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Enlightenment Guaranteed
:Description:Uwe and Gustav are two middle-aged brothers whole lives are a mess: Uwe's wife just left him and Feng Shui consultant, Gustav, is feeling unfulfilled. This odd couple travel together to a monastery outside Tokyo. Enroute, their mid-life crisis turns into a midnight crisis when they get lost in Tokyo's neon jungle and can't find their way back to the hotel. It's down and out in Asia's brave new world. They survive by their wits and certianly never expect ...
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Shag
: :It's not too surprising that Shag flopped on its 1989 release but found a devoted cult following on cable TV and home video. This featherweight comedy looked like a waste of space on the big screen, but it plays very cozily on the tube, where it lends itself to popcorn breaks and pajama parties. (The lousy title must have had something to do with the movie's initial failure, a problem worsened by the film being marketed as Shag: The ...
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Le Gendarme De Saint-Tropez
:Description:The gendarme Ludovic Cruchot is an ambitious man. So, when he is transferred to the laid-back post of Saint-Tropez, he sees an ideal opportunity to advance his career. Everything goes as planned until his daughter has a little too much fun on the beach...
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This Is Spinal Tap (Special Edition)
: :Director Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) solemnly alerts us to the glory that was Spinal Tap in his introduction to this 'rockumentary' about the legendary British heavy-metal group, featuring lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), lead singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), and a succession of drummers whose careers were cut short by spontaneously combusting on their stool, drowning in somebody else's vomit, or otherwise perishing in untimely fashion. Under DiBergi's studious interrogation, the band ...
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Touch (1997) / Movie
: :Writer-director Paul Schrader is best known for dark examinations of the human soul; he wrote Taxi Driver and wrote and directed such austere character studies as Mishima and Affliction. So it's not surprising that when he made a comedy it turned out to be a little off kilter. What may catch fans off guard is the sweetness and gentle rhythms of Touch, adapted from Elmore Leonard's novel about an unassuming faith healer. Down-on-his-luck evangelist Bill Hill (Christopher Walken) discovers ...
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Death Race 2000
: :Writer-director Paul Schrader is best known for dark examinations of the human soul; he wrote Taxi Driver and wrote and directed such austere character studies as Mishima and Affliction. So it's not surprising that when he made a comedy it turned out to be a little off kilter. What may catch fans off guard is the sweetness and gentle rhythms of Touch, adapted from Elmore Leonard's novel about an unassuming faith healer. Down-on-his-luck evangelist Bill Hill (Christopher Walken) discovers ...
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Live Nude Shakespeare
: :Writer-director Paul Schrader is best known for dark examinations of the human soul; he wrote Taxi Driver and wrote and directed such austere character studies as Mishima and Affliction. So it's not surprising that when he made a comedy it turned out to be a little off kilter. What may catch fans off guard is the sweetness and gentle rhythms of Touch, adapted from Elmore Leonard's novel about an unassuming faith healer. Down-on-his-luck evangelist Bill Hill (Christopher Walken) discovers ...
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Soldier Jack
: :This story, set in the Appalachian Mountain area after World War II, is an adaptation of a European folk tale. The plot follows a war veteran named Jack who performs an act of kindness and in return receives two magical gifts: a sack that can catch anything and a jar that can show whether a sick person will live or die. With the help of these gifts, Jack is able to get himself a free house. He also becomes ...
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I'm Not Okay
: :This story, set in the Appalachian Mountain area after World War II, is an adaptation of a European folk tale. The plot follows a war veteran named Jack who performs an act of kindness and in return receives two magical gifts: a sack that can catch anything and a jar that can show whether a sick person will live or die. With the help of these gifts, Jack is able to get himself a free house. He also becomes ...
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Twisted Mind
: :This story, set in the Appalachian Mountain area after World War II, is an adaptation of a European folk tale. The plot follows a war veteran named Jack who performs an act of kindness and in return receives two magical gifts: a sack that can catch anything and a jar that can show whether a sick person will live or die. With the help of these gifts, Jack is able to get himself a free house. He also becomes ...
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