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INTO THE WILD is based on a true story and the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
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An American Crime |
Based on a true story that shocked the nation in 1965 the film recounts one of the most shocking crimes ever committed against a single victim. Sylvia and Jennie Fae Likens the two daughters of traveling carnival workers are left for an extended stay at the Indianapolis (3850 E. New York St. is hardly suburban nor was it in 1965 by any stretch of the imagination.) home of single mother Gertrude Baniszewski and her seven children. Times are tough and Gertrude's financial needs cause her to make...
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Based on a true story that shocked the nation in 1965 the film recounts one of the most shocking crimes ever committed against a single victim. Sylvia and Jennie Fae Likens the two daughters of traveling carnival workers are left for an extended stay at the Indianapolis (3850 E. New York St. is hardly suburban nor was it in 1965 by any stretch of the imagination.) home of single mother Gertrude Baniszewski and her seven children. Times are tough and Gertrude's financial needs cause her to make this arrangement before realizing how the burden will push her unstable nature to a breaking point. What transpires in the next three months is both riveting and horrific leaving one child dead and the rest scarred for life.
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Friends with Money |
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Tale of four west coast, life-long friends, who have achieved a level of comfort in their lives and have now settled into a life of designer clothes, charity events, and caring for the men (and offspring) in their lives.
But as they approach a certain age, unsettling things are starting to throw their comfortable lives off balance.
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Capote |
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While researching his book In Cold Blood, an account of the murder of a Kansas family, Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) develops a close relationship with Perry Smith, one of the killers.
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The 40 Year Old Virgin |
40-year-old Andy Stitzer has done quite a few things in his life. He's got a cushy job stamping invoices at an electronics superstore, a nice apartment with a proud collection of action figures and comic books, good friends, a nice attitude. But there's just one little thing he hasn't quite gotten around to doing yet - something most people have done by his age. Andy's never, ever, ever had sex.
His friends at the store consider it their duty to help, but nothing proves effective enough...
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40-year-old Andy Stitzer has done quite a few things in his life. He's got a cushy job stamping invoices at an electronics superstore, a nice apartment with a proud collection of action figures and comic books, good friends, a nice attitude. But there's just one little thing he hasn't quite gotten around to doing yet - something most people have done by his age. Andy's never, ever, ever had sex.
His friends at the store consider it their duty to help, but nothing proves effective enough until he meets Trish, a 40-year-old mother of three. Andy's friends are psyched by the possibility that it may finally happen... until they hear that Andy and Trish have begun their relationship based on a mutual no-sex policy.
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The Interpreter |
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Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn star in the action-packed thriller, The Interpreter.
In one of the hidden corridors of power at United Nations headquarters, translator Silvia Broome (Kidman) overhears a potentially explosive secret about a planned assassination attempt.
But when federal agent Tobin Keller (Penn) investigates her claim and digs deeper into Silvia's dangerous past, he begins to question whether she is a victim -- or a suspect.
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Full Frontal |
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A mix of plots somehow intertwined is the set-up for Full Frontal. An actor (Underwood) falls in love with the journalist (Roberts) assigned to make a profile him. Then the movie goes to home video style footage as the two are followed around L.A. as they cross paths between friends and lovers.
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Simone |
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A washed-up director (Pacino) gets a second chance at stardom when the star of his latest film becomes an overnight sensation. Problem is, the little starlet is a digital creation since the real Simone walked off the set.
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Box Office Results for Week Ending June 22, 2008
