Vivian Velez
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cebu City, Philippines
Adult: No
Birthday: May 21, 1960
Age: 65 years old
Gender: Female
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Inday Garutay
Overview: A Goldoni style comedy which launched the movie careers of Trixia Gomez and singing sensation Rico J. Puno,. Vivian Velez was discovered and eventually became a major player in the industry as a producer and a star. Others in the cast are Marlon Ramirez, Anita Linda, Bella Flores, Angie Ferro and Marissa Delgado. The story is about a cabaret (a dance hall with taxi dancers) which opens in a fishing village sparking a major ruckus. It tells of a girl, who, because she is poor, joins the cabaret to be able to survive and support her younger sister (Andrea Bautista, the producer’s daughter) and brother (Bong Revilla who is at present an action superstar and Philippine Senator). The hypocrisy of the country’s rural life comes to fore. A visiting singer becomes the hapless girl’s knight in shining armor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-23
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Order to Kill
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1985-08-15
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Ligaw Tingin, Halik Hangin
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1976-10-01
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Stepanio
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Genres: Action Comedy Western
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-03-18
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Bago Lumamig Ang Sabaw
Overview: A teacher and garbage collector fall in love.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1976-06-25
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Kumusta Ka Hudas
Overview: Two close friends go separate ways because of a perceived betrayal of trust.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-11-05
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On the Job
Overview: On The Job is about the ambitions and passions of four men trying to make a living, for themselves and their families. It shows the parallels between two prison inmates who are contract killers, and the two agents of the law investigating the murders. As they get caught in a web of machination of corrupt government officials, their jobs lead them on a head-on collision against each other with their loved ones as collateral damage.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2013-08-28
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Berdugo
Overview: Based on a comic strip, an escaped convict finds a mystical double-axe and executioner's costume, including a black hood, pants, and boots. He pretends to be a hunchback, the hump on his back is really the backpack containing his Berdugo outfit and double-axe with a handle that magically retracts and extends in which he fights goons, criminals, and even supernatural creatures like aswang.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-07-07
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The Trial
Overview: A mentally-challenged guy was put into trial after allegedly raping his teacher. And as Amanda, Julian, and Ronald try to mount a convincing defense, they discover soon that they're all connected in more ways than just the case.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2014-10-15
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Basag
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-12-25
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Forever and a Day
Overview: Eugene arrives in Bukidnon with only one intention: to forget his problems at work. But when he meets Raffy and as they travel and go on ridiculous and death-defying activities together, they start to form a friendship that goes beyond Euge’s original plan. Raffy helps Euge appreciate himself more and to look at things in a positive way. With Raffy, Euge begins to believe in himself again. Soon, against his own expectations, he admits to himself that has fallen in love with this girl. But life is truly ironic. The moment Euge expresses his feelings for her, Raffy suddenly starts to push him away. She admits that he can never have her, and she doesn’t want Eugene to hope for a happy ending with her, because she cannot be loved.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2011-06-15
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Andalucia
Overview: The movie tells of Eliseo, a former policeman and a monk, who seeks refuge in a monastery in a secluded town of Andalucia. He blamed himself for the death of his brother and isolates himself from the tragic past. While staying in the monastery, a group of bandits led by Gardoso looted the place and killed all in sight. Eliseo survived the massacre and vowed for revenge.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-26
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Paradise Inn
Overview: Paradise Inn is more than a watering hole, a gambling den cum-brothel frequented by the menfolk. It is a notorious landmark. Ester Paraiso, a retired prostitute, runs the place with help from her own daughter, Daria, whom she is preparing for the job, and from influential politicos. Her daughter, however, decides to run away but is later spurned by her suitor and his offer of a respectable life. Even the timely arrival of a two-beat magician, Rey, who hastily proposes marriage, fails to prevent the escalating tension as the mother-daughter conflict takes its worst turn culminating in the characters' fiery destruction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1985-12-25
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Hulihin Si... Boy Amores
Overview: Anthony Alonzo and Vivian Velez in an explosive, sizzling action-packed true-to-life movie! See the story behind the Jones Bridge Massacre. Who really killed Efren "Boy" Amores?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1990-04-05
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Babae... Ngayon at Kailanman
Overview: Babae...Ngayon at Kailanman is a film adaptation of three Filipino short story masterpieces: Nick Joaquin's "May Day Eve", Amador Daguio's "Wedding Dance" and Wilfrido Nollega's "Juego de Prenda.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1977-12-24
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When Will You Be Mine
Overview: Mariel (Lady Lee), the illegitimate daughter of Shirley (Gina Alajar), has been the center of contention since her birth when Shirley's husband Ben (Julio Diaz) sells Mariel to child-trafficker Adul (Vivian Velez). Because of an immigration impediment, Adul consigns Mariel to the care of her cousin Jaime (Eddie Gutierrez) and nursemaid Dolor (Janice De Belen), the midwife at Mariel's birth. But Jaime's wife Laila (Charo Santos) doesn't want to keep the baby because the sight of an infant reminds her of her own stillborn child, and Dolor's boyfriend Ramir is jealous of the love and attention Dolor gives the baby. Just when Laila has accepted Mariel, Adul returns to claim her adopted now-grown daughter, but Dolor inadvertently learns of Adul's wicked plan to sell Mariel for a large amount.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1991-06-20
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Kasalanan Bang Sambahin Ka?
Overview: A woman had a one-night stand with soon-to-be-married man and becomes obsessed with him, stalking him to the point of threatening suicide to get his attention.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1990-07-11
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Bendor
Overview: Blondie (Vivian Velez) is personified as three things: a hardworking businesswoman, a wife who’s been cheated on, and a mother of three. She is a 50-something woman with poor eyesight who works as an upfront candle vendor outside Quiapo church and sells Cytotec, an abortion pill, on the side.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2013-11-11
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Ben Tumbling
Overview: A stuntman who dabbles as a petty thief for corrupt policemen decides to quit. His bosses do not let him go but, instead, he is tortured. His consistent brushes with the law earn him a prize on his head and attention from a daily.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-13
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Pieta: Book 2
Overview: Rigor dies but in Marta's fear that Noel might turn out like his amoral father, she raises her son with an iron hand.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1984-09-15
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Pieta
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Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1983-06-23
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Kill Zone
Overview: An American colonel will pay any price to defeat the Viet Cong. When his unauthorized fighting force in Cambodia is discovered, he becomes a one man army, fighting a war of his own for a cause he knows is just.
Genres: Action Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-26
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Beerhouse
Overview: Three distinct yet interwoven stories of various women and their ordinary experiences living not-so-ordinary lifestyles. Seedy, realistic, and raw.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1977-07-08
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Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-07-23
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Hari Ng Stunt
Overview: To earn money that could be used to save his girlfriend from blindness, a stuntman named Dante agreed to perform the most dangerous stunt that no other stuntman would ever dare to perform. Should he ever made it alive, it would also bring him lasting fame of being known as "King of Stunts".
Genres: Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-06-18
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Sampung Ahas ni Eva
Overview: On a remote island, a plane wreck leaves a woman alone with ten men who are willing to kill to fulfill their desires for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1984-08-30
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Bikining Itim
Overview: Bikining Itim stars Joey Marquez a sex-comedy film about a man’s obsession over his Japan-bound girlfriend who grants him with a black bikini that will surely remind him of her in her absence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-24
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Ermitaño
Overview: His bad fate and past life drove him to find another life in the mountain. He obtained his power from an old hermit who gave him his magic cane before he died. He faced a lot of trials and saved the barrio from the mercy of bandits.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-01-29
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