Churchill: The Hollywood Years
A group of U.S. movie moguls who arrive in the UK to shoot a movie about the great English wartime prime minister. On arrival for the first day of the shoot, however, the filmmakers discover the actor playing Churchill to be a robust, unattractive cigar smoker and decide to replace him with a better looking, more virile actor (Slater).
Director: Peter Richardson
Writer(s): Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
Cast: Neve Campbell, Christian Slater, Ronni Ancona, Mark Caven, Phil Cornwell, Mackenzie Crook, Jon Culsh
Cheaper by the Dozen
A successful small-town football coach and his wife lead a surprisingly idyllic – if necessarily regimented – life with their family of twelve children. When dad gets an offer he can’t refuse to coach a Big Ten football team, the move to the city, his increasing workload, and his wife’s book tour, turn the clan upside down.
Director: Shawn Levy
Writer(s): Not Available
Cast: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The culmination of nearly ten years’ work and conclusion to Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy based on the timeless J.R.R. Tolkien classic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King will present the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil fighting for control of the future of Middle-earth.
Director: Peter Jackson
Writer(s): Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, Andy Serkis, John Noble, Ian Holm
Big Fish
The story of a braggart and exaggerator Edward Bloom and his son, William, who after a long estrangement returns home only to learn his father is dying of cancer. Desperate to know the complicated man before it’s too late, William sets about trying to unravel fact from fiction.
Director: Tim Burton
Writer(s): Not Available
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito
The Last Samurai
Set in Japan during the 1870s, The Last Samurai tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country’s first army in the art of modern warfare. As the government attempts to eradicate the ancient Samurai warrior class in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly affected by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him.
Director: Edward Zwick
Writer(s): Not Available
Cast: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Ken Watanabe
