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Casino - was released on: 22 November 1995.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Robert De Niro… - played the character of: Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein
- Sharon Stone… - played the character of: Ginger McKenna
- Joe Pesci… - played the character of: Nicky Santoro
- James Woods… - played the character of: Lester Diamond
- Frank Vincent… - played the character of: Frank Marino
- Pasquale Cajano… - played the character of: Remo Gaggi
- Kevin Pollak… - played the character of: Phillip Green
- Don Rickles… - played the character of: Billy Sherbert
- Vinny Vella… - played the character of: Artie Piscano
- Alan King… - played the character of: Andy Stone
- L.Q. Jones… - played the character of: Pat Webb
- Dick Smothers… - played the character of: Senator
- Joseph Rigano… - played the character of: Vincent Borelli
- John Bloom… - played the character of: Don Ward
- Melissa Prophet… - played the character of: Jennifer Santoro

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas–it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970’s and ’80’s are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw–Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence. Written by Tad Dibbern {DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu}

Fight Club - was released on: 15 October 1999.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Edward Norton… - played the character of: The Narrator
- Brad Pitt… - played the character of: Tyler Durden
- Helena Bonham Carter… - played the character of: Marla Singer
- Meat Loaf… - played the character of: Robert ‘Bob’ Paulson (as Meat Loaf Aday)
- Zach Grenier… - played the character of: Richard Chesler
- Richmond Arquette… - played the character of: Intern
- David Andrews… Thomas
- George Maguire… Group Leader
- Eugenie Bondurant… Weeping Woman
- Christina Cabot… Group Leader
- Sydney ‘Big Dawg’ Colston… Speaker
- Rachel Singer… - played the character of: Chloe
- Christie Cronenweth… Airline Attendant
- Tim De Zarn… Inspector Bird
- Ezra Buzzington… Inspector Dent

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

The narrator suffers from a lack of sleep. He tries different ways to cure this, but he does not succeed. He does get some sleep, but his conditions rebounds back into it’s original state when he meets a lovely young woman, whose name is Marla. He finds out that she and he both have a lot in common and they spend a lot of time together. While touring, he meets an enigmatic young man named Tyler and after a short conversation both become fast friends. Both like to relieve their inner tensions by hitting each other. Soon word gets around about their fights, and lots of young people also get interested. Then a club is formed, which the narrator and Tyler call ‘Fight Club’. Both start spending a lot of time and both also make lots of money. Then one day the narrator finds out that Tyler has been using him. Written by Sumtira (Corrected by Calista)

Inherit the Wind - was released on: 1 November 1960.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Spencer Tracy… - played the character of: Henry Drummond
- Fredric March… - played the character of: Matthew Harrison Brady
- Gene Kelly… E. K. Hornbeck
- Dick York… Bertram T. Cates
- Donna Anderson… Rachel Brown
- Harry Morgan… Judge Mel Coffey
- Claude Akins… Rev. Jeremiah Brown
- Elliott Reid… Prosecutor Tom Davenport
- Paul Hartman… Deputy Horace Meeker - Bailiff
- Philip Coolidge… Mayor Jason Carter
- Jimmy Boyd… Howard - Biology Student
- Noah Beery Jr…. John Stebbins
- Norman Fell… WGN Radio Technician
- Gordon Polk… George Sillers - Juror Accepted
- Hope Summers… Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin’s theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 “Scopes monkey trial” with debates between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan taken largely from the transcripts. Written by Ed Stephan {stephan@cc.wwu.edu}

The Apartment - was released on: 16 September 1960.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Jack Lemmon… - played the character of: C.C. ‘Bud’ Baxter
- Shirley MacLaine… - played the character of: Fran Kubelik
- Fred MacMurray… - played the character of: Jeff D. Sheldrake
- Ray Walston… Joe Dobisch
- Jack Kruschen… Dr. Dreyfuss
- David Lewis… - played the character of: Al Kirkeby
- Hope Holiday… Mrs. Margie MacDougall
- Joan Shawlee… Sylvia
- Naomi Stevens… Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
- Johnny Seven… Karl Matuschka
- Joyce Jameson… The blonde
- Willard Waterman… Mr. Vanderhoff
- David White… Mr. Eichelberger
- Edie Adams… Miss Olsen

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Bud Baxter is a struggling clerk in a huge New York insurance company. He’s discovered a quick way to climb the corporate ladder - by lending out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. He often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits and one night he’s left with a major problem to solve. Written by Col Needham {col@imdb.com}

The Bridge on the River Kwai - was released on: 2 October 1957.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- William Holden… - played the character of: Cmdr. Shears
- Jack Hawkins… - played the character of: Maj. Warden
- Alec Guinness… - played the character of: Col. Nicholson
- Sessue Hayakawa… - played the character of: Col. Saito
- James Donald… - played the character of: Maj. Clipton
- Geoffrey Horne… - played the character of: Lt. Joyce
- André Morell… - played the character of: Col. Green (as Andre Morell)
- Peter Williams… - played the character of: Capt. Reeves
- John Boxer… Maj. Hughes
- Percy Herbert… Pvt. Grogan
- Harold Goodwin… Pvt. Baker, Sick List Volunteer
- Ann Sears… Nurse at Siamese hospital
- Heihachiro Okawa… Capt. Kanematsu (as Henry Okawa)
- Keiichiro Katsumoto… Lt. Miura
- M.R.B. Chakrabandhu… Yai (as M.R.B. Chakrabandhu {Col. Broome})

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden (Jack Hawkins) and an American, Shears (William Holden), to blow up the bridge. Written by alfiehitchie

L.A. Confidential - was released on: 19 September 1997.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Kevin Spacey… - played the character of: Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes
- Russell Crowe… - played the character of: Officer Wendell ‘Bud’ White
- Guy Pearce… - played the character of: Det .Lt. Edmund Jennings ‘Ed’ Exley
- James Cromwell… - played the character of: Capt. Dudley Liam Smith
- Kim Basinger… - played the character of: Lynn Bracken
- David Strathairn… - played the character of: Pierce Morehouse Patchett
- Danny DeVito… - played the character of: Sid Hudgens
- Graham Beckel… - played the character of: Det. Sgt. Richard Alex ‘Dick’ Stensland
- Paul Guilfoyle… - played the character of: Meyer Harris ‘Mickey’ Cohen
- Ron Rifkin… - played the character of: Dist. Atty. Ellis Loew
- Matt McCoy… - played the character of: Brett Chase
- Paolo Seganti… - played the character of: Johnny Stompanato
- Sandra Taylor… Mickey Cohen’s Mambo Partner
- Steve Rankin… Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen
- Elisabeth Granli… Mickey Cohen’s Mambo Partner

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

1950’s Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime. Written by Greg Bole {bole@life.bio.sunysb.edu}

The Terminator - was released on: 26 October 1984.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Arnold Schwarzenegger… - played the character of: The Terminator
- Michael Biehn… - played the character of: Kyle Reese
- Linda Hamilton… - played the character of: Sarah Connor
- Paul Winfield… - played the character of: Lieutenant Ed Traxler
- Lance Henriksen… - played the character of: Detective Hal Vukovich
- Bess Motta… - played the character of: Ginger Ventura
- Earl Boen… - played the character of: Dr. Peter Silberman
- Rick Rossovich… - played the character of: Matt Buchanan
- Dick Miller… - played the character of: Pawnshop Clerk
- Shawn Schepps… - played the character of: Nancy
- Bruce M. Kerner… - played the character of: Desk Sergeant
- Franco Columbu… - played the character of: Future Terminator
- Bill Paxton… - played the character of: Punk Leader
- Brad Rearden… - played the character of: Punk
- Brian Thompson… - played the character of: Punk

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Sarah Connor, a young woman whose life will have a great significance in years to come. Sarah has only one protector - Kyle Reese - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Sarah, but is there any way to stop the seemingly indestructible cyborg ? Written by Colin Tinto {cst@imdb.com}

Die Hard - was released on: 15 July 1988.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Bruce Willis… - played the character of: Officer John McClane
- Bonnie Bedelia… - played the character of: Holly Gennaro McClane
- Reginald VelJohnson… - played the character of: Sgt. Al Powell (as Reginald Veljohnson)
- Paul Gleason… - played the character of: Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson
- De’voreaux White… - played the character of: Argyle
- William Atherton… - played the character of: Richard Thornburg
- Hart Bochner… - played the character of: Harry Ellis
- James Shigeta… - played the character of: Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
- Alan Rickman… - played the character of: Hans Gruber
- Alexander Godunov… - played the character of: Karl
- Bruno Doyon… Franco
- Andreas Wisniewski… - played the character of: Tony
- Clarence Gilyard Jr…. Theo
- Joey Plewa… Alexander
- Lorenzo Caccialanza… - played the character of: Marco

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

New York cop John McClane, who has been a cop for 11 years, has just arrived in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve. For the past six months, John’s wife Holly and their two kids Lucy McClane and John McClane Jr have been living in Los Angeles without John. In New York, Holly had a good job that turned into a career, and Holly was promoted to a powerful position in the Nakatomi Corporation. The promotion called for Holly to move to Los Angeles to work in the Nakatomi Plaza, a 40 story building. John stayed in New York because he didn’t think Holly would make it out in Los Angeles, and that she would come crawling back to him in New York, so John figured that there was no reason to pack his things for the move to Los Angeles. A limo driver named Argyle drives John to the Nakatomi Plaza, and John heads to the 30th floor, where a Christmas party is going on. John gets into an argument with Holly in the office of her drug-snorting co-worker Harry Ellis because Holly uses her maiden name Gennero instead of the name McClane on her nameplate in her office. Holly leaves the room to give a speech. While John is by himself in the office, John is wishing that the argument hadn’t happened. A few minutes later, a group of German terrorists led by Hans Gruber and his right hand man Karl enter the building and take everyone hostage on the 30th floor. John is able to avoid being taken hostage because Hans and his men don’t even know that John is in the building. John heads to the upper floors, which are still under construction. Hans takes Holly’s boss Joseph Yashinobo Takagi to an office, where Hans demands that Takagi give him the computer code key that will allow Hans and his men to start opening the building’s safe so they can steal the $640,000,000 in negotiable bearer bonds that are in the safe. Takagi refuses to cooperate with Hans, so Hans kills Takagi, and John witnesses it. Hans tells his technology expert Theo to start working on getting the safe opened, and Theo thinks it’ll take a couple of hours to do it. John frantically tries to find a way to alert the LAPD, realizing that the main phone lines in the building have been cut. Once the police do arrive, they prove to be incompetent under the command of arrogant deputy chief Dwayne T. Robinson, so it’s up to John to rescue the hostages. Written by Todd Baldridge

To Have and Have Not - was released on: 20 January 1945.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Humphrey Bogart… - played the character of: Harry ‘Steve’ Morgan
- Walter Brennan… - played the character of: Eddie
- Lauren Bacall… - played the character of: Marie ‘Slim’ Browning
- Dolores Moran… Mme. Hellene de Bursac
- Hoagy Carmichael… Cricket
- Sheldon Leonard… Lt. Coyo
- Walter Szurovy… Paul de Bursac (as Walter Molnar)
- Marcel Dalio… Gerard (Frenchy)
- Walter Sande… Johnson, fishing customer
- Dan Seymour… Capt. M. Renard
- Aldo Nadi… Renard’s bodyguard

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Harry Morgan and his alcoholic sidekick, Eddie, are based on the island of Martinique and crew a boat available for hire. However, since the second world war is happening around them business is not what it could be and after a customer who owes them a large sum fails to pay they are forced against their better judgement to violate their preferred neutrality and to take a job for the resistance transporting a fugitive on the run from the Nazis to Martinique. Through all this runs the stormy relationship between Morgan and Marie “Slim” Browning, a resistance sympathizer and the sassy singer in the club where Morgan spends most of his days. Written by Mark Thompson {mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk}

The Best Years of Our Lives - was released on: 3 October 1947.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Myrna Loy… - played the character of: Milly Stephenson
- Fredric March… - played the character of: Al Stephenson
- Dana Andrews… - played the character of: Fred Derry
- Teresa Wright… - played the character of: Peggy Stephenson
- Virginia Mayo… - played the character of: Marie Derry
- Cathy O’Donnell… - played the character of: Wilma Cameron
- Hoagy Carmichael… Butch Engle
- Harold Russell… - played the character of: Homer Parrish
- Gladys George… Hortense Derry
- Roman Bohnen… Pat Derry
- Ray Collins… Mr. Milton
- Minna Gombell… Mrs. Parrish
- Walter Baldwin… Mr. Parrish
- Steve Cochran… Cliff Scully
- Dorothy Adams… - played the character of: Mrs. Cameron

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson (Fredric March) returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry (Dana Andrews) is an ordinary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish (Harold Russell) is unsure that his fiancée’s feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. In short, the film has everything: laughter, tears, romance, anger, compassion, steadfast love, wrenching drama, social message, emotional dynamite. Written by alfiehitchie