of a dragon. Eragon, now a Dragon Rider, is swept into a world of magic and power, discovering that he alone has the power to save – or destroy – an Empire.
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The Good German
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Screenwriter: Paul Attanasio
Starring: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Leland Orser, Beau Bridges, Tony Curran
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Plot Summary: Based on the novel by Joseph Kanon, "The Good German" takes place in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, where U.S. Army war correspondent Jake Geismar (George Clooney) becomes embroiled with Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett), a former lover whose missing husband is the object of a manhunt by both the American and Russian armies. Intrigue mounts as Jake tries to uncover the secrets Lena may be hiding in her desperation to get herself and her husband out of Berlin. Tully (Tobey Maguire), a soldier in the American army motor pool assigned to drive Jake around Berlin, has black market connections that may be Lena's way out -- or lead them all into even darker territory.
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Home of the Brave
Studio: MGM
Director: Irwin Winkler
Screenwriter: Mark Friedman
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Brian Presley, Christina Ricci, Chad Michael Murray
Genre: Drama, War
Plot Summary: From Academy Award-winner Irwin Winkler comes "Home of the Brave," the story of four American soldiers nearing the end of their tours of duty in Iraq. Shortly after learning their unit will soon return home, they are sent on one final humanitarian mission to bring medical supplies to a remote Iraqi village.
The unit is ambushed and takes heavy losses. The surviving troops suffer both physical and psychological injuries. Now, as they return to the United States, four soldiers must face memories of the past as they look towards the future and return to civilian life.
These are their stories. "Home of the Brave" is about hope and courage and the impact of war on both the individuals who fight it and the people close to them.
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The Pursuit of Happyness
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Screenwriter: Steve Conrad
Starring: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: "Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. ...You got a dream, you gotta protect it... If you want something, go get it. Period."
In Columbia Pictures' "The Pursuit of Happyness," Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them.
Brooklyn Rules
Studio: Hannover House
Director: Michael Corrente
Screenwriter: Terence Winter
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Freddie Prinze Jr, Scott Caan, Jerry Ferrara, Mira Sorvino
Genre: Crime, Drama
Plot Summary: In 1985 Brooklyn, three boyhood friends come of age on the streets where the violent have power. When one becomes enamored by the mafia lifestyle, all three friends are placed in grave danger as relationships and lives are threatened.
Reminiscing in Tempo
Studio: Gary Keys Films
Director: Gary Keys
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: The 1968 Duke Ellington Orchestra, Duke Ellington, Ruth Ellington, Ira Gitler, Al Hibbler, Dan Morgenstern, Bobby Short, Dr. Billy Taylor
Genre: Documentary
Plot Summary: Gary Keys's exuberant documentary captures the spectacular birthday parties thrown by Ruth Ellington for her brother, Duke, every year--even after he passed away in 1977. Also featured here is rare, fascinating footage of Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing in Mexico in 1968, as well as insightful interviews with Bobby Short, Al Hibbler, Billy Taylor, and renowned jazz critics Ira Gitler and Dan Morgenstern.
The Secret Life of Words
Studio: Strand Releasing
Director: Isabel Coixet
Screenwriter: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Camara, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Eddie Marsan, Julie Christie, Daniel Mays
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Hanna (Sarah Polley), a solitary and mysterious young woman, works in a factory somewhere in Europe. She speaks to no one, eats the same thing for every meal and wears a hearing aid that she turns off to protect herself from the world. Forced by her boss to take a vacation, she travels to Northern Ireland where, on a whim, she volunteers to be a nurse on an oil rig in the Irish Sea to tend to Josef (Tim Robbins) who has been burned in a flash fire. The burns have left Josef temporarily blind but in flirtatious spirits and he is eager to discover who his enigmatic nurse truly is.
On the oil rig, Coixet creates a labyrinthine world where only a handful of other characters live, including Martin (Daniel Mays), an oceanographer who shoots balls into a basketball hoop and Simon (Javier Camara), the rig’s jovial cook who turns out gourmet meals for the crew.
As Hanna tends Josef's wounds, he attempts in vain to extract information about her all the while telling her about his own troubled past. Hannah even refuses to tell Josef her real name or the color of her hair. Yet, a strange intimacy gradually develops between them and when Josef is about to be transferred off the rig, Hanna knows they may never see each other again. She decides to divulge her darkest secret, a revelation from which neither will emerge unscathed and will change their lives forever.
Breaking and Entering
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Director: Anthony Minghella
Screenwriter: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright-Penn, Ray Winstone, Martin Freeman, Vera Farmiga
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: A story about theft, both criminal and emotional, "Breaking and Entering" follows a disparate group of long-term Londoners and new arrivals whose lives intersect in the inner-city area of King's Cross. When a landscape architect's (Jude Law) state of the art offices in a seedy part of town are repeatedly burgled, his investigations launch him out of the safety of his familiar world. "Breaking and Entering" is Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghella's first original screenplay since his 1991 feature debut, "Truly Madly Deeply." Minghella, Sydney Pollack and Timothy Bricknell are producing for Minghella and Pollack's Mirage Enterprises.
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Charlotte's Web
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Gary Winick
Screenwriter: Susannah Grant, Karey Kirkpatrick
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, André Benjamin, Thomas Haden Church, Robert Redford, Reba McEntire, Kathy Bates
Genre: Drama, Family
Plot Summary: The classic story of loyalty, trust, and sacrifice comes to life in this live-action adaptation. Fern (Dakota Fanning) is one of only two living beings who sees that Wilbur is a special animal as she raises him, the runt of the litter, into a terrific and radiant pig. As Wilbur moves into a new barn, he begins a second profound friendship with the most unlikely of creatures – a spider named Charlotte – and their bond inspires the animals around them to come together as a family. When the word gets out that Wilbur's days are numbered, it seems that only a miracle will save his life. A determined Charlotte – who sees miracles in the ordinary – spins words into her web in an effort to convince the farmer that Wilbur is "some pig" and worth saving.
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Dreamgirls
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures (Paramount)
Director: Bill Condon
Screenwriter: Bill Condon
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson, Keith Robinson, Bobby Slayton
Genre: Drama, Musical
Plot Summary: Twenty-five years after first bringing Broadway audiences to their feet, the Tony Award-winning musical sensation "Dreamgirls" comes to the big screen starring Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx ("Ray"), Beyoncé Knowles ("Austin Powers in Goldmember"), Danny Glover (the "Lethal Weapon" franchise), newcomer Jennifer Hudson, Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Broadway's "Caroline or Change") and Eddie Murphy ("The Nutty Professor," "Dr. Dolittle").
Set in the turbulent early 1960s to mid-70s, "Dreamgirls" follows the rise of a trio of women—Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Deena (Beyoncé Knowles) and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose)—who have formed a promising girl group called The Dreamettes. At a talent competition, they are discovered by an ambitious manager named Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Jamie Foxx), who offers them the opportunity of a lifetime: to become the back-up singers for headliner James "Thunder" Early (Eddie Murphy). Curtis gradually takes control of the girls' look and sound, eventually giving them their own shot in the spotlight as The Dreams. That spotlight, however, begins to narrow in on Deena, finally pushing the less attractive Effie out altogether. Though the Dreams become a crossover phenomenon, they soon realize that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined.
Rounding out the main cast are Keith Robinson ("Fat Albert"), Sharon Leal (TV's "Boston Public"), and three-time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle ("Miss Saigon," "The Tap Dance Kid," "The Wiz").
"Dreamgirls" is being directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay he adapted from the stage musical's original book by Tom Eyen. An Academy Award® winner for his screenplay for "Gods and Monsters," which he also directed, Condon received another Oscar® nomination for his screenplay adaptation of "Chicago." He more recently wrote and directed "Kinsey."
Academy Award®-nominated producer Laurence Mark ("Jerry Maguire," "As Good As It Gets," "I, Robot") is producing "Dreamgirls," with Patricia Whitcher ("Memoirs of a Geisha," "The Terminal") executive producing. The lyrics are by Tom Eyen, with music by Henry Krieger.
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Eragon
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
Screenwriter: Peter Buchman
Starring: Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, Djimon Hounsou, Garrett Hedlund, Joss Stone, Rachel Weisz, John Malkovich
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Plot Summary: This epic fantasy-adventure centers on a young man named Eragon whose destiny is revealed with the help of a dragon. Eragon, now a Dragon Rider, is swept into a world of magic and power, discovering that he alone has the power to save – or destroy – an Empire.
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The Good German
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Screenwriter: Paul Attanasio
Starring: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Leland Orser, Beau Bridges, Tony Curran
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Plot Summary: Based on the novel by Joseph Kanon, "The Good German" takes place in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, where U.S. Army war correspondent Jake Geismar (George Clooney) becomes embroiled with Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett), a former lover whose missing husband is the object of a manhunt by both the American and Russian armies. Intrigue mounts as Jake tries to uncover the secrets Lena may be hiding in her desperation to get herself and her husband out of Berlin. Tully (Tobey Maguire), a soldier in the American army motor pool assigned to drive Jake around Berlin, has black market connections that may be Lena's way out -- or lead them all into even darker territory.
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Home of the Brave
Studio: MGM
Director: Irwin Winkler
Screenwriter: Mark Friedman
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Brian Presley, Christina Ricci, Chad Michael Murray
Genre: Drama, War
Plot Summary: From Academy Award-winner Irwin Winkler comes "Home of the Brave," the story of four American soldiers nearing the end of their tours of duty in Iraq. Shortly after learning their unit will soon return home, they are sent on one final humanitarian mission to bring medical supplies to a remote Iraqi village.
The unit is ambushed and takes heavy losses. The surviving troops suffer both physical and psychological injuries. Now, as they return to the United States, four soldiers must face memories of the past as they look towards the future and return to civilian life.
These are their stories. "Home of the Brave" is about hope and courage and the impact of war on both the individuals who fight it and the people close to them.
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The Pursuit of Happyness
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Screenwriter: Steve Conrad
Starring: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: "Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. ...You got a dream, you gotta protect it... If you want something, go get it. Period."
In Columbia Pictures' "The Pursuit of Happyness," Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them.
Brooklyn Rules
Studio: Hannover House
Director: Michael Corrente
Screenwriter: Terence Winter
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Freddie Prinze Jr, Scott Caan, Jerry Ferrara, Mira Sorvino
Genre: Crime, Drama
Plot Summary: In 1985 Brooklyn, three boyhood friends come of age on the streets where the violent have power. When one becomes enamored by the mafia lifestyle, all three friends are placed in grave danger as relationships and lives are threatened.
Reminiscing in Tempo
Studio: Gary Keys Films
Director: Gary Keys
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: The 1968 Duke Ellington Orchestra, Duke Ellington, Ruth Ellington, Ira Gitler, Al Hibbler, Dan Morgenstern, Bobby Short, Dr. Billy Taylor
Genre: Documentary
Plot Summary: Gary Keys's exuberant documentary captures the spectacular birthday parties thrown by Ruth Ellington for her brother, Duke, every year--even after he passed away in 1977. Also featured here is rare, fascinating footage of Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing in Mexico in 1968, as well as insightful interviews with Bobby Short, Al Hibbler, Billy Taylor, and renowned jazz critics Ira Gitler and Dan Morgenstern.
The Secret Life of Words
Studio: Strand Releasing
Director: Isabel Coixet
Screenwriter: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Camara, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Eddie Marsan, Julie Christie, Daniel Mays
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: Hanna (Sarah Polley), a solitary and mysterious young woman, works in a factory somewhere in Europe. She speaks to no one, eats the same thing for every meal and wears a hearing aid that she turns off to protect herself from the world. Forced by her boss to take a vacation, she travels to Northern Ireland where, on a whim, she volunteers to be a nurse on an oil rig in the Irish Sea to tend to Josef (Tim Robbins) who has been burned in a flash fire. The burns have left Josef temporarily blind but in flirtatious spirits and he is eager to discover who his enigmatic nurse truly is.
On the oil rig, Coixet creates a labyrinthine world where only a handful of other characters live, including Martin (Daniel Mays), an oceanographer who shoots balls into a basketball hoop and Simon (Javier Camara), the rig’s jovial cook who turns out gourmet meals for the crew.
As Hanna tends Josef's wounds, he attempts in vain to extract information about her all the while telling her about his own troubled past. Hannah even refuses to tell Josef her real name or the color of her hair. Yet, a strange intimacy gradually develops between them and when Josef is about to be transferred off the rig, Hanna knows they may never see each other again. She decides to divulge her darkest secret, a revelation from which neither will emerge unscathed and will change their lives forever.