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Haven (2006)

Two shady businessmen flee to the Caymans to avoid federal prosecution, but their escape ignites a chain reaction that leads a British native to commit a crime that has enormous implications.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Crime/Gangster

Running Time: 98 min.

Release Date: September 15th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for language, drug use, sexual content and some violence.

Distributors: Freestyle Releasing , Yari Film Group

Cast and Credits

Starring: Victor Rasuk, Anthony Mackie, Bill Paxton, Orlando Bloom, Razaaq Adoti
Directed by: Frank Flowers
Produced by: Aleen Keshishian, Kelli Konop (II), George Heller (II

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John Tucker Must Die (2006)

When three popular girls from different cliques discover they've all been dating the school stud, they band together to seek revenge. Despite the jerk's charm and ever-growing popularity, the girls cleverly scheme with the help of the inconspicuous new girl in town, to soil his reputation and break his heart.

Genres: Comedy and Romance

Running Time: 87 min.

Release Date: July 28th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Distributors: 20th Century Fox Distribution

Cast and Credits

Starring: Jesse Metcalfe, Sophia Bush, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, Arielle Kebbel
Directed by: Betty Thomas
Produced by: Karen Lunder, Marc S. Fischer, Michael Birnbaum

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The Heart of the Game (2006)

A chronicle following the Roosevelt Roughriders girls' basketball team for six tumultuous seasons, capturing the passion and energy of a high school girls' competitive sport. Coach Bill Resler is a tax professor at the University of Washington, with three daughters, when he applies for the job as girls' basketball coach at Roosevelt High. Although his coaching experience is minimal, he has a philosophy...

Genres: Documentary, Sports and Teen

Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min.

Release Date: June 7th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Distributors: Miramax Films

Cast and Credits

Starring: Darnellia Russell, Bill Resler, Devon Crosby Helms, Maude Lepley, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges
Directed by: Ward Serrill
Produced by: Larry Estes, Ward Serrill, Liz Manne

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Lady in the Water (2006)

Cleveland Heep, a modest building manager, rescues a mysterious young woman from danger and discovers she is actually a narf--a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the treacherous journey from our world back to hers. Cleveland and his fellow tenants start to realize that they are also characters in this bedtime story. As Cleveland falls deeper and deeper in love with the woman, he...

Genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy and Thriller

Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.

Release Date: July 21st, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some frightening sequences.

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Cast and Credits

Starring: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Freddy Rodriguez, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Produced by: Samuel L. Mercer, M. Night Shyamalan, John Rusk

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Lady Vengeance (Kind geum-ja) (2006)

Imprisoned for thirteen years for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a six-year-old boy, Lee Geum-ja wastes no time in winning over her cellmates' sympathies. From the former prostitute who strangled her pimp to the old North Korean spy who hands her the "Sutra of revenge"-- illustrated instructions for crafting a handmade gun disguised as a prayer book--all the prisoners become instrumental in the...

Genres: Drama and Thriller

Running Time: 1 hr. 54 min.

Release Date: May 5th, 2006 (NY)

MPAA Rating: R for strong violent content - some involving children, and some sexuality.

Distributors: Tartan USA

Cast and Credits

Starring: Lee Yeong-ae (II), Choi Min-Sik, Song Kang-ho (II), Yu Ji-tae, Nam Il-woo
Produced by: Lee Tae-hun, Cho Young-wuk, Chun-yeong Lee

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Lemming (2006)

Alain Getty, a brilliant young home automation engineer, and his wife Benedicte having recently arrived in a new town, invite Alain's boss Richard Pollock and his wife Alice to dinner. The encounter does not leave the young couple's harmony unscathed. The discovery of a mysterious rodent's corpse blocking the waste pipe of their kitchen sink does nothing to help and portends the bursting of irrationality...

Genres: Art/Foreign and Thriller

Running Time: 129 min.

Release Date: May 19th, 2006 (NY)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Distributors: Strand Releasing

Cast and Credits

Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Laurent Lucas, Andre Dussollier, Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Bonnaffe
Directed by: Dominik Moll
Produced by: Michel Saint-Jean

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Zoom (2006)

former superhero is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into new heroes at a private academy.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Kids/Family, Adaptation and Teen

Running Time: 1 hr. 23 min.

Release Date: August 11th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG for brief rude humor, language and mild action.

Distributors: Sony Pictures Releasing
Cast and Credits

Starring: Tim Allen, Courteney Cox Arquette, Chevy Chase, Spencer Breslin, Kate Mara
Directed by: Peter Hewitt
Produced by: Nicholas Osborne, Trevor Engelson, Neil A. Machlis

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Wordplay (2006)

journey into the world of Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor at The New York Times. Known to millions as National Public Radio's "Puzzle Master," Shortz has spent his entire lifetime studying, creating, and editing puzzles, and has built a huge following along the way. Meet Shortz's diehard fans--including President Bill Clinton, Senator Bob Dole, "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart, filmmaker Ken...

Genres: Documentary

Running Time: 90 min.

Release Date: June 16, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Distributors: IFC Films

Cast and Credits

Starring: Will Shortz, Merl Reagle, Jon Stewart, Ken Burns, Indigo Girls (II)
Directed by: Patrick Creadon
Produced by: Christine O'Malley, Michael Creadon, Patrick Walsh (II)

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Lower City (2006)

Deco and Naldinho have known each other since they were kids. They make their living together doing cargo jobs and petty hustling on board the Danny Boy, a motor boat they own as partners. The story begins when the two friends offer a ride to Karinna, a stripper set on finding work in Salvador. Karinna sleeps with both men in return for the lift. After unloading cargo in the town of Cachoeira, the...

Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy, Drama and Musical/Performing Arts

Running Time: 1 hr. 37 min.

Release Date: May 26th, 2006 (NY)

MPAA Rating: R for some strong sexual content, nudity, language, some violence and drug use.

Distributors: Palm Pictures
Cast and Credits

Starring: Alice Braga, Lazaro Ramos (II), Wagner Moura, José Dumont, Harildo Deda
Directed by: Sergio Machado
Produced by: Walter Salles, Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Robert Bevan

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Monster House (2006)

Although no adults will believe them, three children realize a neighbor's house is really a monster. They must find a way to stop the house and save the neighborhood.

Genres: Kids/Family and Animation

Running Time: 1 hr. 31 min.

Release Date: July 21st, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG for scary images and sequences, thematic elements, some crude humor and brief language.

Distributors: Sony Pictures Releasing

Cast and Credits

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jon Heder, Kevin James
Directed by: Gil Kenan
Produced by: Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, Jason Clark

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Sherrybaby (2006)

After serving a three-year prison sentence, a young woman quickly discovers that coming back to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she had planned.

Genres: Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 36 min.

Release Date: August 25th, 2006 (NY/LA)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Distributors: IFC Films

Cast and Credits

Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Giancarlo Esposito, Sam Bottoms, Brad Henke, Bridget Barkan
Directed by: Laurie Collyer
Produced by: Peter Saraf, Jeb Brody, Lemore Syvan

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رايزنی های فرهنگی کشورهای مختلف در شهر پاريس، همه ساله در آخرين هفته ماه سپتامبر، که هفته فرهنگ های ملل نام گرفته، ميزبان برنامه هايی در ارتباط با فرهنگ های خود هستند.
طی اين هفته، کشورها برنامه هايی در مورد مشاهير و شخصيت های فرهنگی - هنری مهم خود برگزار می کنند.

اين رويداد هنری، فرصتی مناسب برای آشنايی با فرهنگ و تمدن کشورهاست.

رايزنی فرهنگی ايران، امسال برنامه اصلی خود در هفته فرهنگ های ملل را به عزت الله انتظامی، بازيگر پرسابقه سينما و تئاتر ايران اختصاص داده که شامل برگزاری نمايشگاه، نمايش فيلم و شب بزرگداشت وی خواهد بود.

برنامه های بزرگداشت آقای انتظامی روز چهارشنبه 5 مهر (27 سپتامبر) با برگزاری نمايشگاه عکس و پوستر فيلم های چندين دهه فعاليت هنری او آغاز می شود. موزه سينمای ايران از جمله نهادهايی است که در برگزاری اين نمايشگاه دخيل است.

مراسم اصلی نيز پنجشنبه، 6 مهر، (28 سپتامبر) در يکی از سالن های سازمان يونسکو در پاريس با نمايش فيلم مستندی از زندگی عزت الله انتظامی برگزار می شود.

در اين برنامه، ستاره ها، تازه ترين فيلمی که عزت الله انتظامی در آن ايفای نقش کرده، نيز به نمايش در خواهد آمد. اين فيلم ساخته فريدون جيرانی است و در ايران هنوز به مرحله پخش نرسيده است.

در ادامه برنامه های بزرگداشت آقای انتظامی، روز جمعه 7 مهر ماه (29 سپتامبر) نیز فیلم های گاو، ناصرالدین شاه آکتور سینما و گاوخونی در سینمای یونسکو بر روی پرده خواهند رفت.

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The Ant Bully (2006)

Ten-year-old Lucas is the new kid on the block--and the local bullies make sure he knows it. Tired of being a punching bag, Lucas takes out his frustration on the ants living in his lawn. But when the ants strike back--shrinking Lucas down to their size with a magic potion and forcing him to live like an ant within the colony--an astonishing new world opens up to him. Lucas learns, first-hand, the... See Full Description

Genres: Drama, Kids/Family, Animation and Adaptation

Running Time: 88 min.

Release Date: July 28th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG for some mild rude humor and action.

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Cast and Credits

Starring: Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Regina King
Directed by: John A. Davis
Produced by: Scott Mednick (II), William Fay, Thomas Tull

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I Like Killing Flies (2006)

Documents a tiny family-owned and run Greenwich Village establishment that has become a neighborhood institution. Shopsin's is the quintessential New York restaurant, inhabited by the equally prototypical New York chef, Kenny. The Falstaff of his domain, Kenny is a person who can definitely be called a "character." Irascible and intermittently brilliant, he started cooking to earn a few extra bucks...

Genres: Documentary

Running Time: 1 hr. 19 min.

Release Date: July 28, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language.

Distributors: ThinkFilm
Cast and Credits

Directed by: Matt Mahurin
Produced by: Matt Mahurin

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Lassie (2006)

Set in 1938, a loyal collie travels over 1,000 miles from northern Scotland to Yorkshire to return to her young friend. The dog, having been sold to a wealthy Duke because the boy's father was out of work, runs away and braves starvation and treacherous conditions to follow the pull of her heart toward the family who loves her.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Kids/Family and Adaptation

Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.

Release Date: September 1st, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: for some mild violent content and language.

Distributors: Roadside Attractions, Samuel Goldwyn Films
Cast and Credits

Starring: Samantha Morton, Peter Dinklage, Peter O'Toole, Jemma Redgrave, Kelly MacDonald
Directed by: Charles Sturridge
Produced by: Bob Friedman, Eric Ellenbogen, Doug Schwalbe