Synopsis CPL 1 - 3 - Criterion Pictures
Synopsis CPL 1 - 3 - Criterion Pictures
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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 />
The Getaway<br />
1972 • 122 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers<br />
Director: Sam Peckinpah<br />
Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw<br />
A Husband and wife plan and execute a bank robbery. In an attempt at a complicated getaway, their half a million dollars is almost stolen<br />
from them.<br />
Giant<br />
1956 • 201 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers<br />
Director: George Stevens<br />
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper<br />
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter<br />
Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett<br />
Rink unfolds across two generations.<br />
Girl with a Pearl Earring<br />
2004 • 95 minutes • Colour • Maple <strong>Pictures</strong><br />
Director: Peter Webber<br />
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis, Joanna Scanlan, Alakina Mann<br />
Griet (Johansson) is a peasant girl who is forced to work as a maid in the home of the painter Johannes Vermeer (Firth). She eventually<br />
becomes the model for what becomes one of his most famous works. Based on Tracy Chevalier's novel.<br />
Girls! Girls! Girls!<br />
1962 • 106 minutes • Colour • Paramount <strong>Pictures</strong><br />
Director: Norman Taurog<br />
Cast: Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin, Benson Fong<br />
Presley is chased by a mass of girls and can't decide which one he prefers. Along the way, he sings "Return to Sender" and some other<br />
numbers.<br />
The Glass Shield<br />
1995 • 108 minutes • Colour • Alliance Films Inc<br />
Director: Charles Burnett<br />
Cast: Ice Cube, Michael Boatman, Lori Petty<br />
An explosive thriller that seems to spring from today’s headlines. The film explores corruption and racism in the Los Angeles Police<br />
Department.<br />
Glitter<br />
2001 • 105 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox<br />
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall<br />
Cast: Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, Eric Benet, Da Brat, Terrence Howard, Ann Magnuson, Valarie Pettiford, Tia Texada<br />
A young singer (Carey) who grew up in the projects after she was abandoned by her mother gets her big break when a DJ (Beesley) hears<br />
her demo tape (which also leads to a relationship). The film takes place in the New York club scene of the early 1980's, and the singer is a<br />
member of an all-girls group.<br />
Gods and Generals<br />
2003 • 216 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers<br />
Director: Ronald F. Maxwell<br />
Cast: Robert Duvall, Stephen Lang, Jeff Daniels, Mira Sorvino, Bruce Boxleitner, Kali Rocha, Jeremy London, William Sanderson, Stephen<br />
Spacek, Scott Cooper<br />
A sweeping epic charting the early years of the Civil War and how the campaigns unfolded from Manassas I to the Battle of<br />
Fredericksburg, this prequel to the film “Gettysburg” explores the motivations of the combatants and examines the lives of those who<br />
waited at home. Based on the novel by Jeff Shaara<br />
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