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Flickering Lights (Blinkende lygter) (2001)
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Here comes a brand new kind of gangster comedy, a runaway hit in Denmark, starring Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale, After the Wedding). Both shocking and funny, violent and gentle, it's the story of childhood buddies whose screwed-up crime turns out to
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Chan Is Missing (1981)
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From the director of SMOKE comes CHAN IS MISSING, in which a middle-aged Chinese-American cabbie and his wise-cracking young nephew learn that their friend Chan has disappeared with $4,000 of their savings. They set out across Chinatown in search of the
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Beat the Devil (1953)
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A clever cult favorite written by Truman Capote, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart - how can you lose?
Bogart heads a superior cast in this tale of a gang of swindlers who look to purchase African lands rich in uranium.
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The Kid & The General (1921)
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Charlie Chaplin's first starring role in a feature film was also written and directed by the star himself and took a whole year to make. The Tramp (Chaplin) discovers an abandoned baby and eventually adopts it as his own. Years later, the mother has
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A Crime in Paradise (2001)
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Noted director Jean Becker, son of famed director Jacques Becker, remakes Sacha Guitry's 1951 dark hit farce, LA POISON, about marital bliss turned sour. Jojo (Jacques Villeret) is a sweet, simple man who only wants to tend his goats and make cheese on
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Raining Stones (1993)
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In the north of England, a wheeling and dealing jack-of-all-trades (Bruce Jones) is suddenly put upon to come up with money for his daughter's first communion dress when his van is stolen. As he devises scheme after scheme to get the money, things go from
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Career Of Nikos Dyzma (Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy) (2002)
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Critically acclaimed as the funniest film to come out of Poland in a decade! An incident that appears to be of no significance becomes the turning point in the career of Nikodem Dyzma, a funeral eulogist. When he embarrasses the vilified Vice Prime
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Faustina (1957)
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A conquering woman of love, power, and fame decides to gain control of all. When she is challenged by the devil himself, as he too wants to conquer the world, all hell breaks lose. Even the devil learns that there is no wrath like that of a woman scorn.
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Park City - The Sundance Collection (1999)
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Vanguard is proud to announce the release of the Sundance Film Festival Award Winning Shorts: HOLLYWOOD (& VINE), JIMMY WALKS AWAY, AMONG OTHERS, LOVE BITES & MAN ABOUT TOWN.
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Siam Sunset (1999)
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In the battle between Man and the Universe...Bet on the Universe... Perry's perfect life - creating colors for a British paint company - has lately become one of constant misfortune. In desperation, he travels to one of the most desolate parts of
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About Comedy MoviesComedy movies are usually full of humor and seek to provoke laughter from the audience. Along with drama movies, horror movies and science fiction movies, comedies represent one of the most popular movie genres. There are several sub-types within the comedy genre. A comedy of manners, for example, satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters. The plot of this type of comedy is often concerned with an illicit love affair or some other scandal, but the plot is generally less important than its witty and sometimes bawdy dialog. The comedy of manners plot has a long ancestry, dating back to "Much Ado about Nothing" by William Shakespeare. In a fish out of water comedy the main character, or characters, finds herself in an alien environment and this is the source of most of the humor. A parody or spoof movie is a comedy that satirizes other film genres or classic films. Such movies employ sarcasm, stereotyping, mockery of scenes from other movies, inconsequential violence, and the obviousness of meaning in a character's actions. The anarchic comedy uses nonsensical, stream-of-consciousness humor which often lampoons an authority. Films of this nature stem from a theatrical history of anarchic comedy on the stage and in street performances. The black comedy is based around normally taboo subjects, including, death, murder, suicide and war. Gross-out movies are a relatively recent development, and rely heavily on sexual, or "toilet" humor. The romantic comedy sub-type typically involves the development of a relationship between a man and a woman. The typical plot line follows the "boy-gets-girl", "boy-loses-girl", "boy gets girl back again" sequence. Of course, there are innumerable variants to this plot and much of the humor is derived from the social interactions and sexual tensions between the pair. It was not uncommon for early romantic comedy movies to also be a screwball comedies. This form of comedy movie was particularly popular during the 1930s and 1940s. There is no consensus definition of a screwball comedy style and it is sometimes loosely applied to slapstick or romantic comedy films. Screwballs can include a romantic element, an interplay between people of different economic strata, quick and witty dialog, role reversal, and a happy ending. - The preceding paragraph was derived from a full article available from Wikipedia and its use is governed by the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2. |
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