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Eight Men Out explores one of the darkest moments in baseball history. The black sox scandal of 1919 began with players that were fed up with there penny pinching owner. Gamblers noticing this decide to take advantage and offer some players money to throw the world series. The players agree but as the game begins, shoeless Joe Jackson and Buck Weaver change their minds and try to win which they almost do. a few years later the story comes out and the sox are sued. Found innocent by a jury, all eight players are suspended for life by baseball. Starring: Jace Alexander as Dickie Kerr, John Cusack as Buck Weaver, Gordon Clapp as Ray Schalk, Don Harvey as Swede Risberg, Bill Irwin as Eddie Collins, Perry Lang as Fred McMullin, John Mahoney as Kid Gleason, James Read as Lefty Williams, Michael Rooker as Chick Gandil, Charlie Sheen as Hap Felsch, David Strathairn as Eddie.
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Director: John Sayles - Studio: MGM/UA Video
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London, England 1554, Elizabeth the daughter of King Henry the VIII has been imprisoned since she she was 16 by her sister Mary. Now 23 Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England, but to survive on the thrown in the male dominated ruling class she must sniff out many hidden agendas including those in the court and on the battlefield. But no matter what happens she will use any means necessary to keep what is rightfully hers. Starring: Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I, Geoffrey Rush as Sir Francis Walsingham, Joseph Fiennes as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Christopher Eccleston as Duke of Norfolk, Richard Attenborough as Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Fanny Ardant as Mary of Guise, Vincent Cassel as Duc d'Anjou, Kathy Burke as Queen Mary Tudor, Terence Rigby as Bishop.
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Director: Shekhar Kapur - Studio: Umvd
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Miles Roby is the owner of a small diner in the rural New England town of Empire Falls. Negotiating the political currents of a depressed factory town, Miles deals with family issues from his scoundrel father to his ex-wife to his feisty brother. In addition to his family, Miles must deal with the Whiting family that owns most of the town. A look at the wealthier side of America through the eyes of a small town business owner. A fine film in the best tradition of HBO. Starring: Ed Harris as Miles Roby, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Charlie Mayne, Helen Hunt as Janine Roby, Paul Newman as Max Roby, Robin Wright Penn as Grace Roby, Aidan Quinn as David Roby, Joanne Woodward as Francine Whiting, Dennis Farina as Walt Comeau, William Fichtner as Jimmy Minty, Estelle Parsons as Bea, Theresa Russell as Charlene.
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Director: Fred Schepisi - Studio: Warner Home Video
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Julia Roberts stars as Erin Brockovich, a twice divorced mother of three. After an auto accident which was not her fault, he lawyer gets her almost no settlement. With no money, and no job she pleads with her attorney to give her a job at his firm. After working for a while she finds some medical records in real estate files. When investigating these files she finds a cover up with contaminated water making people sick. Erin takes the corporation to court and gets these people a big settlement. Starring: Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich, David Brisbin as Dr. Jaffe, Dawn Didawick as Rosalind, Albert Finney as Ed Masry, Valente Rodriguez as Donald, Conchata Ferrell as Brenda, George Rocky Sullivan as Los Angeles Judge, Pat Skipper as Defending Lawyer, Jack Gill as Defendant, Irene Olga López as Mrs. Morales, Emily Marks as Beth.
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Director: Steven Soderbergh - Studio: Universal Studios
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One day on a drive home Karen McCanns' life comes crashing down when she recieves a phone call form her daughter, who is being raped and murdered as she speaks. Robert Doob the murderer is soon captured, but then released from prison on a technicality. Trying to find a way to deal with this Karen joins a support group, and then a hitman trainee group to learn how to handle a gun and such. As time goes on she becomes more and more intent on getting justice herself and stopping this man from killing again. Starring: Sally Field as Karen McCann, Ed Harris as Mack McCann, Olivia Burnette as Julie McCann, Alexandra Kyle as Megan McCann, Kiefer Sutherland as Robert Doob, Joe Mantegna as Det. Sgt. Denillo, Beverly D'Angelo as Dolly Green, Darrell Larson as Peter Green, Charlayne Woodard as Angel Kosinsky, Philip Baker Hall as Sidney.
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Director: John Schlesinger - Studio: Paramount Home Video
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After a Christmas party, where many sexual advances are made towards him and his wife, Dr. William Harford's wife admits to him that she had sexual fantasies about one of the strangers at the party, and chastises him for not revealing his own. This sets him off into a few unfulfilled sexual encounters. Then at a nightclub where his pianist friend is playing he learns of a secret sexual group and decides to attend on of their get togethers. He soon learns he is in over his head, and this group is threatning his life and his marriage. Starring: Tom Cruise as Dr. William 'Bill' Harford, Nicole Kidman as Alice Harford, Madison Eginton as Helena Harford, Jackie Sawiris as Roz, Sydney Pollack as Victor Ziegler, Leslie Lowe as Illona, Peter Benson as Bandleader, Todd Field as Nick Nightingale, Michael Doven as Ziegler's secretary, Sky Dumont as Sandor Szavost, Louise J. Taylor as Gayle.
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Director: Stanley Kubrick - Studio: Warner Studios
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Based on the biography of the same title, Faith of My Fathers chronicals the early life of Senator John McCain as he was an up and coming Navy officer during the Vietnam War. As the young John McCain grauates from the Anapolis Naval Academy, his father instills in him the importance of character. Shot down over North Vietnam, the young McCain must survive by his character or crack under the pressure. The son of a 4-star admiral, the young McCain is a prize long sought by the Viet-Cong who hold him for five long years. Starring: Thomas Madell as Army General, rest of cast listed alphabetically: Michael Arata as Captain Hart, Tony Bentley as Grey madden, Brian Bossetta as Hanging POW, Jude Cambise as Prisoner Of War, Joe Chrest as Craner, Erin Cottrell as Carol McCain, Korbi Dean as Roberta McCain, Carol Dupuy as Wife (Returning POW), Louis Dupuy as Parent.
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Director: Peter Markle - Studio: Columbia Tri-Star
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This is a collection of short stories that chronical the lives of three separate families that live on the same street. One story tells of an overbearing father that must deal with a son he hardly knows after his wife dies. Another is about a family crumbling apart from adultry and dealing with a son's gay lifestyle. And finally, and old cantankerous father is at the end of his life when his lawyer son comes home to show his father that he did fulfill his father's expectations for success. Starring: Reiko Aylesworth as Business Woman, Kathy Baker as Nora, Barbara Barrie as Ruth, Joseph Bologna as Noah, Max Burkholder as Nick (age 4), Lisa Edelstein as Irene, Ron Eldard as Tom, Rabbi Mordecai Finley as Rabbi, Jessalyn Gilsig as Dianne, Joanna Gleason as Silvia, Paul Gutrecht as Simon, Gale Harold as Elliott.
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Director: Jared Rappaport, Rodrigo García - Studio: Showtime Entertainment
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Ray Kinsella is a struggling corn farmer in the midwest. When pondering the future Ray hears a voice telling him to build a baseball field. He sinks everything he has into the field while the rest of the town thinks he has gone crazy. Once he has completed the field he leaves to find an influential writer from the 60's, Terence Mann. Ray and Terence end up on a journey that will take them beyond the bounderies of reality and into a existential realm where we all hope to find out who we are and how we got here. Starring: Kevin Costner as Ray Kinsella, Amy Madigan as Annie Kinsella, Gaby Hoffmann as Karin Kinsella, Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe Jackson, Timothy Busfield as Mark, James Earl Jones as Terence Mann, Burt Lancaster as Dr. Archibald 'Moonlight' Graham, Frank Whaley as Archie Graham, Dwier Brown as John Kinsella, James Andelin as Feed.
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Director: Phil Alden Robinson - Studio: Universal Studios
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A young man with an easy, well paying job has many things including a condo, and nice furniture among other things. He also has the feeling of being an empty person inside. He goes to support groups for cancer and lukemia victims even though he is not sick, but the help he finds there is soon taken away by another faker. Soon after he meets Tyler, a soap salesmen they start fight club a place where men come to beat each other to feel better about there empty lives. Starring: Edward Norton as Narrator, Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden, Meat Loaf as Robert 'Bob' Paulson, Helena Bonham Carter as Marla Singer, Zach Grenier as Richard Chesler, Richmond Arquette as Intern, David Andrews as Thomas, George Maguire as Group Leader, Eugenie Bondurant as Weeping Woman, Christina Cabot as Group Leader, Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston as Speaker.
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Director: David Fincher - Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
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