History movies

The Children of Huang Shi (2008)

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: Australia | China | Germany
Actors: Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Radha Mitchell | Yun-Fat Chow | Michelle Yeoh | Guang Li | Lin Ji | Matt Walker | Anastasia Kolpakova | Ping Su | Imai Hideaki | Sciichiro Hashimoto | Shinichi Takashima | Xing Mang | Ruixiang Zhu | Yuelong Fang
Directors: Roger Spottiswoode
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Inspired by real events, the CHILDREN of HUANG SHI are a representation both sweep and close friend of the people who thrown in an unexpected and desperate situation, discovers his capacity for love and responsibility. This counts like young English, George Hogg came to lead sixty boys remained orphan in an extraordinary trip of almost thousand dangerous miles across the Casserole Liu caught by the snow Shan mountains to the safety in the rim of the Mongolian desert. And of as, in doing so, he came to understand the real of the courage. During his trip, Hogg learns to trust in the Chen support, the leader of a Chinese partisan group that his intimate friend does to himself. He prompt is falling down in love with Leeward, an Australian imprudently bravely that the war has turned into not sentimental on horseback. Along the way Hogg friendship offers Missis Wang, an aristocratic survivor who also has been displaced by the war, who helps the young Englishman, his friends and his sixty war orphans do his way to imposing turn (and rarely filmed) mountain and regions from desert to a place of the safety close to the western end of the Big Wall China.

Inspirado por acontecimientos verdaderos, los NIÑOS de HUANG SHI son una representación tanto barrido como íntimo de la gente que, lanzado en una situación inesperada y desesperada, descubre su capacidad para amor y responsabilidad. Esto cuenta como un inglés joven, George Hogg vino para conducir a sesenta muchachos quedados huérfanos en un viaje extraordinario de casi mil millas peligrosas a través de la Cazuela Liu atrapada por la nieve montañas de Shan a la seguridad en el borde del desierto mongol. Y de como, en hacer tan, él vino para entender el sentido verdadero del coraje. Durante su viaje, Hogg aprende a confiar en el apoyo de Chen, el líder de un grupo partidista chino que se hace su amigo íntimo. Él pronto se encuentra cayéndose enamorado del Sotavento, un aventurero australiano imprudentemente valiente que la guerra se ha convertido en una enfermera no sentimental a caballo. A lo largo del camino Hogg ofrece amistad a la Señora Wang, un sobreviviente aristocrático que también ha sido desplazado por la guerra, quién ayuda al inglés joven, sus amigos y sus sesenta huérfanos de guerra hacen su camino a través imponente (y raramente filmado) montaña y regiones de desierto a un lugar de la seguridad cerca del final occidental de la Gran Muralla China.

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The Untouchables (1987)

Friday, September 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Costner | Sean Connery | Charles Martin Smith | Andy Garcia | Robert De Niro | Richard Bradford | Jack Kehoe | Brad Sullivan | Billy Drago | Patricia Clarkson | Vito D'Ambrosio | Steven Goldstein | Peter Aylward | Don Harvey | Robert Swan
Directors: Brian De Palma
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The federal agent Elliot Ness assembles a personal team of fighters of crowd to bring the chief of crime of Chicago To The Capone to the justice that uses slightly conventional means during the wars of crowd of the year 1920. This account of fictionalized of the detention of To The Capone is weighed in style and fire. The tiebreak to end penalties combines a child’s pram and stairs with a short sleep to the Battleship _The of Eisenstein Potemkin_.

El agente federal Elliot Ness reúne un equipo personal de luchadores de muchedumbre para traer al jefe de delito de Chicago Al Capone a la justicia que usa medios poco convencionales durante las guerras de muchedumbre de los años 1920. Esta cuenta de fictionalized de la detención de Al Capone es pesada en estilo y fuego. El desempate a penaltis de final combina un cochecito de niño y escalera con una cabezada al Acorazado _The de Eisenstein Potemkin_.

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The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Eric Bana | Jim Sturgess | Mark Rylance | David Morrissey | Benedict Cumberbatch | Oliver Coleman | Eddie Redmayne | Tom Cox | Michael Smiley | Iain Mitchell | Andrew Garfield | Lewis Jones | Corinne Galloway | Alfie Allen | Bill Wallis
Directors:
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A costly and sensuous fairy tale of the intrigue, the novel and the betrayal sentence against the scenery of a define moment in the European : Two nice sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, done by the ambition of her family, apply for the love of the pretty and passionate king Henry VIII.

Ein kostspieliges und sinnliches Märchen der Intrige, des Romans und des Verrat-Satzes gegen die Kulisse eines Definieren-Moments in der europäischen Geschichte: Zwei schöne Schwestern, Anne und Mary Boleyn, getrieben durch den blinden Ehrgeiz ihrer Familie, bewerben sich um die Liebe des hübschen und leidenschaftlichen Königs Henry VIII.

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Nightwatching (2007)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | Mystery
Countries: Canada | France | Germany | Netherlands | Poland | UK
Actors: Martin Freeman | Emily Holmes | Michael Teigen | Christopher Britton | Michael Culkin | Harry Ferrier | Jonathan Holmes | Toby Jones | Kacper Kasiecki | Adam Kotz | Adrian Lukis | Maciej Marczewski | Richard McCabe | Kevin McNulty | Rafal Mohr
Directors: Peter Greenaway
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With 400 anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt in 2006, NIGHTWATCHING is really a banquet for the senses. Extravagant, suspenseful and sensualmente beautiful, the behind the of the extraordinary artist is perfectly explored by one of most of the Directors iconic of our time - Peter Greenaway. The year 1642 marks the decisive point in the life of the Dutch famous , Rembrandt, turning him of a respected rich in a discredited destitute person. In the insistence of his wife Saskia, Rembrandt has consented unwillingly in the Musketeer’s of in a portrait of group that will do later to be known as the Nightwatch. He prompt discovers that there is a conspiracy on with the merchants of who play in soldiers who operate for financial advantage and personal power in, that time, the city richest in the Western World. The Rembrandt stumbles in a disgusting . Confidant in the birth of the longed for one - for son and heir, Rembrandt is determined to exhibit the killers who conspire and he constructs his accusation meticulously in the form of the in charge , uncovering the sordid and hypocritical side to the Dutch in the Golden Age. The big returns of of Rembrandt. Saskia dies. The Rembrandt reveals the accusation of in the and the conspirators plan the . They try to discredit him inside and out of the country. They a lover traidora, Geertje, to seduce him. They try to him. They plan his social and financial , and to create the circumstances for his slide in the penury, to his young lover Hendrickje, to conspire to destroy his son, and to bring Rembrandt to his knees. The brave and courageous of the Nightwatch, exceptional in esthetics and content, is the most famous of Rembrandt, this consolidated his as a teacher - but this also destroyed him socially and economically.

Con el 400 aniversario del nacimiento de Rembrandt en 2006, NIGHTWATCHING es realmente un banquete para los sentidos. Extravagante, suspenseful y sensualmente hermoso, el misterio detrás de la pintura infame del artista extraordinario es perfectamente explorado por uno de la mayor parte de Directores iconic de nuestro tiempo - Peter Greenaway. El año 1642 marca el punto decisivo en la vida del pintor holandés famoso, Rembrandt, girándole de una celebridad respetada rica en un indigente desacreditado. En la insistencia de su esposa embarazada Saskia, Rembrandt ha consentido de mala gana en pintar la Milicia de Mosquetero de en un retrato de grupo que se hará más tarde para ser conocido como el Nightwatch. Él pronto descubre que hay una conspiración a pie con los comerciantes de que juegan en soldados que maniobran para ventaja financiera y poder personal en, aquel tiempo, la ciudad richest en el Mundo Occidental. El Rembrandt tropieza en un asesinato asqueroso. Confidente en el nacimiento de un añorado - para hijo y heredero, Rembrandt es determinado para exponer a los asesinos que confabulan y construye su acusación meticulosamente en la forma de la pintura encargada, destapando el lado sórdido e hipócrita a la Sociedad holandesa en la Edad de Oro. Las grandes vueltas de fortuna de Rembrandt. Saskia muere. El Rembrandt revela la acusación de asesinato en la pintura y los conspiradores planean la venganza. Ellos intentan desacreditarle dentro y fuera del país. Ellos plantan a una amante traidora, Geertje, seducirle. Ellos tratan de cegarle. Ellos planean su ruina social y financiera, y crear las circunstancias para su diapositiva en el penuria, insultar a su amante joven Hendrickje, confabular destruir a su hijo, y traer Rembrandt a sus rodillas. La pintura valiente y valerosa del Nightwatch, excepcional en estética y contenido, es la pintura más famosa de Rembrandt, esto consolidó su reputación como un maestro-pintor pero esto también le destruyó socialmente y económicamente.

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Jordi Mollà | Geoffrey Rush | Aimee King | Cate Blanchett | John Shrapnel | Susan Lynch | Elise McCave | Samantha Morton | Abbie Cornish | Penelope McGhie | Rhys Ifans | Eddie Redmayne | Stuart McLoughlin | Clive Owen | Adrian Scarborough
Directors: Shekhar Kapur
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Almost a decade according to Cate Blanchett drew attention of audiences and criticisms similarly with ELIZABETH, the returns of earning Oscar in the role of the . Although the Protestant rule is on the during decades in 1585, Elizabeth’s reign I is always under the attack both of inside its country and of the continent. His , Mary, the d’ Écossais (Samantha Morton), carries the service of the Catholics of the nation as she conspires for the of the prison, while the king Philip II of (Jordi Molla) conspires a plague with the power of her renowned army. But Elizabeth is also concerned with the arrival of mister Walter Raleigh (Owen Cleaves), a delightful and venturer. Unable to conciliate her with her , she encourages Bess (Abbie Cornish), her beloved dame-dans-attente, to follow a report with Raleigh. Nine years have no capacity of Blanchett dulled to play this*mdash; or whatever other*mdash; character with an impressive range of fire and cordiality. His with immensely watchable Owen is one of the summary of the film. As in ELIZABETH, the manager Shekhar Kapur does not become restricted to use blows with address constructed which are not normally used in the dramas of period. It is a modern renarration of and Kapur and the manager of photograpy, Remi Adefarasin, are not happy to allow the film to have the standard glance of many films in type. The creator of Alexandra Byrne follows the same logic, by creating deafening dresses for Elizabeth which draw the both of the modernity and of the period of time. If Blanchett the splendid costumes were not such , can threaten to exceed it as the star of the film.

Presque une décade d’après Cate Blanchett a attiré l’attention d’audiences et de critiques pareillement avec ELIZABETH, les retours d’actrice gagnant Oscar au rôle de la Reine Vierge. Bien que la règle protestante ait été sur le trône pendant les décades dans 1585, le règne d’Elizabeth I est toujours sous l’attaque tant d’à l’intérieur de son pays que du continent. Son , Mary, la Reine d’Écossais (Samantha Morton), porte le service des Catholiques de la nation comme elle complote pour le trône de la prison, pendant que le Roi Philip II de l’Espagne (Jordi Molla) complote une avec le pouvoir de son armada réputée. Mais Elizabeth est aussi concernée avec l’arrivée de monsieur Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen), un charmant et aventurier. Incapable de réconcilier ses sentiments avec sa couronne, elle encourage Bess (Abbie Cornish), sa dame-dans-attente chérie, poursuivre un rapport avec Raleigh. Neuf ans n’ont pas dulled la capacité de Blanchett de jouer this*mdash; ou n’importe quel other*mdash; le caractère avec une gamme impressionnante de feu et de tendresse. Sa chimie avec infiniment watchable Owen est un du résumé du film. Comme dans ELIZABETH, le directeur Shekhar Kapur ne se restreint pas d’utiliser des coups avec adresse construits qui ne sont pas normalement utilisés dans les drames de période. C’est une renarration moderne d’histoire et Kapur et son directeur de photograpy, Remi Adefarasin, ne sont pas contents de permettre au film d’avoir le coup d’oeil standard de beaucoup de films dans le genre. Le créateur de Alexandra Byrne suit la même logique, en créant des robes étourdissantes pour Elizabeth qui tirent l’ tant de la modernité que de la période de temps. Si Blanchett n’étaient pas une telle actrice douée, les costumes splendides pourraient menacer de la dépasser comme l’étoile du film.

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Seabiscuit (2003)

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: David McCullough | Jeff Bridges | Paul Vincent O'Connor | Chris Cooper | Michael Ensign | James Keane | Valerie Mahaffey | David Doty | Carl M. Craig | Michael O'Neill | Annie Corley | Michael Angarano | Cameron Bowen | Noah Luke | Mariah Bess
Directors: Gary Ross
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In an era when the Americans were in the great necessity of figures of helping to forget them his preoccupations, SEABISCUIT comes to the redemption. The makes a list of a movable of friendship and devotion in the rehabilitation of the lives of characters’fractured principals, like he there interweaves the interactions between , jockey, and owner and his adoring fans. The movie exatamente shows the truthful people and the events of those bothered times and like Seabiscuit *quot; it fixed us, each one of us. *quot;.

Em uma era quando os Americanos estiveram na grande necessidade de figuras heróicas de ajudá-los a esquecer as suas preocupações, SEABISCUIT vem ao resgate. O quadro relaciona uma história móvel de amizade e devoção na reabilitação das vidas de characters’fractured principais, como ele entretece as interações entre cavalo, jóquei, treinador e proprietário e os seus leques adoradores. O filme exatamente retrata a verdadeira gente e os eventos daqueles tempos incomodados e como Seabiscuit "nos fixou, cada um de nós. ".

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