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A World Apart
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Jan 01, 1988
Synopsis: Based on a true story, this "haunting, deeply moving film" (Los Angeles Times) brims with "emotion and radiant intelligence" (The New Yorker) and features Barbara Hershey in a "strikingly forceful performance" (New York) by Barbara Hershey, this potent account of personal and political turmoil brims with "emotion and radiant intelligence" (The New Yorker)!
South Africa, 1963. Communist Gus Roth (Jeroen Krabbe) is forced to flee Johannesburg to escape arrest, leaving his activist wife Diana (Hershey) to continue their crusade against apartheid. But when Diana is wrenched from her three daughters and jailed under the notorious 90-day Detention Act, she and her family face the ultimate sacrifice in the fight for freedom.
10:30PM Summer
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Oct 24, 1966
Synopsis: Passion, whether sex or violence, is the root of conflict in this film which follows as the alcoholic Mercouri and her husband Finch travel with their daughter and Schneider across Spain. Being married does not stop Finch from fooling around with other women, however, and an affair flares up between him and Schneider. But it doesn't just stop between these two--things start warming up between Mercouri and Schneider as well.
12 Angry Men
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Apr 20, 1957
Synopsis: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley and Jack Klugman lead in this tense, courtroom drama -- nominated for three Oscars including Best Picture -- about one juror determined to sway the opinions of eleven others.
Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father in "one of the best pictures ever made" (The Hollywood Reporter).
1969
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Jan 01, 1988
Synopsis: Two college buddies and their families deal with the sad consequences of the Vietnam War. Flower-power, hippies, Vietnam -- The two small town teenagers learn through love, death and war what friendship and freedom mean in America. Filled with upheaval and protest, 1969 was the year that split the world apart but brought a generation together.
2 Days In The Valley
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Sep 27, 1996
Synopsis: Murder, intrigue and romance mysteriously connect the lives of a dozen diverse characters in this suburban comedy/drama that takes place entirely in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. The murder of an ex-husband is followed by a botched attempt to kill one of the hitmen, setting off an explosive chain reaction that causes a group of strangers to irrevocably alter each other's lives.
24 Hour Party People
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Aug 09, 2002
Synopsis: Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by an unknown band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club, and bands like Joy Division, New Order, and the Happy Mondays emerge to change the industry forever. Packed with an incredible soundtrack and a famous cast of characters, 24 Hour Party People is a sprawling, energetic, and humorous history of one of the most important periods in modern music.
49th Parallel
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Feb 18, 1942
Synopsis: A group of Nazi servicemen are stranded off the coast of Canada when their U-boat is sunk in this tense World War II thriller.
A Child Is Waiting
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Jan 26, 1963
Synopsis: Burt Lancaster and Judy Garland star in this sensitive, uplifting drama about the struggle to help mentally-challenged children reach their fullest potential.
A Doll's House
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date:
Synopsis: Torvald and Nora Helmer have been married for eight years and, on the surface at least, their marriage seems exceptionally happy; they have three children, a comfortable home and a healthy income. But when Kristine Linde, an old school friend of Nora's, a widow, penniless but independent-minded, arrives in town and calls on Nora, she gradually discovers that all is not as tranquil and well-ordered as it seems.
A Family Thing
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release Date: Mar 29, 1996
Synopsis: Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones portray long-lost brothers in this compelling and poignant family drama about a white Southerner whose identity is shaken after he learns that his natural mother was black.
