Ao Lua Ha Dong (The White Silk Dress) - A Vietnamese Movie

Adding to the series of our international movies, this week we have come up with a Vietnamese movie Ao Lua Ha Dong (English Name: The White Silk Dress).

Following are the details of movie:

RUNNING TIME: 142 min

Director: Huynh Luu

Cast: Trong Anh Ngoc, Nguyen Khanh Quoc

Language: Vietnamese

Subtile: English

Genre: Drama

Awards: Nominated for Oscar

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Xiaohai bu ben( I Not Stupid) - a Singapore movie

Hello Members of GSB,


With the heating up module, here is a way for you to sit back and relax for a while. In continuation with our international movie theme, we have yet another hilarious international (Singapore) movie Xiaohai bu ben( English name: "I Not Stupid") for you.
Following are the details:




RUNNING TIME: 105 min.
Language: Chinese with subtitles in English.
DIRECTOR:Jack Neo.
CAST: Neo, Xiang Yun, Richard Low, Selena Tan, Huang Po Ju, Selena Tan, Shawn Lee.
Genre: Drama/Comedy.
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Ying xiong ( Hero)

Hello Members of GSB,

Thanks a lot for your participation in opinion poll. 84% of people gave a positive response for watching ethnic/international movies.


Inline with the demand, this week we will have an Oscar winning Chinese movie "Ying Xiong" ( English Name: Hero).



RUNNING TIME: 99 min.
Language: Chinese.
DIRECTOR:Yimou Zhang.
CAST: Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Dao Ming.


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Hello Members of GSB,

Considering the demand of most of the active viewers of our movie club, we will come up with movies of different regions, ethnicity, culture and nationality. With this we will leverage the presence of multinational students in our school. These movies will help us understand the culture of various countries and societies along with entertainment.

We will play these movies with English sub-titles, and an explanation of the scene/plot/situation will be made on demand during the movie.

This week we are coming with a 2006 super hit bollywood (hindi) movie, "Rang De Basanti".



RUNNING TIME: 157 min.
Language: Hindi/English
DIRECTOR:Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
CAST: Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Kapoor, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi and Alice Patter.
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movie of the week

Dear GSB members,
Following are the movies of the week:

1. Saving Private Ryan

RUNNING TIME: 170 min.
DIRECTOR:Steven Spielberg
CAST: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon, Edward Burns, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Dennis Farina, Ted Danson, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Paul Giamatti, Joerg Stadler, Max Martini, Dylan Bruno
GENRE: War
SYNOPSIS/PLOT: James Ryan (Damon), who has parachuted into France during the Allied invasion of Europe, has just lost three brothers in combat. Government policy dictates that he should return home lest his family be deprived of all its male offspring. A team of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller (Hanks) and fresh from the beaches of Normandy, is assembled to find and save Private Ryan.

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2. Troy

YEAR: 2004
RUNNING TIME: 163 min.
DIRECTOR: Wolfgang Petersen
CAST: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Brian Cox, Peter O'Toole, Sean Bean, Diane Kruger, Brendan Gleeson, Saffron Burrows, Julie Christie, Rose Byrne, Julian Glover, Garrett Hedlund
OFFICIAL WEB: http://www.troymovie.com/
GENRE: Adventure / Action
SYNOPSIS/PLOT: Throughout time, men have waged war. Some for power, some for glory, some for honor — and some for love. In ancient Greece, the passion of two of history's most legendary lovers, Paris, Prince of Troy (ORLANDO BLOOM) and Helen (DIANE KRUGER), Queen of Sparta, ignites a war that will devastate a civilization. When Paris steals Helen away from her husband, King Menelaus (BRENDAN GLEESON), it is an insult that cannot be suffered. Familial pride dictates that an affront to Menelaus is an affront to his brother Agamemnon (BRIAN COX), powerful King of the Myceneans, who soon unites all the massive tribes of Greece to steal Helen back from Troy in defense of his brother's honor.In truth, Agamemnon's pursuit of honor is corrupted by his overwhelming greed — he needs control of Troy to ensure the supremacy of his already vast empire. The walled city, under the leadership of King Prium (PETER O'TOOLE) and defended by mighty Prince Hector (ERIC BANA), is a citadel that no army has been able to breach. One man alone stands as the key to victory or defeat over Troy — Achilles (BRAD PITT), believed to be the greatest warrior alive.Arrogant, rebellious and seemingly invincible, Achilles has no allegiance to anyone or anything, save his own glory. It is his insatiable hunger for eternal renown that leads him to attack the gates of Troy under Agamemnon's banner — but it will be love that ultimately decides his fate.Two worlds will go to war for honor and power. Thousands will fall in pursuit of glory. And for love, a nation will burn to the ground.

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3. The Terminal

YEAR: 2004
RUNNING TIME: 128 min.
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg
CAST: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna, Eddie Jones OFFICIAL WEB: www.theterminal-themovie.com/
GENRE: Drama / Romance
SYNOPSIS/PLOT: Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), a visitor to New York from Eastern Europe, whose homeland erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to America. Stranded at Kennedy Airport with a passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal's international transit lounge until the war at home is over. As the weeks and months stretch on, Viktor finds the compressed universe of the terminal to be a richly complex world of absurdity, generosity, ambition, amusement, status, serendipity and even romance with a beautiful flight attendant named Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). But Viktor has long worn out his welcome with airport official Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci), who considers him a bureaucratic glitch, a problem he cannot control but wants desperately to erase.During his accidental exile, Viktor encounters and befriends an array of airport employees, some of whom aren't very far removed from their own assimilation to America.

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4. The Pursuit of Happyness

YEAR: 2006
RUNNING TIME:116 min.
DIRECTOR: Gabriele Muccino
CAST:Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith (AKA Jaden Christopher Syre Smith), Dan Castellaneta, Zuhair Haddad
OFFICIAL WEB:http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thepursuitofhappyness/
GENRE:Drama
SYNOPSIS/PLOT:Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a family man struggling to make ends meet. Despite his valiant attempts to help keep the family afloat, the mother (Thandie Newton) of his five-year-old son Christopher (Jaden Christopher Syre Smith) is buckling under the constant strain of financial pressure. No longer able to cope, she reluctantly decides to leave. Chris, now a single father, continues to doggedly pursue a better-paying job using every sales skill he knows. He lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, and although there is no salary, he accepts, hopeful he will end the program with a job and a promising future. Without a financial cushion, Chris and his son are soon evicted from their apartment and forced to sleep in shelters, bus stations, bathrooms or wherever they can find refuge for the night. Despite his troubles, Chris continues to honor his commitment as a loving and caring father, using the affection and trust his son has placed in him as an impetus to overcome the obstacles he faces.

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