The Day of the Jackal 1973 PG, 144 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Alan Badel, Michel Auclair, Tony Britton, Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, David(2) Swift, Denis Carey, Vernon Dobtcheff, Michael Lonsdale, Olga Georges-Picot, Derek Jacobi, Raymond Gerome
Conspiring French generals hire the Jackal (Edward Fox) to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle (Adrien Cayla-Legrand) in the early 1960s. The French Security Force is suspicious when the French generals who hired the Jackal have gone into hiding. They kidnap the generals' errand boy, and when questioned he reveals the assassins name. The Security Force hires ace detective Lebel (Michel Lonsdale) to track down the Jackal before he kills DeGaulle. The Jackal now assumes a new identity that will make it even more difficult for Lebel to catch him before he completes the assassination. And the mystery deepens.
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Money 1991 N/R, 95 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern Cast: Eric Stoltz, Maryam d'Abo, Bruno Cremer, F. Murray Abraham, Christopher Plummer, Mario Adorf, Anna Kanakis, Bernard Fresson, Tomas Milian, Angelo Infanti, Raymond Gerome, Jean-Pierre Castaldi
After being raised as a rich kid, when Franck (Eric Stoltz) learns that his inheritance has been embezzled, he sets off on a global mission to find those who have stolen his millions.
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Sade 2000 N/R, 100 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, Gregoire Colin, Isild Le Besco, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Duquesne, Vincent Branchet, Raymond Gerome, Jalil Lespert
In 1794, the imprisoned Marquis de Sade (Daniel Auteuil) was transferred–after 13 years in grim Saint Lazarde prison–to a luxury prison where he relived his youth by "educating" the beautiful, young Emilie de Lancris (Isild Le Besco).
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A Slightly Pregnant Man 1973 PG, 95 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jacques Demy Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Claude Melki, Marisa Pavan, Mireille Mathieu, Andre Falcon, Maurice Biraud, Alice Sapritch, Raymond Gerome, Madeleine Barbulee, Tonie Marshall
Marco (Marcello Mastroianni) visits his girlfriend's (Catherine Deneuve) doctor (Micheline Presle) and is told that he is four months pregnant. A media frenzy ensues, and Marco is hired to model maternity clothes–until he finds out that the diagnosis was for his girlfriend.
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Travels with My Aunt 1972 PG, 109 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: George Cukor Cast: Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Stephens, Cindy Williams, Robert Flemyng, Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez, Raymond Gerome, Daniel Emilfork, John Hamill
At his mother's funeral, a boring banker, Henry (Alec McCowen), meets an older woman (Maggie Smith) who claims to be his aunt. Before long, she has Henry in tow on a madcap adventure through Europe as she attempts to rescue one of her lovers who is being held for a ransom. Based on a Graham Greene bestseller, the film received an Oscar for Costumes and had several nominations, including Maggie Smith for Best Actress. 1 User Review
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| | Wonderful! | Anonymous 08/18/2007 | | Total hillarity and escape! You will love it! Not for kids, however. |
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| 1. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
2. Money (1991)
3. Sade (2000)
4. A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
5. Travels with My Aunt (1972)
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