Fourteen year old Henrietta—Henri for short—longs for everything she doesn’t have. Looking down a road that turns bad instead of right, Henri (Addie Land) and her mother Kate (Cara Seymour) are forced to move in with her grandmother (Lynn Cohen) in a leaking shack on the edge of town. Henri is hell bent on finding…
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Exorcist: The Beginning Production Notes (2004)
About the Film One of the most terrifying films of all time, The Exorcist has been the source of countless nightmares since its debut in 1973. Written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, the film graphically chronicles the macabre story of Regan, a 12-yearold girl who becomes demonically possessed. The only force…
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
Tagline: God is not here today, priest. Father Lankester Merrin thinks that he has glimpsed the face of Evil. In the years following World War II, Merrin (Stellen Skarsgård) is relentlessly haunted by memories of the unspeakable brutality perpetrated against the innocent people of his parish. In the wake of all he has seen, both…
Facing Windows Production Notes (2004)
With more than enough to do, Giovanna isn’t too pleased when Filippo insists on bringing home a confused elderly man (Massimo Girotti) they find wandering in the streets. In and out of lucidity, the old man utters a single name (“Simone”), and to appease Giovanna, Filippo insists that he will take the man to a…
Facing Windows (2004)
Giovanna, though still very young, has been married to her devoted husband Filippo for 9 years. She divides her time between her job at the poultry factory, looking after her 2 children, and baking cakes for the local cafe, bearing the weight of responsibility on her shoulders. The strain on Giovanna is increased when Filippo,…
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Tagline: The temperature where freedom burns. Directed by Michael Moore, whose aura of controversy only grew after his Oscar acceptance speech at the 2003 Academy Awards, Fahrenheit 9/11, like Moore’s Bowling For Columbine and Roger & Me, promises to expose the corporate wrongdoings and big-money scandals perpetrated by America’s financial elite. This movie, however, looks…