2 Days in Paris 2007  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Julie Delpy
Cast: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Daniel Bruhl, Marie Pillet, Albert Delpy, Aleksia Landeau, Adan Jodorowsky, Alexandre Nahon, Charlotte Maury-Sentier, Vanessa Seward, Thibault De Lussy, Chick Ortega, Ludovic Berthillot
French photographer Marion (Julie Delpy) and American interior designer Jack (Adam Goldberg) are returning from a vacation in Venice during which more than a few things went wrong–including gastroenteritis. They stop over in Paris to visit Marion's parents (Delpy's real-life parents Daniel Bruhl and Marie Pillet) before returning to the U.S., and the vacation continues its downhill trend with more than a few cultural misunderstandings between Marion's parents and Jack. The vacation has proved to be a nightmare, but will Marion and Jack be mature enough to handle the stress?
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The Air I Breathe 2007  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Jieho Lee
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brendan Fraser, Forest Whitaker, Julie Delpy, Clark Gregg, Emile Hirsch, Andy Garcia, Kelly Hu, Evan Parke, Taylor Nichols, Victor Rivers, Cecilia Suarez, Todd Stashwick, Jon Bernthal
Four stories–based on the Chinese proverb that happiness, sorrow, pleasure, and love are the four cornerstones of emotions and make up the air we breathe–interconnect as people come to crossroads in their lives. Crime boss Fingers (Andy Garcia) is at the center as the one in a position to control destinies of four people. Happiness (Forest Whitaker) is a business executive who is told a race is rigged and bets everything. Sorrow (Sara Michelle Gellar) is pop singer Trista who faces losing her career when she cuts off all ties to her manager. Love (Kevin Bacon) is a doctor who must treat Gina (Julie Delpy) who had turned him down romantically. Last but not least, Pleasure (Brendan Fraser) is a criminal who deals with his premonitions and his failure to change the future.
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 An American Werewolf in Paris 1997  R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Anthony Waller
Cast: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf, Phil Buckman, Julie Bowen, Pierre Cosso, Thierry Lhermitte, Tom Novembre, Maria Machado, Ben S. Bouabdallah
Andy McDermott (Tom Everett Scott) is an American touring Paris who falls in love with Serafine (Julie Delpy) but is not aware that his new love is a member of a secret society of werewolves living in the city.
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Bad Blood 1986 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Night Is Young
Director: Leos Carax
Cast: Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche, Michel Piccoli, Hans Meyer, Julie Delpy, Carroll Brooks, Hugo Pratt, Mireille Perrier, Serge Reggiani, Jerome Zucca
There's a new AIDS-like disease out there in the near future, and it attacks only those who make love without feeling love. There is also a cure, but the serum is locked away, and a young man, who needs the money, is hired to get it.
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 Before Sunrise 1995 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Erni Mangold, Dominik Castell, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Poschl, Karl Bruckschwaiger, Tex Rubinowitz, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Harold Waiglein
After meeting on a train, American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and a French university student, Celene (Julie Delpy), spend a night walking around Vienna.
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Before Sunset 2004  R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres, Rodolphe Pauly, Mariane Plasteig, Diabolo, Albert Delpy, Marie Pillet, Denis Evrard
In this sequel to Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise" (1995), nine years have passed since Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) separated at a Vienna train station after spending one memorable evening together. Now, Jesse is in Paris promoting his new novel that happens to be written about that special evening with Celine. They experience a chance meeting at the bookstore, slip off for one hour, and the feelings come rushing back. A Best Writing Academy Award nomination was received.
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 Broken Flowers 2005 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy, Alexis Dziena, Chloe Sevigny, Christopher McDonald, Larry Fessenden, Pell James
Poor Don Johnston (Bill Murray) has been dumped again by a girlfriend (Julie Delpy) and now has received a letter from a former lover who tells him that he has an 18-year-old son who is searching for him. With encouragement from his neighbor, Winston (Jeffrey Wright), Don heads out on a cross-country trek bringing flowers to old girlfriends. The experience is filled with surprises as Don finally faces his past and, now, his future.
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But I'm a Cheerleader 1999  R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jamie Babbit
Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Cathy Moriarty, Bud Cort, Mink Stole, RuPaul, Michelle Williams, Melanie Lynskey, Julie Delpy, Richard Moll
This satire, based on the premise that homosexuality can be cured, features Natasha Lyonne as the cute, all-American, Christian cheerleader: Megan. When friends and family suspect that she has homosexual tendencies, they pack Megan off to the True Directions Program where she–predictably–meets lesbian Graham (Clea DuVall) and falls in love. Fresh ideas do not abound in this plot.
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Detective 1985 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Claude Brasseur, Johnny Hallyday, Stephane Ferrara, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Alain Cuny, Eugene Berthier, Cyril Autin, Julie Delpy
New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard sets this story in the elegant Hotel Concorde at St. Lazare, France, where a variety of characters seek love, money owed them, or even the solution to a murder mystery. The plot is confusing, but the feel is pure Godard.
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Europa Europa 1990  R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, Rene Hofschneider, Andre Wilms, Solomon Perel, Ashley Wanninger, Piotr Kozlowski, Klaus Abramowsky, Michele Gleizer, Marta Sandrowicz, Halina Labonarska, Nathalie Schmidt, Delphine Forest
Based on a true story of Solomon "Solly" Perel (played by Marco Hofschneider), this excellent film follows the Jewish teen in Nazi Germany after his separation from his family in the early stages of World War II. He poses as a German and gets a job with the Nazis as a translator. This film shows both the horror and the lighthearted times of the Jewish people during this violent era. 1 User Review
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| | Survival! | Anonymous 02/18/2007 | | Superb for young teens and beyond -- survival by adaption to both the Communist Youth and Hitler Youth organizations. |
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The Hoax 2007 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis, Eli Wallach, Julie Delpy, Stanley Tucci, Zeljko Ivanek, John Carter, Christopher Evan Welch, Peter McRobbie, David Aaron Baker, Michael J. Burg, Raul Julia
This film is based on the true story of writer Clifford Irving (Richard Gere) who almost pulled off a great media scam when he conned the publishing house of McGraw-Hill into believing that his 1971 "autobiography" of Howard Hughes was based on real interviews with Hughes. Irving used the fact that Hughes had made it a point to not be seen in public for the last 10 years, and he used tape-recorded "interviews" in which he played Hughes to back up his claims. 1 User Review
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| | the good, the bad and the silly | bill b. 05/15/2007 | Richard Gere as Clifford Irving almost steals the movie with the best acting job he's ever done, despite the disclaimer from Irving that his need for money in spawning the hoax was a hoax in itself apparently. Nevertheless, it is Oscar nom caliber, and the near theft of the film is prevented only by Alfred Molina as his all-too-willing grifting partner. The parts unstolen by Gere become Molina's propterty, and, incidentally, he comes off an off-Broadway role as a washed-up show-biz agent in "Howard Katz" as the titled character. It's quite a switch, but then Molina, show also did a turn as Tevye a few years ago, makes such transititions easy.
The bad, the women, not one of the three in the important roles comes across as a real person. Hope Davis as the McGraw-Hill exec comes closest. Eli Wallach is wasted. The rest of the cast is more than adequate.
The silly, making the claim that the hoax changed the course of history with the Nixon theory that Watergate was triggered by the Irving-Hughes connection is absolutely ludicrous.
Nevertheless, aa fun film. |
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Killing Zoe 1994 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Roger Avary
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tai Thai, Bruce Ramsay, Kario Salem, Salvator Xuereb, Gary Kemp, Martin Raymond, Eric Pascal Chaltiel
Zed (Eric Stoltz), an American safecracker, is called to Paris by a friend, Eric (Jean-Hugues Anglade), to help with a Bastille Day bank heist. Zed meets prostitute Zoe (Julie Delpy) and falls for her. Meanwhile, things go wrong with the heist, not the least of which is the fact that Zoe is a teller at the bank to be robbed. Extremely violent.
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MacArthur Park 2001 R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Wirth
Cast: Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Brandon Quintin Adams, B-Real, Bad Azz, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Balthazar Getty, Sticky Fingaz, Rachel Hunter, Lori Petty, Julie Delpy, Ellen Cleghorne, Glenn Plummer
This film provides a portrait of crack cocaine addiction in the Los Angeles MacArthur Park area. Cody (Thomas Jefferson Byrd), once a jazz musician, abandoned his family and now is a long-time resident of the area. Cody's son (Brandon Quintin Adams) tracks him down and confronts him, and another ex-addict, Karen (Rachel Hunter), also tells him there is a way out. Will he be strong enough to make a life for himself?
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The Passion of Ayn Rand 1999 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Menaul
Cast: Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Peter Fonda, Sybil Temchen, Tom McCamus, Don McKellar, David Ferry, Donald Carrier, Hamish McEwan
The celebrated atheist, author/philosopher Ayn Rand, is portrayed well by Helen Mirren, but that is about all that is good about this film. This is the story of Ayn's private life, concentrating on her affair with a much younger man–with the permission of both her husband and her lover's wife.
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Three Colors: Blue 1993 R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Blue
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Regent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Very, Helene Vincent, Emmanuelle Riva, Julie Delpy, Philippe Volter, Claude Duneton, Hugues Quester
Following the tragic death of her husband and daughter in a car wreck, Julie (Juliette Binoche) heads for Paris and a new life, but she cannot come to grips with her memories. This is the first of Polish director Krzysztof Kielslowski's trilogy.
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Three Colors: Red 1994  R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Red
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frederique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Samuel Le Bihan, Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, Marion Stalens, Teco Celio, Jean Schlegel
"Red" concludes Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy, following "White" and "Blue." Connections, or misconnections, we all experience as we go about our lives is the theme of this film. Director Kieslowski was nominated for an Oscar.
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Three Colors: White 1994 R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: White
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Juliette Binoche, Grzegorz Warchol, Cezary Harasimowicz, Jerzy Nowak, Jerzy Trela
As the second part of a trilogy about the French tricolor, this is the story of a divorce and the intriguing plot of ex-husband Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) to get ex-wife Dominique (Julie Delpy) back.
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The Three Musketeers 1993 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Action / Comedy / Romance
Director: Stephen Herek
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay, Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Wincott, Paul McGann, Julie Delpy, Hugh O'Conor, Christopher Adamson, Philip Tan, Erwin Leder, Axel Anselm
In this Disney production, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Oliver Platt play the three Musketeers, and Chris O'Donnell takes on the role of D'Artagnan as they fight Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry) who is controlling the French government under Louis XIII (Hugh O'Conor). This is a funny flick.
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The Treat 1998 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Jonathan Gems
Cast: Julie Delpy, Georgina Cates, Pamela Gidley, Daniel Baldwin, Patrick Dempsey, Seymour Cassel, Vincent Perez, Alfred Molino, Michael York, Yancy Butler, Larry Drake, Mark Boone Junior, Richmond Arquette, George Lee Jones, Stuart Lancaster
This story follows prostitutes–Francesca (Julie Delpy), Mimi (Georgina Cates), and Dolly (Pamela Gidley)–working out of a nightclub as they engage in all kinds of assorted kinky sex with dirty old men when they go to the mayor candidate's (Seymour Cassel) birthday party.
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Waking Life 2001 R, 99 min.
Genre: Animation / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Wiley Wiggins, Trevor Jack Brooks, Robert C. Solomon, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Charles Gunning, David Sosa, Alex Jones, Nicky Katt, Carol Dawson, Bill Wise, Caveh Zahedi
Superb computer-animation (filmed as live action then digitally transferred to computers) is used to project philosophical musings of the film's young hero (Wiley Wiggins) who can't seem to figure out if he is awake, dreaming, or even dead. Fascinating.
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| 1. 2 Days in Paris (2007)
2. The Air I Breathe (2007)
3. An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
4. Bad Blood (1986)
aka: The Night Is Young
5. Before Sunrise (1995)
6. Before Sunset (2004)
7. Broken Flowers (2005)
8. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
9. Detective (1985)
10. Europa Europa (1990)
11. The Hoax (2007)
12. Killing Zoe (1994)
13. MacArthur Park (2001)
14. The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
15. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
aka: Blue
16. Three Colors: Red (1994)
aka: Red
17. Three Colors: White (1994)
aka: White
18. The Three Musketeers (1993)
19. The Treat (1998)
20. Waking Life (2001)
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