Movies tagged with the "opera" keyword

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4th Tenor, The (2002, USA) from $1.99
A comedy with high notes. (1 more taglines...)

Genres:	Comedy \| Romance \|

Actors:	Rodney Dangerfield, Anita De Simone, Annabelle Gurwitch, Charles Fleischer, Robert Davi, Hamilton Camp, Elsa Raven, Jacob Urrutia, Richard Libertini, Dom Irrera, Patrick Cupo, Anney Giobbe, Vincent Schiavelli, Pierrino Mascarino, Marty Belafsky,

Directors:	Harry Basil,

Plot Summary:
Eternal bachelor Lupo plays the comical presenter to the musical acts in his own Italian restaurant 'Serenade Café' in New York, but operatic singer Gina is not amused, she throws him out of her dressing room- the more she insults him, the crazier the old fool gets about her. To keep him off she insists her husband must be an opera singer, so he is easily duped by Ierra, who hits on with Gina himself and ships Lupo off to his Italian cahoot, musical teacher Marcello, for lessons- actually he is so bad that even the dog runs off, and after they bribe the local opera to give him a tiny part, the sound-tortured audience chases him for his life. He passes out but is found and taken in by a winegrowers family, which gives him confidence and a killer voice...

Avenging Angelo (2002, USA) from $1.99
Her life is his job.

Genres:	Action \| Comedy \| Crime \|

Actors:	Sylvester Stallone, Madeleine Stowe, Anthony Quinn, Raoul Bova, Harry Van Gorkum, Billy Gardell, George Touliatos, Angelo Celeste, Ezra Perlman, Carin Moffat, John Gilbert, Dawn Greenhalgh, Angelo Tsarouchas, Nancy Beatty, Lori Anne Alter,

Directors:	Martyn Burke,

Plot Summary:
A woman who has recently discovered that she is the daughter of Angelo, a major mafia boss, decides to wreak vengeance when he is killed by a hitman. She's aided by his faithful bodyguard, with whom she soon falls in love.

Batman Begins (2005, USA) from $1.99

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Crime \| Fantasy \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, Mark Boone Junior, Linus Roache, Morgan Freeman, Larry Holden, Gerard Murphy, Colin McFarlane,

Directors:	Christopher Nolan,

Plot Summary:
In tone with the early "Batman: Year One" style comics. As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge but his chance is cruelly taken away from him by fate. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra's Al-Ghul, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system whilst the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armored suit leads him to take on a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong - he becomes, Batman. In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various nefarious schemes in motion by individuals such as mafia don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan 'The Scarecrow' Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right.

Bonfire of the Vanities, The (1990, USA) from $1.99
Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the ... (1 more taglines...)

Genres:	Comedy \| Drama \|

Actors:	Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek, Morgan Freeman, John Hancock, Kevin Dunn, Clifton James, Louis Giambalvo, Barton Heyman, Norman Parker, Donald Moffat, Alan King, Beth Broderick,

Directors:	Brian De Palma,

Plot Summary:
Financial "Master of the Universe" Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a black boy with his car. When yellow journalist Peter Fallow enflames public opinion with a series of distorted tabloid articles on the accident, the case is seized upon by opportunists like Reverend Bacon and mayoral candidate D.A. Abe Weiss.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001, UK, France, USA) from $1.99

Genres:	Drama \| Romance \| War \|

Actors:	Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, Irene Papas, Gerasimos Skiadaressis, Aspasia Kralli, Michael Yannatos, Dimitris Kaberidis, Pietro Sarubbi, Viki Maragaki, Joanna-Daria Adraktas, Ira Tavlaridis, Katerina Didaskalu, Emilios Chilakis,

Directors:	John Madden,

Plot Summary:
The idyllic beauty of Greece's Mediterranean coast has been invaded by Italy, bringing legions of soldiers to the once tranquil island of Cephallonia. Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer with an irrepressibly jovial personality and passion for the mandolin, initially alienates a number of the villagers, including Pelagia. The daughter of the village doctor, Pelagia is an educated and strong-willed woman, and while at first offended by the Italian soldier's behavior, she slowly warms to his certain charms as they are forced to share her father's home. When Pelagia's fiancee, a local fisherman, heads off to war, the friendship between Antonio and Pelagia grows even stronger. Her beauty and intelligence have captured his heart, and his fondness for the village's vibrant community causes him to question his reasons for fighting. Antonio becomes a part of the lives of the villagers, but the moment is fleeting. As the war grows ever closer, Antonio and Pelagia are forced to choose between their allegiance to their countries and the love they feel for one another-a love which must overcome tremendous odds, and endure the inevitable sacrifice which accompanies eternal devotion.

Evita (1996, USA) from $1.99
The Most Anticipated Motion Picture Event of The Year

Genres:	Biography \| Drama \| Musical \|

Actors:	Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, Victoria Sus, Julian Littman, Olga Merediz, Laura Pallas, Julia Worsley, María Luján Hidalgo, Servando Villamil, Andrea Corr, Peter Polycarpou, Gary Brooker, Maite Yerro,

Directors:	Alan Parker,

Plot Summary:
Based on the incredible true story, Eva (Evita) Peron, starts out life as a poor girl who goes on to become an actress and then become the wife of the president of Argentina, Juan Peron. The musical is a story of love and politics, showing all the battles and triumphs Evita has in her short, but amazing life.

Godfather: Part III, The (1990, USA) from $1.99
All the power on earth can't change destiny. (1 more taglines...)

Genres:	Action \| Drama \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, Sofia Coppola, Raf Vallone, Franc D'Ambrosio, Donal Donnelly, Richard Bright,

Directors:	Francis Ford Coppola,

Plot Summary:
In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. While he attempts to link the Corleone's finances with the Vatican, Michael must deal with the machinations of a hungrier gangster seeking to upset the existing Mafioso order and a young protoge's love affair with his daughter.

Living Daylights, The (1987, UK, USA) from $1.99
The new James Bond... living on the edge. (2 more taglines...)

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys-Davies, Art Malik, Andreas Wisniewski, Thomas Wheatley, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Geoffrey Keen, Walter Gotell, Caroline Bliss, John Terry, Virginia Hey,

Directors:	John Glen,

Plot Summary:
After Bond helps Russian officer Georgi Koskov ('Jeroen Krabbe'(qv)) make a daring defection to the West, the intelligence community is shocked when Koskov is abducted from his remote hiding place. Bond leaps into action, following a trail that leads to the gorgeous Kara ('Maryam d'Abo'(qv)), who plays Bond as easily as she plays her Stradivari cello. As they unravel a complex weapons scheme with global implications, they are forced into hair-raising chases, a riveting jailbreak and an epic battle in the Afghanistan desert with tanks, airplanes and a legion of freedom fighters on horseback.

Match Point (2005, UK, Luxembourg) from $1.99
Passion Temptation Obsession (1 more taglines...)

Genres:	Crime \| Drama \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Alexander Armstrong, Paul Kaye, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton, Emily Mortimer, Janis Kelly, Alan Oke, Mark Gatiss, Scarlett Johansson, Simon Kunz, Geoffrey Streatfield, Mary Hegarty, John Fortune,

Directors:	Woody Allen,

Plot Summary:
Chris Wilton is a former tennis pro, looking to find work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a well-off pretty boy. Tom's sister Chloe falls in love with Chris but Chris has his eyes on Tom's fiancée, the luscious Nola. Both Chris and Nola know it's wrong but what could be more right than love? Chris tries to juggle both women but at some point, he must choose between them...

Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999, USA) from $1.99
How far would you go to become someone else. (2 more taglines...)

Genres:	Crime \| Drama \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, James Rebhorn, Sergio Rubini, Philip Baker Hall, Celia Weston, Fiorello, Stefania Rocca, Ivano Marescotti, Anna Longhi, Alessandro Fabrizi,

Directors:	Anthony Minghella,

Plot Summary:
The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured fiancée, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom's talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf's privileges his own.

Untouchables, The (1987, USA) from $1.99
The Chicago Dream is that big (3 more taglines...)

Genres:	Crime \| Drama \| History \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Billy Drago, Patricia Clarkson, Vito D'Ambrosio, Steven Goldstein, Peter Aylward, Don Harvey, Robert Swan,

Directors:	Brian De Palma,

Plot Summary:
Federal agent Elliot Ness assembles a personal team of mob fighters to bring Chicago crime boss Al Capone to justice using unconventional means during the mob wars of the 1920s. This fictionalized account of the arrest of Al Capone is heavy on style and gunfire. The end shootout combines a baby carriage and stairs with a nod to Eisenstein's _The Battleship Potemkin_.

xXx (2002, USA) from $1.99
If you want someone to save the world, make sure it's someone who likes the world as it is. (1 more taglines...)

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Roof, Marton Csokas, Asia Argento, Eve,

Directors:	Rob Cohen,

Plot Summary:
Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.