Thursday, October 1, 2009

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THE EAGLE (1925) Dir: Clarence Brown. Writer: George Marion, Jr. Lt. Vladimir Dubrovsky/The Black Eagle/Marcel Le Blanc: Rudolph Valentino, Czarina Catherine II: Louise Dresser, Mascha Troekouroff: Vilma Banky, Kyrilla Troekouroff: James Marcus, Capt. Kuschka: Albert Conti. When Lt. Dubrovsky of Czarina Catherine II's Imperial Guard refuses her romantic advances, he is forced to flee for his life, only to discover that his father's estate has been stolen by Kyrilla Troekouroff with the help of a corrupt judge. Under the guise of The Black Eagle, Dubrovsky becomes a Robin Hood type bandit, also swearing revenge on Kyrilla. Dubrovsky's men seize Kyrilla's daughter Mascha, but Dubrovsky is in love with her and lets her go. When Dubrovsky meets Marcel Le Blanc, hired as a French tutor by Kyrilla for Mascha, Dubrovsky takes his place to be near both Troekuoroffs. He is eventually found out, but is arrested by the Czarina's forces, he is condemned to death.
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EASY RIDER (1969) Dir: Dennis Hopper. Writer: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern. Wyatt: Peter Fonda, Billy: Dennis Hopper, The Connection: Phil Spector, George Hanson: Jack Nicholson, Karen: Karen Black. Wyatt and Billy, two bikers make a big score on a drug sale and hit the road from Los Angeles to New Orleans. Along the way they visit communes, drop acid, and pick up failed, small town southern lawyer, George Hanson.
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EIGHT MEN OUT (1988) Dir: John Sayles. Writer: John Sayles. Buck Weaver: John Cusack, Eddie Cicotte: David Strathairn, Charles Comiskey: Clifton James, Arnold Rothstein: Michael Lerner, Sleepy Bill Burns: Christopher Lloyd, Chick Gandil: Michael Rooker, Shoeless Joe Jackson: D. B. Sweeney, Hap Felsch: Charlie Sheen, Swede Risberg: Don Harvey, Kid Gleason: John Mahoney, Lefty Williams: James Read, Ring Lardner: John Sayles, Hugh Fullerton: Studs Terkel, Eddie Collins: Bill Irwin, Sport Sullivan: Kevin Tighe, Judge Kenesaw Landis: John Anderson. The story of the 1919 Black Sox scandal, when some members of the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.
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EMPLOYEES LEAVING THE LUMIERE FACTORY (1895) Dir:Louis Lumiere. Employees leave work at the Lumiere Brothers factory.
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THE END OF VIOLENCE (1996) Dir: Wim Wenders. Writer: Nicholas Klein. Mike Max: Bill Pullman, Paige Stockard: Andie MacDowell, Ray Bering: Gabriel Byrne, Doc Block: Loren Dean, Cat: Traci Lind, Brice Phelps: Daniel Benzali, Louis Bering: Sam Fuller. When scientist Ray Bering, working on a top secret plan to provide electronic surveillance for the whole United States has second thoughts, he emails the FBI file to movie producer, Mike Max. Max becomes a target of government assassins, and goes into hiding. Over the following months he investigates what's happening in his life since going underground.

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