Posts Tagged ‘based-on-fact’

Rohtenburg (2006)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany
Actors: Russell, Keri | Kretschmann, Thomas | Huber, Thomas | Meissner, Rainier | Bartsch, Angelika | Martschewski, Alexander | Dommning, Nils | Lucas, Marcus | Andres, Pascal | Gebelhoff, Stefan | Gruber, Jonas | Heyn, Bojan | Kinski, Nikolai | Reimers, Jörg | Reissig, André
Directors: Weisz, Martin
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In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen’s and the thousands of people like him.

In the Valley of Elah (2007)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jones, Tommy Lee | Theron, Charlize | Patric, Jason | Sarandon, Susan | Franco, James | Corbin, Barry | Brolin, Josh | Fisher, Frances | Chatham, Wes | McLaughlin, Jake | Brooks, Mehcad | Tucker, Jonathan | Duvall, Wayne | Wolf, Victor | Briscoe, Brent
Directors: Haggis, Paul
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When Hank Deerfield is told by the military that his son Mike, who only recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, has gone AWOL he travels to the military base to see if he can make any sense of the young man’s disappearance. Hank is himself a retired military investigator and is frustrated by both the military and the civilian police’s apparent lack of interest in the case. In the end he does manage to get help from Det. Emily Sanders and together they piece together the events that led to Mike’s disappearance. In the end, this is a story of how war dehumanizes individuals to the point where the taking of life makes no sense and has no purpose

Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, The (1999)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Anderson, Kevin | Skerritt, Tom | Watts, Naomi | Overbey, Kellie | Santiago-Hudson, Ruben | Kerwin, Brian | Sommer, Josef | Schilling, William G. | Schultz, Albert | Mimi Kuzyk | Itzin, Gregory | Murphy, Rosemary | MacDonald, Bill | Donovan, Martin | Cannon, Wanda
Directors: Graham, William A.
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Fact-based story about Ira Einhorn (Kevin Anderson), a 70’s peace-nik who is generally credited as one of the founders of Earth Day. In the late 60’s and early 70’s, Ira lived with Holly Maddux (Naomi Watts). But when she tries to leave him in 1977, she suddenly disappears. Later her body is discovered in a trunk in Einhorn’s apartment. Let out on bail, Einhorn flees from the country and manages to elude authorities for years. Meanwhile he is convicted in absentia and sentenced to prison. Holly’s father (Tom Skerritt) is determined to see his daughter’s murderer brought to justice and has him tracked and is eventually caught in France in 1997. Martin Donovan appears as the assistant D.A. who put the case together. Today, Einhorn is now appealing his conviction.

Buster (1988)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Collins, Phil | Walters, Julie | Lamb, Larry | Lawrence, Stephanie | Beaven, Ellie | Attwell, Michael | Brown, Ralph | Ellison, Christopher | Hancock, Sheila | Jarvis, Martin | Wood, Clive | Quayle, Anthony | Byrne, Michael | Innocent, Harold | Vansittart, Rupert
Directors: Green, David
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Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can’t contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.

Catch a Fire (2006)

Friday, October 19th, 2007
Genres: Drama | History | Thriller
Countries: France | South Africa | UK | USA
Actors: Robbins, Tim | Luke, Derek | Mbuli, Bonnie | Shabangu, Mncedisi | Masha, Tumisho | Khumalo, Sithembiso | Pheto, Terry | Burgers, Michele | Lovinga, Mpho | Mxo | Anstey, Jessica | Savage, Charlotte | Nkyonyeni, Nomhlé | Mabizela, Michael | van Jaarsveldt, Eduan
Directors: Noyce, Phillip
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A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero’s journey to freedom. In the country’s turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country’s oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos’ lives.

World’s Fastest Indian, The (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Hopkins, Anthony | Rea, Iain | Mitchell, Tessa | Murphy, Aaron | Shadbolt, Tim | Whittle, Annie | Johnson, Greg | Starr, Antony | Sullivan, Kate | Hall, Craig | Bowman, Jim | Bruce, Alison | Falconer, Phoebe | Pierard, Charles | Ryan, Barry
Directors: Donaldson, Roger
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In `60s New Zealand, at the bottom of the world, Burt Munro takes a 1920 Indian motorcycle and, delightfully without resources other than his own obsession and a Kiwi #8 wire mentality, spends his retirement rebuilding the bike and following his dream to go to Speed Week at Salt Lake in Utah. Under funded, without the support of a team and against all the odds he not only makes it to Bonneville, he sets a world land spend record, not once, but again and again.

Queen, The (2006)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: France | Italy | UK
Actors: Mirren, Helen | Cromwell, James | Jennings, Alex | Allam, Roger | Syms, Sylvia | McMullan, Tim | Soans, Robin | Peploe, Lola | Reith, Douglas | Henderson, Joyce | Laffan, Pat | Hadingue, Amanda | McGlynn, John | O'Brien, Gray | MacLennan, Dolina
Directors: Frears, Stephen
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The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public’s demand for an overt display of mourning.

Karla (2006)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Prepon, Laura | Collins, Misha | Bauchau, Patrick | Jacobs, Emilie | Boyd, Alex | White, Carole Ita | Manners, Fiona | Hoffman, Shawn | Lieberman, Adam | Hayres, Cherilyn | Duffy, William | Lemelle, Tanya | Shawkat, Tony | Swieconek, Kristen | James, Cole
Directors: Bender, Joel
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Based on real events, Paul Bernardo (Collins) and his wife, Karla Homolka (Prepon), kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.

Bread and Roses (2000)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: France | Germany | Italy | Spain | Switzerland | UK
Actors: Padilla, Pilar | Brody, Adrien | Carrillo, Elpidia | McGee, Jack | Rivas, Monica | Davila, Frankie | Hurst, Lillian | Payes, Mayron | Orellana, Maria | Garrett, Melody | Jackman, Gigi | Reynolds, Beverly | Méndez, Eloy | Antonenko, Elena | Gorelik, Olga
Directors: Loach, Ken
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Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers’ union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its “justice for janitors” campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she’s also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.