Synopsis CPL 1 - 3 - Criterion Pictures
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<strong>Criterion</strong> <strong>Pictures</strong><br />
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Wrestling Ernest Hemingway<br />
1993 • 123 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers<br />
Director: Randa Haines<br />
Cast: Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Piper Laurie, Sandra Bullock, Shirley MacLaine<br />
Two older men now living in Florida: a boozy Irish ex-sea captain (Harris) and a retired Cuban barber (Duvall). They have practically<br />
nothing in common, but their need for companionship and interaction draws them together.<br />
Wrongfully Accused<br />
1998 • 87 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers<br />
Director: Pat Profit<br />
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Kally LeBrock, Michael York, Richard Crenna<br />
A parody of The Fugitive from Pat Proft, who co-created Police Academy, The Naked Gun and Hot Shots. Nielsen stars as a violinist who<br />
is wrongfully (and hilariously) accused of murdering a prominent patron of the arts. He must then evade police while tracking down the<br />
real killer (a one-armed and one-legged man).<br />
X-Men<br />
2000 • 104 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox<br />
Director: Bryan Singer<br />
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin<br />
Based on the best-selling Marvel Comic’s series, the story tells of a team of outcasts, each born with a unique genetic mutation that gives<br />
them extraordinary powers. Rejected by mankind, the X-Men soon realize that the citizens they fight to protect from evil have turned<br />
against them and they must resort to desperate actions to defend themselves against an intolerant world.<br />
X-Men First Class<br />
2011 • 132 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox<br />
Director: Matthew Vaughn<br />
Cast: Rose Byrne, January Jones, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Kevin Bacon Nicholas Hoult, ,Jason Flemyng,<br />
Zoë Kravitz, Oliver Platt, Lucas Till, Edi Gathegi<br />
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for<br />
the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new),<br />
to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known...<br />
X-Men Origins: Wolverine<br />
2009 • 107 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox<br />
Director: Gavin Hood<br />
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, will.i.am, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch, Dominic Monaghan, Ryan Reynolds<br />
After seeking to live a normal life, Logan sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and<br />
becoming Wolverine.<br />
X-Men the Last Stand<br />
2006 • 104 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox<br />
Director: Brett Ratner<br />
Cast: Halle Berry, Maggie Grace, Kelsey Grammer, Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Vinnie Jones, James Marsden, Ian McKellen,<br />
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Patrick Stewart<br />
Hostility grows more immense between mutants and humans as an alternative for the mutant race is offered. While new friends and<br />
enemies surface, the light in Alkali Lake grows stronger.<br />
X2: X-Men United<br />
2003 • 132 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox<br />
Director: Bryan Singer<br />
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Anna Paquin<br />
X-MEN 2 reunites the principal cast members of X-MEN, which theatrically has grossed nearly $300 million worldwide, was a video and<br />
DVD phenomenon, and pioneered the current wave of comics to film adaptations. Also returning are the original key creative team,<br />
including director Bryan Singer. X-MEN 2 will feature several surprises, including favourite mutant characters from the vast X-Men comics<br />
universe, who are new to the film franchise.<br />
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