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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

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Based upon British writer Toby Young's 2001 memoir, also called How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. The film will follow a similar storyline, about his five year struggle to make it in the United States after employment at Vanity Fair magazine — though the names of the magazine and people Young came into contact with during the time were changed for the film adaptation. The film version is a highly fictionalized account, and differs greatly from the work it was built upon.

Plot
How To Lose Friends & Alienate People tracks the outrageous escapade of Sydney Young (Simon Pegg), a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist who is hired by an upscale magazine in New York City. After disrupting one black-tie event by allowing a wild pig to run rampant, Sydney catches the attention of Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), editor of Sharps magazine, and accepts a job with the magazine in New York City. Clayton warns Sydney that he'd better charm everyone he can, if he wants to succeed. Instead, Sydney instantly insults and annoys fellow writer Alison Olsen (Kirsten Dunst). He dares to target the star clients of power publicist Eleanor Johnson (Gillian Anderson). He upsets his direct boss Lawrence Maddox (Danny Huston), and tries to make amends by hiring a stripper to dance for Lawrence during a staff meeting. Sydney, of course, doesn't stop there, finding creative ways to annoy nearly everyone. His saving grace: a rising, sexy starlet Sophie Maes (Megan Fox) who develops an odd affection for him, and in time, Alison's friendship might be the only thing saving Sydney from torpedoing his career.

Cast
Simon Pegg as Sidney Young
Kirsten Dunst as Alison Olsen
Jeff Bridges as Clayton Harding
Danny Huston as Lawrence Maddox
Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Johnson
Megan Fox as Sophie Maes

Detail Info
Directed by Robert B. Weide
Produced by Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen
Written by Peter Straughan, Toby Young (memoir)
Cinematography Oliver Stapleton
Editing by David Freeman
Distributed by

• Channel Four Films (UK)
• Paramount Pictures (UK)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US)

Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $28 million

RocknRolla

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When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice...

Cast
Gerard Butler as One Two
Tom Wilkinson as Lenny Cole
Thandie Newton as Stella
Mark Strong as Archie
Idris Elba as Mumbles
Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges as Mickey
Jeremy Piven as Roman
Tom Hardy as 'Handsome' Bob
Toby Kebbell as Johnny Quid
Gemma Arterton as June
Jamie Campbell Bower as Rocker

Detail Info
Directed by Guy Ritchie
Produced by Steve Clark-Hall, Susan Downey, Guy Ritchie, Joel Silver
Written by Guy Ritchie
Editing by James Herbert
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s)

• September 5, 2008 (U.K.)
• October 31, 2008 (U.S.)

Country United Kingdom
Language English

Fireproof

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Fireproof is the story of a firefighter, Captain Caleb Holt, who lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. But, after seven years of marriage to his wife Catherine, their own partnership is falling apart. Neither one understands the pressures the other faces, as he is a firefighter and she as the public relations director of a hospital. Caleb claims that Catherine is too sensitive and "doesn't show me respect." Whereas she tells her hospital co-workers that he is "so insensitive" and that "he doesn't listen to me. He doesn't understand my needs." As they prepare to have a divorce, Caleb's father challenges his son to commit to a 40-day test called "The Love Dare." Caleb starts it, but more for his father's sake more than for his marriage.

When Caleb discovers the book’s daily challenges are tied into his parents' newfound faith, his already limited interest is further dampened. Even though he wants to stay true to his promise, Caleb becomes frustrated time and time again. He finally asks his father, "How am I supposed to show love to somebody who constantly rejects me?" When his father tells him that this is the love God shows to people, Caleb makes a life-changing commitment to love God. And, with God's help, he begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife. But, he is unsure if was too late to "fireproof" his marriage. His job has been rescue others. But now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever: to rescue his wife's heart.

Cast
Kirk Cameron as Caleb Holt
Erin Bethea as Catherine Holt
Ken Bevel as Michael Simmons
Stephen Dervan as Wayne Floyd
Jason McLeod as Eric Harmon
Alex Kendrick as Pastor Strauss

Detail Info
Directed by Alex Kendrick
Written by Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
Distributed by Sherwood Pictures
Release date(s) September 26, 2008
Language English
Budget $500,000
Preceded by Facing the Giants

"Dark Knight" plans re-release for Oscar push

Thursday September 11 11:35 AM ET

Batman wants an Oscar. To be precise, Warner Bros. wants a statuette -- or 10 -- for "The Dark Knight." So the studio plans to re-release its blockbuster Batman sequel in January, the height of Academy Awards voting season.

"It's just a matter of bringing it back as a reminder for people," a studio insider explained.

Warner Bros. domestic distribution president Dan Fellman acknowledged ongoing talks with Imax execs over the prospect of restoring the Christian Bale starrer to some giant-screen venues in January. It's uncertain if "Dark Knight" also will reappear in conventional venues at that point.

Directed by Christopher Nolan, the film's huge commercial and critical success has spurred talk of possible Oscar nominations for its director, producers and cast -- most specifically Bale's co-star, Health Ledger, for the late actor's edgy performance as the Joker.

To date, "Dark Knight" has rung up about $512 million domestically and $440 million internationally, including more than $55 million in Imax grosses. A pre-Oscars re-release would help assure its topping $1 billion worldwide.

But with the title set to hit DVD in December, it's now apparent anyone hoping the Batman sequel would soar to "Titanic" heights will be disappointed. "Dark Knight" already ranks as the second-highest-grossing movie ever, after "Titanic's" phenomenal $1.84 billion -- a mix of $600.8 million in domestic box office and $1.24 billion in foreign coin registered in 1997 and 1998.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Choke

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In Choke, Victor Mancini (Rockwell) is a sex addict who works as a reenactor of Colonial Times. To support his hospitalized mother (Huston), Victor cons others by intentionally choking at restaurants to get money from his rescuers.

Cast
Sam Rockwell as Victor Mancini
Anjelica Huston as Ida Mancini
Kelly Macdonald as Paige Marshall
Brad William Henke as Denny
Gillian Jacobs as Beth / Cherry Daquiri

Detail Info
Directed by Clark Gregg
Produced by Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson, Temple Fennell
Written by Clark Gregg
Music by Nathan Larson
Cinematography Joe Klotz
Editing by Kyle Gilman
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date(s) September 26, 2008
Running time 89 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $3.4 million

Warner Bros

Warner Brothers, name commonly applied to Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., an American motion-picture production company, the first to use sequences of synchronized sound in a silent feature film (see Motion Pictures, History of: Sound Films). The founders were four American brothers: Harry M(orris) Warner (1881-1958), Albert Warner (1884-1967), Samuel L(ewis) Warner (1887-1927), and Jack L(eonard) Warner (1892-1978).

The three oldest brothers were born in Poland and the youngest was born in Canada in London, Ontario. By 1903 the Warners had opened a nickelodeon (early movie theater so named for its nickel admission price) in New Castle, Pennsylvania. In 1912 they began to produce films in New York City. They opened their own studio in Hollywood, California, in 1918, and five years later they founded Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

In the mid-1920s the brothers acquired the Vitagraph Company, which enabled them to distribute their films directly to theaters. In 1926 they formed Vitaphone to develop a sound-on-disk process by which a recording could be played alongside a film and synchronized with it. They first used the Vitaphone system in a feature-length film during several musical numbers in The Jazz Singer (1927), thus revolutionizing the film industry. Their first all-talking picture was Lights of New York (1928). Early in the 1930s the brothers purchased the Stanley Company, owner of 250 theaters, and First National Pictures, which had large studios in Burbank, California.

During Warner Bros.'s first decade, its typical motion picture—often a musical, a gangster film, or a film biography—was characterized by a relatively low budget, extremely fast pacing, and a working-class setting. Later, as success seemed secure, the studio gained more confidence and expertise, earned a firmer reputation, and hired bigger stars. During the 1940s the studio produced an impressive roster of films featuring popular performers. Among the stars developed in the more than 1500 pictures produced at Burbank were James Cagney, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Paul Muni, and Humphrey Bogart. Warner Bros. films of this period range from topical melodrama to elaborate musicals, stylish film noir, and large-scale historical epics. The studio's classic films include Little Caesar (1930), Public Enemy (1931), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), 42nd Street (1933), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Dark Victory (1939), Casablanca (1942), Life With Father (1947), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and Deliverance (1972). The company is now part of Time Warner Inc.

(source Encarta)

Appaloosa

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Based on the 2005 Western novel by Robert B. Parker, Appaloosa is centered around lawman Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his sidekick Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen), two friends who are hired to defend a town from a murderous rancher (Jeremy Irons) in a lawless 1880s town. Their efforts are disrupted and friendship tested by the arrival of an attractive widow (Renée Zellweger), who tries to woo both of them.

Cast
Viggo Mortensen as Everett Hitch
Ed Harris as Virgil Cole
Renée Zellweger as Allie French
Jeremy Irons as Randall Bragg
Lance Henriksen as Ring Shelton
Timothy Spall as Phil Olson
Ariadna Gil as Katie
James Gammon as Earl May

Detail Info
Directed by Ed Harris
Produced by Ed Harris, Robert Knott
Written by Ed Harris, Robert Knott
Music by Jeff Beal
Cinematography Dean Semler
Editing by Kathryn Himoff
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date(s)

• September 17, 2008 (limited)
• October 3, 2008 (wide)

Country United States
Language English

External Links
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Forever Strong

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Talented but troubled high school rugby player Rick Penning (Sean Faris) loses his position as the star of an Arizona rugby union team when he is sentenced to a boys' home in Salt Lake City. Rick ends up playing for Salt Lake's famous Highland High School rugby team, coached by Larry Gelwix (Gary Cole), in the national championships - against his old team, which is coached by his father, Neal Penning (Neal McDonough). Emily (Arielle Kebbel) is Rick's love interest, and Marcus (Sean Astin) is his social worker.

Cast
Gary Cole as Coach Larry Gelwix
Sean Faris as Rick Penning
Neal McDonough as Coach Richard Penning
Sean Astin as Marcus
Penn Badgley as Lars
Larry Bagby as Coach Cal
Big Budah as Bingham
Jimmy Chunga as Max Hardcastle
K. Danor Gerald as Coach JT
Max Kasch as Griggs
Arielle Kebbel as Emily
Michael J. Pagan as Kurt
Emily Tyndall as Jamie
Julie Tyndall as Natalie Penning
Nathan West as Quetin
Rebecca Clark as live crowd filler
Eliot Benjamin as Marty
Jeremy Earl as Sanchez
Craig Clark as Rugby Player
Jonathan Chen as the referee
S. Joesph Vave as Rugby Player
Pete Black as Rugby Player
Andrew Swindle as Swindle
William Rubio as Ernesto

Detail Info
Directed by Ryan Little
Produced by Adam Abel, Ryan Little, Steven A. Lee, Brian Peck, Brad Pelo
Written by David Pliler
Music by Ben Carson
Cinematography T.C. Christensen
Release date(s) September 26th, 2008
Country United States
Language English