Waltz With Bashir
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Documents the filmmaker's journey toward discovering the truth about an Israeli Army mission he participated in during the first Lebanon War of the early 1980s that left him with a loss of memory about the events. The long-forgotten images begin to resurface as the director interviews old friends and comrades around the world.
Cast
Ari Folman
Ori Sivan
Detail Info
Director Ari Folman
Writer Ari Folman
Producers Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul, Thierry Garrel
Music Max Richter
Running Time 1 hr. 27 min.
Release Date Dec 25th, 2008 (limited)
Distributors Sony Pictures Classics
Last Chance Harvey
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New Yorker Harvey Shine is on the verge of losing his dead-end job as a jingle writer. Warned by his boss that he has just one more chance to deliver, Harvey goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughter's wedding but promises to be back on Monday morning to make an important meeting--or else. Harvey arrives in London only to learn his daughter has chosen to have her stepfather walk her down the aisle instead of him. Doing his best to hide his devastation, he leaves the wedding before the reception in hopes of getting to the airport on time, but misses his plane anyway. When he calls his boss to explain, he is fired on the spot. Drowning his sorrows at the airport bar, Harvey strikes up a conversation with Kate, a slightly prickly, 40-something employee of the Office of National Statistics. Kate, whose life is limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother, is touched by Harvey, who finds himself energized by her intelligence and compassion. The growing connection between the pair inspires both as they unexpectedly transform one another's lives.
Cast
Dustin Hoffman as Harvey Shine
Emma Thompson as Kate Walker
Kathy Baker as Jean
James Brolin as Brian
Eileen Atkins as Maggie
Richard Schiff as Marvin
Liane Balaban as Susan
Rhydian Jones as Check-In Steward One
Bronagh Gallagher (II) as Oonagh
Jeremy Sheffield as Matt
Daniel Lapaine as Scott
Patrick Baladi as Simon
Adam James as Josh Hillman
Michael Landes as Peter Turner
Jamie Sives as Doctor Butler
Kate Harper as Jill
Alex Avery as Andrew
Tim Ahern (II) as Barry
Nadia Cameron as Attractive Woman
Adam Astill as Business Man
Andrea Harris as Check-In Steward Two
Leslie Randall as Mild Mannered Mike
Ginny Holder as Nurse
Robert Jezek as Polish Neighbor
Heather Bleasdale as Receptionist
Detail Info
Director Joel Hopkins
Producers Jawal Nga, Tim Perell, Nicola Usborne
Editors Jonathan Sales, Robin Sales, Dom Thomson
Writer Joel Hopkins
Running Time 1 hr. 39 min.
Release Date
- Dec 25th, 2008 (limited)
- Jan 23rd, 2009 (wide)
$9.99
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Have you ever wondered what is the meaning of life? Why do we exist? The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach. The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating exquisite color pictures and could be yours for a mere $9.99. The ad alters the life of Dave Peck--unemployed, 28-years-old and still living at home. His story, along with several others are woven together, examining the meaning of hell and heaven on earth.
Cast
Barry Otto as Albert
Leeanna Walsman as Tanita
Tom Budge (II) as Bisley
Henry Nixon as Drazen
Samuel Johnson as Dave Peck
Joel Edgerton as Voice of Ron
Ben Mendelsohn as Voice of Lenny Peck
Claudia Karvan as Voice of Michelle
Anthony LaPaglia as Voice of Jim Peck
Geoffrey Rush
Detail Info
Director Tatia Rosenthal
Writers Tatia Rosenthal, Etgar Keret, Nicola Usborne
Producers Emile Sherman, Amir Harel
Running Time 1 hr. 18 min.
Release Date Dec 12th, 2008 (limited)
Distributors Regent Releasing
Country Israel
What Doesn't Kill You
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Brian and Paulie are two young punks running loose on the hard streets of South Boston. Coming from separate but equally broken homes, the boys bond makes them brothers. They do whatever it takes to survive, living by the code of their dog eat dog neighborhood. As Brian and Paulie get older, petty crimes and misdemeanors grow into more serious offenses. Eventually, they fall under sway to the organized crime boss Pat Kelly who runs the felonious backroom businesses and illicit trades in Southie. They also find themselves the targets of unwanted attention from Detective Moran, one of Bostonâ¿¿s finest. And Brian in particular becomes lost in haze of drugs and rebellion. Even the love he has for his wife Stacy and his children isnâ¿¿t enough to redeem him. In time, the friends find themselves in jail--just a part of doing business on the mean streets they call home. Brian and Paulie are incarcerated long enough to learn a few lessons, but will they lead to changed lives on the outside? A storm of trouble is brewing: Paulie has big plans to liberate them from their life of crime--just one more job, one last heist--a bold and potentially violent daylight robbery. But Brian has used his time in jail to make amends to his family and get clean. When Paulie comes to him for help, Brian must face the biggest challenge to his code of honor that he could ever imagine: stand by his friend or salvage his family--he cannot do both.
Cast
Mark Ruffalo as Brian
Ethan Hawke as Paulie
Amanda Peet as Stacy
Jay Giannone as Matt
Mandy Olsen as Patty
Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Moran
Lindsey J. McKeon as Nicole
Brian Goodman as Pat
Will Lyman as Sully
Elizangela
Brian Scannell as Eddie 'Details"
Tom Kemp (II) as Captain Stover
Dennis Lynch
Danny Naten as Officer Callahan
Bo Cleary
Rich Skinner as Chappy
Lenny Clarke as Hogie
Angela Featherstone as Katie
Detail Info
Director Brian Goodman
Writers Brian Goodman, Donnie Wahlberg, Paul T. Murray
Producers William J. Immerman, Peter McIntosh (II), Bob Yari, Marc Frydman, Rod Lurie
Music Alex Wurman, Richard Glasser
Running Time 1 hr. 40 min.
Release Date Dec 12th, 2008 (limited)
Distributors Yari Film Group
Country USA
Wendy and Lucy Q&A
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Wendy and Lucy
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Wendy Carol is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska in the hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy.
Cast
Michelle Williams as Wendy
Walter Dalton as Security Guard
Larry Fessenden as Man in Park
Will Oldham (II) as Icky
Will Patton as Mechanic
John Robinson as Andy
Detail Info
Director Kelly Reichardt
Producers Joshua Blum, Todd Haynes, Phil Morrison, Rajen Savjani, Larry Fessenden, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani
Writers
- Screenplay: Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt
- Source: Jonathan Raymond
Running Time 1 hr. 20 min.
Release Date Dec 10th, 2008 (limited)