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Across the Universe (2007) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
Across the Universe
director: Julie Taymor actor: Evan Rachel Wood / Jim Sturgess
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.
Flushed Away (2006) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB WikiData
Flushed Away
director: David Bowers / Sam Fell actor: Hugh Jackman / Kate Winslet
other title: Giù per il tubo / Skyllet væk
London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.
The Commitments (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Commitments
director: Alan Parker actor: Robert Arkins / Michael Aherne
other title: Os Commitments / Die Commitments
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
Villain (1971) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Villain
director: Michael Tuchner actor: Richard Burton / Ian McShane
other title: Il mascalzone / Skurken
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
The Touchables (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Touchables
director: Robert Freeman actor: Judy Huxtable / Ester Anderson
other title: Le toccabili / Zwischen Beat und Bett
British rock star with a love-'em-and-leave-'em reputation. The tables are turned when four cute young girls kidnap the singer. After several days of sex and degradation, the poor fellow is rescued by his friends.