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!