The Name of the Rose

O Nome da Rosa

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers: Umberto Eco (novel) / Andrew Birkin (screenplay)
Release Date:24 September 1986 (USA)
Genre: History / Mystery / Thriller/ Crime

Tagline:Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?

Quotes:

The Abbot: We found the body after a hailstorm, horribly mutilated, dashed against a rock at the foot of the tower, under a window which was, uh, how shall I say this, I trust...

William of Baskerville: Which was found closed.

Pirates of the Caribbean : at world´s end

Piratas das Caraíbas : nos confins do mundo

Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers :Ted Elliott / Terry Rossio
Release Date:24 May 2007 (Portugal)
Genre:Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy

Tagline:At the End of the World, the Adventure Begins

Quotes:

Captain Ammand: [about Barbossa] Shoot him!

Captain Jocard: Cut out his tongue!

Jack Sparrow: Shoot him and cut out his tongue, then shoot his tongue! And trim that scraggly beard!

Academy nominations:

Best Achievement in Makeup: Ve Neill / Martin Samuel
Best Achievement in Visual Effects: John Knoll / Hal T. Hickel / Charlie Gibson / John Frazier

Pirates of the Caribbean : dead man´s chest

Piratas das Caraíbas : o cofre do homem morto







Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers :Ted Elliott / Terry Rossio
Release Date:20 July 2006 (Portugal)
Genre:Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy

Plot Outline:Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.

Quotes:


Will Turner: You want me to find this?
Jack Sparrow: No. You want you to find this, because the finding of this finds you incapacitorially finding and or locating in your discovering the detecting of a way to save your dolly belle, ol' what's-her-face. Savvy?

Academy award:

Best Achievement in Visual Effects: John Knoll /Hal T. Hickel / Charles Gibson /Allen Hall

Academy nominations:

Best Achievement in Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs (art director) Cheryl Carasik (set decorator)
Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes / George Watters II
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Paul Massey/ Christopher Boyes / Lee Orloff

Pirates of the Caribbean : the curse of the Black Pearl

Piratas das Caraíbas : a maldição do Pérola Negra

Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers:Ted Elliott /Terry Rossio (screen story)
Release Date:5 September 2003 (Portugal)
Genre:Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy

Tagline:Prepare to be blown out of the water.

Quotes:

Murtogg: Someone's got to make sure that this dock stays off-limits to civilians.

Jack Sparrow: It's a fine goal, to be sure. But it seems to me... that a ship like that one, makes this one here seem a bit superfluous, really.

Academy nominations:

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Johnny Depp
Best Makeup: Ve Neill / Martin Samuel
Best Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes /George Watters II
Best Sound Mixing: Christopher Boyes / David Parker / David E. Campbell / Lee Orloff
Best Visual Effects: John Knoll / Hal T. Hickel / Charles Gibson /Terry D. Frazee

Syriana

Syriana

Director: Stephen Gaghan
Writers:Robert Baer (book) Stephen Gaghan (written by)
Release Date: 9 December 2005 (USA)
Genre: Drama / Thriller

Tagline:Everything is connected

Quotes:

Prince Nasir Al-Subaai: What are they thinking, my brother and these American lawyers?

Bryan Woodman: What are they thinking? They're thinking that it's running out. It's running out... and ninety percent of what's left is in the Middle East. This is a fight to the death.

Academy awards:

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: George Clooney

Academy nomination:

Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Stephen Gaghan

Casablanca

Casablanca

Director: Michael Curtiz
Writers:Murray Burnett and Joan Alison
Release Date:17 May 1945 (Portugal)
Genre: Drama / Romance/ War

Tagline: Mysterious City of Sin and Intrigue

Quotes:

Rick: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.

Academy awards:

Best Director: Michael Curtiz
Best Picture
Best Writing, Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein /Philip G. Epstein /Howard Koch

Academy nominations:

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Humphrey Bogart
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Claude Rains
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Arthur Edeson
Best Film Editing: Owen Marks
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Max Steiner

Dead Poets Society

O Clube dos Poetas Mortos



Director: Peter Weir
Writer :Tom Schulman
Release Date:9 June 1989 (USA)
Genre:Drama

Tagline:He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.

Quotes:

John Keating: Why do I stand up here?
Dalton: To feel taller!
John Keating: No! [Dings a bell with his foot]
John Keating: Thank you for playing Mr. Dalton. I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.

Academy awards:

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Tom Schulman

Academy nominations:


Best Actor in a Leading Role: Robin Williams
Best Director: Peter Weir
Best Picture:Steven Haft / Paul Junger Witt / Tony Thomas

The Notebook

O Diário da Nossa Paixão



Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writers:Nicholas Sparks (novel) / Jan Sardi (adaptation)
Release Date:30 September 2004 (Portugal)
Genre:Drama / Romance

Tagline:Behind every great love is a great story.

Quotes:

Allie: Do you think our love, can take us away together?
Duke: I think our love can do anything we want it to.
Allie: I love you.
Duke: I love you, Allie.
Allie: Good night.
Duke: Good night. I'll be seeing you.

Stargate

Stargate

Director: Roland Emmerich
Writers:Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich
Release Date:28 October 1994 (USA)
Genre:Fantasy / Action / Sci-Fi

Tagline:It Will Take You A Million Light Years From Home

Quotes:

Dr. Daniel Jackson: [to Colonel O'Neil] I don't want to die. And your men don't want to die, and these people certainly don't wan to to die. It's a shame you're in such a hurry to.
Dr. Daniel Jackson: [On a recording of his notes about the symbols after two weeks of no progress] I'm never gonna get paid.

Driving miss Daisy

Miss Daisy

Director: Bruce Beresford
Writer: Alfred Uhry (play) / Alfred Uhry (screenplay)
Release Date:26 January 1990 (USA)
Genre: Comedy / Drama

Tagline:The comedy that won a Pulitzer Prize

Quotes:

Daisy Werthan: What are you doing?

Hoke Colburn: I'm tryin' to drive you to the store!

Acadsemy awards:

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Tandy Jessica Tandy became the oldest winner of a competitive Oscar, at nearly 81, surpassing the achievement of George Burns
Best Makeup: Manlio Rocchetti / Lynn Barber / Kevin Haney
Best Picture: Richard D. Zanuck / Lili Fini Zanuck
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Alfred Uhry

Academy nominations:

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Morgan Freeman
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Dan Aykroyd
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Bruno Rubeo /Crispian Sallis
Best Costume Design: Elizabeth McBride
Best Film Editing: Mark Warner

Mississippi Burning

Mississippi em Chamas



Director: Alan Parker
Writer:Chris Gerolmo
Release Date:27 January 1989 (USA)
Genre:Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Tagline:1964. When America was at war with itself.

Quotes:


Ward: Some things are worth dying for.
Anderson: Down here, things are different; here, they believe that some things are worth killing for.

Academy awards:

Best Cinematography: Peter Biziou

Academy nominations:


Best Actor in a Leading Role: Gene Hackman
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Frances McDormand
Best Director: Alan Parker
Best Film Editing: Gerry Hambling
Best Picture: Frederick Zollo /Robert F. Colesberry
Best Sound: Robert J. Litt / Elliot Tyson /Rick Kline / Danny Michael

A Fish called Wanda

Um Peixe Chamado Wanda



Director: Carles Crichton
Writers: John Cleese and Charles Crichton
Release Date:15 July 1988 (USA)
Genre: Comedy / Crime

Tagline:A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood

Quotes:

Airline Employee: Aisle or window, smoking or non?
Otto: What was the part in the middle?

Academy awards:

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Kevin Kline

Academy nominations:

Best Director: Charles Crichton
Best Writing, Original Screenplay: John Cleese (screenplay/story) / Charles Crichton (story)

Bullets over Broadway

Balas sobre a Broadway

Director: Woody Allen
Writers :Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath
Release Date:18 January 1995 (USA)
Genre: Comedy / Crime

Tagline:A killer comedy!

Quotes:

Helen Sinclair: Two martinis please, very dry.

David Shayne: How'd you know what I drank?

Helen Sinclair: Oh, you want one too? Three.

Academy awards:

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:Dianne Wiest

Academy nominations:

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Chazz Palminteri
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jennifer Tilly
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Santo Loquasto / Susan Bode
Best Costume Design: Jeffrey Kurland
Best Director: Woody Allen
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Woody Allen / Douglas McGrath

Chocolat

Chocolate





Director: Lasse Hallström
Writers :Joanne Harris (novel) / Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay)
Release Date:5 January 2001 (USA)
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance

Tagline:One Taste Is All It Takes

Quotes:

Luc Clairmont: [at confession] Each time I tell myself it's the last time, but then I get a whiff of her hot chocolate, or...
Madame Audel: ...Seashells. Chocolate seashells, so small, so plain, so *innocent*. I thought, oh, just one little taste, it can't do any harm. But it turned out they were filled with rich, sinful...
Yvette Marceau: ...And it *melts*, God forgive me, it melts ever so slowly on your tongue, and tortures you with pleasure.


Academy nominations:


Best Actress in a Leading Role: Juliette Binoche
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Judi Dench
Best Music, Original Score: Rachel Portman
Best Picture: David Brown /Kit Golden / Leslie Holleran
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Robert Nelson Jacobs

Indiana Jones and the last crusade

Indiana Jones e a Grande Cruzada



Director:Steven Spielberg
Writers :George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
Release Date:24 May 1989 (USA)
Genre:Action/ Adventure/ Thriller

Tagline:He's back in an all new adventure. Memorial Day 1989

Quotes :


Professor Henry Jones: Junior?
Indiana Jones: Yes, sir.
Professor Henry Jones: It is you, Junior!
Indiana Jones: Don't call me that. Please.

Academy awards:
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Ben Burtt / Richard Hymns

Academy nominations:

Best Music, Original Score: John Williams
Best Sound: Ben Burtt / Gary Summers /Shawn Murphy /Tony Dawe

Indiana Jones and the temple of doom

Indiana Jones e o Templo Perdido

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: George Lucas (story) Willard Huyck (screenplay)
Release Date:23 May 1984 (USA)
Genre: Action/ Adventure / Thriller

Tagline:If adventure has a name... it must be Indiana Jones

Quotes:

Indiana Jones: Wear your jewels to bed Princess?

Willie: Yeah... and nothing else. Shock you?

Indiana Jones: Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist

Academy awards:

Best Effects, Visual Effects: Dennis Muren / Michael J. McAlister / Lorne Peterson / George Gibbs

Academy nomination:

Best Music, Original Score: John Williams

Raiders of the lost ark

Os Salteadores da Arca Perdida

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
Release Date: 12 June 1981 (USA)
Genre:Action / Adventure/ Thriller

Tagline:If you don't go to the movies - you won't see...

Quotes:

Belloq: How odd that it should end this way for us after so many stimulating encounters. I almost regret it. Where shall I find a new adversary so close to my own level?
Indiana: Try the local sewer.

Academy Awards:


Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Norman Reynolds / Leslie Dilley / Michael Ford
Best Effects, Visual Effects: Richard Edlund / Kit West / Bruce Nicholson / Joe Johnston
Best Film Editing: Michael Kahn
Best Sound: Bill Varney / Steve Maslow / Gregg Landaker / Roy Charman

Academy nominations:

Best Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe
Best Director: Steven Spielberg
Best Music, Original Score: John Williams
Best Picture: Frank Marshall

Special Achievement Award
Ben Burtt / Richard L. Anderson For sound effects editing.

The Producers

Os Produtores

Director: Susan Stroman
Writers:Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

Release Date:27 April 2006 (Portugal)
Genre: Comedy / Musical

Quotes:

Leo Bloom: We might have a position for you.
Max Bialystock: As a matter of fact, we might have several positions for you.

Failure to Launch

Como Despachar um Encalhado

Director: Tom Dey
Writers:Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember
Release Date:10 March 2006 (USA)
Genre:Comedy / Romance

Tagline:To leave the nest, some men just need a little push.

Quotes:

Kit: I smell something. Do you smell something?
Paula: Oh, Tripp and I had crab today.
Kit: No, that's not it. I smell... fun.
Paula: What?
Kit: You are a dirty little fun-haver

Night at the Museum

À Noite no Museu


Director: Shawn Levy
Writers:Robert Ben Garant &Thomas Lennon
Release Date: 4 January 2007 (Portugal)
Genre: / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Tagline:Everything comes to life.


Quotes:

Jedediah: Fire up the iron horse, boys.
Larry: Hey, blondie!
Jedediah: Names Jedadiah.
Larry: Jedadiah, stop the train, please!
Jedediah: No can do, crackerjack.
Larry: Whats going on here?
Jedediah: Somebodys got to pay.
Larry: Pay for what?
Jedediah: I don't know, just pay! Now stop whining and take it like a man!

Volver

Voltar

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Release Date:7 September 2006 (Portugal)
Genre: Comedy / Drama

Plot Outline:After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life

Quotes :

Raimunda: Are there things I should know and don't?

Sole: Oodles.

Academy nomination:

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Penélope Cruz

You, Me and Dupree

Eu, Tu e o Emplastro

Directors: Anthony Russo / Joe Russo
Writer:Michael LeSieur
Release Date:14 July 2006 (USA)
Genre: Comedy / Romance

Tagline:Two's company. Dupree's a crowd.

Quotes:

Neil: How the hell did Dupree wind up on the worng island?

Carl Peterson: Dupree was born on the wrong island.

The Peacemaker

O Pacificador

Director: Mimi Leder
Writers :Leslie Cockburn /Andrew Cockburn
Release Date:31 October 1997 (Portugal)
Genre:Action / Thriller

Tagline:This is not a test.

Quotes:

Julia Kelly: So do you think he set us up?

Thomas Devoe: Who?

Julia Kelly: Your friend.

Thomas Devoe: No.

Julia Kelly: How can you be so sure?

Thomas Devoe: Because he's my friend.

Sleepers

Sleepers - Sentimento de Revolta


Director: Barry Levinson
Writers :Lorenzo Carcaterra (book) / Barry Levinson (screenplay)
Release Date:13 December 1996 (Portugal)
Genre:Crime / Drama / Thriller

Tagline:When friendship runs deeper than blood

Quotes:


Father Bobby: I stopped off at Attica today on my way up here to see an old friend of mine.
Young Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra: You have any friends who aren't in jail?
Father Bobby: Not as many as I'd like.

Academy nomination:

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score : John Williams

Todo sobre mi madre

Tudo sobre a minha mãe

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Release Date:22 October 1999 (Portugal)
Genre: Drama

Tagline:Part of every woman is a mother/actress/saint/sinner. And part of every man is a woman.

Quotes :

Manuela: Do you have any alcohol?

Agrado: No, I drank it all last night.

Manuela: I meant for disinfecting.

Academy awards:

Best Foreign Language Film Spain

The motorcycle diaries

Os Diários de Che Guevara


Director : Walter Salles
Writers:Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (book) / Alberto Granado (book)/ Jose Rivera (screenplay)
Release Date:14 October 2004 (Portugal)
Genre:Adventure / Biography / Drama

Tagline:Before he changed the world the world changed him

Quotes:

Miner's Wife: Are you two looking for work?

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: No, we aren't looking for work.

Miner's Wife: No?... Then why are you traveling?

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: We travel just to travel.

Miner's Wife: Bless you... Blessed be your travels.

Academy awards:

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Jorge Drexler For the song "Al Otro Lado Del Río".

Academy nominations:

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Jose Rivera

Bewitched

Casei com uma Feiticeira

Director: Nora Ephron
Writers:Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron
Release Date:1 September 2005 (Portugal)
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance

Tagline:Be warned. Be ready.

Quotes:

Isabel Bigelow: I am through with just snapping my fingers and getting my way.

Coffee Shop Waitress: Uh, no breakfast after 11.

Isabel Bigelow: Oh. [snaps fingers and clock turns back from 11 to 10:55]

Isabel Bigelow: My absolutely last thing!

Flyboys

Flyboys : Nascidos para voar

Director: Tony Bill
Writers:Phil Sears /Blake T. Evans
Release Date: 22 September 2006 (USA)
Genre: Action / Drama/ War

Plot Outline:The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

Quotes:

Blaine Rawlings: [wondering why Cassidy is offering a pistol] What's this for?

Reed Cassidy: Plane catches fire you got three choices: You can burn with it all the way to the ground; You can jump several thousand feet; or you can take the quick and painless way out. [Handing gun to Beagle]

Reed Cassidy: Good luck, gentlemen.

Premonition

Premonição


Director: Mennan Yapo
Writer :Bill Kelly
Release Date: 29 March 2007 (Portugal)
Genre:Drama / / Mystery / Thriller

Tagline:Reality is only a nightmare away

Quotes:

Linda Handson : I wake up and he's dead. I wake up and he's alive.

The secret window

A Janela Secreta

Director: David Koepp
Writers :Stephen King (novel) / David Koepp (screenplay)
Release Date: 15 April 2004 (Portugal)
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Tagline:The most important part of a story is the ending.

Quotes:

John Shooter: You stole my story.

Mort: I'm... I'm sorry, do I... I don't believe I know you.

John Shooter: I know that, that doesn't matter, I know you Mr. Rainey, that's what matters. You stole my story. [holding out his manuscript to Mort]

Mort: You're mistaken. I don't read manuscripts.

The Patriot

O Patriota

Director: Roland Emmerich
Writer : Robert Rodat
Release Date:28 June 2000 (USA)
Genre: Action / Drama/ War

Tagline:What would you do if they destroyed your home, threatened your family. Where would you draw the line?

Quotes :

Nathan Martin: Father, I killed those men.

Benjamin Martin: It's all right, Nathan. You had no choice.

Nathan Martin: I'm glad I killed those men. I'm glad.

Academy nominations:

Best Cinematography: Caleb Deschanel
Best Music, Original Score: John Williams
Best Sound : Kevin O'Connell / Greg P. Russell / Lee Orloff

Brokeback Mountain

O Segredo de Brokeback Mountain


Director: Ang Lee
Writers :Annie Proulx (short story )Larry McMurtry (screenplay)
Release Date:9 February 2006 (Portugal)
Genre:Drama / Romance

Tagline:Love Is A Force Of Nature

Quotes:

Ennis Del Mar: We can get together... once in a while, way the hell out in the middle of nowhere, but...
Jack Twist: Once in a while? Every four fuckin' years?
Ennis Del Mar: If you can't fix it, Jack, you gotta stand it.
Jack Twist: For how long?
Ennis Del Mar: For as long as we can ride it. There ain't no reins on this one.

Academy Awards:


Best Achievement in Directing : Ang Lee
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Larry McMurtry / Diana Ossana

Academy nominations:


Best Achievement in Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto
Best Motion Picture of the Year : Diana Ossana /James Schamus
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role : Heath Ledger
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Jake Gyllenhaal
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Michelle Williams

Star Wars : Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

A Guerra das Estrelas : O Regresso do Jedi

Director : Richard Marquand
Writers: George Lucas(story) Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay)
Release Date:25 May 1983 (USA)
Genre: Action/ Adventure / Fantasy/ Sci-Fi

Tagline:Coming May 25, 1983 to your galaxy.

Quotes :

Moff Jerjerrod: The Emperor's coming here?

Darth Vader: That is correct, Commander. And, he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress.

Moff Jerjerrod: We shall double our efforts.

Darth Vader: I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am.

Academy nominations:

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Norman Reynolds / Fred Hole / James L. Schoppe / Michael Ford
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing : Ben Burtt
Best Music, Original Score: John Williams

Best Sound : Ben Burtt / Gary Summers / Randy Thom / Tony Dawe

Special Achievement Award
Richard Edlund /Dennis Muren /Ken Ralston /Phil Tippett / For the visual effects.

Star Wars : Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

A Guerra das Estrelas : o Império Contra-Ataca


Director: Irvin Kershner
Writers: George Lucas (story) Leigh Brackett (screenplay)
Release Date: 21 May 1980 (USA)
Genre: Action/ Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Tagline:The Adventure Continues...

Quotes:

Luke: I saw - I saw a city in the clouds.
Yoda: [nods] Friends you have there.
Luke: They were in pain...
Yoda: It is the future you see.
Luke: The future?

Academy awards:

Best Sound : Bill Varney / Steve Maslow / Gregg Landaker /Peter Sutton

Special Achievement Award :
Brian Johnson / Richard Edlund / Dennis Muren / Bruce Nicholson / For the visual effects.

Academy nominations:


Best Art Direction-Set Decoration : Norman Reynolds / Leslie Dilley / Harry Lange / Alan Tomkins / Michael Ford
Best Music, Original Score : John Williams

Star Wars

A Guerra das Estrelas

Director: George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas
Release Date:25 May 1977 (USA)

Genre:Action / Adventure / Fantasy/ Sci-Fi

Tagline:A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away

Quotes:

Luke: [on first seeing the Millenium Falcon] What a piece of junk!

Han Solo: She'll make point five past lightspeed. She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself.

Academy awards:

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: John Barry /Norman Reynolds / Leslie Dilley / Roger Christian
Best Costume Design: John Mollo
Best Effects, Visual Effects: John Stears / John Dykstra / Richard Edlund / Grant McCune Robert Blalack
Best Film Editing: Paul Hirsch / Marcia Lucas / Richard Chew
Best Music, Original Score: John Williams
Best Sound : Don MacDougall / Ray West / Bob Minkler /Derek Ball

Academy nominations:

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Alec Guinness
Best Director: George Lucas
Best Picture: Gary Kurtz
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: George Lucas

Star Wars : Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Guerra das Estrelas : Episódio III - A Vingança dos Sith

Director: George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas
Release Date:19 May 2005 (Portugal)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Tagline:The saga is complete

Quotes:

Supreme Chancellor : I hope you trust me, Anakin.

Anakin Skywalker: Of course.

Supreme Chancellor: I need your help, son. I want you to be the eyes, ears, and voice of the Republic. Anakin, I'm appointing you to be my personal representative on the Jedi Council.

Academy nomination:

Best Achievement in Makeup : Dave Elsey / Nikki Gooley

Star Wars : Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Guerra das Estrelas : episódio II - ataque dos clones

Director : George Lucas
Writers: George Lucas
Release Date:17 May 2002 (Portugal)
Genre:Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Tagline:A Jedi Shall Not Know Anger. Nor Hatred. Nor Love.

Quotes:

Obi-Wan: Anakin, may the force be with you.

Anakin: May the force be with you, Master.

Academy nomination:

Best Visual Effects: Rob Coleman / Pablo Helman / John Knoll / Ben Snow

Star Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Guerra das Estrelas : episódio I - A Ameaça Fantasma

Director: George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas
Release Date:1 October 1999 (Portugal)
Genre:Action/ Adventure/ Fantasy/ Sci-Fi

Tagline:Every generation has a legend. Every journey has a first step. Every saga has a beginning.

Quotes :


Anakin: Are you an angel?
Queen Amidala: What?
Anakin: An angel. I've heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They live on the moons of Iego, I think. They're the most beautiful creatures in the universe.
Queen Amidala: You're a funny little boy. How do you know so much?

Academy nominations:

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing : Ben Burtt / Tom Bellfort
Best Effects, Visual Effects: John Knoll / Dennis Muren /Scott Squires / Rob Coleman
Best Sound : Gary Rydstrom / Tom Johnson / Shawn Murphy / John Midgley

The Good Shepherd

O Bom Pastor

Director: Robert De Niro
Writer: Eric Roth
Release Date: 22 December 2006 (USA)
Genre: Drama / Thriller

Tagline:Edward Wilson believed in America, and he would sacrifice everything he loved to protect it.

Quotes:

Edward Wilson : My orders came through. I'll be going overseas.

Clover Wilson: What are you going to do, Edward? Save the world?

Edward Wilson: I'll do what I can.

Academy nomination:

Best Achievement in Art Direction : Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (art director) Gretchen Rau (set decorator) Leslie E. Rollins (set decorator)

Blood Diamond

Diamantes de Sangue

Director: Edward Zwick
Writers:Charles Leavitt (screenplay) Charles Leavitt (story)
Release Date: 8 December 2006 (USA)
Genre:Adventure / Drama/ Thriller

Tagline:Freedom

Quotes:

Soldier: Papers, please.

Danny Archer: Danny Archer. National Geographic. [hands officer documents]

Soldier: You're crossing into Liberia.

Danny Archer: Uh-I've got a letter from the Minister of Interior, and a Liberian visa as well. I'm doing a story on the "Maraquez" [takes out smokes]

Academy nominations:

Best Achievement in Editing: Steven Rosenblum
Best Achievement in Sound Editing : Lon Bender
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Andy Nelson / Anna Behlmer /Ivan Sharrock
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Djimon Hounsou

Ray

Ray

Director:Taylor Hackford
Writers :Taylor Hackford /James L. White
Release Date:10 February 2005 (Portugal)
Genre:Biography / Drama

Tagline:The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles. A man who fought harder and went farther than anyone thought possible

Quotes:

Ray Charles: I hear like you see. Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance.

Della Bea Robinson: [astonished] I can't hear her.

Ray Charles: You have to listen.

Della Bea Robinson: [closes her eyes, hears the hummingbird] Yes!

Ray Charles: Yeah. Yes, you can... Uh-oh. Did you hear that?

Della Bea Robinson: What?

Ray Charles: Her heart just skipped a beat.

Academy awards:

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing : Scott Millan / Greg Orloff /Bob Beemer / Steve Cantamessa
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role : Jamie Foxx

Academy nominations:

Best Achievement in Costume Design: Sharen Davis
Best Achievement in Directing: Taylor Hackford
Best Achievement in Editing: Paul Hirsch
Best Motion Picture of the Year: Taylor Hackford / Stuart Benjamin /Howard Baldwin

The Queen

A Rainha

Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: Peter Morgan
Release Date:15 September 2006 (Italy)
Genre: Biography

Tagline:Tradition Prepared Her. Change Will Define Her

Quotes:

HM Queen Elizabeth II: Prime Minister.

Tony Blair: Good morning, Majesty. Sorry to disturb, but I was just wondering whether you'd seen any of today's papers?

HM Queen Elizabeth II: We've managed to look at one or two, yes.

Tony Blair: In which case my... next question would be whether you felt some kind of response... [Queen Elizabeth puts Blair on speakerphone]

Tony Blair: ...might be necessary?

Academy awards:

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role : Helen Mirren

Academy nominations:

Best Achievement in Costume Design: Consolata Boyle
Best Achievement in Directingn: Stephen Frears
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: Alexandre Desplat
Best Motion Picture of the Year: Andy Harries /Christine Langan / Tracey Seaward
Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Peter Morgan

Glory

Glória

Director: Edward Zwick
Writers:Robert Gould Shaw (letters) Lincoln Kirstein (book)
Release Date:15 December 1989 (USA)
Genre: Drama / History / War

Tagline:Their innocence. Their heritage. Their lives. Nothing would be spared in the fight for their freedom.

Quotes:

Trip: I ain't fightin' this war for you, sir.

Colonel Robert G. Shaw: I see.

Trip: I mean, what's the point? Ain't nobody gonna win. It's just gonna go on and on.

Colonel Robert G. Shaw: Can't go on forever.

Trip: Yeah, but ain't nobody gonna win, sir.

Academy awards:

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Denzel Washington
Best Cinematography: Freddie Francis
Best Sound: Donald O. Mitchell / Gregg Rudloff /Elliot Tyson /Russell Williams II

Academy nominations:

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration : Norman Garwood / Garrett Lewis
Best Film Editing : Steven Rosenblum

Out of Africa

África minha

Director: Sydney Pollack
Writers: Karen Blixen (books) Judith Thurman
Release Date:18 December 1985 (USA)
Genre:Biography / Drama / Romance


Tagline:Based on a true story.

Quotes:


Karen Blixen: [Voiceover] I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The Equator runs across these highlands, a hundred miles to the north, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six thousand feet. In the day-time you felt that you had got high up; near to the sun, but the early mornings and evenings were limpid and restful, and the nights were cold.

Academy awards:


Best Art Direction-Set Decoration :Stephen B. Grimes / Josie MacAvin
Best Cinematography : David Watkin
Best Director : Sydney Pollack
Best Music, Original Score; John Barry
Best Picture : Sydney Pollack
Best Sound : Chris Jenkins / Gary Alexander / Larry Stensvold / Peter Handford
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium : Kurt Luedtke

Academy nominations:

Best Actor in a Supporting Role : Klaus Maria Brandauer
Best Actress in a Leading Role : Meryl Streep
Best Costume Design : Milena Canonero
Best Film Editing : Fredric Steinkamp / William Steinkamp / Pembroke J. Herring / Sheldon Kahn

Elizabeth

Director : Shekhar Kapur
Writer: Michael Hirst
Release Date: 29 January 1999 (Portugal)
Genre: Biography/ Drama/ History

Tagline:Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25

Quotes:

Sir Robert Dudley : When you are Queen...

Elizabeth: I am not Queen yet!

Sir Robert Dudley: But you will be. Elizabeth, Queen of England. A court to worship you, a country to obey you. Poems written revering your beauty, music composed in your honor, and they will mean nothing to you. I will mean nothing to you.

Academy awards:

Best Makeup: Jenny Shircore

Academy nominations:

Best Actress in a Leading Role : Cate Blanchett
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration : John Myhre / Peter Howitt
Best Cinematography : Remi Adefarasin
Best Costume Design : Alexandra Byrne
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score : David Hirschfelder
Best Picture : Alison Owen / Eric Fellner / Tim Bevan

The Bridges of Madison County

As Pontes de Madison County

Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers :Robert James Waller (novel) / Richard LaGravenese (screenplay)
Release Date:29 September 1995 (Portugal)
Genre: Drama/ Romance

Plot Outline:Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four days in the 1960s

Quotes :

Francesca: Robert, please. You don't understand, no-one does. When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children; in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you're expected move again only you don't remember what moves you because no-one has asked in so long. Not even yourself. You never in your life think that love like this can happen to you.

Robert Kincaid: But now that you have it...

Academy nominations :

Best Actress in a Leading Role : Meryl Streep

Blade Runner

Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Philip K. Dick (novel) /Hampton Fancher (screenplay)
Release Date: 25 June 1982 (USA)
Genre: Action / Drama/ Sci-Fi

Tagline:Man Has Made His Match... Now It's His Problem

Quotes:

Deckard: She's a replicant, isn't she?

Tyrell: I'm impressed. How many questions does it usually take to spot them?

Deckard: I don't get it Tyrell.

Tyrell: How many questions?

Deckard: Twenty, thirty, cross-referenced.

Academy nominations:

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration : Lawrence G. Paull / David L. Snyder / Linda DeScenna
Best Effects, Visual Effects: Douglas Trumbull / Richard Yuricich / David Dryer

Vera Drake

Director: Mike Leigh
Writer: Mike Leigh
Release Date:22 October 2004 (Canada)
Genre: Crime / Drama

Tagline:Wife. Mother. Criminal.

Quotes:

Vera: I know why you're here.

Det. Inspector Webster: I beg your pardon?

Vera: I know why you're here. [pause]

Det. Inspector Webster: Why are we here?

Vera: Because of what I do.

Det. Inspector Webster: Because of what you do?

Vera: Yes.

Det. Inspector Webster: What is it that you do, Mrs Drake? [long pause]

Vera: I help young girls out.

Academy nominations:

Best Achievement in Directing : Mike Leigh
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role : Imelda Staunton
Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Mike Leigh

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fénix


Director: David Yates
Writers: Michael Goldenberg (screenplay) / J.K. Rowling (novel)
Release Date:12 July 2007 (Portugal)
Genre:Adventure/ Family / Fantasy

Tagline:Evil Must Be Confronted.

Quotes:


Hermione Granger: You've done it, Neville! You've found the Room of Requirement!
Ron Weasley: The what?
Hermione Granger: It's also known as the Come and Go Room. The Room of Requirement only appears when a person has real need of it, and is always equipped with the seeker's needs.
Ron Weasley: So, say you really needed a toilet...
Hermione Granger: Charming, Ronald. But yes, that is the general idea.
Harry Potter: It's brilliant! It's like Hogwarts wants us to fight back!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo

Director: Mike Newell
Writers :Steve Kloves (screenplay) / J.K. Rowling(novel)
Release Date:24 November 2005 (Portugal)
Genre: Adventure / Family/ Fantasy

Tagline:"Difficult times lie ahead, Harry"

Quotes:

Cedric Diggory: I realize I never really thanked you properly for tipping me off about those dragons.

Harry: Forget about it. I'm sure you would've done the same for me.

Cedric Diggory: Exactly. You know the Prefects' bathroom on the fifth floor? It's not a bad place for a bath. Just take your egg and... mull things over in the hot water.

Academy nomination:

Best Achievement in Art Direction : Stuart Craig (art director) Stephanie McMillan (set decorator)