Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
The Bride Wore Black movie storyline. As the film opens, Julie Kohler (Jeanne Moreau) tries to throw herself out of an upstairs window, but is stopped by her mother (Luce Fabiole). Julie is dressed in black and is obviously grief-stricken. In the next scene, she is more composed, telling her mother she is going on a long trip, and counting out five piles of money.
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In Paris, while crossing a bridge over the Seine, the bored bisexual millionaire Frédérique meets a homeless young street painter called ‘Why’ and invites her to drink tea at her apartment. They have a love affair and Frédérique takes ‘Why’ to spend the winter at her house in Saint Tropez, where Frédérique’s other two friends of hers live.
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Il Deserto Rosso movie storyline. Against the grim backdrop of Ravenna’s barren industrial wastelands brimming with flame-belching factories and deleterious chemical fumes, Giuliana, a deeply dejected young mother on the brink of a total existential breakdown, seeks solace in one of her neglectful husband’s handsome associates, Corrado Zeller.
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Broadway Danny Rose movie storyline. At the Carnegie Deli in New York City, a group of comics are kvetching about their common professional lives. One of the more interesting topics of conversation centers on theatrical manager (aka talent agent) Danny Rose, who represents those who can’t get better agents but who has always been committed to his clients.
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Repulsion movie storyline. In London, Belgian immigrant Carol Ledoux shares an apartment with her older sister Helen, and works as a manicurist at a beauty salon. Helen uses the word “sensitive” to describe Carol’s overall demeanor, which is almost like she walks around in a daze, rarely speaking up about anything.
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Thunderball movie storyline. When two colleagues of James Bond are murdered, James follows the widow of a double agent who has been killed, and a confrontation ensues. The double agent is part of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., and the organization’s meeting in a secret lair in Paris regrets the agent’s death as it deals with new criminal business.
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The Spy Who Loved Me movie storyline. A shipping magnate, Karl Stromberg, has employed two brilliant scientists to develop a submarine tracking system. Once it is finished, he assures them of multimillion-dollar payouts to their Swiss bank accounts, but not before ruthlessly murdering his young assistant by dumping her into a tank inhabited by a man-eating tiger shark.
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The Story of Adele H. movie storyline. In 1863, a young Frenchwoman arrives alone in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is referring to herself by different names depending upon to whom she is speaking, but primarily she is going by the name Adèle Lewly.
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Professione: Reporter movie storyline. David Locke (Jack Nicholson) is a reporter sent to the African deserts to report on activities there and discovers the dead body of an acquaintance, a man named Robertson. Seeking escape from his mundane life Locke takes on the identity of Robertson discovering many peculiar secrets of the dead man, one of which is that he is taking large amounts of money for supplying illegal arms to African terrorists.
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The Man with the Golden Gun movie storyline. James Bond (Roger Moore) must find the missing “Solex Agitator”, a device that will harness the sun’s radiation and give awesome power to whomever possesses it.
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Read More