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Twelve Monkeys - was released on: 5 January 1996.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Joseph Melito… - played the character of: Young Cole
- Bruce Willis… - played the character of: James Cole
- Jon Seda… - played the character of: Jose
- Michael Chance… Scarface
- Vernon Campbell… Tiny
- H. Michael Walls… Botanist
- Bob Adrian… Geologist
- Simon Jones… Zoologist
- Carol Florence… Astrophysicist
- Bill Raymond… Microbiologist
- Ernest Abuba… Engineer
- Irma St. Paule… Poet
- Madeleine Stowe… - played the character of: Kathryn Railly
- Joey Perillo… Detective Franki
- Bruce Kirkpatrick… - played the character of: Policeman No. 1

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

An unknown and lethal virus has wiped out five billion people in 1996. Only 1% of the population has survived by the year 2035, and is forced to live underground. A convict (James Cole) reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to 1996 to gather information about the origin of the epidemic (who he’s told was spread by a mysterious “Army of the Twelve Monkeys”) and locate the virus before it mutates so that scientists can study it. Unfortunately Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990, six years earlier than expected, and is arrested and locked up in a mental institution, where he meets Dr. Kathryn Railly, a psychiatrist, and Jeffrey Goines, the insane son of a famous scientist and virus expert. Written by Giancarlo Cairella {vertigo@imdb.com}

Papillon - was released on: 16 December 1973.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Steve McQueen… - played the character of: Henri ‘Papillon’ Charriere
- Dustin Hoffman… - played the character of: Louis Dega
- Victor Jory… Indian Chief
- Don Gordon… Julot
- Anthony Zerbe… Toussaint
- Robert Deman… Maturette
- Woodrow Parfrey… Clusiot
- Bill Mumy… Lariot
- George Coulouris… Dr. Chatal
- Ratna Assan… Zoraima
- William Smithers… Warden Barrot
- Val Avery… Pascal
- Gregory Sierra… Antonio
- Vic Tayback… Sergeant (as Victor Tayback)
- Mills Watson… Guard

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for ‘butterfly’ (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in ‘Guiane’ (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to escape despite incarcerations in solitary confinement as punishment. Written by Reid Gagle

Forrest Gump - was released on: 6 July 1994.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Tom Hanks… - played the character of: Forrest Gump
- Robin Wright Penn… - played the character of: Jenny Curran (as Robin Wright)
- Gary Sinise… - played the character of: Lt. Dan Taylor
- Mykelti Williamson… - played the character of: Pvt. Benjamin Buford ‘Bubba’ Blue
- Sally Field… - played the character of: Mrs. Gump
- Rebecca Williams… - played the character of: Nurse at Park Bench
- Michael Conner Humphreys… - played the character of: Young Forrest Gump
- Harold G. Herthum… - played the character of: Doctor (as Harold Herthum)
- George Kelly… Barber
- Bob Penny… Crony
- John Randall… Crony
- Sam Anderson… Principal
- Margo Moorer… Louise, Mrs. Gump’s Housekeeper
- Ione M. Telech… Elderly Woman
- Christine Seabrook… Elderly Woman’s Daughter

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Forrest, Forrest Gump is a simple man with little brain activity but good intentions. He struggles through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His ‘mama’ teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, starts a table tennis craze, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, create the smiley, write bumper stickers and songs, donating to people and meeting the president several times. However this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny. Who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone Written by aliw135

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - was released on: 11 June 1982.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Henry Thomas… - played the character of: Elliott
- Dee Wallace… - played the character of: Mary
- Robert MacNaughton… - played the character of: Michael (as Robert Macnaughton)
- Drew Barrymore… - played the character of: Gertie
- Peter Coyote… - played the character of: Keys
- K.C. Martel… - played the character of: Greg
- Sean Frye… - played the character of: Steve
- C. Thomas Howell… - played the character of: Tyler (as Tom Howell)
- David M. O’Dell… Schoolboy (as David O’Dell)
- Richard Swingler… Science Teacher
- Frank Toth… Policeman
- Robert Barton… Ultrasound Man
- Michael Darrell… Van Man
- David Berkson… - played the character of: Medic
- Susan Cameron… - played the character of: Medic
- David Carlberg… - played the character of: Medic
- Erika Eleniak… - played the character of: Pretty Young Girl
- Will Fowler Jr…. - played the character of: Medic
- Barbara Hartnett… - played the character of: Medic
- Milt Kogan… - played the character of: Medic
- Alexander Lampone… - played the character of: Medic
- Diane Lampone… - played the character of: Medic
- Rhoda Makoff… - played the character of: Medic
- Robert Murphy… - played the character of: Medic
- Richard Pesavento… - played the character of: Medic
- Tom Sherry… - played the character of: Medic
- Mary Stein… - played the character of: Medic
- Mitchell Suskin… - played the character of: Medic

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Elliot is your normal boy, until one day, when he meets a little lost alien. Elliot decides to keep the alien, in which he gives the name E.T. Elliot works with E.T. in trying to find him a way to get back home. Elliot must make the difficult sacrifice. Whether to help his new friend or to lose him? Whatever the decision is, Elliot must keep him hidden, as someone else is out to look for him. Written by simon

Fanny och Alexander - was released on: 17 June 1983.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Kristina Adolphson… Ekdahlska huset - Siri
- Börje Ahlstedt… Ekdahlska huset - Carl Ekdahl
- Pernilla Allwin… Ekdahlska huset - Fanny Ekdahl
- Kristian Almgren… Ekdahlska huset - Putte Ekdahl
- Carl Billquist… Ekdahlska huset - Police Superintendent Jespersson
- Axel Düberg… Ekdahlska huset - Witness to Bishop’s death
- Allan Edwall… Ekdahlska huset - Oscar Ekdahl
- Siv Ericks… Ekdahlska huset - Alida
- Ewa Fröling… Ekdahlska huset - Emilie Ekdahl
- Patricia Gélin… Ekdahlska huset - Statue (as Patricia Gelin)
- Majlis Granlund… Ekdahlska huset - Miss Vega
- Maria Granlund… Ekdahlska huset - Petra Ekdahl
- Bertil Guve… Ekdahlska huset - Alexander Ekdahl
- Eva von Hanno… Ekdahlska huset - Berta
- Sonya Hedenbratt… Ekdahlska huset - Aunt Emma

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

The title characters are children in the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. Their parents, Oscar and Emilie, are the director and the leading lady of the local theatre company. Oscar’s mother and brother are its chief patrons. After Oscar’s early death, his widow marries the bishop and moves with her children to his austere and forbidding chancery. The children are immediately miserable. The film dramatizes and resolves those conflicts. A sub-plot features Isak, a local Jewish merchant who is the grandmother’s lover and whose odd household becomes the children’s refuge. Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - was released on: 22 April 1962.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- John Wayne… - played the character of: Tom Doniphon
- James Stewart… - played the character of: Ransom Stoddard
- Vera Miles… - played the character of: Hallie Stoddard
- Lee Marvin… - played the character of: Liberty Valance
- Edmond O’Brien… - played the character of: Dutton Peabody
- Andy Devine… - played the character of: Marshal Link Appleyard
- Ken Murray… - played the character of: Doc Willoughby
- John Carradine… - played the character of: Maj. Cassius Starbuckle
- Jeanette Nolan… - played the character of: Nora Ericson
- John Qualen… - played the character of: Peter Ericson
- Willis Bouchey… - played the character of: Jason Tully (conductor)
- Carleton Young… - played the character of: Maxwell Scott
- Woody Strode… - played the character of: Pompey
- Denver Pyle… - played the character of: Amos Carruthers
- Strother Martin… - played the character of: Floyd

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Senator Ranse Stoddard returns to the city of Shinbone in the Wild West, to go to the funeral of his friend, Tom Doniphon. To a journalist, who’s wondering what the senator is doing in Shinbone, he tells how his career started as “the man who shot Liberty Valance”. As a lawyer he came to Shinbone to bring law and order to the west by means of law books. When the stagecoach is held up by outlaws, he is savagely beaten by Liberty Valance. He survives the attack and is nursed by his future wife, Hallie. Hallie is being wooed by a local rancher, Tom Doniphon. Ranse teaches the people of Shinbone to read and write, all the while trying to find a way of bringing Valance to justice. He finally takes up a gun and faces Valance in a menacing shootout… Written by Tony Kessen {rhkessen@cs.vu.nl}

Battaglia di Algeri, La - was released on: 20 September 1967.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Brahim Hadjadj… - played the character of: Ali La Pointe (as Brahim Haggiag)
- Jean Martin… - played the character of: Col. Mathieu
- Yacef Saadi… Djafar (as Saadi Yacef)
- Samia Kerbash… One of the girls
- Ugo Paletti… Captain
- Fusia El Kader… Halima
- Omar
- Mohamed Ben Kassen… Petit Omar

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian’s use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. Written by John Vogel {jlvogel@comcast.net}

Anatomy of a Murder - was released on: 1 July 1959.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- James Stewart… - played the character of: Paul Biegler
- Lee Remick… - played the character of: Laura Manion
- Ben Gazzara… - played the character of: Lt. Frederick Manion
- Arthur O’Connell… - played the character of: Parnell Emmett McCarthy
- Eve Arden… - played the character of: Maida Rutledge
- Kathryn Grant… - played the character of: Mary Pilant
- George C. Scott… - played the character of: Asst. State Atty. Gen. Claude Dancer
- Orson Bean… Dr. Matthew Smith
- Russ Brown… George Lemon
- Murray Hamilton… - played the character of: Alphonse Paquette
- Brooks West… Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick
- Ken Lynch… Det. Sgt. James Durgo
- John Qualen… Deputy Sheriff Sulo
- Howard McNear… Dr. Dompierre
- Alexander Campbell… Dr. W. Gregory Harcourt

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband’s story, the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped. Manion is defended by Paul Biegler (James Stewart), a rather humble small-town lawyer. During the course of interviews, Biegler discovers that Manion is violently possessive and jealous, and also that his wife has a reputation for giving her favors to other men. Biegler realizes that the prosecution will try to make the court believe that Laura was the lover of the bartender and than Manion killed him and beat her up when he discovered them together. Manion pleads “not guilty” and Biegler, who knows that his case is weak, sets his assistants to try to find a witness who will save Manion. Written by alfiehitchie

On the Waterfront - was released on: 24 June 1954.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Marlon Brando… - played the character of: Terry Malloy
- Karl Malden… - played the character of: Father Barry
- Lee J. Cobb… - played the character of: Johnny Friendly
- Rod Steiger… - played the character of: Charley ‘the Gent’ Malloy
- Pat Henning… Timothy J. ‘Kayo’ Dugan
- Leif Erickson… Glover
- James Westerfield… Big Mac
- Tony Galento… Truck
- Tami Mauriello… Tullio
- John F. Hamilton… ‘Pop’ Doyle (as John Hamilton)
- John Heldabrand… Mutt
- Rudy Bond… Moose
- Don Blackman… Luke
- Arthur Keegan… Jimmy
- Abe Simon… Barney

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny’s thugs, and later meets the dead man’s sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers. Written by Colin Tinto {cst@imdb.com}

His Girl Friday - was released on: 18 January 1940.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Cary Grant… - played the character of: Walter Burns
- Rosalind Russell… - played the character of: Hildegaard ‘Hildy’ Johnson
- Ralph Bellamy… - played the character of: Bruce Baldwin
- Gene Lockhart… Sheriff Peter B.’Pinky’ Hartwell
- Porter Hall… Murphy - Reporter
- Ernest Truex… Roy V. Bensinger - Reporter
- Cliff Edwards… Endicott - Reporter
- Clarence Kolb… Mayor
- Roscoe Karns… McCue - Reporter
- Frank Jenks… Wilson - Reporter
- Regis Toomey… Sanders - Reporter
- Abner Biberman… Louis ‘Diamond Louie ‘Palutso
- Frank Orth… Duffy - Copy Editor
- John Qualen… - played the character of: Earl Williams
- Helen Mack… - played the character of: Mollie Malloy

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Hildy Johnson has divorced Walter Burns and visits his office to tell him that she is engaged to another man and that they are going to get married the day after. Walter Burns can’t let that happen and frames the other man, Bruce Baldwin, for a lot of stuff getting him into trouble all the time, while he tries to steer Hildy back into her old job as his employee (editor of his newspaper). Written by Lars J. Aas {larsa@colargol.edb.tih.no}