Avod Movie Library May 09

MOVIE LIBRARY Take your pick from classic blockbusters, hilarious spoofs, a British gangster movie starring a future Bond and a Clint Eastwood season

TOP BOX OFFICE HITS

Award winners

HARRY POTTER AND the prisoner of Azkaban family 2h 10m

A Fish called wanda Comedy 1h 48m

John Cleese plays a repressed barrister who falls for a sexy American thief, becoming an unwitting member of her gang. (1988)

Harry’s third and most dangerous term at Hogwarts. An escaped convict has a score to settle with the boy wizard. Stars Daniel Radcliffe. (2004)

mission: impossible action 1h 49m

master and commander: the far side of the world Action 2h 19m

Tom Cruise’s first outing as super-spy Ethan Hunt. His impossible mission – to clear his name after a botched assignment. (1996)

Swashbuckling, pirate-bashing adventure set aboard HMS Surprise during the Napoleonic Wars. Stars Russell Crowe. (2003)

Robots family

Network drama 2h 3m

1h 30m In a mechanical world a young robot inventor sets out to meet his idol. Polished animation for junior viewers. Features Jim Broadbent. (2005)

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transformers action 2h 24m

The Spy who came in from the cold thriller 1h 52m

A shy schoolboy gets caught up in a battle between shape-shifting robots. Stars Shia LaBeouf. (2007)

twister thriller

A veteran news anchorman becomes a media sensation following his on-air breakdown. Earned Peter Finch a Best Actor Oscar. (1976)

1h 53m Speed director Jan de Bont whips up a storm for this tale of married meteorologists who chase tornadoes across Oklahoma. Stars Helen Hunt. (1996)

Richard Burton plays a washed-up British spy recalled from Cold War East Germany. Adapted from the John le Carré bestseller. (1965)

EXECUTIVE CLUB SELECTION An Inconvenient truth drama 1h 40m

Al Gore’s Oscar-winning, critically acclaimed movie documentary on global warming. (2006)

Box of tricks Transformers; An Inconvenient Truth (right)

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English subtitles

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disponible en français

Classic movies

Spoofs

directed by Clint eastwood

Best of british

Anchorman: the Legend of Ron burgundy comedy 1h 31m

Letters from Iwo Jima drama 2h 21m

Layer Cake thriller 1h 50m

Will Ferrell takes aim at the macho world of 70s TV news, and hits the comedy bullseye as a vain and dim anchorman. (2004)

Gangster’s Moll Layer Cake

Casino royale comedy 2h 11m

Eastwood’s second examination of the WWII battle of Iwo Jima. This is the Japanese perspective. Stars Ken Watanabe. (2006)

mystic river thriller 2h 18m

Peter Sellers and David Niven star in this hilarious Bond parody as they attempt to topple Orson Welles’ evil Le Chiffre. (1967)

Three school friends from a tough Boston neighbourhood confront a shared secret after one of their daughters is murdered. Eastwood directs. Stars Sean Penn. (2003)

Dr strangelove or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb comedy 1h 33m

the bridges of madison county drama 2h 15m

Stanley Kubrick’s Cold War comedy stars Peter Sellers in three different roles as he attempts to stop nuclear apocalypse. (1964)

A rare romantic lead for Eastwood – he plays a wandering photographer who falls for a farmer’s wife. Also stars Meryl Streep. (1995)

zoolander comedy 1h 30m

unforgiven action 2h 11m

Ben Stiller is a supermodel who teams up with his catwalk rival (Owen Wilson) to defeat Will Ferrell’s evil fashion guru Mugato. (2001)

best days of your life

A gunslinger is lured out of retirement to save a town terrorised by a cowboy gang. Clint Eastwood’s 1992 comeback.

Go figure Good Will Hunting

Children Of a lesser god drama 1h 58m

A new teacher (William Hurt) who works at a school for the deaf falls for one of the students. Finely drawn romantic drama. (1986)

cult classic memento thriller 1h 53m Runway rivals Zoolander

Slick British gangster movie with Daniel Craig as a stylish drug dealer who’s all set to retire until he’s lured back by one last job. (2004)

A man battles with amnesia as he tries to solve his wife’s murder in this claustrophobic whodunnit, which helped win director Christopher Nolan the Batman gig. (2000)

Ferris Bueller’s day off comedy 1h 42m A beacon for 80s teen rebellion. Matthew Broderick skips school and heads into Chicago for a day of self-discovery. (1986)

good will hunting drama 2h 6m

World favourite Life is beautiful drama 1h 58m

A Jewish Italian father, interned in a concentration camp, creates an elaborate lie to hide the truth from his son. (1997)

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vorhanden auf Deutsch

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disponibile in italiano

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Matt Damon’s 1997 breakthrough role as a troubled boy from Boston whose gift for maths is discovered by a college professor. (1997)

The prime of miss jean brodie comedy 1h 56m

An Edinburgh teacher in the 1930s sets high moral standards for her pupils, but not herself. Maggie Smith on formidable form. (1969)

disponível no português

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disponible en español

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