Edward Zwick
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Español
Description
"Un ex-mercenario convertido en contrabandista (Leonardo D'Caprio) y un pescador (Djimon Hounsou), en medio de la explosiva guerra civil de 1999 que arrasa Sierra Leona, estos hombres se unen en dos misiones desesperadas: recuperar un raro diamante rosa de inmenso valor y rescatr al hijo del pescador, que fue reclutado como soldado por los brutales fuerzas rebeldes que trazan una franja de tortura y sangre en el hermoso, aunque devastado campo. Dirigida...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. It chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.
6) Defiance
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The deep forests of Poland and Belorussia are the domain of the occupying Germans during World War II. The three Bielski brothers go into the forests to undertake the impossible task of foraging for food, weapons and survival, not just for themselves but for a large mass of Polish Jews fleeing from the German war machine. The brothers, living with the fear of discovery, must contend with neighboring Soviet partisans and deciding whom to trust. They...
Language
English
Formats
Description
A comedy about the greatest love story almost never told. When Will Shakespeare needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola starts the words flowing like never before. There are just two things he'll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else, she's successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will's latest production.
10) Blood diamond
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of civil war in 1990's Sierra Leone, a South African mercenary and a fisherman join forces to recover a rare pink diamond that they believe can transform their lives.
11) The last samurai
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's...