Posts Tagged ‘based-on-poem’

Tommyknockers, The (1993)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Smits, Jimmy | Helgenberger, Marg | Ashton, John | Beasley, Allyce | Carradine, Robert | Cassidy, Joanna | Corley, Annie | De Young, Cliff | Lords, Traci | Marshall, E.G. | Henry, Chuck | Woods, Leon | McIver, Paul | Lawley, Yvonne | Johnson, Bill
Directors: Power, John
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The small town of Haven becomes a hot-bed of inventions all run by a strange green power device. The whole town is digging something up in the woods, and only an alcoholic poet can unfathom the secret of the tommyknockers.

Odyssey, The (1997)

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: Germany | Greece | Italy | UK | USA
Actors: Assante, Armand | Scacchi, Greta | Rossellini, Isabella | Peters, Bernadette | Roberts, Eric | Papas, Irene | Krabbé, Jeroen | Chaplin, Geraldine | Lee, Christopher | Williams, Vanessa | Clay, Nicholas | Anastassopoulos, Adoni | Baeza, Paloma | Cook, Ron | Asato, Reid
Directors: Konchalovsky, Andrei
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This lavish small-screen adaptation of Homer’s ancient epic—replete with exotic Maltese and Turkish locations, state-of-the-art special effects, and many bronzed muscles gleaming with sweat—chronicles the voyage home of a Trojan hero, Odysseus King of Ithaca, and includes many more scenes of his faithful, beautiful wife Penelope dodging leering suitors at home than Homer ever composed!

Beowulf (2007)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Winstone, Ray | Wright Penn, Robin | Hopkins, Anthony | Bilezikjian, John | Martin, Brice | Fortag, Sonje | Baker-Bernard, Sharisse | Salt, Charlotte | Renee, Julene | Ellis, Greg | Young, Rik | Roché, Sebastian | Harter Zemeckis, Leslie | Malkovich, John | Schultz, Woody
Directors: Zemeckis, Robert
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The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel’s mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

Beowulf & Grendel (2005)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: Canada | Iceland | UK
Actors: Butler, Gerard | Skarsgård, Stellan | Curran, Tony
Directors: Gunnarsson, Sturla
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The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior’s battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster. The monster, Grendel, is not a creature of mythic powers, but one of flesh and blood - immense flesh and raging blood, driven by a vengeance from being wronged, while Beowulf, a victorious soldier in his own right, has become increasingly troubled by the hero-myth rising up around his exploits. Beowulf’s willingness to kill on behalf of Hrothgar wavers when it becomes clear that the King is more responsible for the troll’s rampages than was first apparent. As a soldier, Beowulf is unaccustomed to hesitating. His relationship with the mesmerizing witch, Selma, creates deeper confusion. Swinging his sword at a great, stinking beast is no longer such a simple act. The story is set in barbarous Northern Europe where the reign of the many-gods is giving way to one - the southern invader, Christ. Beowulf is a man caught between sides in this great shift, his simple code transforming and falling apart before his eyes. Vengeance, loyalty and mercy powerfully entwine. A story of blood and beer and sweat, which strips away the mask of the hero-myth, leaving a raw and tangled tale.

Mulan (1998)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Ferrer, Miguel | Fierstein, Harvey | Shen, Freda Foh | Foray, June | Hong, James | Margolyes, Miriam | Morita, Pat | Murphy, Eddie | Nixon, Marni | Oh, Soon-Tek | Osmond, Donny | Salonga, Lea | Shigeta, James | Takei, George | Tondo, Jerry
Directors: Bancroft, Tony | Cook, Barry
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Mulan is a girl, the only child of her honored family. When the Huns invade China, one man from every family is called to arms. Mulan’s father, who has an old wound and cannot walk properly, decides to fight for his country and the honor of his family though it is clear that he will not survive an enemy encounter. Mulan, who just got rejected by the matchmaker because she had set her on fire, decides to prove that she is worth something and steals away to fit her father’s place in the Chinese army. She prays to her family’s ancestors for protection and luck before leaving as a man in her father’s armor with her family’s horse. The ancestors awake and decide to send Mushu, a little dishonored dragon to aid Mulan in her quest. Weeks later, Mulan and the other troopers have survived the training camp and are on the way north to stop the huns. After being spotted and pursued by the enemies, an impass situation in the mountains forces Mulan to come up with an idea. But then, her real gender will no longer be a secret. She decides to risk everything in order to save China.

Iron Giant, The (1999)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Animation | Drama | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Aniston, Jennifer | Connick Jr., Harry | Diesel, Vin | Gammon, James | Leachman, Cloris | McDonald, Christopher | Mahoney, John | Marienthal, Eli | Walsh, M. Emmet | Bergman, Mary Kay | Johnston, Ollie | Angel, Jack | Bird, Michael | Borisoff, Devon Cole | Bumpass, Rodger
Directors: Bird, Brad
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“Iron Giant” is based upon the 1968 story,’Iron Man,’ by the British poet laureate Ted Hughes. The film is about a giant metal machine that drops from the sky and frightens a small town in Maine in 1958, only to find a friend named, Hogarth, that ultimately finds its humanity and saving the towns people of their fears and prejudices.