MOVIE OPENINGS: Dec 28
By Behind The Scenes TV on Dec 28, 2007 in New Releases
THE BUCKET LIST
Director: Rob Reiner
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
The Plot: Two terminally ill men (Nicholson and Freeman) escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.
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THE ORPHANAGE
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep
Studio: Picturehouse Entertainment
The Plot: Laura’s return visit to her childhood orphanage has an odd effect on her son, Simón, as he makes a group of imaginary friends and begins to show signs that he shares some of the same memories from his mother’s childhood.
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THE GREAT DEBATERS
Director: Denzel Washington
Stars: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
The Plot: In 1935, Melvin Tolson (Washington), a professor at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, leads his underdog team of speech and debate students into a competition with Harvard University.
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PERSEPOLIS
Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
The Plot: A look at life in Iran during the Islamic revolution from the perspective of a young and precocious girl.
THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP
Director: Jay Russell
Stars: Emily Watson, David Morrissey, Alex Etel
Studio: Columbia Pictures
The Plot: A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
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ALIENS VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM
Director: Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Stars: Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, Shareeka Epps
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
The Plot: Warring alien and predator races descend on a small town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival.
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THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds
Studio: Paramount Vantage
The Plot: A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century Texas prospector (Daniel Day-Lewis) in the early days of the business.
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