Pure Genius Brilliant Films (29 titles)

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Whale Rider

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• Whale Rider on DVD (2002)
  Starring: Cliff Curtis,  Grant Roa,  Keisha Castle-Hughes
  Director: Niki Caro
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  On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs have always been the first-born and ..read more »
  
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The Green Mile

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• The Green Mile on DVD (1999)
  Starring: Patricia Clarkson,  Bonnie Hunt,  Michael Clarke Duncan
  Director: Frank Darabont
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  Screen adaptation of Stephen King's best-seller. In 1935 Louisiana prison guard Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) meets convict John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) and it is an experience which will change his life forever. Coffey, an eight foot giant, is on Death Row convicted of the murder of two ..read more »
  
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The Shawshank Redemption

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• The Shawshank Redemption on DVD (1994)
  Starring: James Whitmore,  Morgan Freeman,  Mark Rolston
  Director: Frank Darabont
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  In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis Red Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most ..read more »
  
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Gandhi

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• Gandhi on DVD (1982)
  Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Martin Sheen,  Trevor Howard
  Director: Richard Attenborough
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  It was Richard Attenborough's lifelong dream to bring the life story of Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi to the screen. When it finally reached fruition in 1982, the 188-minute, Oscar-winning Gandhi was one of the most exhaustively thorough biopics ever made. The film begins in ..read more »
  
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The Godfather

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• The Godfather on DVD (1972)
  Starring: Marlon Brando,  Richard Conte,  James Caan
  Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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  Francis Ford Coppola's epic masterpiece features Marlon Brando in his Oscar winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleone's ..read more »
  
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ET - The Extra-Terrestrial

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• ET - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  Starring: Dee Wallace,  Robert MacNaugton,  Robert MacNaughton
  Director: Steven Spielberg
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  Steven Spielberg's own re-cut and digitally enhanced version of the 1982 film. Effects have been made more special and certain elements of the original film toned down (particularly the weapons carried by US law enforcement). Previously unused scenes have also been added and the soundtrack ..read more »
  
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Hotel Rwanda

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• Hotel Rwanda on DVD (2004)
  Starring: Sophie Okonedo,  Desmond Dube,  Don Cheadle
  Director: Terry George
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  Harrowing drama set during the Rwandan conflict of the 1990s. The Rwandan conflict of the 1990s marked one of the bloodiest chapters in recent African history. Over the course of 100 days, almost one million people were killed. The streets of the capital city of Kigali ran red with rivers of blood, ..read more »
  
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Pan's Labyrinth

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• Pan's Labyrinth on DVD (2006)
  Starring: Sergi Lopez,  Ivana Baquero,  Doug Jones
  Director: Guillermo del Toro
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  Spanish fantasy story directed by Guillermo del Torro ('Cronos') with stunning sets, shocking scenes and effects - set in the mind's eye of a lonely young girl. Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) is a young girl in a remote mountain village in Spain in 1944 after Franco's ascension to power. To escape the ..read more »
  
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To Kill A Mockingbird

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• To Kill A Mockingbird on DVD (1962)
  Starring: Rose,  Gregory Peck,  Mary Badham
  Director: Robert Mulligan
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  Gregory Peck gives an Oscar-winning performance as lawyer Atticus Finch in this crime drama adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee. In Alabama in the 1930s, Atticus defends a black man accused of raping a young white woman while his children, Scout (Mary Badham) and Jem (..read more »
  
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It's A Wonderful Life

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• It's A Wonderful Life on DVD (1946)
  Starring: Frank Faylen,  Charles Lane,  Charles Williams
  Director: Frank Capra
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