Elysium

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(2013)

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Writer: Neill Blomkamp

Producers: Sue Baden-Powell, Bill Block, Neill Blomkamp, Victoria Burkhart, Simon Kinberg, Stacy Perskie

Synopsis: In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they critically need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium - but some in Elysium will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve their citizens' luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the chance bring equality to these worlds is Max (Matt Damon), an ordinary guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission - one that pits him against Elysium's Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line forces - but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth as well. -- (Written by Sony Pictures)

Cast:

• Matt Damon
• Jodie Foster
• Sharlto Copley
• Alice Braga
• Diego Luna

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Behind the Candelabra

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(2013)

Genre: Biography/Drama

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Writers: Richard LaGravenese, Scott Thorson, Alex Thorleifson

Producers: Susan Ekins, Gregory Jacobs, Michael Polaire, Jerry Weintraub

Synopsis: Before Elvis, before Elton John, Madonna and Lady Gaga, there was Liberace: virtuoso pianist, outrageous entertainer and flamboyant star of stage and television. A name synonymous with showmanship, extravagance and candelabras, he was a world-renowned performer with a flair that endeared him to his audiences and created a loyal fan base spanning his 40-year career. Liberace lived lavishly and embraced a lifestyle of excess both on and off stage. In summer 1977, handsome young stranger Scott Thorson walked into his dressing room and, despite their age difference and seemingly different worlds, the two embarked on a secretive five-year love affair. BEHIND THE CANDELABRA takes a behind-the-scenes look at their tempestuous relationship - from their first meeting backstage at the Las Vegas Hilton to their bitter and public break-up. -- (Written by HBO Films)

Cast:

• Michael Douglas
• Matt Damon
• Dan Aykroyd
• Rob Lowe

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Promised Land

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(2012)

Genre: Drama

Director: Gus Van Sant

Writers: John Krasinski, Matt Damon, Dave Eggers

Producers: Isabel Freer, Jonathan King, Chris Moore, Mike Sablone, Ron Schmidt, Jeff Skoll, Drew Vinton

Synopsis: Promised Land is the new contemporary drama directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk). Matt Damon plays Steve Butler, an ace corporate salesman who is sent along with his partner, Sue Thomason (Frances McDormand), to close a key rural town in his company's expansion plans. With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, the two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company's offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher (Hal Holbrook) with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man (John Krasinski), as well as the interest of a local woman (Rosemarie DeWitt). Promised Land explores America at the crossroads where big business and the strength of small-town community converge.  -- (Written by Focus Features)

Cast:

• Matt Damon
• Frances McDormand
• John Krasinski
• Rosemarie DeWitt
• Hal Holbrook

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Margaret

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(2011)

Genre: Drama

Director: Kenneth Lonergan

Writer: Kenneth Lonergan

Producers: Blair Breard, Gary Gilbert, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Scott Rudin

Synopsis: Margaret centers on a 17-year-old New York City high-school student who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course against the realities and compromises of the adult world. -- (Written by Fox Searchlight)

Cast:

• Anna Paquin
• Mark Ruffalo
• Matt Damon
• Kieran Culkin
• Allison Janney
• Jean Reno
• J. Smith-Cameron
• Jeannie Berlin
• Rosemarie DeWitt
• Matthew Broderick
• Michael Ealy

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Contagion

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(2011)

Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi/Thriller

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Writer: Scott Z. Burns

Producers: Zakaria Alaoui, Chen On Chu, Gregory Jacobs, Jonathan King, Michael Polaire, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher

Synopsis: A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Matt Damon
• Kate Winslet
• Marion Cotillard
• Laurence Fishburne
• Jude Law
• Gwyneth Paltrow

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Hereafter

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(2010)

Genre: Drama/Fantasy

Director: Clint Eastwood

Writer: Peter Morgan

Producers: John Bernard, Clint Eastwood, Kathleen Kennedy, Robert Lorenz, Frank Marshall, Tim Moore, Peter Morgan, Steven Spielberg

Synopsis: A drama centered on three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways. George (Damon) is a blue-collar American who has a special connection to the afterlife. On the other side of the world, Marie (de France), a French journalist, has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. And when Marcus (Frankie/George McLaren), a London schoolboy, loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each on a path in search of the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might-or must-exist in the hereafter. (Written by Warner Bros. Pictures)

Cast:

• Cécile De France
• Matt Damon
• Frankie McLaren
• George McLaren
• Bryce Dallas Howard

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The Adjustment Bureau

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(2011)

Genre: Sci-Fi

Director: George Nolfi

Writer: George Nolfi, Philip K. Dick

Nominee

Synopsis: Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York the only woman he's ever loved. On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt) - a woman like none he's ever known. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself - the men of The Adjustment Bureau - who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path...or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her. (Written by Universal Pictures) 

Cast:

• Matt Damon
• Emily Blunt
• John Slattery
• Terence Stamp

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Inside Job

 

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 (2010)

Genre: Documentary

Director: Charles Ferguson

Writer: Chad Beck, Adam Bolt

 Nominee

Synopsis: Inside Job' provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China. (Written by Anonymous)

Narrated by Matt Damon 

 

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True Grit

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(2010)

Genre: Western/Adventure/Drama

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Writer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Charles Portis

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Synopsis: Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested. (Written by Jim Beaver)

Cast:

• Hailee Steinfeld
• Jeff Bridges
• Matt Damon
• Josh Brolin
• Barry Pepper

 

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The Departed

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(2006)

Genre: Drama

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writer: William Monahan, Alan Mak, Felix Chong

Synopsis: Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Matt Damon
• Jack Nicholson
• Mark Wahlberg
• Martin Sheen
• Vera Farmiga
• Alec Baldwin

 

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Good Will Hunting

 

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 (1997)

Genre: Drama

Director: Gus Van Sant

Writer: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck

Synopsis: A janitor at MIT, Will Hunting has a gift for maths that can take him light-years beyond his blue-collar roots, but to achieve his dream he must turn his back on the neighborhood and his best friend. To complicate matters, two strangers enter the equation: a washed-up shrink who starts to coach Will through his transformation, and a med student who shows him that there can be a pretty face along with his life of the mind. (Written by Damien Saunders)

Cast:

• Matt Damon
• Robin Williams
• Ben Affleck
• Minnie Driver

 

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