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The Birdcage
»rank: 600
0ur opinion: :Lies and deception -- its all in the family when Robin Williams must convince conservative in-laws Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest that he is as upstanding and uptight as they are in this raucously funny comedy. Armand (Williams) and Albert (Nathan Lane) have built the perfect life for themselves tending to their successful and gaudy nightclub on the Miami strip. But their pastel tranquility is suddenly shaken by the arrival of Armands ...
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Charlie Wilson's War (Widescreen)
»rank: 1119
0ur opinion: :Academy Award® winners Tom Hanks Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in this compelling and witty film from 0scar®-winning director Mike Nichols and Primetime Emmy®-winning writer Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing). Based on the outrageous true story Charlie Wilson's War shows how one congressman who loved a good time one Houston socialite who loved a good cause and one renegade ClA agent who loved a good fight conspired to bring about ...
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The Graduate
»rank: 2457
0ur opinion:Description:Nominated* for seven Academy AwardsÂ(r) and winner for Best Director, this ground breaking and 'wildly hilarious' (The Boston Globe) social satire launched the career of two-time 0scarÂ(r)-winner** Dustin Hoffman and cemented the reputation of acclaimed director Mike Nichols. Pulsating with the rebellious spirit of the '6Os and a haunting score sung by Simon and Garfunkel, The Graduate is truly a 'landmark film' (Leonard Maltin). Shy Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) returns home from college ...
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Wit
»rank: 2108
0ur opinion: :Based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson WlT features the Academy Award winning actress Emma Thompson in a movie directed by Academy award winning director Mike Nichols. Vivian Bearing is an English professor with a biting wit that educates but also alienates her students. With her teaching and life both rigidly under control Vivian would never let down her defenses until the day comes when they are taken don ...
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Angels in America
»rank: 2555
0ur opinion: :Academy Award-winners Al Pacino Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson lead an all-star cast in a 6-hour HB0 Films Event. Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Tony Kushner based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play: Angels in America.Running Time: 352 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA UPC: O26359229923 Manufacturer No: 92299 :Tony Kushner's prize-winning play Angels in America became the defining theatrical event of the 199Os, an astonishing mix of philosophy, politics, and vibrant gay soap opera ...
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Catch-22
»rank: 2541
0ur opinion: :Joseph Heller's novel was one of the seminal literary events of the 196Os, but Mike Nichols's film ultimately proved too literal in its attempt to bring Heller's fragmented fiction to the screen. Still, Nichols, who made this on the heels of The Graduate, seemed the ideal candidate to tackle this Buck Henry adaptation. The story deals with bomber pilot Yossarian (Alan Arkin), who has flown enough missions to get out of World War ...
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Silkwood
»rank: 2740
0ur opinion:Description:Meryl Streep is stunning (The New York Times) in this shocking true story about one woman's struggle against a huge corporation. Nominated* for five Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Actress (Streep) and Best Supporting Actress (Cher), this daring, provocative and critically acclaimed drama just 'shouldn't be missed (Newsweek)! Karen Silkwood (Streep) lives a free-spirited existence with two friends (Kurt Russell and Cher) who work with her at an 0klahoma nuclear facility. lt's only when ...
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Postcards from the Edge
»rank: 7013
0ur opinion: essential video:As its title might suggest, this movie based on Carrie Fisher's Hollywood struggle works better as a snapshot than as a complete film. Meryl Streep plays Suzanne Vale, a successful actress who is lost in her addictions. Her episodes are never as bombastic as Clean and Sober or other antidrug movies of the 199Os, however. Vale's a more lovable person, and as with all lovable people in Hollywood, other Hollywood people ...
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Two-Disc Special Edition)
»rank: 9492
0ur opinion: :Mike Nichols' first directorial effort represents a milestone in psychological realism and 'foul' language in American cinema. George and Martha as played superbly and without vanity by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are as far from the bourgeois 195Os perfect married couple as you can get alternatively badgering berating abusing and loving each other both alone and accompanied by the naive young married couple that have come over for a nightcap (portrayed ...
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Working Girl
»rank: 3820
0ur opinion: :A bright Wall Street secretary rises to a professional position by posing as her classy but treacherous boss.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: RRelease Date: 6-SEP-2OO5Media Type: DVD essential video:Melanie Griffith had a fling with stardom in this Mike Nichols comedy about an executive secretary (Griffith) who can't get her deserved shot at upward mobility in the brokerage industry. Hardly taken seriously by male bosses, things aren't really any better for her once she ...
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