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Aviation

Aviation

Aviation is the activity involving man-made air-borne flying devices (aircraft), including the people, organizations, and regulatory bodies involved with them. Many cultures have built devices that travel through the air, from the earliest projectiles such as stones and spears, to more...
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (commonly known as Dr. Strangelove) is a 1964 American/British black comedy film directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, and featuring Sterling...
x Initial release date:
1964
x Directed by:
Stanley Kubrick
x Tagline:
The hot-line suspense comedy.
Fearless

Fearless

Fearless is a 1993 film directed by Peter Weir and written by Rafael Yglesias from his novel of the same name. It was shot entirely in California. Rosie Perez was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carla...
x Initial release date:
Oct 15, 1993
x Directed by:
Peter Weir
x Tagline:
The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is an American drama film about three servicemen trying to piece their lives back together after coming home from World War II. Samuel Goldwyn was motivated to produce the film after his wife Frances read an August...
x Initial release date:
1946
x Directed by:
William Wyler
x Tagline:
Three wonderful loves in the best picture of the year!,
Filled with all the love and warmth and joy. . .the human heart can hold!,
Samuel Goldwyn's greatest production
Airplane!

Airplane!

Airplane! is an American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges,...
x Initial release date:
1980
x Directed by:
Jim Abrahams,
David Zucker,
Jerry Zucker
x Tagline:
Thank God It's Only a Motion Picture!,
What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?
Independence Day

Independence Day

Independence Day (also known by its promotional abbreviation ID4) is a 1996 science fiction film about a hostile alien invasion of Earth, focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they coincidentally converge in the Nevada desert...
x Initial release date:
1996
x Directed by:
Roland Emmerich
x Tagline:
EARTH - Take a good look. It could be your last.,
The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.,
Don't make plans for August.,
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora! is a 1970 American-Japanese film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, to the extent these facts were known at the time of production. The commanders in Hawaii, General Short and Admiral Kimmel, though scapegoated...
x Initial release date:
1970
x Directed by:
Richard Fleischer,
Kinji Fukasaku,
Toshio Masuda
x Tagline:
The most spectacular film ever made.,
The incredible attack on Pearl Harbor as told from both the American and Japanese sides.
Wings

Wings

Wings (1927) is a silent movie about World War I fighter pilots, directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount Pictures. It was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (production) and the only silent film ever to win...
x Initial release date:
Aug 12, 1927
x Directed by:
William A. Wellman
x Tagline:
The Drama of the Skies.,
The war in the air from both sides of the lines.
Here Comes the Navy

Here Comes the Navy

Here Comes the Navy is a 1934 romantic comedy starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Gloria Stuart. It was written by Earl Baldwin and Ben Markson, and was directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Of...
x Initial release date:
Jul 21, 1934
x Directed by:
Lloyd Bacon
x Tagline:
Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon is a 1937 American drama/fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same title by James Hilton. The film exceeded its original budget by more than $776,000, and it took five...
x Initial release date:
Mar 2, 1937
x Directed by:
Frank Capra
x Tagline:
Test Pilot

Test Pilot

Test Pilot Is a 1938 film directed by Victor Fleming and featuring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, and Lionel Barrymore. It tells the story of a daredevil test pilot, his wife and his best friend. Test Pilot was written by Howard Hawks,...
x Initial release date:
1938
x Directed by:
Victor Fleming
x Tagline:
They're yours... in a heart-walloping love story!
Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home is a 1996 film, directed by Carroll Ballard, about the daughter (Anna Paquin) of a widower (Jeff Daniels) who, with her father, leads a flock of Canada geese from Canada to a wildlife refuge in the US. The film was loosely based on the...
x Initial release date:
Sep 13, 1996
x Directed by:
Carroll Ballard
x Tagline:
A family of orphaned geese who lost their way. A 14 year old kid who will lead them home. To achieve the incredible, you have to attempt the impossible.
Executive Decision

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...
x Initial release date:
Mar 15, 1996
x Directed by:
Stuart Baird
x Tagline:
Five miles above the earth , an elite team of six men must make an air to air transfer, in order to save 400 lives on board a 747... and 40 million below.,
Fasten your seat belts.
Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command is a 1955 American film starring James Stewart and June Allyson, and directed by Anthony Mann. Released by Paramount Pictures, it was the first of four films that depicted the role of the Strategic Air Command in the Cold War...
x Initial release date:
Mar 25, 1955
x Directed by:
Anthony Mann
x Tagline:
Plane Crazy

Plane Crazy

Plane Crazy (first released on May 15, 1928) is an animated cartoon, and is the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to be released. A soundtrack by Carl W. Stalling was added to the cartoon on December 29, 1928. The short was co-directed by Walt Disney and...
x Initial release date:
May 15, 1928
x Directed by:
Walt Disney,
Ub Iwerks
x Tagline:

To Fly!

To Fly! is a documentary film and the first ever to be shot in the IMAX format. It follows the history of flight, from the first hot air balloons in the 19th century to 20th century manned space missions. It was created for performance at the...
x Initial release date:
1976
x Directed by:
x Tagline:
Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High is a 1949 war film about aircrews in the United States Army's Eighth Air Force who flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Germany and occupied France during the early days of American involvement in World War II. The film...
x Initial release date:
1949
x Directed by:
Henry King
x Tagline:
A story of twelve men as their women never knew them...
Saludos Amigos

Saludos Amigos

Saludos Amigos (Hello, friends in English, Alô, Amigos in Portuguese) is a 1942 animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. It is the 6th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated...
x Initial release date:
Aug 1942
x Directed by:
Norman Ferguson,
Jack Kinney,
Hamilton Luske,
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x Tagline:
Wake Island

Wake Island

Wake Island is a 1942 film which tells the story of the United States military garrison on Wake Island and the onslaught by the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The movie was written by W.R. Burnett and Frank Butler, and directed by...
x Initial release date:
1942
x Directed by:
John Farrow
x Tagline:
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ, Kaze no Tani no Naushika) is a 1984 post-apocalyptic Japanese animated film, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his manga of the same name. The film has environmentalist undertones and was...
x Initial release date:
Mar 4, 1984
x Directed by:
Hayao Miyazaki
x Tagline:
Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is a 2001 war film directed by Michael Bay. It features a large ensemble cast, including Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Colm Feore, Mako, Tom Sizemore, Jaime King,...
x Initial release date:
2001
x Directed by:
Michael Bay
x Tagline:
It was the end of innocence, and the dawn of a nation's greatest glory.,
It takes a moment to change history. It takes love to change lives.,
December 7, 1941 - It Was A Sunday Morning...,
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Airport

Airport

Airport is a 1970 film based on the 1968 Arthur Hailey novel of the same name. This film, which earned over $100,000,000 at the box office at a time when achieving that milestone was rare, focuses on an airport manager trying to keep his airport...
x Initial release date:
1970
x Directed by:
George Seaton
x Tagline:
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise

Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise

Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (王立宇宙軍 オネアミスの翼, Ōritsu Uchūgun: Oneamisu no Tsubasa) is the first feature-length anime movie produced by Gainax in 1987. It is directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga. The movie would ultimately be a critically...
x Initial release date:
Mar 14, 1987
x Directed by:
x Tagline:
Things to Come

Things to Come

Things to Come (1936) is a British science fiction film produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies. The screenplay was written by H. G. Wells and is a loose adaptation of his own 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come and...
x Initial release date:
1936
x Directed by:
William Cameron Menzies
x Tagline:
What will the next hundred years bring to mankind?
The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff is a 1983 American film adaptation of Tom Wolfe's 1979 book The Right Stuff about the test pilots who were involved in high-speed aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base as well as those selected to be astronauts for Project...
x Initial release date:
1983
x Directed by:
Philip Kaufman
x Tagline:
How the future began.
Fail-Safe

Fail-Safe

Fail-Safe is a 1964 film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. It tells the story of a fictional Cold War nuclear crisis, and the US President's attempt to end it. The film takes...
x Initial release date:
1964
x Directed by:
Sidney Lumet
x Tagline:
'Fail-Safe' will have you sitting on the brink of eternity!
Apollo 13

Apollo 13

Apollo 13 is a 1995 film that dramatized the ill-fated lunar mission of the same name in 1970. The movie was adapted by William Broyles, Jr. and Al Reinert from the book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, and was directed by Ron Howard. It...
x Initial release date:
Jun 30, 1995
x Directed by:
Ron Howard
x Tagline:
Houston, we have a problem
Boeing Boeing

Boeing Boeing

Boeing (707) Boeing (707) (alternately titled Boeing Boeing) is a 1965 comedy film, based on the 1960 French farce Boeing-Boeing, and starring Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis. It was released on December 22, 1965 by Paramount Pictures. Bernard Lawrence ...
x Initial release date:
Dec 22, 1965
x Directed by:
x Tagline:
Laputa: Castle in the Sky

Laputa: Castle in the Sky

Laputa: Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ, Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta) (re-titled Castle in the Sky for release in the United States) is a 1986 film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is the first film created and released by Studio Ghibli, although...
x Initial release date:
1986
x Directed by:
Hayao Miyazaki
x Tagline:
Iron Eagle

Iron Eagle

Iron Eagle is a 1986 action film. The films stars Jason Gedrick and Academy Award winner Louis Gossett, Jr. as Col. Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair and features the hit songs "One Vision" (by Queen) and "We're Not Gonna Take It" (by Twisted Sister) as...
x Initial release date:
Jan 17, 1986
x Directed by:
Sidney J. Furie
x Tagline:
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to simply as Captain Scarlet, is a British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions Television company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill. It was...
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x Directed by:
x Tagline:
The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters is a 1955 British war film, set during the Second World War, and based on the true story of the RAF's 617 Squadron, the development of the "bouncing bomb", and Operation Chastise, the attack on the Ruhr dams in Germany. It stars...
x Initial release date:
1954
x Directed by:
Michael Anderson
x Tagline:
Porco Rosso

Porco Rosso

Porco Rosso, known in Japan as Crimson Pig​ (紅の豚, Kurenai no Buta) is the sixth anime film by Hayao Miyazaki, released in 1992, about an Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates" in the Adriatic...
x Initial release date:
Jul 18, 1992
x Directed by:
Hayao Miyazaki
x Tagline:
Top Gun

Top Gun

Top Gun is a 1986 movie that was directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with the Paramount Pictures company. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., and was it inspired by the...
x Initial release date:
1986
x Directed by:
Tony Scott
x Tagline:
Up there with the best of the best.
With a Song in My Heart

With a Song in My Heart

With a Song in My Heart is a 1952 biographical film which tells the story of actress and singer Jane Froman, who was crippled by an airplane crash on February 22, 1943, when the Boeing 314 Pan American Clipper flying boat she was on suffered a crash...
x Initial release date:
1952
x Directed by:
Walter Lang
x Tagline:
The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown is a 1980 science fiction film about a modern aircraft carrier that travels through time to just before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. It was directed by Don Taylor, and stars Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, James Farentino and...
x Initial release date:
Aug 1, 1980
x Directed by:
Don Taylor,
Don Taylor
x Tagline:
Final Destination

Final Destination

Final Destination is a 2000 supernatural thriller, about a group of teenagers who cheat death by avoiding a plane crash when one of them, Alex, has a premonition of their deaths. Soon after their escape, they begin dying one-by-one in mysterious...
x Initial release date:
Mar 17, 2000
x Directed by:
James Wong
x Tagline:
You can't cheat death,
I'll see you soon.,
Death is coming.,
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Air Force One

Air Force One

Air Force One is a 1997 action thriller film, written by Andrew W. Marlowe and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, director of In the Line of Fire. It stars Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, and Glenn Close, and also features Wendy Crewson, Xander Berkeley,...
x Initial release date:
Jul 25, 1997
x Directed by:
Wolfgang Petersen
x Tagline:
Impenetrable. Invincible. In Trouble.,
The fate of a nation rests on the courage of one man.,
Harrison Ford is the President of the United States.
Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain is a 1969 film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz. The film broadly relates the events of the Battle of Britain. The script by James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex was based on the book...
x Initial release date:
1969
x Directed by:
Guy Hamilton
x Tagline:
Chicken Run

Chicken Run

Chicken Run is a 2000 stop-motion animation British film made by the Aardman Animations studios, the production studio of the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit films. The Tweedys run a failing chicken farm in Yorkshire, England, the chickens...
x Initial release date:
Jun 23, 2000
x Directed by:
Peter Lord,
Nick Park
x Tagline:
This Ain't No Chick Flick!,
Escape or Die Frying.,
There's Nothing More Determined Than Poultry With A Plan.,
more ▼
Macross Plus

Macross Plus

Macross Plus (マクロスプラス, Makurosu Purasu) is a four-episode anime OVA and theatrical movie in the Macross series. It was the first sequel to the original Macross television series that took place in the official timeline (Macross II was quickly...
x Initial release date:
Aug 27, 1995
x Directed by:
Shinichiro Watanabe
x Tagline:
Six Days Seven Nights

Six Days Seven Nights

Six Days Seven Nights is a 1998 romantic comedy film interspersed with elements of the adventure film. The screenplay was written by Alan Miller. The movie, filmed on location in Kauai, is directed by Ivan Reitman. It stars Harrison Ford, Anne Heche...
x Initial release date:
1998
x Directed by:
Ivan Reitman
x Tagline:
After this week in paradise, they're going to need a vacation.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is an American biographical musical comedy, released in 1939 and directed by H.C. Potter. The film stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, and Walter Brennan. The movie is based on the stories My...
x Initial release date:
Mar 29, 1939
x Directed by:
H. C. Potter
x Tagline:
Die Hard 2

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...
x Initial release date:
Jul 4, 1990
x Directed by:
Renny Harlin
x Tagline:
They say lightning never strikes twice... They were wrong.,
Die Harder.,
John McClane is back in the wrong place at the wrong time!
Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon is a 1973 musical film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, George Kennedy, Olivia Hussey, James Shigeta and Charles Boyer. The film is a remake of...
x Initial release date:
1973
x Directed by:
Charles Jarrott
x Tagline:
Kiki's Delivery Service

Kiki's Delivery Service

Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便, Majo no Takkyūbin, translated "Witch's Delivery Service") is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film produced, written, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and the fifth Studio Ghibli anime film. It was the fourth...
x Initial release date:
Jul 29, 1989
x Directed by:
Hayao Miyazaki
x Tagline:
Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow is a 1996 American action film directed by John Woo, written by Graham Yost, and starring John Travolta and Christian Slater. The original music score was composed by Hans Zimmer, and features the legendary guitarist, Duane Eddy. It...
x Initial release date:
Feb 9, 1996
x Directed by:
John Woo
x Tagline:
Octopussy

Octopussy

Octopussy (1983) is the thirteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the sixth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's title is taken from Ian Fleming's 1966 short story "Octopussy". However, the film's story is...
x Initial release date:
1983
x Directed by:
John Glen
x Tagline:
James Bond's all time high.,
Nobody does him better,
Nobody does it better...thirteen times.
A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death (1946) is a romantic fantasy film set in the Second World War by the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It was originally released in U.S. under the title Stairway to Heaven,...
x Initial release date:
1946
x Directed by:
Michael Powell,
Emeric Pressburger
x Tagline:
The Greatest Adventure a Man Ever Lived!
Con Air

Con Air

Con Air is a 1997 American action/thriller film by Touchstone Pictures that stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich. It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of Crimson Tide and The Rock, and directed by Simon West. The film borrows...
x Initial release date:
1997
x Directed by:
Simon West
x Tagline:
Buckle Up!,
"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by observing its prisoners." - Fyodor Dostoevsky.,
They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings.
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin. Based on an original screenplay titled Flying Crazy, the story is set in 1910, when Lord...
x Initial release date:
1965
x Directed by:
Ken Annakin
x Tagline:

Flight

Flight was an early film by Frank Capra.
x Initial release date:
x Directed by:
Frank Capra
x Tagline:
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a 2004 American pulp adventure science fiction film written and directed by Kerry Conran in his directorial debut. The film is set in an alternative 1939 and follows the adventures of Polly Perkins (Gwyneth...
x Initial release date:
Sep 17, 2004
x Directed by:
Kerry Conran
x Tagline:
The Bridges at Toko-Ri

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

The Bridges at Toko-Ri is a 1954 film based on a novel by James Michener about a naval aviator assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War. It was made into a motion picture by Paramount Pictures and won the Special...
x Initial release date:
1953
x Directed by:
Mark Robson
x Tagline:
The Hindenburg

The Hindenburg

The Hindenburg (1975) is a movie based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. The film was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson and William Link based on the book of the same name by...
x Initial release date:
Dec 25, 1975
x Directed by:
Robert Wise
x Tagline:
Alive

Alive

Alive is a 1993 film by the husband and wife team, director Frank Marshall and producer Kathleen Kennedy. It is based upon Piers Paul Read's acclaimed 1974 book, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (which itself was based upon interviews with...
x Initial release date:
1993
x Directed by:
Frank Marshall
x Tagline:
Soul Plane

Soul Plane

Soul Plane is a comedy motion picture from MGM, released in the United States on May 28, 2004 (see 2004 in film). The film stars Kevin Hart, Method Man, Tom Arnold, D.L. Hughley, Mo'Nique, K.D. Aubert, Godfrey, and Snoop Dogg. After Nashawn Wade ...
x Initial release date:
May 28, 2004
x Directed by:
Jessy Terrero
x Tagline:
The Wings of Eagles

The Wings of Eagles

The Wings of Eagles is a 1957 film about Frank "Spig" Wead and US Naval Aviation from its inception through World War II. The film is a tribute to Wead from his friend, director John Ford. John Wayne plays naval aviator-turned-screenwriter Wead who...
x Initial release date:
1957
x Directed by:
John Ford
x Tagline:
Firefox

Firefox

Firefox is a 1982 action film produced and directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood. It was based on a 1977 novel with the same name by Craig Thomas. Russian filming locations were not possible due to the Cold War, and the producers selected Vienna...
x Initial release date:
Jun 18, 1982
x Directed by:
Clint Eastwood
x Tagline:
His job...Steal it.
Flying Padre

Flying Padre

Flying Padre is a 1951 short subject black-and-white documentary film, which is notable as the second picture directed by Stanley Kubrick, after Day of the Fight. The film is nine minutes long. The subject of Flying Padre is a Catholic priest in...
x Initial release date:
1951
x Directed by:
Stanley Kubrick
x Tagline:
Behind Enemy Lines

Behind Enemy Lines

Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 thriller/war film, directed by John Moore, and starring Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson. Its fictional plot is centered on the story of uncovering a massacre in the Bosnian War of 1992–1995 by an American naval aviator. USN...
x Initial release date:
2001
x Directed by:
John Moore
x Tagline:
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