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The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving is a 1995 direct-to-video animated adventure musical film directed by Roy Allen Smith.
It is the second sequel to The Land Before Time and the third film in the film franchise.
When a sudden shortage of water threatens all life in the great valley, The gang of young dinosaur must cooperate with a group of bullies to make a risky journey outside the valley and find the cause.
With voice work, by Frank Welker, Heather Hogan, Whit Hertford, Rob Paulson, John Ingle, Tress MacNeille, Scott Menville, and Nicholas Guest.
The film’s soundtrack featured music by Michele Brourman and Amanda McBroom.2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Return to Two Moon Junction is a 1994 romantic drama film which serves as a sequel to the 1988 film Two Moon Junction.
The plot concerns a New York fashion model who returns to her Georgia home town where she has an affair with a local sculptor.
The film was directed by Farhad Mann, and stars Melinda Clarke, Wendy Davis, and Louise Fletcher.
The movie had a wide cinema release in Russia in summer of 1994.
The film, featured earlier performances by Matt Frewer, Melinda Clarke, and Molly Shannon..2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Get Shorty is a 1995 American gangster comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Scott Frank, based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name.
The film stars John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, Dennis Farina, and Danny DeVito. It follows Chili Palmer (Travolta), a Miami mobster and loan shark who inadvertently gets involved in Hollywood feature film production.
The sequel Be Cool was also based on an Elmore Leonard novel, released in 2005. In 2017, Get Shorty inspired a television series of the same name.
Get Shorty also features an appearance from the real Ernest "Chili" Palmer, a Miami loan shark and mob-connected man who inspired the original character.
As well as cameos by Penny Marshall, Harvey Keitel, and Barry Sonnenfeld.
The movie features an acid- and soul-jazz themed soundtrack with songs by Us3, Morphine, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Greyboy and Medeski Martin & Wood alongside original compositions by John Lurie.
The soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy Award (1997 - Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television).
For his role as Chili Palmer, John Travolta received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
The film also received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Made for $30 million, and garnered $115.1 million.2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Ice Cream Man is a 1995 American direct-to-video black comedy slasher film produced and directed by Norman Apstein and written by Sven Davison and David Dobkin.
The film stars Clint Howard as the title character, Olivia Hussey, Jan-Michael Vincent, David Warner and David Naughton.
The film's plot follows a deranged man (named "Gregory Tudor") who was recently released from a psychiatric institution and opens up an ice cream factory where he begins using human flesh in his recipes.
The film has developed a cult following among viewers. Joe Bob Briggs hosted the film on TNT when it was shown on MonsterVision.
Howard himself made an appearance, discussing the film with Briggs. The film had an estimated $2 million budget and was released on DVD in 2004.
David Dobkin, would later go on to be a successful screenplay writer and director and frequent collaborator with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Godzilla returns in a brand-new movie that ignores all preceding movies except for the original with a brand new look and a powered up atomic ray.
This time he battles a mysterious UFO that later transforms into a mysterious kaiju dubbed Orga. They meet up for the final showdown in the city of Shinjuku.
This is the first Toho produced Godzilla movie to be released in American theaters since Godzilla 1985 and the last until Shin Godzilla in 2016.
Not only Godzilla's 45th Anniversary film, but also the first film in the third Godzilla movie series (or the "Millennium Series").
In an article in Variety, a Toho spokesman mentioned in relation to the 1999 movie that "Sony Pictures has asked us not to make our own version of 'Godzilla,' but there is no contractual relationship barring us from bringing back the Toho version of Godzilla."
Rob Zombie's song "Superbeast" is featured in the American trailer for the film.
Toho released a follow-up, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, the following year.
It opened in Japan on December 11, 1999, and grossed ¥1.65 billion[4] (roughly $15 million) during its box office run, with approximately 2 million admissions.
Tristar Pictures released Godzilla 2000 in 2,111 North American theaters on August 18, 2000.
Tristar hoped that the film would gross no worse than $12–15 million in North American theaters, but the film eventually only grossed $10 million in North American theaters.2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Kate and Charlie have the perfect life planned out: buying a house, marriage, kids, the whole works. Kate's fear of flying keeps her in Canada while Charlie goes to Paris for a medical convention.
While there Charlie is smitten by the lovely Juliette. He calls off his wedding to Kate and she nervously boards a plane to get him back.
She ends up sitting next to the petty French thief Luc Teyssier. He hides a stolen necklace and smuggled grapevine in her bag to get it through customs. Her bag is stolen, the necklace apparently lost, and Kate and Luc head to Cannes--Luc to find the necklace and Kate to get Charlie back.
Along the way, Kate and Luc begin to have feelings for each other, which change the course of their lives.
Released by 20th Century Fox, but not on Disney+. Sorry, Meg Ryan fans!
The soundtrack, featured songs by Zucchero, The Beautiful South, Les Négresses Vertes, and others.
It was the last movie to be shot by cinematographer Owen Roizman before his death in 2023.
The film earned $38,896,854 in the United States and an additional $63,086,000 in international markets for a total worldwide gross of $101,982,854.2 months, 2 weeks ago
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After his daughter died in a hit and run, Freddy Gale has waited six years for John Booth, the man responsible, to be released from prison.
On the day of release, Gale visits Booth and announces that he will kill him in one week. Booth uses his time to try and make peace with himself and his entourage, and even finds romance.
Gale, whose life is spiraling down because of his obsession towards Booth, will bring himself on the very edge of sanity. At the end of the week, both men will find themselves on a collision course with each other.
The film, featured songs by Dead Can Dance, Salt ‘N Pepa, Bruce Springsteen, and others.
Despite the positive critical reception, the film grossed only $868,979 in the United States and Canada.[3] It grossed $7 million worldwide,[1] against a budget of $9 million.
Anjelica Huston's performance in the film was praised and she received nominations for Best Supporting Actress from the Hollywood Foreign Press and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
She lost out on the Golden Globe to Mira Sorvino for Mighty Aphrodite and the SAG award to Kate Winslet for Sense and Sensibility.2 months, 2 weeks ago
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An Awfully Big Adventure is a 1995 British coming-of-age film directed by Mike Newell.
The story concerns a girl who joins a local repertory theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue.
The title is an ironic nod to the original Peter Pan story, in which Peter says, "To die will be an awfully big adventure." Set in 1947, the film was adapted from the Booker Prize-nominated 1989 novel of the same name by Beryl Bainbridge.
Set right after World War II, a naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue.
The film did not perform well at the box office, grossing only $593,350 in the United Kingdom and $258,195 in the United States.[5] It grossed $2 million worldwide.
However, Georgina Cates received a London Film Critics Circle Award nomination for Best Actress of the Year and Mike Newell was nominated for a Crystal Globe Award for Best Director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.2 months, 2 weeks ago
