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Spain:13 certified full length DVD movies
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Venetian Giacomo Casanova (Heath Ledger) was a man of many parts: a famous traveler, talented writer, smart spy, good amateur doctor and even inventor of the lottery, just to name a few. However, his image as the world's greatest seducer lingers in the minds of people of different generations. Casanova was notorious for his promiscuity with women. Thousands of lovely ladies all over Europe – from servants to aristocrats – gave their argent love to the gallant, charismatic adventurer but none of them could win his heart. But one day Giacomo met smart and alluring Francesca Bruni (Sienna Miller), the only woman able to resist his amorous charms. Intrigued by the haughty beauty, Casanova decided to win her over by hook or crook before he knew that his own heart had been stolen forever.
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This movie is based on the real events that took place at the Sioux Indians' reservation. A young FBI agent is ordered to conduct investigation of the murders which shook the local Indian population. His veins contain Indian blood, so the mission becomes a point of honor for Val Kilmer's character, to some extent. From Washington, what happened seems apparent, but at the place the things seem inexplicable and even mystic. Here, at the reservation, the legendary agent Cuttell (Pullman) already works, and it gradually becomes apparent that the uranium field can be the important clue to the crimes. Unfortunately, the history knows many examples when fighters for the truth was killed and then declared guilty. |
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Jim Carrey stars as mild-mannered bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who discovers a mysterious ancient mask that brings his inner most desires to wild, screaming life! Now, together with his sidekick Milo, this wise-cracking green tornado is taking Edge City over the top. |
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When the Russian President suddenly dies of a heart attack, the new Russian President is sworn in quickly. American intelligence belives him to be a hard-liner, but young CIA analyst Jack Ryan doesn't think so. While Ryan & his boss, Bill Cabot, are inspecting disarmament at Russian nuclear sites, 3 Russian scientists have mysteriously disappeared. Although the Russians have explanations for their absence, none of them are true. In Austria, a strange man - a neo-fascist - has developed a frightening plan to incite a war between Russia & the U.S., using an unexploded bomb from the deserts of the Middle East. When the 3 Russian scientists are later found dead, Ryan tries to trace their path. By this time, the bomb is on its way to the U.S.A - in a cigarette machine! The bomb is placed in a football stadium where the U.S. President is in attendance. Ryan soon discovers the bomb is in Baltimore and alerts Bill Cabot, who gets the President out of the stadium quickly. Minutes later, the low-yield nuclear bomb explodes, killing several thousands! From Air Force One, the President transmits messages to the Russian President, who denies that the Russians have placed the bomb on U.S. soil. But rogue members of the Russian Air Force are in on the sinister plan, and when an aircraft carrier is attacked and crippled by Russian planes, things quickly go from bad to worse. It is up to Ryan to find out where the bomb came from and get that information to the President before SNAPCOUNT - the order to launch ICBMs at Russia - is completed. |
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It's a quiet little town where nothing happens - until the day the bank is hit for half a million dollars of Indian casino money by a thief wearing a clowns mask. From here the story follows a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse between bank robber and former cop Parker (James Spader) and small-town police officer Ray DeCarlo (David Keith) determined to catch him. Parker doesn't help himself by holing up with a nurse who happens to be DeCarlo's former wife. Throw in a rookie FBI agent, Indians who want their money back, some former friends of Parker who are not so friendly anymore and his fate seems sealed. |
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Bond's new foe is Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce), just another super-villain craving for the domination over the world; he is to be defeated by the valiant Agent 007. Carver is a powerful media-tycoon who never has to search for the news because he always used to make them. Pierce Brosnan incarnates the Superspy again after his successful debut as Bond in "007: The Golden Eye"; the movie "Tomorrow never dies" keeps the tradition of involving the most intricate spy gadjets and contemporary defense technologies along with the most beautiful actresses participation (in this series, action star Michelle Yeoh, who has the "Miss Malaysia" title). Bond is to prevent the Third World War which looms closer and closer as Carver weaves his devilish plot to embroil the world's superpowers with each other using PR technologies and crimninal talents of his ally called Mr. Stamper (Gotz Otto).
The soundtrack of "Tomorrow Never Dies" is the song of the same name, brilliantly performed by Sheryl Crow, who also is an author of this heartfelt hit.
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"White Squall" is the true story of a ship school called the "Albatross." The school is run by the captain, Christopher "Skipper" Sheldon (Jeff Bridges) and his wife, Dr. Alice Sheldon (Caroline Goodall). In the of 1960, the couple took aboard eight teeanage boys from around the country for eight months of learning how to sail, be a crew, and respect one another. the crew goes through hardtimes and more laid-back times, but they must come together when a freak storm gets them in trouble in the middle of the ocean. |
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In this third (and slightly sentimental) part of the famous action series Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is soon to retire for an old-age pension. But in these several days left, he gets drawn into the arms theft investigation by his energetic colleague Riggs (Mel Gibson), and Murtaugh decides to serve further. Riggs meets Lorna Cole (Renee Russo) who practices the same semi-legal and sometimes crazy methods of work which Riggs prefer as well. |
| Missing, The
[2003,
USA]
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| How far would you go, how much would you sacrifice to get back what you have lost? |
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In 19th-century New Mexico, a father (Tommy Lee Jones) comes back home, hoping to reconcile with his adult daughter Maggie (Cate Blanchett). Maggie's daughter is kidnapped, forcing father and estranged daughter to work together to get her back. |
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The biopic follows the life and career of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali (Will Smith) also known as ‘The Greatest’. He was the only boxer to become the world’s heavyweight champion three times. He was born in 1942 and was called Cassius Clay. When in 1954 somebody stole his new bike, Ali couldn’t stand up for himself, so he went to a gym to learn how to fight. Ali trained six days a week and was soon really good at running, skipping and, of course, boxing. In 1964 Clay converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. The movie depicts his rise and fall in sports and politics, including forfeiture of his boxing license and championship title for his principled refusal to serve in the military during the Vietnam War and his comeback battles against Joe Frazier and George Foreman. |
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Jackie Chan, a top secret militant soldier, crashes into the South African jungle after his mission of kidnapping three scientists (who were experimenting with a powerful mineral) has gone array. Waking up in a village of local natives, Chan has no memory of who he is, thus being addressed as "Who Am I". His journey with aid from two female sidekicks to find out his identity leads him all the way to Rotterdam where he coincidentally discovers the location of the organization that kidnapped the three scientists. With no memory, Chan is thirsty for answers by any means necessary. |
| John Q
[2002,
USA]
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| Give a father no options and you leave him no choice. |
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Loss of consciousness turns out to be a symptom of the deadly threat for the young boy, who collapses during the baseball match, and his parents get to know the kid is urgently needs an urgent heart transplantation that won't be covered by insurance. The father (Denzel Washington) finds himself in a blind alley as his beloved son can suddenly die, and the man takes the severe measures risking his life and even the lives of the hospital personnel. The hospital is taken hostage, police negotiators try to do something when the team of the doctors has to operate. This desperate race against time can become the last trial for every participant... |
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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 DeVito). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected. |
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A destitute 14 year old (Noah Fleiss) struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's (Karen Young) hands, harsher abuse at his father's (Val Kilmer), and a growing separation from his slightly older brother (Max Ligosh). Petty thefts for food grow into more major takes until he steals a cash box from the diner where he works. Although Joe uses the money to pay off some of his father's debts and to replace his mother's records that his father smashed in a fit of temper, Joe gets no thanks... |
| Dune
[1984,
USA]
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| A spectacular journey through the wonders of space and the mysteries of time, from the boundaries of the incredible to the borders of the impossible. (7 more taglines...) |
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Set in a distant future where life in the universe and space travel is dependent upon a spice found only on the planet Dune, this film tracks the rise of young Paul Atreides, son of good Duke Lito, from the time of his father's betrayal and murder by a rival lord, Baron Harkonnen, to his discovery of the great secret behind the planet Dune and his own destiny, which is to free the planet and its denizens of the cruel rule of the Emperor. |
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Det. James Carter (Chris Tucker) is on vacation in Hong Kong, but Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) is too busy doing police work. After an explosion at the American Embassy, Lee attempts to track down the man who may be responsible, Ricky Tan, a Triad gang leader and the former partner of Lee's father, who was also a cop. Obviously, Carter doesn't appreciate being dragged along like that, but what choice does he have? Lee discovers a power struggle among the Triads between Tan and Hu Li (Zhang Ziyi). They later find out it has something to do with the death of Lee's father, and a counterfeiting scheme. Lee and Carter go back to Cali, and later Las Vegas, where they discover that everything that's happened goes way beyond an explosion at the Embassy. |
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New York based freelance journalist John Kelso (John Cusack) arrives in the small town of Savannah to write a feature on an extravagant Christmas party held by local wealthy socialite James 'Jim' Williams (Kevin Spacey). Later that night, the host of the party acting in self-defence shoots dead his gay lover, Billy Carl Hanson (Jude Law), a troublesome young man. Clint Eastwood depicts the murder trial in great detail and states two different versions of the incident without giving any definite answer how the murder was committed. |
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The 19th installment follows MI-6 Commander James Bond to a swiss bank in Bilbao, Spain where upon retrieval of three million pounds (British dollars) a siege takes place. James barely escapes the local police, leaving them questioning the mysterious shooting that occurred minutes ago. The next day, at the MI-6 Headquarters in London, Bond first greet Miss Moneypenny and gives her a nice souvenir: a cigar. Q then calls him in first to meet Sir Robert King then to report on the mission. It was then that the three million pounds was in fact, a bomb which destroys the Headquarters and kills King. Bond's only suspect, who happens to be the woman from the swiss bank blows herself up form a hot-air balloon. He then meets Sir King's daughter, Electra, who now own her father's oil company. But Bond's real mission has a new enemy named Renard a man who feels no pain whatsoever after a bullet was put into his head, who along with Electra and their henchmen plan to nuke Europe and everything in it's path. Now with the help of Christmas Jones, a research scientist, James must foil the terrorists plan before the entire Easternmost countries are wiped out forever. The world is not enough for disasters. And the world is not enough for terrorists. The world is only enough for one man- one hero: James Bond 007! |
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Let's make no bones about betrayal. Cheating on your girlfriend is mean. Videotaping the entire process of cheating is worse. On top of everything, it is absolutely unforgivable for you to mail your beloved the racy tape as a present, even if you do it by accident. If the situation is to be saved, you'll have a long march across America to intercept the disastrous tape before it falls into your sweetheart's hands. But you can put out of your mind the notion that it'll be plain sailing. You'll have a road trip so breathtaking that a roller coaster seems a quiet play in a sandbox by comparison. |
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Robert (Ewan McGregor) works (until he gets fired and replaced by a robot) at a huge corporation as a cleaning man, while his dream is something less ordinary. Robert's boss daughter, beautiful and capricious Celine (Cameron Diaz) has everything one can possibly dream about, and she is bored. It seems utterly impossible for these two people to have a conversation, much less fall in love... But up there in the sky two angels O'Reilly (Holly Hunter) and Jackson (Delroy Lindo) have to make their paths cross. In a pretty stange way actually, but who cares if we speak of Destiny. |
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