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April 1, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

21 Hours at Munich (1976)

NR 101 min - Drama, Thriller, TV Movie, Distorting facts - 7 November 1976

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A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.

Director:  William A. Graham

Writers:  Howard Fast, Edward Hume, Serge Groussard

Stars:  William Holden, Shirley Knight, Franco Nero, Anthony Quayle, Richard Basehart, Noel Willman, Georg Marischka, Else Quecke, Michael Degen, Djamchid Soheili, Walter Kohut, Jan Niklas, Franz Rudnick, Günther Maria Halmer, Herbert Fux, Ullrich Haupt, Ernest Lenart, Osman Ragheb, James Hurley, Paul L. Smith, David Hess, Eric Falk, Wilfried von ...

March 11, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Gandhi (1982)

— 191 min - Drama, History - 30 November 1982

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In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

Director:  Richard Attenborough

Writers:  John Briley

Stars:  Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson, Athol Fugard, Günther Maria Halmer, Saeed Jaffrey, Geraldine James, Alyque P...

March 5, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Sophie's Choice (1982)

— 151 min - Drama, Romance, War - 8 December 1982

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Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.

Director:  Alan J. Pakula

Stars:  Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin, Josh Mostel, Robin Bartlett, Eugene Lipinski, John Rothman, Joseph Leon, David Wohl,