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Shake Hands With the Devil: Trailer

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:15:00 -0500

The trailer for Shake Hands With the Devil. Director Roger Spottiswoode brings a very special film realization of the acclaimed best-seller by General Rom o Dallaire to the screen in "Shake Hands with the Devil," the story of a Canadian commander torn between his duty and his conscience when he finds himself eyewitness to hell on Earth. In 1993, the United Nations dispatches Lieutenant-General Rom o Dallaire (Roy Dupuis) to far off Rwanda to oversee a fragile cease-fire. A brilliant, workaholic officer and charismatic commander, Dallaire encounters the shabby reality of a typical UN peacekeeping operation: under-funded, overbureaucratic, and cobbled together from military units from dozens of countries, each with a slightly different agenda. Meanwhile, the peace agreement between the rebels, led by the minority Tutsi ethnic group, and the French-supported government dominated by the Hutu majority group, turns out to rest on shaky ground. When an unknown group shoots down the Rwandan Pr

Shake Hands With the Devil

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:47:28 -0500

The feature film Shake Hands with the Devil, based on Lieutenant-General Rom o Dallaire s award-winning book, is directed by Roger Spottiswoode, and stars the highly-esteemed actor Roy Dupuis as Dallaire. Deborah Kara Unger portrays one of the few journalists who remained in Rwanda after the genocide began. The cast also includes Jean-Hugues Anglade as Bernard Kouchner, a founder of M decins Sans Fronti res. James Gallanders, Michel Mongeau and Owen Lebakeng Sejake play the courageous officers who stood with Dallaire, and Odile Katesi Gakire plays the Rwandan Prime Minister of the Peace Government. A dramatization from Oscar -winning Producer Michael Donovan and multi-award-winning Producer Laszlo Barna, Shake Hands with the Devi was filmed in Rwanda using many of the actual locations described in the book.

Shake Hands With the Devil Trailer No. 1: Shake Hands With the Devil - Trailer No. 1

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:33:22 -0500

Director Roger Spottiswoode adapts Rom o Dallaire's harrowing autobiography concerning his experiences as the leader of a 1994 U.N. peacekeeping mission to Rwanda that failed to prevent the slaughter of 800,000 Rwandans. Dispatched to Rwanda in 1993 to oversee a fragile cease-fire, charismatic Lieutenant General Romeo Dellaire (Roy Dupuis) finds his mission complicated by lack of funding, too much bureaucracy, and a ramshackle crew assembled from military units from dozens of countries. Everyone seems to have a different agenda, and as the peace agreement between the Tutsi-led rebels and the French-supported Hutu-led government begins to deteriorate, appeasing speeches are undercut by shadowy massacres. When an unknown group shoots down the president's plane, Kigali goes up in flames as part of a clandestine yet long-planned campaign against the Tutsi minority. Hindered by an inadequate mandate, Lieutenant General Dellaire watches helplessly as the Hutu militia gains power and civil wa

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:30:59 -0500

Synopsis: A tough police sergeant's life and work is turned upside down when his pushy, wise-cracking mom arrives for a visit. From the director of "Turner and Hooch" and "Tomorrow Never Dies."

The Children of Huang Shi

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:30:59 -0500

Synopsis: Based on a true story. As the Japanese invade China in 1938, a British journalist covering the war is thrust into an unlikely role - becoming the caretaker and savior of the abandoned Huang Shi children's orphanage.

Air America

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:30:59 -0500

Synopsis: Two helicopter pilots in Vietnam run a drug-running operation for the CIA.

The Children of Huang Shi

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:51:24 -0500

This is the theatrical trailer for The Children of Huang Shi, directed by Roger Spottiswoode.

Trailer No. 1: Trailer No. 1

Thu, 01 May 2008 07:02:25 -0500

As China is ravaged by war in the late '30s, a young English journalist named George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) leads 60 orphans over the Liu Pan Shan mountains and into the safety of the Mongolian desert. Joining the journalist and the children on their arduous journey are an American nurse (Radha Mitchell) and the fearless leader of a Chinese partisan group (Chow Yun-Fat). The journey won't be easy, but as they boldly forge forward through snow-covered mountains and unforgiving desert, they learn the true meaning of responsibility, courage, and love. Jane Hawksley pens a drama based on actual events and directed by renowned filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode. - Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

The Children of Huang Shi

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:48:57 -0500

Based on real events, THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI is a story set against war-torn China in the 1930 s. The film centers on a young English journalist (JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS), an American nurse (RADHA MITCHELL) and the leader of a Chinese partisan group (CHOW YUN FAT) who meet in desperate and unexpected circumstances. Together they rescue 60-orphaned, children leading them on an extraordinary journey, across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain, through snow-covered mountains and an unforgiving desert. Along the way they discover the true meaning of love, responsibility and courage.