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30. The Yank, 2005 ""A recently expelled Harvard student travels to London and is introduced to the passion and excitement of the English soccer culture. |
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29. The Shadow Dancer, 2004 ""An aspiring young writer (Jackson) tracks a literary titan (Keitel) suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters. |
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28. Mr. Ripley's Return, 2004 ""After his friend, a hot young artist, is killed, a resourceful American man living i""n London covers up the crime and tries to keep the friend's name alive in order to exploit his legacy and reap millions in the process. |
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27. Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius, 2004 ""Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., aka "Bobby Jones" (Caviezel) rises from complete obscurity to become a golfing legend. Jones overcomes his own fierce temper, intense passion, and perfectionist tendencies to master the game and win the Grand Slam, the U.S., British, and Amateur Opens in golf, a feat unequaled even today. But it is Jones's style, personality, and character that separate him from the other professionals in his field. When Jones realizes that his unparalleled success may be destroying those he loves he's presented with an astounding proposition, one that shocks the world. |
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26. Memron, 2004 ""Memrom was the greatest company on earth. Now their top executives rule the prison yard golf course. And their laid-off employess struggle with the absurdities of starting over from nothing. Not even the air you breathe is free in this improvisational romp through the ruins of corporate fraud. |
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25. Medallion, 2003 """Highbinders" - film about two cops - Irish and Hong Kong who together struggle against the international criminality. This time they stop trade of " the alive goods ". In it they are helped by Claire""'s heroine. January, 15, 2002 the known producer and the master of east single combats Sammo Hung and his team of stuntmen left Hong Kong and went to Thailand to begin the preparation for a final stage of film Highbinders for EMG studio. For the first time from the moment of "Mr. Nice Guy" Sammo again was united for teamwork with Jackie Chan. The producer of film became Gordon Chan who together with Sammo and Jackie made the film "Thunderbolt" in 1995. In leading roles, except Sammo, Jackie and Claire Forlani"" also acted Lee Evans and Julian Sands. Shootings began in the summer 2001 in Dublin, and after the short break connected celebration of New Year and Christmas, again renewed in Hong Kong. "" |
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24. The Limit, 2003
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23. Northfork, 2003
""Paramount Classics has beaten several other suitors for
English-lingo and Latin American rights to Michael and
Mark Polish's feature "Northfork," reports Variety (Taken from Killermovies)""
""Coyote is presently working on a film called Northfork. This is the third film of a trilogy penned by identical twin brothers, Mark and Michael Polish and directed by Michael. Their first two films were Twin Falls Idaho and Jackpot. The cast also includes Nick Nolte, James Wood, Daryl Hannah, Claire Forlani, Graham Beckel, Jon Gries and Josh Barker. Northfork is a 1950s-set story about a dam being built in Montana and the repercussions of what happens when they decide to flood the valley. Coyote calls it "extremely dry and funny." Mark points out that the trilogy is centered on a quest for identity and individuality, and Northfork will provide a clearer link to all three of the stories. (Taken from Peter Coyote)""
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Michael Polish - Starring: ""Nick Nolte, James Wood, Daryl Hannah, Claire Forlani, Graham Beckel, Jon Gries, Josh Barker, Marshall Bell, Peter Coyote, Anthony Edwards, Duel Farnes, Ben Foster, Clark Gregg, Michele Hicks, Kyle MacLachlan, etc. "" |
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22. Triggerman, 2003 ""Ben Cutler (Pete Postlethwaite) - the criminal boss excluded on rest. Two professional hired murderers Terri (Donnny Walberg) and Tommy (Michael Rapaport) are employed to kill him. And money which is prepared as compensation is stolen by two clumsy English thieves - Pete Mainard (Nale Morrisey) and Andy Jarret (Andrian Dunbar). Suddenly they decide to start up all on an own way and run, but their flight prevents mentally unbalanced Irish gangster Franko D'Amico (Louis de Bianko) who ordered this contract. And without that the confusing situation complicates Penny (Amanda Plummer) Andy's distressful friend and Emma (Claire Forlani), the daughter of the main criminal - Ben who involuntarily comes to Terri as he searches both money and clue of the secret. "" |
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21. Pentagon Papers, 2003 ""Daniel Ellsberg throws himself into his new job. From his positionin Washington, he fully believes his war contributions is working to stop the spread of Communism overseas. When he receives contradictory information regarding his actual purpose, Ellsberg goes to Vietnam to get the facts of war first hand. |
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20. Going Greek, 2001 ""Something like "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" and "American Pie", this film is a shocking comedy about college, sex and that some entertainments in our life can teach the most serious lessons sometimes. A new boy Jack Tailor (Dilan Bruno) is compelled to join the wildest brotherhood in campus. But their members refuse to accept him till he satisfies a certain strange condition - to refuse any personal contacts with his neighbor on a room. During the first term Jack does not communicate almost with fellow students, but falls in love in Pag (Laura Harris), beautiful second-year student who hates the brotherhood. Through some time, after hunting on dustman, naked asses and strange life filled with beer, Jack finds out, that he actually starts to enjoy though it threatens his relations with Pag. Jack waives his pride and applies to his neighbor and Pag for help and support. At the same time he risks to lose all. Claire plays one of girls of a female community. "" |
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19. Antitrust, 2001 ""The Stanford graduate Milo Hovman (Ryan Phillippe) and his not less talented friend Teddi (Yee Jee Tso) intends to open the new Internet start-up and to take the world by storm. But everything changes, when Milo takes a deceptive friendly tycoon's fancy, the boss of the largest IT world company (no, not Microsoft, but very similar - Portland NURV) Gary Winston (Tim Robbins). Without thinking twice Milo moves to Portland having forgotten about her friend Teddy. Having arrived with girlfriend Elis Pulson (Claire Forlani), he receives the house and the machine from the company and starts to work at the software which under ingenious Winston's plan will connect all communications of the world in a single whole. But at a moment Lovely starts to notice disturbing evidences of a deceit - suddenly Winston raises his voice on Milo when he asks a usual question - "And who is the author of this code?". When the network of violence which Winston plaits concerns Milo's world directly and Teddy perishes, he with the aid of the colleague Lisa (Rachael Leigh Cook) begins his own struggle and already together they try to inform the world about Winston's artful plans with the help of the satellite system of the latter. "" |
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18. Johnny Domino, 2000 ""Love story in a village isolated from the civilization. The musician (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) becomes a local phenomenon after he was bitten by the vampire. He falls in love with the vampire (Claire Forlani) and together they begin the struggle against the malicious preacher of this village. In new variant "Romeo and Juliet", heroes decide to take their eternal lives for the sake of love. "" |
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17. Boys And Girls, 2000 ""This charming romantic comedy only strengthens the idea which essence is reduced to that those who love sometimes find their "half" among maximum improper individuals. Ryan (Freddie Prinze Jr.) - industrial engineer at University of California in Berkeley. He and his best friend Jennifer (Claire Forlani) know each other since twelve-year, when they have got acquainted in the plane. Eventually they suddenly understand, that possibly the perfect partner for both of them were near from the very beginning. The attractive performance of two young talented actors makes this film bright and unforgettable. "" |
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16. Magicians, 1999 """Magicians" is a comedy about two not very successful wizards who travel from Las Vegas to New York. Claire plays a beautiful assistant. |
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15. Mystery Men, 1999 ""When Captain the Surprising, the main superhero of Champion City, was stolen by mad super villain Frankenstein, nobody volunteered to defend the city and nobody guaranteed, that justice will triumph. Get acquainted with Mysterious People: Mister Furious, The Player in billiard-ball, The Blue Rajah, The Cleaner, The Spite, The Sphinx and the Invisible Boy - the group of guys as much as possible not suitable to rule over super forces, which are accessible to them. Probably pogrom massacre and destructions threaten the city so far as these foolish supermen decide to resist Frankenstein and his mad henchmen. This film - the adaptation of popular comic book "Dark Horse" carried out in supernatural comic tone that is amplified according to the big budget of this picture. "People" - the first work of Usher, who before it made advertising rollers of "Got Milk?" series. "" |
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14. Into My Heart / Elements, 1998 ""This is powerful and impressing history about friendship, love, trust and treachery, the plot of which involves the spectator into the classical love triangle. The actor's cast includes, except for Claire, Rob Morrow, Jayne Brook and Jack Weber. Originally named "Elements", the film was renamed into "In my Heart" for the Cannes festival. The plot is unordinary. Ben and Adam are the best friends from their childhood. Adam - the gold boy, all he likes and all approaches and arranges him. In college he falls in love with Nina and after romantic courting, they decide to get married. Ben, on the contrary, has a difficult period. First he falls in love with Kate and marries her. But during their moving to New York, something happened, that had far-reaching consequences for all. Claire plays Nina, the incorrect wife who is completely devastated by the infidelity to her husband with his best friend and by the following death of one of this Trinity... "" |
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13. Meet Joe Black, 1998 ""In this modern imagination play the Hollywood stars of the first size. Anthony Hopkins in the role of William Perrish - the rich New York magnate owning the MASS-MEDIA Empire. On the eve of his sixty fifth anniversary he experiences crisis and feels, that his death isn't far off. This very day his young daughter Susan, who has brilliantly played Claire Forlani, meets the young stranger (Brad Pitt) in the cafe of and she was just struck by his charm. After the acquaintance he perishes from fatal accident, and his body occupies the Death who has arrived to the Earth to warn Perrish that his end is inevitable. Before this the Death wants to live "usual human" life. Though William understands her intentions, he allows her to enter to his family and represents the beautiful stranger as a business partner. Susan was shocked when she saw the morning interlocutor on the hone dinner. The love intrigue begins. And to prolong his own life and for the sake of happiness of his daughter, William agrees to show Joe (The Death) human life including business meetings, family meetings and, finally, the love novel. While Joe is in love with Susan, Perrish remains alive, but it disturbs him less, than the situation at which his daughter is in love with The Death. Also he is trying to salvage the company from ruin and resale. This version of film was created under inspiration of Alberto Kassell's play "Death Takes A Holiday" and the same film (1934). "" |
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12. Basil, 1997 """Basil" is a fierce story about love and treachery. Leto is Basil, the English guy so called "turn-of-the-century lad" and he is under the strongest influence of his severe father. He renders friendly support to John Mannion (Christian Slater), to the mysterious stranger who once rescues him from casual drowning. Mannion presents Basil to Julia Shervin (Claire Forlani), very beautiful and young woman with whom he falls in love. Being on top of the feelings and emotions he promises Julia his patrimony which should inherit after father's death. Life - a severe thing and Leto finds out finally, that he was tricked severely. In all decisive changes in destiny sets Leto not only to change his mode of life, but to revise his attitude to all life as a whole. |
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11. The Last Time I Commited Suicide, 1997 ""Similarly to a plenty of the American young guys heated in "afterglow" of the Second World War, Nile dreams about idle time, steady life and internal rest. Steady earnings for achievement of his purposes are provided with the work of an operator. But, similarly to the majority of young guys, Nile periodically clashes with so called troubles by name "women". Depression of Nile's girlfriend committed her to the attempt of suicide. Her mother accuses Nile of all. All is very unpleasant and intricate. Film is more known because of Keanu Reeves who played the supporting part. The plot of "The Last Time I Committed Suicide" is based on the private letter written to Nile Cassadi, the author of film "Beat". "" |
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10. Basquiat, 1996 ""19 years old, Jean Michel Basquiat is the poor artist drawing on walls. After eight years had elapsed he became one of the most known painters in the world. Some instants at top of glory - and he dies from heroin overdose. "Basquiat" is a picture about the real-life painter. His poor years and prompt rise with the help of art world Soho. Charismatic, but initially self-destructive Basquiat had his personal demons among which - intellectual illness of his mother, and certainly his hatred to bourgeois society looking after him and certainly maintains him. And his propensity to heroin finally has result the young artist to death, and not having given to be developed his great talent. |
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9. The Rock, 1996 ""In Michael Bay's film "The Rock", fanatical general Francis Hummel (Edd Harris), armed with killing chemical rockets and with the help of strong cohorts of mercenaries, occupies the island Alkatraz, keeping in hostages about 80 simple tourists who come to look on the former prison. Hummel promises to let out rockets on San Francisco if Washington doesn't pay veterans of different wars 100 million dollars. To force a situation, divisions of Navy Seals are sent, to which mysterious and courageous John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery) is to help as well. He is the unique man ever escaping from the Alkatraz and he should help to get Navy Seals out of prison along secret passages. The expert of chemical means Stanley Goodspeed, the person with strange habits, plays Nikolas Cage. His hero is not accustomed to such things, as the weapon and military maneuvers... Such is the outset of this intense insurgent hit. Their mission is filled with unpleasant and prompt surprises. Film becomes especially interesting when Hummel and "company" destroy all Navy Seals... Claire Forlani has a short part - she plays Mason's daughter - Jade. "" |
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8. Mallrats, 1995 ""At last producer - second-year student Kevin Smith managed to make something greater and farcical, than his previous work "Clerks". In the focus of attention is a history of two guys who know only about "Star Wars" and comics. Clearly, that the sphere of their basic interests is concentrated around of women. One of them is T.S. (Jeremy London) and he was just thrown out by his girlfriend Brandi (Claire Forlani), another hero Brodie (Shannen Doherty) at last has played enough in Sega. Boys go in avenue to console themselves. The place where establishments carry names such as "Flesh tannage salon", "Rugs for Monsignor" or "Uncle, Buy the Toy", should relieve them of sad reminiscences completely. But as it happens, their troubles only begin... Ben Affleck played not bad in the role of the bandit hating idlers. "" |
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7. Garage Sale, 1995 "" "Garage sale" - the magnificent instruction for credulous and naive hearts which think, that they understand something in commerce. If you think, that from such non-standard thing as garage it is possible not only to get rid but on its sale also to earn money - see this film at first. At the same time you learn what the advertising is and how to struggle with thieves in shops.
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6. Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow, 1994 ""As always a group of the completed losers under the name "Police Academy", trying quite seriously to do very ridiculous things, is sent with its full team to Moscow. Their mission is to prevent conspiracy of Russian Mafia and by that to rescue free and fair people of the Earth. Claire plays - the officer of militia armies of Soviet Union - Katerina. |
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4. JFK: Reckless Youth, 1993 ""TV-series about John Cennedy. Claire played the girl who dance with young Cannedy. It was very short role, but Claire as usually very nice. |
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3. Gipsy Eyes / C.I.A. Trackdown, 1992 ""The script "C.I.A. Trackdown" is simple before disgust - CIA pursues their own agent, suspecting him in murder. To rescue himself, the agent contacts beautiful gipsy. It's difficult to say whether this decision was correct step...
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1. Press Gang, 1992 "" "Press Gang" is a five-series film, appeared on screens in 1989-1993. Created by independent television company Richmond Films and Television, it reflected as a children's serial about school newspaper Junior Gazette. Nevertheless, the serial was not an ordinary show for children. Though the first series were written by not professional script writer, but Scottish teacher Stephen Moffatt. The script turned out witty enough, with well described details of a life of schoolboys and attentive attitudes to trifles, that in serials meets infrequently. The serial opened some new talents which subsequently became widely known. Except for Claire, first of all it`s Julia Sawalha, who played Linda, the editor - in - chief of the newspaper. In total there were shot five parts within several series in each. Claire Forlani played in the part III, series III in May, 21, 1991 (Chance Is A Fine Thing) and in the fourth part, series V in February, 4, 1992 (In The Picture). ""Official series page - #
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