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| ...and then we Danced
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(2019 Levan Akin) 80:-
Passionate about dance, young Merab (Levan Gelbakhiani) has trained at the National Georgian Dance Ensemble since childhood. His sole aim in life; to join the Main Dance Ensemble, break free from the confines of Georgian society and travel the world. When a dancer in the main ensemble is disgraced and his place becomes available, Merab's ambitions finally feel within reach. [TriArt]Region 2
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(2013 Stu Zicherman) 50:-
"A.C.O.D." follows Carter (Adam Scott), a seemingly well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce.
Having survived the madness of his parents’ (Richard Jenkins and Catherine O’Hara) divorce, Carter now has a successful career and supportive girlfriend (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). But when his younger brother (Clark Duke) gets engaged, Carter is forced to reunite his bitterly divorced parents and their new spouses (Amy Poehler and Ken Howard) for the wedding, causing the chaos of his childhood to return, including his wacky therapist (Jane Lynch). [Paramount]Region 2
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| Abbott & Costello
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'8 Classic Films' 275:-
Rediscover the classic Abbott and Costello moments in this 4-DVD boxset.
'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein' (1948)
'Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy' (1955) 'The Foreign Legion' (1950) 'Abbott and Costello Meet The Keystone Cops' (1955) 'Abbott and Costello Meet The Invisible Man' (1951) 'Abbott and Costello Go to Mars' (1953) 'Abbott and Costello Meet The Killer' (1949)
'Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (1953) [Universal]Region 2
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(1952 Jean Yarbrough) 50:-
svensk titel: Abbott & Costello på Grön Kvist
Abbott and Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans. [CCV]Region 2
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| About a Boy
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(2002 Chris & Paul Weitz) 50:-
svensk titel: Om en Pojke
Hugh Grant stars as Will Freeman, a proudly self-absorbed 38-year-old Londoner. Living lavishly off the royalties from a hit Christmas song penned by his father, Will excels at nothing except doing nothing, which, in his case, includes shopping for CDs and having his hair "professionally disheveled."
When Will makes a guilt-free exit from a brief fling with a single mom, he decides to crash a meeting of S.P.A.T. (Single Parents, Alone Together) in pursuit of more single mothers. This scheme leads to meeting Suzie (Victoria Smurfit) and Marcus (Nicholas Hoult), the socially awkward 12-year-old son of her flaky best friend, Fiona (Toni Collette). A series of odd situations leads to Will and Marcus becoming unlikely friends, and gradually both of their lives start to change for the better. [Universal]Region 1
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| Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies
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(2012 Richard Schenkman) 50:-
As Abraham Lincoln labors over the Gettysburg address, the importance of which he is fully aware, he learns that a menace from his past has returned, threatening to tear the already fractured nation to pieces. He must journey behind enemy lines to face an foe far more fearsome than the Confederate army: the walking dead. [TakeOne]Region 2
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| Adventures of Robin Hood, The
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(1938 Michael Curtiz) 80:-
svensk titel: Robin Hood's Äventyr
When Prince John (Claude Rains) and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon (Errol Flynn) lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army.
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| Air Force One
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(1997 Wolfgang Petersen) 50:-
Aboard the presidential plane - the most heavily guarded aircraft in the world - President Marshall is returning home with his wife, daughter and a planeload of top governmental officials. But no sooner have they taken off when the plane is hijacked by Communist radicals, led by the ruthless terrorist Korshunov. Unless his country's imprisoned dictator is freed, Korshunov will begin killing the passengers. Now, the most protected man in the world must take responsibility for the safety of those onboard and the future of the free world... [Columbia]Region 1
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| Airport
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(1970 George Seaton) 50:-
svensk titel: Airport - Flygplatsen
On the ground, manager Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster) juggles lover Jean Seberg and wife Dana Wynter while coping with a blizzard, aided by mechanic George Kennedy (who returned in all three sequels). In the sky, Capt. Vern Demerest (Dean Martin) must maintain control of a 707 with his pregnant stewardess girlfriend (Jacqueline Bisset), a sly stowaway (Helen Hayes), and a bomb-toting maniac (Van Heflin) aboard. [Universal]Region 2
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(2011 Rodrigo García) 80:-
Glenn Close stars as a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, Albert meets a mysterious painter who opens her eyes to a life she thought beyond her reach. [TriArt]Region 2
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(1960 Jules Dassin) 80:-
originaltitel: Ποτέ την Κυριακή
Beautiful and corrupt, sociable and sensitive, Ilya, an independent, happy-go-lucky streetwalker in the bustling Port of Piraeus, is the talk of the town. Intrigued by her character, the love-smitten American intellectual and amateur philosopher, Homer Thrace, sets his sights on becoming Ilya's Pygmalion, and in the process, attempt to explain the decline of the great Ancient Greek civilisation. [Studio S]Region 2
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| Alias Nick and Nora
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(1990 Richard Schickel) 50:-
Two documentary tributes to two legends on one disc!
Kevin Kline narrates as debonair William Powell steps into focus as one of the Silent Era’s favorite villains. Then come Talkies and revelation of the charm and humor that made him romantic lead who handled beautiful women, bullets and bon mats with equal aplomb.
Next Kathleen Turner narrates a salute to dazzling Myrna Loy, tracing her passage from screen exotic to delightful sleuth/socialite to reigning queen of Hollywood. [Warner]Region 2
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| Alien
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'Collection' 125:-
ALIEN (1979) "Alien" is the first movie of one of the most popular sagas in science fiction history, and introduces Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, the iron-willed woman destined to battle the galaxy's ultimate creature. The terror begin when the crew of the spaceship Nostromo investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and makes a horrifying discovery - a life form that breeds within a human host. Now the crew must fight now only for its survival, but for the survival of all mankind.
ALIENS (1986) In this action-packed sequel to Alien, Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, the only survivor from mankind's first encounter with the monstrous Alien. Her account of the Alien and the fate of her crew are received with scepticism - until the mysterious disappearance of colonists on LV-426 lead her to join a team of high-tech colonial marines sent in to investigate.
ALIEN 3 (1992) Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the sole survivor after her escape pod crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak planet inhabited by former inmates of a maximum security facility. When she realises an alien was also aboard her craft, she is shocked to learn the inmates possess no advanced technology or modern weapons. Yet no weapon can help Ripley after she learns that the alien terror has taken on a frightening and new personal dimension.
ALIEN RESURRECTION (1997) Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) died fighting the perfect predator. Two hundred years and eight horrific experiments later, shes back. A group of scientists have cloned her, along with the alien queen inside her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the resurrected Ripley is full of surprises for her creators, as are the aliens. And soon, a lot more than all hell breaks loose! To combat the creatures, Ripley must team up with a band of smugglers, including a mechanic named Call (Winona Ryder), who holds more than a few surprises of her own. [20th Century]Region 2
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(1986 James Cameron) 80:-
originaltitel: Aliens
In this action-packed sequel to 'Alien', Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, the only survivor from mankind's first encounter with the monstrous Alien.
Her account of the Alien and the fate of her crew are received with scepticism - until the mysterious disappearance of colonists on LV-426 lead her to join a team of high-tech colonial marines sent in to investigate.
2-Disc Special Edition [20th Century]Region 2
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(1950 Joseph L Mankiewicz) 80:-
svensk titel: Allt om Eva
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing (Bette Davis). The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend (Gary Merrill), her playwright (Hugh Marlowe) and his wife (Celeste Holm). Only the cynical drama critic (George Sanders) sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit. Thelma Ritter and Marilyn Monroe co-star in this acclaimed classic, which won six Academy Awards and received the most nominations (14) in film history.
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(1957 Leo McCarey) 50:-
originaltitel: An Affair to Rembember
Nickie Ferrante's return to New York to marry a rich heiress is well publicized as are his many antics and affairs.
He meets a nightclub singer Terry McKay who is also on her way home to her longtime boyfriend. She sees him as just another playboy and he sees her as stand-offish but over several days they soon find they've fallen in love. Nickie has never really worked in his life so they agree that they will meet again in six months time atop the Empire State building. [20th Century]Region 2
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| Along came a Spider
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(2001 Lee Tamahori)
svensk titel: I Spindelns Nät
After the harrowing death of his partner, detective and best-selling author Alex Cross has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal (MIchael Wincott) kidnaps a senator's young daughter, Alex is lured back into action. Teamed with the Secret Service agent (Monica Potter) assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads hm to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom... he wants Alex's help in documenting the crime of the century. With time running out, Alex plunges through a tangled web of danger and deceit to stop a madman and save an innocent victim's life. [Paramount]Region 1
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(1965 Jean-Luc Godard) 175:-
svensk titel: Alphaville - Ett Fall för Lemmy Caution
'Alphaville' is the strangely beautiful futuristic tale of Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine), an American private eye sent to a planet ruled by Von Braun (Anna Karina), a malevolent scientist who has outlawed human emotions in favour of logic. The film deals with the fight between individualism in the face of inhumanity and blind conformity... [Criterion]Region 1
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| Amelie från Montmartre
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(2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet) 50:-
originaltitel: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Amelie Poulian (Audrey Tautou) has led a sheltered life - educated at home by over-protective parents, she retreats into a fantasy world of her own.
When she finally leaves home and finds work as waitress in a Parisian café, life is pretty uneventful until a chain of extraordinary events leads her to the discovery of a thin box containing a schoolboy's long forgotten mementos. It is then that Amelie discovers her true vocation in life - helping others find love and happiness - which she sets about in her own unique and magical way. When Amelie falls in love herself, she realises that making neat solutions is not as easy as it seems… [Sandrew Metronome]Region 2
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| American Gigolo
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(1980 Paul Schrader) 50:-
Julian Kay is on the prowl and looking for someone to please. Boyish and sensual, he speaks five or six languages, and is equally comfortable as a chauffeur for a wealthy middle-aged matron, and as a translator/companion for the lonely wife of an executive. He is the 'American Gigolo'. But Julian's love-for-sale lifestyle turns deadly when a client is murdered and Julian became the prime suspect. [Paramount]Region 2
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(2013 David O Russell)
A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, 'American Hustle' tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. [Noble]Region 2
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(1951 Vincente Minnelli) 80:-
svensk titel: En Amerikan i Paris
Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered" by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist, while romantic complications abound. [Warner]Region 2
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(2000 Mary Harron) 80:-
It's 1987 and Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is living the American dream. He has a great job, he's handsome, he's athletic and has the attention of many beautiful women. However, Patrick has a dark secret that he keeps hidden from those around him; Patrick is a psychopath.
Dissatisfied with this charmed life, Patrick spends his evenings prowling the streets looking for victims; whether they are his business associates or strangers he meets in passing, he makes no distinction. Cultivating his serial killer persona as much as his yuppie lifestyle, the two sides of Patrick's life soon begin to merge and he begins to wonder where one side of his life ends and the other begins. [Lionsgate]Region 2
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| American Splendor
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(2003 Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini) 80:-
Grinding out a living as a filing clerk in a Clevland hospital, Harvey Pekar relieves the monotony of his daily routine discussing everything from rock 'n' roll and the decline of American culture to new flavours of jellybeans. For Harvey, life in all its unpredictable glory becomes an obsession and he begins to record his observations in a collection of stories he calls 'American Splendor'.
As grumpy as it is hilarious, the first edition of 'American Splendor' is eventually published - with a little help from legendary comic book illustrator Robert Crumb - and the cantankerous curmudgeonly Harvey becomes a hero for millions of Americans. [Sandrew Metronome]Region 2
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| Analyze That: Back in Therapy
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(2002 Harold Ramis) 50:-
svensk titel: Du går mig på nerverna... - Analysera ännu mera!
The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress. [Warner]Region 2
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(1971 Robert Wise) 80:-
svensk titel: Hotet
A satellite from the SCOOP project has crashed into the desert town of Piedmont, the SCOOP project basically entails that the satellite scoops outer space for any alien micro-organisms. After the crash all the residents of Piedmont are killed with the exception of a baby and an old gentleman booze hound.
Mankind is on the verge of being destroyed by a leaked alien virus, so a crack team of scientists are gathered in the hope of containing and understanding the virus before the world gets devoid of human life! [Universal]Region 1
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| Angel and the Badman
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(1947 James Edward Grant) 80:-
svensk titel: Ängeln och Den Laglöse
Notorious gunman Quirt Evans is wounded and on the run. He arrives at a Quaker farm owned by Thomas Worth and his family where he collapses from exhaustion.
The Quaker family is ignoring the town doctor's advice to rid themselves of the gunfighter and they compassionately tend to the delirious Evans. [Medietilsynet]Region 2
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(1999 Alan Parker) 80:-
svensk titel: Ängeln på Sjunde Trappsteget
Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt, the oldest son in a tightly knit family. Living by his wits, cheered by his irrepressible spirit, and sustained by his mother's fierce love, Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America. [Paramount]Region 1
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| Apocalypse Now / Complete Dossier
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(1979 Francis Ford Coppola) 125:-
Francis Ford Coppola's stunning vision of man's heart of darkness revealed through the madness of the Vietnam War.
Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) receives orders to seek out a renegade military outpost led by the mysterious Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando). Willard's mission: "Terminate with extreme prejudice".
2-DVD in 'manilla folder' sleeve. Contains both the 1979 and 2001 versions. [Paramount]Region 1
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(2006 Mel Gibson) 50:-
From Mel Gibson comes the thrilling historical epic 'Apocalypto'. This intense, nonstop action-adventure transports you to an ancient Central American civilization, for an experience unlike anything you've ever known.
In the twilight of the mysterious Mayan culture, young Jaguar Paw is captured and taken to the great Mayan City, where he faces a harrowing end. Driven by the power of his love for his wife and son, he makes an adrenaline-soaked, heart-racing escape to rescue them and ultimately save his way of life. Filled with unrelenting action and stunning cinematography, 'Apcalypto' is an enthralling and unforgettable film experience. [Scanbox]Region 2
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(2001 Tim Burton) 50:-
originaltitel: Planet of the Apes
In the year 2029, interstellar reconnaissance missions are relegated to chimpanzee pilots from the space station Oberon in deep space. On one such mission, a chimp loses communication and vanishes from the radar. Fearless astronaut Leo Davidson launches a rescue mission and, following a malfunction, lands on a jungle-like planet not unlike the earth. To Leo's astonishment, English-speaking apes and primitive humans inhabit the planet. Following his capture by the apes and subsequent escape, Leo assembles a small band of defiant humans and empathetic apes in an attempt to re-establish contact with Oberon, but his focus changes following an unexpected discovery. Armed with this new information, Leo leads a rebellion against an overpowering ape force that will result in freedom or complete annihilation.
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(2002 Edward Burns) 50:-
Ash Wednesday, 1983. Hell's Kitchen, New York. A symbolic day for Francis Sullivan (Burns), an ex-enforcer for the Irish gangs that rule the West Side. Rumours are flying that Francis's younger brother Sean (Wood), presumed dead for three years, has reappeared.
If he wasn't killed by rivals, then old scores still need to be settled, putting Francis and Sean in danger: a trouble-maker is pressuring the local mob boss, who's Fran's protector; Sean's wife has moved on with her life, although Sean has come back for her; the Parish priest, part of the initial deception, is frightened; bad guys with guns are closing in. Can Francis get Sean and his wife out of the city, avoid a war between rival factions, and hold onto their new-found morality? Will the cross of ashes on his forehead protect him? [RePlay]Region 2
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(1979 Richard Fleischer) 80:-
David (Michael Caine) is a UN doctor, working in African aid camps alongside his wife and colleague Anansa who is from the Ashanti tribe. While swimming in a lake near the aid camp, she is kidnapped by slave traders. They arc sure they will get a high price for her from their best customer, a wealthy arab prince (Omar Sharif). David sets off to find her, helped along the way by Brian (Rex Harrison) a British anti-slave campaigner. They trace her across the African continent and into the Arab territories, facing danger at every step of the way. [Atlantic]Region 2
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| Ashes and Diamonds
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(1958 Andrzej Wajda) 80:-
originaltitel: Popiol i Diament
On the last day of World War Two in a small town somewhere in Poland, Polish exiles of war and the occupying Soviet forces confront the beginning of a new day and a new Poland. In this incendiary environment we find Home Army soldier Maciek Chelmicki (Zbigniew Cybulski), who has been ordered to assassinate an incoming commissar. But a mistake stalls his progress and leads him to Krystyna (Ewa Krzyzewska), a beautiful barmaid who gives him a glimpse of what his life could be.
Gorgeously photographed and brilliantly performed, 'Ashes and Diamonds' masterfully interweaves the fate of a nation with that of one man, resulting in one of the most important Polish films of all time. [Arrow World]Region 0
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| Attack i Stilla Havet
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(1951 Nicholas Ray) 30:-
originaltitel: The Flying Leathernecks
John Wayne shoulders the responsibility of sending pilots to their deaths fighting the Japanese over Guadalcanal; a fact of wartime life which chokes his softer second-in-command Robert Ryan.
Director Nicholas Ray is best known for intense male melodramas like 'Rebel Without a Cause' and 'In a Lonely Place', but he was working well within his powers here. Wayne and Ryan have some strong scenes together, none more so than when Wayne informs his officer he is to be passed over for promotion. [Atlantic]Region 2
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| Awake
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(2007 Joby Harold) 50:-
Young banking heir Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) has everything - prestige, a beautiful new wife (Jessica Alba) and a lucrative career, but what he needs most of all is a life-saving heart transplant. Luckily the perfect donor is found, but joy soon turns to sheer, unmitigated terror, when he finds himself in a situation few dare to imagine. He suffers anaesthetic awareness and is inadvertently left completely alert during the complicated and painful surgery. Physically paralysed but mentally awake, he hears of a conspiracy to have him murdered and realises he is powerless to stop it. [Weinstein]Region 1
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(2009 James Cameron) 30:-
A reluctant hero. An epic journey. A choice between the life he left behind and the incredible new world he's learned to call home. [20th Century]Region 2
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