Between Strangers 2002  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edoardo Ponti
Cast: Sophia Loren, Mira Sorvino, Deborah Kara Unger, Pete Postlethwaite, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Gerard Depardieu, Malcolm McDonald, Wendy Crewson, Andrew Tarbet, John Neville, Gerry Mendicino, Kathryn Winslow
The stories of three women, each trying to overcome past or current demons, are loosely intertwined through a shallow plot. Good cast, but not a great directorial debut for Sophia Loren's son Edoardo Ponti.
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 1999  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Halle Berry, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Brent Spiner, Obba Babatunde, Loretta Devine, Cynda Williams, Tamara Taylor, LaTanya Richardson, D.B. Sweeney, William Atherton
The troubled life of Dorothy Dandridge–the first black woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (1954's "Carmen Jones")–is insightfully portrayed by Halle Berry. The story begins with Dandridge's early vaudeville acts and continues through her professional triumphs, which culminated tragically in her fatal overdose on prescription drugs.
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Mephisto 1981  N/R, 144 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Istvan Szabo
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildiko Bansagi, Karin Boyd, Rolf Hoppe, Christine Harbort, Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Peter Andorai, Tamas Major, Ildiko Kishonti
This film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It is the story of actor Hendrik Hofgren (Klaus Maria Brandauer) whose ambition to be a star is so great that he sells out to the Nazis in his effort to attain his dream.
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 Never Say Never Again 1983  PG, 134 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Sean Connery, Barbara Carrera, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Kim Basinger, Edward Fox, Bernie Casey, Alec McCowen, Michael Medwin, Ronald Pickup, Pamela Salem, Rowan Atkinson, Valerie Leon, Milos Kirek, Anthony Sharp
In this remake of "Thunderball" (1965), James Bond is back, and this time it is Sean Connery playing the indomitable Agent 007. SPECTRE has stolen two cruise missiles from the U.S. and is planning to use them in its plot to carry out nuclear blackmail against NATO countries. Bond's mission is to recover the missiles from the evil Maximilian Largo (Klaus Maria Brandauer), and he gets help from Largo's mistress Domino (Kim Bassinger) when he heads to the Bahamas in search of the missiles.
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Out of Africa 1985  PG, 161 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens, Michael Gough, Rachel Kempson, Graham Crowden, Leslie Phillips, Suzanna Hamilton, Joseph Thiaka, Stephen Kinyanjui, Mike Bugara, Shane Rimmer, Job Seda
As the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, this film deserves its accolades. Meryl Streep plays Kenya resident Karen who is married to Baron Bor Blixen-Flexe (Klaus Maria Brandauer), but her husband has been cheating on her and is often away on business leaving Karen alone on their plantation. Karen falls in love with British hunter Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) who is too independent for marriage, which suits Karen because she prefers a no-strings relationship. Denys and Karen go on safari together in the badlands of Africa and gain a new respect for African culture. Sydney Pollack won an Academy Award for Best Director. In all, the film won seven Academy Awards and had four other nominations, including Best Actress (Streep) and Supporting Actor (Klaus Maria Brandauer).
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The Russia House 1990 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Sean Connery, Roy Scheider, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Fox, John Mahoney, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ken Russell, J.T. Walsh, David Threlfall, Michael Kitchen, Mac McDonald, Nicholas Woodeson, Martin Clunes, Ian McNeice, Colin Stinton
While in Russia for a book conference, publisher Barley Blair (Sean Connery) is handed a manuscript that reveals Soviet military secrets. British Secret Service agent Ned (James Fox) coerces Blair into finding information about the author and the authenticity of the manuscript. Reluctantly, Blair agrees and is pulled into a complex world where he becomes involved with Katya (Michelle Pfeiffer) who is a pawn in the deadly game.
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Streets of Gold 1986  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Wesley Snipes, Adrian Pasdar, Angela Molina, Elya Baskin, Rainbow Harvest, Adam Nathan, John Mahoney, John McCurry, Frances Foster
One way out of the ghetto is being very good at sports. This movie is about a young Irish boy who sets his sights on being a champion boxer.
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Tetro 2009 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdu, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Carmen Maura, Rodrigo De la Serna, Leticia Bredice, Mike Amigorena, Sofia Castiglione, Erica Rivas, Francesca De Sapio, Silvia Perez, Adriana Mastrangelo
Thinking about launching a literary career, 18-year-old Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) leaves his orchestra conductor father and arrives in Buenos Aires looking for his half-brother Tetro (Vincent Gallo). He arrives at Tetro's apartment and is greeted by a less than enthusiastic reception from Tetro and his common-law wife Miranda (Maribel Verdu). In an effort to better understand his brother, Bennie searches around Tetro's apartment and discovers Tetro's unfinished manuscript. After being hit by a motorcycle, Bennie convalesces and decides to spend his time helping Tetro by secretly finishing Tetro's play. He sends it off to critic "Alone" (Carmen Maura) who proclaims it a masterpiece. But, there are still family secrets to be revealed if Bennie and Tetro are to really understand each other.
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White Fang 1991 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ethan Hawke, Seymour Cassel, James Remar, Susan Hogan, Bill Moseley, Clint Youngreen, Pius Savage, Aaron Hotch, Charles Jimmie Sr., Clifford Fossman, Irvin Sogge, Tom Fallon, Dick Mackey, Suzanne Kent
This Disney production, based on Jack London's classic story, is set in Alaska and is the tale of young Jack Conroy's (Ethan Hawke) adventures while searching for his father's lost gold mine. Along the way, Jack rescues a mixed dogwolf, White Fang, that, by story's end, saves Jack and the gold.
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| 1. Between Strangers (2002)
2. Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
3. The Lightship (1985)
4. Mephisto (1981)
5. Never Say Never Again (1983)
6. Out of Africa (1985)
7. The Russia House (1990)
8. Streets of Gold (1986)
9. Tetro (2009)
10. White Fang (1991)
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