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Mighty Heart, A - HD DVD Version
(2007)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Will Patton
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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A MIGHTY HEART tells the harrowing true story of WALL STREET JOURNAL reporter Daniel Pearl who, in 2002, was kidnapped and executed in Pakistan by Islamic fundamentalists. Based on the memoirs of Daniel's widow, Mariane Pearl (played here with great sensitivity by Angelina Jolie), the film centres ...
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The Road To Guantanamo
on DVD (2005)
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO is the story of four friends who set off from the Midlands in September 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in Pakistan. Two and a half years later, only three of them returned home. Through their epic journey we hear the story of their misunderstandings, ignorance, ...
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A Cock And Bull Story
on DVD (2005)
Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Flipping back and forth between the 18th Century and the hapless efforts of 21st Century film makers, A Cock And Bull Story is an unorthodox adaptation of Laurence Sterne's sprawling 18th Century masterpiece of digression, The Life And Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman. The story begins with ...
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Code 46
on DVD (2003)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Set in Shanghai in the near future, CODE 46 takes place in a world where in-vitro fertilization, embryo splitting, and cloning have become so widespread that the government monitors all pregnancies to avoid incestuous births, whether on purpose or accidental. In Michael Winterbottom's science-...
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24 Hour Party People
(2 discs)
on DVD (2002)
Starring: Steve Coogan, Keith Allen, Jim Cartwright
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Staggeringly versatile director Michael Winterbottom follows up his epic Western THE CLAIM with a period piece of a completely different variety. A sprawling, visceral tribute to the legendary Manchester music scene that flourished between the years of 1976 and 1992, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE recreates ...
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In This World
on DVD (2002)
Starring: Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient In This World follows young Afghan (impressive newcomer Udin Torabi) and his older cousin Enayat (Enayatullah) as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. ...
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The Claim
on DVD (2000)
Starring: Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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In transporting Thomas Hardy's THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE to the American West, English director Michael Winterbottom has fashioned an audacious, epic anti-Western that is a haunting achievement. Set in 1849, the story concerns Mr. Dillon (Peter Mullan), the ruler of Kingdom Come, a snow-covered ...
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With Or Without You
on DVD (1999)
Starring: Dervla Kirwan, Christopher Eccleston, Yvan Attal
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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This British drama, directed by Michael Winterbottom, focuses on a couple who desperately want to have a baby. Vincent (Christopher Eccleston) and Rosie (Dervla Kirwan) have thrown away the condoms, redecorated the spare room, but seem unable to produce a child even after adopting a healthier ...
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Welcome To Sarajevo
on DVD (1997)
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Kerry Fox
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Documentary footage of the horrific acts of 'ethnic cleansing' combines with the verite-styled story of a cohort of journalists torn between passively chronicling the atrocities and actively resisting them in this powerful film. An obsessive British reporter (Stephen Dillane) fights to keep the ...
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Jude
on DVD (1996)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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In this austere adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel JUDE THE OBSCURE, an intelligent young British man falls prey to romance, oppressive social conventions, and unspeakable tragedy in his unsanctioned relationship with his cousin. JUDE is a tragic romance, well acted by Kate Winslet (TITANIC), ...
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Michael Winterbottom - downloads
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A Mighty Heart
for Download (2007)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Archie Punjabi
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Run time: 100 minutes
Based on Mariane Pearl's memoir detailing the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death. The story covers Danny's (Futterman) reasons for being in Karachi, Pakistan, the complete story of his abduction, the intense effort of his ...
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Code 46
for Download (2003)
Starring: Om Puri, Samantha Morton, Tim Robbins
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Run time: 90 minutes
William, a governmental investigator, is sent to Shanghai to solve a case of fake documentation, where he meets and falls in love with Maria, whom he discovers is behind the forgeries. Sent back home to complete the case, William cannot get her out of his mind, and so returns, only to discover that ...
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Caustic and bleak love story 19 September 2004
...Michael Winterbottom's fine adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel 'Jude the Obscure' is a brave, intelligent and often overpowering piece of cinema.
Christopher Eccleston is the e...
Brit director's rare stumble from greatness... 7 July 2004
30 May 2007
