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Movie Trailers - December 2007

The Great Debaters

December 31st 2007 08:21

The Great Debaters is an upcoming 2007 film produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions. It is directed by Denzel Washington who also stars in the film along with Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker, Gina Ravera, and Jurnee Smollett. The screenplay is by Suzan-Lori Parks and Robert Eisele It will be released on December 25, 2007 in the USA. The Australian release date is February 28th, 2008.

The film, based on a true story, revolves around the efforts of a debate coach (Denzel Washington) at historically black Wiley College to place his team on equal footing with whites in the American south during the 1930s, when lynch mobs and Jim Crow laws abounded. The Wiley team eventually succeeds to the point at which they are able to take part in a debate with Harvard University. The film was the first in over thirty years, since 1970's Love Story, to be allowed to film substantial scenes on Harvard's campus, possibly because it portrays the university in a good light.

The movie trailer for The Great Debaters is below:

Genre: Drama

Directed by: Denzel Washington
Produced by: Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Joe Roth, Kate Forte, David Crockett, Todd Black, Molly Allen
Written by: Suzan-Lori Parks, Robert Eisele
Starring: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Jurnee Smollett, Gina Ravera
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (USA), The Weinstein Company (Worldwide)
Release date: US - December 25th, 2007; AUS - February 28th, 2008
Runtime: 118 mins
Budget: US$ 15 million

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article The Great Debaters.
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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Persepolis

December 28th 2007 10:26

Persepolis is a 2007 animated film based on the graphic novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Marjane Satrapi (author of the novel) and Vincent Paronnaud. It tells the story of a young girl in Iran during the Iranian Revolution. Through the eyes of the nine-year-old Marjane it shows how people's hopes were dashed as the fundamentalists took power, forced the veil on women and imprisoned thousands. The title is a reference to the historical town of Persepolis.

The film won the Prize of the Jury at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and was released in France and Belgium on June 27. In her speech on receiving the Cannes award, Satrapi said "Although this film is universal, I wish to dedicate the prize to all Iranians."
The U.S. version is scheduled in theatres on December 25, 2007. The film will be released in Australia on February 7th, 2008.

Marjane is a child growing under the Shah's dictatorship. Her parents are urban educated people but hope for a change. Marjane dreams of being the last of the prophets.
With the revolts against the Shah, her uncle, a Communist aristocrat from Azerbaijan, is freed from prison and tells how he fought for the triumph of the proletariat even escaping to the Soviet Union. However, he is captured again and executed under the Islamic Revolution. He dedicates his single prison visit to Marjane, making a deep impression on her.
Marjane grows during the Revolution, wears a veil, Nike sneakers, and a "Punk Is Not Ded [sic]" jacket. She listens to "rebel" music like The Bee Gees. Her grandmother, a tender independent woman, is another of her influences. Later she evolves to Iron Maiden.
The Iran-Iraq war starts and her parents are concerned about her safety. Since she had studied at the French Lycee of Tehran, she is sent to the French Lycee of Vienna. The Iranian teenager does not fit in well in Austria, but ends up making friends with nihilist high-class kids. She spends Christmas holidays alone while her friends travel to meet their boring families in Brazil or other places. An unsuccessful relationship destroys her character. She sleeps on the streets of Vienna. After being hospitalized with blood-coughing bronchitis, she asks her parents to return to Iran no-questions-asked.
In Iran, she keeps depressed when seeing the situation of her family and former friends. At the end, she gets herself together (to the tune of "The Eye of the Tiger") and studies Fine Arts in the University of Tehran. Things like studying anatomy with veiled women or the party-interruption of Guards of the Revolution cause her to protest.
She finally migrates to Paris leaving her family behind.

The trailer for Persepolis is below:

Genre: Animation / Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Written by: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Starring: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Release date: USA - December 25th, 2007; Australia - February 7th, 2008; UK - April 11th, 2008
Runtime: 95 mins
Budget: $US 7.3 million
Rating: US - PG; AUS - M; mature thematic material including violent images, sexual references, language and brief drug content.

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Persepolis (film).
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

December 26th 2007 10:06

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is an upcoming comedy film expected to be released on December 21, 2007. The film received an R rating from the MPAA for sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language. Judd Apatow, who directed The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, co-wrote and produced the film. The Australian release date is January 24th, 2008.

America loves larger-than-life musician and songwriter Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly)! But behind the music is the up-and-down-and-up-again story of a musician whose songs would change a nation. On his rock ‘n roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to -- and then kicks -- every drug known to man... but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman -- longtime backup singer Darlene (Jenna Fischer).

The trailer for Walk Hard is below:

Genre: Comedy / Music
Directed by: Jake Kasdan
Produced by: Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan
Written by: Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan
Starring: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Kristin Wiig
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release date: USA - December 21th, 2007; Australia - January 24th, 2008; UK - January 18th, 2008
Rating: US - R; for sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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Semi-Pro

December 24th 2007 09:32

Semi-Pro is an upcoming 2008 comedy film currently in production. The film will be directed by Kent Alterman and star Will Ferrell, Andre 3000, Will Arnett, Woody Harrelson, Maura Tierney, David Koechner, and Nick Brambila. The movie was shot in Los Angeles near Dodger Stadium (in the gym of the Los Angeles City Fire Department Training Center), and in Detroit and Flint, Michigan. It is scheduled for release on February 29, 2008 in the USA and April 3rd, 2008 in Australia.

The American Basketball Association is on the verge of collapse, and when a former NBA benchwarmer returns to his hometown of Flint, Michigan to whip his former team into shape for the playoffs, redemption is just a free-throw away in this period sports comedy starring Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson. Penned by 'Old School' scribe Scot Armstrong, Semi-Pro tells the tale of a 1970s-era basketball player who doesn't have much luck in the NBA, but vows to leave his mark on the sport by coaching the Flint Tropics to an unlikely victory in the biggest game of the year.

The trailer for Semi-Pro is below:

Genre: Comedy / Sport
Directed by: Kent Alterman
Produced by: Jimmy Miller
Written by: Scott Armstrong
Distributed by: New Line Cinema
Starring: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney, Andy Richter, Andrew Daly, Will Arnett, David Koechner, Rob Corddry, Matt Walsh
Release date: USA - February 29th, 2008; Australia - April 3rd, 2008;

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Semi-Pro.
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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The Other Boleyn Girl

December 21st 2007 11:44

The Other Boleyn Girl is a movie adaptation of the novel of the same title by British author Philippa Gregory. It is a romanticised account of the life of the 16th-century aristocrat, Lady Mary Boleyn, who was the sister of Queen Anne Boleyn and one-time mistress of King Henry VIII of England.

The project was filmed in the UK in late 2006, and will be released in February, 2008 (UK March 2008). The film is directed by Justin Chadwick from a script by Peter Morgan. The Australian release date is March 13th, 2008.

Scarlett Johansson has been cast in the lead role, alongside Eric Bana as Henry VIII and Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn. The supporting cast includes Eddie Redmayne as Mary's second husband William Stafford, Kristin Scott Thomas as Lady Elizabeth Boleyn (Mary and Anne's mother), Bill Wallis as Archbishop Cranmer, Tiffany Freisberg as Lady Mary Talbot and Jim Sturgess as George Boleyn, with Brice Stratford as William Henry Bourchier, Captain of the King's bodyguard, Rue McClanahan as Mary and Anne's grandmother, and Ana Torrent as Catharine of Aragon. It also features an appearance by UK Model of the Year 2006/7, Siobhan Hustler, as Anne Boleyn's Lady-in-Waiting.

Costumes design is by Sandy Powell who also worked on Shakespeare in Love, and filming locations include Penshurst Place, Knole Park and Dover Castle in Kent, and Bude in Cornwall.

The trailer for The Other Boleyn Girl is below:

Genre: Drama / History / Romance
Directed by: Justin Chadwick
Produced by: Mark Cooper, Alison Owen, Scott Rudin
Written by: Peter Morgan
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess
Distributed by: Sony Pictures, Focus Features
Release date: US - February 29th, 2008; AUS - March 13th, 2008; UK - March 7th, 2008.
Budget: £20 million

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article The Other Boleyn Girl (film).
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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Meet the Spartans

December 19th 2007 11:30

From the creators of 'Scary Movie' and 'Date Movie' comes this tongue-in-cheek parody of the sword-and-sandal epics, dubbed 'Meet the Spartans'.

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Cloverfield

December 17th 2007 11:04

Cloverfield is a 2008 American monster movie produced by J. J. Abrams, directed by Matt Reeves, and written by Drew Goddard. First publicized in advance screenings of Transformers, the project is slated for a January 18, 2008 release. Paramount Pictures is carrying out a viral marketing campaign to promote the film. The film had a production title of 01-18-08, as such you can probably guess the release date, Except in Australia where is will be released a day early.

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives

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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

December 14th 2007 11:32

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, is an American upcoming film that follows up The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. It is slated for a August 1, 2008 release in the US. The Australian release date is September 11th, 2008.

Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O'Connell to combat the resurrected Qin Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex (newcomer Luke Ford), wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and her brother, Jonathan (John Hannah). And this time, the O’Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service

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Get Smart

December 12th 2007 11:11

Get Smart is an upcoming film adaptation of Mel Brooks' hit 1960's spy parody television show Get Smart. The film will star Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway as Agent 99 .

Shooting began February 2007, and was continuing as of June 2007. Some scenes were shot in Montreal, Quebec, Canada between June 11 and June 13, 2007 at 1507 Docteur-Penfield Avenue and at McGill University. It will be released in the US on June 20th, 2008. The Australian release date is June 19th

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The Incredible Hulk

December 10th 2007 10:46

The explosive, action-packed adventure in one of the all-time most popular superhero sagas unfolds with a cure in reach for the world's most primal force of fury: THE INCREDIBLE HULK. We find scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) living in shadows, scouring the planet for an antidote. But the warmongers who dream of abusing his powers won't leave him alone, nor will his need to be with the only woman he has ever loved, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler). Upon returning to civilization, our brilliant doctor is ruthlessly pursued by The Abomination (Tim Roth) -- a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and aggression whose powers match The Hulk's own. A fight of comic-book proportions ensues as Banner must call upon the hero within to rescue New York City from total destruction.

It is directed by Louis Leterrier and Edward Norton also wrote the script, after a draft by Zak Penn. Penn said the film is a sequel to 2003's Hulk, but it will be different enough to also be considered a reboot. The film will be released in the US on June 13th, 2008. The Australian release date is June 12th

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

December 7th 2007 11:55

The characters of C.S. Lewis's timeless fantasy come to life once again in this newest installment of the "Chronicles of Narnia" series, in which the Pevensie siblings are magically transported back from England to the world of Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure and an even greater test of their faith and courage awaits them. One year after the incredible events of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," the Kings and Queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has become extinct, Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy. The four children will soon meet an intriguing new character: Narnia's rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in order to place his own newborn son on the throne. With the help of the kindly dwarf, a courageous talking mouse named Reepicheep, a badger named Trufflehunter and a Black Dwarf, Nikabrik, the Narnians, led by the mighty knights Peter and Caspian, embark on a remarkable journey to find Aslan, rescue Narnia from Miraz's tyrannical hold, and restore magic and glory to the land. Directed once again by veteran director Andrew Adamson, screenplay by Andrew Adamson and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely and produced by Mark Johnson, Andrew Adamson and Philip Steuer, the film reunites the original cast and creative team behind the blockbuster first film in the series. The film will be released in the USA on May 16th, 2008. The Australian release date is June 5th.

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

December 5th 2007 11:33

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a 2008 adventure film. It is the fourth Indiana Jones film and the twenty-sixth chronologically in the character's film and television appearances. It is directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and stars Harrison Ford in the title role. It also stars Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, John Hurt and Karen Allen. Set in 1957, the film centers around the mysterious crystal skulls, and pits Indiana Jones against agents of the Soviet Union.

The film was in development hell since the 1989 release of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, because Spielberg, Lucas and Ford wanted the best script possible. Screenwriters Jeb Stuart, Jeffrey Boam, M. Night Shyamalan, Frank Darabont and Jeff Nathanson wrote drafts, before a script by David Koepp satisfied all three men in 2006. Shooting finally commenced on June 18, 2007, and took place at locations in New Mexico, New Haven, Connecticut, Hawaii and soundstages in Los Angeles. In order to keep aesthetic continuity with the previous films, there will be minimal use of computer generated imagery and more of a reliance on traditional stuntwork, with Ford performing many of his own stunts. The film is due for release on May 22, 2008 world wide

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

December 3rd 2007 11:12

Based on the Stephen Sondheim musical of the same name comes Tim Burton's interpretation starring Johnny Depp as "the demon barber of Fleet Street" Sweeney Todd. Sweeney returns to London after escaping the life imprisonment of Benjamin Barker, only to find his wife Lucy (Laura Michelle Kelly) and daughter Johanna (Jayne Wisener) have suffered at the hands of the very man who had imprisoned him, Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman). With the assistance of his former landlady, Mrs. Nellie Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), Sweeney launches a plan for revenge that initially targets the individuals responsible for his imprisonment, but ultimately draws all of society in his sights.
The film is scheduled for release in the United States on December 21, 2007. The Australian release date is January 24th, 2008.

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