Black and White in Color 1976  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Jean Carmet, Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Dufilho, Claude Legros, Catherine Rouvel, Dora Doll, Maurice Barrier, Benjamin Memel, Peter Berling, Marius Beugre Boignan
This anti-war film centers on French residents of a colonial West African outpost in 1915 who learn that France is at war with Germany. This news is the catalyst that propels them into a mini-war against a neighboring German outpost that is now identified as the enemy. This picture won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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 Enemy at the Gates 2001  R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman, Gabriel Thomson, Eva Mattes, Matthias Habich, Sophie Rois, Ivan Shvedoff, Mario Bandi, Mikhail Matveyev, Hans Martin Stier, Clemens Schick
This film is based on true facts of a cat-and-mouse game of survival played between a Russian, Vassily Zaitsev (Jude Law), and his enemy, German businessman Major Koenig (Ed Harris) during World War II. When fate brings them together, Zaitsev and Koenig, who have both fallen in love with Tanya (Rachel Weisz), engage in their own battle while the Battle of Stalingrad rages.
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L'Amant 1991  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Lover
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Jane March, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Frederique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud, Lisa Faulkner, Xiem Mang, Philippe LeDem, Ann Schaufuss, Tania Torrens
A young French girl is returning to boarding school in Indochina in the late 1920s when she eyes a wealthy Chinese businessman. They are soon in bed having the time of their lives, but soon the racial and class differences come into play–not to mention their difference in age. The French-language version has more explicit sex than the English-language version.
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The Name of the Rose 1986 R, 128 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Elya Baskin, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Lonsdale, Ron Perlman, Dwight Weist, Volker Prechtel
Murders are occurring in a 14th-century monastery, and a Franciscan monk (Sean Connery) sets out to solve them.
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 Seven Years in Tibet 1997 PG-13, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong, Mako, Danny Denzogpa, Jetsun Pema, Victor Wong, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Jamyang J. Wangchuk, Lhakpa Tsamchoe
Pacifist principles are the theme of this film in which Nazi Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) attempts to scale a mountain in the Himalayas; however, World War II intervenes, and he is captured by the British. After numerous attempts, he escapes from his POW camp and ends up in Lhasa where he becomes tutor to the young Dalai Lama.
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Two Brothers 2004 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Freddie Highmore, Oanh Nguyen, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Moussa Maaskri, Vincent Scarito, Mai Anh Le, Jaran "See Tao" Petcharoen, Stephanie Lagarde, Bernard Flavien, Annop Varapanya, David Gant, Somjin Chimwong, Teerawat Mulvilai
Two tigers–captured and separated by Aidan McRory (Guy Pearce) while still cubs–are raised in very different worlds. Aidan raises one cub and names it Kumal, but the tiger is later sold to a circus. Raul (Freddie Highmore) captures Kumal's brother, names him Sangha, and raises him as a pet–until Sangha proves to be too much for Raul, and he gives Sangha to the prince (Oanh Nguyen) who trains it to fight. Later, the tigers are reunited in an arena where it is expected they will fight to the death. But, they recognize each other, and tables are turned when they plan their escape.
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Wings of Courage 1995 G, 40 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Craig Sheffer, Elizabeth McGovern, Tom Hulce, Val Kilmer, Ken Pogue, Ron Sauve
Set in the 1930s, the story of an early aviator is told. His mail plane crashes in the Andes and he fights to survive. The story, based on a true adventure, is boring, but is worth at least one extra star for the beautiful presentation. It is the first "fictionalized" movie ever shown in 3D IMAX, and this alone makes it worth watching (as long as you watch it on the five-story-high IMAX).
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| 1. The Bear (1988)
2. Black and White in Color (1976)
3. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
4. L'Amant (1991)
aka: The Lover
5. The Name of the Rose (1986)
6. Quest for Fire (1981)
7. Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
8. Two Brothers (2004)
9. Wings of Courage (1995)
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