Posts Tagged ‘slave’

The Fantastic Planet (1973)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Sci-Fi
Countries: Czechoslovakia | France
Actors: Jennifer Drake | Eric Baugin | Jean Topart | Jean Valmont | Sylvie Lenoir | Michèle Chahan | Yves Barsacq | Hubert de Lapparent | Gérard Hernandez | Claude Joseph | Philippe Ogouz | Jacques Ruisseau | Barry Bostwick | Mark Gruner | Marvin Miller
Directors: René Laloux
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La Planète sauvage AKA Fantastic Planet is a surrealist story based on the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Set in a far distant world human beings or “Oms”have been domesticated by the gigantic Draags. Wild Oms however are a problem and are exterminated by the dozen. One domesticated om Terr is able to escape his masters with a headset that puts information directly into the brain. Armed now with the Draags technology he leads the Oms in an attempt to make life better for them…But will the deomizing destroy them?

The Scalphunters (1968)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Burt Lancaster | Shelley Winters | Telly Savalas | Ossie Davis | Dabney Coleman | Paul Picerni | Dan Vadis | Armando Silvestre | Nick Cravat | Tony Epper | Chuck Roberson | John Epper | Jack Williams | Gregorio Acosta | Pedro Aguilar
Directors: Sydney Pollack
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Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to get his property back and follows them. Before he can do anything, the Indians are raided themselves by a group of scalphunters under the greedy Howie. Not only the hides, but also Joseph falls into their hands. Now Joe follows them alone and tries to trick the numerical superior group out of his hides.

The Proposition (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Australia | UK
Actors: Guy Pearce | Tom Budge | Emily Watson | Ray Winstone | David Wenham | John Hurt | Richard Wilson | Robert Morgan
Directors: John Hillcoat
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Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the four Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the gang’s mastermind, remains at large has and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley’s proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days.

American Haunting, An (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Canada | Romania | UK
Actors: Donald Sutherland | Sissy Spacek | James D'Arcy | Rachel Hurd-Wood | Matthew Marsh | Thom Fell | Zoe Thorne | Gaye Brown | Sam Alexander | Miquel Brown | Vernon Dobtcheff | Shauna Shim | Madalina Stan | Philip Hurdwood | Vlad Cruceru
Directors: Courtney Solomon
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In 2006, in Red River, Tennessee, a teenager has frequent nightmares. Her mother reads an old letter from 1817 written by her ancestor, Lucy Bell. After a dispute of lands judged by the church, her husband John Bell is cursed by his opponent Kathe Batts, who has a fame of being a witch. From this moment on, an entity threatens John and her daughter Betsy Bell, attacking the girl during the nights. With the support of Betsy’s school teacher Richard Powell, who tries to find rational explanations for the manifestation; her brother John Bell Jr.; and their friend James Johnston, who unsuccessfully tries to exorcize the entity from the house, the family does their best to protect Betsy in the haunted house.

Cutthroat Island (1995)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Family | Romance
Countries: France | Germany | Italy | USA
Actors: Geena Davis | Matthew Modine | Frank Langella | Maury Chaykin | Patrick Malahide | Stan Shaw | Rex Linn | Paul Dillon | Christopher Masterson | Jimmie F. Skaggs | Harris Yulin | Carl Chase | Peter Geeves | Angus Wright | Ken Bones
Directors: Renny Harlin
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Morgan Adams (Geena Davis) and her slave, William Shaw (Matthew Modine), are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg (Frank Langella). Her crew is sceptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her piratical raids.

The Alamo (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | War | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Craig Erickson | Dennis Quaid | Billy Bob Thornton | Jason Patric | Patrick Wilson | Emilio Echevarría | Jordi Mollà | Leon Rippy | Tom Davidson | Marc Blucas | Robert Prentiss | Kevin Page | Joe Stevens | Stephen Bruton | Laura Clifton | Ricardo Chavira
Directors: John Lee Hancock
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Historical drama detailing the 1835-36 Texas revolution before, during, and after the famous siege of the Alamo (February 23-March 6, 1836) where 183 Texans (American-born Texans) and Tejanos (Mexican-born Texans) commanded by Colonel Travis, along with Davey Crockett and Jim Bowie, were besieged in an abandoned mission outside San Antonio by a Mexican army of nearly 2,000 men under the personal command of the dictator of Mexico, General Santa Anna, as well as detailing the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836) where General Sam Houston’s rag-tag army of Texans took on and defeated Santa Anna’s army which led to the indepedence of Texas.

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Mark Wahlberg | Tim Roth | Helena Bonham Carter | Michael Clarke Duncan | Paul Giamatti | Estella Warren | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | David Warner | Kris Kristofferson | Erick Avari | Lucas Elliott | Evan Parke | Glenn Shadix | Freda Foh Shen | Chris Ellis
Directors: Tim Burton
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It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a “routine” reconnaissance mission. But an aburupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race. With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari (Helena Bonham-Carter) and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade (Tim Roth) and his most trusted warrior Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan). Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet’s Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind’s past - and the key to its future.

The Mission (1986)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Robert De Niro | Jeremy Irons | Ray McAnally | Aidan Quinn | Cherie Lunghi | Ronald Pickup | Chuck Low | Liam Neeson | Bercelio Moya | Sigifredo Ismare | Asuncion Ontiveros | Alejandrino Moya | Daniel Berrigan | Rolf Gray | Álvaro Guerrero
Directors: Roland Joffé
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Father Gabriel ascends the mountains of Brazil to bring christianity to the natives. He is successful and brings about a golden age among them. Mendoza, a slaver, kills his brother in a fit of rage, and only Fr. Gabriel’s guidance prevents his suicide. Gabriel brings Mendoza to work at his mission with the natives, and Mendoza finds peace and asks to become a priest. The church , under pressure, cedes the land to the Portuguese which will allow slavers in again. Mendoza breaks his vows and organizes the natives to resist while Gabriel warns him to help them as a priest.

Underworld (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Horror | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Germany | Hungary | UK | USA
Actors: Kate Beckinsale | Scott Speedman | Michael Sheen | Shane Brolly | Bill Nighy | Erwin Leder | Sophia Myles | Robbie Gee | Wentworth Miller | Kevin Grevioux | Zita Görög | Dennis J. Kozeluh | Scott McElroy
Directors: Len Wiseman
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A war has been raging between the Vampires and Lycan for centuries, Selene (Beckinsale) is a death dealer, assigned to hunt down and eradicate the last of the Lycan. When she comes across Michael Corvin(Speedman)who holds the key to end the war she must decide where her alligances will lie.

Gladiator (2000)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Russell Crowe | Joaquin Phoenix | Connie Nielsen | Oliver Reed | Richard Harris | Derek Jacobi | Djimon Hounsou | David Schofield | John Shrapnel | Tomas Arana | Ralf Moeller | Spencer Treat Clark | David Hemmings | Tommy Flanagan | Sven-Ole Thorsen
Directors: Ridley Scott
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Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge.