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Possessed is a 2000 American horror television film directed by Steven E. de Souza, written by de Souza and Michael Lazarou, and starring Timothy Dalton.The film is based on events appearing in the 1993 book Possessed by Thomas B. Allen, [1] [2] [3] which was inspired by the exorcism case of Roland Doe.
Metro Silicon Valley ' s reviewer, Richard von Busack, criticized the film's "tiresome daffiness" and said it "indulges in the worst intellectual habit of the '60s counterculture—it supports putting a principle ahead of common sense". [6] In his review, A. O. Scott of The New York Times said the film has interesting ideas but fails to explore ...
Liam is a 2000 film directed by Stephen Frears and written by novelist/screenwriter Jimmy McGovern. McGovern adapted Joseph Mckeown's novel Back Crack Boy for this emotionally raw meditation on innocence and pain. Frears in turn was influenced by James Joyce's accounts of his stern childhood in late 19th century Catholic Dublin. [2]
Home Movies is a 1979 independent film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Kirk Douglas, [1] [2] Nancy Allen, Vincent Gardenia, Keith Gordon, Theresa Saldana, and Gerrit Graham. De Palma had been teaching film at his alma mater Sarah Lawrence College, and conceived this project as a hands-on training exercise for his students. They were ...
The prime example is the Zapruder film of the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, accidentally captured on Kodachrome film with an 8 mm home movie camera. The film became crucial evidence for the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination. [12]
English Proximity (typeset as ProXimity) is a 2001 American action thriller film starring Rob Lowe and James Coburn , produced by Overseas Entertainment for Warner Bros. Pictures handling theatrical and TV distribution and Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment for DVD distribution.
American Psycho is a 2000 satirical horror thriller [5] film directed by Mary Harron, who co-wrote the screenplay with Guinevere Turner.Based on the 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis, it stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, a New York City investment banker who leads a double life as a serial killer alongside an ensemble cast of Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha ...
The Convent is a 2000 horror film directed by Mike Mendez, starring horror veteran Adrienne Barbeau. It is about a group of college students who go into an abandoned convent, only to discover that it is inhabited by demons intent on possessing them. It premiered in January 2000 at the Sundance Film Festival. Due to the original distributor ...