Movies tagged as "author"

Adaptation. [2002, USA ] starting from $1.99

Charlie Kaufman writes the way he lives... With Great Difficulty. His Twin Brother Donald Lives the way he writes... with foolish abandon. Susan writes about life... But can't live it. John's life is a book... Waiting to be adapted. One story... Four Lives... A million ways it can end.

Genres: Comedy, Drama Actors: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Tilda Swinton, Bill Livingston, Brian Cox, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer, Jim Beaver, Litefoot, Doug Jones, Jim Tavaré, Stephen Tobolowsky, Roger Willie Directors: Spike Jonze, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Frequently cynical screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has just taken on a new assignment. That is, to adapt writer Susan Orlean's "The Orchid Thief" into a screenplay, all of it based on the life of the eccentric John Laroche, an exotic plant collector based out of Florida. While his easygoing twin brother Donald, is writing scripts with ease, Charlie finds himself on a perpetual struggle that never seems to end.

Angel [2007, UK, Belgium, France ] starting from $1.99

A dreary city tenement provides backdrop to this tale of exclusion and the magic it takes to become accepted.

Genres: Drama, Romance Actors: Romola Garai, Charlotte Rampling, Lucy Russell, Michael Fassbender, Sam Neill, Jacqueline Tong, Janine Duvitski, Christopher Benjamin, Jemma Powell, Simon Woods, Alison Pargeter, Seymour Matthews, Tom Georgeson, Una Stubbs, Rosanna Lavelle, Directors: François Ozon Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Based on the book by Elizabeth Taylor, "Angel", this is the story of a young woman with incredible imagination who refuses to accept the world around her, and creates her own realities.

Becoming Jane [2007, UK, USA ] starting from $1.99

"A woman especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can." -Jane Austen

Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance Actors: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith, Joe Anderson, Lucy Cohu, Laurence Fox, Ian Richardson, Anna Maxwell Martin, Leo Bill, Jessica Ashworth, Eleanor Methven, Michael James Ford, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Directors: Julian Jarrold Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The year is 1795 and young Jane Austen is a feisty 20-year-old and emerging writer who already sees a world beyond class and commerce, beyond pride and prejudice, and dreams of doing what was then nearly unthinkable - marrying for love. Naturally, her parents are searching for a wealthy, well-appointed husband to assure their daughter's future social standing. They are eyeing Mr. Wisley, nephew to the very formidable, not to mention very rich, local aristocrat Lady Gresham, as a prospective match. But when Jane meets the roguish and decidedly non-aristocratic Tom Lefroy, sparks soon fly along with the sharp repartee. His intellect and arrogance raise her ire - then knock her head over heels. Now, the couple, whose flirtation flies in the face of the sense and sensibility of the age, is faced with a terrible dilemma. If they attempt to marry, they will risk everything that matters - family, friends and fortune.

Bell Book and Candle [1958, USA ] starting from $1.99

A bewitching comedy about an enchanting subject!

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance Actors: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold, Elsa Lanchester, Janice Rule, Philippe Clay, Bek Nelson, Howard McNear, The Brothers Candoli, Monty Ash, Joe Barry, Wolfe Barzell, William Bloom, Directors: Richard Quine Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Gillian Holroyd is just your average, modern-day, witch, living in a New York apartment with her Siamese familiar, Pyewacket. But one day a handsome publisher, Shep Henderson walks into her building and Gillian decides she wants him—especially as it turns out he's marrying Merle Kittridge, an old poison penpal from Gillian's college days. So, Gillian casts a spell over Shep. But her powers are in danger of being exorcised by something stronger than the bell-book-and-candle routine: Love.

Capote [2005, Canada, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama Actors: Allie Mickelson, Kelci Stephenson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Craig Archibald, Bronwen Coleman, Kate Shindle, David Wilson Barnes, Michael J. Burg, Catherine Keener, Kwesi Ameyaw, Andrew Farago, Ken Krotowich, Chris Cooper, R.D. Reid, Rob McLaughlin, Directors: Bennett Miller Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   On the night of 14 November 1959, in Holcomb, Kansas, a farmhouse is broken into by the criminals Perry Smith and Dick Hickock that expect to get US$ 10,000.00. With the policy of "no witness", the murderers kill the entire family. The homosexual writer Truman Capote travels to the small town with his friend Nelle Harper Lee and decide to use the topic to write a book. When the killers are arrested, he becomes friend of Perry for his own interest and then he falls in love for him, and gets a new lawyer for them, postponing their execution until 14 April 1965.

Chumscrubber, The [2005, USA, Germany ] starting from $1.99

Meet Generation Rx

Genres: Comedy, Drama Actors: Glenn Close, William Fichtner, Ralph Fiennes, John Heard, Lauren Holly, Jason Isaacs, Allison Janney, Carrie-Anne Moss, Rita Wilson, Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Justin Chatwin, Rory Culkin, Thomas Curtis, Lou Taylor Pucci Directors: Arie Posin, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The Chumscrubber starts out with Troy,a normal teenager who supplies "feel good" pills to everyone in his high school(this way he spreads happiness all around). But when his friend Dean pays him a visit, Dean discovers Troy has hung himself in his bedroom during one of his mother's pool parties.After the death,three local teens: Billy,Lee,and Crystal, want what's left of Troy's stash of pills and they know that Dean is the only one who knows where they are. But when Dean refuses to get the pills, the three teens kidnap Dean's little brother, until they realize they've kidnapped the wrong kid.

Dark Half, The [1993, USA ] starting from $1.99

Serious writer or serial killer? George is in two minds.

Genres: Horror, Mystery Actors: Timothy Hutton, Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris, Robert Joy, Kent Broadhurst, Beth Grant, Rutanya Alda, Tom Mardirosian, Larry John Meyers, Patrick Brannan, Royal Dano, Glenn Colerider, Sarah Parker, Directors: George A. Romero Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Novelist Thad Beaumount has buried his alter ego George Stark, a pseudonym he used when writing fiction of a darker nature than he would write using his real name. He even stages a mock burial of George for the benefit of the press. When a local man is killed, evidence leads Sheriff Alan Pangborn to George's grave, and he begins to suspect Thad. Meanwhile Thad is beginning to have visions of sparrows flying, something that hasn't occurred for twenty-three years since he had brain surgery. As the string of gruesome murders continue, someone claiming to be George Stark starts calling Thad on the phone. Thad fears for his family's safety, and Pangborn can't decide whether or not Thad is the murderer.

Dedication [2007, USA ] starting from $1.99

With each moment we write our story

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance Actors: Bob Balaban, Peter Bogdanovich, Bobby Cannavale, Billy Crudup, Martin Freeman, Jason Evans Lee, Christopher Grey Misa, Antonio Parisi, Jeremy Shamos, Steven Wargo, Tom Wilkinson, Charlene Biton, Cassidy Hinkle, Mandy Moore, Jicky Schnee, Directors: Justin Theroux Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The romantic comedy follows a misogynistic children's book author (Crudup) who is forced to work closely with a female illustrator (Moore) instead of his long-time collaborator and only friend (Wilkinson). Balaban is the book's publisher.

Delta of Venus [1995, USA ] starting from $1.99

In 1939, Elena went to Paris searching for her voice as a writer. What she found was her voice as a woman.

Genres: Drama Actors: Audie England, Costas Mandylor, Eric Da Silva, Raven Snow, Rory Campbell, Emma Louise Moore, Bernard Zette, Marek Vasut, Markéta Hrubesová, Daniel Leza, Stephen Halbert, Dale Wyatt, Jirí Ded, Valerie Zawadská, James Donahower, Directors: Zalman King Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   An American writer in Paris starts writing erotic fiction. From encouragement from her friends, her lover, and her publisher she gets involved in nude modeling and progresses onward through many other forms of voyeuristic and participatory sexual adventures. Contains full frontal nudity and simulated sex, lots of sexual dialogue and profanity.

Field of Dreams [1989, USA ] starting from $1.99

All his life, Ray Kinsella was searching for his dreams. Then one day, his dreams came looking for him.

Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport Actors: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Frank Whaley, Dwier Brown, James Andelin, Mary Anne Kean, Fern Persons, Kelly Coffield, Michael Milhoan, Steve Eastin, Directors: Phil Alden Robinson Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn field tell him, "If you build it, he will come." He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field.

Friends with Money [2006, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance Actors: Catherine Keener, Jason Isaacs, Timm Sharp, Joan Cusack, Greg Germann, Hailey Noelle Johnson, Simon McBurney, Frances McDormand, Jake Cherry, Jennifer Aniston, Bob Stephenson, Marin Hinkle, Scott Caan, Troy Ruptash, Elizabeth Keener, Directors: Nicole Holofcener Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A drama about three married women, their husbands, and their lone single friend.

Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A [2006, USA ] starting from $1.99

Queens, New York, 1986. Sometimes the only way forward, is back.

Genres: Crime, Drama Actors: Dianne Wiest, Robert Downey Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Melonie Diaz, Julia Garro, Eleonore Hendricks, Adam Scarimbolo, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Channing Tatum, Anthony Tirado, Erick Rosado, Steve Payne, Chazz Palminteri, Tibor Feldman, Martin Compston, Directors: Dito Montiel Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Dito, a writer in L.A., goes home to Astoria, Queens, after a 15-year absence when his mother calls to say his father's ill. In a series of flashbacks we see the young Dito, his parents, his four closest friends, and his girl Laurie, as each tries to navigate family, race, loyalty, sex, coming of age, violence, and wanting out. A ball falls onto the subway tracks at a station, small things get out of hand. Can Dito go home again?

Hans Christian Andersen [1952, USA ] starting from $1.99

The glorious story of the greatest storyteller of them all!

Genres: Biography, Family, Musical, Romance Actors: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh, Philip Tonge, Erik Bruhn, Roland Petit, John Brown, John Qualen, Jeanne Lafayette, Robert Malcolm, George Chandler, Fred Kelsey, Gil Perkins, Peter J. Votrian, Directors: Charles Vidor Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A completely fabricated biography of the famous Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen featuring several of his stories and a ballet performance of "The Little Mermaid".

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [2002, UK, USA, Germany ] starting from $1.99

"Dobby Has Come To Warn You Sir."

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery Actors: Alfie Enoch, Kenneth Branagh, Miriam Margolyes, Jason Isaacs, John Cleese, Sean Biggerstaff, David Bradley, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling, Toby Jones, Jim Norton, Veronica Clifford, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Julie Walters, Bonnie Wright, Mark Williams, Chris Rankin Directors: Chris Columbus, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Harry Potter is in his second year of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is visited by a house-elf named Dobby and warned not to go back to Hogwarts. Harry ignores his warning, and returns. He is still famous, although still disliked by Snape, Malfoy, and the rest of the Slytherins. But then, strange things start to happen. People are becoming petrified, and no-one knows what is doing it. Harry keeps hearing a voice.. a voice which seems to be coming from within the walls. They are told the story of the Chamber of Secrets. It is said that only Salazar Slytherin's true descendent will be able to open it. Harry, it turns out, is a Parsel-tongue. This means that he is able to speak/understand snakes. Everyone thinks that it's him that has opened the Chamber of Secrets because that is what Slytherin was famous for.

Her Alibi [1989, USA ] starting from $1.99

Falling for a beautiful woman can be murder!

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance Actors: Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels, James Farentino, Hurd Hatfield, Ronald Guttman, Victor Argo, Patrick Wayne, Tess Harper, Bill Smitrovich, Bobo Lewis, Jane Welch, Austin Hay, W. Benson Terry, Joan Copeland, Directors: Bruce Beresford Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows more and more interesting abilities (such as knife throwing) he begins to doubt his first assessment. He is still falling for her, but more and more nervous as time passes, and there are more close calls with death on his part.