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Drama full length DVD movies
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An impresario Vivian Van Damm is brought in to set up the running-down Windmill Theater in Soho, which is just bought by the recently widowed eccentric well-to-do Laura Henderson. All their ambitions can easily get crash, since the inter-war London does not forgive mistakes and the rivals can surpass every little success, such as the other theatres have copied their idea of a non-stop revue. Laura proposes to put nudes in the show, deciding to show audiences something they've never seen before. |
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In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the pacific. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marine units. The exhausting fight for a key-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army Rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell. The horrors of war forms the soldiers into a tight-knit group, their emotions develop into bonds of love and even family. The reasons for this war get further away as the world for the men gets smaller and smaller until their fighting is for mere survival and the life of the other men with them. |
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This screen interpretation of vampire literature classic is the most well-known and, more to say, brilliant one. Set in London, this spectacular picture closely follows the book, but is even more dramatic. This eye-catching movie tells about Johnathan (Keanu Reeves) and Mina (Wynona Ryder), young pair which soon will face the ancient vampire - count Dracula (Gary Oldmen). When John heads to Transylvania for the business travel, he has to communicate with the famous Count and the monster accidentally sees John's medallion with the picture of Mina. This film is not simply an eye-candy due to its exquisite visual aesthetics, but it is also a profound story, which tells what it takes to be an immortal monster... and to love forever, hopelessly. |
| Tigerland
[2000,
USA, Germany]
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| The system wanted them to become soldiers. One soldier just wanted to be human. |
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In September 1971, a platoon of recruits arrives in Ft. Polk, LA, for infantry training before leaving for war. The final week takes place in Tigerland, a swamp similar to Vietnam. Jim Paxton has enlisted; he wants to experience everything and write books later. He befriends Roland Bozz, a cool Texan with a gift for getting into trouble and for helping misfits get discharges. At least one sociopath in the platoon hates Bozz, even as the sergeants grudgingly recognize his leadership abilities. As the platoon heads into its week in Tigerland, Paxton's body gives out, Bozz makes plans to go AWOL, and the sociopath gets hold of live ammo. Is the Louisiana swamp more dangerous than the DMZ? |
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Four boys growing up in Hell's Kitchen play a prank that leads to an old man getting hurt. Sentenced to no less than one year in the Wilkenson Center in upstate New York, the four friends are changed by the beating, humiliation and sexual abuse by the guards sworn to protect them. Thirteen years later and a chance meeting lead to a chance for revenge against the Wilkenson Center and the guards. |
| Erin Brockovich
[2000,
USA]
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| She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees. |
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Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation. |
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Axel Foley is a Detroit cop who after the murder of his friend travels to California to investigate and track down the killer, who he believes operate an arts dealership as a cover in Beverly Hills. He teams up with two reluctant detectives from the Beverly Hills police force who were supposed to keep a watch on him, especially after seeing Foley's different approach to tackling the situations which is not acceptable by the chief of the local police. |
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Frank Horrigan (Klint Eastwood) heads the Secret Service in this police detective when a dangerous maniac (John Malkovich) intends to kill the President of the USA. When this movie was filmed, Eastwood was 63, but his maniac-catching efforts display his vigourosity very evidently along with his interest in a beautiful police woman - Secret Service agent Lilly Raines (Rene Russo). John Malkovich is playing the maniac perfectly, embodying the evil mind of an ex-CIA agent. |
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Devastated by the abuse from her husband, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) gets a divorce and returns to her hometown in North Minnesota. With two kids to take care of, Josey takes a back-breaking job at the iron mine where she becomes one of only a handful of female employees and faces harsh reality. Along with the other women, she endures humiliation and sexual harassment from the male miners who brook no competition from womanhood. Despite the risk of losing her good-paying job, Josey finds the courage to take legal action against the company in order to stand up for herself and her fellow female coworkers. As a result, the case becomes the first sexual harassment lawsuit in the history of the United States to be won. |
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After hearing of her mother's death, freedom-loving teenage girl Purslane Hominy Will (Scarlett Johansson) comes back to her native New Orleans. She expects to find her childhood home abandoned but, to her utter amazement, there are two men living in the rundown house. The strange dwellers — retired college professor Bobby Long (John Travolta) and his young protйgй and biographer Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht) — turn out to be her mother's old pals who have put down roots and now flatly refuse to leave the house, claiming it has been devised to all three of them. There is nothing else left for Pursy to do but share the place with the complete strangers. Over time, the three homeowners get accustomed to each other and Bobby and Lawson reveal the startling truth about Pursy's family history.
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Set in the 1930's in England, the story takes place at Gosford Park, the majestic country estate where Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and his wife, Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas), are giving a splendid party for their relatives and friends, aristocrats and celebrities. The guests intend to spend the weekend enjoying the luxurious decor of the gilded drawing rooms and indulging in gluttony. The personal maids and servants are ready to satisfy every wish and caprice of the carefree Corinthians. The party is about to begin but the host is unexpectedly found dead, and what is worse is that somebody has had a hand in dispatching him to the next world. |
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Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player. Can Jerry resurrect his career while still staying true to himself? |
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The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family. |
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The story follows a University of Austin professor, Dr. David Gale (Kevin Spacey). In a twist of fate this anti-death-penalty activist is convicted and condemned to death for the rape and murder of colleague Constance Hallaway (Laura Linney). Three days before his execution, he grants an exclusive interview to Elizabeth "Bitsey" Bloom (Kate Winslet), the brave reporter who sets out to learn the truth behind Gale's crime. Bitsey, full of skepticism and scorn for the convict, soon finds herself believing in David's innocence as he reveals his tragic tale to her. Can Bitsey find out who framed the professor? |
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Roslyn is a very beautiful woman who just got divorced. She meets two friends, Guido and Gay, who take her to Guido's house in the country to relax and forget the difficulties of the past few weeks. Everything is fine at first, but soon the two men fall in love with Roslyn and start showing some bad aspects of their characters. Soon they meet another friend of Gay's, and the four of them go to hunt some wild horses. This is when things just... explode! |
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Negotiator is a person who is to conduct talks with a terrorists or another kind of criminals when hostages are taken. When a police negotiator Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) standing on his own legs, one of the best negotiators in Chicago, is framed and faced the perspective of serving time for a murder he not committed, he has to take hostages. His friend is killed by corrupt cops, and the detractive documents are stealthily placed to defile Roman's reputation. When Inspector Terence Niebaum (J.T. Walsh) and his equally corrupted colleagues conduct a search in Roman's place of abode, he takes them as hostages and demands to talk with a negotiator who serves in another police precinct, because he knows that the killer of the friend is between his own counterparts. Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey), a high-skilled negotiator, is involved and all that Roman can do is to try to prove his innocence and to expose the real criminals. |
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A young man (Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks. |
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This biopic television miniseries features Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as the King of Rock-n-roll, the story traces all his life from the very boyhood in 1950's Memphis to the pinnacles of his worldwide glory and the depths of isolation and drug addiction of his life's end. |
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Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying to get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. |
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'Rent' tells the story based on Puccini's 'La Boheme' and on Jonathan Larson's award-winning Broadway musical. It's about of one year in the life of friends living the Bohemian life in modern day East Village, New York City, 1989-1990. They struggle to express themselves through their art and strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic. The story centers around Mark (Anthony Rapp) and Roger (Adam Pascal), two roommates. Will this year change their lives or all the things will stay the same? Former and actual junkies, gays, computer and music geniuses are the modern day's bohemia, but did the human changed novadays? |
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