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Beetlejuice
1988 • 94 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Micheal Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder
Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis portray a couple of nice, young homebody ghosts who call upon Beetlejuice, a bioexorcist played by
Michael Keaton to exorcise their house of a pack of pretentious, trend-setting human beings who threaten to make their house unlivable
even for the dead.
Before Tomorrow
2009 • 93 minutes • Colour • Alliance Films Inc
Director: Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu
Cast: Madeline Ivalu, Paul-Dylan Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Based on the novel by Jørn Riel. Two Inuit families meet for a summertime celebration. Food is abundant and the future seems bright, but
Ningiuq, a strong and wise old woman, cannot stop worrying. She sees her world as fragile and moves through it with a pervasive sense
of dread. Ningiuq sets out with her grandson to a remote island, where they dry the catch and store it for winter. The task is finished and
the warm season comes to an end, as they wait in vain for the others to pick them up.
Behind Enemy Lines
2001 • 105 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox
Director: John Moore
Cast: Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, David Keith, Gabriel Macht, Shane Johnson, Vladimir Mashkov
A Navy pilot (Wilson) is shot down over enemy territory, and struggles to survive the relentless pursuit of a ruthless secret police enforcer,
a deadly tracker, and countless hostile troops. With time running out, the injured pilot's commanding officer (Hackman) goes against orders
to carry out a desperate rescue mission.
Behind the Sun
2001 • 105 minutes • Colour • Alliance Films Inc
Director: Walter Salles
Cast: José Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro, Rita Assemany, Ravi Ramos Lacerda, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Flavia Marco Antonio
The Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if
he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the 20 years he has already lived and the few days he has left to live, before the other
family avenges their son's death. He is torn between fulfilling his ancestral duty and rebelling against it, urged by his younger brother Pacu.
That's when a tiny traveling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho's family lives.
Bend It Like Beckham
2003 • 112 minutes • Colour • Fox Searchlight
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Cast: Parminder K. Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Jess is an Indian girl who dreams of life on a more even playing field; whether it be her beloved game of soccer or an opportunity to
experience more than what her parents and culture might be ready to accept.
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970 • 95 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox
Director: Ted Post
Cast: James Franciscus, Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter Maurice Evans, Roddy McDowall, Victor Buono
Astronaut James Franciscus finds Chalton Heston, sole survivor of a previous crash, in the ruins of a subterranean city populated by a
weird race of mutants who worship an unusual icon an atomic missele. 2nd of the series.
Best in Show
2000 • 89 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Christopher Guest, Parker Posey, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Catherine O’Hara
The owners (and handlers) of five show dogs head for the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. A film crew interviews them as they prepare
for the trip, arrive at Philly's Taft Hotel, and compete.
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