 The Brothers Grimm 2005  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Peter Stormare, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Headey, Monica Bellucci, Petr Ratimec, Barbara Lukesova, Anna Rust, Jeremy Robson, Miroslav Taborsky, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Radim Kalvoda, Martin Hofmann, Harry Gilliam
The legendary Grimm brothers–Jake and Will (Heath Ledger and Matt Damon)–travel among the villages of 18th-century Germany where they con the locals into believing that they can protect them from enchanted creatures and even perform exorcisms. The scam works–until they encounter a real curse.
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The Girl of Your Dreams 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fernando Trueba
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sarda, Santiago Segura, Loles Leon, Jesus Bonilla, Neus Asensi, Miroslav Taborsky, Johannes Silberschneider, Gotz Otto, Hanna Schygulla
Set in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, a Spanish film company is invited to Hitler's Germany to shoot their movie and gladly accepts in order to get away from war-torn Spain. But all doesn't go as well as hoped, including being watched over by Propaganda Minister Goebbels (Johannes Silberschneider) who also makes a run on the film's star, Macarena (Penelope Cruz). A good film directed by Fernando Trueba who also Directed the Academy Award-winning "Belle Epoque."
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 Kolya 1996  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy / Musical
Director: Jan Sverak
Cast: Zdenck Sverak, Andrej Chalimon, Libuse Safrankova, Ondrej Vetchy, Stella Zazvorkova, Ladislav Smoljak, Irina Bezrukova, Liliya Mankina, Magda Sebestova, Nella Boudova, Miroslav Taborsky, Silvia Suvadova, Rene Pribil, Karel Hermanek, Petra Spalkova
During 1988, just before the end of the Cold War, Louka (Zdenck Sverak) is a Czech out of favor with the Communist party. He agrees to a marriage of convenience and ends up with his bride's five-year-old son, Kolya (Andrej Chalimon), when she leaves to meet up with her old lover. Louka's life as a womanizer is in jeopardy as he tries to juggle a parade of women with his new responsibilities as a father. The film received an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
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Snow White: A Tale of Terror 1997  R, 100 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
aka: The Grimm Brothers' Snow White
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of the Black Forest
Director: Michael Cohn
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Monica Keena, Gil Bellows, Taryn Davis, Brian Glover, David Conrad, Anthony Brophy, Frances Cuka, Chris Bauer, Miroslav Taborsky, Andrew Tiernan, Bryan Pringle, Dale Wyatt, Joanna Roth
Lilli (Taryn Davis) was cut from her dying mother's womb, and now, many years later, her father Frederick (Sam Neill) marries Claudia (Sigourney Weaver) who dislikes Lilli. When Claudia becomes pregnant, she loses the baby and decides to get rid of Lilli by having her brother Gustav (Miroslav Taborsky) kill Lilli in the forest. Instead, Gustav kills a pig and tells Claudia that the pig's heart is Lilli's. Claudia believes him, but Frederick goes off to search for Lilli in the forest.
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| 1. The Brothers Grimm (2005)
2. The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
3. Kolya (1996)
4. Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
aka: The Grimm Brothers' Snow White
aka: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of the Black Forest
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