Tom Skerritt
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Based on the best-selling novel by David Guterson When retired heart surgeon Ben Givens learns that he has terminal cancer, he takes his beloved dog back to his boyhood home in Eastern Washington, determined to end his life on his own terms. Ben's journey, though, takes an unexpected turn, and soon becomes an adventure against which he pits himself with characteristic stoicism, wit, and determination.
6) Alien
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A routine stop on a barren planetoid infests a spaceship with an alien creature which kills off the crew one by one.
7) At Middleton
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Academy Award®-nominees Andy Garcia (OCEAN’S ELEVEN FRANCHISE, CITY ISLAND) and Vera Farmiga (THE DEPARTED, TV’s BATES MOTEL) shine as George and Edith, two separate parents who fall in love over the course of a single day while playing hooky from their children's college tour. George is an uptight surgeon with a rebellious teenage son. Edith is a free spirit with an overachieving teen daughter. When they meet during an admissions tour with their...
9) Lucky
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Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent LUCKY finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival**.
10) Redwood highway
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Living in a comfortable retirement community in Southern Oregon, estranged from her family and generally not happy about life, Marie decides to journey 80 miles on foot to the coast and revisit the ocean of her past for the first time in 45 years. Once reluctant to attend her granddaughter's wedding, she now arrives as an unexpected guest. Along the way, she meets an extraordinary cast of characters and discovers that she's never too old to learn...
12) At Middleton
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Straight-laced George and eccentric Edith, two strangers meet on their children's campus tour at the idyllic Middleton College. Failing comically to connect with their kids, George and Edith play hooky together, ditching the official tour for a carefree adventure reminiscent of their own college years. But what begins as an afternoon of fun soon becomes a revealing and enlightening experience that will change their lives forever.
13) The parent trap
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"Parent trap": Susan and Sharon are identical twins that are separated by birth. Once they realize who they are, they make a plan to switch place with the high hopes of getting their parents back together again. "Parent trap II": Now grown up, Sharon is a single mom whose daughter meets Mary and the girls turn into scheming matchmakers.
14) Contact
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Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
15) Up in Smoke
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Cheech and Chong make their film debut in this riotous rock’n’roll comedy, bringing with them the same madness, lifestyles and sketches that sold over 10 million records in the early ‘70s.
16) Two for Texas
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The tiny mission fortress at San Antonio has fallen after fierce, heroic resistance. Now it seems nothing can stop General Santa Anna and his army from blowing across Texas like a gale-force wind. But the ragtag troops of Sam Houston's Texas Volunteer Army are biding their time. They'll bring the battle to Santa Anna when he least expects it, and bring the cause of independence with them.
17) Top gun
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At the elite Navy Fighter Weapons School, cocky, young pilots compete against one another in the air as well as on the ground.
18) Lucky
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The spiritual journey of a ninety year old atheist, and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town.