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Joel Silver
Joel Silver (born July 14, 1952) is an American Hollywood film producer, director and co-inventor of the sport of Ultimate.
Silver grew up in South Orange, New Jersey, the son of a writer and a public relations executive. He attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, where he is...
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The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving. It was first released in the U.S. on March 31, 1999,...
Initial release date:
- 1999
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Rating:
Runtime:
- 136 min (81.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 63,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
Executive Decision
Executive Decision is a 1996 action film, directed by Stuart Baird and starring Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, David Suchet, John Leguizamo, and Steven Seagal. The film was released in the United States on March 15, 1996.
Lieutenant Colonel Austin...
Initial release date:
- Mar 15, 1996
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Runtime:
- 134 min (80.4 hs )
Exit Wounds
Exit Wounds is a 2001 action film based on the book of the same name by John Westermann. The film, aside from the title and some of the character's names has no resemblance to the novel. For instance, the book takes place on Long Island, while the...
Initial release date:
- Mar 16, 2001
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 101 min (60.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 33,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
Die Hard
Die Hard is a 1988 action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a...
Initial release date:
- 1988
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Runtime:
- 131 min (78.6 hs )
Hudson Hawk
Hudson Hawk is a 1991 film, directed by Michael Lehmann. Bruce Willis stars in the title role and also co-wrote the story. Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, David Caruso, Lorraine Toussaint, Frank Stallone, Richard E. Grant, and Sandra...
Initial release date:
- May 24, 1991
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 65,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
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The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Reloaded is a 2003 film, the second installment in The Matrix trilogy, written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers. It premiered on May 7, 2003, in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, and went on general release by Warner Bros. in North...
Initial release date:
- May 15, 2003
Rating:
Runtime:
- 138 min (82.8 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 150,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
Conspiracy Theory
Conspiracy Theory is a 1997 American action/paranoid thriller film directed by Richard Donner. The original screenplay by Brian Helgeland centers on an eccentric taxi driver who believes many world events are triggered by government conspiracies....
Initial release date:
- Aug 8, 1997
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Runtime:
- 135 min (81 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 75,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
The Matrix Revolutions
The Matrix Revolutions is a 2003 film and the third and final installment of The Matrix trilogy. The film is a sequel to The Matrix Reloaded. The film was written and directed by the Wachowski brothers and released simultaneously in sixty countries...
Initial release date:
- Nov 5, 2003
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Rating:
Runtime:
- 129 min (77.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 150,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
Predator
Predator is a 1987 science fiction and action film directed by John McTiernan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, and Kevin Peter Hall. The story follows an elite team on a mission to rescue hostages from a guerrilla group...
Initial release date:
- 1987
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 107 min (64.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 18,000,000 (US$)
Commando
Commando is a 1985 American action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film's use of humor in an action film context became a distinctive element in Schwarzenegger's later roles and since its release, the film has gained a cult following....
Initial release date:
- Oct 4, 1985
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Rating:
Runtime:
- 90 min (54 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 10,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon is a 1987 action-comedy film, and the first in the Lethal Weapon series of films, all directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a mismatched pair of LAPD detectives who are hell bent on protecting and...
Initial release date:
- Mar 6, 1987
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 110 min (66 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 15,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
Weird Science
Weird Science is a 1985 teen film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, and Ilan Mitchell-Smith. The film's producer Joel Silver acquired film rights to the pre-Comics Code Authority 1950s EC Comics...
Initial release date:
- Aug 2, 1985
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Rating:
Runtime:
- 94 min (56 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Xanadu
Xanadu is a 1980 musical/romance film directed by Robert Greenwald. It is an unofficial remake of the 1947 film Down to Earth starring Rita Hayworth, as well as an unofficial sequel to the 1944 film Cover Girl in which Gene Kelly plays the same...
Initial release date:
- Aug 8, 1980
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 93 min (56 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 20,000,000 (US$)
The Matrix series
The Matrix series primarily consists of a trilogy of science-fiction-action films written and directed by the Wachowski brothers and produced by Joel Silver. The first film The Matrix was released in March 1999; after its success, two sequels, The...
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Die Hard 2
Die Hard 2, also known as Die Hard 2: Die Harder, is a 1990 action film, and the second installment of the Die Hard series. It was directed by Renny Harlin, and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane. The film co-stars Bonnie Bedelia (reprising her role...
Initial release date:
- Jul 4, 1990
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Rating:
Runtime:
- 124 min (74.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 70,000,000 (US$)
Demolition Man
Demolition Man is a 1993 American dystopian action film directed by Marco Brambilla, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne and Denis Leary.
The film is a story about two men, one an evil crime lord and the...
Initial release date:
- Oct 8, 1993
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Runtime:
- 115 min (69 hs )
Screenplay by:
Predator 2
Predator 2 is a 1990 science fiction/action film starring Danny Glover and Gary Busey. Written by Jim and John Thomas and directed by Stephen Hopkins, the film is a sequel to the successful 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The cast is...
Initial release date:
- Nov 21, 1990
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 108 min (64.8 hs )
Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 action comedy film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Derrick O'Connor and Joss Ackland. It is the first sequel to the 1987 film Lethal Weapon, and it is part of the Lethal Weapon...
Initial release date:
- Jul 7, 1989
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 114 min (68.4 hs )
Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon 3 is a 1992 buddy cop action comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo and Stuart Wilson. It is a sequel to Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2, and it is part of the Lethal...
Initial release date:
- May 15, 1992
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 118 min (70.8 hs )
Lethal Weapon 4
Lethal Weapon 4 is a 1998 buddy cop/martial arts/action-comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock and Jet Li. It is the third sequel in the Lethal Weapon series of films.
In this...
Initial release date:
- Jul 10, 1998
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 127 min (76.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 140,000,000 (US$)
The Last Boy Scout
The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 action film starring Bruce Willis as a former Secret Service agent, now working as a private detective, and Damon Wayans as a retired professional football player. The two join forces to solve the murder of Wayans'...
Initial release date:
- Dec 13, 1991
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Rating:
Runtime:
- 105 min (63 hs )
Gothika
Gothika tells the store of Dr. Miranda Grey (Halle Berry),
a dedicated and successful criminal psychologist who awakens to find herself a
patient in her own mental institution with no memory of the murder she's
apparently committed. She soon learns...
Initial release date:
- Nov 21, 2003
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 98 min (59 hs )
Screenplay by:
Streets of Fire
Streets of Fire is a 1984 film directed by Walter Hill and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. It was described in previews, trailers, and posters as "A Rock & Roll Fable." It is an unusual mix of musical, action, drama, and comedy with elements...
Initial release date:
- Jun 1, 1984
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 93 min (56 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 14,500,000 (US$)
Road House
Road House is a 1989 action film directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze as a bouncer at a seedy roadside bar who protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. The film has gathered a cult following.
James Dalton ...
Initial release date:
- May 19, 1989
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Rating:
Runtime:
- 114 min (68.4 hs )
Cradle 2 the Grave
Cradle 2 the Grave is a 2003 American action film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak featuring martial artist Jet Li and the rapper DMX.
The film opens with an attempted diamond robbery. A group of criminals, Anthony Fait, Daria, Tommy and Miles make...
Initial release date:
- Feb 28, 2003
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 101 min (60.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 25,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
House on Haunted Hill
House on Haunted Hill is a 1999 horror film, directed by William Malone and starring Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter and Jeffrey Combs. It also includes a cameo appearance by Peter Graves. Produced by Robert Zemeckis and Joel...
Initial release date:
- Oct 29, 1999
Runtime:
- 93 min (56 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 19,000,000 (US$)
Fathers' Day
Fathers' Day is a 1997 comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Nastassja Kinski. It is a remake of the 1983 French film Les Compères.
In the film, Collette Andrews (Kinski) gets two...
Initial release date:
- May 9, 1997
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 98 min (59 hs )
Swordfish
Swordfish is a 2001 crime thriller film, directed by Dominic Sena and starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Vinnie Jones.
Stanley Jobson (Jackman) is an elite hacker who infected the FBI's Carnivore program with a potent...
Initial release date:
- Jun 8, 2001
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Runtime:
- 99 min (59 hs )
Produced by:
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Romeo Must Die
Romeo Must Die is a 2000 martial arts film with a Romeo and Juliet theme, directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. It stars Jet Li, Aaliyah, Delroy Lindo, Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, Anthony Anderson, D.B. Woodside, and DMX, and features action and...
Initial release date:
- Mar 22, 2000
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 115 min (69 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 25,000,000 (US$)
Thir13en Ghosts
Thirteen Ghosts (also known as Thir13en Ghosts or 13 Ghosts) is a 2001 horror film directed by Steve Beck. It is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name by William Castle. It follows the remake of another one of Castle's films, House on Haunted...
Initial release date:
- Oct 23, 2001
Rating:
Runtime:
- 91 min (55 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 20,000,000 (US$)
The Warriors
The Warriors is a 1979 cult action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on the 1965 novel by Sol Yurick. Much like the novel, the film borrows certain elements from the Anabasis by Xenophon in telling the story of gang members making a...
Initial release date:
- Feb 9, 1979
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 93 min (56 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 360,000 (US$)
Ghost Ship
Ghost Ship (2002) is a horror film directed by Steve Beck. The fictional ship Antonia Graza featured in the movie is based on a real life Italian ocean liner, the SS Andrea Doria, which sank in 1956 after colliding with the MS Stockholm near...
Initial release date:
- Oct 25, 2002
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 91 min (55 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 35,000,000 (US$)
Richie Rich
Richie Rich (sometimes stylized Ri¢hie Ri¢h) is a 1994 live-action film adaptation of the Harvey Comics comic book character Richie Rich. Directed by Donald Petrie, the film stars Macaulay Culkin as the title character (this would be his final movie...
Initial release date:
- 1994
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Fair Game
Fair Game is a 1995 action film directed by Andrew Sipes. It stars Cindy Crawford as family law attorney Kate McQueen and William Baldwin as Max Kirkpatrick, a Florida police officer. Kirkpatrick ends up on the run to protect McQueen when she is...
Initial release date:
- Nov 3, 1995
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 91 min (55 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 50,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
House of Wax
House of Wax is a 2005 United States horror film, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. It is a very loose remake of the 1953 film of the same name which is a remake of the 1933 film Mystery of the Wax Museum, the 2005 film being reworked into the format...
Initial release date:
- May 6, 2005
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 113 min (67.8 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 40,000,000 (US$)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a 2005 crime/black comedy film, which engages many conventions of the classic film noir genre in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. It is based, in part, on the novel Bodies Are Where You Find Them by Brett Halliday. The cast includes...
Initial release date:
- Nov 11, 2005
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 103 min (61.8 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 15,000,000 (US$)
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta is a 2006 dystopian science fiction-thriller film directed by James McTeigue and produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is an adaptation of the graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan...
Initial release date:
- Mar 17, 2006
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 132 min (79.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 54,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
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The Reaping
The Reaping is an American horror film released on April 5, 2007, and starring Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb and Stephen Rea. The film was directed by Stephen Hopkins for Warner Bros. and Dark Castle Entertainment. The...
Initial release date:
- 2007
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 96 min (58 hs )
Action Jackson
"Action Jackson" is a 1988 action film directed by Craig R. Baxley and starring Carl Weathers, Vanity, Craig T. Nelson, and Sharon Stone. Paula Abdul was the choreographer. The film was released by Lorimar Film Entertainment.
Detroit Police...
Initial release date:
- Feb 12, 1988
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 96 min (58 hs )
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a 1990 American action/comedy film starring comedian Andrew Dice Clay as Ford Fairlane, a private detective whose beat is the music industry in Los Angeles. The film was directed by Renny Harlin.
Although he is...
Initial release date:
- Jul 11, 1990
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 104 min (62.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 49,000,000 (US$)
48 Hrs.
48 Hrs. is a 1982 American action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer. The title refers to the amount of time they have to solve the crime....
Initial release date:
- Dec 8, 1982
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 96 min (58 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 1,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
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The Invasion
The Visiting (originally titled Invasion) is a 2007 film currently in post-production starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. It is directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. Filming took place in Washington, D.C., during Fall 2005, with some scenes also...
Initial release date:
- Nov 2, 2007
Directed by:
Estimated budget:
- 50,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Jumpin' Jack Flash is a 1986 comedy-thriller film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, John Wood, Annie Potts, and Jonathan Pryce. The film was directed by Penny Marshall in her theatrical film directorial debut.
The film was one...
Initial release date:
- 1986
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a superhero film based on the DC Comics character Wonder Woman (the fictional Princess Diana of the Amazon warrior tribe of Greek mythology).
This is the first feature film about the superheroine, which was co-created by William...
Rosewood
Rosewood is a 1997 film, directed by John Singleton. The film stars Ving Rhames as a fictional character who travels to the town of Rosewood, Florida, United States, and becomes a witness to the 1923 Rosewood massacre. The supporting cast includes...
Initial release date:
- Feb 21, 1997
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 140 min (84 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 31,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
Assassins
Assassins is a 1995 action film written by the Wachowski brothers and Brian Helgeland, directed by Richard Donner, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas and Julianne Moore.
Robert Rath (Stallone) is a paid assassin who wants nothing more...
Initial release date:
- Oct 6, 1995
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 132 min (79.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 50,000,000 (US$)
Ricochet
Ricochet is a 1991 crime-thriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, and Lindsay Wagner. The film details a struggle between a Los Angeles attorney (Washington) and a vengeful...
Initial release date:
- Oct 4, 1991
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 109 min (65.4 hs )
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions is a 1985 comedy film starring Richard Pryor and John Candy based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. It is the seventh film based on the story, with a screenplay by Herschel Weingrod & Timothy Harris....
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Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
Return to House on Haunted Hill
Return to House on Haunted Hill, directed by Víctor García, is the 2007 sequel to the 1999 remake of House on Haunted Hill.
A few years after the events of the first film, Sara attempts to contact her sister Ariel Wolfe (Amanda Righetti), the editor...
Initial release date:
- 2007
Fred Claus
Fred Claus is a 2007 Christmas comedy-drama film produced and directed by David Dobkin. The film stars Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti, marking their first time working together.
The movie begins long ago in Middle Age Europe with a woman giving...
Initial release date:
- Nov 9, 2007
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The Invasion
The Invasion is a 2007 science fiction and horror thriller film starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, primarily directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. Warner Bros. Pictures later hired James McTeigue to shoot scenes rewritten by the Wachowski Brothers....
Initial release date:
- Aug 17, 2007
Runtime:
- 99 min (59 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Speed Racer
Speed Racer is a 2008 American live action film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese anime series of the same name. The film is written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers. The film had been in development since 1992, changing writers and directors...
Initial release date:
- May 9, 2008
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Runtime:
- 135 min (81 hs )
Whiteout
Whiteout is a 2009 feature film, based on the 1998 comic book of the same name by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber, and released on September 11, 2009. The film was produced under the banner of Dark Castle Entertainment by Joel Silver and Susan Downey,...
Initial release date:
- Sep 11, 2009
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 96 min (58 hs )
The Brave One
The Brave One is a crime-drama/psychological thriller film released in 2007, directed by Neil Jordan, produced by Joel Silver, and starring Jodie Foster. It was released in the United States on September 14, 2007. The film earned Foster a Golden...
Initial release date:
- Sep 14, 2007
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 122 min (73.2 hs )
RocknRolla
RocknRolla is a 2008 British crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, and starring Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Idris Elba and Tom Wilkinson.
It was filmed in London and released on September 5, 2008 in the United Kingdom, hitting #1 in the...
Initial release date:
- Oct 3, 2008
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 114 min (68.4 hs )
Screenplay by:
Die Hard
The Die Hard series is a tetralogy of action films beginning with Die Hard in 1988. All four films are centered around the character of John McClane (portrayed by Bruce Willis), a New York City detective who finds himself fighting a group of...
Ninja Assassin
Ninja Assassin is a martial arts/action/adventure film directed by James McTeigue and starring Rain. The film was produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers, and filming took place in Berlin, Germany.
Raizo (Rain) is one of the world's...
Initial release date:
- Nov 25, 2009
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Runtime:
- 99 min (59 hs )
Orphan
Orphan is a 2009 American horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard and Isabelle Fuhrman. The film centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a mysterious 9-year old girl. Orphan...
Initial release date:
- Jul 24, 2009
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Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is an upcoming 2009 film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional character of the same name. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin. The screenplay by Michael...
Initial release date:
- Dec 25, 2009
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 139 min (83.4 hs )
The Book of Eli
The Book of Eli is an upcoming post-apocalyptic action film directed by the Hughes brothers and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis. Filming began in New Mexico in February 2009. The film is scheduled to be released on January 15,...
Initial release date:
- Jan 15, 2010
