Tagline: Woman, Warrior, Queen. Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett returns to her star-making role from Working Title Films’ seven-time Oscar-nominated 1998 film Elizabeth. She is reunited with her collaborators from the worldwide crossover hit—Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush and Golden Globe- and BAFTA-nominated director Shekhar Kapur—in this gripping historical drama laced with treachery and romance:…
Category: Real Life Stories
Freedom Writers (2007)
Tagline: Their story, their words. Fresh-faced, idealistic twenty-three-year-old Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank) is ready to take on the world as she steps inside Wilson High School for her first day of teaching. Her class, a diverse group of racially charged teenagers from different walks of life – African Americans, Latinos, Asians, juvenile delinquents, gang members,…
Goya’s Ghosts (2007)
Spain 1792 – the Catholic Church is at the height of its powers. The revolution has sent neighbouring France into turmoil and the Spanish church decides to restore order by bringing back the dreaded Inquisition. Spearheading this movement is the enigmatic and cunning priest Lorenzo, a man who seeks power above all. Lorenzo’s friend is…
Gracie (2007)
Tagline: The rules of the game are about to change. A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer. Based on the real-life story of Elisabeth Shue when she was a girl. Set in 1978, Gracie is an inspirational film about a teenage girl who overcomes…
The Great Debaters (2007)
The Wiley College debate team was coached by the brilliant and passionate professor Melvin B. Tolson. It was Tolson’s recognition that the power of knowledge is the greatest advantage of all, which brought these students from underdogs to victors in a time when more than the odds were against them. Professor Tolson (Denzel Washington) carefully…
I’m Not There (2007)
I’m Not There is a 2007 biographical musical film directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by the life and music of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Six actors depict different facets of Dylan’s public personas: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw. At the start of the film, a caption…