Ioan Gruffudd
Also Known As: Йоан Гріффідд, یوان گریفید
Biography: Ioan Gruffudd (Welsh: [ˈjɔan ˈɡrɪfɪð]; /ˈjoʊɑːn ˈɡrɪfɪθ/; born 6 October 1973) is a Welsh-American actor. He is known for his roles in film and television series in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. He first was noted for his portrayal of Harold Lowe in Titanic (1997) and for his portrayal of Horatio Hornblower in the Hornblower series of television films (1998–2003). Subsequent roles have included Lancelot in King Arthur (2004), Reed Richards/MMister Fantastic in Fantastic Four (2005) and its 2007 sequel, William Wilberforce in Amazing Grace (2006), Tony Blair in W. (2008), and Adam Lockwood in Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ioan Gruffudd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Llwydcoed, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Birthday: October 06, 1973
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Gender: Male
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Titanic
Overview: 101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-18
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W.
Overview: The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-17
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Overview: The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-13
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102 Dalmatians
Overview: Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely alliance, the outrageous Waddlesworth - a parrot who thinks he's a Rottweiler - teams up with Oddball - an un-marked Dalmatian puppy eager to earn her spots! Together they embark on a laugh-packed quest to outwit the ever-scheming Cruella De Vil.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-07
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The Gathering
Overview: Itinerant traveler Cassie Grant comes out of a car accident in Glastonbury, England, with partial memory loss. The deeply regretful driver allows her to convalesce at a large rural home, where she becomes friends with the woman's stepson, Michael. As Cassie delves into Michael's research about an old, newly discovered area church, it triggers some strange premonitions and offers gradual clues about her deeper links to this British community.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-23
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Warriors
Overview: If the conflict in Bosnia has become something of a forgotten war, it's not for the want of trying from the immensely powerful BBC film Warriors, the story of five young soldiers and their harrowing experiences in the region.
Genres: TV Movie Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-29
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King Arthur
Overview: The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
Genres: Adventure War History Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-07
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Fantastic Four
Overview: During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, these "Fantastic Four" must now thwart the evil plans of Dr. Doom and save the world from certain destruction.
Genres: Action Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-29
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Quest for King Arthur
Overview: Patrick Stewart narrates the investigation into the true origin of Britain's King Arthur and his fabled heroes, and whether or not Camelot exists in some forgotten corner of England.
Genres: Documentary History Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-20
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Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
Overview: Acting Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-18
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The Kid
Overview: Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and the way he put his life together again afterwards.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-22
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This Girl's Life
Overview: "Slice of life" take on life of international porn celebrity, Moon, and her musings on modern life, love and loss.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-03
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Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
Overview: Acting Lieutenant Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-24
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Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Overview: Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-02
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Hornblower: Mutiny
Overview: Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny in order to save their ship, the HMS Renown.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-08
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Amazing Grace
Overview: The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-16
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Very Annie Mary
Overview: Set in the fictional village of "Ogw" in the valleys of south-east Wales. After her father Jack suffers a stroke Annie Mary Pugh is forced to take care of him but uses the circumstances to emancipate herself and find the courage to sing once again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-25
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Great Expectations
Overview: A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella. However, when the criminal from his childhood turns up one stormy night and reveals that he, Magwitch, is his benefactor, Pip finds his dreams crumbling. Although initially repulsed by his benefactor, Pip gradually becomes loyal to him and stays with him until his death.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-12
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Hornblower: Loyalty
Overview: Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-05
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Hornblower: Duty
Overview: Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-06
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The Little Things
Overview: After a failed suicide attempt, Claire has nothing better to do than go to work. During a cigarette break, she meets Simon, a man with a few issues of his own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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The Secret of Moonacre
Overview: When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-06
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Overview: After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-05
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The TV Set
Overview: As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every crass suggestion Lenny makes improves the show's response from test audiences and brings the show a step closer to getting on the air.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-06
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Sanctum
Overview: Master diver Frank McGuire has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team—including 17-year-old son Josh and financier Carl Hurley are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-03
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Hornblower: The Even Chance
Overview: Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower takes the first tentative steps of his naval career, but a feud with a shipmate causes complications.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-07
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Foster
Overview: Some years after their son is killed in an accident, a married couple decide to adopt a child. One day a 7-year-old boy, Eli, unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep claiming to be from the adoption agency. Eli wears a suit every day and is very well-spoken for a child. He helps the adults to process their loss, which had stifled both their marriage and their toy business, and lets them embrace life again.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-10
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Happy Now
Overview: All grown up and gunning for political power in a small North Wales community, Glen Marcus and his best mate harbour a dark secret which seems to be coming back to haunt them. But can the daughter of Tina Trent, a local woman just returned from Alaska, be the same girl the two lads buried fourteen years earlier? Only local policeman Max Bracchi can solve the case with the help of a wrongly accused tramp, Tin Man.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-20
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Solomon & Gaenor
Overview: A young Jew in 1911 Wales tries to make his living by selling fabrics door to door, but to do so he must hide his nationality. On one of his sales he meets and falls in love with a demure young woman with a strong-willed father and a Jew-hating brother. The two fall in love and she becomes pregnant, but only then does she learn of his ethnic background. When anti-Jewish riots break out, the two are forced to flee and become separated.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cy
Release Date: 1999-04-30
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Hornblower: Retribution
Overview: Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-15
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Man and Boy
Overview: When television executive Harry has a one-night-stand, his wife Gina walks out on him, leaving Harry to look after the couple's young son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-30
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Otherworld
Overview: Whilst celebrating Lleu's 18th birthday, Lleu and two friends go for a boat ride, when they discover beneath the water the golden doorway to the Mabinogi (the Otherworld). They swim down and are transported back in time many centuries to the Mabinogi. There they encounter some problems with mediaeval life, and they have to deal with the conflict between fate personal choice and magic
Genres: Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-26
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Poldark
Overview: The Cornish military captain, now a member of Parliament, is drawn into the war with France while his son falls in with smugglers. Historical drama, starring John Bowe and Mel Martin, and featuring a young Ioan Gruffudd in one of his earliest roles.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-03
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The Making of King Arthur
Overview: Poet Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through the literature of the medieval age and reveals that King Arthur is not the great national hero he is usually considered to be. He's a fickle and transitory character who was appropriated by the Normans to justify their conquest, he was cuckolded when French writers began adapting the story and it took Thomas Malory's masterpiece of English literature, Le Mort d'Arthur, to restore dignity and reclaim him as the national hero we know today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-24
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The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
Overview: Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long-lost artefact that grants limitless wealth—but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world, and his family at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel the Curse of the Midas Box.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-05
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Keep Watching
Overview: A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of "Kill, Or Be Killed". As the night unfolds, the game's mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed live to riveted viewers all over the world, who are compelled to KEEP WATCHING... not knowing if what they're seeing is real, or staged.
Genres: Thriller Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-04
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San Andreas
Overview: In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-27
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Under Milk Wood
Overview: An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with National Theatre Wales, to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth. The plot reveals the innermost thoughts of the residents of the small, Welsh fishing village Llareggub as it delves into the dreams of various townspeople including blind sailor Captain Cat, who is haunted by visions of drowned shipmates, Mog Edwards and Myfanwy Price, who dream of each other, and Mrs. Ogmore Pritchard, who dreams of her former husbands.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-01
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Playing It Cool
Overview: A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-26
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Dawn of the Dead
Overview: A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-19
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Agent Crush
Overview: To fight crime, a new hero is created but there are a few small glitches to iron out.
Genres: Animation Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Forever
Overview: An investigative reporter finds the will to live again after discovering an enigmatic commune.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-27
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Mr. Calzaghe
Overview: The story of the rise to glory of boxer Joe Calzaghe.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-20
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Another Life
Overview: A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Based on a true story.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-15
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A Relative Stranger
Overview: Twenty year-old student Peter Fraiman falls asleep in 1975 a happy man, having asked his girlfriend to marry him. But when he wakes up, it's 1995; he has a wife he doesn't recognise and two children. Unable to remember anything of the intervening twenty years, he feels he has jumped forward in time. He goes in search of his former girlfriend and is forced to face the fact that he has become a person he never expected to be.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-31
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The Professor and the Madman
Overview: Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Genres: History Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-07
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Wilde
Overview: The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-01
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Justice League: War
Overview: The world is under attack by an alien armada led by the powerful Apokoliptian, Darkseid. A group of superheroes consisting of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Cyborg, and Shazam must set aside their differences and gather together to defend Earth.
Genres: Animation Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-21
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Shooters
Overview: Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to his South London home and visits his old colleague J, in hope of obtaining his share of the proceeds from the job that landed him inside, J soon talks him into getting involved in one last scam.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-25
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Horrible Bosses
Overview: For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-08
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Buttons
Overview: During a time of robber barons, child labor, and rising industry, two orphan girls get a little help from their unexpected guardian angels who turn the tide of events and change their lives forever.
Genres: Family Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-08
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Fireflies in the Garden
Overview: The semi-autobiographical story centers on the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced with an unexpected tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-07
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Ava
Overview: A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-02
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Black Hawk Down
Overview: When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Genres: Action War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-28
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Stories USA
Overview: Ten individuals set out to find themselves in an alienating world, filled with heartbreak, deception and tragedy. With so much at stake, these strangers struggle to overcome their fates and find their place in a frequently harsh and unforgiving world.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-10
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Still: Here/Now
Overview: A search for the poetic soul of Wales - a feature documentary which explores poetic responses, historical & contemporary, to the issues of social & cultural survival; and celebrates this enduring 2500 year poetic experience.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cy
Release Date: 2003-11-01
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Reflections on Titanic
Overview: An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the last major Hollywood epics; Titanic. Cast and crew speak on setting the sinking of the ship against a classic romance. The feature also examines casting and the young couple headlining the film, DiCaprio's and Winslet's on-set friendship and their differing acting styles, the expansive sets and filming locations, the authenticity of the recreated ship, James Cameron's work and dedication, and budgeting. And many more aspects of the film are overviewed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-10
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Zipline
Overview: A group of college friends find their adventurous spirits tested to the limit when an exhilarating zipline excursion leaves them hanging perilously hundreds of feet over a deserted lagoon. As the temperature rises and the zipline begins to collapse, they work together to find a way down but are horrified to discover that an even greater threat awaits them in the depths below.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
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Seven Snipers
Overview: A retired sniper hiding out on an Australian ranch gets her elite team of killers back together to protect her daughter when a warlord, seeking revenge, hunts her down.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
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