Movie Releases by Genre
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The Debut
October 5, 2001
A young Filipino American's dreams of becoming an animator are in conflict with those of his immigrant father, who is intent on seeing him become a doctor.
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La Ciénaga
October 3, 2001
A series of surreal moments and twisted family relationships is revealed as two large families spend a torpid summer together in a faded resort town in Northwest Argentina.
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Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
September 29, 2001
A romantic comedy which follows three men and three women as they become entangled in each other's lives during a brief run of a play in Paris. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Dinner Rush
September 28, 2001
Set on one lively night at a trendy restaurant in the TriBeCa area of New York City, this is a rapid-fire tale of gangsters, gourmet food, high-flying chefs, bookies and obnoxious patrons made real with snappy dialogue and an experienced ensemble cast. (Access Motion Picture Group)
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Sobreviviré
September 28, 2001
An outrageous romantic comedy about a pregnant widow and a gay man.
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Hearts in Atlantis
September 28, 2001
Based on the novel by Stephen King, this drama focuses on an orphaned boy (Yelchin) who forms a friendship with a middle-aged man (Anthony Hopkins), and discovers depths of courage and forgiveness he never imagined. (Warner Bros.)
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Diamond Men
September 28, 2001
An aging diamond salesman (Forster) with a heart condition is forced to train a brash, inexperienced kid (Wahlberg) with whom he clashes almost immediately.
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Extreme Days
September 28, 2001
Four life-long friends with a love for extreme sports set off on one last "road trip" adventure before settling down into adulthood. (Providence Entertainment)
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Don't Say a Word
September 28, 2001
In order to save his kidnapped daughter, a noted adolescent psychiatrist (Douglas) must retrieve a critical piece of information from a troubled patient (Murphy).
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God, Sex & Apple Pie
September 21, 2001
In their early 30's, seven old friends gather at a weekend cabin for their annual get-together.
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Rocky Road
September 21, 2001
This modern dramedy explores the problems and prejudices one interracial couple experiences from their families and society. (Rocky Road LLC.)
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Liam
September 21, 2001
A poignant portrait of a family's free-fall into poverty seen through the eyes of an innocent child, personifying the dream of a brighter future. (Lions Gate Films)
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Wisconsin Death Trip
September 14, 2001
An intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account of the disasters that befell one small town in Wisconsin during the final decade of the 19th century. (Hands On Productions, Inc.)
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China: The Panda Adventure
September 14, 2001
Maria Bello stars in this IMAX film inspired by the true-life story of widowed New York socialite Ruth Harkness, a fiercely independent woman who dared to take up her late husband's expedition, journeying deep into the mysterious forests of China, following his passionate quest to study the Giant Panda. (IMAX Corp.)
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Hard Ball
September 14, 2001
Reeves portrays Conor O'Neill -- an underachiever who is both inspired and redeemed by the unlikeliest group of people he could ever have imagined. In order to pay off a gambling debt, O'Neill is thrust into molding underprivileged kids into a cohesive unit in one of the toughest parts of Chicago. (Paramount Pictures)
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Kill Me Later
September 14, 2001
An extremely depressed young woman (Blair) is literally on the brink of jumping from a high-rise bank tower when she is foiled by a robbery gone awry. (Seventh Art Releasing)
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Vengo
September 7, 2001
A majestic ode to the artistry and magic of flamenco dancing, set against the compelling backdrop of two gypsy families locked in an age old struggle for power. (Cowboy Booking International)
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Soul Survivors
September 7, 2001
College freshman Cassandra "Cassie" (Sagemiller) steps into a nightmare of otherworldly visitations after surviving a devastating car accident. (Artisan Entertainment)
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The Musketeer
September 7, 2001
Peter Hyman's action-adventure weds the classic swordplay and chivalry of Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers" with the gravity-defying dazzle of Hong Kong action choreography. (Universal Pictures)
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A Matter of Taste
September 7, 2001
Nicolas, a handsome, young waiter, is befriended by Frédéric Delamont, a wealthy middle-aged businessman. Delamont, a man of power, influence and strictly refined tastes, is immediately smitten by Nicolas' charm. Lonely and phobic, Delamont offers Nicolas a lucrative job as his personal food taster. In spite of their differences, a close friendship begins to emerge between the two men. However, their bond of trust and admiration soon spirals downward into a dangerous game of deceit and obsession for which neither is prepared. (Attitude Films)
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Rock Star
September 7, 2001
In an instant, Chris Cole (Whalberg) rockets to the dizzying heights of sudden stardom, rising from devotee to icon, from the ultimate rock fan to the ultimate rock god -- the wanna-be who got to be. So what happens when an average guy gets everything he wants...and discovers it's not enough? (Warner Bros.)
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Our Lady of the Assassins
September 7, 2001
An exploration of morality and mortality in Medellín, Colombia. (Paramount Classics)
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L.I.E.
September 7, 2001
L.I.E. is about a boy who, in losing just about everything and everyone he has in the space of a single week, finds himself. (Lot 47 Films)
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Jeepers Creepers
August 31, 2001
After making a horrific discovery in the basement of an old abandoned church, Trish (Philips) and her brother Darryl (Long) watch their routine road trip home from college turn into a heart stopping race for their lives. (United Artists)
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O
August 31, 2001
A contemporary retelling of "Othello," Shakespeare's timeless tale of treachery and jealousy, set in an elite private school located deep in the American South. (Lions Gate Films)
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Speedway Junky
August 31, 2001
Johnny, a young innocent dreamer, driven by his goal to race cars in North Carolina, finds himself penniless and hungry in Las Vegas. (Regent Entertainment)
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Tortilla Soup
August 24, 2001
An English-language remake of Ang Lee's "Eat Drink, Man Woman," set in the Latino community of Los Angeles.
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Together
August 24, 2001
A group of young people all living under the same roof in mid-70's Sweden finds themselves questioning their long-held social and political beliefs as the world rapidly changes around them. [IFC Films]
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Summer Catch
August 24, 2001
While pursuing his dream of becoming a major league baseball player, a working class boy (Prinze) falls for a wealthy girl (Biel) vacationing with her parents on Cape Cod.
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Lisa Picard Is Famous
August 22, 2001
This mockumentary is a roller coaster ride through the rose-tinted glasses of an aspiring actress's dreams and dramas. (First Look Pictures)
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
August 17, 2001
A World War II drama about a beautiful Greek villager (Cruz) and the Italian soldier (Cage), part of Mussolini's occupying army, who wins her heart.
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Brooklyn Babylon
August 17, 2001
Set in the melting pot of Brooklyn, New York, worlds collide, cultures clash, and sparks fly in this music-driven love story between a charismatic Rasta rapper and a young Jewish beauty. (Off Line Entertainment)
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Aberdeen
August 17, 2001
A modern, raw, pitch-black comedy about a young woman who travels from Scotland to Norway to find her estranged, alcoholic father and bring him home. (First Run Features)
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Innocence
August 17, 2001
The story of the love triangle that is created when a widower seeks out the married woman he fell in love with forty years earlier.
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Hamlet
August 17, 2001
William Shakespeare's immortal classic of revenge, murder -- and family. This version is set in turn-of-the-century America, infusing the play with compelling scenic and costumes design. (Hallmark Entertainment)
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An American Rhapsody
August 10, 2001
Set in the 1950s in the United States, this film focuses on a young Hungarian immigrant coming to terms with her past.
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Audition
August 8, 2001
When a Japanese widower holds an audition to search for a potential mate, he finds more than he expected in this eerie thriller.
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The Deep End
August 8, 2001
A story of a mother's relationship with her son as she struggles desperately to cope with a crisis that threatens to envelop her entire world. In the classical tradition of the American film melodrama, The Deep End explores the depths of familial love, the boundaries of communication, and the quiet lonely beauty of self-sacrifice. [i5 Films]
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Under solen
August 3, 2001
Set in the Swedish countryside in 1956, this is the story of a forty-year-old man living a solitary life on his farm. One day, he places an advertisement searching for a housekeeper, who eventually takes over the household and his heart.
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The Blackout
August 3, 2001
The American theatrical premiere of director Abel Ferrara's 1997 portrait of a young actor (Modine) whose drug and alcohol abuse leads to a personal breakdown.
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Thomas in Love
August 3, 2001
A French comedy about an agoraphobic man who joins a dating club after spending the last eight years locked up in his apartment with his computer. The film is shot entirely from the man's point of view.
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Apocalypse Now Redux
August 3, 2001
During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe.
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Original Sin
August 3, 2001
Set in Cuba in the early 1900's, this is a sexy, suspenseful thriller about the dangerous and sometimes lethal power of love and obsession. (MGM)
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He liu
July 27, 2001
This metaphysical meditation on the anomie of modern urban life focuses on the problems of a family in Taipei. (KimStim)
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Bread and Tulips
July 27, 2001
This masterpiece of hope-fulfilled traces a married woman's hesitant first steps from a complacent nuptial bed to a giddy and lighthearted freedom she had never experienced and hardly even knew existed. (First Look Pictures)
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Jackpot
July 27, 2001
A film about the road to fame -- fame at any cost, at any level. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Fever Heat [re-release]
July 27, 2001
Re-release, with new translations and subtitles, of the 1955 French caper film about a gambler who plans on robbing a casino.
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Brother
July 20, 2001
The story of a Yakuza warrior who introduces the code of honor and discipline into the L.A. criminal world. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
July 20, 2001
Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theatre hit, Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the story of an 'internationally ignored' rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love. (Fine Line Features)
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Ghost World
July 20, 2001
Based on the well-known comic, Ghost World tells the story of neo-cool Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) who, faced with high school graduation take a hard look at the world they wryly observe and decide what they really want. [MGM / UA]
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Downtown 81
July 13, 2001
The re-issue of the 1981 film depicting a day in the life of the legendary American artist Jean Michel Basquiat (1960-1988). The cast includes Deborah Harry, and leading bands of the era including Kid Creole and the Coconuts, James White and the Blacks, DNA, Tuxedo Moon, the Plastics, and Walter Steding and the Dragon People. (Zeitgeist Films)
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The Score
July 13, 2001
Career thief Nick Wells (De Niro) postpones his plans for retirement and joins forces with a young upstart (Norton) to mastermind a nearly impossible theft.
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That Obscure Object of Desire
July 13, 2001
A re-release of Luis Buñuel's 1978 film.
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Made
July 13, 2001
Reunited for the first time since their hit "Swingers," Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn co-star in a comedy about two hapless best friends who are plunged headlong into the world of organized crime. (Artisan Entertainment)
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Bully
July 13, 2001
A film based on the true story of the brutal 1993 murder of high school student Bobby Kent.
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Adanggaman
July 11, 2001
Set in the late 17th century on the Western coast of Africa, Adanggaman is a provocative retelling of the African slave experience, based on historical facts. (Film Forum)
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Kiss of the Dragon
July 6, 2001
Jet Li plays Liu Jiuan, China's top government agent, who arrives in Paris from Shanghai to carry out a sensitive, top-secret mission. (Twentieth Century Fox)
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Jump Tomorrow
July 6, 2001
George, a shy and introverted young man from Nigeria, is following tradition leading to an arranged marriage. He meeets and falls in love with a beautiful girl, who is also about to be married, and begins to question his future.
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Everybody's Famous!
July 6, 2001
An original and hilarious comedy about how far some people are willing to go for fame. (Miramax)
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The Vertical Ray of the Sun
July 6, 2001
On the anniversary of their mother's death, three sisters in contemporary Hanoi meet to prepare a memorial banquet. After the banquet, the calm exteriors of the sisters' lives begin to give way to more turbulent truths. [Sony Pictures Classics]
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Lost and Delirious
July 6, 2001
A hauntingly evoked tale of three adolescent girls' first loves, discovery of sexual passion, and search for identity. (Lions Gate Films)
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Pandaemonium
June 29, 2001
This historical, romantic drama chronicles the turbulent, creative relationship between two of history's most famous English poets -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Roache) and William Wordsworth (Hannah). (USA Films)
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
June 29, 2001
Started by Stanley Kubrick and finished by Steven Spielberg, this project was adapted from Brian Aldiss's 1966 short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long." The film explores the idea of programming a child robot so that he is able to love.
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Quadrophenia (re-release)
June 29, 2001
This re-release of the 1979 classic rock opera has been digitally re-mastered.
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Come Undone
June 29, 2001
The story of two young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. (Picture This! Entertainment)
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Crazy/Beautiful
June 29, 2001
This teen drama, set at a Southern California high school, focuses on the complicated romance between a rebellious girl from and affluent family (Dunst) and a hardworking Latino boy from East L.A. (Hernandez).
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Lumumba
June 27, 2001
At the Berlin Conference of 1885, Europe divided up the African continent. The Congo became the personal property of King Leopold II of Belgium. On June 30, 1960, a young self-taught nationalist, Patrice Lumumba, became, at age 36, the first head of government of the new independent state. He would last two months in office. (Zeitgeist Films)
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Baby Boy
June 27, 2001
Ten years after "Boyz N the Hood," writer and director John Singleton returns to the same inner-city L.A. neighborhood and its complex social and political issues for the story of Jody (Gibson), a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a "baby boy" finally forced-kicking and screaming -- to face the commitments of real life.
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The Princess and the Warrior
June 22, 2001
Director Tom Tykwer reunites with his "Run Lola Run" star Franka Potente in this film about the relationship between a small time criminal and a shy psychiatric nurse who meet as the result of a horrible accident.
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Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade
June 22, 2001
This anime film presents a Japan that lost a different Second World War -- not to America, but to Nazi Germany. Now, more than ten years after the defeat, the occupation troops have left, but their legacy is Jin-Roh's twilight-zone city where the domestic terrorism of "The Sect" plays out in everyday bombings and street battles against the counter-terrorist Capital Police -- and their elite armored, helmeted, and red-goggled Special Unit. (Viz Communications, Inc.)
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A Huey P. Newton Story
June 18, 2001
Originally born in a small town in Louisiana and later moving with his family to Oakland, California as an infant, Huey P. Newton became the co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party.
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Auggie Rose
June 15, 2001
An insurance salesman (Goldblum) adopts the identity of an ex-con, Auggie Rose, who dies in his arms during a liquor-store robbery.
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Russian Doll
June 15, 2001
A romantic comedy about the difficulties of finding a faithful lover.
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The Adventures of Felix
June 15, 2001
The comic adventures of a young gay man (Bouajila) who sets out to find the father he has never met.
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Songcatcher
June 15, 2001
Janet McTeer stars as turn-of-the century musicologist Dr Lily Penleric, and unlikely heroine whose earthy, unstoppable drive leads her to musical, personal and romantic discoveries -- as she uncovers remarkable songs, dances and beats of the heart in the Appalachian mountains. (Lions Gate Films)
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Sexy Beast
June 13, 2001
The story of one man's dangerous journey from peace of mind to paranoid panic when he's lured out of an idyllic retirement back to the gangster life. (Fox Searchlight)
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Erleuchtung garantiert
June 8, 2001
The adventures of two brothers who travel from Munich to Japan for a retreat in a Buddhist monastery.
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Dead or Alive
June 8, 2001
A detective, investigating a case involving Japanese and Chinese drug dealers, ends up corrupted.
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Divided We Fall
June 8, 2001
Based on a true story, this film is set in a small Czech town occupied by German forces during the last years of the Second World War. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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La grande strada azzurra
June 8, 2001
This, the first American theatrical release of the 1957 debut feature of Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo, tells the story of a politically torn Italian fishing village.
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The Anniversary Party
June 8, 2001
Taking place over the course of one night, The Anniversary Party is a serio-comic, sometimes scathing inspection of a group of friends gathered for a celebration that becomes a scorching dissection of a marriage on the brink. (Fine Line Features)
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Bride of the Wind
June 8, 2001
A romantic portrait of Alma Mahler, an extraordinary woman who inspired, bedeviled and captivated the artistic geniuses of her age. (Paramount Classics)
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A Real Young Girl
June 1, 2001
Completed in 1975, this first film by Catherine Breillat, the director of "Romance" (1999), revolves around the return of a young girl from boarding school to her parents house for the summer.
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Farewell, Home Sweet Home
June 1, 2001
Focuses on the lives of a wealthy, eccentric Parisian family.
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Big Eden
June 1, 2001
Although it's been years since he was back, Henry Hart, a successful but lonely New York artist, returns to Big Eden, Montana, the town of his childhood, to care for the ailing grandfather who raised him. This uniquely American fable about home and family hits upon the universal longing and hope we each have for finding a place where we are loved, and the unconditional desire to see those that we love find happiness. (Jour de Fête Films)
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Himalaya
May 25, 2001
A universal and timeless saga that tells a story of power, pride and glory. (Kino International)
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The Road Home
May 25, 2001
The story of a Chinese man who works in the city, far from the village where he was born. When his father dies he comes home for the funeral and spends three days with his mother, thinking back to the period in which his parents met and fell in love. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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The Man Who Cried
May 25, 2001
A girl whose name and language are taken away, who loses everything and everyone she loves and is driven into silence, nevertheless finds a singing voice and finally manages to find her long lost father. [Universal Focus]
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Pearl Harbor
May 25, 2001
Against the backdrop of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, two friends (Affleck, Hartnett) find themselves drawn into the war and in love with the same woman (Beckinsale).
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Our Song
May 23, 2001
This profile of inner-city life follows three teenage girls, best friends and members of their school's marching band, through the hot August streets of Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
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Angel Eyes
May 18, 2001
A story about a seemingly unlikely couple who cross paths under life-threatening circumstances as though they are destined not only to meet but to save each other's lives. Not once, but twice. (Warner Brothers)
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Strange Fits of Passion
May 18, 2001
A look at love through the eyes of a twenty-something virgin.
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Moulin Rouge!
May 18, 2001
Against the backdrop of 19th Century Paris and the famed Montmartre cabaret, this is the story of the doomed love affair between Christian (Ewan McGregor), a young poet, and Satine (Nicole Kidman), a courtesan and performer at the Moulin Rouge.
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Petits frères
May 18, 2001
Accompanied by her dog, 13-year old Talia (Touly), runs away from her home. After she gets in a fight with her stepfather (Dantsoff), she ends up in the Pantin projects near Paris, where she meets new friends. What she doesn't know is that they plan to do something not very nice... and it has to do with her dog.
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The Trumpet of the Swan
May 11, 2001
Based on the classic children's book by E.B. White, this is the tale of a trumpeter swan named Louis who learns to speak to the world with a trumpet stolen from a music store by his father.
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The King Is Alive
May 11, 2001
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of "King Lear" only manages to plunge this disparate group of travellers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own mortality. (IFC Films)
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Bread and Roses
May 11, 2001
In chronicling the experiences of Maya, a young Mexican woman who crosses the border illegally and must fend for herself in contemporary Los Angeles, director Ken Loach takes an individual's personal and professional struggle and builds it into a moving portrait of one of our nation's most troubled -- and least visible -- communities. (Lions Gate Films)
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Performance
May 11, 2001
In this re-release of the 1970 psychological drama, a murderer on the run takes refuge with an outcast rock star.
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Pavilion of Women
May 4, 2001
Based upon the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck, this film, set in 1930's China, deals with the themes of spiritual freedom and finding true love. (Universal Focus)
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Eureka
May 4, 2001
This beautifully composed black & white film explores a transcendent story of redemption. On what seemed to be a normal morning in southwest Japan, a crazed killer, apparently without motive, hijacks a city bus. In the ensuing carnage only three people survive - the driver, a schoolgirl and her older brother. [The Shooting Gallery]
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