Posts Tagged ‘escape’

Astronaut’s Wife, The (1999)

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Theron, Charlize | Morton, Joe | DuVall, Clea | Murphy, Donna | Cassavetes, Nick | Eggar, Samantha | Grubbs, Gary | Brown, Blair | Noonan, Tom | O'Brien, Tom | Lin, Lucy | Crider, Michael | Stein, Jacob | Wicker, Timothy
Directors: Ravich, Rand
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Astronaut Spencer Armacoust was on a mission when he suddenly lost contact. When he got home, to friends he was the same, but to his wife he was different. She becomes pregnant, but as time progresses she begins to feel like the lives inside of her are not of this world.

Coogan’s Bluff (1968)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Eastwood, Clint | Cobb, Lee J. | Clark, Susan | Sterling, Tisha | Stroud, Don | Field, Betty | Tully, Tom | Johnson, Melodie | Edwards, James | Diaz, Rudy | Doyle, David | Zorich, Louis | Myles, Meg | Bennett, Marjorie | Cassel, Seymour
Directors: Siegel, Don
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Coogan’s an Arizona deputy sheriff, who doesn’t get along with his boss and doesn’t exactly do things by the book, and also a little arrogant. Fed up with his rugged individualness, his boss sends him to New York to get a man who’s waiting to extradited. Upon arriving everybody thinks he’s just another bumpkin. When the New York Police Lieutenant tells him that his prisoner is still not ready to be transported, Coogan tries to be patient. But when he decides that he can’t wait anymore, he tricks one of the attendants into releasing the prisoner and at the airport someone springs him. Coogan’s boss is pleased that he has screwed up so bad, and orders him to return but Coogan feeling responsible or his ego has been bruised stays and tries to find despite being warn by the Lieutenant that he has no authority here.

Pagemaster, The (1994)

Monday, June 29th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Culkin, Macaulay | Howell, Canan J. | Kirschner, Alexis | Kirschner, Jessica | Mansker, Guy | McKay, Brandon S. | Sheehan, Stephen | Begley Jr., Ed | Harris, Mel | Lloyd, Christopher | Stewart, Patrick | Goldberg, Whoopi | Welker, Frank
Directors: Hunt, Pixote
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A cowardly boy who buries himself in accident statistics (Maculay Kulkin) enters a library to escape a storm only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster (Christopher Lloyd), & work through obstacles from classic books to return to real life.

Chicken Run (2000)

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family
Countries: UK
Actors: Daniels, Phil | Ferguson, Lynn | Gibson, Mel | Haygarth, Tony | Horrocks, Jane | Richardson, Miranda | Sawalha, Julia | Spall, Timothy | Staunton, Imelda | Whitrow, Benjamin | Sharian, John | Allen, Jo | Kay, Lisa | Strachan, Laura
Directors: Lord, Peter
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Ginger is one of the chicken at the Tweety Egg Farm, who is capable of escaping (and desperately wants to) but is constantly being held back by her incompetent partners. One night, feeling failed and depressed after a chicken is axed, she wanders out to the gate, where she sees a rooster triumphantly flying through the air. After crashing and injuring his wing, Ginger takes him in and learns he’s Rocky Rhodes, a cocky American who enjoys freedom - in fact, he escaped from a circus when she found him. In exchange for protecting him when the circus arrives asking for him, Ginger makes a deal with Rocky that he will teach them to fly so they can escape. Taking advantage of the situation, Rocky woos the chicken, irritating Ginger “Doll-Face” and organizer Officer Fowler, formerly of the Royal Air Force, in the process. Meanwhile, the Tweetys have purchased a machine to make chicken pies out of, intending to cook every last one of them.

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Eastwood, Clint | McGoohan, Patrick | Blossom, Roberts | Thibeau, Jack | Ward, Fred | Benjamin, Paul | Hankin, Larry | Fischer, Bruce M. | Ronzio, Frank | Stuthman, Fred | Cryer, David | Arnold, Madison | Burrows, Blair | Balhatchet, Bob | Locricchio, Matthew
Directors: Siegel, Don
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The true story of Frank Morris, a convict who was sent to Alcatraz, the most feared prison in the world. Although nobody had ever escaped from Alcatraz, Frank did it.

I Am David (2003)

Monday, June 8th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Tibber, Ben | Caviezel, James | Plowright, Joan | Shopov, Hristo | De Santis, Silvia | Reconti, Paco | Attias, Roberto | De Vito, Francesco | Russell, Lucy | Bonnevie, Maria | Carinci, Viola | Jivkov, Marin | Syulev, Robert | Sperduti, Alessandro
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In 1952, the polyglot twelve year-old David, who was raised in the Communist Belene Prison Camp in Bulgaria, witnesses the death of his friend and protector Johannes and escapes from the concentration camp in the night. He is advised to mistrust everybody and together with a piece of bread, a compass, a piece of soap, a jackknife and a sealed envelope to be delivered in Denmark, he travels though Greece and Italy heading North. Along his journey, David discovers the beauty of the world and slowly he changes his behavior with people. When he meets Sophie, an old lady that lives in Switzerland and likes to paint as hobby, she asks David to paint his face; later she invites David to have lunch with her in her house, and David finally discloses his quest to her.

Italian Job, The (1969)

Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime
Countries: UK
Actors: Wahlberg, Mark | Theron, Charlize | Sutherland, Donald | Statham, Jason | Green, Seth | Def, Mos | Norton, Edward | Callegarini, Fausto | Petronelli, Stefano | Scarpa, Fabio | Bonora, Cristiano | Greco, Tiberio | Shubert, Jimmy | Cubilette, Tammi | Portser, Mary
Directors: Gray, F. Gary
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Charlie has just left prison, and now wants to do a ‘big job’. The job is to steal $4m of gold arriving in Italy from China. Charlie’s job needs financing, so he goes to Mr Bridger (a Mafia-type boss) who is in prison (Charlie has to break in !). In Italy, a clever plan is used to distract the authorities, while the raiders make their get-away in three Minis. This leads to an excellent car chase sequence through Italian streets, buildings, rivers, sewers,

¡Three Amigos! (1986)

Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Chase, Chevy | Martin, Steve | Short, Martin | Martinez, Patrice | Gordon, Philip | Wren, Michael | Asparagus, Fred | Hartline, Gene | Kaplan, William B. | Lamour, Sophia | Morales, Santos | Mantegna, Joe | Lovitz, Jon | Hartman, Phil | Insana, Tino
Directors: Landis, John
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When silent film stars Lucky Day, Dusty Bottoms and Ned Nederlander get fired, they take a job offer from Mexico: Doing a show with El Guapo, supposedly the most famous actor there. Traveling there in hope of getting good money, they arrive only to learn soon that El Guapo is not an actor, but a cruel gang leader suppressing people. He abducts the mayor’s beautiful daughter Carmen (to be his wife) in revenge for the people’s cry for help. Now, all hopes of the village folks rest on the weak shoulders of three minor-talented actors, who can’t just walk off the set this time.

Third Man, The (1949)

Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Genres: Film-Noir | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Cotten, Joseph | Valli, Alida | Welles, Orson | Howard, Trevor | Lee, Bernard | Hörbiger, Paul | Deutsch, Ernst | Breuer, Siegfried | Ponto, Erich | Hyde-White, Wilfrid | Bleibtreu, Hedwig | Ayer, Harold | Belcher, Harry | Bieber, Leo | Birch, Paul
Directors: Reed, Carol
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An American pulp writer arrives in post-WWII Vienna only to find that the friend who waited for him is killed under mysterious circumstances. The ensuing mystery entangles him in his friend’s involvement in the black market, with the multinational police, and with his Czech girlfriend.

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Monday, May 4th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Ryder, Winona | Jolie, Angelina | DuVall, Clea | Murphy, Brittany | Moss, Elisabeth | Leto, Jared | Tambor, Jeffrey | Redgrave, Vanessa | Goldberg, Whoopi | Bettis, Angela | Armenante, Jillian | McDaniel, Drucie | Claire, Alison | Myers, Christina | Kerns, Joanna
Directors: Mangold, James
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Susanna is rushed to the hospital. Afterwards she discusses this with a psychiatrist. She had been having some delusions. She had also been having an affair with the husband of her parents’ friend. The doctor suggests that combining a bottle of aspirin and a bottle of vodka was a suicide attempt. This she denies. He recommends a short period of rest at Claymoore. Claymoore is a private mental hospital full of noisy, crazy people. Georgina is a pathological liar. Polly has been badly scarred by fire. Daisy won’t eat in the presence of other people. Lisa is a sociopath, the biggest exasperation for the staff - like Nurse Valerie - and the biggest influence on the other girls in the hospital. Lisa has a history of escapes, so gaining access to personal medical files is not a problem… Susanna’s boyfriend Toby is concerned that she seems too comfortable living with her institutionalized friends…