Posts Tagged ‘one-day’

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Adams, Amy | Alexander, David | Clifford, Clare | Cole, Christina | Cole, Stephanie | Edney, Beatie | Henderson, Shirley | Hinds, Ciarán | Kants, Sarah | Leonard, Sally | McDormand, Frances | Murphy, Katy | Pace, Lee | Payne, Tom | Potter, Tim
Directors: Nalluri, Bharat
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Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.

Vantage Point (2008)

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Quaid, Dennis | Fox, Matthew | Whitaker, Forest | McGill, Bruce | Ramirez, Edgar | Taghmaoui, Saïd | Hurt, William | LeGros, James | Noriega, Eduardo | Jones, Richard T. | McCallany, Holt | Nam, Leonardo | Sundquist, Justin | O'Bryan, Sean | Rodríguez, José Carlos
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The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Cazale, John | Durning, Charles | Sarandon, Chris | Boyar, Sully | Broderick, James | Marriott, John | Springer, Gary | Henriksen, Lance | Chianese, Dominic | Levine, Floyd | Foresta, Carmine | Bogert, William | Cummins, Ron | Gerber, Jay
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Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Flatbush, Brooklyn, was held siege by a gay bank robber determined to steal enough money for his male lover to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Brooklyn is held up by Sonny and Sal, two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there’s actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Police Captain Moretti, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city’s entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonny nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees’ safety.

Breakfast Club, The (1985)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Estevez, Emilio | Hall, Anthony Michael | Nelson, Judd | Gleason, Paul | Kapelos, John | Dean, Ron | Gamble, Tim | Crawford, Perry | Hughes, John
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When five high school students, Andrew, John, Allison, Brian, and Claire, meet in detention one day. The principal wants them to write an essay, and they think they are in for a boring 8 hours of doing nothing. At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some marijuana, they pour their hearts out to each other, and tell about their fears, secrets, and their deepest emotions, and problems.

12 Angry Men (1957)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Balsam, Martin | Fiedler, John | Cobb, Lee J. | Marshall, E.G. | Klugman, Jack | Binns, Ed | Warden, Jack | Fonda, Henry | Sweeney, Joseph | Begley, Ed | Voskovec, George | Webber, Robert | Bond, Rudy | Kelly, James | Nelson, Billy
Directors: Lumet, Sidney
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Heralded as one of the all-time great theatrical releases, “12 Angry Men” focuses on a jury’s deliberations in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused in the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi; a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene; and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene. Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis, played by Henry Fonda) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis’ bases his vote moreso for the sake of discussion after all, the jurors must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. As the deliberations unfold, the story quickly becomes a study of the jurors’ complex personalities (which range from wise, bright and empathetic to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless), preconceptions, backgrounds and interactions. That provides the backdrop to Mr. Davis’ attempts in convincing the other jurors that a “not guilty” verdict might be appropriate.

10 Items or Less (2006)

Friday, May 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Freeman, Morgan | Vega, Paz | Hill, Jonah | Berardi, Alexandra | Cannavale, Bobby | Dudek, Anne | Echols, Jennifer | Nacif, Vivianne | Nam, Leonardo | Norris, Scott | Pallana, Kumar | Parsons, Jim | Ruiz, Hector Atreyu | Torres, Emiliano | Calizo, Shawn
Directors: Silberling, Brad
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A well-known actor, who hasn’t accepted a role in four years, is considering a project. The cousin of the director drives him to Archie’s Ranch Market, in Carson, and drops him off to do a little research. He’s fascinated by one of the checkers, Scarlet, a young woman from Spain with a preternatural ability to ring up items at the cash register. She hates her job, stuck at the 10 items or less lane. The actor chats her up, and when her shift ends, he asks for a ride. In the course of the afternoon, he helps her prepare for a job interview. She needs to have confidence, he needs to commit. Human contact, however brief, can change people.

Snakes on a Plane (2006)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Margulies, Julianna | Phillips, Nathan | Blanchard, Rachel | Alexander, Flex | Thompson, Kenan | Dallas, Keith | Shaye, Lin | Bruce, James | Mabrey, Sunny | Dubois, Casey | Hogarth, Daniel | Plunkett, Gerard | Chen, Terry | Pataky, Elsa
Directors: Ellis, David R.
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When Sean Jones witnesses a murder, he is asked to fly from Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify against the notorious gangster Eddie Kim. However, Kim has paid an assassin to release a crate-full of deadly snakes loose when the plane is 30,000 feet in the air. Only FBI agent Neville Flynn can protect Sean and rally the passengers together in hope of landing in L.A. alive.

United 93 (2006)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Johnson, J.J. | Commock, Gary | Alladin, Opal | Benford, Starla | Gates, Trish | McDoniel, Nancy | Basche, David Alan | Bekins, Richard | Blommaert, Susan | Charleson, Ray | Adams, Polly | Clemenson, Christian | Colón-Zayas, Liza | Dallas, Lorna | Dillon, Denny
Directors: Greengrass, Paul
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September 11, 2001. The nation was under attack by suicide hijackers, who hit Three famous buildings. The fourth plane United 93 was a story of 40 passengers who were strangers. Who sat through terrifying event. But found courage, rebelled and become hero’s. And stood united.

Smokin’ Aces (2007)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Affleck, Ben | Cumer, Zach | Bateman, Jason | Common | Ruskin, Joseph | Garcia, Andy | Rocco, Alex | Newton, Wayne | Keys, Alicia | Liotta, Ray | Piven, Jeremy | Berg, Peter | Reynolds, Ryan | Henderson, Martin | Holley, Christopher Michael
Directors: Carnahan, Joe
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An FBI agent (Reynolds) hunts for a Las Vegas stand up comedian (Piven) who has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins (including Affleck and Keys).