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Movie Trailers - September 2006

Little Miss Sunshine Movie Preview

September 29th 2006 06:22
Little Miss Sunshine is a comedy-drama film directed by the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The film has had high praise and acclaim, including winning the Best Feature - World Cinema Audience Award at the 2006 Sydney Film Festival, and even a standing ovation at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. It will be released on the 12th of October in Australia.

The Hoover family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarre landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.


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All the girls in the beauty pageant, except Abigail Breslin, were veterans of real beauty pageants. They looked the same and performed the same acts as they had in their real-life pageants.


Inside the convenience store, the price of Frank's slurpee and the porno magazines came to a total of $19.79. Directors Jonathon Dayton and Valerie Faris had previously directed the "1979" music video by The Smashing Pumpkins.

Five identical Volkswagen Type 2s were used during filming.

No filming was done in New Mexico; the Albuquerque scenes were actually shot in southern California.

Genre: Comedy / Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Produced by: Michael Beugg (executive), Jeb Brody (executive), Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf, David Friendly, Ron Yerxa, Albert Berger
Written by: Michael Arndt
Starring: Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano
Distributed by: Fox Searchlight
Release date: July 26th, 2006 - US; October 12th, 2006 - AUS; August 12th, 2006 - UK
Runtime: 102 min
Budget: US $8 million
Rating: R - US; M - AUS




*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Little Miss Sunshine.
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Volver Movie Preview

September 28th 2006 09:26
Volver is a 2006 Spanish language film by director Pedro Almodóvar. It was one of the films competing for the Palme d'Or (Gold Palm) at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It eventually won two awards: Best Actress [shared by the six main actresses] and Best Screenplay. Its premiere was held on March 10, 2006 in Puertollano, Spain where the filming had taken place. Volver in Spanish means "to return". It will be released in the US on November 3rd and limited release in Australia on December 21st.

It is the first internationally-successful Spanish-language film starring Penélope Cruz, whose successes have been in English films. She has been tipped to receive an Oscar nomination for the role.

Raimunda (Cruz) lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her husband Paco who's always drunk. Her sister Sole works as a women's hairdresser. The two sisters lost their parents in a fire in their birth village La Mancha years ago. Their only family member who remains in the village is their aunt Paula. The ghost of the girls mother Irene returns to her home town in order to fix the situations should couldn't resolve during her life.



The film got rave reviews when it was released in Spain. Fotogramas, the country's top film magazine, gave it a five-star rating. It also received a standing ovation when it was screened at Cannes Film Festival.


Genre: Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by: Esther García, Augstín Almodóvar
Written by: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Release date: November 3rd, 2006 - US; December 21st, 2006 - AUS; August 25th, 2006 - UK; March 10th, 2006 - Spain
Runtime: 121 min
Language: Spanish
Rating: R - US; some sexual content and language




*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Volver.
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Flags of Our Fathers Preview

September 27th 2006 08:00
Flags of Our Fathers is a 2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood, produced by Steven Spielberg and written by William Broyles, Jr. & Paul Haggis. It is based on the book of the same name written by James Bradley and Ron Powers and is the 26th feature film that Eastwood has directed since his directorial debut, Play Misty for Me, in 1971.

The film recounts the ultimately tragic tale of five young United States Marines, and one United States Navy corpsman photographed raising an American flag atop Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, in the midst of the great Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. It is scheduled for release on October 20th in the US and November 2nd in Australia.






Eastwood is also directing a complementary film on the battle from the Japanese viewpoint. Titled Letters from Iwo Jima, it is currently in post-production and is set to be released sometime in December, approximately two months after the release of Flags of Our Fathers.


Genre: Action / Drama / History / War
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Produced by: Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz
Written by: William Broyles, Jr., Paul Haggis
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford, Jamie Bell, Ben Walker
Distributed by: DreamWorks / Paramount - US; Warner Bros. - Elsewhere
Release date: October 20th, 2006 - US; November 2nd, 2006 - AUS; December 22nd, 2006 - UK
Runtime: 100 min
Rating: R - US; sequences of graphic war violence and carnage, and for language



*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Flags of Our Fathers (film).
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The Covenant Preview

September 26th 2006 07:03
In 1692, in the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts, five families with untold power formed a covenant of silence. One family, lusting for more, was banished; their bloodline disappearing without a trace--until now. This thriller tells the story of the Sons of Ipswich, four young students at the elite Spencer Academy who are bound by their sacred ancestry. As descendants of the original families who settled in Ipswich Colony in the 1600's, the boys have all been born with special powers. When the body of a dead student is discovered after a party, secrets begin to unravel which threaten to break the covenant of silence that has protected their families for hundreds of years.

The "Sons of Ipswitch" have inherited their powers through their respective family bloodlines. These powers allow the young men to do literally whatever they want. The powers, however, are addictive; if the men use them excessively, they will become greatly weakened and aged. Too much abuse of power could even be fatal to the young men. There were five family bloodlines, and a "Fifth Son of Ipswich" surfaces to destroy the other four and steal their powers for himself.





Genre: Horror / Action / Thriller
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Produced by: Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg
Written by: J.S. Cardone
Starring: Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway, Jessica Lucas, Chace Crawford
Distributed by: Screen Gems
Release date: September 8th, 2006 - US; October 12th, 2006 - AUS; December 8th, 2006 - UK
Runtime: 97 min
Rating: PG-13 - US; M - AUS; intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images, sexual content, partial nudity and language.
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The Black Dahlia Movie Trailer

September 25th 2006 07:45
The Black Dahlia is a 2006 film directed by Brian De Palma. It is based on the novel of the same name by James Ellroy, which was based on the murder of Elizabeth Short. It will be released in Australia on November 23rd.

The film follows two detectives in 1940s Los Angeles as they investigate the murder of Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner), known as the Black Dahlia. In a subplot to the movie, the two detectives, Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert (Josh Hartnett), and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) are caught in a love triangle with Kay Lake (Scarlett Johansson). Lee and Bleichert become obsessed with the murder and it gradually consumes their lives, as they try to uncover an intricate plot that reaches far beyond the average murder, and into the depths of an urban underworld rife with pornography, femme fatales, corrupt policemen, and criminals. A wildly graphic storyline set against the backdrop of the Black Dahlia murder.







Genre: Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Produced by: Art Linson, Rudy Cohen, Moshe Diamant
Written by: Josh Friedman
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner
Distributed by: Universal Studios - US
Release date: September 15th, 2006 - US; November 23rd, 2006 - AUS
Runtime: 121 min
Budget: US $40 Million
Rating: R - US; MA - AUS





*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article The Black Dahlia (film).
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Babel Movie Trailer

September 22nd 2006 08:05
Babel is a 2006 drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. It stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Koji Yakusho and Gael García Bernal. The film was first screened at Cannes. The movie was also shown to audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it was met with positive reviews. The film will complete Iñárritu's "Death trilogy" that also consists of Amores Perros and 21 Grams. The film is scheduled to be released on October 27, 2006 in the US, Boxing Day in Australia and January 5th, 2007 in the UK. Brad Pitt is tipped for an Oscar nomination for his performance.

Armed with a Winchester rifle, two Moroccan boys set out to look after their family’s herd of goats. In the silent echoes of the desert, they decide to test the rifle… but the bullet goes farther than they thought it would shooting a vacationing American couple. In an instant, the lives of four separate groups of strangers on three different continents collide. Caught up in the rising tide of an accident that escalates beyond anyone’s control are a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett), a rebellious deaf Japanese teenager (Rinko Kikuchi) and her father (Kôji Yakusho), and a Mexican nanny (Adriana Barraza) who, without permission, takes two American children across the border. None of these strangers will ever meet; in spite of the sudden, unlikely connection between them, they will all remain isolated due to their own inability to communicate meaningfully with anyone around them


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Jackass: Number 2 Movie Trailer

September 21st 2006 07:39
Jackass: Number Two is the sequel to the 2002 comedy film, Jackass: The Movie. All of the original cast will be back except Raab Himself. It will be released tomorrow in the US, 23rd November in Australia and 24th November in the UK.

The first movie was filmed with a modest budget of approximately $5 million, but earned more than $22 million during its opening weekend, effectively managing to secure the top spot at the box office for its debut. It eventually grossed more than $64 million in the United States alone


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The Dark Knight Movie Trailer

September 20th 2006 06:39
The Dark Knight will be the 2008 sequel to 2005's Batman Begins, which rebooted the Batman franchise after an eight-year hiatus. Christopher Nolan, director of Batman Begins, continues as the director of the sequel, and the screenplay is being written by Nolan's brother, Jonathan.
The Dark Knight has a tentative release date of June 2008. The Dark Knight will be the first live-action Batman film to not actually have the word "Batman" in its title.

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Stranger Than Fiction Movie Trailer

September 19th 2006 07:26
Stranger Than Fiction is a comedy film about an IRS auditor named Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) who suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death. When Harold realizes that the author of his life is known for killing off her main characters, he franticly tries to find her and stop her from the irreversible.

The film will receive its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9th September. The US release date is set at November 10th, UK on December 1st and Australia on New Years Day


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Night at the Museum Preview

September 18th 2006 06:57
Night at the Museum is a 2006 fantastical comedy film directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke and Owen Wilson. The film will be released on December 22, 2006, in the US and Boxing Day in Australia and the UK.

This is the official 20th Century Fox synopsis


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The Prestige Movie Trailer

September 15th 2006 06:13
The Prestige is a 2006 film based on Christopher Priest's award winning 1995 novel of the same name. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan and reunites the director with Christian Bale and Michael Caine, both of whom he worked with in Batman Begins. The Prestige also stars Hugh Jackman, David Bowie, Scarlett Johansson, Piper Perabo and Andy Serkis. It will be released on October 20th in the US and in late 2006 / early 2007 in the rest of the world.

Set in late 19th century London, the film tells of Rupert Angier (Hugh Jackman), a popular American magician, with his British mentor Harry Cutter (Michael Caine) and girlfriend and assistant Olivia (Scarlett Johansson), who is in a friendly rivalry with Cockney magician Alfred Borden (Christian Bale). However, it soon turns into a jealous rivalry, as Rupert tries to discover the secrets of Alfred's success. It soon emerges though he may have real magical powers


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Running With Scissors Trailer

September 14th 2006 07:08
Running With Scissors is a film directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Annette Bening set for an October 20, 2006 release in the US and a late 2006 / early 2007 release in other parts of the world.

Based on the memoir Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, the film is a semi-autobiographical account of Burroughs' childhood. His mother gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist, an eccentric man with an eccentric family


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Scoop Movie Trailer

September 13th 2006 08:45
Scoop is a 2006 UK-set romantic comedy/murder mystery directed by Woody Allen and starring Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane, and Allen himself. The film was released in the US on July 28th and sources say the Australian release date is October 12th.

Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson), a beautiful American college journalist on vacation in London, attends a performance given by magician Sid 'Splendini' Waterman (Woody Allen) and agrees to participate on the stage. While in a booth known as the dematerializer, she encounters the spirit of deceased journalist Joe Strombel (Ian McShane) who tells her Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman), a handsome British aristocrat with political ambitions, is a notorious murderer with a tarot card fixation. She decides to infiltrate his privileged world and find out if he truly is the dreaded criminal. Sondra enlists Sid the magician to utilize his powers of deception and help her investigate Lyman


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The Illusionist Movie Trailer

September 12th 2006 07:13
The Illusionist is a 2006 period drama directed by Neil Burger and starring Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, and Paul Giamatti. It is the screen adaptation of Steven Millhauser's short story 'Eisenheim the Illusionist'.

Eisenheim (Edward Norton) is a magician in early 1900's Vienna, who falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to a Crown Prince, Eisenheim uses his powers to win her back and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna


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DOA: Dead or Alive

September 11th 2006 08:11
DOA: Dead or Alive is a martial arts film based on the Tecmo/Team Ninja fighting game series Dead or Alive.
The film has various appearances from characters of the game series, which include: Tina Armstrong (Jaime Pressly), Christie Allen (Holly Valance), Kasumi (Devon Aoki), Ayane (Natassia Malthe) and Helena Douglas (Sarah Carter).

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Crank Movie Trailer

September 8th 2006 06:17
Crank is a 2006 action/thriller film, written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor and starring Jason Statham. It was released on September 1st in the US and was rated 'R' for strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality, nudity, and drug use. If that doesn't make you go and see it, nothing will.

The premise for the film is Hit Man Chev Chelios (Statham), learns that a poison has been injected into his body and will most likely kill him within the hour. However, he discovers that adrenalin slows the poison, and he can keep going as long as he maintains his heart rate above a certain point. Now he must exact his revenge on the people who injected him before he takes his last breath


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Nacho Libre Trailer

September 7th 2006 07:39
Nacho (Jack Black) is a holy man without skills. After growing up as an orphan in a Mexican monastery, he is now a grown man and the monastery’s cook, but doesn’t fit in and is often looked down upon. Nacho cares deeply for the orphans he feeds, but his food is terrible – mostly, if you ask him, a result of his terrible ingredients. He realizes that he must hatch a plan to make money to buy better food for “the young orphans, who have nothing” (…and if in doing so Nacho can impress the lovely Sister Encarnación, that would be a big plus). When Nacho is struck by the idea to earn money as a Lucha Libre wrestler, he finds that he has a natural, raw talent for wrestling. As he teams with his rail-thin, unconventional partner, Esqueleto (the Skeleton), Nacho feels for the first time in his life that he has something to fight for and a place where he belongs. As Lucha is strictly forbidden by the church elders at the monastery, Nacho is forced to lead a double life. Disguised by a sky blue mask, Nacho conceals his true identity as he takes on Mexico’s most famous wrestlers and takes on a comedic quest to make life a little sweeter at the orphanage. It will be released on the 14th of September in Australia.


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Little Children Movie Trailer

September 6th 2006 07:37
Little Children is a upcoming film directed by Todd Field, based on the novel by Tom Perrotta. Details of the movie seem to have been deliberately kept secret. Field and Perrotta have taken the story in a separate and somewhat different direction than the original novel.
We do know that is has been classified as a Crime / Drama / Romance film and centers on a handful of individuals who lives intersect on the playgrounds, town pools and streets of their small community in surprising and potentially dangerous ways. It shall be released on October 6th in the US and Boxing Day in Australia.

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The Descent Movie Trailer

September 5th 2006 06:44
The Descent is a British horror film, written and directed by Neil Marshall.
The movie was both a commercial and critical success, with box office receipts from the UK alone totalling over £2.6 million and a total worldwide gross of approximately £13 million. The Descent received very positive reviews from many critics and a sequel is currently being penned. It will be released in Australia on November 2nd.

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The Marine Movie Trailer

September 4th 2006 04:13
The Marine is a 2006 film directed by John Bonito, and starring professional wrestler John Cena. It is being produced by WWE Films and will be released by 20th Century Fox on October 13, 2006. The filming was done in Queensland, Australia.

John Triton (Cena) is a heroic Marine who returns home after being discharged against his will from the Iraq War. Stateside, he finds himself back in action, when his wife Kate (Kelly Carlson) is kidnapped by a murderous gang led by the merciless Rome (Robert Patrick). With everything on the line, the Marine will stop at nothing to carry out his toughest and most important mission


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Children of Men Trailer

September 1st 2006 09:50
Children of Men is a 2006 science fiction thriller film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and is based on P.D. James's novel of the same name. It stars Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine.
Set in 2027 where no human child has been born for 18 years and science is at a loss to explain why, Children of Men envisages a world that's fallen into anarchy and chaos as humankind faces the threat of its own extinction. This threat is made all the more real with the death of the world's youngest citizen at just 18. The discovery of a miraculously pregnant woman named Kee leads Theo Faron, a disillusioned ex-activist turned bureaucrat, to undertake a journey to ensure the safety of the woman - a journey where he will face his demons and try to restore faith in the future of humanity. It is due to be released on October 19th in Australia and Christmas Day in the USA.

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