| Biography: When he and director John Carpenter were discussing the character of MacReady in "The Thing (1982)", they thought about making MacReady a former Vietnam chopper pilot who felt displaced by his service in the war and, as a result, was much more isolated than the other characters. This ultimately did not make it into the film. |
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| In 1941 America Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, his wife takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way to whom she hadn't previously been all that nice. The two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly expert workers able to ride the jibes of the male workforce. As the war drags on Kay finally goes on a date with her trumpet playing foreman and life inevitably starts to get complicated. Search keywords
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Categories: 1984, Drama, USA
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| Malcolm Anderson is a reporter for a Miami newspaper. He's had enough of reporting the local murders and so promises his school teacher girlfriend (Christine), they'll move away soon. Before Malcolm can hand in his notice, the murderer from his latest article phones him. The murderer tells Malcolm that he's going to kill again. The phone calls and murders continue, soon Malcolm finds that he's not just reporting the story, he is the story. Search keywords
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Categories: 1985, Crime, Thriller, USA
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| As a child Brian McCafferty watched his firefighter father die. Years later he joins his brother, Steven in the force by becoming a rookie firefighter. There is a history of conflict between the two brothers that is heated up by working together. With this background, a series of suspicious fires are set, each made to kill a specific person. After becoming frightened at a fire, Brian pulls strings to get into an investigative office and finds that he is now not putting out the arsonist's fires, but trying to track him down. Search keywords
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Categories: 1991, Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, USA
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| Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale (Dakota Fanning) adopt the horse (in fact is a mare)and save it of being sacrificed by the owner (David Morse). The arrival of the mare to Crane's farm, will be the perfect opportunity for both father and daughter to reconstruct their lost familiar bond. "Soñador" (Dreamer in English), the renamed mare, despite its broken leg, maybe could have another chance to return to the racecourse, with the help of Cale, Ben, and his father, Pop (Kris Kristofferson). Search keywords
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Categories: 2005, Biography, Drama, Family, Sport, USA
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| A family in Chicago inherits the yacht formerly owned by Clark Gable. They decide to sail it from the island of Ste. Pomme de Terre to Miami, and they sail with the assistance of Captain Ron and their lives will never be the same again. Search keywords
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Categories: 1992, Adventure, Comedy, USA
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| The inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. Based on the true story of one of the greatest moments in sports history, the tale captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice. In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks, took a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning from a distraction from world events. With the world watching the team rose to the occasion, prompting broadcaster Al Michaels' now famous question, to the millions viewing at home: Do you believe in miracles? Yes! Search keywords
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Categories: 2004, Drama, Family, History, Sport, USA
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| Sequel to "Escape From New York". In 2000, a huge earthquake hits Los Angeles which causes the whole city to be now situated on an island. In that year the new life-term US President, an out-spoken moralist declares that all people not conforming to the high morals he sets for the country will be deported to the Los Angeles island. Like New York, a wall is built, guards posted to stop any escapes and if sent there - you can't return to the US. In 2013, Cuervo Jones, a terrorist invades the dreams of the President's daughter, Utopia, and brainwashes her into stealing a device from a weapons establishment and runs with Cuervo to the island. Snake Plissken, hero of Escape From New York, is forced again to go to the island to get the device by the President (who doesn't care if Utopia returns or not.) and he is poisoned to ensure his co-operation. Like New York, Los Angeles is now a decaying city, a hot-bed of scum and weirdos and Snake has 9 hours to find the device and Utopia, and get out before the poison kicks in. Search keywords
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Categories: 1996, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, USA
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| While ringing in the new year aboard the cruise ship Poseidon, a giant wave crashes into the ship and flips it upside down. A ragtag group of survivors realize their only chance is to make their way to the deepest bowels of the ship, now at the top, if they are going to have any chance of getting out. Search keywords
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Categories: 2006, Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, USA
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| A young professional couple are befriended and looked after by one very kindly uniformed police officer, who at first merely answers a burglary call at their home, but in the course of time his ever-increasing attentions to them come to be more and more suspect in themselves. Search keywords
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Categories: 1992, Crime, Drama, Japan, Thriller, USA
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| Somewhere in the 80s truck driver Jack Burton comes in a small town to deliver his load and to win some dollar playing cards with the local below in the Chinese market. Practically almost all his opponents bankrupt making, his friend Wang bets him a play "twice or nothing" to try his cash and to regain, and loses. Jack wants his well earned money, but Wang explains that he does not have the cash on him and it he will pay later because he is expected to take up a long, lost friend of the airport. The drawing of convinced Wang of something clever insists Jack on the fact that he steers Wang to the airport, they can stick together. However, in the airport friend of Wang becomes from men of the death, a streetwise Chinatown gang won. She is necessary for the coming plan to revive Chinese magician of 1000 years old and to bring back him of the world as a mortal again. Thus a courageous adventure begins to save the girl of Wang and to stop the pitiless operation, it goes on below in small China. To themselves with a throw of very different people putting together, become engrossed Jack and Wang deeply in an uncover plot in which everything's does not seem exactly like it. Here comes big difficulties.
Irgendwo in den 80er Jahren kommt Lastkraftwagenfahrer Jack Burton in einer kleinen Stadt an, um seine Ladung zu liefern und einige Dollar-Spielkarten mit den Ortsansässigen unten am chinesischen Markt zu gewinnen. Praktisch fast alle seine Gegner bankrott machend, wettet sein Freund Wang ihn ein Spiel "doppelt oder nichts", um sein Bargeld zu versuchen und wiederzugewinnen, und verliert. Jack will sein gut verdientes Geld, aber Wang erklärt, dass er das Bargeld auf ihm nicht hat und es er wird später zahlen, weil er erwartet ist, eine lange, verlorene Freundin vom Flughafen aufzunehmen. Das Ziehen von überzeugtem Wang von etwas Schlauem besteht Jack darauf, dass er Wang zum Flughafen steuert, so können sie zusammenkleben. Jedoch, an der Flughafenfreundin von Wang wird von den Herren des Todes, einer streetwise Chinesenviertel-Bande gewonnen. Sie ist für einen kommenden Plan notwendig, chinesischen Zauberer von eintausend Jahren alt wiederzubeleben und ihn der Welt als ein Sterblicher wieder zurückzubringen. So beginnt ein mutiges Abenteuer, um das Mädchen von Wang zu retten und die unbarmherzige Operation aufzuhören, es geht unten im Kleinen China weiter. Sich mit einem Wurf von sehr verschiedenen Personen zusammentuend, vertiefen sich Jack und Wang tief in ein Aufdecken-Komplott, in dem everything's nicht genau wie es scheint. Hier kommt große Schwierigkeiten. Search keywords
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Categories: 1986, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, USA
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| An American scientific expedition in the frozen garbage of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of obviously mad chase of Norwegians and of fusillade of a dog. The helicopter following accidents of dog by leaving no explanation of hunt. Overnight, the dog makes transfer and attack of other dogs in the animal box and the members of the teams who investigate. The team soon realises that a form of the foreign life with the capacity to take back other bodies takes place the loosening and they do not know who can already have been taken back.
Une expédition scientifique américaine aux ordures congelées de l'Antarctique est interrompue par un groupe de poursuite de Norvégiens apparemment folle et de fusillade d'un chien. L'hélicoptère poursuivant les accidents de chien n'en quittant aucune explication de la chasse. Pendant la nuit, le chien fait muter et attaque d'autres chiens dans la cage et les membres des équipes qui enquêtent. L'équipe se rend compte bientôt qu'une forme de la vie étrangère avec la capacité de reprendre d'autres corps a lieu le desserré et ils ne savent pas qui peut déjà avoir été repris. Search keywords
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Categories: 1982, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, USA
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| Jeff and Amy Taylor move to California and must go about the country. If they are found stranded in the middle of a desert hardly with somebody or something comes all around her trip to a sudden hold. Amy had taken a journey with a friendly truck driver from a small guest to call for help, but after a long time Jeff is disturbed. He thinks that nobody has seen in the guest or has belonged from his wife. If he finds the truck driver who gave the journey to Amy, the truck driver swears that he has never seen them. Now Jeff must try to find his woman who has been kidnapped and is held for the ransom. But whom can he trust?.
Jeff und Amy Taylor bewegen sich nach Kalifornien und müssen über das Land fahren. Wenn sie sich gestrandet in der Mitte einer Wüste mit kaum irgendjemandem finden oder irgendetwas ringsherum ihre Reise zu einem plötzlichen Halt kommt. Amy hatte eine Fahrt mit einem freundlichen Lastkraftwagenfahrer einem kleinen Tischgast genommen, um um Hilfe zu rufen, aber nachdem eine lange Zeit Jeff beunruhigt wird. Er findet, dass keiner im Tischgast gesehen oder von seiner Frau gehört hat. Wenn er den Lastkraftwagenfahrer findet, der Amy die Fahrt gab, schwört der Lastkraftwagenfahrer, dass er sie nie gesehen hat. Jetzt muss Jeff versuchen, seine Frau zu finden, die gekidnappt worden ist und für das Lösegeld gehalten wird. Aber wem kann er vertrauen?. |
Categories: 1997, Short, USA
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| The terrorists take back 747 attaches from Athens to Washington D. C. supposedly perform the liberalisation of their leader. The expert of intelligence David Grant suspects another reason and persuades the servicemen who should not be allowed that the 'plane enters in U. S. airspace. A mission of attack is conceived, by using a 'especially equipped plane conceived in the transfers of crew of full flight and the Subsidy is on board of 747 with a team of anti-terror servicemen who have to deactivate a bomb and control the terrorists.
Les terroristes reprennent des 747 attachés d'Athènes à Washington D. C. , censément effectuer la libération de leur chef. L'expert d'intelligence David Grant soupçonne une autre raison et convainc les militaires que l'on ne devrait pas permettre que le 'avion entre dans U. S. espace aérien. Une mission d'assaut est conçue, en utilisant un 'avion spécialement équipé conçu aux transferts d'équipage de plein vol et la Subvention se trouve à bord des 747 avec une équipe d'antiterroristes militaires qui doivent désamorcer une bombe et maîtriser les terroristes. Search keywords
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Categories: 1996, Action, Adventure, Thriller, USA
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| All that begins anybody to a secret school in clouds as on the earth: the High Sky, the first and only high school for the rascals with superhuman powers passing by the puberty struggling against crime. In the High Sky, the fire of key of body studying with their footballs, Villainy of study with their Chemistry and is divided into Heroes and Acolytes instead of jocks and of geeks. It is one "from this world" the still completely recognizable place where cool gadgets, rampant bravery and grandiose magical knowledge merge it with parental battles, pressure hand in hand and dating trouble— with results explosivement amusing. The class of this year introduces some of the best, the most bright super-adolescence and most powerfully the gifted never gathered. And then there is will the Fortress. When you are the son of most legendary tremendous heroes of the world, the Commander and Jetstream, people expect that you are faithful in the name of family problem is it will begins without superpowers of own and, worse sound of all, instead of joining ranks of the class of Heroes, it thinks it is relegated to be an Acolyte. Now he must survive somehow in his year of freshman while taking care of a domineering coach of physical education, a tyrant with the tremendous speed and a dangerous rebel with a resentment (and the capacity to draw the fire of the hands) — without speaking about ordinary anxiety, parental waitings and problems of girl which accompany youthful life. But when a nasty villain threatens his family, friends and the same sanctity of High Sky, will must use its very new superpowers to save the day and to demonstrate a Hero worthy of the tradition of family.
Tout cela commence à une école secrète dans les nuages comme personne sur la terre : le Ciel Haut, le premier et seulement lycée pour les gosses avec les pouvoirs surhumains passant par la puberté luttant contre le crime. Au Ciel Haut, les flammes de touche de corps étudiant avec leurs footballs, Villainy d'étude avec leur Chimie et sont divisés en Héros et Acolytes au lieu de jocks et de geeks. C'est un "de ce monde" l'endroit encore complètement reconnaissable où les gadgets frais, la bravoure rampante et les connaissances magiques grandioses le confondent avec les batailles parentales, la pression de pair et datant trouble— avec les résultats explosivement amusants. La classe de cette année présente certains des meilleurs, la super-adolescence la plus brillante et le plus puissamment douée jamais rassemblée. Et ensuite il y a la volonté la Forteresse. Quand vous êtes le fils de la plupart des héros formidables légendaires du monde, le Commandant et Jetstream, les gens s'attendent à ce que vous soyez fidèles au nom de famille le problème est cela la volonté commence sans superpuissances de son propre et, pire de tous, au lieu de rejoindre les grades de la classe de Héros, il se trouve relégué à être un Acolyte. Maintenant il doit survivre d'une façon ou d'une autre à son année d'étudiant de première année pendant que s'occupant d'un autocar de gym dominateur, un tyran avec la vitesse formidable et un rebelle dangereux avec une rancune (et la capacité de tirer le feu de ses mains) — sans parler de l'angoisse ordinaire, les attentes parentales et les problèmes de fille qui accompagnent la vie adolescente. Mais quand un méchant vilain menace sa famille, amis et la même sainteté de Ciel Haut, la volonté doit utiliser ses superpuissances toutes nouvelles pour sauver le jour et se prouver un Héros digne de la tradition de famille. Search keywords
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Categories: 2005, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Thriller, USA
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| The stunt man Mike is an ancient driver of racecar of blow of Hollywood which aims and kills the women with its "lethal proof" prevent the car. In the act I, Mike's surfaces in Austin, Texas to aim at a feminine group which he knows; Julia de Jungle a model of sitting, smoking DISC JOCKEY / MODE dopes him, radio meets her of of his old school friends for night on the city who are the emotional model Arlene and the bad local girl Shanna, as well as hippy of nut of the bar Pam who tries to make Mike point it out, unaware of his sociopath and of misogynous tendencies. In the act II, the surfaces of stunt man Mike in Tennessee where he chooses haphazardly another other feminine group to dispel of whom all work in the business of film; Abernathy is a girl of making-up and a substitute wanting a chance of step in its life. The side under the wind is a naive actress of B-film. Kim is a hard and arranged wife of blow always wanting action. And Zoe is the wife of blow of type of New Zealand visiting its friends. However, second all the girls prove that to arrive more well and because of a combination of misfortune and of the negligence of stunt man Mike, the girls decide to turn tables on their persecutor for the revenge of their own.
Le cascadeur Mike est un ancien conducteur de voiture de course de coup d'Hollywood qui vise et tue les femmes avec sa "preuve mortelle" empêchent la voiture. Dans l'acte I, les surfaces de Mike dans Austin, Texas pour viser un groupe de femmes qu'il connaît; Julia de Jungle un modèle de DISC-JOCKEY/MODE sortant, fumant le dope, radio la rencontre de ses vieux amis scolaires depuis une nuit sur la ville qui sont le modèle sentimental Arlene et la mauvaise fille locale Shanna, aussi bien que hippie de noix de la barre Pam qui essaie de faire Mike la remarquer, en ignorant son sociopath et tendances misogynes. Dans l'acte II, les surfaces de Cascadeur Mike à Tennessee où il choisit au hasard un autre autre groupe de femmes pour chasser dont tous travaillent dans les affaires de film; Abernathy est une fille de maquillage et un remplaçant voulant une chance de pas dans sa vie. Le côté sous le vent est une actrice de B-film naïve. Kim est une femme de coup dure et disposée voulant toujours l'action. Et Zoe est la femme de coup de type de la Nouvelle-Zélande visitant ses amis. Cependant, le deuxième ensemble des filles prouve plus bien qu'arriver et à cause d'une combinaison de malchance et de la négligence de Cascadeur Mike, les filles décident de tourner les tables sur leur persécuteur pour la vengeance de leur propre. Search keywords
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Categories: 2007, Crime, USA
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| The sentence in the police department of Los Angeles in April, 1992, is Deep-blue a dramatic thriller which takes place just few days before the fulfilment of four white officers in hitting the black driver Rodney King and the following L. A. Turmoil. In this racially loaded climate the special selection investigation troop of the LAPD (SIS) a noteworthy fourfold manslaughter is assigned. Because they work the case, ex-serviceman's detective Eldon Perry who is known for his tough street tactics and glowing character, beginner of the tutors SIS bobbies Keough in the fierce realities of the police intimidation and bribery. In the meantime, assistant Chief Holland, the only man threatens in the department which is ready to face the SIS, to finish the brand of Perry of the one-handed "justice" on the streets of Los Angeles. While he navigates by the tumultuarische neighborhood of southern central L. A. , Perry and Keough must find coldblooded murderers and see her own demons in the face which turn out to be more pitiless, as the criminals whom they hunt.
Der Satz in der Polizeiabteilung von Los Angeles im April 1992, Dunkelblau ist ein dramatischer Thriller, der gerade wenige Tage vor der Erfüllung von vier weißen Offizieren im Schlagen des schwarzen Fahrers Rodney King und des nachfolgenden L stattfindet. A. Aufruhr. In diesem rassisch beladenen Klima wird der Spezielle Ausleseuntersuchungstrupp des LAPD (SIS) ein bemerkenswerter vierfacher Totschlag zugeteilt. Weil sie der Fall, Veterandetektiv Eldon Perry arbeiten, der für seine zähe Straßentaktik und glühenden Charakter, Anfänger der Privatlehrer SIS Bobby Keough in den grimmigen Realien der Polizeieinschüchterung und Bestechung bekannt ist. Inzwischen droht Helfer Chief Holland, der einzige Mann in der Abteilung, die bereit ist, der SIS gegenüberzutreten, die Marke von Perry der einhändigen "Justiz" auf den Straßen von Los Angeles zu beenden. Indem er durch die tumultuarische Nachbarschaft von Südlichem Zentralem L schifft. A. , Perry und Keough müssen kaltblütige Mörder ausfindig machen und ihren eigenen Dämonen ins Gesicht sehen, die sich erweisen, unbarmherziger zu sein, als die Verbrecher, die sie jagen. Search keywords
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Categories: 2002, Action, Crime, Drama, Germany, Thriller, USA
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| After the success, the Dodge city, Wyatt clears up, moves Earp to the gravestone, Arizona, and the wishes to become richly in the ambiguity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend the doctor Holliday. A tape of the criminals who are called The cowboys causes problems in the area with different actions of the accidental power, and enters without fail into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps which leads to a gunfight in, OK, hurdle.
Nach dem Erfolg, der Dodge City, Wyatt aufräumt, bewegt sich Earp zum Grabstein, Arizona, und den Wünschen, reich an der Zweideutigkeit zu werden. Er trifft seine Brüder dort, sowie seinen alten Freund der Doktor Holliday. Ein Band von Verbrechern, die sich Die Cowboys nennen, verursacht Probleme im Gebiet mit verschiedenen Taten der zufälligen Gewalt, und tritt unvermeidlich in Konfrontation mit Holliday und dem Earps ein, der zu einer Schießerei an, OK, Hürde führt. Search keywords
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Categories: 1993, Action, Drama, Romance, USA, Western
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| It was an enough brilliant plan: Rob the counting room of the Riviera casinos during an Elvis actor's conference. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep the whole money for himself, and shot all his partners including recently relieved ex-deceitful Michael Zanes. With 3$. 2 millions at stake, the marshal's service breaking and single mummy Cybil Waingrow and her son Jesse who mistakes constantly things must find Michael Murphy.
Es war ein genug genialer Plan: Rauben Sie das Zählungszimmer des Riviera Kasinos während einer Elvis Darsteller-Tagung aus. Aber Thomas Murphy entschied sich dafür, das ganze Geld für sich selbst zu behalten, und schoss alle seine Partner einschließlich kürzlich befreiten ex-betrügerischen Michael Zanes. Mit 3 $. 2 Millionen auf dem Spiel, der Marschall-Dienst hereinbrechende und einzelne Mama Cybil Waingrow und ihr Sohn Jesse, der ständig Dinge verwechselt, muss Michael Murphy ausfindig machen. |
Categories: 2001, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller, USA
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