Archive for July, 2006

Tales from Earthsea

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Fantasy See  »

Release Year: 2006

Country: Japan

Runtime: 115 min

Languages: Japanese

Director:

Tagline: Once Man and Dragon were one. Man chose Land and Sea, Dragon chose Wind and Fire.

 

Writers: Ursula K. Le Guin (novel) Goro Miyazaki (screenplay) … See »

 

Cast: Junichi Okada … Arren (voice)
Aoi Teshima … Theru (voice)
Bunta Sugawara … Haitaka (voice)
Yûko Tanaka … Cob (voice)
Teruyuki Kagawa … Hare (voice)
Jun Fubuki … Tenar (voice)
Takashi Naitô … Hazia dealer (voice)
Mitsuko Baisho … The Mistress (voice)
Yui Natsukawa … The Queen (voice)
Kaoru Kobayashi … The King (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeff Bennett … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Susanne Blakeslee … Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Suzanne Blakeslee)
Kathryn Cressida … Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Kat Cressida)
Willem Dafoe … Cob (voice: English version)
Timothy Dalton … Ged / Sparrowhawk (voice: English version)
Pat Fraley … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jessica Gee … Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Jessica Gee-George)
Brian George … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Grant George … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mariska Hargitay … Tenar (voice: English version)
Jess Harnell … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Steve Kramer … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Matt Levin … Prince Arren (voice: English version)
David Lodge … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Tress MacNeille … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Cheech Marin … Hare (voice: English version)
Liam O'Brien … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Tara Platt … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Blaire Restaneo … Therru (voice: English version)
Kevin Michael Richardson … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mark Silverman … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Terrence Stone … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Karen Strassman … Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Russi Taylor … Additional Voices (voice: English version)

 

Plot: Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange… See » Add synopsis »

 

Awards: 2 nominations See »

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Lady in the Water

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

All Genres:
Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2006

Country: USA

Runtime: 110 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Time is running out for a happy ending.

 

Cast: Paul Giamatti … Cleveland Heep
Bryce Dallas Howard … Story
Jeffrey Wright … Mr. Dury
Bob Balaban … Harry Farber
Sarita Choudhury … Anna Ran
Cindy Cheung … Young-Soon Choi
M. Night Shyamalan … Vick Ran
Freddy Rodríguez … Reggie
Bill Irwin … Mr. Leeds
Mary Beth Hurt … Mrs. Bell
Noah Gray-Cabey … Joey Dury
Joseph D. Reitman … Long Haired Smoker
Jared Harris … Goatee Smoker
Grant Monohon … Emaciated Smoker
John Boyd … One-Eyebrow Smoker

 

Plot: Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.

 

Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations

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Reprise

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2006

Country: Norway

Runtime: 105 min

Languages: Norwegian

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Joachim Trier (writer) Eskil Vogt (writer)

 

Cast: Anders Danielsen Lie … Phillip
Espen Klouman-Høiner … Erik (as Espen Klouman Høiner)
Viktoria Winge … Kari
Odd Magnus Williamson … Morten
Pål Stokka … Geir
Christian Rubeck … Lars
Henrik Elvestad … Henning / Kommune
Henrik Mestad … Jan Eivind
Rebekka Karijord … Johanne
Sigmund Sæverud … Sten Egil Dahl
Tone Danielsen … Inger
Elisabeth Sand … Hanne
Thorbjørn Harr … Mathis Wergeland
Silje Hagen … Lillian
Anne Sandvik Lindmo … Programleder

 

Plot: Two competitive friends, fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, endure the pangs of love, depression and burgeoning careers.

 

Awards: 12 wins & 5 nominations

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