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New video production at the Grand/ABC shopping network over the week (08.12.06 - 15.12.06)

Politics Materials 15 December 2006 12:19 (UTC +04:00)
New video production at the Grand/ABC shopping network over the week 
(08.12.06 - 15.12.06)

New films on DVD

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Beowulf & Grendel

Sturla Gunnarsson

Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgard, Sarah Polley, Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, Steinun Olina

The epic tale of Beowulf, a Norse warrior who arrived in a time of need to assist King Hrothgar of the Danes when his kingdom was attacked by the monster Grendel.

Disaster! The Movie

Roy T. Wood (II)

Motley Crue (II)

A killer planetoid threatens Earth. To combat this threat, the government turns to vulcanologist Harry Bottoms. He assembles a crack team of disaster specialists consisting of his estranged daughter, Sandy Mellons, V.D. Johnson, Hanukah Jonze (the "Nucular Physician") and Donkey Dixon (the "Deepcore Driller"). Together with a NASA flight crew and a flatulent French astronaut, our heores face numerous, preposterous complications.

Live Feed

Ryan Nicholson

Kevan Ohtsji, Taayla Markel, Rob Scattergood

Some gore-ladden scenes occur in the splatter-fest that is LIVE FEED. When a group of friends go away together for a peaceful vacation they find themselves at the mercy of a brutal killer, leading to a nail-biting race to save their lives.

Lonely Hearts

Todd Robinson

John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Salma Hayek, Laura Dern, Jared Leto

Detective Elmer Robinson and his partner track down and arrest the "Lonely Hearts Killers". The killers are a couple that entrap their victims by answering lonely hearts ads in the personals section of the newspapers.

Relative Strangers

Greg Glienna

Ron Livingston, Danny DeVito, Kathy Bates, Neve Campbell, Christine Baranski

An uptight professional sets out to meet his biological parents only to discover that they are from the wrong side of the trailer park.

Wassup Rockers

Larry Clark

Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Usvaldo Panameno, Laura Cellner

Follows the real-life story of a group of South Central teens who ride skateboards and listen to punk rock instead of conforming to their neighborhood's hip-hop culture. Constantly harassed, they take buses to Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Hollywood, where they skate and catch the attention of the local rich girls, inevitably leading to trouble with parents, police and boyfriends.

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile

Joe Nussbaum

John White

Steve Talley

Jessie Schram

Jon Cor

The AMERICAN PIE adventures continue in yet another sequel with AMERICAN PIE PRESENTS: THE NAKED MILE. The raunchy fun begins with Erik Stifler's worrisome realization that he may be about to become the only Stifler to graduate from high school with his virginity intact. Eager to toss his virginity before slipping on his cap and gown, Erik makes it his mission to find a willing partner. Thanks to reliable, offbeat advice from the ever-present Eugene Levy as Jim's dad, Erik feels prepared when he heads off to the annual Naked Mile race. Packed with sorority girls, the event promises an easy victory. Or does it?

Or does it?

Man of the Year

Barry Levinson

Robin Williams, Laura Linney, Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, Lewis Black

Acerbic performer Tom Dobbs has made his career out of skewering politicians and speaking the mind of the exasperated nation on his talk show. He cracked scathing jokes at a fractured system night after night--until he came up with a really funny idea: why not run for president himself? After a flip comment, Dobbs ignites a grassroots movement that puts him on the ballot. Hot on the campaign trail, he debates elected drones and says exactly what frustrated voters have often thought. Nov. 2nd later, the muckraker wins--only to learn that a computer voting error gave him the victory. With time ticking on the inaugural clock, Dobbs has a big decision to make: should he go back behind the mike or stay in the Oval Office?

Little Miss Sunshine

Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton

Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano

The Hoover family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarre landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.

Copying Beethoven

Agnieszka Holland

Diane Kruger, Ed Harris, Joe Anderson (III), Matthew Goode, Phyllida Law

An aspiring composer of humble means, 23-year-old Anna Holtz is seeking inspiration and career advancement in the world's music capital, Vienna. A student at the music conservatory, she is recommended for a position at a venerated publisher, and, in a fortuitous turn of events, orchestrates an opportunity to work beside the greatest, most mercurial artist alive - Ludwig van Beethoven. When the skeptical Beethoven issues an impromptu challenge, Anna demonstrates her competence and musical insight. The maestro accepts Anna as his copyist, beginning a remarkable relationship that will transform both of their lives.

Bring It On: All or Nothing

Steve Rash

Hayden Panettiere, Francia Almendarez, Gus Carr, Cindy Chiu

When her rich family moves into a less desirable neighborhood, Britney Allen struggles to make new friends. She attempts to make the cheerleading squad of her new school, but butts heads with the popular, manipulative girl who is the captain of the troupe.

Deja Vu

Tony Scott

Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton, Bruce Greenwood, Adam Goldberg

Everyone has experienced the unsettling mystery of dГ©jГ  vu--that flash of memory when you meet someone new you feel you've known all your life or recognize a place even though you've never been there before. But what if the feelings were actually warnings sent from the past or clues to the future? It is dГ©jГ  vu that unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin through an investigation into a shattering crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off a cataclysmic explosion on a New Orleans Ferry, Carlin is about to discover that what most people believe "is only in their heads" is actually something far more powerful--and will lead him on a mind-bending race to save hundreds of innocent people.

All the King's Men

Steven Zaillian

Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Hopkins

An idealistic southern politician, "Boss" Willie Stark, who appeals to the common man whilst effectively playing dirty politics, slowly becomes corrupted by the system.

The Fountain

Darren Aronofsky

Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Patrick Thomas, Donna Murphy

Three parallel stories--about love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of existence--as told through the odyssey taken on by one man in his thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th-century Spain, where, as conquistador Tomas Creo, he commences his search for the 'Tree of Life', the legendary entity believed to grant eternal life to those who drink of its sap. As modern-day scientist Tommy Creo, he desperately struggles to find a cure for the cancer that is killing his beloved wife Isabel. Traveling through deep space as a 26th-century astronaut, Tom begins to grasp the mysteries of life that have consumed him for more than a century.

Attack Force

Michael Keusch

Steven Seagal, Lisa Lovbrand, David Kennedy, Danny Webb, Andrew Bicknell

Steven Seagal stars in this slick action flick as Marshall Lawson, a man bent on revenge after losing most of his team in a cold-blooded attack.


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