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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Palmetto 1998  R, 114 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon, Michael Rapaport, Chloe Sevigny, Rolf Hoppe, Angela Featherstone, Tom Wright, Marc Macaulay, Joe Hickey
This film misses the boat on editing as well as casting (Woody Harrelson is wrong, wrong, wrong for his role). But the story is good–newly released from prison, Harry Barber (Woody Harrelson) eagerly accepts the chance for a quick buck when Rhea Malroux (Elisabeth Shue) offers him $50,000 to participate in a trumped-up kidnapping. But events don't go according to plan.
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2. Palmetto (1998)
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