Cinemax Asia Synopses - Month of May 2009
THE 10 MILLION DOLLAR GETAWAY
The true story of the 1978 heist of a Lufthansa Airlines cargo in New York’s Kennedy Airport in which 10 million dollars was stolen.
Starring: John Mahoney, Karen Young, Tony Lobianco
THE 51ST STATE
Elmo McElroy, an American master chemist, heads to England in the hopes of scoring it big with a new drug he calls “The 51st State.” But things don’t go as planned, and Elmo soon gets stuck in Liverpool dodging assassins and sidestepping skinheads. He is then forced to form an unlikely partnership with small-time hood Felix DeSouza, so as to complete his $20 million drug deal before anyone can kill him off.
Starring: Samuel Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Meatloaf
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Cinemax Asia Synopses - Month of May 2009
3:10 TO YUMA
In this Western classic, a family man and small-time rancher Dan Evans takes the job of escorting murderer Ben Wade to a train bound for prison. Wade doesn’t plan on giving up without a fight and soon the duo engages in a battle of wills while the killer’s gang tries to stop him from reaching the prison.
Starring: Van Heflin, Glenn Ford
ALL THE KING’S MEN
Based on Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, All The King’s Men tells the story of a man’s rise to power in Louisiana’s world of politics. Willie Stark is elected as a governor with the support of the lower social classes. But when Judge Irwin supports a group of Stark’s enemies pushing for impeachment, Stark plays dirty to bring down the judge and ends up setting up his own ultimate downfall.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Sean Penn
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HBO Asia Synopses - Month of May 2009
PAYBACK
They took his money. They took his wife. And they tried to take his life. Now it’s time for payback as one man starts his own personal war against the syndicate in this hard-edged thriller based on the novel The Hunter by Richard
Stark.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Lucy Liu
PHILADELPHIA
Andrew Beckett is an up-and-coming young gay attorney, who has been unjustly fired from the most prestigious law firm in Philadelphia. He fights for justice, for his reputation, and for the right to live his private life with dignity. At a time when the AIDS virus instantly branded its sufferer as an outcast from society, only one man, Joe, a brilliant but homophobic lawyer, is willing to help Beckett in his fight for justice.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Roberta Maxwell
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HBO Asia Synopses - Month of May 2009
30 DAYS OF NIGHT
In an isolated Alaskan town, where complete darkness descends on it for a full month every year, an estranged husband-and-wife sheriff team must rally the townspeople to safety against the rise of a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George
A GIRL LIKE ME: THE GWEN ARAUJO STORY
Along with the typical struggles of being raised by a single mother, Eddie Araujo has always kept a secret that sets him apart from his two siblings. Upon entering high school, Eddie embraces his personal reality as a young woman trapped in a man’s body. Life changes drastically after he starts going by the name Gwen and dresses in women’s clothes. When Gwen starts dating an ex-Marine, tensions mount as disapproval escalates at home and at school. After Gwen is senselessly killed, her mother Sylvia honors her memory by acting as an advocate for all transgendered people.
Starring: Mercedes Ruehl, J.D. Pardo
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