Posts Tagged ‘hanging’

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Western
Countries: Italy | Spain
Actors: Eli Wallach | Clint Eastwood | Lee Van Cleef | Aldo Giuffrè | Luigi Pistilli | Rada Rassimov | Enzo Petito | Claudio Scarchilli | John Bartha | Livio Lorenzon | Antonio Casale | Sandro Scarchilli | Benito Stefanelli | Angelo Novi | Antonio Casas
Directors: Sergio Leone
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The Good is Blondie, a wandering gunman with a strong personal sense of honor. The Bad is Angel Eyes, a sadistic hitman who always hits his mark. The Ugly is Tuco, a Mexican bandit who’s always only looking out for himself. Against the backdrop of the Civil War, they search for a fortune in gold buried in a graveyard. Each knows only a portion of the gold’s exact location, so for the moment they’re dependent on each other. However, none are particularly inclined to share…

The Patriot (2000)

Monday, July 13th, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Steven Seagal | Gailard Sartain | L. Q. Jones | Silas Weir Mitchell | Camilla Belle | Dan Beene | Damon Collazo | Whitney Yellow Robe | Brad Leland | Molly McClure | Philip Winchester | Douglas Sebern | Ross Loney | Bernard O'Connor | Leonard Mountain Chief
Directors: Dean Semler
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The movie takes place in South Carolina in 1776. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, is a patriot who wants no part in a war with Britian. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can’t wait to go out and kill some Redcoats. When South Carolina decides to go to war with Britain, Gabriel immediatly signs up to fight…without his father’s permission. But soon, Colonel Tavington, British solder infamous for his brutal tactiks, captures Gabriel and sentences him to be hanged. As Gabriel is taken away, Thomas tries to free him, only to be killed by Tavington, in front of Benjamin. Now, seeking revenge for his son’s death, Benjamin leaves behind his 5 other children to bring independence to the 13 colonies.

Lonesome Dove (1989)

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Robert Duvall | Tommy Lee Jones | Danny Glover | Diane Lane | Robert Urich | Frederic Forrest | D.B. Sweeney | Rick Schroder | Anjelica Huston | Chris Cooper | Timothy Scott | Glenne Headly | Barry Corbin | William Sanderson | Barry Tubb
Directors: Simon Wincer
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Retired Texas Rangers Gus McRae and Woodrow Call are content to live out their remaining years in the tiny Texas town of Lonesome Dove. Then their old friend Jake comes to town, and tells them about the incredible oppurtunities for cattle ranching in Montana. Encouraged by this, Call convinces Gus and many other townspeople to go on a perilous cattle drive to Montana. Gus has another agenda though: his former sweetheart now lives in Nebraska, and he hopes for a second chance with her. As the drive goes on it takes on an epic scale, ultimately becoming what could well be called the central event in the lives of all involved.

The Mountain Of The Cannibal Gods (1978)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Italy
Actors: Ursula Andress | Stacy Keach | Claudio Cassinelli | Antonio Marsina | Franco Fantasia | Lanfranco Spinola | Carlo Longhi | Luigina Rocchi | Akushula Selayah | Dudley Wanaguru | T.M. Munna | M. Suki | Giovanni Masini | Franco Cuccu | Franco Coduti
Directors: Sergio Martino
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Susan Stevenson (Ursula Andress) and her brother Arthur (Antonio Marsina) get off a plane somewhere in South America, allegedly in search of her husband. They team up with, Dr. Edward Foster (Stacy Keach). The three head into the jungle, get in more than a few fights amongst themselves, and view lots of gratuitous animal cruelty, notable an iguana getting eviscerated.

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Gene Wilder | Peter Boyle | Marty Feldman | Cloris Leachman | Teri Garr | Kenneth Mars | Richard Haydn | Liam Dunn | Danny Goldman | Oscar Beregi Jr. | Arthur Malet | Anne Beesley | Monte Landis | Rusty Blitz | John Madison
Directors: Mel Brooks
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When the will of Victor Frankenstein, the famous scientist who attempted to reanimate dead bodies, is opened, his grandson, Frederick, who’s become a skilled neurosurgeon and teacher and has cut most ties with his family name due to his grandfather’s experiments, is given the castle where all the experiments were made. Upon his arrival, Frederick finds and reads through his grandfather’s book about his theories and experiments and discovers that they might in fact work. Assisted by Igor, the grandson of the Igor who assisted Victor Frankenstein, and Inga, an attractive lab assistant, he successfully reanimates a body which soon escapes and creates havoc…

April Fool’s Day (1986)

Monday, June 1st, 2009
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Dave Blamy | Samuel Child | Joe Egender | R. Keith Harris | Mark D. Headen | Josh Henderson | Eric Hollenbeck | David Lowe | Joseph McKelheer | George Peroulas | Robert Pineiro | Edd Robinson | Mark Alton Rose | Mark Scarboro | David Schifter
Directors: Mitchell Altieri
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A group of eight college friends gather together at an island mansion belonging to heiress Muffy St. John to celebrate their final year of school. They soon discover that each has a hidden secret from their past which is revealed, and soon after, they turn up dead. Yet, are they really dead? Or is it just part of some very real and cruel April Fool’s jokes? The hostess, Muffy, is the only one who apparently knows what’s going on. But then again, is it really her doing the killing?

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Monday, May 4th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Winona Ryder | Angelina Jolie | Clea DuVall | Brittany Murphy | Elisabeth Moss | Jared Leto | Jeffrey Tambor | Vanessa Redgrave | Whoopi Goldberg | Angela Bettis | Jillian Armenante | Drucie McDaniel | Alison Claire | Christina Myers | Joanna Kerns
Directors: James Mangold
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Susanna is rushed to the hospital. Afterwards she discusses this with a psychiatrist. She had been having some delusions. She had also been having an affair with the husband of her parents’ friend. The doctor suggests that combining a bottle of aspirin and a bottle of vodka was a suicide attempt. This she denies. He recommends a short period of rest at Claymoore. Claymoore is a private mental hospital full of noisy, crazy people. Georgina is a pathological liar. Polly has been badly scarred by fire. Daisy won’t eat in the presence of other people. Lisa is a sociopath, the biggest exasperation for the staff - like Nurse Valerie - and the biggest influence on the other girls in the hospital. Lisa has a history of escapes, so gaining access to personal medical files is not a problem… Susanna’s boyfriend Toby is concerned that she seems too comfortable living with her institutionalized friends…

Schindler’s List (1993)

Friday, April 24th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Liam Neeson | Ben Kingsley | Ralph Fiennes | Caroline Goodall | Jonathan Sagall | Embeth Davidtz | Malgoscha Gebel | Shmuel Levy | Mark Ivanir | Béatrice Macola | Andrzej Seweryn | Friedrich von Thun | Krzysztof Luft | Harry Nehring | Norbert Weisser
Directors: Steven Spielberg
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“Schindler’s List” is the based-on-truth story of Nazi Czech business man Oskar Schindler, who uses Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied Poland. As World War II progresses, and the fate of the Jews becomes more and more clear, Schindler’s motivations switch from profit to human sympathy and he is able to save over 1100 Jews from death in the gas chambers.

Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)

Friday, April 17th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: A. Michael Baldwin | Reggie Bannister | Bill Thornbury | Heidi Marnhout | Bob Ivy | Angus Scrimm | Christopher L. Stone | Chloe Kay | Sylvia Flammer | David Gasster | Sasha Kassel | Aidan Kassel | Eric Avary | Andy John
Directors: Don Coscarelli
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Phantasm: Oblivion is the 4th installment of the series. The cast from the orginal Phantasm returns as Mike attempts to find how the tall man came to be. Mike, along with Cody and some help from Reggie, travels through various dimensions of time and space to find the source of the tall man.

Dead Man’s Shoes (2004)

Friday, April 10th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Paddy Considine | Gary Stretch | Toby Kebbell | Jo Hartley | Seamus O'Neill | Stuart Wolfenden | Paul Sadot | Paul Hurstfield | Emily Aston | George Newton | Neil Bell | Craig Considine | Matt Considine | Andrew Shim | Arthur Meadows
Directors: Shane Meadows
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Richard returns home from military service to a small town in the Midlands. He has one thing on his mind: revenge. Payback for the local bullies who did some very bad things to his brother. At first his campaign employs guerrilla tactics, designed to frighten the men and put them ill at ease. But then he steps up his operation, and one by one these local tough guys are picked off by the terrifying angel of vengeance that Richard has become.