Marco Perella
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Birthday: May 18, 1949
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The Chase
1994-03-04
The Chase
Overview: Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-04
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A Killing in a Small Town
1990-05-22
A Killing in a Small Town
Overview: The gory ax-murder of one mousy, suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-22
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Broke Sky
2007-03-16
Broke Sky
Overview: Two Mexican road workers make a terrible discovery that tests their friendship.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-16
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The Wendell Baker Story
2005-08-03
The Wendell Baker Story
Overview: Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-03
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Keys to Tulsa
1997-04-11
Keys to Tulsa
Overview: Richter Boudreau is on a bad streak: Languishing in the shadow of his celebrity mother, he loses his job as a film critic for the town paper, and now he's been approached with a dangerous proposition that ultimately leads to blackmail. Richter's friend Ronnie ropes him into a scheme to steal the inheritance of his wife, Vicky.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-11
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Home Fries
1998-11-25
Home Fries
Overview: Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather's mistress, Sally. She works at a fast-food drive-through, she's pregnant and Dorian quickly falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his scheming mother wants Sally dead. And Sally isn't sure she wants Dorian to be her child's father and also his brother.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-25
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Friday Night Lights
2004-10-08
Friday Night Lights
Overview: A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-08
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Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
1993-04-21
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
Overview: Among the issues Walker has to deal with: a new partner named Trivette, a group of men terrorizing a circus family who camp out at his home, and some bad guys who plan on the ultimate bank caper.
Genres: Crime Action Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-21
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Spirit Camp
2009-09-25
Spirit Camp
Overview: When a street smart "goth girl" (Roxy Vandiver) is forced to attend cheerleader camp as part of her rehabilitation from a juvenile correction facility, she clashes with the "popular girls," and finds herself embroiled in a bitter rivalry with the bitchy ringleader Rachel (Julin). But when members of the spirit squad start turning up dead, the girls must put aside their differences and struggle to survive the murderous rage of a crazed psycho-killer lurking among them!
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-25
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Boyhood
2014-06-05
Boyhood
Overview: The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-05
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JFK
1991-12-20
JFK
Overview: Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-20
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Black Snow
1990-03-21
Black Snow
Overview: Travis Winslow is an honest man trapped in the middle of a drug war, deliberately placed in the crossfire by Shelby Collins, a woman as deadly as she is beautiful. After his brother Matt's death, no one knows the location of the last shipment of cocaine Matt smuggled into America. The cops think Travis has the answer, and so do the two rival crime lords. When Travis's daughter, Jennifer, is kidnapped, Travis realizes that he can rely on no one but himself. He races against the clock to find a way to rescue his daughter and save his own life, even if it means becoming as deadly as his enemies.
Genres: Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-03-21
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The Life of David Gale
2003-02-21
The Life of David Gale
Overview: A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-21
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Lone Star
1996-06-21
Lone Star
Overview: When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-21
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A Scanner Darkly
2006-07-07
A Scanner Darkly
Overview: An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-07
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Sin City
2005-04-01
Sin City
Overview: Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-01
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The Man with the Perfect Swing
1995-08-15
The Man with the Perfect Swing
Overview: A passion for golf drives this story about fame, schemes and paying the bills. Having successfully failed at everything, Anthony "Babe" Lombardo rises from his couch with one last hope. He is the proud inventor of a new golf swing that "will revolutionize the game!" Determined to make it bankable, Babe frantically maneuvers amidst suspicious investors, vanishing friends, and a disenchanted wife. So while most backers are trying to break 100 or maybe win the U.S. Open, Babe has bigger plans.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-15
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The Golden Rut
2016-10-16
The Golden Rut
Overview: Opposites attract when a broke, bohemian playboy actor falls for a sweet natured, career driven entrepreneur with a sexy identical twin sister.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-16
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Cohen and Tate
1989-01-27
Cohen and Tate
Overview: A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-27
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D.O.A.
1988-03-18
D.O.A.
Overview: Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-18
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The Devil's Candy
2016-12-15
The Devil's Candy
Overview: A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-15
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Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
1993-11-15
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
Overview: The story of the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of shooting President Kennedy. Via flashbacks, the story traces the woman's life from her days in Russia, the turmoil following the assassination, raising her family, and coming to grips with the fact that she too may have been a pawn in a grand conspiracy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-15
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Deep in the Heart
1996-10-10
Deep in the Heart
Overview: Two British filmmakers attempt to make a documentary about Austin, Texas, and encounter strange and eccentric characters along the way.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-10
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Beatdown
2010-08-31
Beatdown
Overview: Brandon, a respected street fighter, is forced to flee the city after his brother is murdered and the money that was supposed to be paid back to a local gangster is stolen. While lying low at his father's house in a small Southern town, Brandon soon gets involved in the local underground cage-fighting circuit. With the help of Drake Colby, a former MMA champion, Brandon devises a scheme to bring a massive payday, if they are able to survive.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-31
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This Is Where We Live
2013-10-17
This Is Where We Live
Overview: A struggling family’s dynamics are challenged and a unique friendship is born when a small-town Texas handyman becomes caregiver to their son with cerebral palsy.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-17
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The Teller and the Truth
2015-11-01
The Teller and the Truth
Overview: In 1974, 24 year-old Francis Wetherbee, a bank teller who is the subject of small-town envy and gossip, disappears from her hometown of Smithville, Texas two weeks after her fiance's bank is robbed. Her car is dredged from the bottom of a local river but it yields no clues. After a vigorous but futile search for the missing woman, the authorities give up, and Francis recedes into legend--until the case is revisited nearly 40 years later when key figures in her life come forward with theories and clues surrounding her disappearance. The film then morphs from documentary style to narrative as the odyssey of Francis' life unfolds for the audience and the truth is revealed.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-01
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Knight Rider 2000
1991-05-19
Knight Rider 2000
Overview: In the future, guns are banned and criminals are frozen for the duration of their sentences. A recent spate of killings involving handguns brings Michael Knight back to fight for justice, but he insists of the help of KITT, his artificially-intelligent car from decades ago. The only problem is that KITT has been deactivated.
Genres: Action Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-19
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Challenger
1990-02-25
Challenger
Overview: A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the use of the o-rings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-25
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A Room Full of Nothing
2019-03-22
A Room Full of Nothing
Overview: An artistic couple living in Austin, Texas, wake up one day to discover they are the last two people left on Earth.
Genres: Romance Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-22
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Miss Congeniality
2000-12-22
Miss Congeniality
Overview: When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.
Genres: Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-22
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In Broad Daylight
1991-02-03
In Broad Daylight
Overview: The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to pay his sweets triggers off his persecution complex. As revenge for the believed insult, the whole family starts stalking the shop owner and her husband... until this escalates and the old man gets badly injured. Len is arrested, but gets off, free on bail. His clever attorney delays the court session for more than a year - while Rowan keeps threatening the witnesses. But then, the people feel they've had enough of this and decide to take the law in their own hands...
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-03
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Night Game
1989-09-15
Night Game
Overview: A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-15
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Two Mothers for Zachary
1996-09-22
Two Mothers for Zachary
Overview: A grandmother sues her daughter for custody of her grandson, because she believes that her daughter's homosexuality renders her unfit for motherhood.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-22
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The King
2006-05-05
The King
Overview: A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, whom he's never met, the pastor at a Christian community church. Pastor Dave tells Elvis to stay away and, without telling his family that Elvis is his son from a pre-conversion liaison, tells them to have nothing to do with him. But Elvis has already connected with Malerie, the pastor's 16-year old daughter. Elvis embarks on the seduction of Malerie, while Dave examines his conscience and comes to a new conclusion. Can anyone get right with the Lord? Does the Lord hear?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-05
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Infamous
2006-10-13
Infamous
Overview: While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-13
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Love and Mary
2007-01-01
Love and Mary
Overview: Mary is a sophisticated pastry chef who's struggling to keep the doors of her bakery open. Facing eviction, she decides to return back home with her fiancé, Brent, to collect a sizable engagement gift from her eccentric Texan family. But, when Brent is felled by allergies and unable to travel, Mary bails his identical-twin brother, Jake, out of jail and travels back home passing him off as her fiancé.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Fast Food Nation
2006-11-17
Fast Food Nation
Overview: A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-17
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