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Private is a 2004 film directed by Saverio Costanzo. A debut film by the director, the film is a minimalist psychological drama about a Palestinian family of seven suddenly confronted with a volatile situation in their home that in many ways reflects the larger ongoing conflict between Palestinians and Israel.
Initially selected as the official entry from Italy for the foreign language film category at the 78th Academy Awards, Private was disqualified as its main spoken language is not in Italian (a rule that was changed, effective with the next year's Oscars, partly due to this film). The film has received the Golden Leopard (best film) award at the 57th Locarno International Film Festival.
Mohammad, his wife and their five children live in a large, isolated house located halfway between a Palestinian village and an Israeli settlement. The house, in the crossfire of the two sides, is a strategic lookout point that the Israeli army decides to seize, confining the family to a few downstairs rooms in daytime and a single room at night. Mohammad refuses to leave this home and, reinforced by his principles against violence, decides to find a way to keep his family together in the house until the Israeli soldiers move on.
Actors: Tovah Feldshuh (actress), Fred Ochs (actor), Clement Blake (actor), Ryan Shovey (miscellaneous crew), Alexander Murphy Jr. (miscellaneous crew), Robert Munns (actor), Aleksa Palladino (actress), James Mathers (actor), Jack Grinnage (actor), Norma Michaels (actress), Natalie Sakai (producer), Ed Donovan (actor), Sara Erikson (actress), Taylor Marr (editor), Erica Harrell (producer),
Plot: Nurse Maggie Collins begins caring for the residents of Moss Oak Manor nursing home under the watchful eye of head nurse Baker. Unexpectedly, Maggie finds herself on an ethical minefield, where good intentions turn into ambition and mercy elicits murder.
Genres: Drama, Thriller,Actors: Djoko Rosic (actor), Velislav Pavlov (actor), Yavor Vesselinov (actor), Emiliya Vasileva (miscellaneous crew), Yordan Bikov (actor), Ivan Barnev (actor), Svetla Yancheva (actress), Kevork Aslanyan (editor), Zahary Baharov (actor), Mihail Mutafov (actor), Bojka Velkova (actress), Vladimir Penev (actor), Iliya Raev (actor), Tzvetan Alexiev (actor), Dimo Alexiev (actor),
Plot: Moth is freed on parole after spending time in prison on wrongful conviction of murder. Jailed shortly before the Bulgarian communist coup of 1944, he now finds himself in a new and alien world - the totalitarian Sofia of the 60s. His first night of freedom draws the map of a diabolical city full of decaying neighborhoods, gloomy streets and a bizarre parade of characters.
Keywords: based-on-book, based-on-novel, brazilian-waxing, cemetery, feces, female-nudity, full-frontal-nudity, grave-digger, jail, neo-noirActors: Yorgos Mavropsaridis (editor), Kostas Lambropoulos (producer), Nicos Perakis (producer), Dionyssis Samiotis (producer), Giorgos Kimoulis (actor), Hristos Pilatakis (miscellaneous crew), Hristina Pigaki (miscellaneous crew), Manos Krezias (producer), Amalia Aggelaki (miscellaneous crew), Yorgos Chraniotis (actor), Manos Gavras (actor), Georgis Grigorakis (miscellaneous crew), Thodoris Armaos (editor), Petros Lagoutis (actor), Vassilis Katsikis (director),
Plot: Five I4 soldiers serve in the army as auxiliaries in a unit supporting commando troops during military training. Due to all the chores and the pack drills, the soldiers will be forced to face the stiff necked commandos. This conflict will take place in a frontier Aegean island and it will mess everybody's (locals' and "foreign" enemies') lives up.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, ampersand-in-title, army, commando-unit, hyphen-in-title, island, local-blockbuster, loufa, manhunt, military-serviceActors: Akbar Abdi (actor), Abbas Ganjavi (editor), Naser Cheshmazar (composer), Hamid Jebeli (actor), Mohammad Varshochi (actor), Naser Taghvai (writer), Naser Taghvai (producer), Naser Taghvai (director), Akbar Moazezi (actor), Asghar Bichareh (actor), Soraya Hekmat (actress), Hossein Sarshar (actor), Gholamhossein Naghshineh (actor), Kamran Foyoozat (actor), Mahmood Lotfi (actor),
Plot: Towards the end of the Shahanshah's reign, Sergeant Makvandi is assigned the commander of the gendarmerie station in a small town. A stern disciplinarian, Sergeant Makvandi tries to impose order at the station but, being as degenerate as his subordinates, he fails to re-store discipline. faced by rebellious crowds, he imposes martial law, but people outwit him by mailing to his address a forged letter which "promotes the sergeant and ends the curfew". Makvandi tries to intimidate a school teacher into writing a song which he wants the students to sing on the day his "promotion" comes into effect. But the teacher refuses to give in, for he and his students are preparing to sing a new song, the song of revolution.
Keywords: censorship, communist, curfew, freedom, freedom-of-speech, iran, military-dictatorship, national-anthem, patriotism, persianActors: Jack White (writer), Joe Besser (actor), Joe Besser (actor), Paul Borofsky (editor), Brian O'Hara (actor), Emil Sitka (actor), Philip Van Zandt (actor), Jules White (director), Dick Wessel (actor), Jessie Arnold (actress), Jules White (producer), Felix Adler (writer), Bill Wallace (actor), Nick Arno (actor), Jim Brown (actor),
Plot: Joe Besser has a fight with an army sergeant before he is drafted, and when he arrives at camp, finds the sergeant is his NCO and not adverse to taking revenge. When some documents are missing, the commanding officer offers a promotion to anyone who finds the. Joe and the sergeant get into a fight in the kitchen, and Joe discovers the paper. He is promoted to sergeant and the sergeant is busted to a private.
Keywords: acronym-in-title, remake, two-reelerActors: Moss Mabry (costume designer), John Anderson (actor), David Weisbart (producer), Charles Bronson (actor), David Buttolph (composer), Chuck Connors (actor), Richard Conte (actor), Strother Martin (actor), John Alderson (actor), Aaron Spelling (actor), John Dennis (actor), L.Q. Jones (actor), Clarence Kolster (editor), Terence de Marney (actor), Peggie Castle (actress),
Genres: Drama, War,Actors: Edwin H. Bryant (editor), Joe Besser (actor), Jules White (producer), Felix Adler (writer), Jules White (director), Brian O'Hara (actor), Emil Sitka (actor), Dick Wessel (actor), Jessie Arnold (actress), Bill Wallace (actor), Nick Arno (actor), Jim Brown (actor),
Plot: Homer, gets drafted and, after undergoing the tribulations at the induction center, oversleeps the next morning when he is to report to camp. Hie previous troubles are nothing compared to what is awaiting him at camp in the guise of a tough, no-nonsense first sergeant.
Keywords: 1950s, army-base, army-captain, army-officer, camp, draftee, drill, first-sergeant, induction-center, marchingActors: Eddie Hall (actor), William Hall (actor), Frank Albertson (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Bobby Barber (actor), Jimmie Dundee (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Hugh Beaumont (actor), Barry Fitzgerald (actor), James Bell (actor), Roy Gordon (actor), Buddy Gorman (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor),
Plot: During World War II in San Francisco, Eve Morgan and her single girlfriends spend their days welding ships and their nights dancing with soldiers and sailors shipping out that night. Eve is determined to avoid any romantic entanglements until the war is over she refuses to spend her days and nights worrying about getting bad news about a man she has fallen for. But she doesn't count on meeting a soldier who is determined to change her mind.
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Genres: Musical,Actors: Billy Nelson (actor), Dennis O'Keefe (actor), Lafe McKee (actor), John T. Murray (actor), George O'Hanlon (actor), Roger Gray (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Jack Haley (actor), Thurston Hall (actor), Arthur Millett (actor), Charles Marsh (actor), Lee Kohlmar (actor), Victor Kilian (actor), Sumner Getchell (actor), Victor Potel (actor),
Genres: Musical,He's been the man in every war before
Fought so brave and nearly froze at Valley Forge
And in the big war he was the man
And now in Vietnam we owe a lot to the private
He has the courage of the knights of old
He's America's strenght standing straight and bold
With gun in hand he is a fightin' man
A courageous man yes we owe a lot to the private
He takes the gun and he points it straight
Straight at the heart of the things that free man hates
We owe a lot to the private
He's some lonely girl's only sweetheart
And he's some mother's only son
And he's some father's greatest pride and joy
Oh that great boy yes we owe a lot to the private
He takes the gun...