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Tron

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Tron

Tron

Release Date  9 July 1982 (1 h 36 min)
Directed by  Steven Lisberger
Writer 
Composer  Wendy Carlos
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is "digitalized" by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a security program, Flynn seeks to free The Grid from the MCP.

  • Year of production  1982
  • Release Date  9 July 1982
  • Local Release Date  1 October 1983
  • Revenue  $33,000,000
  • Budget  $17,000,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

A world inside the computer where man has never been. Until now.

As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is "digitalized" by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a security program, Flynn seeks to free The Grid from the MCP.


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  • Movie Media  Blu-ray
  • Movie Rating  Not rated
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  • TMDb ID  97
  • Original Title  Tron
  • Release Date  9 July 1982
  • Local Release Date  1 October 1983
  • Runtime  1 h 36 min
  • Production  Walt Disney Pictures, Lisberger/Kushner
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
  • Director  Steven Lisberger
  • Producer  Harrison Ellenshaw, Donald Kushner
  • Director of Photography  Bruce Logan
  • Original Music Composer  Wendy Carlos
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  PG
  • Budget  $17,000,000
  • Revenue  $33,000,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0084827
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors



Scénario


Soundtrack

Wendy Carlos

Production

Harrison Ellenshaw
Donald Kushner

Companies

Walt Disney Pictures
Lisberger/Kushner

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
© 2000 Sony Pictures Classics − All right reserved.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Poster for the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
Release Date  1 October 2000 (2 h 00 min)
Directed by  Ang Lee
Writer 
Composer  Dun Tan
Country   China,   Hong Kong,   Taiwan,   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

  • Year of production  2000
  • Release Date  1 October 2000
  • Local Release Date  9 October 2000
  • Revenue  $213,525,736
  • Budget  $17,000,000
  • Language  普通话


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Overview

A timeless story of strength, secrets and two warriors who would never surrender.

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.


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  • TMDb ID  146
  • Original Title  卧虎藏龙
  • Release Date  1 October 2000
  • Local Release Date  9 October 2000
  • Runtime  2 h 00 min
  • Production  Sony Pictures Classics, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Good Machine, EDKO Film, Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., United China Vision, Zoom Hunt International Productions Company Ltd.
  • Country   China,   Hong Kong,   Taiwan,   United States of America
  • Languages  普通话
  • Genres  Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance
  • Director  Ang Lee
  • Producer  William Kong, Ang Lee, Li-Kong Hsu
  • Director of Photography  Peter Pau
  • Original Music Composer  Dun Tan
  • Author  Du Lu Wang
  • Writer 
  • Certification  PG-13
  • Budget  $17,000,000
  • Revenue  $213,525,736
  • IMDb Id  tt0190332
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors



Scénario


Soundtrack

Dun Tan

Production

William Kong
Ang Lee
Li-Kong Hsu

Companies

Sony Pictures Classics
China Film Co-Production Corporation
Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia
Good Machine
EDKO Film
Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd.
United China Vision
Zoom Hunt International Productions Company Ltd.

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House of Flying Daggers

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House of Flying Daggers
© 2004 Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd. − All right reserved.

House of Flying Daggers

Poster for the movie "House of Flying Daggers"
Release Date  19 May 2004 (1 h 59 min)
Directed by  Zhang Yimou
Writer 
Composer  Umebayashi Shigeru
Country   China,   Hong Kong
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

  • Year of production  2004
  • Release Date  19 May 2004
  • Local Release Date  3 August 2004
  • Revenue  $92,863,945
  • Budget  0
  • Language  普通话


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Overview

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.


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  • TMDb ID  9550
  • Original Title  十面埋伏
  • Release Date  19 May 2004
  • Local Release Date  3 August 2004
  • Runtime  1 h 59 min
  • Production  Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd.
  • Country   China,   Hong Kong
  • Languages  普通话
  • Genres  Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance
  • Director  Zhang Yimou
  • Producer  William Kong, Zhang Yimou
  • Director of Photography  Zhao Xiaoding
  • Original Music Composer  Umebayashi Shigeru
  • Author  Feng Li, Wang Bin, Zhang Yimou
  • Writer 
  • Certification  PG-13
  • Budget  0
  • Revenue  $92,863,945
  • IMDb Id  tt0385004
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors



Scénario


Soundtrack

Umebayashi Shigeru

Production

William Kong
Zhang Yimou

Companies

Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd.

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Platoon

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Platoon
© 1986 Orion Pictures − All right reserved.

Platoon

Poster for the movie "Platoon"
Release Date  18 December 1986 (2 h 00 min)
Directed by  Oliver Stone
Writer 
Composer  Georges Delerue
Genres  Drama, War, Action
Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

  • Year of production  1986
  • Release Date  18 December 1986
  • Local Release Date  18 December 1986
  • Revenue  $138,530,565
  • Budget  $6,000,000
  • Language  English, Tiếng Việt


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Overview

The first casualty of war is innocence.

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.


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  • TMDb ID  792
  • Original Title  Platoon
  • Release Date  18 December 1986
  • Local Release Date  18 December 1986
  • Runtime  2 h 00 min
  • Production  Orion Pictures, Hemdale Film Corporation
  • Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
  • Languages  English, Tiếng Việt
  • Genres  Drama, War, Action
  • Director  Oliver Stone
  • Producer  Arnold Kopelson, A. Kitman Ho
  • Director of Photography  Robert Richardson
  • Original Music Composer  Georges Delerue
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $6,000,000
  • Revenue  $138,530,565
  • IMDb Id  tt0091763
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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The Way of the Dragon

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The Way of the Dragon
© 1972 Golden Harvest Company − All right reserved.

The Way of the Dragon

Poster for the movie "The Way of the Dragon"
Release Date  1 June 1972 (1 h 40 min)
Directed by  Bruce Lee
Writer 
Composer  Joseph Koo
Genres  Action, Crime
Country   Hong Kong
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off.

  • Year of production  1972
  • Release Date  1 June 1972
  • Local Release Date  7 August 1974
  • Revenue  $85,000,000
  • Budget  $130,000
  • Language  English, Italian, 普通话


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Overview

The Colosseum . . the battleground of Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris.

Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off.


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  • Movie Rating  Not rated
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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  9462
  • Original Title  猛龍過江
  • Release Date  1 June 1972
  • Local Release Date  7 August 1974
  • Runtime  1 h 40 min
  • Production  Golden Harvest Company, Concord Productions Inc.
  • Country   Hong Kong
  • Languages  English, Italian, 普通话
  • Genres  Action, Crime
  • Director  Bruce Lee
  • Producer  Raymond Chow, Bruce Lee
  • Director of Photography  Tadashi Nishimoto
  • Original Music Composer  Joseph Koo
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $130,000
  • Revenue  $85,000,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0068935
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors



Scénario


Soundtrack

Joseph Koo

Production

Raymond Chow
Bruce Lee

Companies

Golden Harvest Company
Concord Productions Inc.

Posters


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Alien

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Alien
© 1979 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation − All right reserved.

Alien

Poster for the movie "Alien"
Release Date  25 May 1979 (1 h 57 min)
Directed by  Ridley Scott
Writer  Ronald Shusett
Composer  Jerry Goldsmith
Country   United States of America,   United Kingdom
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

  • Year of production  1979
  • Release Date  25 May 1979
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Revenue  $104,931,801
  • Budget  $11,000,000
  • Language  English, Spanish


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Overview

In space no one can hear you scream.

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.


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  • TMDb ID  348
  • Original Title  Alien
  • Release Date  25 May 1979
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Runtime  1 h 57 min
  • Production  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Brandywine Productions
  • Country   United States of America,   United Kingdom
  • Languages  English, Spanish
  • Genres  Horror, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
  • Director  Ridley Scott
  • Producer  Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill, Ivor Powell
  • Director of Photography  Derek Vanlint
  • Original Music Composer  Jerry Goldsmith
  • Author 
  • Writer  Ronald Shusett
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $11,000,000
  • Revenue  $104,931,801
  • IMDb Id  tt0078748
  • Adult 
  • Homepage  https://www.facebook.com/alienanthology/

Directors



Scénario

Ronald Shusett

Soundtrack

Jerry Goldsmith

Production

Gordon Carroll
David Giler
Walter Hill
Ivor Powell

Companies

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Brandywine Productions

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Smokey and the Bandit

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Smokey and the Bandit
© 1977 Universal Pictures − All right reserved.

Smokey and the Bandit

Poster for the movie "Smokey and the Bandit"
Release Date  26 May 1977 (1 h 36 min)
Directed by  Hal Needham
Writer 
Composer  Bill Justis, Jerry Reed
Genres  Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.

  • Year of production  1977
  • Release Date  26 May 1977
  • Local Release Date  25 November 1979
  • Revenue  $126,737,428
  • Budget  $4,300,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

What we have here is a total lack of respect for the law!

A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.


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  • TMDb ID  11006
  • Original Title  Smokey and the Bandit
  • Release Date  26 May 1977
  • Local Release Date  25 November 1979
  • Runtime  1 h 36 min
  • Production  Universal Pictures
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Action, Adventure, Comedy
  • Director  Hal Needham
  • Producer  Mort Engelberg, Jules V. Levy
  • Director of Photography  Bobby Byrne
  • Original Music Composer  Bill Justis, Jerry Reed
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  PG
  • Budget  $4,300,000
  • Revenue  $126,737,428
  • IMDb Id  tt0076729
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors



Scénario


Soundtrack

Bill Justis
Jerry Reed

Production

Mort Engelberg
Jules V. Levy

Companies

Universal Pictures

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Ran

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Ran
© 1985 Nippon Herald Films − All right reserved.

Ran

Poster for the movie "Ran"
Release Date  1 June 1985 (2 h 42 min)
Directed by  Akira Kurosawa
Writer  Masato Ide
Composer  Tôru Takemitsu
Genres  Action, Drama, History
Country   Japan,   France
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Set in Japan in the 16th century (or so), an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them, or cause them to turn on each other...and him...

  • Year of production  1985
  • Release Date  1 June 1985
  • Local Release Date  31 December 2015
  • Revenue  $4,069,653
  • Budget  $11,500,000
  • Language  Japanese


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Overview

The Greatest Shakespeare Film

Set in Japan in the 16th century (or so), an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them, or cause them to turn on each other...and him...


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  • TMDb ID  11645
  • Original Title 
  • Release Date  1 June 1985
  • Local Release Date  31 December 2015
  • Runtime  2 h 42 min
  • Production  Nippon Herald Films, Greenwich Film Productions, Herald Ace
  • Country   Japan,   France
  • Languages  Japanese
  • Genres  Action, Drama, History
  • Director  Akira Kurosawa
  • Producer  Masato Hara, Serge Silberman
  • Director of Photography  中井朝一, Takao Saitô, Shôji Ueda
  • Original Music Composer  Tôru Takemitsu
  • Author 
  • Writer  Masato Ide
  • Certification 
  • Budget  $11,500,000
  • Revenue  $4,069,653
  • IMDb Id  tt0089881
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors



Scénario

Masato Ide

Soundtrack

Tôru Takemitsu

Production

Masato Hara
Serge Silberman

Companies

Nippon Herald Films
Greenwich Film Productions
Herald Ace

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Aliens

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Aliens
© 1986 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation − All right reserved.

Aliens

Poster for the movie "Aliens"
Release Date  18 July 1986 (2 h 17 min)
Directed by  James Cameron
Writer 
Composer  James Horner
Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.

  • Year of production  1986
  • Release Date  18 July 1986
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Revenue  $183,316,455
  • Budget  $18,500,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

This Time It's War

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.


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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  679
  • Original Title  Aliens
  • Release Date  18 July 1986
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Runtime  2 h 17 min
  • Production  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, SLM Production Group, Brandywine Productions
  • Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Horror, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
  • Director  James Cameron
  • Producer  Gale Anne Hurd
  • Director of Photography  Adrian Biddle
  • Original Music Composer  James Horner
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $18,500,000
  • Revenue  $183,316,455
  • IMDb Id  tt0090605
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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Every Which Way But Loose

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Every Which Way But Loose
© − All right reserved.

Every Which Way But Loose

Poster for the movie ""
Release Date  19 December 1978 (1 h 50 min)
Directed by  James Fargo
Writer  Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
Composer 
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.

  • Year of production  1978
  • Release Date  19 December 1978
  • Local Release Date  19 December 1978
  • Revenue  $85
  • Budget  $5
  • Language  English


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Overview

Clint Eastwood will turn you Every Which Way But Loose

Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.


Details

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  • Movie Rating  Not rated
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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  15417
  • Original Title  Every Which Way But Loose
  • Release Date  19 December 1978
  • Local Release Date  19 December 1978
  • Runtime  1 h 50 min
  • Production  Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros.
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Action, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
  • Director  James Fargo
  • Producer 
  • Director of Photography 
  • Original Music Composer 
  • Author 
  • Writer  Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
  • Certification  PG
  • Budget  $5
  • Revenue  $85
  • IMDb Id  tt0077523
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors



Scénario

Jeremy Joe Kronsberg

Soundtrack


Production


Companies

Malpaso Productions
Warner Bros.

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