Movies tagged as "governor"

All the King's Men [2006, Germany, USA ] starting from $1.99

Time brings all things to light.

Genres: Drama Actors: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini, Jackie Earle Haley, Kathy Baker, Talia Balsam, Travis Champagne, Frederic Forrest, Paul Desmond, Kevin Dunn, Kevin McCarthy, Directors: Steven Zaillian Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   In the 50's, in Louisiana, the smart populist, manipulative and wolf hick Willie Stark is elected governor with the support of the lower social classes. He joins a team composed of his bodyguard and friend Sugar Boy; the journalist from an aristocratic family Jack Burden; the lobbyist Tiny Duffy; and his mistress Sadie Burke, to face the opposition of the upper classes. When the influent Judge Irwin supports a group of politicians in their request of impeachment, Stark assigns Jack to find some dirtiness along the life of Irwin, leading to a tragedy in the end.

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The [1982, USA ] starting from $1.99

With Burt and Dolly this much fun just couldn't be legal!

Genres: Comedy, Musical Actors: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors, Robert Mandan, Lois Nettleton, Theresa Merritt, Noah Beery Jr., Barry Corbin, Ken Magee, Mary Jo Catlett, Mary Louise Wilson, Howard K. Smith, Gail Benedict, Directors: Colin Higgins Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Town Sherif and regular patron, fights to keep a historical whorehouse open when a TV preacher targets it as the Devils playhouse.

Blazing Saddles [1974, USA ] starting from $1.99

Never give a saga an even break!

Genres: Comedy, Western Actors: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Liam Dunn, Mel Brooks, Alex Karras, John Hillerman, George Furth, Jack Starrett, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Carol Arthur, Richard Collier, Charles McGregor, Directors: Mel Brooks Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor. Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.

Citizen Kane [1941, USA ] starting from $1.99

365 days in the making - and every minute of it an exciting NEW thrill for you !

Genres: Drama, Mystery Actors: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris, Fortunio Bonanova, Gus Schilling, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus, Harry Shannon, Directors: Orson Welles Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Considered by many to be the best film ever made, this is the story of Charles Foster Kane. The film opens with a long shot of Xanadu - the private estate of one of the world's richest men. In the middle of the estate is a castle. We see, inside the castle, a dying man examining a winter scene within a crystal ball. As he drops it, it smashes, and one word is heard - "Rosebud..." What follows are pieces of newsreel-like footage detailing how Kane amassed his fortune, and turning around full circle at the end.

Evolution [2001, USA ] starting from $1.99

Have a nice end of the world.

Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi Actors: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Ted Levine, Ethan Suplee, Michael Bower, Pat Kilbane, Ty Burrell, Dan Aykroyd, Katharine Towne, Gregory Itzin, Ashley Clark, Michelle Wolff, Sarah Silverman Directors: Ivan Reitman, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Glen Canyon, Arizona, the present day. Wayne, practising at night in the desert for his upcoming fireman's exam, witnesses the impact of a meteorite. The next day, biology teacher Dr. Ira Kane and geology teacher Harry Block from Glen Canyon Community College manage to get to the meteorite, which is stuck in the ground at the bottom of a cave. By taking a sample, they discover a slimy blue fluid coming out of the meteorite. A little later, Ira Kane finds out that myriads of single-celled life-forms dwell in the fluid, evolve at an incredible rate, even while he's watching. What first seems like a sure ticket to Sweden for the Nobel Prize soon develops into a nightmare: By evolving and adapting at that unbelievably fast rate, the Aliens start spreading out, and the Military comes in. Now it all comes down to what Darwin so rightfully stated: Survival of the fittest. And no good idea in sight...

Glory [1989, USA ] starting from $1.99

Their innocence. Their heritage. Their lives. Nothing would be spared in the fight for their freedom.

Genres: Action, Drama, History, War Actors: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi Kennedy, Andre Braugher, John Finn, Donovan Leitch, JD Cullum, Alan North, Bob Gunton, Cliff De Young, Christian Baskous, RonReaco Lee, Jay O. Sanders Directors: Edward Zwick, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.

Laramie Project, The [2002, USA ] starting from $1.99

When a small town comes face to face with murder, everybody has a tale to tell.

Genres: Crime, Drama Actors: Christina Ricci, Steve Buscemi, Laura Linney, Summer Phoenix Directors: Moisés Kaufman, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   'Moisés Kaufman' (qv) and members of New York's Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of 'Matthew Shepard (I)' (qv). This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. It follows and in some cases re-enacts the chronology of Shepherd's visit to a local bar, his kidnap and beating, the discovery of him tied to a fence, the vigil at the hospital, his death and funeral, and the trial of his killers. It mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers, and other Laramie residents in their own words. It concludes with a Laramie staging of "Angels in America" a year after Shephard's death.

Legend of Zorro, The [2005, USA ] starting from $1.99

This Fall, adventure begins with a Z.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Western Actors: Alberto Reyes, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Gustavo Sanchez-Parra, Adrian Alonso, Nick Chinlund, Giovanna Zacarías, Carlos Cobos, Antonio Banderas, Michael Emerson, Shuler Hensley, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mary Crosby, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mauricio Bonet, Fernando Becerril Directors: Martin Campbell, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The Legendary Zorro goes off on another adventure to protect the future of California and its citizens. This time, he fights against evil-doers with the help of his beautiful wife, Elena, and their precocious young son, Joaquin. Alejandro De LaVega is torn between two worlds: his life as Zorro and his life as a family man. After Alejandro once again breaks his promise to stop wearing the mask, Elena leaves him, and soon begins seeing Armand, a haughty French Count. But a mysterious explosion in the desert leads Zorro to believe that there's more to Armand than meets the eye, and our hero is intent on finding out what that is. Little does he know, there are others working to uncover certain truths as well.

Life of David Gale, The [2003, Germany, USA ] starting from $1.99

The crime is clear. The truth is not.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Kate Winslet, Cleo King, Constance Jones, Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney, Lee Ritchey, Gabriel Mann, Matt Craven, Brandy Little, Cindy Waite, Jim Beaver, Leon Rippy, Jesse De Luna, Vernon Grote, Rhona Mitra Directors: Alan Parker, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Dr. David Gale, an advocate of eliminating the death penalty, is falsely accused of rape and murder. Once convicted, he ends up on death row in Texas himself, telling his story to a reporter through a series of flashbacks.

Meet Wally Sparks [1997, USA ] starting from $1.99

He's a menace to High Society.

Genres: Comedy Actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Debi Mazar, David Ogden Stiers, Burt Reynolds, Rita McKenzie, Lisa Thornhill, Mark L. Taylor, Cindy Williams, Gilbert Gottfried, Tony Danza, Karen Duffy, Eamonn Roche, Sir Mix a Lot, Michael Weatherly, Glenn Walker Harris Jr., Directors: Peter Baldwin Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Wally Sparks is a tabloid TV show reporter who's trying to boost ratings on his show. He goes to the governor's mansion to uncover a sex scandal.

Mothman Prophecies, The [2002, USA ] starting from $1.99

What do you see?

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller Actors: Richard Gere, David Eigenberg, Bob Tracey, Ron Emanuel, Debra Messing, Tom Stoviak, Yvonne Erickson, Scott Nunnally, Harris Mackenzie, Will Patton, Lucinda Jenney, Laura Linney, Tom Tully, Zachary Mott, Ann McDonough, Directors: Mark Pellington Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   John Klein, a Washington newspaper reporter leaves his job after his wife dies to investigate strange reports, including psychic visions ("prophecies") and sightings of winged creatures ("mothmen"), in a small West Virginia town, that may be the signs of an alien invasion of Earth...

O Brother, Where Art Thou? [2000, USA, UK, France ] starting from $1.99

Sometimes, you have to lose your way to get back home

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music Actors: George Clooney, Holly Hunter, John Turturro, Stephen Root, John Goodman, Charles Durning, Directors: Joel Coen Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey' the movie deals with the grotesque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everetts home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters. Among them sirens, a cyclops, bankrobber George 'Babyface' Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning Governor, his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet, who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find."

Passion of the Christ, The [2004, USA ] starting from $1.99

By his wounds, we were healed.

Genres: Drama Actors: Rosalinda Celentano, Sergio Rubini, James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Hristo Jivkov, Francesco De Vito, Monica Bellucci, Mattia Sbragia, Toni Bertorelli, Luca Lionello, Hristo Shopov, Claudia Gerini, Fabio Sartor, Giacinto Ferro, Olek Mincer, Sheila Mokhtari, Lucio Allocca Directors: Mel Gibson, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The Passion of The Christ focusses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life. The film begins in the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus has gone to pray after sitting the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.

Perfect World, A [1993, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J. Lowther, Keith Szarabajka, Leo Burmester, Paul Hewitt, Bradley Whitford, Ray McKinnon, Jennifer Griffin, Leslie Flowers, Belinda Flowers, Darryl Cox, Jay Whiteaker, Taylor Suzanna McBride, Directors: Clint Eastwood Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A Perfect World touches you from the bottom of your heart. It is a story about a man and a boy. A man escapes from a prison with his partner who he does not like. After escaping, they kidnap a little boy. It is not a simple kidnapping story as people expect with violence and blood. This man, as he describes himself, is not a good guy, but not the worst either. The boy, living with his mom and two sisters, follows their family¡¯s religion, which forbids him from celebrating Halloween, celebrating Christmas, participating in parties, and pretty much any fun common for children of his age. The man gives the boy opportunities to play the games that he wants to, tells him what is wrong and what is right, and asks him to be independent and make his own choices.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [2006, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy Actors: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Kevin McNally, David Bailie, Stellan Skarsgård, Tom Hollander, Naomie Harris, Martin Klebba, David Schofield, Directors: Gore Verbinski Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Just before their wedding, Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner are arrested by Lord Cutler Beckett for helping the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, but Cutler proposes a deal to Will: their freedom per Jack's compass. Meanwhile, Jack is afraid of the sea, because he owes his soul to the evil Davy Jones, the Captain of the Flying Dutchmen. When Will meets Jack, the pirate proposes to exchange his compass by a key owned by Davy Jones. Will goes to the Flying Dutchman without knowing how dangerous and diabolic Davy Jones and his crew are.