Movie Releases by Genre
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La bûche
November 17, 2000
A fractured French family prepares to spend Christmas together in Paris.
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Billy Liar (re-release)
November 17, 2000
A young man (Courtenay) dreams of escaping his working class world.
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Sasayaki
November 17, 2000
A beautifully crafted and darkly comic exploration of innocence and perversity. Shiota gets a great deal of mileage out of the extreme contrast between the film's placid surface - that of a lightweight teen romance - and it's underlying themes of sexual degradation and control. (Viz Films)
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Looking for an Echo
November 10, 2000
Chronicles two old pals in middle age as they look back to when they were teenage musical stars. Vinnie (Assante), a well-to-do bartender is a widower with three children, the youngest suffering from lukemia. Vinnie proposes marriage to his daughter's nurse (Venora) and starts a new life.
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You Can Count on Me
November 10, 2000
A young mother (Laura Linney) is cheating on her fiancé (Jon Tenney) with her boss (Matthew Broderick), and her life becomes further complicated by the return home of her wild brother (Mark Ruffalo).
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Men of Honor
November 10, 2000
Inspired by the life of Carl Brashear (Gooding, Jr.). The setting of his journey is the little known and dangerous world of deep-sea diving in the U.S. Navy of the 1950s and 60s. (20th Century Fox Films)
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Suzhou River
November 8, 2000
Marda (Jia), a motorcycle courier becomes obsessed with a beautiful young girl named Moudan (Zhou), whom he falls in love with only to lose her in a botched kidnap attempt to gain money from her wealthy father. Moudan jumps into the murky waters of the Suzhou River and becomes lost forever. Marda is sentenced for three years, but upon his return he meets MeiMei (Zhou), an identical look-alike whom he suspects is actually Moudan, or is she? (Strand Releasing)
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Blue Moon
November 3, 2000
Hoping to revitalize their marriage, an elderly couple from New York (Gazzara, Moreno) go on vacation to the Catskills.
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The Weekend
November 3, 2000
Chronicles one midsummer weekend in a country house in upstage New York when three friends gather on the anniversary of the death of a man who was related to them all by either blood or love. (Strand Releasing)
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Kippur
November 3, 2000
A look at the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in which Israel was attacked by Syria and Egypt on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Movie focuses on the fictionalized exploits of a small military unit assigned to remove the wounded from the Golan Heights combat areas.
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Boesman and Lena
November 3, 2000
Personal hardship and tragedy bring a man (Glover) and a woman (Bassett) to experience intense love and hate.
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
November 3, 2000
Set against the backdrop of a golf tournament in 1930's Georgia, this is the classic joumey of a hero (Damon) who falls into darkness through some disconnect with his soul, and then of his coming back into the light with the help of a spiritual guide (Smith). (DreamWorks)
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George Washington
October 27, 2000
Set in the landscape of a rural Southern town, George Washington is a stunning portrait of how a group of young kids come to grips with a hard world of choices and consequences. During an innocent game in an abandoned amusement park, a member of the group dies. (Cowboy Booking International)
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A Time for Drunken Horses
October 27, 2000
When the youngest boy of a destitute Iranian Kurdish family suffers from a terminal illness, his young siblings struggle to pay for a life-saving operation. (Shooting Gallery)
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Vénus beauté (institut)
October 27, 2000
This film takes us into this world of beauty and self image and into the lives of four strong, smart women who make their living practicing beauty at a Parisian spa. (Lot 47 Films)
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A Room for Romeo Brass
October 27, 2000
The humorous, harsh, and movingly human coming-of-age tale of two 12-year-old boys told by screenwriters Meadows and Paul Fraser comes from their own shared childhood experience. (USA Films)
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Stardom
October 27, 2000
A comic, yet troubling look at the world of celebrities. Stardom focuses on Tina Menzhal (Pare), a model who hits it big and grows dependent on the media hype surrounding her every move.
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Once in the Life
October 27, 2000
A gritty drama centered around brotherhood and friendship, Once in the Life is a realistic depiction of how every day choices affect our path in life. (Lions Gate Films)
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What's Cooking?
October 27, 2000
You are invited to a tasty Thanksgiving dinner that will all at once transport you to four different worlds and take you home again. Coming together is the theme of What's Cooking?, Gurinder Chadha's funny, mouthwatering and deeply moving vision of 21st century diversity and the future of the American family - all set on Thanksgiving. (Trimark Pictures)
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Pay It Forward
October 20, 2000
Eugene Simonet (Spacey) is a social studies teacher who teaches his class that it is possible for one person to change the world. When one student (Osment) really listens and believes, the ripples begin to be felt by others in his life and the idea starts to spread across the nation.
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The Yards
October 20, 2000
A drama set in the vast New York City subway yards. After serving time in prison for taking the fall for a group of his friends, Leo Handler (Wahlberg) just wants to get his life back on track. So, Leo returns to the one place he thinks will be safe -- home. But in the yards, where his uncle (Caan) now pulls the strings, safe is not how they do business. (Miramax Films)
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Dr T and the Women
October 13, 2000
Dr. Sullivan Travis (Gere) is a man at the top of his game, a rich and successful Dallas gynecologist whose "religion" is women. Once a man in complete control of his universe, Dr. T now finds himself buffeted by chaos and confusion. (Artisan Entertainment)
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The Contender
October 13, 2000
Sex secrets from a U.S. Senator's (Allen) past come to light as she is nominated for Vice President.
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Billy Elliot
October 13, 2000
The life of 11-year old Billy Elliot (Bell), a coal miner's son in Northern England, is forever changed one day when he stumbles upon a ballet class during his weekly boxing lesson. (Universal Focus)
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Ratcatcher
October 13, 2000
The story of a twelve year old boy (Eadie) living in working-class Glasgow, Scotland during the 1970's garbage strikes, Ratcatcher portrays the difficulties of his reality and his desire to escape through dreams.
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Cleopatra's Second Husband
October 13, 2000
This psychological thriller focuses on the twisted love story of a young couple whose marriage has lost its passion and their interaction with an another couple who infiltrates their lives.
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Animal Factory
October 13, 2000
Based on the eponymous novel by one-time San Quentin inmate Edward Bunker, Animal Factory portrays the manufacture of a hardened criminal out of the middle-class clay of a newly imprisoned and once promising young man. (Silver Nitrate Releasing)
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Followers
October 13, 2000
Inspired by an actual racial hazing incident, Followers focuses on three friends who want to pledge an exclusive fraternity. The friendship disintegrates when one of the friends is not accepted because he is black. To test the loyalty of the two white friends, the fraternity president forces them to target their African American friend through a series of dangerous, racially motivated hazing incidents. (Castle Hill Productions)
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One
October 13, 2000
The dramatic story of two young men whose friendship deteriorates as their lives take different directions. (Shooting Gallery)
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Lost Souls
October 13, 2000
Maya (Ryder) is a young girl who belongs to a group of exorcists and discovers a conspiracy that would lead to the unleashing of Satan on Earth. At the center of the problem is best-selling true-crime writer Kelson (Chaplin).
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Just Looking
October 13, 2000
Lenny (Merriman) is a typical 14-year-old from the Bronx, Like every teenage boy, he is totally fascinated with the concept of sex. But the year is 1955, and Lenny is too scared to actually "do it." So he dedicates his summer vacation to the next best thing. Seeing two other people do it. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Bamboozled
October 6, 2000
An Ivy-League educated writer (Damon Wayans) joins a comedy show at a major network. The show includes an all black cast, but is written by mostly white people. One of his first ideas is to have a skit where the cast wears "black face," and the show becomes an instant smash.
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Mercy Streets
October 6, 2000
The story of estranged twin brothers, John (White), a con man, and Jeremiah (White), a preacher, who are forced to switch lives. Out of a simple switch emerges repressed feelings of guilt and hate that leaves their lives and the people they love changed forever. (Signal Hill Pictures)
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Yi Yi
October 6, 2000
This film portrays life through portraits of the individual members of a Taiwanese family, each representing a stage from birth to death. [WinStar Cinema]
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Taboo
October 6, 2000
Set in 1865 in a Kyoto samurai fortress, this movie explores the homosexual attraction between young recruits and their superiors.
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Get Carter
October 6, 2000
Hit man Jack Carter (Stallone), a mob enforcer in New York, returns to his hometown of Los Angeles for his brother's funeral. Realizing the death was not an accident, Carter seeks revenge.
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Bootmen
October 6, 2000
The story of two brothers in Newcastle, Australia. One (Garcia) wants to pursue a career as a tap dancer, and the other (Worthington) wants to start his own business.
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Requiem for a Dream
October 6, 2000
This modern-day fable is set on the rusted mean streets of Coney Island, Brooklyn. The dual storyline parallels four people who set out in pursuit of a better life. [Artisan Entertainment]
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Two Family House
October 6, 2000
The captivating and emotionally-charged story of a lovable loser in pursuit of his dream on Staten Island. (Lions Gate Films)
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The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
September 29, 2000
A story about a group of gay men in Hollywood, their lovers and friends, and the often hilarious, occasionally poignant space in between. (Sony Pictures)
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Girlfight
September 29, 2000
A fierce rites of passage story about a quick-tempered young woman (Michelle Rodriguez) who finds discipline, self-respect and love in the most unlikely place - a boxing ring. [Columbia Tristar Interactive]
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Beautiful
September 29, 2000
On her way to becoming Miss America, a poor girl (Driver) faces her life's goal and discovers what is really important.
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Remember the Titans
September 29, 2000
In 1971 high school football was everything to the people of Alexandria, Virginia. But when the local school board was forced to integrate an all black school with an all white school, the very foundation of football's great tradition was put to the test. (Walt Disney Pictures)
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Left Luggage
September 22, 2000
Chaja (Fraser), a young and free-spirted liberal Jewish girl in 1970's Amsterdam, becomes the nanny to a retarded Jewish boy in a strict Hassidic Family.
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Chutney Popcorn
September 22, 2000
When Sarita discovers she can't have children, Reena finds that for the first time in their lives, she, Reena, can do something her perfect sister Sarita can't: get pregnant! Now she just needs to convince her commitment-phobic girlfriend to go along with the idea. (Mata Productions)
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Under Suspicion
September 22, 2000
An intense, psychological thriller, with veteran Police Captain Victor Benezet (Freeman) squaring off against prominent tax attorney Henry Hearst (Hackman) -- two life-hardened and well-matched opponents motivated by reasons more complex and personal than the pursuit of duty or the defense of reputation. (Lions Gate Films)
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Twilight: Los Angeles
September 22, 2000
The film adaptation of Anna Deavere Smith's acclaimed play, Twilight: Los Angeles presents Smith's one-woman/multi-voiced portrait of the violent aftermath in Los Angeles triggered by the acquittal in 1992 of four police officers in the beating of Rodney King. (Offline Releasing)
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Tigerland
September 22, 2000
At Fort Polk, Louisiana, thousands of young men prepare for Vietnam. The specter of combat hangs over the men of A-Company, Second Platoon, as they enter the final stage of infantry training. They will be sent to the war. But each man deals with this prospect in his own way. One man's defiance, however, galvanizes every member of the platoon. (20th Century Fox)
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Dancer in the Dark
September 22, 2000
Bjork stars as Selma, a Czech immigrant and single mother working in a factory in rural America. She is losing her eyesight and her 10 year-old son stands to suffer the same fate if she can't put away enough money to secure him an operation. (FilmFour)
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Double Parked
September 22, 2000
A comedic drama about a feisty urban single mom, and her ailing adolescent son, struggling to survive while their lives are on a collision course with destiny. (Fierce Films)
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Prince of Central Park
September 22, 2000
An emotional tale of a boy who has never learned to love or trust anyone. A modern day Huck Finn, JJ (Nasso) decides to tackle the world on his own, leaving his abusive foster mother behind as he attempts to find his real mother. (Lions Gate Films)
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Duets
September 15, 2000
Karaoke enthusiasts travel across the country competing in singing contests leading to the national championship in Omaha.
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Crime and Punishment in Suburbia
September 15, 2000
Loosely based on Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment," this modern day story is about Roseanne (Keena) who is being abused by her stepfather. She decides to take revenge and plots his murder, finding herself on a path of guilt, a cover-up and a police investigation.
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A Piece of Eden
September 15, 2000
A bittersweet comedy that follows three generations of the unlucky Tredici family from Corsica in the 1940's to an Indiana fruit farm in the present. (FilmAcres)
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The Price of Air
September 15, 2000
Paul (Evans) is a young punk who agrees to courier a drug for Mr. Ball (Madsen). When things go wrong, Paul and his girlfriend go on the lam and share the strange drug.
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Urbania
September 15, 2000
Charlie (Futterman) is a guy who is recovering from the violent death of his lover. In trying to move on, he lives in a world where "urban legends" are everywhere he goes.
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The Dream Catcher
September 15, 2000
Follows the journey of two teenage boys (Compte, Connor) who meet while hitchhiking west.
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Goya in Bordeaux
September 15, 2000
Explores the experiences and artistic evolution of Francisco Goya, the man considered to be the most important artist of the modern era. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Human Resources
September 15, 2000
Franck (Lespert), a Parisian business school student, takes an internship in the Human Resources department at the factory where his father (Vallod) has labored for 30 years. Franck's efforts lead to the firing of many employees, including his father. [Shooting Gallery]
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Almost Famous
September 13, 2000
In the 1970's, a high school boy (Fugit) is given an opportunity to follow and write a story about the hot new rock band Stillwater (with lead guitarist Crudup) as they tour the USA.
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Pola X
September 8, 2000
An incestual relationship develops between a young author (Depardieu) and his long-lost sister (Golubyova).
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The Way of the Gun
September 8, 2000
A twisting crime drama about two cold-blooded career criminals who kidnap a surrogate mother and find themselves in an escalating cycle of guns and mayhem. (Artisan Entertainment)
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Ça commence aujourd'hui
September 8, 2000
A kindergarten teacher (Torreton) in a small French town faces the fallout that results when the local coal mine, the area's major employer, must close.
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The Bulls' Night Out
September 8, 2000
The "bulls" are four aging former police detectives who feel the neighborhood is going to hell and want to set it right...until something goes very wrong.
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Clouds
September 8, 2000
Taking a leave from being a physics professor (Gaffney) moves to San Francisco and works on refining his amorphous theory.
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Solas
September 8, 2000
When her husband becomes ill and needs an operation, a provincial Spanish woman moves in with her estranged adult daughter in an unfamiliar city.
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Turn It Up
September 6, 2000
In this semi-autobiographical film, Pras, a struggling rapper from Brooklyn, is trying to make it big.
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Titanic Town
September 1, 2000
In 1972, a Belfast mother (Walters) becomes involved in a woman's peace group which causes her family trouble with IRA sympathizers.
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Madadayo
September 1, 2000
In 1943 a beloved professor begins writing full-time. A series of events ensues including old students visiting and a fire that forces him to move.
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Wildflowers
September 1, 2000
A 17 year-old girl's life is changed forever when she becomes involved with a mysterious girl.
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Solomon & Gaenor
August 25, 2000
Set in the Welsh Valleys around 1911, Solomon & Gaenor tells the moving and ultimately tragic story of the love between a Welsh girl and a Jewish boy. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
August 25, 2000
Two lifelong friends hear a rumor that a childhood buddy with whom they've lost touch over the years, has been sighted, apparently insane, actually living out at the amusement park on Coney Island. Dubious at first, but looking for a reason to skip out on work, they decide that the only way to know for sure is to go and find him. (Phaedra Cinema)
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Waga jinsei saiaku no toki
August 25, 2000
The place is the down side of Yokohama. The atmosphere is international and the action fast. The hero is Maiku Hama - a delinquent turned private eye who operates out of the second floor of the local movie theater. (Tidepoint Pictures)
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God's Army
August 25, 2000
A movie about the experiences of a group of Latter-Day Saints missionaries working in Los Angeles.
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Love & Sex
August 25, 2000
Follows the romantic misadventures of a woman and a man in search of their own version of happily-ever-after. (Lions Gate Films)
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Orfeu
August 25, 2000
The re-telling of the Greek mythical love affair between Orfeu and EurÃdice transplanted to modern-day Brazil. (New Yorker Films)
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Place Vendôme
August 18, 2000
Catherine Deneuve is the alcoholic wife of a diamond merchant who must re-enter the secretive and glamorous world of the gem trade upon her husband's death.
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Steal This Movie
August 18, 2000
The story of Abbie Hoffman, one of the "Chicago Seven."
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Aimee & Jaguar
August 11, 2000
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women. (Zeitgeist Films)
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Autumn in New York
August 11, 2000
A sweet, but terminally ill, young woman is seduced by an aging playboy.
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An Affair of Love
August 11, 2000
It began as a purely sexual arrangement between anonymous strangers. Now, some time after it has ended, a woman (Baye) and a man (Lopez) recall their unusual affair in separate interviews. (Fine Line Features)
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The Opportunists
August 11, 2000
An Irish immigrant (McDonald) comes to America to join a hometown friend (Walken) and auto mechanic that he believes is a crime lord. The two team up for one last heist to pay off their debts.
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Sunset Strip
August 11, 2000
It's 1972, and this comedy takes place during 24-hours on the Sunset Strip. It follows a group of young musicians and their friends.
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The Tic Code
August 4, 2000
A 10-year-old piano prodigy, against the wishes of his instructor, dreams of becoming a jazz pianist. This interest leads him to find a mentor in a famous jazz sax player who bonds with the boy because of their shared interest in jazz and because they each suffer from Tourette's Syndrome.
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The Tao of Steve
August 4, 2000
A former college ladies man and current "cool" kindergarten teacher who thinks he has discovered the secrets of dating known as The Tao of Steve falls for a woman who does not seem to be susceptible to his charms.
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Coyote Ugly
August 4, 2000
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford (Perabo) heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. (Touchstone Pictures)
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Girl on the Bridge
July 28, 2000
A girl on a bridge who contemplates suicide is met by a professional knife thrower. He recruits her to become the new human target in his travelling circus act in France, where the girl encounters a new sensual and suspenseful lifestyle.
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Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
July 28, 2000
An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After twenty-two years, the children are reunited with their birth mother, bringing deeply submerged resentments and misconceptions to the surface and forcing the characters to reexamine their identity and relationships in both comical and poignant situations. (Iron Hill Pictures)
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Wonderland
July 28, 2000
This drama follows the lives of three generations of a working-class London family during a weekend of the annual "Bonfire Night" festival in London, focusing on the tangled family ties of three sisters, their parents, and the men in their lives.
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The Wind Will Carry Us
July 28, 2000
With a strange mission, a group of people from the city come to a small village in Iran. They are awaiting the death of a 100+ year old woman, while pretending to be communication engineers.
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Les amants criminels
July 21, 2000
A grisly story in which teenager Alice convinces her boyfriend Luc to kill the man who orchestrated her rape. The two become lost while disposing of the body in the woods and fall into the hands of a hermit who takes them captive.
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$pent
July 21, 2000
This comic drama examines the relationships and addictions of a group of twenty-something friends with very dysfunctional, yet interesting lives. (Regent Releasing)
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Two Women
July 21, 2000
A film about a brilliant young Iranian wife trapped and reduced to hopelessness in an Iranian society that accords her no right to equality and oppresses her.
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What Lies Beneath
July 21, 2000
A professor (Ford) investigates the murder of a beautiful college student who has been appearing to his wife (Pfeiffer).
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Rififi (re-release)
July 21, 2000
A reissue of a classic French caper thriller in which Tony, fresh out of prison, teams with three cohorts to pull off a major jewel heist which goes awry. The film's title is slang for "rough stuff," and it's robbery sequence is famous for its exciting, completely silent robbery scene.
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Alice et Martin
July 21, 2000
The story of the relationship between an attractive musician (Binoche) and her young husband (Loret) which is affected by the young man's troubling family history.
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The In Crowd
July 19, 2000
While working at a country club, a young woman is brought into a small group of wealthy college students. She begins dating a tennis pro, who happens to be the boyfriend of the girl who brought her into the group, and she then sees the darker side of their lifestyle.
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Water Drops on Burning Rocks
July 14, 2000
A 50 year old businessman falls in love with a boy of 19 in 70's Germany. They begin a love affair, but a difference of opinion ends their "we" status.
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The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
July 14, 2000
In nine inter-connected scenes, this film charts a course through the depths and shallows of the urban gay male experience while exposing the sexual, spiritual and political yearnings at the heart of gay America.
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Chuck & Buck
July 14, 2000
One of two childhood best friends who seems stuck in adolescence wants to become a big part of his old friend's life after his mother's death.
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