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Newsies

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Year:1992
Director:Kenny Ortega

Script Synopsis:A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.
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Near Dark

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Year:1987
Director:Kathryn Bigelow
Written by:Kathryn Bigelow (Screenplay), Eric Red (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
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Halloween: Resurrection

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Year:2002
Director:Rick Rosenthal
Written by:Larry Brand (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Serial Killer Michael Myers is not finished with Laurie Strode, and their rivalry finally comes to an end. But is this the last we see of Myers? Freddie Harris and Nora Winston are reality programmers at DangerTainment, and are planning to send a group of 6 thrill-seeking teenagers into the childhood home of Myers. Cameras are placed all over the house and no one can get out of the house... and then Michael arrives home!
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American Gangster

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Year:2007
Director:Ridley Scott
Written by:Steven Zaillian (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
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City Lights

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Year:1931
Director:Charlie Chaplin
Written by:Charlie Chaplin (Screenplay), Harry Clive (Screenplay), Harry Crocker (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:City Lights is the first silent film that Charlie Chaplin directed after he established himself with sound accompanied films. The film is about a penniless man who falls in love with a flower girl.
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Charlie Chan Carries On

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Year:1931
Director:Hamilton MacFadden
Written by:Barry Conners (Writer), Philip Klein (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking.
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Lost Horizon

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Year:1937
Director:Frank Capra
Written by:James Hilton (Novel), Robert Riskin (Screenplay), Sidney Buchman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-la provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
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Meet John Doe

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Year:1941
Director:Frank Capra
Written by:Richard Connell (Story), Robert Presnell Sr. (Story), Robert Riskin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
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American Madness

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Year:1932
Director:Frank Capra
Written by:Robert Riskin (Author)

Script Synopsis:American Madness is a film from director Frank Capra from 1932. Set during the depression the film depicts a bank trustee involved in a robbery scandal.
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Breach

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Year:2007
Director:Billy Ray
Written by:Adam Mazer (Screenplay), William Rotko (Screenplay), Billy Ray (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits, however Hanssen is really suspected of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for years and being responsible for the deaths of agents working for the United States.
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