Posts Tagged ‘parole’

Raising Arizona (1987)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicolas Cage | Holly Hunter | Trey Wilson | John Goodman | William Forsythe | Sam McMurray | Frances McDormand | Randall 'Tex' Cobb | T.J. Kuhn | Lynne Dumin Kitei | Peter Benedek | Charles 'Lew' Smith | Warren Keith | Henry Kendrick | Sidney Dawson
Directors: Ethan Coen
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Colourful and unconventional slapstick comedy. Ex-con Hi and ex-cop Ed meet, marry and long for a child in the wilds of Arizona. When Ed discovers she’s barren the God-given solution is presented: to snatch a baby from a set of quins. Thus begins a series of kidnappings, capers and rum goings-on that revolve around the helpless yet universally-loveable child. Hi’s convict friends, his boss, and even the Lone Biker Of The Apocalypse become involved in the ever-twisting plot in the quest to own the baby.

Misérables, Les (1998)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Romance
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Liam Neeson | Geoffrey Rush | Uma Thurman | Claire Danes | Hans Matheson | Reine Brynolfsson | Peter Vaughan | Christopher Adamson | Tim Barlow | Timothy Bateson | David Birkin | Václav Chalupa | Ian Cregg | Ben Crompton | Zdenek David
Directors: Bille August
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Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

In Cold Blood (1967)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Robert Blake | Scott Wilson | John Forsythe | Paul Stewart | Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Jeff Corey | John Gallaudet | James Flavin | Charles McGraw | Will Geer | John McLiam | Ruth Storey | Brenda Currin | Paul Hough | Vaughn Taylor
Directors: Richard Brooks
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Truman Capote wrote the ‘non-fiction novel’ from which the film is drawn, using the novelist’s craft to render reality. The reality was that at two a.m. on November 15, 1959 in the rural town of Holcomb, Kansas, the four members of the Clutter family were roused from their sleep, bound and gagged, and then brutally murdered by two unknown assailants. After the latters’ capture, sentencing and imprisonment prior to execution, Capote researched the case thoroughly, spent weeks talking with the prisoners, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, jurors, police, friends and neighbors, trying to unearth why such a senseless act was committed, and what society’s response might have been.

Bound by Honor (aka “Blood in, blood out”) (1993)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Damian Chapa | Jesse Borrego | Benjamin Bratt | Enrique Castillo | Victor Rivers | Delroy Lindo | Tom Towles | Carlos Carrasco | Teddy Wilson | Raymond Cruz | Valente Rodriguez | Lanny Flaherty | Billy Bob Thornton | Geoffrey Rivas | Karmin Murcelo
Directors: Taylor Hackford
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Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the “Vatos Locos”, and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a “home” for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his “carnal”, Miklo.

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio | Tom Hanks | Christopher Walken | Martin Sheen | Nathalie Baye | Amy Adams | James Brolin | Brian Howe | Frank John Hughes | Steve Eastin | Chris Ellis | John Finn | Jennifer Garner | Nancy Lenehan | Ellen Pompeo
Directors: Steven Spielberg
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An FBI agent tracks down and catches a young con artist who successfully impersonated an airline pilot, doctor, assistant attorney general and history professor, cashing more than $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in 26 countries.

Take the Money and Run (1969)

Friday, February 16th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Janet Margolin | Marcel Hillaire | Jacquelyn Hyde | Lonny Chapman | Jan Merlin | James Anderson | Jackson Beck | Howard Storm | Mark Gordon | Micil Murphy | Minnow Moskowitz | Nate Jacobson | Grace Bauer | Henry Leff
Directors: Woody Allen
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This film is presented as a documentary on the life of an incompetent, petty criminal called Virgil Starkwell, played by Woody Allen. It describes the early childhood and youth of Virgil, his failure at a musical career, and his obsession with bank robberies. The film uses a voice over narrative and interviews with his family, friends and acquaintances.

Wild at Heart (1990)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicolas Cage | Laura Dern | Willem Dafoe | J. E. Freeman | Crispin Glover | Diane Ladd | Calvin Lockhart | Isabella Rossellini | Harry Dean Stanton | Grace Zabriskie | Sherilyn Fenn | Marvin Kaplan | William Morgan Sheppard | David Patrick Kelly | Freddie Jones
Directors: David Lynch
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Lula’s psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor’s probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. Unaware of this, the two enjoy their journey and themselves being together… until they witness a young woman dying after a car accident - a bad omen.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Tim Robbins | Morgan Freeman | Bob Gunton | William Sadler | Clancy Brown | Gil Bellows | Mark Rolston | James Whitmore | Jeffrey DeMunn | Larry Brandenburg | Neil Giuntoli | Brian Libby | David Proval | Joseph Ragno | Jude Ciccolella
Directors: Frank Darabont
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Andy Dufresne, is sent to Shawshank Prison for the murder of his wife and secret lover. He is very isolated and lonely at first, but realises there is something deep inside your body, that people can’t touch and get to….’HOPE’. Andy becomes friends with prison ‘fixer’ Red (Morgan Freeman), and Andy epitomises why it is crucial to have dreams. His spirit and determination, leads us into a world full of imagination, filled with courage and desire. Will Andy ever realise his dreams…?