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Director: Reżyseria: Brad Silberling

A well-known actor, who hasn't accepted a role in four years, is considering a project. The cousin of the director drives him to Archie's Ranch Market, in Carson, and drops him off to do a little research. He's fascinated by one of the checkers, Scarlet, a young woman from Spain with a preternatural ability to ring up items at the cash register. She hates her job, stuck at the 10 items or less lane. The actor chats her up, and when her shift ends, he asks for a ride. In the course of the afternoon, he helps her prepare for a job interview. She needs to have confidence, he needs to commit. Human contact, however brief, can change people.

ALPHA DOG

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the Mazursky family, as Johnny and his 'gang' kidnap Jake's 15 year old brother and holds him hostage. Problem now is what to do with 'stolen boy?

ANASTASIA - THE MYSTERY OF ANNA

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky

Story of Anna Anderson, who claimed to be Anastasia Romanov, the only surviving daughter of the Czar and Czarina of Russia.

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: A NEW BEGINNING

Director: Kevin Sullivan

Anne, now a middle-aged woman, is troubled by recent events in her life. Her husband, Gilbert, has been killed overseas as a medical doctor during World War II. Her two daughters are pre-occupied with their own young families and her adopted son Dominic has yet to return from the war. When a long-hidden secret is discovered under the floorboards at Green Gables, Anne retreats into her memories to relive her troubled early years prior to arriving as an orphan at Green Gables and being adopted by the Cuthberts. Still haunted by her early childhood, the impact of this difficult period has a far-reaching effect on this older woman, once she discovers the truth about her real parents. She begins a delicate search for her birth father. It is a journey through a past fraught with danger, uncertainty, heartache and joy. In the parade of humanity Anne encounters she also faces the root of her desire to find true "kindred spirits", an inspired imagination and the impetus to use her talents as a writer to inspire others.

BALLAD OF A SOLDIER / BALLADA O SOLDATE

Director: Grigorij Czuchraj

During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front. Instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home. On the train eastwards he meets Shura who is on her way to her aunt. In those few days traveling together they fall in love.

BLONDE

Director: Joyce Chopra

A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life: childhood years, first marriage to James Dougherty, meeting with the photographer Otto Ose, career with XX Century Fox, relationship with her mother, foster parents, life wasters Charles Chaplin Jr. (Cass) and Edward G. Robinson Jr. (Eddie G), baseball player Joe DiMaggio, playwright Arthur Miller, and many other characters.

BRAVE NEW GIRL

Director: Bobby Roth

Holly has everything it takes to be a star; the voice, the dream and the dedication, but she lacks the means to break away from her humble Texas upbringing. Then she gets the chance to attend an art and music school on the East coast and her future suddenly looks bright. But the road to stardom is a bumpy one. She must compete with the snobby Angela for the star spot and that's the least of her troubles. Luckily, Holly has the support from her mother and her roommate Ditz who prove that being a star has nothing to do with fame and everything to do with faith, family, and friends. Before all the number one hits and the adoring fans, all she had was the dream. Inspired by the book A Mother's Gift by Britney & Lynne Spears...the story of the true meaning of being a star.

CHAK DE! INDIA

Director: Shimit Amin

Kabir Khan lives a middle-class lifestyle along with his widowed mom in Delhi, India, and is the Captain of the Indian men's hockey team. He fails to score at the last tournament resulting in Pakistan winning the World Cup amidst allegations that he was more inclined toward his opponents due to his religion. Kabir and his mom move away and virtually disappear for seven years. Thereafter Kabir surfaces to be a Coach for the women's hockey team, consisting of 16 players from all over India, some of who do not communicate well. Kabir's disciplinarian style ends up offending the players, lead by the militant Bindia Naik, who decide not to participate unless he resigns amidst allegations that he is having an affair with soon to-be married Vidya Sharma, who he appoints as the new Captain. Things change after a brawl with eve-teasers at the local McDonald's, the girls accept Kabir, however, the Chair of the Indian Women Hockey Association, Tripathi, decides to pull out of the World Cup but decides to give them a shot after Kabir challenges the men's team. The women lose by a goal but their performance compels the Association to revise their decision and dispatch them to Melbourne, Australia. In the very first match against six-time winning team of Australia, the Indian team lose 7-0 to, but manage to struggle back to the semi-finals after defeating Great Britain, Argentina, and Korea. On the eve of the final match Kabir will meet secretly with two rival players, Preety Sabharwal (who is engaged to be married to Cricket Team Captain, Abhimanyu Singh), and Komal Chautala, and during this meeting he will tell them that two of his hockey players will be playing for the Australians. Watch what impact this has on both Preety and Komal.

CHRISTMAS SHOES

Director: Andy Wolk

Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir and declines a job in Robert's firm. When Robert's mother passes away, he begins to reconsider things and his and Nathan's paths cross on Christmas Eve as Nathan tries to raise the money for the shoes and Robert tries to get a present for his daughter.

CYRANO DE BERGERAC

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau

A dashing officer of the guard and romantic poet, Cyrano de Bergerac falls in love with his cousin Roxane without her knowing. His one fault in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapier-sharp wit, he believes that Roxane will reject him. He resorts to writing letters to her on behalf of one of his cadets, Christian, who is also in love with Roxane but just doesn't know how to tell her. She falls for the poetic charm of the letters but believes that they were written by Christian.

DAD

Director: Gary David Goldberg

A busy, "always-on-the-run" executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. In the process, he teaches his father to be more independent which causes problems with the man's wife (Olympia Dukakis). Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.

DAVID COPPERFIELD

Director: Simon Curtis

David Copperfield lives a nearly idyllic existence with his beautiful mother Clara and their housekeeper Peggotty. His life changes forever when his mother re-marries. Mr. Murdstone is a no-nonsense businessman and a strict disciplinarian who believes in corporal punishment. David is soon sent to a strict boarding school but when his mother dies, his stepfather sends him to London to work in a foul smelling factory. He forms a close friendship with Mr. Micawber and moves in with the man and his loving family but as the Micawbers are forced by circumstance to relocate, he seeks out his aunt Betsey Trotwood. She sends him to fine school and he lodges with Mr. Wickfield and his daughter Agnes. As he grows older David is apprenticed to a law firm where he soon meets the senior partner's daughter, Dora. Life's challenges continue to confront him but with the help of friends and family, he overcomes adversity including his aunt's loss of her savings, the death of his wife and the satisfaction of seeing the conniving Uriah Heep sent to a penal colony.

DAY ZERO

Director: Bryan Gunnar Cole

The military draft is back. Three best friends are drafted and given 30 days to report for duty. In that time they're forced to confront everything they believe about courage, duty, love, friendship and honor. If called to serve, what would you do?

DON'T MOVE / Non ti muovere

Director: Sergio Castellitto

While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo (Sergio Castellitto) recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia (Penélope Cruz), a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the beloved and sexual object of desire Italia chases him in his memories.

FIGARO

Director: Jacques Weber

FINDING AMANDA

Director: Peter Tolan

A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.

FRIENDS AND LOVERS

Director: George Haas

Friends for ten years, a group of twenty-somethings head for the ski slopes as guests of Ian's father. (Ian and dad are estranged because dad worked too many hours when Ian was a lad.) Dad has something to say, but Ian won't listen. Meanwhile, David is gay and virginal; Ian's business partner, Keaton, is unhappy that his sister Jane is pregnant with no plans to tell the father; Lisa is everybody's pal and no one's lover; John, stuck in adolescence, is always on the make. He brings German-born stunner, Carla, and promptly loses her affection to Hans, a fast-talking ski instructor. David meets Manny: they have chess in common. Soon, surprises abound as relationships take new turns.

HELLCAB

Director: Mary Cybulski, John Tintori

14 hours in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of his passengers including a depressed rape victim whom he longs to help, but knows there is nothing he can do. Other fares include a drug runner and a manic race to get a pregnant woman to the hospital. Little is shown of the cabbie's own life and thus the film leaves us with no emotional connection to his life.

MISS JULIE

Director: Mike Figgis

Based on the one-act play by August Strindberg, MISS JULIE takes place during a midsummer festival in late-19th-century Sweden. The title character, played by Saffron Burrows, is the daughter of... Based on the one-act play by August Strindberg, MISS JULIE takes place during a midsummer festival in late-19th-century Sweden. The title character, played by Saffron Burrows, is the daughter of the the lord of the manor; bored, restless, and lonesome, she finds herself at the servants' party flirting with the footman, Jean (Peter Mullan). He has his own ambitions--dreams of a better life--and he and Julie soon find themselves playing more than just a game with one another. Each is trapped, by class and temperament, and is looking so desperately for a means of escape that they risk destroying each other in the process. Director Mike Figgis is not afraid to let the film feel like a play--the dialogue gets its due and the characters stay in one room throughout--but the film is visually lush as well. Figgis experiments with fade-outs and split screens, the latter prefiguring his long experiment in TIME CODE. In fact, the camera spends most of its time focused tightly on Burrows, who, notwithstanding her offscreen romance with Figgis, gives a powerful performance to merit the attention.

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears / MOSKVA SLEZAM NE VERIT

Director: Vladimir Menshov

This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions. Different careers. And big late love.

NA ZAKRĘCIE ŻYCIA / WHEN THE MAN FALLS IN THE FOREST

Director: Ryan Eslinger

The intertwining lives of three men reveal that each deal with his problems in different, self-destructive ways

NORTH & SOUTH

Director: Brian Percival

This series operates on many levels. At the heart of the series is the tempestuous relationship between Margaret Hale, a young woman from a southern middle class family who finds herself uprooted to the north, and John Thornton, a formerly poverty-stricken cotton mill owner terrified of losing the viability of his business. Around them are class struggles between the workers and mill owners and ideological struggles between the industrial North and the agrarian South. After moving North, Margaret's father befriends his student Mr. Thornton. Margaret has already formed her opinion of Mr. Thornton independently after seeing him treat his workers harshly. As the series progresses, she and we the audience begin to learn that his strict treatment is due to an overarching concern for his mill and by extension, his employees. John Thornton, on the other hand, is attracted to Margaret's independence and position in society as a well-educated Southerner. As in "Pride and Prejudice" the marriage proposal comes in the middle of the series and is rejected by Margaret. Contrary to "Pride and Prejudice" it is mirrored in social upheaval as the entire town is brought to its knees by a strike. The latter half of the series is an unraveling of the former misunderstandings ending in a romantic reconciliation which is again mirrored by reconciliation between workers and mill owners.

PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION

Director: Robert Altman

"A Prairie Home Companion", hosted by humorist Garrison Keillor, is a down home radio variety show recorded and performed live in front of an audience in a theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. A show from another era, "A Prairie Home Companion" has been canceled. The regulars are performing on the last show, including Dusty & Lefty, singing/guitar playing cowboys with a risqué sense of humor, and the Johnson Girls, a sister singing duo of Rhonda and Yolanda who have a penchant for talking over each other. As the show goes on, the regulars, backstage, talk about their lives in relation to the show. Other goings-on include Yolanda and others trying to convince her shy somber daughter, Lola, to sing on this last show. As all this goes on, a mysterious woman in a white trench coat who is on a mission wanders around the theater, while the show's dim security guard, Guy Noir, who usually has nothing to do security-wise, follows

RON CLARK STORY

Director: Randa Haines

In a dramatic turn, Matthew Perry follows up his success on FRIENDS with this critically acclaimed made-for-television film. Perry plays Ron Clark, a real-life teacher facing the challenges of... In a dramatic turn, Matthew Perry follows up his success on FRIENDS with this critically acclaimed made-for-television film. Perry plays Ron Clark, a real-life teacher facing the challenges of working at one of Harlem's toughest schools. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Clark manages to make a difference without ever losing hope.

RUDY GIULIANI STORY

Director: Reżyseria: Robert Dornhelm

Rudy Guiliani (portrayed by James Woods from SALVADOR) was the law 'n order mayor of New York as the 20th Century closed out, making the city's more seedy neighborhoods safer while incurring the... Rudy Guiliani (portrayed by James Woods from SALVADOR) was the law 'n order mayor of New York as the 20th Century closed out, making the city's more seedy neighborhoods safer while incurring the wrath of minorities and artists. His mayoral term came to a close with the events of September 11, 2001 when he rose to the challenge and led the city through uncertain times with honesty and dignity.

SHOWGIRLS

Director: Paul Verhoeven

High-strung, statuesque Nomi Mallone (Elizabeth Berkely) is determined to be a dancer in Las Vegas, whatever it takes--but she starts out as a stripper. Through her seamstress roommate (Gina... High-strung, statuesque Nomi Mallone (Elizabeth Berkely) is determined to be a dancer in Las Vegas, whatever it takes--but she starts out as a stripper. Through her seamstress roommate (Gina Ravera), Nomi catches the attention of the voracious bisexual Cristal (Gina Gershon), star of an extravagant pagan sex show called "Goddess" which plays nightly at the swanky Stardust Casino. Through Cristal's influence, Nomi gets a chance to audition for "Goddess" and is soon involved in all sorts of sordid backstage goings-on, including bitchy dueling with Cristal over Stardust head honcho Zack (Kyle McLachlan). Maligned by many critics upon its original release, SHOWGIRLS has since become a true camp classic, revived for midnight showings and beloved for its decadence, high nudity yield, and outrageously catty dialogue (courtesy of screenwriter Joe Eszterhas). Its director is Paul Verhoeven (ROBOCOP, TOTAL RECALL), so one can safely assume SHOWGIRLS' over-the-top hostility and sexuality is meant to be a satire of American culture. One of the first big-budget Hollywood movies to be released with an NC-17 rating, its lack of box office success meant few others would have the guts to follow.

STATESIDE

Director: Reverge Anselmo

Based on a true story, "Stateside" follows the adventures of an outlaw rich kid, Mark Deloach (JONATHAN TUCKER), who lands in the Marine Corps and is trained by hard-biting Drill Instructor Skeer (VAL KILMER). When on leave, he meets and falls in love with the crazy young actress/pop singer, Dori Lawrence (RACHAEL LEIGH COOK). "Stateside" is a story of love that overcomes precarious trials and earns, for the spirit of youth, a heartfelt victory. It's 1980, Mark Deloach, 17, is attending St. Mary's High School in Connecticut. He's a lonely and unpopular boy. His mother has since passed away and he lives with his father (JOE MANTEGNA), who has emphysema, and his younger sister, Gina, in their mansion of a home. The relationship between father and son is tense and lacking of common affection. Mark is driving fast in his sports car, drinking beers with his buddy, Danny Tripodi (DANIEL FRANZESE), and playing pranks on Sue 'Sue of the D'ubervilles' Dubois (AGNES BRUCKNER). Sue is Mark's fellow classmate and considered to be a prissy little snob who's secretly promiscuous. The prank Mark and Danny set up to harass Sue and Danny's brother Gregory (MICHAEL GODUTI), in the act of making out, changes the lives of many people. The prank leads to a collision with a car driven by Father Concoff (ED BEGLEY, JR.), head priest of St. Mary's High School. Sue lies unconscious and Father Concoff is critically injured. They are hospitalized and Sue's mother, Mrs. Dubois (CARRIE FISHER) presses charges. She is furious, and shocked to learn about her daughter's shameful activities. Being confronted, Sue becomes hysterical and ends up in a mental hospital. Prior to leaving, Mark goes to visit Sue in the mental hospital, where he fatefully encounters Dori Lawrence. Mark is intrigued by this odd, beautiful girl who possesses such an amusing spirit. When asked what her name is, she lies. He is smitten. A nudge from the judge puts Mark in military service. Mark lands in Platoon 1021, on Parris Island, S.C. There he is faced with hard-core discipline from Senior Drill Instructor Skeer who is out to turn Mark's upper class lifestyle upside down. His rich and rebellious free life is gone; Mark's life is now the property of the U.S. Marine Corps. On leave, Mark reunites with his friends and runs into 'Sue of the D'ubervilles' and her roommate, Dori Lawrence. Mark apologizes to Sue and is thrilled to see Dori again. Sue and Dori are now roommates in a halfway house. Mark learns that Dori is a famous entertainer and is mysteriously attracted to her nutty behavior. Little by little, the two grow a sweet affection for one another. Meaningful to both of them is the mutual rescue from loneliness, the getting of mail, of having someone to write to from the field. They are direct and playful with each other. The problems they have, they accept, and seem 'fixed' by the witness of the other. Mark returns again to go visit Dori, sneaking her out of the halfway house and hospitals to wander Manhattan in their own romantic world. This becomes the mechanic of their relationship, until others around them see it as a big problem, especially Mrs. Hengen, (DIANE VENORA) head of the halfway house. Mark is young, about to deploy overseas with a combat unit, and Dori's illness is worse whenever separated from Mark. As hard as it may seem, but for the good of Dori, Mark leaves her to the care of professionals and goes to the Navy ships, and a world of fighting that awaits him. But the sun has not set on this outcast pair. Two years pass, and there is unfinished business in a now changed world. Samuel Goldwyn Films presents, in association with Cinerenta and First Look Media, a Seven Hills Production in association with Cinealpha KG: Jonathan Tucker, Rachael Leigh Cook, Agnes Bruckner and Val Kilmer in "Stateside," a romantic drama from writer-director Reverge Anelmo.

SWADES

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker

Set in modern day India, Swades is a film that tackles the issues that development throws up on a grass root level. It is to this India, which is colorful, heterogeneous and complex that Mohan Bhargava (Shah Rukh Khan), a bright young scientist working as a project manager in NASA, returns to on a quest to find his childhood nanny. The film uses the contrast between the highly developed world of NASA, which has been at the forefront of advances in space research, and this world back home in India, which is at the crossroads of development. Mohan's simple quest becomes the journey that every one of us goes through in search of that metaphysical and elusive place called "home".

TAPE

Director: Richard Linklater

Based on a three-character, one-act play, Tape is set entirely in Room 19 of a seedy motel in Lansing, Michigan rented by Vince, a ill-tempered, outgoing party animal/drug dealer who's visited by his old high school friend Jon, a documentary filmmaker, where they pass the time reminiscing about the good old times which take a turn when Vince records their conversation with Jon admitting to a possible date-rape of Vince's old girlfriend Amy, who later shows up and opens up a new wave of talk and arguments about whose story is fact or fabricated.

TWO BITS

Director: James Foley

This sweet and nostalgia-drenched drama, set in Depression-era South Philadelphia, follows one 12-year-old boy's coming of age. Young Gennaro desperately wants to go to the opening of La Paloma,... This sweet and nostalgia-drenched drama, set in Depression-era South Philadelphia, follows one 12-year-old boy's coming of age. Young Gennaro desperately wants to go to the opening of La Paloma, the city's brand-new movie theater. But he hasn't the quarter he needs for admission. So he spends the day trying to raise the money, and in the process has several misadventures and discovers many hidden truths about his seemingly upright neighbors. What he doesn't get is the cash, so Gennaro agrees to help his ailing grandfather with an extremely important task -- even though taking the time out to help probably means he won't get the 25 cents he needs. It turns out, however, that the experience teaches him a lesson he will never forget.

WEDDING

Director: Charles Burnett

Shelby, piękna 25-letnia czarna kobieta jest zaręczona i ma wyjść za mąż za wspaniałego białego jazzmana. Ale im bliżej do dnia ślubu zaczyna mieć obawy, które związane są z jej pochodzeniem i dziedzictwem.

WEST SIDE WALTZ

Director: Ernest Thompson

Ernest Thompson's adaptation of his Broadway play THE WEST SIDE WALTZ casts stage and screen legends Shirley MacLaine and Liza Minnelli in a heartwarming tale of loneliness and female friendship. MacLaine stars as Margaret, a lonely widow who uses her sharp wit and tongue to ward off any attempts at human interaction. Her only friend is violin-playing next-door neighbor Cara (Minnelli), who Margaret tolerates only because she accompanies her on piano while playing waltzes. The women's solitary existence is suddenly broken by the arrival of Robin (Jennifer Grey), a young divorcee and aspiring actress who inspires Margaret and Cara to rediscover the joys of life, love, and friendship. Kathy Bates has a cameo performance.

WIVES AND DAUGHTERS

Director: Nicholas Renton

Mobil Masterpiece Theatre presents Elizabeth Gaskell's timeless tale of romance in 19th-century England. WIVES AND DAUGHTERS is the humorous and often heart-wrenching story of two single women, one... Mobil Masterpiece Theatre presents Elizabeth Gaskell's timeless tale of romance in 19th-century England. WIVES AND DAUGHTERS is the humorous and often heart-wrenching story of two single women, one sweet and one sexy, searching for love and finding nothing but trouble when the man destined for one falls for her sultry best friend instead. Return to a time when such events were the talk of the town and nothing but scandal, supported by an excellent cast that includes Francesca Annis, Michael Gambon, and Ian Carmichael.

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