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Messina (Italian pronunciation: [mesˈsiːna] ( listen), Sicilian: Missina; Latin: Messana) is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. It has a population of about 250,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 650,000 in the province. It is located near the northeast corner of Sicily, at the Strait of Messina, just opposite Villa San Giovanni on the mainland.
The main economical resources of the city are: the port (commercial and military), provided with several shipyards; agriculture (including wine production and the cultivation of lemons, oranges, mandarin oranges and olives); tourism.
The city has been a Roman Catholic Archdiocese and Archimandrite seat since 1548 and is home to a locally important international fair.
Founded by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC, Messina was originally called Zancle, from the Greek: ζάγκλον meaning "scythe" because of the shape of its natural harbour (though a legend attributes the name to King Zanclus). A comune of its province, located at the southern entrance of the Strait of Messina, is to this day called 'Scaletta Zanclea'. In the early 5th century BC, Anaxilas of Rhegium renamed it Messene in honour of the Greek city Messene (Greek: Μεσσήνη). (See also List of traditional Greek place names.) The city was sacked in 397 BC by the Carthaginians and then reconquered by Dionysius I of Syracuse.
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Plot: It's been almost 30 years since the King died. But was he really dead? In 1977, he was whisked away to another galaxy, but now, the King returns. As he doesn't want anyone to know who he really is, he enters an Elvis impersonator contest in Las Vegas. And the trouble begins...
Keywords: alien, asian, character-name-in-title, city-in-title, elvis-impersonator, elvis-presley, independent-film, king, neo-noir, place-name-in-titleActors: Chanda Romero (actress), Pinky Amador (actress), Emilio Garcia (actor), Eula Valdez (actress), Bella Flores (actress), Glaiza de Castro (actress), Isha (composer), Dempster Samarista (editor), Marlon Rivera (writer), Paolo Herras (writer), Paolo Herras (director), Marc Licaros (producer), Joseph David Santos (producer), Adrienne Babiera (actress),
Plot: Messina, an outcast and failed fortuneteller returns to her hometown to save her daughter Claire from a syndicate that aims to exploit her gift of fortune telling. When Messina returns, she finds her daughter caught in debt and the squabble of a petty syndicate running a band of fortunetellers for the unwary, desperate answer-seekers. For years, their hometown has been grooming one great fortuneteller just as they had hailed Dorothea as the town's leader. Dorothea is the grandmother of Claire who appears in her dreams. A helpful fortuneteller named Rachel teaches Messina that the only way to save her daughter is to embrace a gift she has vowed to give up, the ability to see the future no matter how bleak and inescapable.
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Plot: Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to attack the mobsters. He is aided by a former mobster (F. Murray Abraham) who volunteers to turn state's evidence after his sons are killed by a renegade mob chief. With the mobster's help, the prosecutor was able to obtain over 300 convictions.
Keywords: based-on-book, based-on-true-story, independent-film, mafiaActors: Prunella Scales (actress), Jenny Agutter (actress), Michael Hordern (actor), Brian Blessed (actor), Billie Whitelaw (actress), Nigel Hawthorne (actor), Victor Maddern (actor), Jonathan Pryce (actor), James Earl Jones (actor), John Sessions (actor), Ben Kingsley (actor), Phyllis Logan (actress), Laura Vergelli (miscellaneous crew), Bruce Purchase (actor), David Ashton (actor),
Plot: The story about a man-sized frog named Prince Frederic who is turned into a frog by his wicked aunt Messina and hired by British Intelligence to solve the mysterious disappearances of some of Britain's greatest monuments. Several hundred years later, Freddie is now living in modern-day Paris -- a six-foot-tall amphibian with the moniker Secret Agent F.R.O.7. Messina, too, is still around causing mischief, joining forces with an arch-villain named El Supremo in a scheme to shrink Big Ben. Freddie, alerted to Messina's nefarious plans, gathers his fellow agents Daffers and Scottie together, planning to hide out in Big Ben and surprise the evil doers when they are set to strike at the much-loved British landmark.
Keywords: 2d-animation, acronym-in-title, british, british-intelligence, british-secret-service, character-name-in-title, digit-in-title, espionage, frog, independent-filmActors: Jacqueline Lorians (actress), Shanna McCullough (actress), Jamie Gillis (actor), Ron Jeremy (actor), William Margold (actor), Mark Weiss (writer), Paul Thomas (actor), Danielle (actress), Francois Papillon (actor), Herschel Savage (actor), Reggie Nalder (actor), Helga Sven (actress), Long Chaney (actor), Long Chaney (actor), Phillip Marshak (director),
Plot: A private detective is hired to find an ancient book. What he doesn't know is that the book has the power to turn any woman into a nymphomaniac, and that a group of Nazi scientists--who fled to the US after World War II--also want the book, and will do anything to get it.
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