Oz the Great and Powerful

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(2013)

Genre: Adventure/Fantasy

Director: Sam Raimi

Writers: Mitchell Kapner, David Lindsay-Abaire, L. Frank Baum

Producers: Debbi Bossi, Grant Curtis, Joshua Donen, K.C. Hodenfield, W. Mark McNair, Palak Patel, Joe Roth, Philip Steuer, Tamara Watts Kent

Synopsis: Disney's fantastical adventure "Oz The Great and Powerful," directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved wizard character. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking-that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the great wizard but into a better man as well. When small-time magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) pulls one flimflam too many, he finds himself hurled into the fantastical Land of Oz where he must somehow transform himself into the great wizard-and just maybe into a better man as well. -- (Written by Walt Disney Pictures)

Cast:

• James Franco
• Mila Kunis
• Rachel Weisz
• Michelle Williams
• Zach Braff

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My Week with Marilyn

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(2011)

Genre: Biography/Drama

Director: Simon Curtis

Writers: Adrian Hodges, Colin Clarke

Producers: Kelly Carmichael, Cleone Clarke, Mark Cooper, David Parfitt, Colin Vaines, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein

   

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Synopsis: In the early summer of 1956, 23 year-old Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), just down from Oxford and determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of 'The Prince and the Showgirl'. The film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams), who was also on honeymoon with her new husband, the playwright Aurthur Miller (Dougray Scott). Nearly 40 years on, his diary account The Prince, the Showgirl and Me was published, but one week was missing and this was published some years later as My Week with Marilyn - this is the story of that week. When Arthur Miller leaves England, the coast is clear for Colin to introduce Marilyn to some of the pleasures of British life; an idyllic week in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get away from her retinue of Hollywood hangers-on and the pressures of work. -- (C) (Written by Weinstein)

Cast:

• Michelle Williams
• Eddie Redmayne
• Kenneth Branagh
• Emma Watson
• Toby Jones

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Brokeback Mountain

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(2005)

Genre: Drama

Director: Ang Lee

Writer: Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana

Producers: Scott Ferguson, Michael Hausman, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Bill Pohlad, James Schamus, Tom Cox, Murray Ord, Jordy Randall 

Synopsis: Set against the sweeping vistas of Alberta's Rocky Mountains, this film tells the story of two young men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. (Written by Focus Features)

Cast:

• Heath Ledger
• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Michelle Williams
• Anne Hathaway
• Randy Quaid

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Blue Valentine

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 (2010)

Genre: Drama

Director: Derek Cianfrance

Writer: Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, Cami Delavigne

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Synopsis: The film centers on a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Michelle Williams
• Ryan Gosling
• John Doman

 

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