The Beach

A Praia

Director: Danny Boyle
Writers: Alex Garland (novel) / John Hodge (screenplay)
Release Date:15 February 2000 (Portugal)
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller

Tagline: Paradise has its price.

Quotes:

Etienne: One kilometer.

Françoise: Two.

Etienne: Richard?

Richard: I dunno; I'm American.

Etienne: So?

Richard : I think in miles, not kilometers.

Etienne: Okay, so how many miles do you think it is?

Richard: I dunno, but it looks like a long way away.

Kitty Foyle

A Rapariga da Gola Branca

Director: Sam Wood
Writers:Christopher Morley (novel) / Donald Ogden Stewart (additional dialogue)
Release Date: 27 December 1940 (USA)
Genre: Drama

Tagline:The natural history of a woman.

Quotes:

Tom Foyle: From now on, you're going to Sunday School every Sunday. Rain or shine, you're going.

Kitty Foyle: But why, Pop?

Tom Foyle: Well, it'll be giving you a little Christian upbringing. A sense of values.

Kitty Foyle: Oh. And then you mean I won't ever sin or anything.

Tom Foyle :Well, it might not keep you from sinning, but by Judas Priest, it'll keep you from getting any fun out of it.

Academy awards:

Best Actress in a Leading Role : Ginger Rogers

Academy nominations:

Best Director : Sam Wood
Best Picture
Best Sound, Recording : John Aalberg
Best Writing, Screenplay : Dalton Trumbo

The Sound of Music

Música no Coração




Director: Robert Wise
Writers: Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Release Date: 29 March 1965 (UK)
Genre: Biography/ Drama / Family / Musical

Tagline:...the more you see it, the more it becomes one of your favorite things!

Quotes:

Maria: I can't seem to stop singing wherever I am. And what's worse, I can't seem to stop saying things - anything and everything I think and feel.

Mother Abbess : Some people would call that honesty.

Maria : Oh, but it's terrible, Reverend Mother.

Academy awards:

Best Director : Robert Wise
Best Film Editing : William Reynolds
Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment : Irwin Kostal
Best Picture : Robert Wise
Best Sound : James Corcoran / Fred Hynes

Academy nominations:

Best Actress in a Leading Role : Julie Andrews
Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Peggy Wood
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color : Boris Leven /Walter M. Scott / Ruby R. Levitt
Best Cinematography, Color´: Ted D. McCord
Best Costume Design, Color : Dorothy Jeakins

Bridget Jones´s Diary

O Diário de Bridget Jones

Director: Sharon Maguire
Writers: Helen Fielding
Release Date:13 April 2001 (USA)
Genre:: Comedy/ Romance

Tagline:It's Monday morning, Bridget has woken up with a headache, a hangover and her boss

Quotes:

Bridget: Did I really run round your lawn naked?

Mark Darcy: Oh, yes. You were four and I was eight.

Bridget: Well, that's a pretty big age difference. It's quite pervy really.

Mark Darcy: Yes, I like to think so.

Academy nominations:

Best Actress in a Leading Role : Renée Zellweger

A Passage to India

Passagem para a Índia

Director:David Lean
Writers:E.M. Forster(novel) / Santha Rama Rau (play)
Release Date:25 January 1985 (USA)
Genre:Adventure / Drama

Tagline:David Lean, the Director of "Doctor Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai", invites you on a passage to India.

Quotes:


Ali: How is Britain justified in holding India?
Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed: Unfair political question!
Richard Fielding: No, no! Well, personally, I'm here because I need a job.
Ali: Qualified Indians also need jobs!
Richard Fielding: I got here first. [laughter]
Richard Fielding: Well, I like it here and that's my excuse.

Academy awards:


Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Peggy Ashcroft. Peggy Ashcroft was not present at the awards ceremony. Angela Lansbury accepted the award on her behalf.
Best Music, Original Score : Maurice Jarre

Academy nominations:

Best Actress in a Leading Role : Judy Davis
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration : John Box / Hugh Scaife
Best Cinematography : Ernest Day
Best Costume Design : Judy Moorcroft
Best Director : David Lean
Best Film Editing : David Lean
Best Picture : John Brabourne / Richard B. Goodwin
Best Sound : Graham V. Hartstone / Nicolas Le Messurier / Michael A. Carter / John W. Mitchell
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium : David Lean

Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Ruanda




Director:Terry George
Writers :Keir Pearson /Terry George
Release Date:17 February 2005 (Portugal)
Genre:Drama / History/ War

Tagline:A true story of a man who fought impossible odds to save everyone he could and created a place where hope survived.

Quotes:

Paul Rusesabagina: General, these are difficult times, we need to help one another.

General Bizimungu: And what help can I get from you, Paul?

Paul Rusesabagina: You are a marked man, sir!

General Bizimungu: How so?

Paul Rusesabagina: You're on a list, the Americans have you on a list as a war criminal.

General Bizimungu: Paul, I am sick and tired of your lies.

Paul Rusesabagina: Are you stupid General? How do you think these people operate? You sit here with five stars on your chest, who do you think they're coming after?

Academy nominations:

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role : Don Cheadle
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Sophie Okonedo
Best Writing, Original Screenplay : Keir Pearson / Terry George

The Color Purple

A cor púrpura





Director : Steven Spielberg
Writers:Alice Walker (novel) Menno Meyjes (screenplay)
Release Date:18 December 1985 (USA)
Genre:Drama

Tagline:Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize Winning Story.

Quotes :

Squeak: Hapo! Who dis woman?

Harpo: Now come now, you know who this is.

Squeak: She best'a leave you alone.

Sophia: Fine with me.

Harpo: [to Sophia] You ain't got to go nowhere. Dis here my jut-joint.

Squeak: [to Harpo] You said dis here our jut-joint!

Harpo: Listen woman can't a man dance with his wife if he wants to?

Squeak: Not if she left'm!

Academy nominations:

Best Actress in a Leading Role : Whoopi Goldberg
Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Margaret Avery
Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Oprah Winfrey
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration : J. Michael Riva / Bo Welch /Linda DeScenna
Best Cinematography :Allen Daviau
Best Costume Design : Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Best Makeup : Ken Chase
Best Music, Original Score : Quincy Jones / Jeremy Lubbock / Rod Temperton /Caiphus Semenya / Andraé Crouch / Chris Boardman 7 Jorge Calandrelli /Joel Rosenbaum / Fred Steiner / Jack Hayes / Jerry Hey /Rand Kerber
Best Music, Original Song :Quincy Jones / Rod Temperton /Lionel Richie (lyrics) For the song "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)".
Best Picture :Steven Spielberg /Kathleen Kennedy /Frank Marshall/ Quincy Jones
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium : Menno Meyjes

It´s a wonderful life

Do céu caiu uma estrela





Director:Frank Capra
Writers:Philip Van Doren Stern
Release Date:7 January 1947 (USA)
Genre:Drama / Family / Fantasy / Romance

Tagline:They're making memories tonight!

Quotes:


Clarence: You've been given a great gift, George: A chance to see what the world would be like without you.

Clarence: You see George, you've really had a wonderful life. Don't you see what a mistake it would be to just throw it away?


Academy nominations:


Best Actor in a Leading Role : James Stewart
Best Director : Frank Capra
Best Film Editing : William Hornbeck
Best Picture
Best Sound, Recording : John Aalberg

O brother, where art thou ?

Irmão, onde estás?

Director:Joel Coen
Writers:Homer (epic poem The Odyssey)Ethan Coen(written by)
Release Date:22 December 2000 (USA)
Genre:Comedy / Adventure / Crime / Music

Tagline:They have a plan, but not a clue.

Quotes:

Ulysses Everett McGill: Deceitful, two-faced she-woman. Never trust a female Delmar, remember that one simple precept and your time with me will not have been ill spent.

Delmar O'Donnell: Ok, Everett.

Ulysses Everett McGill: Hit by a train! Truth means nothing to a woman, Delmar. Trying for the subjective. You ever been with a woman?

Delmar O'Donnell: Well, I... I... I gotta get the family farm back before I can start thinking about that.

Academy nominations:

Best Cinematography : Roger Deakins
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published : Ethan Coen / Joel Coen

Match Point

Director : Woody Allen
Writer :Woody Allen
Release Date:20 January 2006 (Portugal)
Genre:Crime / Drama / Romance

Tagline:Passion Temptation Obsession

Quotes :



Nola Rice: You're gonna do very well for yourself, unless you blow it.
Christopher "Chris" Wilton: And how am I going to blow it?
Nola Rice: By making a pass at me.
Christopher "Chris" Wilton: And what makes you think that's going to happen?
Nola Rice: Men always seem to wonder.


Academy nominations:

Best Writing, Original Screenplay :Woody Allen

The day after tomorrow

O dia depois de amanhã





Director:Roland Emmerich
Writers:Roland Emmerich
Release Date:27 May 2004 (Portugal)
Genre:Action/ Adventure Sci-Fi

Tagline:This year, a sweater won't do.


Quotes :


Jack Hall: Our climate is fragile. The ice caps are disappearing at a dangerous rate.

Vice President Becker: Dr. Hall, our economy is every bit as fragile as the environment. Perhaps you should keep that in mind before making sensationalist claims.

Jack Hall: Well, the last chunk of ice that broke off was the size of Rhode Island. A lot of folks would say that was pretty sensational.

Gone with the wind

E Tudo o Vento Levou





Director : Victor Fleming
Writers:Margaret Mitchell(novel) / Sidney Howard (screenplay)
Release Date:17 January 1941 (USA
Genre:Drama / Romance / War

Tagline:For the thousands who remember its unparalleled drama, action and romance!
For the new thousands to whom the wonders will be revealed for the firsttime!
Breathtaking spectacle, inspired acting by the greatest cast ever assembled!
The screen's most exciting love story!
The most-talked about picture ever made!

Quotes :

Scarlett: Rhett! [runs down the stairs after Rhett]

Scarlett: Rhett, Rhett! [catches him as he's walking out the front door]

Scarlett: Rhett... if you go, where shall I go, what shall I do?

Rhett Butler: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. [Rhett walks off into the fog]

Academy Awards:

Best Actress in a Leading Role : Vivien Leigh
Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Hattie McDaniel (Became the first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar.)
Best Art Direction : Lyle R. Wheeler
Best Cinematography, Color : Ernest Haller / Ray Rennahan
Best Director : Victor Fleming
Best Film Editing : Hal C. Kern / James E. Newcom
Best Picture
Best Writing, Screenplay : Sidney Howard

Academy Nominations :

Best Actor in a Leading Role : Clark Gable
Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Olivia de Havilland
Best Effects, Special Effects : Jack Cosgrove (photographic) Fred Albin (sound)
Best Music, Original Score : Max Steiner
Best Sound, Recording : Thomas T. Moulton

The Siege

Estado de Sítio







Director:Edward Zwick
Writers:Lawrence Wright
Release Date:5 February 1999 (Portugal)
Genre:Action/ Thriller

Tagline:On November 6th our freedom is history

Quotes:

Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: Are you people insane? What are you talkin' about?

General William Devereaux: The time has come for one man to suffer in order to save hundreds of lives.

Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: One Man? What about two, huh? What about six? How about public executions?

General William Devereaux: Feel free to leave whenever you like, Agent Hubbard

Le Fabuleux destin d´Amelie Poulain

O Fabuloso destino de Amelie




Director:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writers:Guillaume Laurant/ Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Release Date:7 December 2001 (Portugal)
Genre:Comedy / Drama/ Romance

Tagline:One person can change your life forever.

Quotes:


Man in photo: She is in love.
Nino Quincampoix: I don't even know her!
Man in photo: Oh, you know her.
Nino Quincampoix: Since when?
Man in photo: Since always.
Man in photo: In your dreams.

Academy nominations:

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Aline Bonetto / Marie-Laure Valla
Best Cinematography : Bruno Delbonnel
Best Foreign Language Film : France.
Best Sound : Vincent Arnardi / Guillaume Leriche / Jean Umansky
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen : Guillaume Laurant / Jean-Pierre Jeunet

The Departed

Entre Inimigos

Director : Martin Scorsese
Writers :William Monahan (screenplay)Siu Fai Mak(2002 screenplay Mou gaan dou)
Release Date:9 November 2006 (Portugal)
Genre:Crime / Drama/ Thriller

Tagline:Lies. Betrayal. Sacrifice. How far will you take it?





Quotes:


Ellerby: How is your wedding coming along?
Colin Sullivan: Great, great; she's a doctor.
Ellerby: That's outstanding.
Colin Sullivan: Yeah.
Ellerby: Marriage is an important part of getting ahead: lets people know you're not a homo; married guy seems more stable; people see the ring, they think at least somebody can stand the son of a bitch.

Academt awards

Best Achievement in Directing: Martin Scorsese
Best Achievement in Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Motion Picture of the Year: Graham King
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay :William Monahan

Academy nominations :

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Mark Wahlberg

Terms of endearment

Laços de Ternura






Director:James L. Brooks
Writers:Larry McMurtry (novel)James L. Brooks (screenplay)
Release Date:23 November 1983 (USA)
Genre:Romance/ Comedy / Drama

Tagline:Come to Laugh, Come to Cry, Come to Care, Come to Terms.

Quotes:


Aurora Greenway: I just don't want to fight anymore.

Emma Horton: What do you mean? When do we fight?

Aurora Greenway: WHEN do we FIGHT? I always think of us as fighting!

Emma Horton: That's because you're never satisfied with me.

Academy Awards:

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jack Nicholson
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Shirley MacLaine
Best Director: James L. Brooks
Best Picture: James L. Brooks
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: James L. Brooks



Academy nominees:


Best Actor in a Supporting Role: John Lithgow
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Debra Winger
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Polly Platt /Harold Michelson /Tom Pedigo/ Anthony Mondell
Best Film Editing: Richard Marks
Best Music, Original Score: Michael Gore
Best Sound: Donald O. Mitchell /Rick Kline /Kevin O'Connell/ James R. Alexander

A Knights tale

Coração de Cavaleiro




Director :Brian Helgeland
Writer:Brian Helgeland
Release Date:11 May 2001 (USA)
Genre: Adventure/ Comedy / Romance

Tagline:From peasant to knight; one man can change his stars


Quotes



Jocelyn: Damn your pride, William. It is you and only you that will not see you run.

William: My pride is the only thing that they can't take from me.

Jocelyn: They can take it away from you, they can and they will. Oh, they will. But love they cannot take.

Kingdom of Heaven

Reino dos Céus

Director:Ridley Scott
Writer:William Monahan
Release Date:5 May 2005 (Portugal)
Genre:Drama/ History

Tagline:Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong





Quotes :

Balian of Ibelin: This army will be destroyed, and the city left defenseless.

Guy de Lusignan: When I wish a blacksmith to advise me in war, I will tell him.

Balian of Ibelin: Saladin wants you to come out. He is waiting for you to make that mistake.

Batman begins

Batman, o início

Director:Christopher Nolan
Writers:Bob Kane(characters)David S. Goyer (story)
Release Date:23 June 2005 (Portugal)
Genre:Action/ Adventure

Plot Outline:The story of how Bruce Wayne became what he was destined to be: Batman.





Quotes :

Maitre D :Sir, the pool is for decoration, and your friends do not have swimwear.
Bruce Wayne: They're European.
Maitre D: I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
[Bruce starts to write a check]
Maitre D: It is not a question of money.
Bruce Wayne: [gives him the check] You see, I'm buying this hotel, and uh, setting new rules about the pool area.

The Simpsons movie

Simpsons : o Filme

Director:David Silverman
Writers:James L. Brooks(screenplay) &Matt Groening(screenplay)
Release Date:26 July 2007 (Portugal)
Genre:Animation/ Comedy

Tagline:See our family. And feel better about yours.

Quotes :

Marge: Homer, you have to go out there, face that mob, and apologize for what you did.

Homer : I would, but I'm afraid if I open the door, they'll take all of you!

Carl: No we won't. We just want Homer!

Homer : Well, maybe not you, but they'll kill Grandpa!

Grampa: I'm part of the mob!

Pride and prejudice

Orgulho e Preconceito





Director:Joe Wright
Writers:Jane Austen(novel)Deborah Moggach(screenplay)
Release Date:19 January 2006 (Portugal)
Genre:Drama / Romance

Tagline:This holiday season, experience the greatest love story of all time.

Quotes:

Mr. Darcy: I love you. Most ardently. Please do me the honor of accepting my hand.

Elizabeth Bennet: Sir, I appreciate the struggle you have been through, and I am very sorry to have caused you pain. Believe me, it was unconsciously done.

Mr. Darcy: Is this your reply?

Elizabeth Bennet: Yes, sir.

Mr. Darcy: Are you... are you laughing at me?

Elizabeth Bennet: No.

Mr. Darcy: Are you *rejecting* me?

Elizabeth Bennet: I'm sure that the feelings which, as you've told me have hindered your regard, will help you in overcoming it.

Academy award nominee:

Best Actress : Keira Knightley

Best Art Direction

Best Costume Design

Best Original Score

Love actually

O Amor Acontece



Director:Richard Curtis
Writer:Richard Curtis
Release Date:14 November 2003 (Portugal)
Genre:Comedy / Drama / Romance

Tagline:Love actually is all around.

Quotes:

Jamie: Erm. Would you like the last, uh...?

Aurelia: [in Portuguese] Thank you very much but no.

Jamie: No?

Aurelia: If you saw my sister, you'd understand why.

Jamie: That's all right, more for me.

Aurelia: [in Portuguese] Just don't go eating it all yourself, you're getting chubbier every day.

Jamie: I'm very lucky I've got one of those constitutions where I never put on weight.

Little Miss Sunshine

Uma família à beira de um ataque de nervos

Directors:Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris
Writer:Michael Arndt
Release Date:18 August 2006 (USA)
Genre:Comedy/ Drama
Tagline:Where's Olive?

Quotes:

Olive: Grandpa, am I pretty?

Grandpa: You are the most beautiful girl in the world.

Olive: You're just saying that.

Grandpa: No! I'm madly in love with you and it's not because of your brains or your personality.

Academy Awards

Best Original Screenplay - Original
Best Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin)

Nominations:

Best Picture
Best Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin)

Titanic

Director:James Cameron
Writer :James Cameron
Release Date:16 January 1998 (Portugal)
Genre:Adventure / Drama/ Romance

Tagline:Nothing On Earth Could Come Between Them.

Quotes :

Jack :Don't do it.

Rose: Stay back! Don't come any closer!

Jack: Come on, just give me your hand. I'll pull you back over.

Rose: No, stay where you are! I mean it! I'll let go!

Jack: [He approaches slowly, gesturing to his cigarette to show that he is approaching merely to throw it over the side into the ocean] No, you won't.

Rose: What do you mean, "No, I won't"? Don't presume to tell me what I will and will not do, you don't know me

Academy awards :

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Best Cinematography

Best Costume Design

Best Director

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

Best Effects, Visual Effects

Best Film Editing

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

Best Music, Original Song For the song "My Heart Will Go On", performed by Céline Dion.

Best Picture

Best Sound

Academy nominee :

Best Actress in a Leading Role (Kate Winslet)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Gloria Stuart)

Best Makeup

The Holiday

O Amor não tira Férias

Director:Nancy Meyers
Writer:Nancy Meyers
Release Date:8 December 2006 (USA)
Genre:Comedy / Drama / Romance

Plot Outline:Two women troubled with guy-problems (Diaz, Winslet) swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love

Quotes :

Amanda: Who is it?

Graham:It's me. Hurry up. It's freezing.

Amanda: Who are you?

Graham: Iris, open the door or I swear I'm gonna take a leak all over your front...

[Amanda quickly opens the door]

Graham: You're not Iris. Or if you are I'm much drunker than I realized. I'm sorry for my profanity. I wasn't expecting you.

Amanda: No, I wasn't expecting you either.

When Harry met Sally

Um Amor Inevitável

Director:Rob Reiner

Writer :Nora Ephron

Release Date:21 July 1989 (USA)

Genre:Comedy / Drama / Romance

Tagline:Can two friends sleep together and still love each other in the morning?

Sally Albright: Well, basically it's the same dream I've been having since I was twelve.

Harry Burns: Which is?

Sally Albright: Okay, there's this guy...

Harry Burns: What does he look like?

Sally Albright: I don't know, he's just sort of faceless.

Harry Burns: Faceless guy, okay.

Sally Albright: He RIPS off my clothes. [pause]

Harry Burns: And?

Sally Albright: That's it. [...]

Academy Award Nominee (Screenplay)

The man who shot Liberty Valance

O Homem que Matou Liberty Valance

Director:John Ford
Writers:James Warner Bellah (screenplay)Willis Goldbeck (screenplay)
Release Date:22 April 1962 (USA)
Genre:Western
Tagline:Together For The First Time - James Stewart / John Wayne

Quotes:

Link Appleyard: Doc, they need you over at Mr. Peabody's. He's hurt awful bad.

Liberty Valance: What's the matter, Mr. Marshal? Somebody have a little accident?

Doc Willoughby: Another one of your 'accidents', Valance? I'm just waiting on the day they call me for you.

Liberty Valance: [tossing Doc a silver dollar] Paid in advance.

Academy Award®Nominee: Best Costume Design (B&W)