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New Recomendations vol.1 |
| Billy Elliot(UK 2000) |
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Can't boys dream about being a
ballet dancer? |
11-year old Billy Elliot
is living in an unsetteled mining town because of Miner's Strike.
He is taking a boxing lesson but he falls for the girls' ballet
lesson. Behind the back of his family who don't understand boys
liking in ballet, Mrs. Wilkinson, the ballet teacher, gives
Billy lessons and manages to get him an audition for the Royal
Ballet School. But his father is totally against this.
Jamie Bell, who performed Billy, is chosen from 2000 other boys
at the audition and reputed to be a genius child at the Cannes
Film Festival. Also, the world top-class dancer Adam Cooper
has a cameo as Billy (Aged 25) in this movie. |
| Director |
Stephen Daldry |
| Cast |
Jamie Bell/Gary Lewis/Julie Walters |
| Official
web site |
http://www.herald.co.jp/movies/little-dancer/
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| Short comment |
I love the tagline of this
movie. |
| Thirteen
Days (US 2000) |
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What happened during 13 nightmarish
days? |
The most dangerous drama in human
history.
On Oct. 16, 1962, U.S. jet fighters found a missile of USSR
under construction in Cuba. It's a beginning of famous Cuban
Crisis that challenged the USA for the first time since its
nation-building. 3 young men, John F. Kennedy (age 45), Robert
kennedy (age 36), and presidential assistant Kenneth O'Donnell
(age 38) , battle against this historical event that might trigger
world war. And what happened in these 13 days? |
| Director |
Roger Donaldson |
| Cast |
Kevin Costner/Bruce Greenwood/Steven
Culp |
| Official
web site |
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| Short comment |
Even if you don't know about John
F. Kennedy, you can enjoy this movie. |
| Vatel
(France/UK 2000) |
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An extant genious cook who called
forth admiration of the king. |
| Vatel, a brilliant cook, who conducted
three days of feast and impressed Louis XIV, is famous as the
inventor of Cream Chanti (whipped cream). Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
writes about him as a proud artist in his nobel. This movie
depicts love, conspiracy, and desire during those 3 days. Outstanding
staffs and casts makes it the first-class human drama. |
| Director |
Roland Joffe |
| Cast |
Gerard Depardieu/Uma Thurman/Tim Roth |
| Official
web site |
http://www.herald.co.jp/vatel/
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| Short comment |
Can I eat if I became aristocracy? |
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