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Flannel Pajamas (2006)

Stuart Sawyer and Nicole Reilly meet through mutual friends on a blind date and experience a magical evening in a local diner on a rainy night in April. It may never get better than this, a feeling they each sense, but a feeling not daunting enough to prevent either their stunning courtship or, later, a reversal of fortunes. Though sexually compatible, their disparate family backgrounds and the religious...

Genres: Drama and Romance

Running Time: 2 hrs. 4 min.

Release Date: November 15th, 2006 (NY)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Distributors: Gigantic Pictures

Cast and Credits

Starring: Justin ***k, Julianne Nicholson, Rebecca Schull, Jamie Harold, Michelle Federer
Directed by: Jeff Lipsky
Produced by: Simon Channing-Williams, Bryce Angell, Eric Scholl

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Flyboys (2006)

In 1914, "The Great War" --WWI--began in Europe. By 1917, the Allied powers of France, England, Italy and others were on the ropes against the German juggernaut. Some altruistic young Americans disagreed with the war. They volunteered to fight alongside their counterparts in France; some in the infantry, some in the Ambulance Corps. A handful of others had a different idea: they decided to learn how...

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and War

Running Time: 2 hrs. 9 min.

Release Date: September 22nd, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for war action violence and some sexual content.

Distributors: MGM Distribution Company

Cast and Credits

Starring: James Franco, Jean Reno, David Ellison, Martin Henderson, Jennifer Decker
Directed by: Tony Bill, Marc Roskin
Produced by: David Brown (VIII), Duncan Reid, James Clayton (II)

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49 Up (2006)

In this seventh installment in his "Up" series, filmmaker revisits the subjects whom he has been tracking throughout their lives so as to compare the different lives that individuals lead. Every seven years his subjects are checked in on and chronicled. In this latest chapter, more life-changing decisions are revealed, more shocking announcements made, and more of the original group take part than...

Genres: Art/Foreign, Documentary, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Biopic

Running Time: 2 hrs. 15 min.

Release Date: October 6th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Distributors: First Run Features

Cast and Credits

Directed by: Michael Apted
Produced by: Michael Apted, Claire Lewis, Karen Stockton

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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)

A biopic about the life of photographer Diane Arbus, considered one of the most mysterious, enigmatic, and frighteningly bold artists of the 20th century. Most known for her obsession with 'freak' subject-matter, her haunting work emerged from a deeply private place. Arbus' death was as mysteriously tragic as was the aura surrounding some of her most piercing portraits.

Genres: Drama, Adaptation and Biopic

Running Time: 2 hrs.

Release Date: November 10th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for graphic nudity, some sexuality and language.

Distributors: Picturehouse

Cast and Credits

Starring: Nalu Tripician, , Rochelle Bostrom, Jennifer Kusner, Rachel Boynton
Directed by: Steven Shainberg
Produced by: Edward R. Pressman, Alessandro Camon, Michael Roban

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Family Law (2006)

Centers around a father and his son, both of whom are lawyers. The son can't put together his own identity because he works with his father, who is a perfect lawyer. He can't reproach his parents on anything: they are perfect. Having such high expectations hinders the son from discovering his identity, really getting out of adolescence and growing up. Only when the father dies unexpectedly can the...

Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 42 min.

Release Date: December 8th, 2006 (limited)

Distributors: First Take (IFC)

Cast and Credits

Starring: Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg, Julieta Diaz, Arturo Goetz, Damian Dreizik
Directed by: Daniel Burman
Produced by: Diego Dubcovsky, Jose-Maria Morales, Marc Sillam (II)

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The Guardian (2006)

After losing his crew in a fatal crash, legendary Rescue Swimmer, Ben Randall, is sent to teach at "A" School, an elite training program for Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. Wrestling with the loss of his crew members, he throws himself into teaching, turning the program upside down with his unorthodox training methods. While there, he encounters a young, cocky swim champ, Jake Fischer, who is driven to...

Genres: Action/Adventure and Drama

Running Time: 2 hrs. 19 min.

Release Date: September 29th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action/peril, brief strong language and some sensuality.

Distributors: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Buena Vista International

Cast and Credits

Starring: Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Neal McDonough, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Produced by: Armyan Bernstein, Charlie Lyons, Zanne Devine

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Half Nelson (2006)

A unique relationship develops between a white schoolteacher, his African-American student and a local drug dealer.

Genres: Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min.

Release Date: August 11th, 2006 (NY/LA)

MPAA Rating: R for drug content throughout, language and some sexuality.

Distributors: ThinkFilm

Cast and Credits

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Monique Curnen, Karen Chilton
Directed by: Ryan Fleck
Produced by: Doug Dey, Charlie Corwin, Clara Markowicz

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The Architect (2006)

Leo Waters is an idealistic architect and patriarch of an affluent, suburban Chicago family. Tonya Neeley is a pragmatic activist who is trying to keep her family together while living in one of the city's most drug and crime-infested public housing projects. As part of her ongoing campaign to have the projects torn down and decent housing built in its place, Tonya decides that the one signature she...

Genres: Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 21 min.

Release Date: December 1st, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content.

Distributors: Magnolia Pictures

Cast and Credits

Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan
Directed by: Matt Tauber
Produced by: Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Anthony LaPaglia

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The History Boys (2006)

Centers on an unruly class of bright, funny teenage boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a college degree. Bounced between their maverick English teacher, a young and shrewd professor hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to sift through it all to pass the daunting university admissions process. Their journey becomes...

Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy, Drama, Adaptation and Teen

Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min.

Release Date: November 21st, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for language and sexual content.

Distributors: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Cast and Credits

Starring: Richard Griffiths, Clive Merrison, Frances De La Tour, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dominic Cooper
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner, Nicholas Hytner, Nick Starr
Produced by: Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Charles Moore

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The Illusionist (2006)

Eisenheim (Edward Norton) is a stage magician who amazes the audiences of turn-of-the-century Vienna, drawing the attention of Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell). When the Prince's intended, Sophie von Teschen (Jessica Biel), assists the magician onstage, Eisenheim and Sophie recognize each other from their childhoods -- and a dormant love affair is rekindled. As the clandestine romance continues,...

Genres: Drama and Adaptation

Running Time: 1 hr. 49 min.

Release Date: August 18th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexuality and violence.

Distributors: Yari Film Group

Cast and Credits

Starring: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan
Directed by: Neil Burger
Produced by: Jane Garnett, Jane Garnett, Joey Horvitz

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Infamous (2006)

What starts out as the irreverent journey of the openly gay writer Truman Capote to the middle-class world of 1950's Kansas, where he goes--with his childhood friend Harper Lee--to research the murder of the Clutter family, turns to something altogether darker when Capote forms an intense and complex relationship with one of the murderers. In doing so, he produced his greatest work, "In Cold Blood,"...

Genres: Drama, Adaptation and Biopic

Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min.

Release Date: October 13th, 2006 (NY/LA)

MPAA Rating: R for language, violence and some sexuality.

Distributors: Warner Independent Pictures

Cast and Credits

Starring: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels
Directed by: Doug McGrath, Dogulas McGrath
Produced by: John Wells, Christine Vachon, Jocelyn

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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

The Hoover family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarre landscape,...

Running Time: 1 hr. 41 min.

Release Date: July 26th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for language, some sex and drug content.

Distributors: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Cast and Credits

Starring: Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano
Directed by: Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
Produced by: Jeb Brody, Michael Beugg, David T. Friendly

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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)

Exploring the Moon was humankind⿿s most incredible journey. Between theyears of 1969 and 1972, seven spacecraft traveled nearly a quarter-million milesthrough space, providing a select group of highly trained men the chance to stepout into the unknown and explore the surface of the Earth⿿s closest neighbor inthe solar system. Their expeditions were odds-defying.Only 12 have walked on the Moon....

Genres: Documentary

Running Time: 40 min.

Release Date: September 23, 2005 Limited

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Distributors: IMAX Corporation

Cast and Credits

Starring: Neil Armstrong, Alan Bean, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman
Directed by: Mark Cowen
Produced by: Mark Herzog, Hugh Murray, Tom Hanks