Posts Tagged ‘prince’

Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Marjorie Riordan | Rosalind Ivan | Morton Lowry | Leslie Vincent | Martin Kosleck | Rex Evans | John Abbott | Gerald Hamer | William 'Wee Willie' Davis | Tom Dillon | Frederick Worlock | Sven Hugo Borg | Wilson Benge
Directors: Roy William Neill
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Holmes and Watson are recruited in a serpentine fashion to escort the heir to a European throne back to his native country following his father’s assassination. Because the prince has been educated in Great Britain, Holmes persuades him to masquerade as Watson’s nephew Nicolas on a ocean liner bound for Algiers. Unfortunately the ship is filled with red herrings as well as real assassins, and Holmes is challenged to outwit them all and deliver his charge to his destination. Among the suspects are a knife-throwing circus performer, two shadowy archaeologists, a hulking deaf mute, an enigmatic ship’s steward, a chanteuse with a mysterious song case, and a gun-toting British dowager.

Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Countries: France
Actors: Freddie Highmore | Mia Farrow | Penny Balfour | Doug Rand | Adam LeFevre | Jean Bejote Njamba | Serge Blumental | Madonna | Jimmy Fallon | Robert De Niro | Harvey Keitel | Lee de Jong | Chazz Palminteri | Rhoff | Emilio Estevez
Directors: Luc Besson
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Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur’s grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow | Li Gong | Jay Chou | Ye Liu | Dahong Ni | Junjie Qin | Man Li | Jin Chen
Directors: Yimou Zhang
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China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor’s daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress’s health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor’s family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, Jiang Shi (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai’s loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Brad Pitt | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Michelle Pfeiffer | Joseph Fiennes | Dennis Haysbert | Timothy West | Adriano Giannini | Raman Hui | Chung Chan | Jim Cummings | Conrad Vernon | Andrew Birch | Chris Miller
Directors: Patrick Gilmore
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Sinbad, the most daring and notorious rogue ever to sail the seven seas, has spent his life asking for trouble, and trouble has finally answered in a big way. Framed for stealing one of the world’s most priceless and powerful treasures—the Book of Peace—Sinbad has one chance to find and return the precious book, or his best friend Proteus will die. Sinbad decides not to take that chance and instead sets a course for the fun and sun of the Fiji Islands. However, Proteus’ beautiful betrothed, Marina, has stowed away on Sinbad’s ship, determined to make sure that Sinbad fulfills his mission and saves Proteus’ life. Now the man who put the “bad” in Sinbad is about to find out how bad bad can be.

Purple Rain (1984)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Prince | Apollonia Kotero | Morris Day | Olga Karlatos | Clarence Williams III | Jerome Benton | Billy Sparks | Jill Jones | Charles Huntsberry | Dez Dickerson | Brenda Bennett | Susan Moonsie | Sandra Claire Gershman | Kim Upsher | Alan Leeds
Directors: Albert Magnoli
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A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn’t all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father’s self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.

Cinderella (1950)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ilene Woods | Eleanor Audley | Verna Felton | Claire Du Brey | Rhoda Williams | James MacDonald | Helene Stanley | Luis Van Rooten | Don Barclay | Mike Douglas | John Fontaine | Earl Keen | Clint McCauley | William Phipps | John Woodbury
Directors: Clyde Geronimi
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In a far away, long ago kingdom, Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Cinderella’s father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella’s wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren. So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride. Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her friends the mice, lead by Jaques and Gus, and the birds lend a hand in making her one, a dress the evil stepsisters immediately tear apart on the evening of the ball. At this point, enter the Fairy Godmother, the pumpkin carriage, the royal ball, the stroke of midnight, the glass slipper, and the rest, as they say, is fairy tale history.

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jennifer Hale | Tress MacNeille | Rob Paulsen | Corey Burton | Holland Taylor | Susan Blakeslee | Frank Welker | Christopher Daniel Barnes | Andre Stojka | Carmen Carter | Gina La Piana | Russi Taylor | Susan Yezzi
Directors: John Kafka
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The movie explores Cinderella’s “happily ever after” life as a princess in 3 stories, with help from the Fairy Godmother. First, Cinderella’s awkward first days at the palace, when she tried so hard to fit in that she forgot to be herself. Second, how Jaq felt so left out that he wished to be a human. Third, how Cinderella taught one of her nasty step-sisters how to smile which leads to her own true love.

Robin Hood (1973)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Brian Bedford | Peter Ustinov | Phil Harris | Terry-Thomas | Monica Evans | Carole Shelley | Andy Devine | Roger Miller | Pat Buttram | George Lindsey | Ken Curtis | Billy Whitaker | Dana Laurita | Dora Whitaker | Richie Sanders
Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman
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Retelling of the Robin Hood legend with animals for the characters. Robin Hood is an outlaw who starts to form a gang in Sherwood Forest to fight the injustices of the Sheriff of Nottingham, who levies unpayable taxes upon the people.

Pretty Woman (1990)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Richard Gere | Julia Roberts | Ralph Bellamy | Jason Alexander | Laura San Giacomo | Alex Hyde-White | Amy Yasbeck | Elinor Donahue | Hector Elizondo | Judith Baldwin | Jason Randal | Bill Applebaum | Tracy Bjork | Gary Greene | Billy Gallo
Directors: Garry Marshall
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Vivian Ward has found a way of living by working as a prostitute on Hollywood Boulevard. When she runs into the prince of her dreams, who comes along on his wild horse, she first does not recognize him as her saviour. The prince, a ruthless and wealthy businessman by the name of Edward Lewis, does not know that she could be more than just a girl from the sidewalk, but he changes his decision after the first night with the beautiful stranger. Her being the first person in a long time who could surprise him, Edward can slowly feel the light at the end of the tunnel. He is on his way to become a better person, whereas Vivian has got a new chance to start over again.

The Little Mermaid (1989)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Rene Auberjonois | Christopher Daniel Barnes | Jodi Benson | Pat Carroll | Paddi Edwards | Buddy Hackett | Jason Marin | Kenneth Mars | Edie McClurg | Will Ryan | Ben Wright | Samuel E. Wright
Directors: Ron Clements | John Musker
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Loosely based upon the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Ariel, youngest daughter of King Triton, is dissatisfied with life in the sea. She longs to be with the humans above the surface, and is often caught in arguments with her father over those “barbaric fish-eaters”. She goes to meet Ursula, the Sea Witch, to strike a deal, but Ursula has bigger plans for this mermaid and her father.