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Metropolis - was released on: 13 March 1927.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Alfred Abel… - played the character of: Joh Fredersen
- Gustav Fröhlich… Freder, Joh Fredersen’s son
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge… C. A. Rotwang, the inventor
- Fritz Rasp… The Thin Man
- Theodor Loos… Josaphat
- Erwin Biswanger… 11811
- Heinrich George… Grot, the guardian of the Heart Machine
- Brigitte Helm… The Creative Man / The Machine Man / - played the character of: Death / The Seven Deadly Sins / Maria

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

It is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers, who make plans (but don’t know how anything works), and the workers, who achieve goals (but don’t have the vision). Completely separate, neither group is complete, but together they make a whole. One man from the “thinkers” dares visit the underground where the workers toil, and is astonished by what he sees… Written by Murray Chapman {muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au}

The Big Parade - was released on: 1926.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- John Gilbert… - played the character of: James Apperson
- Renée Adorée… - played the character of: Melisande
- Hobart Bosworth… - played the character of: Mr. Apperson
- Claire McDowell… - played the character of: Mrs. Apperson
- Claire Adams… - played the character of: Justyn Reed
- Robert Ober… - played the character of: Harry
- Tom O’Brien… - played the character of: Bull
- Karl Dane… - played the character of: Slim
- Kathleen Key… - played the character of: Miss Apperson
- Rosita Marstini… - played the character of: Melisande’s mother
- Julanne Johnston… - played the character of: Justine Devereux
- George Beranger(as Andre Beranger)
- Frank Currier

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

The idle son of a rich businessman joins the army when the U.S.A. enters World War One. He is sent to France, where he becomes friends with two working-class soldiers. He also falls in love with a Frenchwoman, but has to leave her to move to the frontline. Written by Philip Apps {apps@math.wisc.edu}

JFK - was released on: 20 December 1991.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Kevin Costner… - played the character of: Jim Garrison
- Tommy Lee Jones… - played the character of: Clay Shaw / - played the character of: Clay Bertrand
- Kevin Bacon… - played the character of: Willie O’Keefe
- Gary Oldman… - played the character of: Lee Harvey Oswald
- Michael Rooker… Bill Broussard
- Jack Lemmon… Jack Martin
- Laurie Metcalf… Susie Cox
- Sissy Spacek… - played the character of: Liz Garrison
- Joe Pesci… - played the character of: David Ferrie
- John Candy… - played the character of: Dean Andrews
- Pruitt Taylor Vince… Lee Bowers
- Jay O. Sanders… Lou Ivon
- Walter Matthau… - played the character of: Senator Russell Long
- Sally Kirkland… Rose Cheramie
- Donald Sutherland… - played the character of: X

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Details the actions of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, who takes it upon himself to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, in 1963. Garrison is extremely suspicious of the official story presented by the FBI, and what he already knows and what he subsequently learns lead him to suspect that there is more to the story than the public is being told. Written by Murray Chapman {muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au}

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - was released on: 25 May 1983.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Mark Hamill… - played the character of: Luke Skywalker
- Harrison Ford… - played the character of: Han Solo
- Carrie Fisher… - played the character of: Princess Leia
- Billy Dee Williams… - played the character of: Lando Calrissian
- Anthony Daniels… - played the character of: C-3PO
- Peter Mayhew… - played the character of: Chewbacca
- Sebastian Shaw… - played the character of: Anakin Skywalker
- Ian McDiarmid… - played the character of: The Emperor
- Frank Oz… - played the character of: Performing Yoda (voice)
- James Earl Jones… - played the character of: Voice of Darth Vader (voice)
- David Prowse… - played the character of: Darth Vader
- Alec Guinness… - played the character of: Ben ‘Obi-Wan’ Kenobi
- Kenny Baker… - played the character of: R2-D2 / - played the character of: Paploo
- Michael Pennington… - played the character of: Moff Jerjerrod
- Kenneth Colley… - played the character of: Admiral Piett

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new, indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has been imprisoned, and Luke Skywalker has sent R2D2 and C3PO to try and free him. Princess Leia - disguised as a bounty hunter - and Chewbacca go along as well. The final battle takes place on the moon of Endor, with its natural inhabitants, the Ewoks, lending a hand to the rebels. Will Darth Vader and the dark side overcome the rebels and take over the universe ? Written by Colin Tinto {cst@imdb.com}

The Poor Little Rich Girl - was released on: 5 March 1917.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Mary Pickford… Gwendolyn
- Madlaine Traverse… Her mother
- Charles Wellesley… Her father
- Gladys Fairbanks… Jane
- Frank McGlynn Sr…. The plumber
- Emile La Croix… The organ grinder
- Marcia Harris… Miss Royale
- Charles Craig… Thomas
- Frank Andrews… Potter
- Herbert Prior… The doctor
- George Gernon… Johnny Blake
- Maxine Elliott Hicks… Susie May Squoggs (as Maxine Hicks)

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Gwen’s family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so she is lonely and unhappy. Her father is concerned only with making money, and her mother cares only about her social position. But one day a servant’s irresponsibility creates a crisis that causes everyone to rethink what is important to them. Written by Snow Leopard

Groundhog Day - was released on: 12 February 1993.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Bill Murray… - played the character of: Phil Connors
- Andie MacDowell… - played the character of: Rita
- Chris Elliott… - played the character of: Larry
- Stephen Tobolowsky… - played the character of: Ned Ryerson
- Brian Doyle-Murray… - played the character of: Buster Green
- Marita Geraghty… Nancy Taylor
- Angela Paton… Mrs. Lancaster
- Rick Ducommun… Gus
- Rick Overton… Ralph
- Robin Duke… Doris, the Waitress
- Carol Bivins… Anchorwoman
- Willie Garson… Kenny
- Ken Hudson Campbell… Man in Hallway
- Les Podewell… Old Man
- Rod Sell… Groundhog Official

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting “rat” (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the ‘following’ day he discovers that it’s Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, then comes the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day. Written by Rob Hartill

Scarface - was released on: 9 December 1983.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Al Pacino… - played the character of: Tony Montana
- Steven Bauer… - played the character of: Manny Ribera
- Michelle Pfeiffer… - played the character of: Elvira Hancock
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio… - played the character of: Gina Montana
- Robert Loggia… - played the character of: Frank Lopez
- Miriam Colon… - played the character of: Mama Montana
- F. Murray Abraham… - played the character of: Omar Suarez
- Paul Shenar… - played the character of: Alejandro Sosa
- Harris Yulin… - played the character of: Mel Bernstein
- Ángel Salazar… - played the character of: Chi Chi
- Arnaldo Santana… - played the character of: Ernie
- Pepe Serna… - played the character of: Angel
- Michael P. Moran… - played the character of: Nick The Pig
- Al Israel… - played the character of: Hector The Toad
- Dennis Holahan… - played the character of: Jerry The Banker

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Remake of the 1932 film, which follows the rise of Tony Montana, a Cuban emigre who, with his friend Manny Ray, builds a strong criminal empire in early 1980’s Miami. Written by Stephen Currence {billyc@erols.com}

Nuovo cinema Paradiso - was released on: 23 February 1990.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Antonella Attili… Maria Di Vita - Younger
- Enzo Cannavale… Spaccafico
- Isa Danieli… Anna
- Leo Gullotta… Usher
- Marco Leonardi… - played the character of: Salvatore ‘Toto’ Di Vita - Teenager
- Pupella Maggio… Maria Di Vita - Older
- Agnese Nano… Elena Mendola
- Leopoldo Trieste… Father Adelfio
- Salvatore Cascio… - played the character of: Salvatore ‘Toto’ Di Vita - Child
- Tano Cimarosa… Blacksmith
- Nicola Di Pinto… Village Idiot
- Roberta Lena… Lia
- Nino Terzo… Peppino’s Father
- Jacques Perrin… - played the character of: Salvatore ‘Toto’ Di Vita - Adult
- Philippe Noiret… - played the character of: Alfredo

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

A famous film director returns home to a Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years. He reminisces about his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He is also reminded of his lost teenage love, Elena, who he had to leave before he left for Rome. Written by Graeme Roy {gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk}

Kavkazskaya plennitsa, ili Novye priklyucheniya Shurika - was released on: 25 August 1967.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Aleksandr Demyanenko… - played the character of: Shurik
- Natalya Varley… - played the character of: Nina
- Ruslan Akhmetov… Edik
- Yuri Nikulin… - played the character of: Booby
- Georgi Vitsin… - played the character of: Coward
- Yevgeni Morgunov… - played the character of: Experienced
- Vladimir Etush… - played the character of: Comrade Saakhov
- Frunzik Mkrtchyan… Nina’s uncle
- Nina Grebeshkova… doctor
- Mikhail Gluzsky… Hotel clerk
- Georgi Millyar
- Emmanuil Geller
- Pyotr Repnin
- N. Avaliani
- Donara Mkrtchyan(as D. Mkrtchyan)

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

In this comic but dated story, nerdy Shurik travels to Caucas in search of native legends and folklore. But what he finds is a beautiful girl whom, due to intoxication and deceit of the local “gang”, he ends up literally stealing for the local deceitful governor. All the time Shurik thinks that it is all just a one old Caucasian custom. When he, finally, realizes what he did he goes out in search for the girl of his dreams. Written by Ptah Hoteb {ptah_@hotmail.com}

Kumonosu jô - was released on: 22 November 1961.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Toshirô Mifune… - played the character of: Taketori Washizu
- Isuzu Yamada… - played the character of: Lady Asaji Washizu
- Takashi Shimura… - played the character of: Noriyasu Odagura
- Akira Kubo… - played the character of: Yoshiteru Miki
- Hiroshi Tachikawa… Kunimaru Tsuzuki (as Yoichi Tachikawa)
- Minoru Chiaki… - played the character of: Yoshiaki Miki
- Takamaru Sasaki… Kuniharu Tsuzuki
- Kokuten Kodo… Military Commander
- Kichijiro Ueda… Washizu’s workman
- Eiko Miyoshi… Old Woman at castle
- Chieko Naniwa… Old Ghost Woman
- Nakajiro Tomita… Second Military Commander
- Yu Fujiki… Washizu samurai
- Sachio Sakai… Washizu samurai
- Shin Otomo… Washizu samurai

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

A transposition of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki’s descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come true, even if it means killing the Emperor… Written by Michael Brooke {michael@everyman.demon.co.uk}