Posts Tagged ‘capital-punishment’

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Papillon (1973)   


    
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Steve McQueen | Dustin Hoffman | Victor Jory | Don Gordon | Anthony Zerbe | Robert Deman | Woodrow Parfrey | Bill Mumy | George Coulouris | Ratna Assan | William Smithers | Val Avery | Gregory Sierra | Vic Tayback | Mills Watson
Directors: Franklin J. Schaffner
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Being based on the true history of Henri Charriere, also known as a Papillon who is French for the ‘ butterfly ‘ (the character even sports a big tattoo of a butterfly. An unimportant criminal, Papillon is wrong condemned because of the murder and to the life in a French penal colony in ‘Guiane’ (French Guiana, South America) convicted. Papillon is intended, to flee, but to try, after attempt meets the difficulty, on schließliche regaining running out. He continues his attempts to flee in spite of the custody in the solitary confinement as a punishment.

Beruhend auf die wahre Geschichte von Henri Charriere, auch bekannt als Papillon, der für ‘den Schmetterling’ französisch ist (der Charakter sogar Sportarten eine große Tätowierung eines Schmetterlings. Ein unbedeutender Verbrecher, Papillon wird wegen des Mords falsch verurteilt und zum Leben in einer französischen Strafkolonie in ‘Guiane’ (der französische Guayana, Südamerika) verurteilt. Papillon wird bestimmt, zu flüchten, aber zu versuchen, nachdem sich Versuch mit der Schwierigkeit trifft, auf schließliche Wiedererlangung hinauslaufend. Er setzt seine Versuche fort, trotz der Haft in der Einzelhaft als Strafe zu flüchten.

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

In Cold Blood (1967)   


    
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Robert Blake | Scott Wilson | John Forsythe | Paul Stewart | Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Jeff Corey | John Gallaudet | James Flavin | Charles McGraw | Will Geer | John McLiam | Ruth Storey | Brenda Currin | Paul Hough | Vaughn Taylor
Directors: Richard Brooks
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Truman Capote wrote ‘ the novel of not fiction ‘ of which the movie is drawn, using the art of the novelist to give the reality. The reality was this in two to. m. on November 15, 1959 in the rural city of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the family of Disorder were woken up of his sleep, they tied and had morning sickness, and after brutal way murdered by two unknown attackers. After the apprehension of this one, condemning and imprisonment before the execution, Cape investigated the case thoroughly, worn-out weeks speaking with the prisoners, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, juries, police officer, friends and neighbors, trying to dig up why such a senseless act was committed, and which response of the society might have been.

El Truman Capote escribió ‘la novela de no ficción’ de la cual la película es dibujada, usando el arte del novelista para dar la realidad. La realidad era esto en dos a. m. el 15 de noviembre de 1959 en la ciudad rural de Holcomb, Kansas, los cuatro miembros de la familia de Desorden fueron despertados de su sueño, ligaron y tuvieron náuseas, y luego de manera brutal asesinado por dos atacantes desconocidos. Después de la captura de éste, condenando y encarcelamiento antes de la ejecución, Capote investigó el caso a fondo, semanas gastadas hablando con los presos, Perry Smith y Richard Hickock, jurados, policía, amigos y vecinos, tratando de desenterrar por qué un acto tan insensato fue cometido, y cual la respuesta de la sociedad podría haber sido.

Monday, January 21st, 2008

My Cousin Vinny (1992)   


    
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Joe Pesci | Ralph Macchio | Marisa Tomei | Mitchell Whitfield | Fred Gwynne | Lane Smith | Austin Pendleton | Bruce McGill | Maury Chaykin | Paulene Myers | Raynor Scheine | James Rebhorn | Chris Ellis | Michael Simpson | Lou Walker
Directors: Jonathan Lynn
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While going to college, the Count and Stan are detained in the Alabama when the circumstances point to them as having murdered a convenience they supply the salesman. Incompetent of allowing a representative, they turn to a cousin Vinny de Conta, a New fragile Yorker who took six attempts of passing his examination of bar. Worse, up to now he is taken only personal cases of damage, none of which was on trial. When Mona Lisa Vito is dragging along his fiancee even more abrasiva, Vinny will have to straighten up on top of quick, and to keep out of the chain itself, if he is going to gain the case.

Enquanto dirigindo-se a colégio, a Conta e Stan são detidos na Alabama quando as circunstâncias lhes apontam como tendo assassinado uma conveniência fornecem o caixeiro. Incapaz de permitir um representante, eles viram ao primo Vinny de Conta, um Novo Yorker frágil quem tomou seis tentativas de passar o seu exame de barra. Pior, até agora ele só é tomado casos de dano pessoais, nenhum dos quais foi à prova. Arrastando-se ao longo da sua noiva mesmo mais abrasiva Mona Lisa Vito, Vinny terá de endireitar-se em cima de rápido, e conservar-se fora da própria cadeia, se ele está indo ganhar o caso.

Monday, January 21st, 2008

The Green Mile (1999)   


    
Genres: Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Hanks | David Morse | Bonnie Hunt | Michael Clarke Duncan | James Cromwell | Michael Jeter | Graham Greene | Doug Hutchison | Sam Rockwell | Barry Pepper | Jeffrey De Munn | Patricia Clarkson | Harry Dean Stanton | Dabbs Greer | Eve Brent
Directors: Frank Darabont
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Death row guards in a coach priest have a moral dilemma with her job in the 1930s if they discover that one of her prisoners, a convicted murderer, a special present has.

Todesreihe-Wächter an einem Bußpriester haben in den 1930er Jahren ein moralisches Dilemma mit ihrem Job, wenn sie entdecken, dass einer ihrer Gefangenen, eines verurteilten Mörders, ein spezielles Geschenk hat.

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Infamous (2006)   


    
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Sigourney Weaver | Toby Jones | Gwyneth Paltrow | Mark Rubin | Steve Schwelling | Glover Johns Gill | Rey Arteaga | Justin Sherburn | Andrew Halbreich | Juliet Stevenson | Michael Panes | Hope Davis | Frank G. Curcio | Sandra Bullock | Isabella Rossellini
Directors: Douglas McGrath
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On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads on the murder of a family of Kansas. There are no suspects. With the Leeward Harper, he visits the city: he wants to write on his response. First he must obtain neighbors to speak, then, after detentions, he must gain the access to the prisoners. One speaks constantly; other, Perry Smith, says little. The Cape is implacable, queriendo that the history, believing this book establishes a new form of the reportage: he must understand what Perry wants. His relation does slightly more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does his history obtain the Cape for the cold calculation, or is a price there for him to pay?.

El 16 de noviembre de 1959, Truman Capote lee sobre el asesinato de una familia de Kansas. No hay ningunos sospechosos. Con el Sotavento Harper, él visita la ciudad: él quiere escribir sobre su respuesta. Primero él debe conseguir a vecinos para hablar, luego, después de detenciones, él debe ganar el acceso a los presos. Uno habla constantemente; el otro, Perry Smith, dice poco. El Capote es implacable, queriendo que la historia, creyendo este libro establezca una nueva forma del reportaje: él debe entender lo que Perry quiere. Su relación se hace algo más que escritor y carácter: Perry mató a sangre fría, el estado le ejecutará a sangre fría; ¿consigue el Capote su historia por el cálculo frío, o está allí un precio para él para pagar?.

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

Monster (2003)   


    
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Charlize Theron | Christina Ricci | Bruce Dern | Lee Tergesen | Pruitt Taylor Vince | Annie Corley | Marco St. John | Marc Macaulay | Scott Wilson | Rus Blackwell | Tim Ware | Stephan Jones | Brett Rice | Kaitlin Riley | Cree Ivey
Directors: Patty Jenkins
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A dark story based on the true history of Aileen Wuornos, first one of the serial feminine murderers of America. The Wuornos had a difficult and cruel childhood infected by abuse and use of drug in the Michigan. She was a prostitute for the age of thirteen, the same year she was pregnant. She consequently moved to Florida where she began to earn her living as a road prostitute*mdash; maintenance of the drivers’ wishes of semi-lorry. The story is concentrated in the period of nine month between 1989 and 1990, during which Wuornos had a relation Lesbian with called Selby of a woman. And during great this the same time, she also began to murder his customs in order that the money was acquired without using the sex. This became the tables in a few quite common phenomena of feminine prostitutes of road who are the victims of killers*mdash serial; instead of that the Wuornos, she, they executed the acts of a murderer of cold blood.

Um conto escuro baseado na história verdadeira de Aileen Wuornos, um dos primeiros assassinos seriais femininos da América. O Wuornos teve uma infância difícil e cruel infeccionada por abuso e uso de droga no Michigan. Ela ficou prostituta pela idade de treze, o mesmo ano ela ficou grávida. Ela conseqüentemente moveu-se à Flórida onde ela começou a ganhar uma vida como uma estrada prostitute*mdash; manutenção dos desejos de motoristas de semi-caminhão. O conto concentra-se no período de nove mês entre 1989 e 1990, durante o qual Wuornos teve uma relação lésbica com Selby denominado de uma mulher. E durante isto muito o mesmo tempo, ela também começou a assassinar a sua freguesia para adquirir-se o dinheiro sem usar o sexo. Isto virou as mesas em uns fenômenos bastante comuns de prostitutas de estrada femininas que são as vítimas de killers*mdash serial; em vez disso o Wuornos, ela mesma, executaram os feitos de um assassino de sangue frio.

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

The Weight of Water (2000)   


    
Genres: Thriller
Countries: Canada | France | USA
Actors: CiarĂ¡n Hinds | Richard Donat | Sarah Polley | Ulrich Thomsen | Anders W. Berthelsen | Joseph Rutten | John Walf | Katrin Cartlidge | Vinessa Shaw | Adam Curry | Catherine McCormack | Sean Penn | Josh Lucas | Elizabeth Hurley | John Maclaren
Directors: Kathryn Bigelow
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A photographer of press, Jean, explores the shrill and sensational murder of ax of two women in 1873 as a link of the writing - in with a violent modern double murder. It discovers a hiding place of papers which look to give a count of murders by an oculomotor witness. Conspiracy bastes between the history of the oculomotor witness and the conflict deprived of Jean with jealousy and suspicion as its marriage wobbles.

Un photographe de presse, Jean, explore le meurtre de hache criard et sensationnel de deux femmes en 1873 comme un lien de la rédaction - dans avec un meurtre double moderne brutal. Elle découvre une cache de papiers qui ont l’air de donner un compte des meurtres par un témoin oculaire. Le complot se faufile entre l’histoire du témoin oculaire et de la lutte privée de Jean avec les jalousies et les soupçons comme son mariage vacille.

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Return to Paradise (1998)   


    
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Vince Vaughn | Anne Heche | Joaquin Phoenix | David Conrad | Vera Farmiga | Nick Sandow | Jada Pinkett Smith | Ming Lee | Joel de la Fuente | Richard Chang | James Michael McCauley | Brettanya Friese | Deanna Yusoff | David Zayas | Amy Wong
Directors: Joseph Ruben
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Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three American guys who meet and show one summer day in the shacks of beach of Malaysia. There they appreciate feminine luxuries, rum and hashish. As summer aims, Tony and Sheriff go back in New York, but Lewis decides to go to Bornéo to help to save the orang-outang. But before it accepted the chance to leave, he was stopped for the possession of remaining and sentenced to death forcemeat because they considered that he trafficed. Two years pass and the Sheriff and Tony lead their lives quietly in the Big Apple when the lawyer of Lewis says to them news: three years each if they both go, six years if they go, the death of Lewis if no goes. Although they both do not want Lewis to die, they do not know that he well enough really wants to sacrifice three years of their life to a prison of Third World. *quot; come back to Paradis*quot; look at the Sheriff and at Tony as they fight decide for the short period.

Lewis, Shérif et Tony sont trois gars américains qui se rencontrent et dépassent un jour d’été aux cabanes de plage de la Malaisie. Là ils apprécient les luxes de femmes, rhum et hachisch. Comme les fins d’été, Tony et Shérif retournent à New York, mais Lewis décide d’aller au Bornéo aider à sauver l’orang-outang. Mais avant qu’il a reçu la chance de partir, il a été arrêté pour la possession du hachis restant et condamné à mort parce que l’on a considéré qu’il a trafiqué. Deux ans passent et le Shérif et Tony mènent leurs vies paisiblement dans la Grande Pomme quand l’avocat de Lewis leur dit les nouvelles : trois ans chacun s’ils tous les deux vont, six ans si on va, la mort de Lewis si aucun ne va. Bien qu’ils tous les deux ne veuillent pas que Lewis meure, ils ne savent pas qu’il assez bien vraiment veuille sacrifier trois ans de leur vie à une prison de Tiers-monde. "Revenez au Paradis" regarde le Shérif et Tony comme ils se battent décider dans la période courte.