RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

Race to Witch Mountain is a re-imagining of the 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain. Both versions of the film are based on the 1968 novel Escape to Witch Mountain by author Alexander Key. The film is directed by Andy Fickman and stars Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, and Carla Gugino.

Filming began in Los Angeles in March 2008. Race to Witch Mountain was released on March 13, 2009.

Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) is a cab driver in Las Vegas, who is picking up and dropping off passengers to the UFO convention at the Planet Hollywood Casino and Hotel. One of his passengers is Dr. Alex Friedman (Carla Gugino), a failed scientist who is giving speeches about legitimate scientific theories of UFOs and outer space.

The next day Bruno is approached by two large men telling him that Wolff would like to see him. After fighting them, Bruno drives off, later noticing two children, Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig) sitting in the back seat of the cab. They tell him they need to go to a certain destination and are willing to pay all they have ($15,000) to get there. They lead him to a run down house in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, Major Henry Burke (Ciaran Hinds) is searching for information on the two aliens that landed some days earlier.

When they arrive at the house, the children tell Bruno that they will be re-united with their relatives soon. Before leaving Bruno hears a crash coming from the house. He is startled to find them hiding behind a couch. Though grateful for his concern, the children tell him they must continue their journey without him, as they can trust no one. Nevertheless, Bruno decides to follow them, which leads him to the basement of the house. There the kids are pursued and attacked by a strange creature as they retrieve an object in a plant. They manage to escape from this creature.

When leaving they are attacked by a "Siphon", a creature built to destroy a certain target. The Siphon pursues them until it causes a crash of his spaceship into a train, the creature survives, though wounded. The trio eventually find themselves in a small town, Stony Creek, where they encounter Tina the waitress (Tia from the original movie) and the sheriff (Tony from the original movie), now both grown and settled in the town to which they escaped in the original movie. The children explain to Bruno that they are aliens from a distant planet, who are sent to Earth by their parents because the government of their dying planet intends to attack and invade Earth so that their kind may live on there. They also explain that the object they obtained at the house contains the results of an experiment which their parents set up. The research from this experiment will save their planet without having to attack and invade Earth. However their planet's military prefer the idea of invading Earth and sent the Siphon assassin to stop them. They are next pursued by government agencies trying to retrieve the children for experiments.

They are joined by Dr. Friedman at the UFO Expo. With help of one of Dr. Friedman's friends they discover that the ship they are searching has been relocated to a government base at Witch Mountain. While preparing to leave the UFO Expo the Siphon arrives, it prepares to attack but Sara uses her powers to knock him through a wall. The group,now including Dr. Friedman, after evading the pursuing government agents eventually arrive at Witch Mountain. At first the children are captured along with Bruno and Friedman. Nevertheless the two humans escape and come to rescue the kids. The Siphon causes a distraction by attacking the base. They manage to free the children and reach their ship. By running the Siphon over they escape but the Siphon hangs on and gets on board. Bruno and Seth battle the Siphon in the lower sections of the ship, unmasking him in the fight. Finally, Bruno defeats the evil alien by knocking him into the ships engine. The kids drop Jack and Alex off and after a tearful goodbye, they head back to their ship, but give Bruno and Alex a device that will allow the kids to always find them. And Sara gives Jack the power to use his brain to the mind reading ability.

During the end credits, Bruno and Dr. Friedman (now a couple) are speaking at a UFO convention about their new successful book called "Race to Witch Mountain". The last scene shows them driving off in a car Bruno dreamed of getting honestly as he had mentioned to Friedman earlier—a Mustang similar to that driven by Steve McQueen in Bullitt. This mind-blowing event stuns the entire audience, causing them to comment aloud. As they are about to leave, the device the kids gave Bruno before they left goes off, indicating that they may be returning.

For years, often narrated around the place of the secret in the middle of the Nevada desert, with the phenomenon and mysterious scenery. The place was known by the name of Penyihir mountains (Witch Mountain), and during a person penegmudi the taxi (Dwayne Johnson) bertemua two adolescents with the supernatural strength, he realised that he was being in the adventure that could not he described. When they only had the opportunity to express the Witch Mountain secret, many sides tried to stop them...

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS 4

Relations between Dominic Toretto (Vin the Diesel) and Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) quite unique. On the one hand Dom really hated Brian because he was police that menyamar became the racing driver to arrest the gang of the robber who was led by Dom, but on the other side, Brian could also rescue his life several times. After trying to move further away from Brian, finally fate brought Dom returned to Los Angeles where he must meet Brian again. However this time came back Dom was forced to have to establish the work was the same as the person who was hated by him this because the two of them faced the same enemy. There was no choice for Dom and Brian apart from trusting each other to complete their personal mission was their respective. Brian was assigned to infiltrate into the network of the distributor of narcotics named Antonio Braga (John Ortiz). Brian found the gap when Braga looked for an uncivilised racing driver to be made the courier. Unfortunately, Dominic also aimed at the same position although in fact Dominic's motivation was pure revenge. Dominic wanted to avenge the Letty death (Michelle Rodriguez) Because of the Braga conduct. A film had genre racing could remain until the fourth sequel might be still being an achievement. But could be also the launching of this fourth part as the redeemer from two episodes beforehand that failed. This was seen from the player's composition that was the same as the first part that threw the genre of the film racing last 2001. Acknowledged or not, 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: Tokyo DRIFT indeed failed to occupy the level that was the same as the first part. Two films appeared to lose taring when compared with the episode initially. The topic that began to be felt monotonous and the fight sequence that still did not pull could be made the failure scapegoat of this film in the market. But apparently the reality did not make Universal Studios surrendered and emerged the fourth part with original lineup this. But although being regarded as the correction by this fourth part, apparently same efforts too much were not successful. The menu that was served also still not far from three parts beforehand. Finally, the studio only could hope that the genre interested persons of the film racing still enough and was prepared to spend money to watch this film. The plot was not strong enough to make this film be something that was deserving to be recalled while acting of his players also was classified as the standard then. The visual matter indeed still quite interesting although in fact did not have something that was completely new. If you passed three parts beforehand, possibly did not have mistakenly you tried FAST & FURIOUS this was the reverse if you followed franchise this from the beginning, will not be unfortunate if you passed this one. Except, of course, if you want to recalled the past saw the appearance of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.

Knowing controlled the United States Cinema

Los Angeles: Thriller-supernatural about doomsday, "Knowing", succeeded in becoming the most quick-selling film this week in the United States and Canada. The film that was starred in by Nicolas Cage this succeeded in eliminating two films that also were released last week namely the romantic "I Love You" comedy", Man" and Julia Roberts newest, "Duplicity". "Knowing" told a story about an astrophysics expert of John Koestler, that was played by Cage, that found the row of the figure that was written in 1959 by a kindergarten pupil. The row that originally dipikir random that, evidently showed big disasters, the location, and the number of his casualties during semicentenially following. In the list, Koestler found the railway collision will happen, and true that happened. In the list was latest, Koestler originally suspected the number of casualties of being "33". But evidently that the opposite from the "EE" letter that meant everyone (everyone else) alias doomsday. This film didanai by Summit Entertainment, the relatively small producer but succeeded in printing several hits. Before "Knowing", Summit has produced "Twilight" that in the week It was first that his income almost three times of the film fold that were starred in by Cage this. "Knowing" set aside "I Love You, Man" and "Duplicity", two other films that also were released widely in the United States. "Duplicity", that was in the third level, was starred in by Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. The two of them became second-hand the secret agent who tried to steal money from the company of the competitor's medicine.

Knowing

WHAT IT IS LIKE when you could see what was not printed in the eyes of the other person, heard that was not heard by the other person and felt what was not felt to be other by the person? You felt something will happen, but you did not know that what. That sixth sense or the hallucination completely? The primary school girl in Massachusetts, during 1959, was named Lucinda Embry, blind about the future. However he the key to the prediction of destruction of the earth alias doomsday. Lucinda was known as the mysterious pupil, tampang him sad, gloomy and often did not speak. The most foreign noose in the class. However, he had the secret that made all his life be full of the question mark. One day, Lucinda's school held the agenda buried a time capsule. The capsule that will be opened came back 50 years afterwards that was full of the envelope. In the envelopes contained the picture of era children in the 50 's about the future. Strangely, not the picture that dicoretkan Lucinda in paper, but the random figure. He wrote figures with very fast, and so his teacher, Ms Taylor,Seized the paper. Don't wrong! Not Lucinda the figure maniac, he only wrote followed whisperings on his ears that did not can be heard the other person. During the burial of the time capsule, Lucinda suddenly vanished. He disappeared. Everyone looked for him. The official of the school was then mobilised. Ms Taylor had finally found Lucinda. The small girl was in the cupboard in the saddening condition, his finger was smeared with blood. In 2009, during him the time capsule was lifted from the grave. All the pupils fought for mutual envelopes. Caleb, one of the pupils, got the envelope belonging to Lucinda. Initially, the father Caleb, John Koestler considered the envelope of only fads of past children. However, Caleb tried convincing, the envelope possibly useful. It was curious, John that was professional as a professor afterwards studied each random digit that was sealed in this old paper. Relied googling, John realised the figures not the normal figure. The figures exact referred in several tragedies that claimed extraordinary casualties, including the unlucky incident that claimed his wife, your mother of Caleb, until making John did not believe the Lord.After the day, the life father-child this changed. Remain at three disasters that did not yet happen in 2009. How did John overcome this situation? Now Caleb that tuna rungu since being born must hear whisperings, as that was heard by Lucinda. John worried at the same time the fear, Caleb will be following figure casualties. But he was not possible to run away from this fate. After fighting as hard as possible, to investigate the disaster as well as to follow again the tracks of Lucinda Embry, John got the answer. Knowing was a work novel of Ryne Douglas Pearson, that afterwards was translated in the form of the film under the direction of the director Alex Proyas. The film that was released by the first time on March 20 2009, this was close with nuances thriller that was gloomy enough. Might be counted, almost all the characterisations in the story drained emotions and the nervousness. The core from the message that wanted to be sent by the writer apparently was not far the difference from the The Eye film. However, the film that was starred in by Nicolas Cage this was superior in the level the depth narrated. Why not, Pearson dared to lift the side of spirituality that Uptil now was identical to the East world. He united him with the scientific level, technology, and the pattern thought realistic in the style of the Western World. But, Knowing not the ghost's film. Pearson the success smuggled the idea at the same time mendekonstruksi by chance about the history of the universe creation. Aesthetics thought the writer as though forcing open the understanding of the individual of reality and the truth of the history of civilisation. That all that happened in the world has been written, was recorded neat: that was born, that died, that came and that went. And only 'that was chosen' that will create the new generation after ate Khuldi. You might believe, might also not. Because this only the film, only related: the reconstruction from the construction on reality, that could be still being believed in by you, could also not.

KNOWING

An excavation that was carried out in a school found things from the quite deliberate past was buried to be found by people in the period that will come. One of the results of the findings were the row of the figure that was made by a child fifty years that set. Originally the row of the figure was seen like the row of the random figure but evidently over the row of the figure was kept by a mystery. Caleb Koestler (Chandler Canterbury), Putra John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) brought the findings and showed to his father who indeed was an astrophysics expert. After researching the row of this figure, John realised had a message that wanted to be sent by the writer and evidently in the row of the same figure was kept by a frightening fact. In the row of the figure was kept several incident notes for fifty last years. Meaning that, when the row of the figure was written, the writer knew what will happen in the period that will come. Although originally did not believe, but John finally Want to not want to feel worried that the prediction that was written in the row of the figure really will happen. And that was most frightening was the prediction that mentioned that before long the human race will be extinct. Currently John has two choices: allowed all that to happen appropriately or tried to oppose fate and to rescue all humankind from the extinction like that was depicted in the prediction from the past. The problem is, is there the person that believed in John's words or John must undertake this noble mission alone. The idea of the world of the end indeed was classified as the classic idea. When you could see ARMAGEDDON that was starred in by Bruce Willis last 1998, approximately the same idea that tried to be promoted through this film. His difference possibly was the existence of diffusion between the science approach and the religious approach that were united in the film had a duration of 121 this minute. Possibly Alex Proyas, the director, tried to embrace the religious group to be able to enjoy this film from the side of their look They also. In fact Alex's idea was not wrong. Unfortunately in his casting was still being felt seldom prop up. Alex tried play safe by not trying to mention the religion frankly but continue to the spectator will be brought to this one connotation because of Alex put several clue that headed there. The matter special effect, in fact not there is one that is new but Alex used him by means of that was quite effective so as to not make an impression basi now from the matter of acting, apparently too much did not have the quite serious problem. One that ought to be regretted precisely was Nicolas Cage that later was still often being trapped playing in films that even damaged the image that he got up since him playing in VAMPIRE 'S KISS.

Shinjuku Incident

For the lovers Jackie Chan, now had the happy news. There was the new film, his title was Shinjuku Incident.Film this was starred in by Jackie Chan and was directed by Derek Yee. His production time was quite long, that is begun in November 2007. Usually films that were starred in by Jackie Chan, the draught would fight scenes, was come between with the humour. However this time, this Shinjuku Incident film was a drama film. The director Derek Yee said that :”mungkin uptil now people really familiar with the image of Jackie Chan as the fight actor, and now the time to change to the drama. In several interviews, Jackie Chan personally said that possibly for the scene eksyen him only 1 percent then. There were rumours that said that Jaycee Chan, the child Jackie will also join in playing in the film ini.Namun still could not be ascertained. This film will initially be released on September 25 2008 but was postponed to the first quarter in 2009. At this time was in post-production. The short synopsis: In the beginning of the 1990 's,a tractor mechanic by the name of the Steelhead call (Jackie Chan) came to Japan illegally, because of looking for his sweetheart who was named Xiu Xiu (Xu Jinglei). Steelhead and his friend Jie (Daniel Wu) met in the territory that was full of the activity, Shinjuku in Tokyo and tried to look for the work of getting money. When Steelhead knew that Xiu Xiu married headed by Yakuza (was the same as the mafia) Japan that was named Eguchi (Ken Watanabe), he decided to continue to live in Japan. He agreed to work to Eguchi as the killer in order to be able to become the Japanese citizen. In short time, he has been involved too far that resulted in him could not run away from Yakuza to again became the normal person.

THE INTERNATIONAL

The death of his workmate when undertaking the task of making Louis Salinger (Clive Owen), a Interpol official, to terobsesi settled a big case that involved a biggest financial institution in the world. Louis in fact not realise that what he did often will not mean because of the big institution to have had the network that was firm all over the world. THE INTERNATIONAL Louis be sure that International Bank of Business and Credit (IBBC) had the connection with a series of crime that happened all over the world. He expected the bank that was based in Luxembourg this was involved in the arms trade, money laundering, and had the power to determine whoever will become the leader in a country. With help of a New York public prosecutor named Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts), Louis began to investigate the tracks of this IBBC crime. This adventure brought Louis travelled around the world from New York, Germany, France to Italia only to pursue Wilhelm Wexler (Armin Mueller-Stahl), CEO IBBC, that was responsible for all the illegal operation this bank at the same time that To the cause of the death of the workmate Louis. Well-off, two officials of this law demolished an organisation that has been rooted strong all over the world? THE INTERNATIONAL THE INTERNATIONAL this could be acknowledged as the 'other side' from thriller from Bourne or Bond. Many exchange of fire scenes and the chase with backdrop famous cities all over the world but with the hero's noose that more 'humankind'. Meaning that, Tom Tykwer, the director, did not make this main leading figure become a 'humankind super' that could do any but more as a humankind that tried hard to bring about what was believed in by him. The taking of the picture could be considered to be perfect because of having the 'tiring' impression that was representative from the camera trick to depict the hunting over this world. The performance backdrop several important locations like Guggenheim Museum in New York also were used effectively and did not have the impression seemed like these locations only one tempelan in the whole the tie related. THE INTERNATIONAL Unfortunately the beautiful story must end here because of having several The gap from the side of the writing of the text. The character of several main leading figures appeared to be not enough to receive the development so as to be able to not attract the sympathy of the spectators. Finally the impression that emerged was: they were and moved in accordance with the requirement for the text and not became one in the text. Possibly the idea this story was too big to be packed in the format of the film had a duration of less than two the hour. Because of the text that did not satisfy, then wanted did not want indeed that was casualties was Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. They could not do many to make the leading figure who was played by them to the real noose. However with all the limitations, the actor and this actress still could act with quite good.

THE SHINJUKU INCIDENT

The love brought a tractor technician from China named Steelhead (Jackie Chan) departed for Japan. Steelhead meant looked for Xiu Xiu (Jinglei Xu), his sweetheart that suddenly disappeared without having the news. An arrival in Japan, Steelhead must bear the disappointed feeling because that he found not like that he hope for. When arriving there, Steelhead just realise that the dark immigrants from China available in the country the life is isolated from the Japanese community generally. They lived in the hiding because of being frightened was caught and returned back to China. Because of not having the alternative, Steelhead was forced to have to survive in Shinjuku by working to the blue-collar worker. Not old at intervals of, Steelhead succeeded in finding Xiu Xiu but unfortunately not like that he hope for. Xiu Xiu evidently has changed the names and will immediately marry Eguichi (Masaya Kato) that immediately will become the Yakuza leader in the area. This reality did not make the Steelhead intention subside. He afterwards tried to approach Eguichi And straightaway got the belief from this Japanese man. And because of Steelhead help also, Eguichi had finally succeeded in eliminating the weight rival and holding the authority as the leader Yakuza. As the feeling statement thank you, Eguichi bestowed the Shinjuku territory for Steelhead. Evidently increasingly old Steelhead with Eguichi, increasingly was difficult also for Steelhead to leave the world of the crime. Various ease that he could since him with Eguichi increasingly made him fall to the world of the Japanese crime. Apparently in the film was entitled SHINJUKU INCIDENT this Jackie Chan tried to run away from trademark the champion kung fu that since 1976. The proof is, although still had several scenes that involved Jackie in the struggle, but his impression he was a person petarung the street and not the champion kung fu. In fact this was just very legal but the image that has been strong that in fact could not be eliminated just like that only with a film, except if this film had the strength that could change the image that has adhered on the marrow fans. From the side Acting, Jackie Chan indeed not the newcomer in front of the camera. With track record for almost 40 years, explained he did not have the problem with the interpretation of the text in the form of the movement, the face and the intonation. Moreover with the idea related that really Asia like this, clear did not have the quite serious problem. Unfortunately, hard efforts of Jackie Chan this was not matched by the idea related that original. As a result, none made this film be recalled by the person and become the turning-point for Jackie Chan. Saw this film, appeared to not have his difference by seeing the Hong Kongese film in the 80 's that was dominated by the idea the story croaked the life of the world of the crime in Hong Kong. To just recalled the glory of the Hong Kongese film in Indonesia, this film might be made one of the choices, but not if you hoped for something that was spectacular from the noose of Jackie Chan.

The Cleopatra

Two generals most had the power in the Roman empire, Julius Caesar and Markus Antonius, to yield to Cleopatra. He became the legend, menginspirasi he wrote the book, the drama, and dozens of operas. So many people felt so many people knew Cleopatra, without really knew who and how the queen's Egyptian noose in fact. Cleopatra not Egyptians. He the descendants of the Ptolemy dynasty that came from Macedonia. The Ptolemy dynasty had the power in Egypt for three centuries after the Egyptian subjugation by Alexander the Great. Cleopatra was pharaoh Ptolemic first that studied the Egyptian language. He also pharaoh finally Egypt, because after his death, Egypt became one of the provinces in the Roman empire.
according to the history note that was made by the Greek writer, Plutarch (that also wrote the story lived Archimedes) in his book of Life of Anthony was depicted by Cleopatra “benar-correctly did not record, outside biasa” and “kecantikan him not duanya”. However from Cleopatra's picture that was gotten to ten currency coins that were made in his government's period, be difficult to say Cleopatra pretty. His neck was fat, his nose was bent, his ears were long, and his chin stuck up. High his body then only 1,5 metre …. So, what made Cleopatra be like this enchanted? Cleopatra's beauty was di’dalam’, not in tampilan ‘luar’ him. He could speak in nine languages. His brain was sharp. His charisma was strong. His policy was astonishing. He was educated high, and had extraordinary grandeur since early. Plutarch wrote “Percakapan him captured extraordinary … ” and “Perbincangan him tempted. The character is, that merasuk in his action like that enchanted was not said. The sound from his voice was sweet … “. He was so interesting, so as “Plato acknowledged four praise kinds, but Cleopatra had thousands.
Cleopatra was not pretty, but he succeeded in controlling the heart of two people who most had the power in his period, Julius Caesar and Markus Antonius. Caesar said, “Tidak had blood in vena him, apart from sun blood. Hathor that was sweet remained in the eyes and mortar lututnya”. Cleopatra inherited the Egyptian kingdom that was bankrupt. Sebegitu the bankruptcy, until could not print the gold coin, and only made the coin from metal that was not so good his quality. That was the reason often was not found the coin with the picture himself. He built troops, made Egypt strong, maintained peacefulness in negri him, and the success pitted opponents of the strength against each other so as to wage war their peers personally. The Egyptian capital, Alexandria, was the city that most advanced in the world at the time. The city had the health service, the big library, the extraordinary lighthouse, and was a centre of the culture and interesting knowledge the person from all over the world.
Unfortunately, forensic knowledge can not show to us Cleopatra's face. Napoleon seized much treasure from France, including the case of the mummy Cleopatra. Most treasure was returned to Egypt, but the case of the mummy Cleopatra was unintentionally left. During the 1940 's, the French workers found the case of his mummy, and threw his contents to the place of the disposal …. Cleopatra's beauty not in tampilan physical him, but as the icon in the love legend, then the painters, the writer of the drama, and the manufacturer must have of the film put forward Cleopatra that was pretty lovely. The film “Cleopatra” that was made during 1963 put forward the actress was prettiest in the period, Elizabeth Taylor. The film that was made beforehand, like “Antony and Cleopatra”, give Cleopatra's role to Florence Lawrence, while Helen Gardner performed Cleo in the film “Cleopatra, The Quin of Egypt”. Elizabeth, Florence, and Helen were not wrong still was actresses was prettiest in his day. Apparently, the world still believe in that the woman that enchanted must had paras pretty lovely …
For the women who were not lucky to be blessed with the slim body slender, sparkling white people, and the face shone like the full moon, not need to restless. Imitate Cleopatra. Be the clever woman, wise, and had personal grandeur. Certainly the world will be on our hands …..

Cleopatra Film

Cleopatra is a 1963 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht, Ranald MacDougall, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz from a book by Carlo Mario Franzero. The film starred Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall and Martin Landau. The music score was by Alex North. It was photographed in 70 mm Todd-AO by Leon Shamroy and Jack Hildyard.

Cleopatra chronicles the struggles of Cleopatra VII, the young Queen of Egypt, to resist the imperialist ambitions of Rome.

Production

The film is infamous for nearly bankrupting 20th Century Fox. Originally budgeted at $2 million^[2], it was made at a cost of $44 million — the equivalent of $295 million in 2007 dollars (see the list of most expensive films to produce), making the movie the third-most costly ever produced worldwide and the second most expensive in United States after Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which has a budget of US$300,000,000 (accounting for inflation in each case). This was partly due to the fact that the film's elaborate, complicated sets, costumes and props had to be constructed twice, once during a botched shoot in London and once more when the production relocated to Rome.

Filming began in London in 1959. Mankiewicz was brought into the production after the departure of the first director (Rouben Mamoulian), who had in mind African-American actress Dorothy Dandridge for the lead role.^[3] He inherited a film which was already $5 million over budget and had no usable footage to show for it. This was in part because the actors originally hired to play Julius Caesar (Peter Finch) and Marc Antony (Stephen Boyd) left due to other commitments. Mankiewicz was later fired during the editing phase, only to be rehired when no one else could piece the film together.

Elizabeth Taylor was awarded a record setting contract of $1 million. This amount eventually swelled to $7 million due to the delays of the production, equivalent to over $47 million today. Taylor became very ill during the early filming and was rushed to an emergency room where a tracheotomy had to be performed to save her life. The resulting scar can be seen in some shots. All of this resulted in the film being shut down. The production was moved to Rome after six months as the English weather proved detrimental to her recovery, as well as being responsible for the constant deterioration of the costly sets and exotic plants required for the production (the English sets were utilised for the spoof Carry On Cleo). During filming, Taylor met Richard Burton and the two began a very public affair, which made headlines worldwide. Moral outrage over the scandal brought bad publicity to an already troubled production.

The cut of the film which Mankiewicz screened for the studio was six hours long. This was cut to four hours for its initial premiere, but the studio demanded (over the objections of Mankiewicz) that the film be cut once more, this time to just barely over three hours to allow theaters to increase the number of showings per day. As a result, certain details are left out of the film, such as Rufio's death.^[4] Mankiewicz unsuccessfully attempted to convince the studio to split the film in two in order to preserve the original cut. The film has been released to home video formats in its 243-minute premiere version, and efforts are under way to locate the missing footage (some of which has been recovered).

The arduous process and enormous cost of completing Cleopatra resulted in the end of the sword and sandal epic.

Plot

The film opens with Julius Caesar defeating Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus. Pompey flees to Egypt, where he hopes to enlist the support of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra, as he was on good terms with their father.

Caesar pursues Pompey and arrives in Alexandria in early October 48 BC. He meets Ptolemy and the boy's advisers, who seem to do most of the thinking for him. As a gesture of 'goodwill', the Egyptians present Caesar with the severed head of Pompey, but Caesar is not pleased. As Caesar settles in at the palace, Apollodorus arrives disguised as a rug peddler, bearing what he says is a gift from Cleopatra. When a suspicious Caesar unrolls the rug, he finds Cleopatra concealed within. After a short conversation, Cleopatra leaves for her chambers with an escort of Roman soldiers. Later, she returns to spy on Caesar and witnesses him suffer an epileptic seizure. Days later, she warns Caesar that her brother has surrounded the palace with his soldiers and that he is vastly outnumbered. Caesar is unconcerned and insists that he can hold them at bay for the time being.

Caesar orders the Egyptian fleet burned so he can gain control of the harbor. The fire spreads to the city, burning many buildings, including the famous Library of Alexandria. Cleopatra angrily confronts Caesar, but he refuses to pull Roman troops away from the fight with Ptolemy's forces to deal with the fire. In the middle of their spat, Caesar begins kissing her to silence her. They are interrupted by news that Ptolemy's troops are attacking one of the palace gates. The Romans hold and the armies of Mithridates arrive to reinforce the Roman legions.

The following day, Caesar passes judgment regarding the conflict between Ptolemy and Cleopatra. He sentences Ptolemy's lord chamberlain to death for arranging an assassination attempt on Cleopatra, and rules that Ptolemy and his tutor shall be sent out to join Ptolemy's now vastly outnumbered troops, where it is certain that both will die.

Cleopatra is crowned Queen of Egypt. Soon after, Cleopatra promises to bear Caesar sons. She dreams of ruling the world with him. When their son Caesarion is born, Caesar accepts him publicly, which becomes the talk of Rome and the Senate.

Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) confronts Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison)

Caesar now returns to Rome for his triumph, while Cleopatra remains behind in Egypt. Two years pass before the two see each other again. After he is made dictator for life, Caesar sends for Cleopatra. She arrives in Rome in a lavish procession and wins the adulation of the Roman people. The Senate grows increasingly discontented amid rumors that Caesar wishes to be made king, which is anathema to the Romans.

On the Ides of March, the Senate is preparing to vote on whether to award Caesar additional powers. Despite warnings from his wife Calpurnia and Cleopatra, he is confident of victory. However, he is stabbed to death by various senators as he is making his way to the Senate.

After the funeral pyre, Octavian is named as Caesar's heir, not Caesarion. Realizing she has no future in Rome, Cleopatra returns home to Egypt. Caesar's assassins, among them Cassius and Brutus, are killed at the Battle of Philippi. Marc Antony establishes a second triumvirate with Octavian and Lepidus. They split up the empire: Lepidus receives Africa, Octavian Spain and Gaul, while Antony will take control of the eastern provinces. However, the rivalry between Octavian and Antony is becoming apparent.

While planning a campaign against Parthia in the east, Antony realizes he needs money and supplies, and cannot get enough from anywhere but Egypt. After refusing several times to leave Egypt, Cleopatra gives in and meets him in Tarsus. Antony becomes drunk during a lavish feast. Cleopatra sneaks away, leaving a slave dressed as her, but Antony discovers the trick and confronts the queen. They soon become lovers.

Octavian uses their affair in his smear campaign against Antony. When Antony must later return to Rome to address the situation brewing there, Octavian traps Antony into a marriage of state to Octavian's sister, Octavia. Cleopatra flies into a rage when she learns the news.

When Antony next sees Cleopatra, he is forced to humble himself publicly. She demands that a third of the empire be awarded to Egypt in return for her aid. Antony acquiesces and divorces Octavia. Octavian clamors for war against Antony and his "Egyptian whore". The Senate votes for war and Octavian murders the Egyptian ambassador, Cleopatra's tutor Sosigenes, on the Senate steps.

Richard Burton as Marc Antony

The war is decided at the Battle of Actium. Seeing Antony's ship burning, Cleopatra assumes he is dead and orders the Egyptian forces home. Antony follows, leaving his fleet leaderless and soon defeated. Cleopatra somehow manages to convince Antony to retake command of his troops and fight Octavian's advancing army. However, Antony's soldiers have lost faith in him after Actium and abandon him during the night; Rufio, the last man loyal to Antony, is killed. Antony tries to goad Octavian into single combat, but is finally forced to flee into the city.

When Antony returns to the palace, Apollodorus, not believing that Antony is worthy of his queen, convinces him that she is dead, whereupon Antony falls on his own sword. Apollodorus then takes Antony to Cleopatra, and he dies in her arms. Octavian captures the city and Cleopatra is brought before him. He wants to return to Rome in triumph, with her as his prisoner. However, realizing that her son is also dead, she arranges to be bitten by a poisonous asp.

Cast

• Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra
• Richard Burton as Marc Antony
• Rex Harrison as Julius Caesar
• Carroll O'Connor as Servilius Casca
• Roddy McDowall as Octavian, alias Augustus
• Martin Landau as Rufio
• Hume Cronyn as Sosigenes
• Andrew Keir as Agrippa
• Kenneth Haigh as Brutus
• George Cole as Flavius
• Pamela Brown as the High Priestess
• Cesare Danova as Apollodorus
• Francesca Annis as Eiras
• Richard O'Sullivan as Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII
• Gregoire Aslan as Pothinus

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_(1963_film)

The Flock film

The Flock is a 2007 thriller film directed by Andrew Lau, the co-director of the Infernal Affairs trilogy. The film, which marks his first English-language film, stars Richard Gere and Claire Danes.

Plot

A hyper-vigilant employee of the Department of Public Safety (Richard Gere) checks on registered sex offenders. While training his young female replacement Allison Lowry (Claire Danes), he must track down a missing girl (Kristina Sisco) whom he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he's investigating. Working against the clock they unravel the twisted details to track the potential killer.

These are his last working days, because he has been fired for not working according to the rules.

Cast

• Richard Gere - Agent Erroll Babbage
• Claire Danes - Allison Lowry
• Ed Ackerman - Louis Kessler
• Dwayne L. Barnes - Vincent Denniso
• Avril Lavigne - Beatrice Bell (Suspect's Girlfriend)
• Ric Maddox - Det. Martin Ryder
• Paul McGowen - Det. Grant P. Stockdale
• Russell Sams - Edmund Wells
• Matt Sanford - James Ray Ward
• Carmen Serano - Colette
• Kristina Sisco - Harriet Wells
• KaDee Strickland - Viola
• Ray Wise - Robert Still

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flock_(film)

The Bank Job 2008

The Bank Job is a 2008 British crime film directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Jason Statham, based on the 1971 Baker Street robbery in central London, from which the money and valuables stolen were never recovered. The producers allege that the story was prevented from being told because of a D-Notice (now known as a DA-Notice) government gagging request, allegedly to protect a prominent member of the British Royal Family.^[3][4] According to the producers, this movie is intended to reveal the truth for the first time,^[5] although it includes significant elements of fiction and the extent to which it represents historical fact is difficult to determine.

The premiere was held in London on 18 February 2008, and the film was released in the UK on 28 February 2008.

Plot

Petty-criminal-gone-straight Terry Leather (Jason Statham) owns a failing car-sales garage and is being harassed by two debt-collectors. His old girlfriend Martine (Saffron Burrows) offers Terry a chance to earn enough money to never worry about debt again: a bank robbery in Baker Street, London. Terry gathers a bunch of petty-criminal friends to help execute the plan. They lease a shop two lots away from the bank and start digging a tunnel underneath the middle shop (a chicken fast-food restaurant) in order to reach the underground bank vault. Terry employs Eddie (Michael Jibson), a worker in his garage, as a "watchman" with a walkie-talkie to sit on the roof of the building opposite and keep a look out for trouble.

What they don't know is that Martine, who has been caught smuggling heroin into Britain and desperately wants to avoid jail, is setting them up on behalf of MI5, which wants the contents of a certain safe deposit box (No. 118) within the bank. This safe deposit box contains compromising photos of a female member of the British Royal Family (identified in the film as Princess Margaret) participating in a threesome. The photos are in a box belonging to a black militant who calls himself Michael X; he is using the photos to avoid trouble with the Metropolitan Police, and MI5 is desperate to keep the photos out of circulation.

As Terry and his crew dig, their radio chatter draws the attention of a local amateur radio operator, who listens in on the conversation and realises he's overhearing a bank robbery in progress. He calls the police, but with a ten-mile radius to search and a lack of concrete details, they fail to pin the robbery down.

After they have broken in and begin looting the vault, Martine goes for the deposit-box with the photos. A suspicious Terry opens the box with her and, upon seeing the pictures, knows that Martine has a hidden agenda. In addition to those photos, further photos of a number of high-ranking government officials are found, at the top a senior MP in compromising positions in a local S&M brothel. The robbers pocket these with the money and other valuables. Terry arranges for alternate transportation "to be safe", throwing off MI5 who had intended to immediately intercept them.

Guy (James Faulkner) and Bambas (Alki David), leave with their share of the spoils. When Terry confronts Martine over the photos, she explains their predicament. Meanwhile, the robbery is discovered, and the police — both corrupt ones receiving payoffs and honest ones — start their investigation. MI5 is likewise searching. Lew Vogel (David Suchet), a local club owner, is worried about the contents of his ledger, which lists every payoff he's made to the police, which by chance also was stolen during the robbery. He also phones Michael X to inform him that his box containing the royal 'portraits' has gone missing. Michael X starts to get suspicious of Gale Benson, a British spy who has befriended his brother and gone with the family to Trinidad.

The club owner manages to find one of the robbers, Dave (Daniel Mays) and tortures him for information with a sandblaster. When he eventually tells Vogel everything, Vogel goes to the garage where Terry worked and kidnaps Eddie, who was the lookout during the robbery, taking him to the same secret location and tying him down. At the same time, the senior MP is shown the photos of himself in the brothel, and agrees to try to help absolve the robbers of all wrongdoing and give them safe passage out of the country. Meanwhile, MI5 issues a D-Notice forbidding the press from reporting on the heist any longer. Police simultaneously release recordings from the walkie-talkie conversations, in the hope that someone will recognize the voices. These recordings are heard on the radio by Terry's family.

The club owner's accomplice eventually shoots Dave in the head and threatens to shoot Eddie also unless he gets his ledger book (with incriminating info about payoffs) back. Lew makes an agreement with Terry, agreeing to meet him at Paddington Station in London. During this time as well, Guy and Bambas are murdered by unknown people, and Michael X kills Benson in Trinidad. Terry has Kev give the same instruction to the officer in charge of the investigation, citing knowledge of corrupt officers under his control. He also convinces the club owner to go to Paddington Station at the same time, offering him the book with details of corrupt officers in return for the safe return of his mechanic. This results in a large meeting of all of the involved parties at the same time.

Terry stands on the platform waiting for the others, while Martine meets up with Tim Everett, her original contact within MI5, on a bridge overlooking the scene. The club owner and his corrupt police accomplices arrive with the mechanic, but recognize MI5 agents present and run. At the same time, the head of MI5 arrives (with Lord Mountbatten), handing over the documentation and passports that Terry bargained for, in return for the photos of the princess. Terry then chases the fleeing club owner and his henchmen. He starts to attack the club owner, and then fights with one of the aides, knocking them both out. The second aide appears with a gun, but Terry manages to avoid the shots and knock him out with a brick hastily dislodged from a wall.

The police officer in charge of the investigation then arrives, and sees the robbers being arrested. He speaks with the MI5 officers present, who direct police to let the robbers go. Terry gives the ledger to the police officer before he, Kevin, and Eddie go away. Vogel and the corrupt officers are arrested instead. Everett personally supervises Michael X's arrest in Trinidad and Tobago and has Benson's remains exhumed for reburial in Britain.

The final scenes have Terry and Martine say good-bye, and Terry and his family enjoying a relaxed and carefree life on a small sailing yacht of their own, near some sunny beach.

The epilogue states that the revelations about the brothel forces many government officials to resign. Scotland Yard starts investigating the corrupt officers named in the ledger. Michael X was hanged in 1975 for Benson's murder and his personal files are kept hidden in the British National Archives until 2054. Vogel gets imprisoned eight years for crimes that were unrelated to the robbery. The murderers of Guy and Bambas have never been found. About GBP 4 million worth of materials and money was stolen from the robbery. At least 100 safety-deposit box owners did not claim insurance nor identify their items in the boxes.

Production

Screenshot illustrating how a special outdoor set was constructed for production of the film

The film is in part based on historical facts. A gang tunnelled into a branch of Lloyds Bank at the junction between Baker Street and Marylebone Road, in London, on the night of 11 September 1971 and robbed the safe deposit boxes there. The robbers had rented a leather goods shop named Le Sac, two doors down from the bank, and tunnelled a distance of approximately 40 feet (12 metres), passing under the intervening Chicken Inn restaurant.^[4]

Robert Rowlands, a radio ham operator, overheard conversations between the robbers and their rooftop lookout. He contacted police and tape recorded the conversations, which were subsequently made public. The film includes lines recorded by Rowlands, such as the lookout's comment that "Money may be your god, but it's not mine, and I'm fucking off."^[6] After four days of news coverage, British authorities issued a D-Notice, requesting that news coverage be discontinued for reasons of national security, and the story disappeared from newspapers. The purpose for the D-Notice was never disclosed, and its existence was not confirmed until recently.^[4]

The film's producers claim that they have an inside source, identified in press reports as George McIndoe, who served as an executive producer.^[7] The film's claims that the issuance of the D-Notice was because a safe deposit box held sex pictures of Princess Margaret, and the possible connection to Michael X (whose governmental file purportedly is secret until 2054), are apparently based on information provided by McIndoe, though it is not clear what is the basis of his information or how specific it is supposed to be. The film makers apparently have acknowledged that they made up the character Martine, and The New Yorker's conclusion that it is "impossible to say how much of the film's story is true" appears to be correct.^[8]

Part of the filming took place on location at the offices of Websters, 136 Baker Street where the rooftops were actually used for lookout purposes. The majority of outside shots, namely shots including the bank and adjacent shops, were done on a specially constructed set of Baker Street, to retain an authentic feel of the period and to allow for greater control of visible elements.

Cast

US Release Poster

Actor	Role
Jason Statham	Terry Leather
Saffron Burrows	Martine Love
Richard Lintern	Tim Everett
Stephen Campbell Moore	Kevin Swain
James Faulkner	Guy Singer
Craig Fairbrass	Nick Barton
Daniel Mays	Dave Shilling
Alki David	Bambas
Michael Jibson	Eddie Burton
David Suchet	Lew Vogel, club owner
Peter Bowles	Miles Urquhart
Peter de Jersey	Michael X
Keeley Hawes	Wendy Leather
Hattie Morahan	Gale Benson
Christopher Owen	Lord Mountbatten

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bank_Job

The Quarantine Film

The television reporter of Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and cameraman him (Steve Harris) was assigned to cover the activity of the Los Angeles city firefighters. When coming the task call for the fire extinguishers, Angela and cameraman him then went along as well as to the location. Their arrival there, evidently the police has been in the place of this incident. Suspected of having a woman that tertular an illness that was not yet known by authorities. The woman who was infected that afterwards attacked the resident who lived in the apartment and caused the disturbance.

When trying to leave this apartment, Angela realised that all the apartment has in quarantine by the government side. All the communication channels including, the telephone, the TV, and the internet were severed up until the deadline that was not yet known. Really was isolated from the outside world, Angela and all that entered the quarantine must fight to be able to go out safely. QUARANTINE this could be still being the film remake fastest that had been made. His original film personally just was released by the end 2007 then and in a period less than one year remake him has circulated. When you could see his original version could be QUARANTINE this will not be too interesting because the director decided to make this film same precisely with his original version.

For a film that functioned to intimidate, this film was classified as enough successes. This success in fact was not free from the taking trick of the picture that seemed to be taken from the camera cameraman in this film. Results, the film that seemed to be made like documentary this was still being felt more real although sometimes rather annoying also saw the camera that always wobbled be proper for when we saw the video produced by the documentary recorder. Although being simple enough, this trick in fact was potent enough for you to allow this film to flow automatically. Several films from the genre that was same like THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and CLOVERFIELD also used the trick that was same to achieve this effect. And could be mentioned that only this the only main pillar of the horror film directed by the director John Erick Dowdle this.

From the side of the story, could be mentioned that the idea of the foundation of this film already basi because of many horror films beforehand that also carried the idea of the similar foundation. Made the location of the film be closed in one area that was not too wide indeed gave the effect thriller that was quite strong. Films thriller other like P2 or SAW also made use of this 'crowded space' as the mainstay weapon to give nuances was 'shackled' that usually causes the feeling of panic. However of course should not hope many matters of acting of his players. The film from this kind indeed was not made show off the acting capacity. While his players could put forward the frightened expression and could scream as strongly as possible then was enough already.

Quarantine 2008 film

Quarantine is a 2008 American horror film directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez , Greg Germann, Steve Harris and Johnathon Schaech . The film is a remake of the Spanish horror film REC.^[4] Shot in the cinéma vérité style, it was released on October 10, 2008 by Screen Gems Pictures. The film features no incidental music, being "scored" with sound effects.^[5]

Plot

The film opens with reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman Scott Percival (Steve Harris) doing a report on the night shift of a Los Angeles fire station. Angela and Scott are introduced to firefighters Fletcher (Johnathon Schaech) and Jake (Jay Hernandez), whom they will be following for the evening.

A medical emergency at an apartment complex is reported and the night shift is sent in. Yuri (Rade Serbedzija), the building manager, explains that a woman has been screaming, but is now silent. They are joined by two police officers, James (Andrew Fiscella) and Danny (Columbus Short), in the lobby. They are led to the apartment of Mrs. Espinoza (Jeannie Epper), the source of the screaming. Yuri unlocks the door when she does not answer, and a dog runs out. Within the apartment, Espinoza is struggling to breathe, covered in blood, and foaming at the mouth. She bites James in the neck, severely wounding him, before being subdued by Fletcher. The others take James downstairs to get medical assistance, but find the building sealed shut by the authorities. Fletcher falls from the top floor, bitten, breaking his leg. Lawrence (Greg Germann), a veterinarian, tends to the injured men.

Danny and Jake go upstairs to subdue Espinoza, where they find the cleaning lady dead in her apartment. Danny shoots Espinoza when she charges at them. They all return to the lobby, meeting Sadie (Dania Ramirez) on the way. By this time, all exterior windows and doors are being sealed, and cell phones are being jammed. Anyone who attempts to leave is forced back at gunpoint. Jake believes they are being quarantined due to a nuclear, biological, or chemical emergency. Danny and Jake round up the tenants and bring them to the lobby, including Elise (Stacy Chbosky), who is displaying the same symptoms as Espinoza.

While Fletcher, James, and Elise are treated by Lawrence, Angela begins interviewing tenants. One little girl, Briana (Joey King), is sick. Briana claims that she has a dog named Max who was sick and taken to an animal hospital. Lawrence states that the symptoms of those infected are similar to rabies, only much more fast-acting.

Downstairs, Fletcher shambles into the lobby on his severely broken leg, but Danny injects him with a sedative, while Angela and Scott notice Bernard and Sadie sneaking away, looking for a TV to try to discover what is happening outside. Espinoza's infected dog appears and attacks one of the tenants. They reach Bernard's apartment and turn on the news, where the chief of police claims that everyone has been evacuated from the building, just before the power is shut off. The group is then attacked by Elise, whom Scott kills with his camera.

Danny rounds everyone up in the textile shop and states that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agents are coming in to give blood tests. The residents are also told that anyone who is not infected will be released. Lawrence points out that the only way to test for rabies is through a brain sample, not a blood test, but Danny insists on following procedure. After a roll call, Yuri reveals that the penthouse apartment of the building is being rented by a man from Boston who is absent.

The CDC agents arrive and examine the infected victims, taking a brain sample from Fletcher. Fletcher breaks his restraints and attacks one of the agents. Danny, Jake, and the other agent escape, leaving Lawrence locked in the room with the infected. Lawrence gets infected, the textile shop is locked and the surviving CDC agent is forced to explain the situation: Briana's dog was brought to a vet with an unknown illness and infected all the animals there. The dog was traced back to the apartment building; Briana's fever is then called into question, and she bites her mother before running upstairs. Briana's mother, who is now hysterical, is handcuffed to the stairwell.

Danny is bitten by Briana, and many of the survivors downstairs are bitten as well. The survivors lock themselves in an upstairs room. The surviving CDC agent has been bitten and runs away to keep from infecting the others. He is locked in an adjacent room while the others try to figure out what to do. Sadie is also bitten but Bernard pleads with the others not to kill her. Bernard cuts through a window seal to call for help, but is killed by a sniper. Yuri reveals that they can escape through a basement passage into the sewers; however, the keys are in his apartment. He is then killed by the infected CDC agent. His wife is then killed by Sadie, who has succumbed to the infection.

Angela, Scott, and Jake make their way to Yuri's apartment to get his keys, avoiding and killing several infected while doing so. Jake is bitten along the way, and the infected Danny chase Angela and Scott into the penthouse apartment. Within, they find newspapers with articles related to a doomsday cult. They discover that the man from Boston, who was renting the penthouse, was a member of it. One of the articles tells how the cult broke into a military biological facility to steal the virus. A noise from the attic prompts Scott to investigate, and he finds an infected boy. The boy destroys the light on Scott's camera, so he turns on the night vision. Angela and Scott then see an emaciated man (Doug Jones) emerge from another room. He walks past them initially but attacks Scott when Angela inadvertently makes a noise. Angela watches through the night vision of the camera as the infected man eats Scott. The man then attacks her, causing her to drop the camera. The final shot is of Angela crawling back to the camera only to be dragged into the darkness, screaming.

Cast

• Jennifer Carpenter as Angela Vidal
• Steve Harris as Scott Percival
• Jay Hernandez as Jake
• Johnathon Schaech as George Fletcher
• Columbus Short as Danny Wilensky
• Rade Serbedzija as Yuri Ivanov
• Greg Germann as Laurence
• Bernard White as Bernard
• Dania Ramirez as Sadie
• Marin Hinkle as Kathy
• Joey King as Briana
• Denis O'Hare as Randy
• Jeannie Epper as Mrs. Espinoza
• Doug Jones as Thin Infected Man

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine_(2008_film)