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<strong>Criterion</strong> <strong>Pictures</strong><br />

30 MacIntosh Blvd., Unit 7 • Vaughan, Ontario • L4K 4P1<br />

800-565-1996 Fax: 866-664-7545 • www.criterionpic.com<br />

Pride<br />

2007 • 104 minutes • Colour • Maple <strong>Pictures</strong><br />

Director: Sunu Gonera<br />

Cast: Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Tom Arnold, Trevor Morgan, Kimberly Elise, Evan Ross, Gary Anthony Sturgis, Alphonso McAuley,<br />

Regine Nehy<br />

The determined Jim Ellis starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation.<br />

Prince Valiant<br />

1998 • 91 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox<br />

Director: Anthony Hickox<br />

Cast: Stephen Moyer, Katherine Heigl, Thomas Kretschmann, Udo Kier<br />

In a time now lost in the mists of memory, the great King Arthur rules in the legendary citadel that is Camelot.<br />

The Princess Bride<br />

1987 • 97 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox<br />

Director: Rob Reiner<br />

Cast: Andre the Giant, Robin Wright, Peter Falk, Mandy Patinkin<br />

A grandfather reads his grandson a bedtime story that has been passed down from father to son for generations. The story is a classic tale<br />

of love and adventure as the beautiful Buttercup is kidnapped and held against her will in order to marry the odious Prince Humperdinck,<br />

and Westley (her childhood beau, now returned as the Dread Pirate Roberts) attempts to save her. On the way he meets an accomplished<br />

swordsman and a huge, super strong giant, both of whom become his companions in his quest to rescue Buttercup.<br />

The Private Eyes<br />

1981 • 91 minutes • Colour • New Horizons<br />

Director: Lang Elliott<br />

Cast: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble, Bernard Fox, Grace Zabriskie, John Fujioka, Stan Ross<br />

The updated Holmes and Watson team perfectly spoofs the famous detective duo, bumbling through secret doors and passageways of an<br />

old mansion as they try to find the killer of the Lord and Lady who lived there.<br />

The Proud and the Damned<br />

1972 • 96 minutes • Colour • Astral Bellevue Classics<br />

Director: Ferde Grofe Jr.<br />

Cast: Chuck Connors, Jose Greco, Cesar Romero, Aron Kincaid, Anita Quinn<br />

Five mercenaries stumble into the camp of a powerful military dictator who forces them to spy for him. While doing so, they become victims<br />

of violence and betrayal.<br />

Pure Country<br />

1992 • 112 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers<br />

Director: Christopher Cain<br />

Cast: George Strait, Lesley Ann Warren, Isabel Glasser, Kyle Chandler, John Doe<br />

Tuckered-out country star revisits his rural roots, falls for a redheaded rodeo aspirant who doesn't realize who he is.<br />

The Queen<br />

2006 • 103 minutes • Colour • Alliance Films Inc<br />

Director: Stephen Frears<br />

Cast: Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Sylvia Syms, Tim McMullan, Robin Soans, Lola Peploe, Douglas Reith,<br />

Joyce Henderson, Pat Laffan<br />

In 1997, after the death of Lady Di in a car accident in Paris, the reluctant Queen and The Establishment do not accept to honor the<br />

"People's Princess" as a member of the Royal Family. However, the public and the media question the utility of the monarchy and the justelected<br />

Prime Minister Tony Blair advises the Queen to make a public speech mourning the loss of Diana.<br />

© 2011 All Rights Reserved Les Films <strong>Criterion</strong> <strong>Pictures</strong> 1-800-595-1996 www.criterionpic.com

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