Posts Tagged ‘based-on-novel’

Magnum Force (1973)

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Eastwood, Clint | Holbrook, Hal | Mitchell, Ryan | Soul, David | Matheson, Tim | Niven, Kip | Urich, Robert | Perry, Felton | Argent, Maurice | Avery, Margaret | Devon, Richard | Giorgio, Tony | Kosslyn, Jack | March, Bob | McClurg, Bob
Directors: Post, Ted
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San Francisco Police Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan and his new partner, Early Smith have been temporarily reassigned from Homicide to Stakeout Duty. Meanwhile, those of the city’s criminals who manage to avoid punishment by the courts are nevertheless being killed by unknown assassins. Callahan begins to investigate the murders despite the orders of his superior officer, Lieutenant Briggs. A man has to know his limitations…

Two Rode Together (1961)

Monday, June 30th, 2008
Genres: Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Stewart, James | Widmark, Richard | Devine, Andy | McIntire, John | Birch, Paul | Bouchey, Willis | Brandon, Henry | Carey Jr., Harry | Curtis, Ken | Douglas, Chet | Kent, David | Qualen, John | Rainey, Ford | Strode, Woody | Whitehead, O.Z.
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The US Army is under pressure from the desperate relatives of white prisoners of the Comanches to secure their rescue. A cynical and corrupt marshal, Guthrie McCabe, is persuaded by an army lieutenant to assist in the negotiations with the Comanches. However, just two captives are released; and their reintegration into white society proves highly problematic.

Borrowers, The (1997)

Monday, June 30th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Goodman, John | Williams, Mark | Broadbent, Jim | Felton, Tom | Pickard, Raymond | Pierce, Bradley | Gillett, Aden | Laurie, Hugh | Dunford, Andrew | Goody, Bob | Monckton, Patrick | Ward, Dick | Yiasoumi, George | Winter, Alex | Hewitt, Michael
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The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, “borrowing” such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.

Ruins, The (2008)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Tucker, Jonathan | Ashmore, Shawn | Anderson, Joe | Calderón, Sergio | Ramirez, Jesse | Moreno, Balder | Baveas, Dimitri | Rodriguez, Patricio Almeida | Jurado, Mario | Ramos, Luis Antonio | Quispe, Walter | Vega, Nathan | Marquez-Munduate, Tanisha | Argirousis, Chris | Gregory, Alexander
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A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Dench, Judi | Blanchett, Cate | Georgeson, Tom | Maloney, Michael | Scanlan, Joanna | Parkes, Shaun | Kennedy, Emma | Kumar, Syreeta | Simpson, Andrew | Davis, Philip | Nottingham, Wendy | Empson, Tameka | Skinner, Leon | Nighy, Bill | Temple, Juno
Directors: Eyre, Richard
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Barbara Covett is a veteran and cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. She is barely tolerated by her less brilliant and acerbic colleagues who know nothing about her private life which consists mainly of taking care of Portia, her aging cat, and spending countless hours alone. The only means she has found to take the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. When Sheba Hart, a younger, attractive woman, joins the faculty as an art teacher, Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary about her clothing and her care-free manner. Despite her disdain for this woman, Barbara finds herself reaching out to her. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba’s lecturer husband, who is twenty years her senior, and their two children, a sexy and rebellious 16-year-old daughter and a younger boy with Downs Syndrome. Instead of opening herself to these people, Barbara immediately sees them as competition to be beaten in the battle for Sheba’s attention. Later, when Barbara discovers her new friend in a classroom having sex with Steven, a 15-year-old from the school who has artistic talent; she realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Barbara promises to not tell anyone but insists that the affair must end immediately. Sheba says she will but finds herself drawn back to the boy again and again. Sheba seems uneasy with Barbara’s friendship and is appalled when she discovers the older woman might have a sexual interest in her. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara’s cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. She chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined.

Nim’s Island (2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Butler, Gerard | Carman, Michael | Brady, Mark | Simcoe, Anthony | Baker, Christopher | Joyce, Maddison | Callan, Peter | Butler, Russell | Gibson, Colin | Probets, Bryan | Nason, Andrew | Bellette, Tony | Dornan, Jeff | Laga'aia, Jay | Walton, John
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A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she’s reading. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world’s greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim’s father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim’s Island.

Cape Fear (1991)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Nolte, Nick | Lange, Jessica | Lewis, Juliette | Baker, Joe Don | Mitchum, Robert | Peck, Gregory | Balsam, Martin | Douglas, Illeana | Thompson, Fred Dalton | Montero, Zully | Henne, Craig | Burton, Forest | Poe IV, Edgar Allan | Ball, Rod
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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Sam Bowden is a small-town incorporated attorney/”Leave It to Beaver”-esque family-man. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic person rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years, ago Sam was a public protector assigned to Max Cady’s rape trial, and he made a life-threatening error: he hid a written document from his nonreader client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, booklover Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

All Hat (2007)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Western
Countries: Canada | UK | USA
Actors: Kirby, Luke | Carradine, Keith | Hudson, Ernie | Alpay, David | Jenkins, Noam | Keller, Joel S. | Greene, Graham | Farmer, Gary | McHattie, Stephen | Gardner, David | Brass, Lorne | Mahonen, Michael | Rannelli, Tony | Hamer, Nigel | Murray, Doug
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An ex-con returns to his rural Ontario roots and outwits a corrupt and wealthy thoroughbred owner trying to take over a slew of local farms. Ray Dokes, a charming ex-ballplayer, returns from jail to discover the rural landscape of his childhood transformed by urban development. A film noir reminiscent of the stories of Elmore Leonard, ALL HAT is adapted from the novel by Brad Smith; Smith also penned the screenplay. Determined to stay out of trouble, Ray heads to the farm of his old friend Pete Culpepper, a crusty Texas cowboy who trains losing racehorses and whose debts are growing faster than his corn. Sonny Stanton, gambling addict and spoiled heir to a thoroughbred dynasty, is in the process of buying up an entire concession of farmland to build a casino and golfing resort, and the only one brave enough to stand in the way of Sonny is Etta Parr, Ray’s old flame, who might be willing to forgive Ray if it wasn’t for her pride and common sense. The situation is a minefield, one Ray is determined to avoid. He hooks up with Chrissie, a sexy, sassy and talented jockey and steers clear of Sonny. But when a ten-million-dollar thoroughbred goes missing from the Stanton Stables, Sonny pushes things too far and forces the sale of the community’s remaining farms. Ray reacts by coming up with a plan to stop Sonny in his tracks and right a few wrongs in the process. The scheme is unlikely and audacious; the players are as unpredictable as nitroglycerin. One false move and Ray will land back in jail. And the smart money is against him.

Secret Garden, The (1993)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Maberly, Kate | Prowse, Heydon | Knott, Andrew | Smith, Maggie | Crossley, Laura | Lynch, John | Sparrow, Walter | Jacob, Irène | Baker, Frank | Hill, Valerie | Pickering, Andrea | Moreton, Peter | Spreckley, Arthur | Bruce, Colin | Singh, Parsan
Directors: Holland, Agnieszka
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After losing her self-indulging parents in an earthquake, a bitter young girl named Mary Lennox is sent to live in England with her reclusive Uncle. Eventually she discovers her bedridden cousin and a ’secret garden’ that once belonged to her deceased aunt. With the help of her cousin, the kindly Dikon, and a little ‘magic’, can Mary find a way to bring love back to her family?

Jungle Book, The (1994)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Lee, Jason Scott | Elwes, Cary | Headey, Lena | Neill, Sam | Cleese, John | Flemyng, Jason | Kalipha, Stefan | Donachie, Ron | Agarwal, Anirudh | Tahir, Faran | Naegeli, Sean | Wolff, Joanna | Walker, Liza | Robertson, Rachel | Morse, Natalie
Directors: Sommers, Stephen
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A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of Mowgoli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the “civilization” of Colonial India which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are.