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Orphan is a 2009 psychological thriller and horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Aryana Engineer, Jimmy Bennett, Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard. The film centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a mysterious nine-year old girl. Orphan was produced by Joel Silver and Susan Downey of Dark Castle Entertainment and Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions. The film was released theatrically in the United States on July 24, 2009. The film received mixed critical reviews although Fuhrman's performance as Esther was acclaimed.
Kate Coleman (Vera Farmiga) and her husband John (Peter Sarsgaard) are experiencing strains in their marriage after their third child was stillborn. The loss is particularly hard on Kate, who is also recovering from alcoholism. The couple decides to adopt a nine-year-old Russian girl, Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), from the local orphanage. While Kate and John's deaf daughter Max (Aryana Engineer) embraces Esther almost immediately, their son Daniel (Jimmy Bennett) is less welcoming.
Actors: Oliver Muirhead (actor), Hap Lawrence (actor), Andy Pessoa (actor), Helena Falangus (costume designer), Nicolas Charles (actor), Aaron Beelner (actor), Brady Ecklund (actor), Shawn Shekarchian (writer), Shawn Shekarchian (director), Shawn Shekarchian (producer), Yousif Alshekh (actor), Michael A. Bina (producer), Michael A. Bina (writer), Jonathan Griffin Sterling (actor), Stefano Valentino (producer),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Randin Graves (composer), Robbie Bourland (actor), Eric Fisher (editor), Robbie Bourland (producer), Eric Fisher (producer), Robbie Bourland (writer), Eric Fisher (writer), Eric Fisher (director), Christopher Larsen (producer), Christopher Larsen (writer), Christopher Larsen (actor), Demitria Cline (actress), Aiden Beagley (actor), Kory Kyker (actor), Sirel Philhower (actress),
Genres: Comedy, History, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Jason Solowsky (composer), Ted Lange (director), Mark Booker (actor), John Beasley (actor), Lindsay Seim (actress), Tom Elkins (editor), Matt Harwell (actor), Meredith Nunnikhoven (miscellaneous crew), Sharon Kay Seim (miscellaneous crew), Erich Hover (actor), Derek Baker (actor), Tom Wees (actor), Ben Chrystak (actor), Melissa Jarecke (actress), Kathleen Turco-Lyon (actress),
Plot: Michael Daye makes a promise to his dying friend to look out for his wife (Emily) and daughter (Amy) who are white. As fate would have it, Emily becomes incapacitated and Michael finds himself responsible for Amy's care. When Amy's relatives object because he's Black and his fiancée gives him an ultimatum. Will he honor his promise or cave to the pressures around him?
Keywords: character-name-in-titleActors: Guy Maddin (writer), Cynthia Amsden (miscellaneous crew), Guy Maddin (director), Isabella Rossellini (actress), Louis Negin (writer), Jody Shapiro (producer), Andy Spletzer (miscellaneous crew), John Gurdebeke (editor), George Toles (writer), Jason Staczek (composer), S.J. Chiro (miscellaneous crew), Jaime Hook (producer), Gregg Lachow (producer), Katherine E. Scharhon (actress), Katherine E. Scharhon (actress),
Plot: Guy Maddin reluctantly returns to his childhood home, an abandoned Canadian island, where his parents ran an orphanage. As Guy fulfills his dying mother's request to paint the lighthouse which served as the orphanage, memories of strange events there overpower him. An undercover investigation by child author/detective Wendy & a revolt by the repressed children, blew open a cover-up by Guy's parents. Wendy disguised herself as her brother Chance and discovered that Maddin's inventor father performed outré scientific experiments on the orphans.
Keywords: advanced-technology, avant-garde, birthmark, black-and-white-and-color, campy, child-abuse, childhood-memory, children's-book-comes-to-life, cross-dressing, delusionActors: Ricardo Lee (writer), Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario (writer), Robin Padilla (actor), Malou N. Santos (producer), Elma S. Medua (producer), Ricardo Lee (writer), Boy Gomez (actor), Tom Olivar (actor), Bembol Roco (actor), Ramil Rodriguez (actor), Dante Rivero (actor), Vina Morales (actress), Charo Santos-Concio (producer), Francis Posadas (director), Enrico Santos (writer),
Genres: Action, Comedy,Actors: Adam Goldberg (actor), Neal McDonough (actor), Bruce Weitz (actor), Donald Moffat (actor), Brian Doyle-Murray (actor), Steve Dorff (composer), Stephen Lang (actor), John Anderson (actor), Andy Schofield (actor), William Lucking (actor), Annabelle Weenick (actress), Pete Rose (actor), Lisa Zane (actress), Terry Gusto (miscellaneous crew), Stephen R. Campanella (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport,Actors: Bert Remsen (actor), Spooky Stevens (miscellaneous crew), Holly Hunter (actress), Christine Lahti (actress), Molly Maginnis (costume designer), David Mansfield (composer), Tim Robbins (actor), Scott Glenn (actor), Greg Germann (actor), Brent Spiner (actor), Alfre Woodard (actress), Mary Steenburgen (actress), Kathleen Chalfant (actress), Amy Wright (actress), Ann Wedgeworth (actress),
Plot: Carnelle isn't happy with her life, so in order to improve herself she enters a local beauty contest, trying to emulate her cousin Elain's win many years ago. Few think she can win, even her closest friends and relatives (e.g. slightly mad cousin Delmount) think she's heading for a big disappointment, but Carnelle is ever hopeful, seeing a win as a ticket to escape her small town in Mississippi.
Keywords: affection, american-south, americana, based-on-play, beauty-contest, beauty-pageant, black-sheep, brother-sister-relationship, contest, cousin-cousin-relationshipActors: Siu-Wong Fan (actor), Leonard Ho (miscellaneous crew), Barry Wong (miscellaneous crew), Deannie Yip (actress), Simon Yam (actor), Peter Cheung (editor), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (producer), Cliff Lok (actor), Alfred Cheung (actor), Ma Wu (actor), Wong Chun (actor), Fung Woo (actor), Chau Sang Lau (actor), Raymond To (writer), David Lam (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Charles Watts (actor), Louis Mercier (actor), Walter Woolf King (actor), Jack Lomas (actor), Bert Stevens (actor), Jack Raine (actor), Alberto Morin (actor), Matt Moore (actor), Richard Denning (actor), Fortunio Bonanova (actor), Cary Grant (actor), Paul Bradley (actor), Mike Lally (actor), Minta Durfee (actress), Dorothy Adams (actress),
Plot: Handsome playboy Nicky Ferrante and beautiful night club singer Terry McKay have a romance while on a cruise from Europe to New York. Despite being engaged to other people, both agree to reunite at the top of the Empire State Building in six months. However, an unfortunate accident keeps Terry from the reunion, and Nicky fears that she has married or does not love him anymore. Will he discover the truth behind her absence and reunite with his one true love, or has fate and destiny passed them by?
Keywords: accident-victim, airplane, artist, ballet, bare-chested-male, big-ben-london, billboard, camera, car-accident, champagneActors: Ben Alexander (actor), Colleen Moore (actress), Baby Lillian Wade (actress), William Nicholas Selig (producer), Gilson Willets (writer), Colin Campbell (director), William Nicholas Selig (miscellaneous crew), Billy Jacobs (actor), Harry Lonsdale (actor), Lafe McKee (actor), Tom Santschi (actor), Eugenie Besserer (actress), Lillian Hayward (actress), Mae Gaston (actress), Doris Baker (actress),
Genres: Drama,