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Asafa Powell CD (born 23 November 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 m world record between June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds respectively. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of 9.72 s being the fourth fastest time in the history of the event. As of 2nd May 2012, Powell has broken the ten-second barrier legally more times than anyone else – 74 times in total.
Powell competed in the 100 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics but failed to convert his success to the world stage, finishing fifth both times. However, in Beijing with the Jamaican team he won a gold medal and set the world and Olympic record in the 4 × 100 metres relay. At the 2007 Osaka World Championships he won a bronze and a silver medal in the 100 m and 4 x 100 m relay respectively and he has been successful at the Commonwealth Games, winning two gold and one silver medal. At the 2009 World Championships he won 100 m bronze and a relay gold. Powell has won five times at the IAAF World Athletics Final and is the 100 m record holder for the event.
Actors: Jeffrey Giles (miscellaneous crew), Joe Cappelletti (actor), Gabrielle Anwar (actress), Adam Beach (actor), Jayme Bohn (costume designer), William Mapother (actor), Alec Puro (composer), Daniel Booko (actor), Peter Sands (miscellaneous crew), Brad Southwick (producer), Ashley Greene (actress), Chris Potter (actor), Kellan Lutz (actor), Ellen Goldwasser (editor), Robyn Jean Springer (actress),
Plot: In shock and denial over his Marine father's death in battle, star lacrosse player Conor Sullivan, always a maverick and a hothead, starts acting out in self-destructive ways that have his mom, Claire, at her wit's end, but arduous training in a wilderness lacrosse camp under the tutelage of his dad's old combat buddy, Sgt. Major Duke Wayne, opens Conor's eyes to the true meaning of maturity, sportsmanship and manhood.
Keywords: academy, action-hero, alarm-clock, arrogance, athletics, b-movie, beer, black-belt, breaking-glass, championship-gameActors: Alexander Berenbeim (actor), Alexander Berenbeim (producer), Alexander Berenbeim (writer), Alexander Berenbeim (composer), Alexander Berenbeim (costume designer), Alexander Berenbeim (director), Alexander Berenbeim (editor), Alexander Berenbeim (miscellaneous crew), Alexander Berenbeim (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Rocco (writer), Anthony Rocco (actor), Anthony Rocco (producer), Anthony Rocco (editor), Anthony Rocco (director), Christopher Lancaster (composer),
Genres: Action, Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Nicole Jamet (actress), Yann Collette (actor), Jalil Lespert (actor), Dominique Petrot (editor), Sloane Klevin (editor), Isabelle Madelaine (producer), Hans-Peter Ströer (composer), Dimitri Storoge (actor), Jay Brown (actor), Judd King (director), Mark Towns (editor), Yuval David (actor), Peter Peralta (actor), Frances Shaw (actress), Arnaud Maillard (actor),
Plot: Seven short films in which gay youths and young men negotiate society, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. In several, teen boys come out, perhaps first to a close friend - how will the friends react? For some youths, coming out risks violence. In two films, love is thwarted - by mother, in one, and by immigration, in another.
Keywords: based-on-novel, car-breakdown, deaf, gay, gay-athlete, immigration, internet, male-full-frontal-nudity, male-rear-nudity, set-in-futureActors: Charla Driver (producer), Randall Emmett (producer), Danny Dimbort (producer), Stephen Rea (actor), Boaz Davidson (producer), Glenn Wrage (actor), Michelle Rodriguez (actress), Ray Liotta (actor), Joel Clark Ackerman (actor), Nick Brimble (actor), Willem Dafoe (actor), Mac McDonald (actor), Jonas Talkington (actor), Avi Lerner (producer), George Furla (producer),
Plot: Lee Ray Oliver grew up from abused kid to sociopath, inevitably condemned to death, but wakes up in the morgue after the 'lethal' injection. Dr. Michael Copeland offers him a choice: the real killer drug or 'volunteering' as life-long test person for his pharmaceutic experiment, Anagress, meant to suppress violent tendencies but side-effects unknown. After vicious escape attempts, Lee Ray finally develops genuine remorse and tries to make-up with Gary Caputo, who Lee shot in the head, leaving him mentally a child. Brother Bill Caputo's hate for ruining both of their lives is however redoubled, with tragic consequences.
Keywords: abuse, abusive-father, ankle-monitor, back-from-the-dead, bathtub, behavior-modification, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, brother-brother-relationship, bumper-car, bunk-bedActors: Judd King (director), Trace Barnes (actor), Scott Clark (actor), Jake Klein (actor), Bryan Bukoliski (actor), Shad Sager (actor),
Plot: At a Los Angeles high school, Sean, who's deaf, runs cross country. He's the victim of some locker-room teasing that a teammate, Derek, puts an end to. In a stab at friendship, Sean stops by Derek's apartment to invite him to run with him; Derek invites him in. They communicate writing notes, and not everything goes smoothly. Then Sean and Derek exchange a glance in which Sean discloses his attraction to Derek. How will Derek respond? What can come of this?
Keywords: athlete, coming-out, cross-country, crush, deaf, deaf-child, deafness, gay, gay-athlete, gay-crushActors: Jerry Orbach (actor), Thomas Rosales Jr. (actor), Richard Nixon (actor), Ed O'Ross (actor), Allan Graf (actor), Tommy 'Tiny' Lister (actor), Dolph Lundgren (actor), Dolph Lundgren (actor), Rance Howard (actor), John DeMita (actor), Ned Bellamy (actor), George Fisher (actor), Mark Hanson (actor), Jean-Claude Van Damme (actor), Drew Snyder (actor),
Plot: An elite team of soldiers has been used against terrorists where they use astounding physical capabilities to overcome them. Victoria, a reporter, follows them and discovers a part of their secret. When one of the team kills her cameraman she tries to escape. Luc, one of the soldiers begins to have flashbacks and turns sides and helps her as the remainder of the team follows to protect their secrets.
Keywords: action-hero, ambush, amnesia, army, army-of-the-dead, b-movie, back-from-the-dead, battle, blood, blood-splatterActors: Anna Karina (actress), Anna Karina (writer), Martine Marignac (producer), Frankie Pain (actress), Gabrielle Lazure (actress), Geoffrey Carey (actor), Gabriel Yared (composer), Anouk Grinberg (actress), Dennis Berry (director), Dennis Berry (writer), Jennifer Augé (editor), Laurent Allaire (actor), Michel Didym (actor), Stéphane Vilar (composer), George Reinhart (producer),
Genres: Drama, Musical,Actors: Debbie Coe (miscellaneous crew), David Strathairn (actor), Norman Jewison (producer), Lindsay Crouse (actress), James Tolkan (actor), Christine Wilson (miscellaneous crew), Philip Akin (actor), Stephen E. Miller (actor), Danny Glover (actor), Stephen Nemeth (actor), Timothy Hutton (actor), Josef Sommer (actor), Fred Schepisi (director), Robin Mounsey (miscellaneous crew), Bruce Smeaton (composer),
Plot: An anthropologist who is part of an arctic exploration team discovers the body of a prehistoric man who is still alive. He must then decide what to do with the prehistoric man and he finds himself defending the creature from those that want to dissect it in the name of science.
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Plot: When the psychopathic jailbreaker Hopps and his cousin steal a camper to continue their flight, they notice too late that there's a baby on the back seat. At first they want to kill it, but then decide to keep it as an easy hostage. Later they kidnap Terry Seton and force her to come with them too. Only detective Martiano is clever enough to track them down - but will he manage to get the hostages alive?
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