Films on Premiere Direkt 12th / 19th January
''enjoy''
Satellite: Astra 1F and Astra 1H
Position: 19 east
Frequency: 11720H, 11758H, 11798H, 12032H & 12070H
Encryptions: Nagravision 2
January 12 to January 19
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The Producers (2005) Comedy / Musical NEW
Starring Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman and Will Ferrell. Directed by Susan Stroman.
New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there's no accounting for taste...
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Second in Command (2006) Action / Thriller NEW
Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Julie Cox, William Tapley and Alan McKenna. Directed by
Simon Fellows.
Armed insurgents attempt a coup d'etat in a troubled Eastern European country, and the president flees to the U.S. embassy for protection. When the U.S. ambassador is murdered by the ruthless and gun-happy rebels, it comes down to the second-in-command of the embassy, Sam Keenan, played by Belgian kickboxer Jean-Claude Van Damme (CYBORG), to use his amazing martial arts technique to defend the besieged embassy.
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Stay (2005/I) Drama / Thriller NEW
Starring Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Kate Burton and Naomi Watts. Directed by Marc Forster.
After a car accident on a bridge, the psychiatrist Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) assumes the case of the survivor Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling), who apparently torched and car and promises to commit suicide three days later. Sam decides to investigate deeper what happened with Henry, and feels that he is becoming detached from reality with his findings about the case. He asks his girlfriend Lila Culpepper (Naomi Watts) to help himself to stay lucid, while trying to solve the intriguing situation of Henry.
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House of the Dead II: Dead Aim (2005) (TV) Action / Comedy / Horror NEW
Starring Emmanuelle Vaugier, Ed Quinn, Sticky Fingaz and Steve Monroe. Directed by Michael Hurst.
A virus breaks out at a University and people start to become zombies. After 29 days, a team of AMS scientists and soldiers are sent in to deal with the problem. But while they search, things go wrong.
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The Pink Panther (2006) Comedy / Crime / Mystery
Starring Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer. Directed by Shawn Levy.
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Insp. Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) to the case. His intention is to give a diversion to the press, while he uses his best men to chase the killer and thief. He assigns Gendarme Gilbert Ponton (Jean Reno) to work with Closeau and inform each step of the investigation. When Clouseau is nominated with honor to the highest prize in France, Dreyfus decides to humiliate Clouseau and take him out of the case. However Clouseau has already solved the mystery.
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Scary Movie 4 (2006) Comedy / Horror
Starring Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko and Bill Pullman. Directed by David Zucker.
Anna Faris returns as the caring yet dumb witted Cindy Campbell in the latest installment of the Scary Movie Franchise. Cindy has taken up a job as a house caretaker for a nice old lady that is said to be cursed. Cindy moves right in and the house is located right next to Craig Bierko as Tom Ryan, a down on his luck father. Cindy soon discovers a dreaded secret about the house and she is comforted by Tom who is watching his children for the weekend. As soon as the two become more then just friends, a huge storm rolls on in and hits the town. Tom discovers a giant hole in the ground and an alien TrIpod emerges from it's depth's.........
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Underworld: Evolution (2006) Action / Fantasy / Horror
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran and Shane Brolly. Directed by Len Wiseman.
Beginning where Underworld finished, Selene and Michael are on the run from the vampires. Being the cause of Viktor's death, Selene can only hope to plea to the last remaining elder, Marcus. However, Marcus has already awakened and has become a more powerful creature than before. Now his only remaining goal is to awaken his Lycan brother, William from his eternal imprisonment. With time running out, Selene and Michael must piece together the final clues to unlock the secrets of their bloodlines and stop Marcus before it's too late.
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The Woods (2006) Horror / Mystery
Starring Agnes Bruckner, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel Nichols and Lauren Birkell. Directed by Lucky McKee.
A psychological horror story that begins when a neglected teenager, named Heather, is dropped off by her parents at a remote all-girls boarding school deep in the forest. Watched over by sinister headmistress Ms. Traverse and her staff, Heather is tormented by her classmates and is desperate to go home. But when students start disappearing and she begins to have horrifying visions, Heather realizes that things at school are not quite what they seem. She only knows there's something out there in the woods--and it won't be letting her leave anytime soon.
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Æon Flux (2005) Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Starring Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller and Sophie Okonedo. Directed by Karyn Kusama.
Set against the 2011 virus that kills 99% of the world's populace, and in the last city on Earth, Bregna, the survivors, some four hundred years later, in the year 2415, are continuing to live in the Goodchild dynasty, the name of the scientist who developed its cure. All is not well in this utopia and it is not what lies beyond its high walls that protects its citizens from the never ending jungle but what unspoken, unwritten taboo that holds and binds these unfortunates' together that lies within these walls of paranoia, conformity and unquestionable obedience. Filmed in and around Berlin, ironically, this is a story set against a totalitarian state, a walled city, where its peoples are no longer capable of reproducing, and its sinister and most secret plot of how it sustains life. Æon Flux is the assassin that has been assigned by the underground rebels to change the course of Mankind, forever. This is the story of her fight for justice, freedom and revenge.
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An Unfinished Life (2005) Drama
Starring Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman and Josh Lucas. Directed by Lasse Hallström.
In order to escape from the abusive boy-friend, Gary Winston (Damian Lewis), Jean Gilkyson (Jennifer Lopez) moves with her young daughter Griff Gilkyson (Becca Gardner) without previous notice to the ranch of her father-in-law Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford) in Wyoming. Jean and Einar are disaffected, since he blames her for the death of his beloved son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitch Bradley (Morgan Freeman), who was attacked and seriously wounded by a bear, and he does not know that he has a grand-daughter. While Mitch heals his wounds and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving his grand-daughter.
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The Constant Gardener (2005) Drama / Thriller
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Hubert Koundé and Danny Huston. Directed by Fernando Meirelles
After his wife is murdered in Kenya, Justin Quayle, a mild, low-level diplomat and a constant gardener, must investigate his wife's death, their relationship, and his own heart. In flashbacks, we see them meet, marry, and fall in love; we follow her in the teeming streets and clinics of Nairobi, usually accompanying Arnold Bluhm, a Black doctor with whom she spent the night before her murder, and who, after robbers, is the prime suspect. In his own investigation, Justin must not quail as he faces his memories, his colleagues, local police, hired thugs, and a nasty corporate CEO. Help and connections, as well as conspiracies, come from unexpected places. Murder will out.
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Flight 93 (2006) (TV) Drama / History
Starring Jeffrey Nordling, Brendan Elliot, Kendal Cross and Ty Olsson. Directed by Peter Markle.
Flight 93 is the story of the heroic passengers that took back their plane in an effort to stop a 9-11 terrorist attack.
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Half Light (2006) Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Starring Demi Moore, Henry Ian Cusick, Beans El-Balawi and Kate Isitt. Directed by Craig Rosenberg
Rachel Carlson is a successful mystery novelist whose life falls apart when her 5-year-old son drowns at her country home. A year later, in an effort to heal her wounds and help her to start writing again, her best friend rents her a secluded cottage in a remote fishing village, where events unfold that rock the tranquil village and cause Rachel to fear for her sanity and her life.
Regards Satdude. :thum:
''enjoy''
Satellite: Astra 1F and Astra 1H
Position: 19 east
Frequency: 11720H, 11758H, 11798H, 12032H & 12070H
Encryptions: Nagravision 2
January 12 to January 19
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The Producers (2005) Comedy / Musical NEW
Starring Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman and Will Ferrell. Directed by Susan Stroman.
New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there's no accounting for taste...
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Second in Command (2006) Action / Thriller NEW
Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Julie Cox, William Tapley and Alan McKenna. Directed by
Simon Fellows.
Armed insurgents attempt a coup d'etat in a troubled Eastern European country, and the president flees to the U.S. embassy for protection. When the U.S. ambassador is murdered by the ruthless and gun-happy rebels, it comes down to the second-in-command of the embassy, Sam Keenan, played by Belgian kickboxer Jean-Claude Van Damme (CYBORG), to use his amazing martial arts technique to defend the besieged embassy.
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Stay (2005/I) Drama / Thriller NEW
Starring Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Kate Burton and Naomi Watts. Directed by Marc Forster.
After a car accident on a bridge, the psychiatrist Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) assumes the case of the survivor Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling), who apparently torched and car and promises to commit suicide three days later. Sam decides to investigate deeper what happened with Henry, and feels that he is becoming detached from reality with his findings about the case. He asks his girlfriend Lila Culpepper (Naomi Watts) to help himself to stay lucid, while trying to solve the intriguing situation of Henry.
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House of the Dead II: Dead Aim (2005) (TV) Action / Comedy / Horror NEW
Starring Emmanuelle Vaugier, Ed Quinn, Sticky Fingaz and Steve Monroe. Directed by Michael Hurst.
A virus breaks out at a University and people start to become zombies. After 29 days, a team of AMS scientists and soldiers are sent in to deal with the problem. But while they search, things go wrong.
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The Pink Panther (2006) Comedy / Crime / Mystery
Starring Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer. Directed by Shawn Levy.
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Insp. Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) to the case. His intention is to give a diversion to the press, while he uses his best men to chase the killer and thief. He assigns Gendarme Gilbert Ponton (Jean Reno) to work with Closeau and inform each step of the investigation. When Clouseau is nominated with honor to the highest prize in France, Dreyfus decides to humiliate Clouseau and take him out of the case. However Clouseau has already solved the mystery.
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Scary Movie 4 (2006) Comedy / Horror
Starring Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko and Bill Pullman. Directed by David Zucker.
Anna Faris returns as the caring yet dumb witted Cindy Campbell in the latest installment of the Scary Movie Franchise. Cindy has taken up a job as a house caretaker for a nice old lady that is said to be cursed. Cindy moves right in and the house is located right next to Craig Bierko as Tom Ryan, a down on his luck father. Cindy soon discovers a dreaded secret about the house and she is comforted by Tom who is watching his children for the weekend. As soon as the two become more then just friends, a huge storm rolls on in and hits the town. Tom discovers a giant hole in the ground and an alien TrIpod emerges from it's depth's.........
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Underworld: Evolution (2006) Action / Fantasy / Horror
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran and Shane Brolly. Directed by Len Wiseman.
Beginning where Underworld finished, Selene and Michael are on the run from the vampires. Being the cause of Viktor's death, Selene can only hope to plea to the last remaining elder, Marcus. However, Marcus has already awakened and has become a more powerful creature than before. Now his only remaining goal is to awaken his Lycan brother, William from his eternal imprisonment. With time running out, Selene and Michael must piece together the final clues to unlock the secrets of their bloodlines and stop Marcus before it's too late.
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The Woods (2006) Horror / Mystery
Starring Agnes Bruckner, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel Nichols and Lauren Birkell. Directed by Lucky McKee.
A psychological horror story that begins when a neglected teenager, named Heather, is dropped off by her parents at a remote all-girls boarding school deep in the forest. Watched over by sinister headmistress Ms. Traverse and her staff, Heather is tormented by her classmates and is desperate to go home. But when students start disappearing and she begins to have horrifying visions, Heather realizes that things at school are not quite what they seem. She only knows there's something out there in the woods--and it won't be letting her leave anytime soon.
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Æon Flux (2005) Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Starring Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller and Sophie Okonedo. Directed by Karyn Kusama.
Set against the 2011 virus that kills 99% of the world's populace, and in the last city on Earth, Bregna, the survivors, some four hundred years later, in the year 2415, are continuing to live in the Goodchild dynasty, the name of the scientist who developed its cure. All is not well in this utopia and it is not what lies beyond its high walls that protects its citizens from the never ending jungle but what unspoken, unwritten taboo that holds and binds these unfortunates' together that lies within these walls of paranoia, conformity and unquestionable obedience. Filmed in and around Berlin, ironically, this is a story set against a totalitarian state, a walled city, where its peoples are no longer capable of reproducing, and its sinister and most secret plot of how it sustains life. Æon Flux is the assassin that has been assigned by the underground rebels to change the course of Mankind, forever. This is the story of her fight for justice, freedom and revenge.
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An Unfinished Life (2005) Drama
Starring Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman and Josh Lucas. Directed by Lasse Hallström.
In order to escape from the abusive boy-friend, Gary Winston (Damian Lewis), Jean Gilkyson (Jennifer Lopez) moves with her young daughter Griff Gilkyson (Becca Gardner) without previous notice to the ranch of her father-in-law Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford) in Wyoming. Jean and Einar are disaffected, since he blames her for the death of his beloved son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitch Bradley (Morgan Freeman), who was attacked and seriously wounded by a bear, and he does not know that he has a grand-daughter. While Mitch heals his wounds and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving his grand-daughter.
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The Constant Gardener (2005) Drama / Thriller
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Hubert Koundé and Danny Huston. Directed by Fernando Meirelles
After his wife is murdered in Kenya, Justin Quayle, a mild, low-level diplomat and a constant gardener, must investigate his wife's death, their relationship, and his own heart. In flashbacks, we see them meet, marry, and fall in love; we follow her in the teeming streets and clinics of Nairobi, usually accompanying Arnold Bluhm, a Black doctor with whom she spent the night before her murder, and who, after robbers, is the prime suspect. In his own investigation, Justin must not quail as he faces his memories, his colleagues, local police, hired thugs, and a nasty corporate CEO. Help and connections, as well as conspiracies, come from unexpected places. Murder will out.
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Flight 93 (2006) (TV) Drama / History
Starring Jeffrey Nordling, Brendan Elliot, Kendal Cross and Ty Olsson. Directed by Peter Markle.
Flight 93 is the story of the heroic passengers that took back their plane in an effort to stop a 9-11 terrorist attack.
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Half Light (2006) Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Starring Demi Moore, Henry Ian Cusick, Beans El-Balawi and Kate Isitt. Directed by Craig Rosenberg
Rachel Carlson is a successful mystery novelist whose life falls apart when her 5-year-old son drowns at her country home. A year later, in an effort to heal her wounds and help her to start writing again, her best friend rents her a secluded cottage in a remote fishing village, where events unfold that rock the tranquil village and cause Rachel to fear for her sanity and her life.
Regards Satdude. :thum: