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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: A powerful New York crime family racketeer suddenly starts having anxiety attacks and decides to seek professional help.
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Cast: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow. Directed by Harold Ramis.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 78 min. B&W
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Plot: The boyhood pal-turned-priest of a gang hero tries to end his old friend's reign in the ghetto.
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Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, George Bancroft. Directed by Michael Curtiz.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Drama ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: After a misunderstanding aboard an airplane, a timid businessman is court-ordered to undergo anger management therapy with an eccentric specialist.
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Cast: Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, Woody Harrelson, John Turturro. Directed by Peter Segal.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: A police sergeant must rally the cops and prisoners together to protect themselves on New Year's Eve, just as corrupt policeman surround the station with the intent of killing all to keep their deception in the ranks.
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Cast: Ja Rule, Maria Bello, Peter Bryant, Gabriel Byrne, Laurence Fishburne, Drea de Matteo, Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo. Directed by Jean-François Richet.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Ethics ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: Activists stage riots in Seattle, successfully halting a meeting of the World Trade Organization.
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Cast: Andre Benjamin, Jennifer Carpenter, Isaach De Bankole, Woody Harrelson, Martin Henderson, Joshua Jackson, Ray Liotta, Tzi Ma, Ivana Milicevic, Connie Nielson, Michelle Rodrigurz, Rade Sherbedzija, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron. Directed by Stuart Townsend.
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Categories: Conflict ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 148 min.
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Plot: When King Henry II has trouble with the Church of England, he appoints his old friend and drinking buddy, Thomas Beckett, as Archbishop.
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Cast: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown. Directed by Peter Glenville.
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Categories: Conflict ∙ History ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 80 min.
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Plot: Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, however, increasingly childish behavior throws the evening into chaos.
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Cast: Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly. Directed by Roman Polanski.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Children ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: An attorney suing an automobile manufacturer over a safety problem discovers his estranged daughter is representing the defense.
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Cast: Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Directed by Michael Apted.
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Categories: Advocacy ∙ Conflict ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: A former pool player returns to the game and takes on a young protege.
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Cast: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
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Categories: Sports ∙ Conflict ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.
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Cast: James Earl Jones, Richard Harris. Directed by Darrell James Roodt.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Conflict ∙ Racism |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD min. 140
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Plot: The legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
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Cast: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Paul Geoffrey. Directed by John Boorman.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Conflict ∙ Religion |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 153 min.
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Plot: In his sixth year at Hogwarts Harry must delve into Lord Voldemort's past to learn how to defeat him.
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Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane. Directed by David Yates.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Education ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 130 min.
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Plot: A New England couple's college-aged son begins a relationship with an older woman.
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Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei. Directed by Todd Field.
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Categories: Family ∙ Drama ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: An actress is accused of murdering her brother-in-law, with whom she has been having an affair.
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Cast: James Garner, Gina Gershon, Kathleen Turner. Directed by Glenn Jordan.
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Categories: Advocacy ∙ Conflict ∙ Romance |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: Follows four cases brought before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which investigates the crimes of apartheid. In English and native languages with English subtitles.
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Cast: Narration by Helen Mirren. Directed by Debra Hoffmann and Frances Reid.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Human Rights ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A suspected barn-burner drifts into a town and is recruited to work for, and possibly marry the daughter of, the biggest land owner in the town.
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Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Landsbury. Directed by Martin Ritt.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 138 min.
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Plot: Childhood friends who drifted apart after a terrible tragedy reunite years later when brutal events reconnect them.
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Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 135 min.
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Plot: Explorer John Smith and his fellow English settlers arrive in what will become Jamestown only to come in to conflict with the Native Americans.
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Cast: Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, August Schellenberg, Wes Studi, Q'Orianka Kilcher. Directed by Terrence Malick.
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Categories: Drama ∙ History ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: A parody of the traditional Robin Hood story.
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Cast: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Dave Chappelle, Isaac Hayes, Tracey Ullman. Directed by Mel Brooks.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Politics ∙ Conflict |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life.
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Cast: Peter Falk, Doug Cronin. Directed by Arnold Shapiro.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Conflict ∙ Safety |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 76 min.
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Plot: This film explores the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the personal loss of two families and depicts the toll on human life and family ties exacted from suicide bombings in the Middle East.
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Cast: Avigail Levy, Khadra al-Akras. Directed by Hilla Medalia.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Conflict ∙ Biography |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: A sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th century Ireland, and two brothers who are torn apart by anti-British rebellion.
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Cast: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald. Directed by Ken Loach.
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Categories: Conflict ∙ Family ∙ International |
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The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.
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