"In Sergio Leone's epic Western, shot partly in Monument Valley, a
revenge story becomes an epic contemplation of the Western past. To get his
hands on prime railroad land in Sweetwater, crippled railroad baron Morton
(Gabriele Ferzetti) hires killers, led by blue-eyed sadist Frank (Henry Fonda),
who wipe out property owner Brett McBain (Frank Wolff) and his family. McBain's
newly arrived bride, Jill (Claudia Cardinale), however, inherits it instead.
Both outlaw Cheyenne (Jason Robards) and lethally mysterious Harmonica (Charles
Bronson) take it upon themselves to look after Jill and thwart Frank's plans to
seize her land. As alliances and betrayals mutate, it soon becomes clear that
Harmonica wants to get Frank for another reason - it has "something to do with
death." As in his "Dollars" trilogy, Leone transforms the standard Western plot
through the visual impact of widescreen landscapes and the figures therein. At
its full length, Once Upon a Time in the West is Leone's operatic masterwork,
worthy of its legend-making title." - iTunes
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THE
UNTOUCHABLES
PLOT SUMMARY
"Like
the TV series that shared the same title, The Untouchables (1987) was an
account of the battle between gangster Al Capone and lawman Eliot Ness, this
time in the form of a feature film boasting big stars, a big budget, and a
script from respected playwright David Mamet. Kevin Costner stars as Ness, a
federal agent who has come to Chicago during the Prohibition Era, when
corruption in the local police department in rampant. His mission is to put
crime lord Capone (Robert De Niro) out of business, but Capone is so powerful
and popular that Ness is not taken seriously by the law or the press. One
night, discouraged, he meets a veteran patrolman, Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery),
and discovers that the acerbic Irishman is the one honest man he's been
seeking. Malone has soon helped Ness to recruit a gunslinger rookie, George
Stone (Andy Garcia), and, joined by nebbish accountant Oscar Wallace (Charles
Martin Smith), the men doggedly pursue Capone and his illegal interests. At
first a laughingstock, Ness soon has Capone outraged over his and Malone's
sometimes law-bending tactics, and the vain mobster strikes back in vicious
style. Ultimately, it is the most unexpected and minor of crimes, tax evasion,
which proves Capone's undoing. All the credits for The Untouchables boasted big
names, including music from Ennio Morricone and costumes by Giorgio Armani.
Director Brian De Palma continued his tradition of including a homage to past
masters of the cinema with a taut stairway shoot-out reminiscent of a similar
sequence in Sergei Elsenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925)." -
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FATAL
ATTRACTION
PLOT SUMMARY
'"Fatal
attraction" has become a household term for love turned to murderous obsession,
thanks to the success of Adrian Lyne's 1987 movie. Dan (Michael Douglas) is a
family man whose one-night affair with Alex (Glenn Close) turns into a
nightmare when she insists on continuing the relationship, claiming to be
carrying his baby. Alex systematically terrorizes Dan, even temporarily
kidnapping his daughter, in her attempts to win back his affection. Douglas'
besieged family man guiltily tries to preserve his marriage and family from the
consequences of his own indiscretion. Close's performance as the love-struck
psycho-siren remains her signature role: She conveys the buried feminist
message of the film in her challenge to Dan to take responsibility for his
sexual behaviour. Though many critics acknowlegded the film's striking
similarities to Clint Eastwood's 1971 film Play Misty for Me, Fatal Attraction
spawned numerous other movies about middle-class families besieged by a lone
psychotic intent on infiltrating and destroying the fabric of the family unit,
including The Stepfather (1987), Pacific Heights (1990), The Hand That Rocks
the Cradle (1992), and Fear (1996).' - iTunes
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ROCKY
II
PLOT SUMMARY
"By
concentrating on character development with this first of several sequels to
his Oscar-winning smash Rocky (1976), writer/director Sylvester Stallone earned
critical praise that would desert him with the boxing saga's shallower
subsequent chapters. Stallone returns as Rocky Balboa, a Philadelphia prize
fighter enjoying his brief fame after nearly defeating world heavyweight
champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). When Rocky is offered lucrative product
endorsement opportunities, his limited education and lack of sophistication
quickly become an impediment to his future success, causing him embarrassment
and his pregnant wifre, Adrian (Talia Shire), a great deal of financial
concern. Meanwhile, Creed is brooding over his near loss to a fighter he
considers an amateur far beneath him and decides to goad a reluctant Rocky into
a high-profile rematch. With the family resources dwindling and his pride
wounded, Rocky decides that fighting is all he knows and makes the fateful
decision to climb back into the ring one more with Creed to vie for the
championship belt, despite assurances from all concerned that he will blind
himself irreparably." - iTunes
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THE
INCREDIBLES
PLOT SUMMARY
"From
the Academy Award-winning creators of Toy Story, Monsters, Inc, and Finding
Nemo, comes this hilarious action-packed computer-animated adventure about
superheroes. Bob Pear (Craig T. Nelson) used to be one of the world's greatest
superheroes (known to all as "Mr. Incredible"), saving lives and fighting evil
on a daily basis, but now he's a clock-punching insurance claims adjuster
fighting boredom and a bulging waistline. When an unfortunate string of mishaps
and frivolous law suits forced all of the legendary crime fighters to hang up
their super suits fifteen years ago, Bob and his wife Helen (Holly Hunter), a
famous former superhero in her own right, adopted civilian identities and
retreated to the suburbs to live normal lives with their three kids. Itching to
get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication
summons him to a remote island for a top-secret assignment. When he discovers
the evil genius Syndrome (Jason Lee) bent on diabolical revenge is behind the
mystery, his family flies to the rescue for an extraordinary battle of wits and
superpowers. Pixar Animation Studios makes technological advances in portraying
human characters and stretches the boundaries of the art form with this stylish
and entertaining film." - iTunes
