Surf Wise

Surf Wise SynopsisLike many American outsider-adventurers, Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz set out to realize a utopian dream. Abandoning a successful medical practice, he sought self-fulfillment by taking up the nomadic life of a surfer. But unlike other American searchers like Thoreau or Kerouac, Paskowitz took his wife and nine children along for the ride, all eleven of them living in a 24 foot camper. Together, they lived a life that would be unfathomable to most, but enviable to anyone who ever relinquished their dreams to a straight job. The Paskowitz Family proved that America may be running out of frontiers, but it hasn’t run out of frontiersman.

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Release Date: May 9, 2008
Genre: Documentary, Biopic and Sports
Running Time: 93 min.
Distributor(s): Magnolia Pictures
Tagline: Reject normal
MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual material.

Director(s):
Doug Pray

Writer(s):
Doug Pray - written by

Producer(s):
Todd Wagner - Executive Producer
Mark Cuban - Executive Producer
Joana Vicente - Executive Producer
Jason Kliot - Executive Producer
Graydon Carter - Producer
Matthew Weaver - Producer
Jonathan Paskowitz - Producer
Tony Lord - Co-Producer
Johnathan Pine - Co-Producer

Movie Casts:
JULIETTE PASKOWITZ
DAVID PASKOWITZ
JONATHAN PASKOWITZ
ABRAHAM PASKOWITZ
ISRAEL “IZZY” PASKOWITZ
MOSES ZYUS PASKOWITZ II
ADAM PASKOWITZ
SALVADOR DANIEL PASKOWITZ
NAVAH PASKOWITZ-WALTHER
JOSHUA PASKOWITZ
DORIAN “DOC” PASKOWITZ, M.D.
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The Fall

The Fall SynopsisLanguishing in a hospital, Roy Walker (Lee Pace) is a broken man in more ways than one: Unable to walk after a fall from a horse in a movie stunt gone wrong, his heart is also broken after his girlfriend ran off with the movie's leading man. Ready to end his life, Roy befriends five-year-old fellow patient Alexandria (Catinca Untaru), with the goal of persuading her to stealing a fatal dose of morphine pills for him.

Roy launches into a story that fuses patients, staff and others at the hospital with imagined personas and exotic lands. What he describes as "an epic tale of love and revenge" is so riveting to Alexandria that she will do whatever Roy asks in order to hear the next installment. The tale loosely mirrors the ill-fated love triangle that has left him heartsick and features Alexandria's favorite nurse Evelyn (Justine Waddell), as the beautiful Princess Evelyn; Sinclair (Daniel Caltagirone), the movie star who stole Roy's girlfriend, as the detested Governor Odious; and Roy himself as the avenging Black Bandit who leads the attack on the governor with the help of a colorful posse that includes Alexandria as the Black Bandit's daughter.

But as the story takes a darker turn, Alexandria begins to realize there is far more at stake than the fate of a handful of imaginary characters. It's up to Roy whether the Black Bandit - and Roy himself - will survive the climactic final scene.

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Release Date: May 9, 2008
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adaptation and War
Running Time: 117 min.
Distributor(s): Roadside Attractions
Tagline: A Little Blessing In Disguise.
MPAA Rating: R for some violent images.

Director(s):
Tarsem Singh

Writer(s):
Dan Gilroy - screenplay (adaptation)
Nico Soultanakis - Screenplay (adaptation)
Tarsem Singh - Screenplay (adaptation)
Valeri Petrov - Source Material (from screenplay: "Yo Ho Ho")

Producer(s):
Tommy Turtle - Executive Producer
Ajit Singh - Executive Producer
Tarsem Singh - Producer
Nico Soultanakis - Co-Producer
Lionel Kopp - Co-Producer

Movie Casts:
Catinca Untaru - Alexandria
Justine Waddell - Nurse Evelyn / Sister Evelyn
Lee Pace - Roy Walker
Kim Uylenbroek - Doctor / Alexander the Great
Aiden Lithgow - Alexander's Messenger
Sean Gilder - Walt Purdy
Ronald France - Otto
Andrew Roussouw - Mr. Sabatini
Michael Huff - Dr. Whitaker
Grant Swanby - Father Augustine
Emil Hostina - Alexandria's Father / Bandit
Robin Smith - Luigi / One Legged Actor
Jeetu Verma - Indian / Orange Picker
Leo Bill - Darwin / Orderly
Marcus Wesley - Otta Benga / Ice Delivery Man
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Reprise

Reprise SynopsisThe freewheeling passion of youth and the unpredictable perils of fate are both the subject and the breathtaking form of Joachim Trier's lean and kinetic journey through friendship, love, madness, and creativity: REPRISE. Trier viscerally captures the way life takes off at rocket-speed in the beginning of adulthood - and the what-ifs and why-nots that both drive and haunt us as the unbridled hopes of youth come to a screeching halt.

The fast-moving story kicks off just as Phillip (ANDERS DANIELSON LIE) and Erik (ESPEN KLOUMANHOINER) stand at the maibox, two cocky, grinning rebels full of 20-year-old verve and dreams, their whole lives hanging in the balance at this singular moment. Each is about to ship off his first novel to publishers, each is hoping to become a wildly influential "cult author," each has visions of a new life of non-stop intensity, brilliance, romance and nightclubbing.

Fast-forward six months. These reveries have crashed, hard, into reality. Phillip, whose novel garnered instant acclaim and turned him into a mini-celebrity, has had a terrifying breakdown and is just about to be released from a psychiatric hospital. Erik, who never sold his novel, is still pecking away, determined to follow in the footsteps of his undying hero, a reclusive but idolized writing genius, no matter what it takes.

REPRISE explores not just what happens to Phillip and Erik as they pick up the pieces but what might have happened to them, what they imagine could happen, what they fear will possible happen and what they can't see actually happening. Nimbly moving both backwards and forwards in time - via a dazzling mix of flashbacks, rapid-fire editing, philosophical voiceovers and comical flights of fancy - the film traces how Erik and Phillip arrived at this precipice where exuberant youth runs into the harsh light of day... and witnesses the emotionally gripping aftermath.

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Release Date: May 16, 2008
Genre: Art, Foreign, Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 105 min.
Distributor(s): Miramax Films
Tagline:
MPAA Rating: R for sexuality and language.

Director(s):
Joachim Trier

Writer(s):
Joachim Trier - Screenplay
Eskil Vogt - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Karin Julsrud - Producer

Movie Casts:
Anders Danielsen Lie - Phillip
Espen Klouman-Høiner - Erik
Viktoria Winge - Kari
Henrik Elvestad - Henning
Christian Rubeck - Lars
Odd Magnus Williamson - Morten
Rebekka Karijord - Johanne
Henrik Mestad - Jan Eivind
Pål Stokka - Geir
Sigmund Sæverud - Sten Egil Dahl
Tone Danielsen - Inger, Phillip's mother
Eindride Eidsvold - Narrator
Kari Feilberg-Jacobsen - Guest at party
Silje Hagen - Lillian
Thorbjørn Harr - Mathis Wergeland
Ivar Lykke - Telesalgsjef
Elisabeth Sand - Hanne, Erik's mother
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Rogue

Rogue SynopsisPete is an American traveler writer reporting on the booming tourist industry in the Northern Territory. While taking a river cruise he finds himself stuck with a collection of interesting characters, including Kate, the beautiful local tour guide. There is an immediate attraction between the two, but when their boat is rammed by something from below, the tour is thrown into disarray and they become stranded on a tiny mud island. As night falls and the tide starts to rise, the group slowly realize they are being stalked by a huge saltwater crocodile, beginning a terrifying struggle for survival in one of the most remote places in the world.



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Release Date: April 25, 2008
Genre: Action-Adventure, Romance, Suspense, Horror and Thriller
Running Time: 92 min.
Distributor(s): Dimension Films
Tagline: Welcome to the Terrortory
MPAA Rating: R for language and some creature violence.

Director:
Greg McLean

Writer(s):
Greg McLean - screenplay

Producer(s):
Bob Weinstein - Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer
Joel Perlman - Executive Producer
Robert Kirby - Executive Producer
Tony Cavanaugh - Executive Producer
Gary Hamilton - Co-Executive Producer
Martin Fabinyi - Producer
David Lightfoot - Producer
Julia Overton - Producer
Matt Hearn - Producer
Greg McLean - Producer

Movie Casts:
Caroline Brazier
Stephen Curry - Simon
Celia Ireland - Gwen
John Jarratt
Heather Mitchell - Elizabeth
Radha Mitchell - Kate Ryan
Geoff Morrell - Allen
Damien Richardson - Colin
Robert Taylor - Everett Kennedy
Michael Vartan - Pete McKell
Mia Wasikowska - Sherry
Sam Worthington - Neil
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Zombie Strippers

Zombie Strippers SynopsisNightmare on Elm Street's ROBERT ENGLUND and worldwide media sensation JENNA JAMESON star in Zombie Strippers. When a secret government agency lets out a deadly chemo virus causing the reanimation of the dead, the first place to get hit is Rhino's, a hot underground strip club. As one of the strippers gets the virus, she turns into a supernatural, flesh-eating zombie stripper, making her the hit if the club. Do the rest of the girls fight the temptation to be the star stripper, even if there is no turning back? Also featuring ROXY SAINT (of the Goth band Roxy Saint and the blackouts) and Ultimate Fighting Champion TITO ORTIZ, Zombie Strippers is a sexy, bloody, hilarious good time!


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Release Date: April 18, 2008
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Running Time: 94 min.
Distributor(s): Triumph Films
Tagline: They'll dance for a fee, but devour you for free.
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and gore, sexuality/nudity and language.

Director(s):
Jay Lee

Writer(s):
Jay Lee - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Larry Schapiro - Executive Producer
Andrew Golov - Producer
Angela J. Lee - Producer

Movie Casts:
Robert Englund - Ian Essko
Jenna Jameson - Kat
Roxy Saint - Lillith
Joey Medina - Paco
Shamron Moore - Jeannie
Penny Drake - Sox
Jennifer Holland - Jessy
John Hawkes - Davis
Jeannette Sousa - Berengé
Whitney Anderson - Gaia
Carmit Levité - Madame Blavatski
Calvin Green - Cole
Zak Kilberg - Byrdflough
Catero Colbert - Major Camus
Jen Alex Gonzalez - Lt. Ryker
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Wall-E

Wall-E SynopsisAfter hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL-E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen.

Joining WALL-E in his fantastic journey across a universe of never-before-imagine visions of the future, is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.


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Release Date: June 27, 2008
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Romance and Sci-Fi
Running Time:
Distributor(s): Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation
Tagline: After 700 years of doing what he was built for - he'll discover what he's meant for.
MPAA Rating:

Director(s):
Andrew Stanton

Writer(s):
Andrew Stanton - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Jim Morris - Producer
Lindsey K. Collins - Co-Producer

Movie Casts:
Sigourney Weaver - (voice)
John Ratzenberger - (voice)
Fred Willard - Shelby Forthright (voice)
Kathy Najimy - (voice)
Jeff Garlin - Captain (voice)
Paul Eiding - Additional Voices (voice)
Ben Burtt - (voice)
Kim Kopf - Hoverchair Mother (voice)
Garrett Palmer - Hover Chair Son (voice)
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Mister Lonely

Mister Lonely SynopsisOnly Harmony Korine (writer of KIDS, auteur of GUMMO, JULIEN DONKEY-BOY) could weave Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, her daughter Shirley Temple and flying nuns into a hypnotically funny and truly poignant tale of the instability behind fanaticism and the redemption we can hope to find in one another. The film follows a lonely Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) who is invited by a beautiful Marilyn Monroe (Samantha Morton) to a commune full of other impersonators including the Queen of England, Madonna, Sammy Davis Junior and James Dean, in the Scottish Highlands. In a parallel story line, the incomparable Werner Herzog plays a Latin American priest who learns his missionary of nuns can literally fly.


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Release Date: May 2, 2008
Genre: Art, Foreign, Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 112 min.
Distributor(s): First Take (IFC)
Tagline:
MPAA Rating:

Director(s):
Harmony Korine

Writer(s):
Harmony Korine - Screenplay
Avi Korine - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Peter Watson - Executive Producer
Agnes B - Executive Producer
Nadja Romain - Producer
Harmony Korine - Producer
David Reid - Co-Producer
Adam Bohling - Co-Producer
Anne Carli - Associate Producer
James Flynn - Associate Producer
Hengameh Panahi - Associate Producer
Richard Mansell - Associate Producer

Movie Casts:
Diego Luna - Michael Jackson
Samantha Morton - Marilyn Monroe
Denis Lavant - Charlie Chaplin
Werner Herzog - Father Umbrillo
James Fox - The Pope
Melita Morgan - Madonna
Anita Pallenberg - The Queen of England
Jason Pennycooke - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Esme Creed-Miles - Shirley Temple
David Blaine
Leos Carax - Renard
Britta Gartner - Nun
Quentin Grosset - Le petit garçon
Rachel Korine - Little red riding hood
Joseph Morgan - James Dean
Daniel Rovai - Moe
Richard Strange - Abraham Lincoln
Mal Whiteley - Larry - one of the 3 Stooges
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