Vantage Point (2008)Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 |
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The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives. |
Movies starring Taghmaoui, Saïd
| Biography: Saïd Taghmaoui was born July 19th 1973 in Villepinte, Paris to Morrocan immigrant parents. He has 9 siblings. He dropped out of school at a young age and became a boxer; at one point ranking number 2 in France. He met Mathieu Kassovitz with whom he co-wrote the 1995 French film "La Haine". Kassovitz directed the movie in which Saïd played one of the leads. Since than Saïd has been a force in Fr ... show all |
Hidalgo (2004)Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 |
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Frank Hopkins was a rider for the Army, who was at the Wounded Knee Massacre, which would haunt him for life and he copes by turning to the bottle. He joins Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, and is billed as the greatest horseman and his horse, Hidalgo is billed as the greatest horse in the world because of the countless races he has won. But an Arab questions that claim because they have not competed in a race like the Oceans of Fire which is very grueling. Hopkins decides to join it. So he travels to the Middle East to enter and has several rivals and there are those who don’t want him to win. And Frank gets to face some of the demons that plague him. |
Good Thief, The (2002)Sunday, May 6th, 2007 |
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Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand—two heists, one real, one not, but which is which? Under the watchful eye of Roger, a policeman who would as soon save his longtime opponent as arrest him, Montagnet assembles a team that consists of partners Paulo and Raoul, technical mastermind Vladimer, former-drug-dealer-turned-informant Said, Anne, a young Eastern girl Montagnet rescued from prostitution, and the perfect complement to a double theft—identical twins Albert and Bertram. |
Three Kings (1999)Monday, February 12th, 2007 |
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George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube star in “Three Kings,” the story of a small group of adventurous American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War who are determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries, enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives. |
