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Belleville rendez-vousBelleville rendez-vous [videorecording] / Les Armateurs present in association with Production Champion, Vivi Film, France 3 Cin A bicyclist is kidnapped from the Tour de France by mysterious gangsters; his grandmother travels to the city of Belleville (which has a sardonic version of the Statue of Liberty in its harbor), where she tracks him down with the help of a musical trio gone to seed, the Belleville Triplets. (Had to see this because of the humorous portrayal of Tour de France cyclist aspirants and the way they're portrayed - as the propulsion for a ship to America! Very original. :-) --jen) IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-584 |
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CroupierCroupier [videorecording] / Shooting Gallery; Channel Four Films; written by Paul Mayersberg; produced by Jonathan Cavendish; directed by Mike Hodges. London's gambling world is the setting where aspiring writer Jack Manfred, suffering from writer's block, takes a job as a croupier to support his art. Knowing the dangers of the cards, Jack is adamant about remaining a professional outsider, but the temptations of the game inevitably swallow him deeper than he could have ever anticipated. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-777 |
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Dirty pretty thingsDirty pretty things [videorecording] / Miramax Films and BBC Films present a Celador Films production of a film by Stephen Frears; produced by Tracey Seaward, Robert Jones; written by Steven Knight; directed by Stepehn Frears. Okwe is an illegal immigrant living in London. He was a doctor in his homeland and now works two jobs - during the day as a taxi driver, at night as a hotel desk clerk. When a prostitute tells him there's a mess in one of the hotel's bathrooms, Okwe finds a human heart in the toilet. Using his previous knowledge of medicine, he begins to solve the case of where the heart came from and soon delves into the world of body organ black-markets. He finds that his only friend, Senay, a Turkish illegal immigrant chambermaid, may be next to be used for organ parts. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-402 |
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Fight clubFight club [videorecording] / Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises; a Linson Films production. When a ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a soap salesman channel their aggresion into therapeutic "fight clubs", an eccentric woman gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-186 |
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Four brothersFour brothers [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents a Di Bonaventura Pictures production, a John Singleton film; produced by Lorenzo Di Bonaventura; written by David Elliot & Paul Lovett; directed by John Singleton. Four adopted brothers come back home to avenge their mother's death at what appeared to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boy's investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local gangster. Two local cops, who are trying to solve the case, may also not be what they seem. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-1774 |
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George A. Romero's Land of the deadGeorge A. Romero's Land of the dead [videorecording] / Atmosphere Entertainment, Aurora Entertainment Corporation; Exception Wild Bunch; Laurel Entertainment, Inc.; Romero-Grunwald Productions; produced by Mark Canton, Bernie Goldman, Peter Grunwald; written by George A. Romero; directed by George A. Romero. Zombies have become the dominant population, and they've begun to show signs of undead intelligence and gathering power. The wealthiest human survivors live comfortably in a luxury high-rise building that is barricaded within a safe zone. The wealthy ignore the horrors of the outside world while armed scavengers stage raids in the zombie-zone to gather much-needed food and supplies. Riley and Cholo are mercenaries-for-hire; Kaufman is their nefarious boss; and Slack is a former hooker recruited into Riley's scavenger squad. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-1626 |
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HeatHeat (Motion picture) A career thief and a detective square off to make sure that the other does not succeed. Special features include: additional scenes; audio commentary; documentaries; and more. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-1452 |
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History of violenceHistory of violence (Motion picture: 2005) Tom is a loving, well-respected family man from a small Indiana town. When two criminals show up at his diner, Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a local hero who took the courage to stand up to crime, people look up to Tom as a man of high moral regard. But all the media attention attracts the likes of the mob, who show up at Tom's doorstep. Is it a case of mistaken identity or does Tom have a history that no one knows about? (Another very thoughtful, well-written, questioning movie that can also be used to start a conversation about the power of media in our country. Originally a graphic novel, this well-adapted movie has a scene between Tom and his wife that's pretty memorable! -jen) IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-1951 |
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Lost in translationLost in translation (Motion picture) A middle-aged actor and the wife of a photographer meet while on business in Tokyo. They strike up an unusual friendship in the hotel bar that helps them both overcome boredom and loneliness. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-292 |
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Mean CreekMean Creek [videorecording] / Whitewater Films presents [Paramount Classics]; produced by Rick Rosenthal, Susan Johnson & Hagai Shaham; written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes. Follows a bunch of ragtag teenagers who take a boat trip on a nearby creek to celebrate their youngest member's birthday. They have an ulterior motive - to payback a local bully for his cruelities to the birthday boy. This is a hearty dose of how revenge can change a life in 24 hours. IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Check availability: DVD-1214 |
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