Nominated for best foreign language film at the Golden Globe awards, Behind The Sun is a ... more
critically acclaimed story about love, loyalty, and the choice a son must make between honouring his family and following his heart. In the brutal Brazilian badlan...
Golden Globe Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film 'Behind The Sun' is a ... more
critically acclaimed story about love loyalty and the choice a son must make between honoring his family and following his heart. In the Brazilian badlands of 1910 two ...
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There is a buzz about Sherry McGrale's band among those in the know. Her song Never Knew ... more
Your Name - a song bout the brutal rape of a young woman is making an impact on the charts and Sherry is already building a reputation as a singer-songwriter. But Sherry already seems set on a self-destructive, sex and alcohol-fuelled descent, delayed only by her dedicated and devoted manager, Chuck.When Owen, a senior reporter for Hollywood music magazine 'Vinyl Fetish', is given the task of writing a profile on Sherry, he has a head start. As an old childhood friend, he already knows her background and even the story behind the song - an event that has cast shadow over their whole lives.Setting off for Cocoa Beach, Florida, Owen realises this is more than an interview; it is an opportunity to confront the past and put their future in their own hands.
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Production Year: 1995 - Drama - Director: Ang Lee - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Greg Wise, Hugh Laurie, Robert Hardy
Advantages: Entertaining the whole way through Disadvantages: Slightly on the budget side
Last night Behind enemy lines was on Film Four and I thought I?d give it ago, I had never heard of the film before and so did not know what to expect, I always give the info on the TV a read before getting into a new film as unfortunately I am one of the Biased people of the world who find a film more worth trying if it has good actors and a good synopsis. Judging a book by its cover and all that (slap on the wrists).
First impressions
Before the film had started I had my doubts, the cast of actors includes Owen Wilson, and after seeing more than a fair share of his films, I was doubtful to whether he could pull off what was being described on the TV info as an ?action/thriller? I have never seen him in a serious role and although this gave doubts it also intrigued me into seeing the film and made me want to see if he would fail ...
Advantages: action packed Disadvantages: needs more of a story line
) can't just jump in with helicopters and save him because of NATO directives.
At the end of the film he is pined down behind his ejection seat because a sniper who has been tracking him down finds him.
Even when he has the chance to save himself he risks his own life again to get the hard disk with photos of the mass graves of people that were killed by the serbs.
Behind enemy lines faired well at the box office and made £2.7m in uk and $60m in the usa and i think its a great film that is at least worth you renting.
DVD extras
2 good audio commentaries
deleted scenes
trailer ...
Advantages: The live footage Disadvantages: It is tacky
Nirvana
Nirvana was an American grunge band with Kurt Cobain on guitar and vocals, Dave Grohl (the longest lasting of many drummers) on drums and Krist Novoselic on bass. They sold over 50 million records worldwide and achieved mainstream success with "Smells like teen spirit" from the album Nevermind. As the first grunge band they opened the door for other band such as pearl jam, alice in chains and soundgarden. The bands came to an end when Kurt committed suicide in April 1994 although they still continued to, and still are, gaining fans.
Behind the music
Featuring rare concert footage from the MTV music awards and Saturday night live, Behind the music contains an insight to Nirvana from family, friends and industry insiders. It also contains; "smells like teen spirit", "about a girl", "sliver", "polly", "heart shaped ...
"...A tragedy shot through with moments of blinding brilliance, BEHIND THE SUN is a beautiful parable....Salles ensures that audiences will go away optimistic -- a true gift indeed..." (Box Office, p.61, 01/02/2002)
"...What elevates BEHIND THE SUN is the arresting assurance of its direction..." (Sight and Sound, p.38-9, 01/03/2002)
"...A rich, heady melodrama whose message has a poignant relevance in these uncertain times..." (Total Film, p.101, 01/03/2002)
DVD Description
BEHIND THE SUN takes place in 1910, in the small town of Stream-of-Souls, Brazil, where two families have been engaged in a long battle for control of what appears to be nearly barren land. The Breves clan--mother, father, 20-year-old Tonio, and little Pacu (called the kid), are a poor family struggling to make it with their small sugarcane mill that has outlived its usefulness. In front of their house, a bloodied shirt swings in the breeze, the sun slowly fading the red stain surrounding a hole. When the bloodstain turns yellow, Tonio sets out to hunt down the Ferreira brother who killed the eldest Breves child, Inacio. The chase scene through the forest is stunningly shot by cinematographer Waler Carvalho. After Tonio accomplishes his mission, it becomes his turn to wait for the bloodied Ferreira shirt to turn yellow, after which the next-in-line Ferreira brother will come after him. Walter Salles, whose previous film was the touching CENTRAL STATION, has brilliantly adapted Ismail Kadare's book BROKEN APRIL, moving the blood feud to Brazil from Albania. The futility of the family battle is made clear through beautiful shots of the vast desert landscape that physically separates the two families as their next generation perishes one by one. Rodrigo Santoro, a captivating cross between Keanu Reeves and Edward Burns, is excellent as Tonio, who tries to seek peace and love before his time is up, but the film belongs to young Ravi Ramos Vasconcelos, who, as Pacu--the kid--narrates the film and is the centerpoint of the story. It is through his eyes that the story is told, and the result is both magnificent and horrific.
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