Plot summary :
Howard Spence (Sam Shepard) has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that’s the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there. The very idea seems like a ray of hope that his life wasn’t all in vain. So he sets out to find that young man or woman. He discovers an entire life that he has missed…

Movie info :
User rating: 6.7/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Awards: 1 win & 7 nomination

Cast overview :
Sam Shepard
Jessica Lange
Tim Roth
Gabriel Mann
Sarah Polley

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377800/

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Rageh Omaar embarks on a unique journey inside what he describes as one of the most misunderstood countries in the world, looking at the country through the eyes of people rarely heard - ordinary Iranians.
It took a year of wrangling to get permission to film inside Iran but the result is an amazing portrayal of an energetic and vibrant country that is completely different to the usual images seen in the media…

Documentary info :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/misc/ragehinsideiran.shtml

IMDB page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075380/

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Plot summary :
As an inmate at Leavenworth prison, Robert Stroud has a series of confrontations with the guards and with the other convicts. When Stroud kills a guard, he is sentenced to be executed, and only his mother’s impassioned intervention gets his sentence commuted to life imprisonment, which he must serve in solitary confinement. As he serves out his sentence in boredom and despair, one day he finds a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard. Stroud soon takes a deep interest in caring for birds, which gives him a new purpose in life, but which also brings new conflicts with prison authorities…

Movie info :
User rating: 7.9/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations

Cast overview :
Burt Lancaster
Karl Malden
Thelma Ritter
Neville Brand
Betty Field

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055798/

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Popularity: 8% [?]