Peacock Lament

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Walter Salles

Cast

Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra

Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy shortly before the liberation of the camp.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Frank Beyer

Cast

Erwin Geschonneck, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Fred Delmare

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.

Runtime

2h 12m

Director

Stuart Baird

Cast

Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry

When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes....

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

John Moore

Cast

Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Giovanni Ribisi

Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue. Bill and Curly Sue target Grey, a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo. But there's one problem—Grey's jealous...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

John Hughes

Cast

Jim Belushi, Alisan Porter, Kelly Lynch