West Germany:12 certified movies

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Music | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: John Belushi | Dan Aykroyd | James Brown | Cab Calloway | Ray Charles | Aretha Franklin | Steve Cropper | Donald Dunn | Murphy Dunne | Willie Hall | Tom Malone | Lou Marini | Matt Murphy | Alan Rubin | Carrie Fisher
Directors: John Landis
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After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church stopped its support and will sell the place to the education authority, and the only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their “mission from god” they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Peter O'Toole | Alec Guinness | Anthony Quinn | Jack Hawkins | Omar Sharif | José Ferrer | Anthony Quayle | Claude Rains | Arthur Kennedy | Donald Wolfit | I.S. Johar | Gamil Ratib | Michel Ray | John Dimech | Zia Mohyeddin
Directors: David Lean
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T. E. Lawrence is a young maladjusted lieutenant in the British Army in North Africa during World War One. Unhappy with his current assignment coloring maps, he is ecstatic when he is offered a job as an observer in what is now Arabia. At this point, the story of his life becomes the stuff that legends are made of.

Working Girl (1988)

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Harrison Ford | Sigourney Weaver | Melanie Griffith | Alec Baldwin | Joan Cusack | Philip Bosco | Nora Dunn | Oliver Platt | James Lally | Kevin Spacey | Robert Easton | Olympia Dukakis | Amy Aquino | Jeffrey Nordling | Elizabeth Whitcraft
Directors: Mike Nichols
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A witty, romantic look at life in the corporate jungle: Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess simply takes over her office, her apartment, even her wardrobe. She then creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her straight to the top - or finish her off for good.

Easy Money (1983)

Monday, December 8th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Rodney Dangerfield | Joe Pesci | Geraldine Fitzgerald | Candice Azzara | Val Avery | Tom Noonan | Taylor Negron | Lili Haydn | Jeffrey Jones | Tom Ewell | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Jeff Altman | David Vasquez | Kimberly McArthur | Frank Simpson
Directors: James Signorelli
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Monty Capuletti could receive 10 million dollars as an inheritance from his late mother-in-law’s estate. Her will states he must first curb his vices for a year, which include smoking, drinking and gambling to name a few.

Scrooged (1988)

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Bill Murray | Karen Allen | John Forsythe | John Glover | Bob Goldthwait | David Johansen | Carol Kane | Robert Mitchum | Nicholas Phillips | Michael J. Pollard | Alfre Woodard | Mabel King | Joel Murray | Jamie Farr | Robert Goulet
Directors: Richard Donner
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Frank Cross runs a US TV station which is planning a live adaptation of Dickens’ Christmas Carol. Frank’s childhood wasn’t a particularly pleasant one, and so he doesn’t really appreciate the Christmas spirit. With the help of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Frank realises he must change.

5 Card Stud (1968)

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Genres: Mystery | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Dean Martin | Robert Mitchum | Inger Stevens | Roddy McDowall | Katherine Justice | John Anderson | Ruth Springford | Yaphet Kotto | Denver Pyle | Bill Fletcher | Whit Bissell | Ted de Corsia | Don Collier | Roy Jenson | Jerry Gatlin
Directors: Henry Hathaway
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Gambler Van Morgan runs a little card game in town but one night things get out of hand. A stranger amateurishly tries to cheat and, though Morgan tries to stop it, his fellow players string him up. The gambler leaves town but returns when he hears that the other players are being killed off one by one. It could be that someone will soon be after him too.

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Sean Connery | Michael Caine | Christopher Plummer | Saeed Jaffrey | Doghmi Larbi | Jack May | Karroom Ben Bouih | Mohammad Shamsi | Albert Moses | Paul Antrim | Graham Acres | The Blue Dancers of Goulamine | Shakira Caine | Gurmuks Singh | Kimat Singh
Directors: John Huston
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” The Man Who Would Be King” is about two ambitious ex-soldiers stationed in India who set out to become the rulers of an entire country. After finishing their tour of duty in India, Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnehan have decided that India is “too small for the likes of them,” so they decide to bribe a local ruler and extort money from him, in order to buy twenty Martini rifles, which they will use to take over villages in Kafristan. They face many challenges and perils along the way, including difficult terrain, hostile natives, freezing temperatures, and an avalanche high in the mountains. They eventually come to a small village, Urheb, where they meet Ootah and Billy Fish, an Indian who speaks English; he then becomes their translator. They then train the natives of this village to use the rifles, and soon conquer village after village. During a battle, Daniel is struck by an arrow that seemingly sticks out of his chest. The ignorant natives believe that he must be a God for not having died, and fall down and begin worshiping him. Daniel and Peachy decide that it would be easier for a “God ” to take over the country, so they pretend that Daniel is a god, the son of Alexander the Great who has returned after 2200 years to again rule Kafristan. The entire country celebrated the return of their new ruler, the Son of Segunda (”Alexander”). As a token of their admiration, the holiest of holy men gives Daniel all of the gold and riches left by Alexander in 328 B.C. It is enough to make them the richest men in the world . . . All goes well until Daniel’s ego and greed gets the best of him. He asks Peachy to bow when he walks in front of him. He later tells Peachy that he has decided to stay, and now believes that he is the son of Alexander ( ‘in spirit, anyways”), and that to fulfill his destiny, he will marry Roxanne, like his “father” Alexander did before him. The Kafiri’s believe that a mortal cannot marry a God, but Daniel goes ahead anyway. Peachy was set to leave with his share of the treasure, but Daniel convinced him to stay ” for old time’s sake” for the wedding. At the ceremony, Roxanne, believing that she would soon die, bites Daniel, drawing blood. The entire crowd realizes that since Danny is bleeding, that he is a man, not a God, and that he has been deceiving them the entire time. Peachy grabs Daniel and they run off with their twenty soldiers, shooting at the crowd of monks who set out to kill them. They are eventually captured, and Daniel is forced to walk out on a rope bridge. The monks cut the ropes, and Daniel bravely falls to his death. Peachy is later crucified; when they come to see him the next day, he is still alive, and they say that it is a miracle that he lived and they cut him down. He eventually climbs down into the valley and retrieves Danny’s head, still wearing the crown. He brings it back to Rudyard Kipling, a writer for the Northern Star, as proof that Daniel accomplished his goal, and became the King of Kafristan. Themes developed in the story: 1. ambition 2. friendship 3. taking risks 4. perseverance (not giving up) 5. power 6. honor and dignity

Evil Under the Sun (1982)

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Peter Ustinov | Jane Birkin | Colin Blakely | Nicholas Clay | James Mason | Roddy McDowall | Sylvia Miles | Denis Quilley | Diana Rigg | Maggie Smith | Emily Hone | John Alderson | Paul Antrim | Cyril Conway | Barbara Hicks
Directors: Guy Hamilton
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Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate a case for an insurance company regarding firstly a dead woman’s body found on a moor and then a important diamond sent to the company to be insured turns out to be a fake. Poirot discovers that the diamond was bought for Arlena Marshall by Sir Horace Platt and Arlena is on her honeymoon with her husband and step-daughter on a tropical island hotel. He joins them on the island and finds that everybody else starts to hate Arlena for different reasons - refusing to do a stage show, stopping a book, and for having an open affair with Patrick Redfern, another guest, in full view of his shy wife. So it’s only a matter of time before Arlena turns up dead, strangled and Poirot must find out who it is…

Turner & Hooch (1989)

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Hanks | Mare Winningham | Craig T. Nelson | Reginald VelJohnson | Scott Paulin | J.C. Quinn | John McIntire | David Knell | Ebbe Roe Smith | Kevin Scannell | Joel Bailey | Mary McCusker | Ernie Lively | Clyde Kusatsu | Elaine Renee Bush
Directors: Roger Spottiswoode
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Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some “real” cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed’s dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it’s going to avoid being “put to sleep”.

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | Kim Cattrall | Dennis Dun | James Hong | Victor Wong | Kate Burton | Donald Li | Carter Wong | Peter Kwong | James Pax | Suzee Pai | Chao Li Chi | Jeff Imada | Rummel Mor | Craig Ng
Directors: John Carpenter
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Somewhere in the 80s, trucker Jack Burton arrives in a small town to deliver his cargo and win a few bucks playing cards with the locals down at the Chinese market. Practically bankrupting nearly all of his opponents, his friend Wang bets him a game of “double or nothing” to try and regain his cash and loses. Jack wants his well earned money, but Wang explains he doesn’t have the cash on him and that’ll he pay later because he’s due to pick up a long, lost girlfriend from the airport. Convinced Wang’s pulling something sly, Jack insists he drive Wang to the airport so they can stick together. However, at the airport Wang’s girlfriend is captured by the Lords of Death, a streetwise Chinatown gang. She is essential for an upcoming plan to revive a thousand year old Chinese sorcerer and bring him back to the world as a mortal again. So begins a daring adventure to rescue Wang’s girl and stop the ruthless operation that’s going on down in Little China. Teaming up with a cast of very different individuals, Jack and Wang delve deep into an uncovering conspiracy in which everything’s not exactly as it seems. Here comes big trouble…

Willow (1988)

Monday, November 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Patricia Hayes | Warwick Davis | Val Kilmer | Joanne Whaley | Jean Marsh | Billy Barty
Directors: Ron Howard
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Willow, a small farmer/apprentice magician, meets Madmartigan, a great swordsman, and together they journey through a war-torn land of magic and monsters, to save a baby princess from death at the hands of an evil queen.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthew Broderick | Alan Ruck | Mia Sara | Jeffrey Jones | Jennifer Grey | Cindy Pickett | Lyman Ward | Edie McClurg | Charlie Sheen | Ben Stein | Del Close | Virginia Capers | Richard Edson | Larry Flash Jenkins | Kristy Swanson
Directors: John Hughes
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Ferris Bueller has played hooky numbers of times, and this time he’s got the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron Fry and girlfriend Sloane Peterson to his day of fun, while taking Cameron’s father’s precious Ferrari for transportation. All the while, the principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness and Ferris’s agitated sister Jeanie also has a goal to catch Ferris off guard. Ferris enjoys his day with his friends, until the mileage of the Ferrari reads one too many miles driven and Cameron has a blow out.

Little Big Man (1970)

Friday, October 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | War | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Dustin Hoffman | Faye Dunaway | Chief Dan George | Martin Balsam | Richard Mulligan | Jeff Corey | Aimée Eccles | Kelly Jean Peters | Carole Androsky | Robert Little Star | Cal Bellini | Ruben Moreno | Steve Shemayne | William Hickey | James Anderson
Directors: Arthur Penn
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Jack Crabb is about 100 years old as the film begins. A collector of oral histories asks him about his past. He recounts being captured and raised by indians, becoming a gunslinger, marrying an indian, watching her killed by General George Armstrong Custer, and becoming a scout for him at Little Big Horn.

D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Genres: Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Mary Beth Hurt | Michael McKean | Kathryn Walker | Colleen Camp | Josef Sommer | Ron Frazier | Steve Ryan | David Wohl | Danny Corkill | Amy Linker | Barret Oliver | Ed Grady | Tucker McGuire | Richard Hammatt | Charlie Gudger
Directors: Simon Wincer
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A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way home. In the meantime, they notice that the boy seems to have certain special abilities, not usually found in kids his age, or even fully-grown adults.

Trapeze (1956)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Burt Lancaster | Tony Curtis | Gina Lollobrigida | Katy Jurado | Thomas Gomez | Johnny Puleo | Minor Watson | Gérard Landry | Jean-Pierre Kérien | Sid James | Gimma Boys | Los Arriolas | Gamil Ratib | Pierre Tabard | Edward Hagopian
Directors: Carol Reed
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Tino Orsini has learned the trapeze from his father but he travels to Europe to seek out Mike Ribble, one of the few men who has managed to complete a triple somersault. Ribble no longer works the trapeze and now walks with a cane after a nasty fall left him a cripple. Orsini convinces him to act as his catcher and all is well until the gold digging Lola, who’ll do just about anything to become part of a major circus act, arrives on the scene. Her presence creates friction between the two men and puts in doubt whether Tino will ever accomplish the elusive triple.