1999 movies

Angela’s Ashes (1999)

Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: Ireland | USA
Actors: Watson, Emily | Carlyle, Robert | Breen, Joe | Owens, Ciaran | Legge, Michael | Masterson, Ronnie | McLynn, Pauline | Carney, Liam | MacLiam, Eanna | Bennett, Andrew | Murray-Corcoran, Shane | Murray, Devon | Halpin, Peter | Geraghty, Aaron | Carney Daly, Sean
Directors: Parker, Alan
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Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie’s siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie’s Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the IRA, and when he does find money, he spends the money on drink.

Varsity Blues (1999)

Friday, November 6th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Van Der Beek, James | Smart, Amy | Voight, Jon | Walker, Paul | Lester, Ron | Caan, Scott | Lineback, Richard | Larter, Ali | Swinton, Eliel | Love, Tiffany C. | Duffy, Thomas F. | Parker-Jones, Jill | Perensky, Tonie | Pichler, Joe | Walters, Mark
Directors: Robbins, Brian
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In the town of West Canaan, Texas, football is a way of life but for Jonathan “Mox” Moxon(James Van Der Beek), he has just about enough of it. Pressured by his father to play since childhood, Mox has barely ever seen some football action being a second string quarterback. But after the first string quarterback Lance Harbor(Paul Walker), is seriously injured, Mox is brought in to finish the season and win Coach Bud Kilmer’s(Jon Voight) district championship. Mox begins to realize the toughness and hardship of being a starter, but with tough things comes rewards and to Mox’s suprise he finds out that him being starter brings more than he can handle, like popularity, women, etc.

Liberty Heights (1999)

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Brody, Adrien | Foster, Ben | Jones, Orlando | Neuwirth, Bebe | Mantegna, Joe | Johnson, Rebekah | Krumholtz, David | Kline, Richard | Guastaferro, Vincent | Chambers, Justin | Murphy, Carolyn | Pickens Jr., James | Rubinek, Frania | Anderson, Anthony | Warren, Kiersten
Directors: Levinson, Barry
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Anti-Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall, 1955. Racial integration comes to the high school, TV is killing burlesque, and rock and roll is pushing the Four Lads off the Hit Parade. Ben, a high school senior, and his older brother Van are exploring “the other”: in Ben’s case, it’s friendship with Sylvia, a Black student; with Van, it’s a party in the WASP part of town and falling for a debutante, Dubbie. Sylvia gives Ben tickets to a James Brown concert; Dubbie invites Van to a motel: new worlds open. Meanwhile, their dad Nate, who runs a numbers game, loses big to a small-time pusher, Little Melvin; a partnership ensues.

The Battle of Midway (1999)

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Genres: Documentary
Countries: USA
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Directors: Horton, Thomas
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Deterrence (1999)

Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Pollak, Kevin | Hutton, Timothy | Ralph, Sheryl Lee | Courau, Clotilde | Djola, Badja | Astin, Sean | Thompson, Mark | Mantell, Michael | Morris, Kathryn | Cutrona, Ryan | McCrackin, Joe | Powell, Scoot | Shonka, J. Scott | Curley, Jim | Kennedy, Rigg
Directors: Lurie, Rod
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After the death of the President, his successor (Kevin Polack) is on the campaign trail to be re-elected. On a stop in Colorado, he is suddenly snowed in and he and his entourage are forced to take shelter in a small diner. Of course, the group completely take over from the diner’s owner (Badja Djola) and his French-Canadian waitress (Clotilde Courau). Also in the diner is a local redneck (Sean Astin) and a married couple. Suddenly, the movie moves into a suspense film as the President learns that Iraq has invaded Kuwait and slaughtered hundreds of American soldiers. Setting up temporary communications, the President announces that he will launch a nuclear attack on Iraq immediately if the country does not withdraw. Iraq reacts that they have 23 nuclear missiles trained on the US that they are ready to launch. Tensions mount with the involved civilians offering a different viewpoint to the President from the normal opinions of his advisors.

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)

Friday, September 11th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Quaid, Randy | Goldberg, Whoopi | Daltrey, Roger | Meaney, Colm | Culkin, Kieran | Wanamaker, Zoƫ | Betts, Daniel | Brady, Orla | Carver, Caroline | Finlay, Frank | Law, Phyllida | Williams, Michael | Walter, Harriet | Babington, Danny | Benjamin, Christopher
Directors: Henderson, John
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American businessman Jack Woods rents a cottage on the enchanted Emerald Isle which is occupied by a family of leprechauns. Leprechaun Seamus Muldoon’s son and son’s friends crash the fairies’ costume ball and Muldoon’s son falls in love with fairy Princess Jessica. Their love re-ignites a feud between the leprechauns and the fairies, which escalates into a war. The Grand Banshee warns of terrible consequences and Jack Woods is chosen to make peace. Woods interrupts his own romance with an Irish beauty to help, and becomes involved in a strange and wonderful magical adventure.

Bicentennial Man (1999)

Monday, July 27th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Williams, Robin | Davidtz, Embeth | Neill, Sam | Platt, Oliver | Kiersten Warren | Crewson, Wendy | Eisenberg, Hallie Kate | Letherman, Lindze | Landis, Angela | Higgins, John Michael | Whitford, Bradley | Hiller, Igor | Bellan, Joe | Wagner, Brett | Root, Stephen
Directors: Columbus, Chris
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This film follows the ‘life’ and times of the lead character, an android (Robin Williams) who is purchased as a household robot programmed to perform menial tasks. Within a few days the Martin family realizes that they don’t have an ordinary droid as Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought. In a story that spans two centuries, Andrew learns the intricacies of humanity while trying to stop those who created him from destroying him.

Bartok the Magnificent (1999)

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Genres: Animation | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Azaria, Hank | Grammer, Kelsey | Martin, Andrea | O'Hara, Catherine | Curry, Tim | Tilly, Jennifer | Van Dyke, Phillip | Bader, Diedrich | Charles, Zachary | Mann, Danny | Schiappa, John | Shadix, Glenn | Stewart, French | Berger, Kelly Marie
Directors: Bluth, Don
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Russia is being terrorized by an evil witch known as Baba Yaga; the only one who is not afraid of her is Bartok the Magnificent. Bartok, an albino bat, has just arrived in Moscow and is impressing everyone with his performances, including Prince Ivan Romanov. However, one person is not impressed; Ludmilla finds Bartok annoying and naive. After Bartok’s show, a violent bear suddenly attacks. Bartok must save everyone by stunning the bear with dust and then knocks him over and traps him in a wagon.

Runaway Bride (1999)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Roberts, Julia | Gere, Richard | Cusack, Joan | Elizondo, Hector | Wilson, Rita | Dooley, Paul | Meloni, Christopher | Logue, Donal | Rogers, Reg | Vazquez, Yul | Morris, Jane | Gillan, Lisa Roberts | Marshall, Kathleen | Schertler, Jean | Hines, Tom
Directors: Marshall, Garry
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Ike Graham, New York columnist, writes his text always at the last minute. This time, a drunken man in his favourite bar tells Ike about Maggie Carpenter, a woman who always flees from her grooms in the last possible moment. Ike, who does not have the best opinion about females anyway, writes an offensive column without researching the subject thoroughly. The next day, Ike gets fired by his publisher (and former wife), because he went too far and faked the facts, which real journalists don’t do. Ike’s only way back into the business now is to do a fact-based report on Maggie and her upcoming fourth wedding attempt, which Ike predicts to fail again. So, as he circles her like a vulture his prey-to-be, Maggie’s opinion of Ike sinks below zero. Not only is Ike waiting for her to fail again but the whole town is poking fun at Maggie about her mistakes. But that is a point which Ike doesn’t like.

Random Hearts (1999)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Scott Thomas, Kristin | Dutton, Charles S. | Hunt, Bonnie | Haysbert, Dennis | Jenkins, Richard | Guilfoyle, Paul | Thompson, Susanna | Coyote, Peter | Baker, Dylan | Thigpen, Lynne | Floyd, Susan | Cobbs, Bill | Mara, Kate
Directors: Pollack, Sydney
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The wife of Police Sergeant Dutch Van Den Broek and the husband of politician Kay Chandler are killed in a plane crash. Now Dutch discovers some anomalies in what he told her before she left and discovers that she and Chandler’s husband were travelling together. Dutch then goes to Chandler and tells her that he suspects that they were having an affair. He tells her that he wants to know the truth; she tells him that she doesn’t but she later joins him and they grow close.