Posts Tagged ‘culture-clash’

Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Pitt, Brad | Thewlis, David | Wong, B. D. | Mako | Denzongpa, Danny | Wong, Victor | Dapkunaite, Ingeborga | Wangchuk, Jamyang Jamtsho | Tsamchoe, Lhakpa | Pema, Jetsun | Dongtse, Ama Ashe
Directors: Annaud, Jean-Jacques
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Heinrich Harrer runs from trouble at home in WWII Austria to climb Mt. Nanga Parbat. After meeting unforseen obstacles, he comes into contact with the forbidden city of Lhasa.

Blast from the Past (1999)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Fraser, Brendan | Silverstone, Alicia | Walken, Christopher | Spacek, Sissy | Foley, Dave | Slotnick, Joey | Raoul, Dale | Tank, Hayden | Smith, Douglas | Sparks, Ryan | Yesso, Don | Thomson, Scott | Kairys, Ted | Linn, Rex | Mace, Cynthia
Directors: Wilson, Hugh
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Brandon Fraser is Adam Weber, the child of an eccentric inventor and his wife. Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers in their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam Weber must venture out into Los Angeles and obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself. He meets Eve (Alicia Silverstone), who reluctantly agrees to help him out.

Crocodile Dundee (1986)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy
Countries: Australia
Actors: Hogan, Paul | Kozlowski, Linda | Meillon, John | Gulpilil, David | Singer, Ritchie | Blinco, Maggie | Rackman, Steve | Skilton, Gerry | Gill, Terry | Turnbull, Peter | Totos, Christine | Walker, Graham 'Grace' | Bracks, David | Hogan, Brett
Directors: Peter Faiman
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Michael J. “Crocodile” Dundee is an Australian crocodile hunter who lives in the Australian outback and runs a safari business with his trusted friend and mentor Walter Reilly. After surviving a crocodile attack, a New York journalist named Sue arrives to interview Mick about how he survived and learns more about the crocodile hunter. After saving Sue from a crocodile, Sue invites Mick to visit New York City, since Mick has never been to a city. Mick finds the culture and life in New York City a lot different than his home and he finds himself falling in love with Sue.

Lost in Translation (2003)

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Johansson, Scarlett | Murray, Bill | Takeshita, Akiko | Minamimagoe, Kazuyoshi | Shibata, Kazuko | Take | Baba, Ryuichiro | Yamaguchi, Akira | Lambert, Catherine | du Bois, François | Leffman, Tim | Pekar, Gregory | Allen, Richard | Ribisi, Giovanni | Yukai, Diamond
Directors: Coppola, Sofia
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Bob Harris is an American film actor, far past his prime. He visits Tokyo to appear in commercials, and he meets Charlotte, the young wife of a visiting photographer. Bored and weary, Bob and Charlotte make ideal if improbable traveling companions. Charlotte is looking for “her place in life,” and Bob is tolerating a mediocre stateside marriage. Both separately and together, they live the experience of the American in Tokyo. Bob and Charlotte suffer both confusion and hilarity due to the cultural and language differences between themselves and the Japanese. As the relationship between Bob and Charlotte deepens, they come to the realization that their visits to Japan, and one another, must soon end. Or must they?

Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

Friday, March 16th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport
Countries: Germany | UK
Actors: Nagra, Parminder | Knightley, Keira | Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan | Kher, Anupam | Panjabi, Archie | Lewis, Shaznay | Harper, Frank | Stevenson, Juliet | Khan, Shaheen | Chana, Ameet | Shah, Pooja | Virk, Paven | Kalidas, Preeya | Farley, Trey | Chaudhry, Saraj
Directors: Chadha, Gurinder
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A comedy about bending the rules to reach your goal, Bend It Like Beckham explores the world of women’s football, from kick-abouts in the park to freekicks in the Final. Set in Hounslow, West London and Hamburg, the film follows two 18 year olds with their hearts set on a future in professional soccer. Heart-stopping talent doesn’t seem to be enough when your parents want you to hang up your football boots, find a nice boyfriend and learn to cook the perfect chapatti.

Whale Rider (2002)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: Germany | New Zealand
Actors: Castle-Hughes, Keisha | Paratene, Rawiri | Haughton, Vicky | Curtis, Cliff | Roa, Grant | Taumaunu, Mana | House, Rachel | Emile, Taungaroa | Davis, Tammy | Wharekawa, Mabel | Clarke, Rawinia | Simpson, Tahei | Taimana, Roi | Skeen, Elizabeth | White, Tyronne
Directors: Caro, Niki
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On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea’s direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.

Dances with Wolves (1990)

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Costner, Kevin | McDonnell, Mary | Greene, Graham | Grant, Rodney A. | Westerman, Floyd 'Red Crow' | Cardinal, Tantoo | Pastorelli, Robert | Rocket, Charles | Chaykin, Maury | Herman, Jimmy | Lee Chasing His Horse, Nathan | Spears, Michael | Lone Hill, Jason R. | Pierce, Tony | Leader Charge, Doris
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Lt. John Dunbar is dubbed a hero after he accidentally leads Union troops to a victory during the Civil War. He requests a position on the western frontier, but finds it deserted. He soon finds out he is not alone, but meets a wolf he dubs “Two-socks” and a curious Indian tribe. Dunbar quickly makes friends with the tribe, and discovers a white woman who was raised by the Indians. He gradually earns the respect of these native people, and sheds his white-man’s ways.

Dead Man (1995)

Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Western
Countries: Germany | Japan | USA
Actors: Thornton, Billy Bob | Pop, Iggy | Depp, Johnny | Glover, Crispin | Haynes, Gibby | Boes, Richard | Duckworth, George | Hurt, John | North, John | Mitchum, Robert | Avital, Mili | Schrum, Peter | Byrne, Gabriel | Farmer, Gary | Henriksen, Lance | Wincott, Michael | Byrd, Eugene
Directors: Jarmusch, Jim
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Dead Man is the story of a young man’s journey, both physically and spiritually, into very unfamiliar terrain. William Blake travels to the extreme western frontiers of America sometime in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Lost and badly wounded, he encounters a very odd, outcast Native American, named “Nobody,” who believes Blake is actually the dead English poet of the same name. The story, with Nobody’s help, leads William Blake through situations that are in turn comical and violent. Contrary to his nature, circumstances transform Blake into a hunted outlaw, a killer, and a man whose physical existence is slowly slipping away. Thrown into a world that is cruel and chaotic, his eyes are opened to the fragility that defines the realm of the living. It is as though he passes through the surface of a mirror, and emerges into a previously-unknown world that exists on the other side.

Empire of the Sun (1987)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Bale, Christian | Malkovich, John | Richardson, Miranda | Havers, Nigel | Pantoliano, Joe | Phillips, Leslie | Ibu, Masatô | Richard, Emily | Frazer, Rupert | Gale, Peter | Kataoka, Takatoro | Stiller, Ben | Neidorf, David | Seymour, Ralph | Stephens, Robert
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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An aristocratic British youth is seperated from his family at the start of World War II after the Japanese Army invades British controlled areas of China. Reduced to living on the street and fighting for food, the youth is eventually interned in a Japanese POW camp for British civilians. Here, admiration quickly develops both for captured American pilots and the Japanese themselves. When the war ends, the boy torn from everything he knew attempts to again find his parents.

Three Kings (1999)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Taghmaoui, Saïd | Clooney, George | Wahlberg, Mark | Cube, Ice | Jonze, Spike | Curtis, Cliff | Dunn, Nora | Kennedy, Jamie | Williamson, Mykelti | McCallany, Holt | Greer, Judy | Lohr, Christopher | Sklaroff, Jon | Stauber, Liz | Horan, Marsha
Directors: Russell, David O.
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George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube star in “Three Kings,” the story of a small group of adventurous American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War who are determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries, enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives.