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New video production at the Grand/ABC shopping network over the week (06.01.07 - 13.01.07)

Politics Materials 13 January 2007 11:37 (UTC +04:00)
New video production at the Grand/ABC shopping network over the week 
(06.01.07 - 13.01.07)

New films on DVD

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Gridiron Gang

Phil Joanou

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Kevin Dunn, Xzibit , Kevin Dunn, Leon Rippy

The uplifting story of detention camp probation officer Sean Porter, who creates a high-school-level football team from a ragtag group of dangerous teenage inmates as a means to teach them self-respect and social responsibility. He is joined in this experiment by co-worker, Malcolm Moore. But Porter must first overcome almost universal resistance from the powers that be .0- his skeptical bosses and coaches at rival high schools who don't want their players mixing it up with convicted criminals on the football field.

Night at the Museum

Shawn Levy

Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Kim Raver, Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke

Good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley, despite being perpetually down on his luck, thinks he's destined for something big. But even he could never have imagined how big, when he accepts what appears to be a menial job as a graveyard-shift security guard at a museum of natural history. During Larry's watch, extraordinary things begin to occur: Mayans, Roman Gladiators, and cowboys emerge from their diorama to wage epic battles; in his quest for fire, a Neanderthal burns down his own display; Attila the Hun pillages his neighboring exhibits, and a T-Rex reminds everyone why he's history's fiercest predator. Amidst the chaos, the only person Larry can turn to for advice is a wax figure of President Teddy Roosevelt , who helps our hero harness the bedlam, stop a nefarious plot, and save the museum.

Idiocracy

Mike Judge

Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Sara Rue, Terry Crews

An average guy volunteers to be the subject of a hibernation experiment that goes awry. He wakes up 500 years in the future, discovering that he's the smartest guy on the planet.

Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford, Jamie Bell, Ben WalkerRyan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford, Jamie Bell, Ben Walker

February 1945. Even as victory in Europe was finally within reach, the war in the Pacific raged on. One of the most crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo Jima, which culminated with what would become one of the most iconic images in history: five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi. The inspiring photo capturing that moment became a symbol of victory to a nation that had grown weary of war and made instant heroes of the six American soldiers at the base of the flag, some of whom would die soon after, never knowing that they had been immortalized. But the surviving flag raisers had no interest in being held up as symbols and did not consider themselves heroes; they wanted only to stay on the front with their brothers in arms who were fighting and dying without fanfare or glory. 'Flags of Our Fathers' is based on the bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers, which chronicled the battle of Iwo Jima and the fates of the flag raisers and some of their brothers in Easy Company.

Bon Cop, Bad Cop

Eric Canuel, Erik Canuel (II)

Colm Feore, Patrick Huard, Sylvain Marcel, Pierre Lebeau, Sharlene Royer

When a crime is committed on the border of Quebec and Ontario, everyone is forced to come together, whether they want to or not. As the investigation gets underway, we meet David Bouchard and Martin Ward, members of their respective provincial police forces who are forced to work together. The two men couldn't be more different. In fact, the only thing they appear to have in common is that they are both cops, albeit cops with totally different styles.

Home of the Brave

Irwin Winkler

Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Christina Ricci, 50 Cent, Brian Presley

Three soldiers who return home after a lengthy tour in Iraq find that re-entering "normal" life after the continued trauma of battle is not an easy task.

We Are Marshall

Joseph McGinty Nichol

Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, David Strathairn, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie

A true story, based on devastating events, set in Huntington, West Virginia, about a small town steeped in the rich tradition of college football. For decades, players, coaches, fans and families have come together to cheer on Marshall University's "Thundering Herd." For this team and this community, Marshall football is more than just a sport, it's a way of life. But on a fateful night in 1970, while traveling back to Huntington after a game in North Carolina, 75 members of Marshall's football team and coaching staff were killed in a plane crash. As those left behind struggled to cope with the devastating loss of their loved ones, the grieving families found hope and strength in the leadership of Jack Lengyel, a young coach who was determined to rebuild Marshall's football program and in the process helped to heal a community.


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