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Augustus ( /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/;Classical Latin: [awˈɡʊstʊs]; Latin: Imperator Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD. Born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, he was adopted posthumously by his great-uncle Gaius Julius Caesar in 44 BC via his last will and testament, and between then and 27 BC was officially named Gaius Julius Caesar. In 27 BC the Senate awarded him the honorific Augustus ("the revered one"), and thus consequently he was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus.
The young Octavius came into his inheritance after Caesar's assassination in 44 BC. In 43 BC, Octavian joined forces with Mark Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in a military dictatorship known as the Second Triumvirate. As a triumvir, Octavian ruled Rome and many of its provinces. The triumvirate was eventually torn apart under the competing ambitions of its rulers: Lepidus was driven into exile, and Antony committed suicide following his defeat at the Battle of Actium by Octavian's fleet under the command of Agrippa in 31 BC.
Actors: Ed Bergtold (actor), Ann Marie Yoo (actress), Charlotte Pines (actress), Katie Fabel (producer), Katie Fabel (actress), Katie Fabel (writer), Karin Ivancev (producer), Karin Ivancev (producer), Michael Raver (actor), Daniel Rodgers Melnick (director), Chris Critelli (actor), Kyle Blake (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Daniel Dasent (actor), Thomas Falborn (actor), John McKarthy (actor), Harry Marsh (actor), John Huynh (producer), John Maass (producer), Marcell Black (actor), Markus Oskarsson (actor), Christopher Bencomo (actor), Patrick Norville (writer), Michael Jonathan (actor), Lendell McGhee (actor), Al Bach (actor), Patrick Norville (producer), Bobby Douge (writer),
Plot: Augustus witnesses the murder of his slave master on the night he is given his freedom papers, which he loses running from the murder scene. He is shot by the killer and now finds himself on the run, wounded and with no freedom papers. He obtains forged papers he flees to Ft Dallas hoping Union troops will take him to Key West. Now he must avoid the killer after him and navigate his way to Ft Dallas with forged papers.
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Gary Weeks (actor), Gary Weeks (writer), Gary Weeks (producer), Jon Morgan Woodward (actor), Chad Mathews (actor), Chad Mathews (actor), Chad Mathews (producer), Chad Mathews (writer), Gary Casey (actor), Philip Klein (composer), Mike Lutz (actor), John Weselcouch (actor), Jill Rytie Lutz (actress), Damon O'Steen (producer), Philip Boyd (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Tarn Harper (miscellaneous crew), David M. Thompson (producer), Charlotte Rampling (actress), Jon Baker (miscellaneous crew), Anders Thomas Jensen (writer), Mick Hurrell (miscellaneous crew), Michael Medwin (actor), John Shrapnel (actor), Christine Langan (producer), Rachel Portman (composer), Ralph Fiennes (actor), Keira Knightley (actress), Dominic Cooper (actor), James Payton (miscellaneous crew), Jill McCullough (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Georgiana Spencer became Duchess of Devonshire on her marriage to the Duke in 1774, at the height of the Georgian period, a period of fashion, decadence, and political change. Spirited and adored by the public at large she quickly found her marriage to be a disappointment, defined by her duty to produce a male heir and the Duke's philandering and callous indifference to her. She befriends Lady Bess but finds she is once again betrayed by her husband who wields his power with the three eventually living uncomfortably together. Against this background, and with the pressures of an unfaithful husband, strict social pressures and constant public scrutiny, Georgiana falls passionately in love with Charles Grey, a rising young Whig politician. However, despite his ongoing liaison with Lady Bess, the Duke refuses to allow her to continue the affair and threatens to take her children from her.
Keywords: 1770s, 1780s, 18th-century, adultery, aristocracy, arranged-marriage, baby, baby-carriage, bare-butt, bare-chested-maleActors: John Thompson (producer), Fulvio Lucisano (producer), Hristo Shopov (actor), Max von Sydow (actor), Enrique Cerezo (producer), Ornella Muti (actress), Enrico Lo Verso (actor), Massimo Sarchielli (actor), Fernando Guillén Cuervo (actor), Giuliano Gemma (actor), Giulio Base (actor), F. Murray Abraham (actor), Dolph Lundgren (actor), Ennio Flaiano (writer), Suso Cecchi D'Amico (writer),
Plot: It is the year 33 of the Vulgar Era. The Emperor Tiberius is troubled by strange phenomena, an earthquake and the sky turning black as an eclipse. His astrologers give him fair warning: their omens indicate that the world is in the throes of a great upheaval and that old gods have been annihilated. A new kingdom is about to rise in the East. The Emperor calls Tito Valerio Tauro, the most prominent investigator in Rome, back from his exile. He was ostracized years earlier because he had discovered too much regarding the death of the great Emperor Augustus, the predecessor of Tiberius. Tiberius entrusts Tauro with a mission that will require all his talent; should he conduct it successfully, his good name will be completely restored. He must discover the truth regarding the death sentence of a poor Judean rabbi. His name is Jesus of Nazareth and they say he has resurrected from the dead. Tiberius is convinced that it has something to do with the prophecies and the celestial omens that shook the world some months earlier. Tauro is a skeptic and the only thing he believes in is reason, but a series of mysteries that will put his intelligence to the test awaits him in Judea. Nothing is as it seems in Jerusalem. Governor Pilate is an ambitious man, both discredited and treacherous, who weaves his way among the opposing Pharisee and Zealot factions. During his inquiry, Tauro comes face-to-face with individuals he has never met before: Saul of Tarsus, a valiant defender of Mosaic tradition and an unshakable prosecutor of Christians; the mysterious and nearly insane Judas of Iscariot, who is presumably one of the disciples of Jesus of Nazareth; and the alleged leader of the Christians, a poor fisherman named Simon Peter. They are humble and powerful men, belonging to one faction or the other, but who share one obsession: an idea of faith that the Roman eyes of Tauro seems to be simply incomprehensible and quite dangerous. He withstands this idea with all his might. He believes that Jesus is only a quack, some kind of impostor and his presumed resurrection must be a public hoax staged in order to exploit the credulousness of the poor lot, the first to be converted to the Christian sect, the followers of Jesus, nearly all of them belonging to the lowest social levels of society: fishermen, farmers, even slaves - all of them treated as free men. And the same holds true, more surprisingly yet, for women - equal to men in the eyes of the Christian God. One of these women who believe in Jesus will finally offer Tauro the key to understanding the mystery of Jesus of Nasareth's death and conclude the mission that the Emperor has entrusted him with. Her name is Tabitha. She is not yet twenty years old and she will unveil the mystery of love to the cleverest and most disenchanted Roman investigator.
Keywords: 1st-century, adultery, ambush, ancient-rome, assassination, axe-fight, barbarian, battle, battle-axe, battlefieldActors: Sharon Gee (actress), Joe Dator (actor), Tom DiNardo (actor), Joe Dator (actor), Joe Brian Schell (actor), Joe Dator (producer), Joe Dator (writer), Joe Dator (director), Joe Brian Schell (miscellaneous crew), Ron Voz (actor), Donna Abraham (actress), Darrell Matlock (actor), Dan Frick (actor), Donna Abraham (actress), Louis Menchise (actor),
Plot: Set just after Willy Wonka's death at 87, "Citizen Candy Man" is a mockumentary - a chocumentary - that imagines the characters from the 1971 cult children's classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" as they might appear today. First we see sad sack Charlie Bucket, who was promised the whole chocolate factory when he was 12, but was too timid to ever take it. Then we meet spoiled rich girl Veruca Salt, who has found other, more grownup ways to get what she wants, particularly from men. The two of them are locked in a legal battle over the Wonka estate, and both have reason to believe it should go to them. Charlie because he won the infamous Golden Ticket contest 30 years ago, and Veruca because of her personal and intimate relationship with the Candy Man himself. We also catch up with abrasive Mike TeeVee, gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde and gluttonous Augustus Gloop. Like Veruca, they all seem to have thrived in spite of their horrible personalities, and possibly because of them.
Keywords: 1970s, chocolate-factory, cult-film, mockumentaryActors: Ashok Amritraj (producer), Jeanna Fine (actress), Carlo Rota (actor), Ron Jeremy (actor), Sean Patrick Flanery (actor), Joe Pingue (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Norman Reedus (actor), David Ferry (actor), Billy Connolly (actor), Don Carmody (actor), Willem Dafoe (actor), Gerard Parkes (actor), Robert N. Fried (producer), Don Carmody (producer),
Plot: Two Irish brothers accidentally killed mafia thugs. They turned themselves in and were released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and started knocking off mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the detective trying to figure out the killings, but the closer he was to catching the Irish brothers, the more he thinks the brothers are doing the right thing.
Keywords: accidental-shooting, actor-plays-character-with-same-name, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, aerial-shot, african-american, air-duct, air-vent, alley, ambush, ammoniaActors: Joe Sheridan (actor), Corinne Jorry (costume designer), Alain Corneau (writer), Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte (editor), Jean-Louis Livi (producer), Alain Corneau (director), Guy Marchand (actor), Roger Dumas (actor), Sylvie Granotier (actress), James Gandolfini (actor), Sylvie Granotier (actress), Alicia Silverstone (actress), Alain Frérot (actor), Laurence Granec (miscellaneous crew), Raphaël Berdugo (producer),
Plot: Born in 1943 during German occupation of their French town, Patrick and Marie-José have been best friends; now teens, they experiment with sex, which doesn't seem to bring them closer. Patrick has also taken to American jazz, hanging out at a nearby Army base where he picks up the drums and comes to the attention of a Caberra, a brutish American sergeant who enjoys starting fights with Black soldiers. Caberra gives Patrick a drum kit, talks to him about life, and introduces him around. Patrick meets Trudy, an American teen who loves Buddy Holly. Marie-José is jealous and establishes her own liaison. What of Patrick and Marie-José's pact to be friends forever?
Keywords: barbecue, blonde, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, bronze-star, convertible, death, drugs, drum-kit, drummer, fistfightActors: Phyllis Townshend (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Lee (actor), Jason Robards (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), Richard Johnson (actor), Diana Rigg (actress), André Morell (actor), Michael Gough (actor), Robert Vaughn (actor), Charlton Heston (actor), Richard Chamberlain (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Richard Chamberlain (actor), Christopher Cazenove (actor), Eric Boyd-Perkins (editor),
Plot: All star cast heads up this 1970 remake of the William Shakespeare classic tale of the betrayal of the the Roman senate against their emperor, the plotting and scheming that led up to the assassination of the title charecter, and all of Romes' fickleness towards the events.
Keywords: 1st-century-b.c., ambush, ancient-rome, assassin, assassination, based-on-play, battle, battlefield, betrayal, bloodActors: Mary Currier (actress), John Carroll (actor), Frank Jenks (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), John James (actor), James Conaty (actor), Victor Kilian (actor), Joe Devlin (actor), Grant Mitchell (actor), Paul Newlan (actor), Bert Roach (actor), Charles Ruggles (actor), Syd Saylor (actor), Esther Dale (actress),
Plot: A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who's fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle's "help".
Keywords: female-doctor, pilot