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December 5, 2003

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This ship is England.


Genre: Action / Drama / War
Director: Peter Weir
Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Cast: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Ian Mercer, James D'Arcy, John Desantis (and more)

Russell Crowe is Lucky Jack Aubrey, the Navy's greatest fighting captain and Paul Bettany is ship's doctor Stephen Maturin. The ship, the Surprise, is suddenly attacked by a superior enemy. With the Surprise badly damaged and much of his crew injured, Aubrey the "Master" of the Surprise and "Commander" of his men is torn between duty and friendship as he sets sail in a high-stakes chase across two oceans, to the far side of the world, to intercept and capture their foe. It's a mission that can decide the fate of a nation or destroy Lucky Jack and his crew. The film is based on the narrative outline of the tenth book in Patrick O' Brian's legendary "Aubrey/Maturin" series of high seas novels about the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars.


Real life has never been so animated

Genre: Animation / Fantasy / Comedy
Director: Joe Dante
Distributor: Warner Bros.

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Billy West, Heather Locklear (and more)

Set in a live-action world in which Warner Bros.' animated entertainers interact with human characters for maximum comic effect, the story unfolds on the Studio back-lot and careens all over the map in classic Looney Tunes style. Our celluloid heroes embark on an adventure that takes them from Hollywood to Las Vegas, Paris and the jungles of Africa in search of Fraser's character's missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey Diamond.

“It's not that hard to love this movie since Joe Dante, the director also loves Looney Tunes and it shows, because this movie is like a "Best Of" gag guide. It has all the classic elements of any Looney Tunes cartoon. Not to mention it is chock full of almost every Looney Tunes character ever seen. In the end this film is something that should delight Looney Tunes fans young and old, so long as they don't take it too seriously, because the film didn't take itself that seriously and that's a good thing.” - - IMDB.com

Source: IMDB.com / YahooMovies

   
 
         

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