Proof

Starring:Hugo Weaving, GeneviÃ¨ve Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell, Jeffrey Walker (II), Daniel Pollock, Frankie J. Holden, Frank Gallacher, Saskia Post, Belinda Davey, Cliff Ellen, Tania Uren, Robert James O'Neill, Anthony Rawling, Darko Tuscan, Adele Danielle, Roy Edmunds, Lisa Chambers, Suzanne Chapman, Angela Campbell
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Studio: New Line Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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When someone in Proof of Life says "Don't leave me hanging," you can bet they're going to be left hanging. That's what happens when Alice Bowman (Meg Ryan) learns that her husband Peter (David Morse) has been kidnapped by rebels in the (fictional) Latin American country of Tecala. He's building a corporate-funded dam there, and that makes him a fine target for kidnap by the rebels, who barter with the lives of well-insured executives. Enter Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe), former soldier-turned-"K&R" (kidnap and ransom) negotiator for a global firm that collects a commission for rescued hostages. With no guarantee of payment, Thorne takes the job out of moral obligation (and a yearning for would-be widow Alice).

There's little room for delicacy in Tony Gilroy's screenplay, adapted from an article by William Prochnau and the book Long Road to Freedom by kidnapping survivor Thomas Hargrove. A hint of romance between Crowe and Ryan (who enjoyed plenty of it off-screen) adds tension as the story shifts back and forth to Morse's captivity, but it also threatens to cast Alice in an unsympathetic light. Avoiding that pitfall, director Taylor Hackford crafts the plot as a latter-day Casablanca that unfolds on a grander canvas (at stunning locations in Ecuador) while favoring an exciting rescue-mission climax over the tragedy of an ill-timed affair. It might have worked better as a straightforward macho action flick (with David Caruso doing lively work as Crowe's gung-ho K&R cohort), but Proof of Life effectively conveys the two-sided torment of a hostage crisis, while Morse holds it all together as the character to root for. --Jeff Shannon

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Their lives are on the line. Their hearts are out on a limb. The wife of a kidnap victim and the hostage negotiator working with her navigate a brutal world of terrorism that values money over life - and find their tasks complicated by the growing awareness that they're attracted to each other.

Customer Reviews:

Proof that editors add value.......2007-06-04

If there was ever an argument for a good editor, this movie is it. The key elements of a great story are there. The characters are there. The lush visuals and outstanding photography are there. In fact, I find myself using the Chapter Select option more on this movie than any other in a collection of 400+ to jump to the action sequences, which are outstanding, or just to watch the sweeping photography of the cityscape and slums of latin america, fading into the jungles and mountains over which the final credits play.

What the movie needed more than anything was a hard-handed edit to chop out the extraneous garbage about Peter and Alice's backstory. We really didn't need to know (or care) about their marital conflict or any of the backstory about Africa or their lost child. These are not integral to the core plot: guerillas kidnap Peter, and Alice needs to learn a lot about the kidnap and ransom business and raise a substantial sum of money in a very short period of time. She also needs to learn who she can trust and how to get things done in the local culture. Meanwhile, Peter is learning how to avoid his captors' ire, and trying to cope with his fear and isolation as he is led farther and farther away from the civilization he has always known into the depths of the mountains and jungles. These are interesting issues and could have easily carried the film by themselves without all of the domestic filler, which proves to be a huge distraction.

If such a director's cut could be created, it would make this movie a five-star movie and I'd shell out the cash on the release date without a second thought. Unfortunately, due to the stigma associated with the release and lack of commercial success, that seems highly unlikely. The movie also cries out for a sequal with Caruso and Crowe's characters carrying out further K&R negotiations and rescues, but, again, that possibility seems remote.

Action, Ideas, and Doing the Right Thing.......2007-03-18

Terry Thorne (Russel Crowe), a kidnap and ransom negotiator for an insurance company, is sent to the country of Tecala in South America to negotiate the release of engineer Peter Bowman (David Morse). The insurance is canceled, as well as the negotiation, but Peter's wife Alice (Meg Ryan) asks Terry to help and they both have to cope with their growing attraction as they work together.

Taylor Hackford's film is doubly courageous and unique:

First, it addresses the idea of private rescue, both business and personal, in an age when most people look to the state for protection from criminals. Proof of Life not only illustrates the business aspect of private rescue (through an insurance company), but the idea that personal action of rescue can come from the the heart. Some reviewers try to include the state as a player by mentioning that the kidnapers are antigovernment and that Thorne once worked for a government.

Second, the movie illustrates doing the right thing (though perhaps after stepping over the line depending on how the viewer interprets one scene).

This is rated R and the foul language and profanity are very bad. The language issue makes it hard to share the movie with others. I considered dropping a star, but because of the above two points did not.

Action and ideas in a very good movie.

Proof of my best movies.......2005-12-26

Indeed this movie may seem like a common action-drama-love story but not really watch it attentively and you'll get what i mean. It gives you the message of professional and moral responsibility over a situation that is confusing whether to abandon your job or fulfill it. In this matter russell is divided with his affection towards his client's wife and the duty to save him. Great sequencing of events every part is juicy. the rescue in the end is classic special forces operations. the saddest moment was when meg drives away with her rescued husband and russell cant take off his eyes from the vehicle. Great movie indeed!

No Proof Required, This Movie's Got Life!.......2005-10-24

I like Russell Crowe and David Morse so when they are together in a movie of course I have to buy it. I probably would have given this five stars if I had reviewed it last year but I've watched it like twelve times so the absolute wonderfulness has worn off a bit. Definitely a fun movie to watch.

A very under-rated film!.......2005-08-16

I hate when a film fails in the box office due to off screen antics versus actually sucking. It still baffles me that 'Dukes of Hazzard' can overtake 'Cinderella Man' in the box office, all because Russell Crowe has a temper. WHO CARES!!! Cinderella Man was and is a far better movie. Now this brings me to 'Proof of Life' which failed in the box office mostly due to the offscreen affair between Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe. Now rumers circulated that it was Russell Crowe who ended the marriage of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan, although Ryan claims that their marriage was already on shakey grounds. Again, WHO CARES!!! This movie is still a great movie, a great plot and some equally impressive acting. WHile not Crowes best performance he still puts his heart and soul into Terry, a H&R negotiator (Kidnap and Ransom)...anyways...the story is like this. Alice (Ryan) and Peter have a rocky marriage. They are at ends with each other because Peter is to involved in his work that he neglects his wife. he's never around and when he is he's always preoccupied with getting his dam built. That is all until he is kidnapped and held ransom by a group of terrorists in South America. That is where Terry comes into play. He is sent to help negotiate Peters safe return. There are a few plot twists and it ends up that Terry is doing this mission seperate from his company (kinda probono). The movie realy revolves around the emotions of the charactors. You know, I feel it's unfair to feel that Meg Ryans charactor is unsympatetic because of the assumed affair between Alice and Terry. As the beginning of the film helped us see, her husband didn't pay any attention to her, and that is one of the main reasons that women leave their husbands in the first place, not because they don't love their husbands but because they don't feel their husbands love them and find that love in the eyes of a strager who gives them attention. Like Terry did, just by asking the name of her dead daughter, like she says "no ones ever asked me that before". I thought that this movie was very well done, and is worth a watch even if you aren't pleased with the off screen lives of the actors, it doesn't change the fact that they deliver above par on screen. The only, and I mean only, reason that I did not give this movie 5 stars is the fact that it is all to common to rate a movie R for no apparent reason. This movie has very little violence and NO sex (although a sex scene between Crowe and Ryan would have been welcome) and the only reason for an R rating is the unnessisary F-Word use...if only these words were ommited then my children could watch this great film!

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Inspiring True Story
glad I bought it
Good and Simple
Amazing True Story That Is A Bit Too Simplistic In Its Character Development
A difficult, but inspiring film

Rabbit-Proof Fence
Starring: Jason Clarke , David Gulpilil , Ken Radley , Kenneth Branagh , and Garry McDonald
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ASIN: B00005JLD4
Release Date: 2003-04-15

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Based on a true story, Rabbit-Proof Fence moves with dignified grace from its joyful opening scenes to a conclusion that's moving beyond words. The title refers to a 1,500-mile fence separating outback desert from the farmlands of Western Australia. It is here, in 1931, that three aboriginal girls are separated from their mothers and transported to a distant training school, where they are prepared for assimilation into white society by a racist government policy. Gracie, Daisy, and Molly belong to Australia's "stolen generations," and this riveting film (based on the book by Molly's daughter, Doris Pilkington Garimara) follows their escape and tenacious journey homeward, while a stubborn policy enforcer (Kenneth Branagh) demands their recapture. Director Phillip Noyce chronicles their ordeal with gentle compassion, guiding his untrained, aboriginal child actors with a keen eye for meaningful expressions. Their performances evoke powerful emotions (subtly enhanced by Peter Gabriel's excellent score), illuminating a shameful chapter of Australian history while conveying our universal need for a true and proper home. --Jeff Shannon

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RABBIT-PROOF Fence -- featuring the Golden Globe-nominated score by Peter Gabriel -- is a powerful true story of hope and survival and has been met with international acclaim! At a time when it was Australian government policy to train aboriginal children as domestic workers and integrate them into white society, young Molly Craig decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp. Molly and the girls, part of what would become known as Australia's "Stolen Generations," must then elude the authorities on a dangerous 1,500-mile adventure along the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the continent and will lead them home. As shown by this outstanding motion picture, their universally touching plight and unparalleled courage are a beautiful testament to the undying strength of the human spirit!

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Inspiring True Story.......2007-06-05

Between 1905 and 1971 the Australian government had enacted a policy of forcibly removed all half-caste Aboriginal children to special training schools. The grown daughter of Molly wrote a book about her mother's experiences and this movie is an adaptation of that true story.

In 1931, Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy, were three half-caste children from Western Australia who were taken from their parents under government edict and sent to an institution, were taught to forget their families, their culture, and re-invent themselves as members of "white" Australian society. The three girls begin an epic journey back to Western Australia, traveling 1,500 miles on foot with no food or water, and navigating by following the fence that has been build across the nation to stem an over-population of rabbits.

Though the movie shows that the government's officer in charge had essentially good intentions. That these actions brought about by this policy were misguided and ultimately very destructive to Australia's Aborigine people and to the nation's moral fabric. This story of hope and survival will give you faith in the undying strength of the human spirit. Well worth watching.

glad I bought it.......2007-05-15

After reading the book I wanted to see if the essence of the story would be uphelt in the movie and I wasn't disappointed. In fact I felt it helped me understand the enormity of what these girls accomplished!

Good and Simple.......2007-04-26

Can't add much to what Chris Luallen said about a good morality story with simplistic characters. I loved the movie nonetheless because of the journey these 3 young girls make across 1500 miles, much of which is desert. I do wish like Chris, that they had gone into more depth of their characters. Not to mention some depth into any of the characters. Not even the school master, the tracker, the people that help them along their sojourn, or any other character with any time on screen. We never feel we really know any of them. Still a great story about how between 1905 and 1970 the Austrailian government took half cast children and made orphans of them. I recommend it as a rental, but you may find it doesn't have much replayability because of the lack of character development.

Amazing True Story That Is A Bit Too Simplistic In Its Character Development.......2007-04-13

This movie tells the story of three aborginal children who were kidnapped from their mother and taken to a faraway school in order to be indoctrinated into white Australian culture. This was the policy of the Australian government towards "half-caste" children, meaning those born with one parent who was white and one who was aborginal. In some ways it was similar to how the United States built schools intended to assimilate American Indians into mainstream white society.

The rest of the movie depicts how the three kids escape and then, with tremendous bravery and determination, make a 1,500 mile journey on foot to home. It's an extraordinary story that covers an important aspect of Australian history that remains unknown to many people. So, on that level, I enjoyed the movie.

But what keeps it from reaching the highest level of cinema is that the movie is basically a simplistic "morality tale" with very little nuance or subtly. Of course, the three girls are inherently heroic. But I would have preferred that the rest of the cast were portrayed with greater depth and a wider diversity of perspectives. Instead almost all the white Australians are depicted as simplistic villans, with a few bad "sell-out" aborigines thrown in for good measure.

History teaches us that the interaction of cultures involves a complex dynamic with a wide diversity of personalities and both sides generally attempting to do what is in their own self-interest. This holds true even when one side is clearly more powerful and therefore able to generally dominate and victimize the other, as was the case between whites and aborigines in Australia.

I still consider this a movie worth seeing. But I do wish the movie had a bit more depth to it, particularly in terms of character development.

A difficult, but inspiring film.......2007-03-25

I recently watched this film again when we showed it to a group of fifth and sixth graders who will be visiting Australia this summer. The actions and attitudes expressed by the Australians in the film mirror those by some in the U.S. toward our American Indian tribes. The removal of half-caste aboriginal children from their families only ceased in 1970.

The acting by the children is unforced and excellent. Kenneth Branagh takes on and succeeds in a difficult role.

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Escape from Alcatraz
Eastwood gives his best screen acting to date...
Excellent movie
Must have
a classic

Escape From Alcatraz
Starring: Clint Eastwood , Patrick McGoohan , Roberts Blossom , Jack Thibeau , and Fred Ward
Director: Don Siegel
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One of Clint Eastwood's two most important filmmaking mentors was Don Siegel (the other was Sergio Leone), who directed Eastwood in Dirty Harry, Coogan's Bluff, Two Mules for Sister Sara, and this enigmatic, 1979 drama based on a true story about an escape from the island prison of Alcatraz. Eastwood plays a new convict who enters into a kind of mind game with the chilly warden (Patrick McGoohan) and organizes a break leading into the treacherous waters off San Francisco. As jailbird movies go, this isn't just a grotty, unpleasant experience but a character-driven work with some haunting twists. --Tom Keogh

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Escape from Alcatraz.......2007-07-03

Based on a true story about the men whose 1962 escape from the San Francisco maximum-security penitentiary ushered in its demise, this thrilling prison-break tale by "Dirty Harry" director Siegel has all the elements of a great action film. And Eastwood, laconic as ever, is captivating as the brains behind the plan. His scenes with McGoohan, though brief, are thick with psychological tension. Though "Alcatraz" takes its time building to the climactic bust-out attempt by Morris's team, Siegel never lets your nerves rest.

Eastwood gives his best screen acting to date..........2006-12-28

In the 29 years of Alcatraz's existence, and despite the strict measures, 39 captives tried to escape from America's premier maximum-security prison during its existence... Thirty six of whom failed... This script is about the other three, of whom nothing is known... They may have drowned in San Francisco Bay, or they may have got away...

Morris (Clint Eastwood) was a loner, a rebel against society, the perfect hero that Siegel loves... Lee Marvin in 'The Killers', Steve McQueen in 'Hell is for Heroes', and Richard Widmark in 'Madigan' were all similar types in films which he had directed..

In 'Escape From Alcatraz,' Eastwood gives his best screen acting to date... It is a charismatic performance that is so idiosyncratic, persuasive, and powerful... Eastwood, gave Morris the rough, intelligent aspect that is immediately palpable...

The first few minutes of the film consist of Morris being brought by boat to Alcatraz, inspected by a doctor and thrown into a cell... Throughout this, Eastwood does not speak... But already the audience feels it... They know the character... He has been through this before... He tries to control his mind... He builds a barrier between himself and his surroundings... He holds back his fear but he's not so foolish as to appear brave... Behind his impassivity, his mind is calculating... He is studying everyone... Everyone knows, prison guards and fellow prisoners alike, that this is not a man to be intimidated with easily...

But Siegel wasn't making a film about penal cruelty or miscarriage of justice or anything like that... He was presenting a meditative study of the inflexibility of human spirit, with a star strong enough in himself to join one sequence to the next... Both Siegel and Eastwood are known for violence, but there's relatively little of it this time...

This is not to say that Siegel has no interest in character... Stereotype characters, such as Doc and Litmus, make the film more entertaining... A further example is the inevitable homosexual Wolf (Bruce M. Fisher), who points out that Morris is a potential victim but realizes he has met his match when he approaches him in the showers one morning and gets three unexpected blows in the groin and a bar of soap in the mouth for his harassment... Another familiar type of character is English (Paul Benjamin), the leader of the Black mafia, who sits in the yard far away from the white inmates... English proves to be a nice guy..

But the biggest stereotype of them all is the cold warden, although Patrick McGoohan tries as hard as he can to provide Morris with some individual personality... Apart from the flower-crushing and constant attention to his nails, he is permitted by the scriptwriter merely to recite phrases that might have come from the prison handbook: 'No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz alive. Alcatraz was built to keep all the rotten eggs in one basket. I was specially chosen to make sure the stink from that basket doesn't escape.'

But two elements in the film are absolutely real: one is the central character, which will be considered in a moment, and the other is 'The Rock' itself...

Siegel's overwhelming achievement is to send the audience to infamous prison for two hours... The claustrophobia, the implicit suppression of any joy, the barbarity of being caged in isolation cells, all these suffocating atrocities come across with such reality that one experiences a total sense of relief when the camera moves into the recreation yard for the clear bright light of every early morning... Siegel's technique in this respect is unique...

Siegel's film style seems almost a cinematic interpretation of Eastwood screen persona: lean, clean, and harsh... Here is one example: When the incorrigible psychopath is out to finish Eastwood, his one chance is in the exercise yard... When he enters the yard, he is in need for a weapon... He has none! He slowly advances into the yard toward his victim... The camera goes down to the man's right hand as he walks... After a moment, another man puts a knife in that hand... The camera stays on the hand as he keeps moving... After another moment, another hand reaches in and grabs the con's arm.... The whole brief sequence is loaded with surprise and suspense... It is in two words: pure cinema...

Siegel's movie follows the known facts of the escape constantly, permitting itself only one act of poetic license at the very end... Throughout the film, Siegel uses a yellow chrysanthemum as a symbol of 'heart', to indicate that although the brutal system may have removed everything from the inmates save the questionable privilege of remaining alive, in some men at least their spirit survives...

'Doc', an elderly inmate who has spent twenty years there but who is permitted to paint and cultivate chrysanthemums, introduces the concept...

Excellent movie.......2006-11-03

This movie, I understand, waa a portayal of a true event. It is riveting and suspenseful. I would urge anyone to make this purchase witht heir eyes closed.

Must have.......2006-09-24

Have loved the film for as long as it's been out. Recently, visited Alcatraz and can't tell you enough ,how amazing and eerie place it is to visit.You gain more of an appreciation for the film ,after going to Alcatraz.If you haven't been there,make it a necessity.It just makes the movie,so so much better.

a classic.......2006-08-14

movie about one of the great myths " Alcatraz" of the 20th century. Eastwood in one of his finest dramatic performances. Atmosphere and the feel of the real Alcatraz out the whazoo!! A got to have movie.

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Very nice
Not bad at all.
Disappointing
A cure for my insomnia...
appreciate it for the writing.

Proof
Starring: Hope Davis , Jake Gyllenhaal , Gary Houston , Gwyneth Paltrow , and Roshan Seth
Director: John Madden
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Release Date: 2006-02-14

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Elegantly adapted from David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Proof works on so many levels that it shines like a perfected equation. Gwyneth Paltrow previously played her role onstage, and returns here as Catherine, the troubled 27-year-old daughter of Robert, a once-brilliant mathematician (Anthony Hopkins, appearing in flashbacks and imagined visions) who has recently died. What Robert has left behind is an emotionally challenging legacy of genius, mental illness, and unfinished business in the Chicago home where Catherine had cared for him during his erratic final years. Catherine fears she may have inherited her father's unstable condition, and her sister Claire (Hope Davis) arrives from New York with smothering concern and a selfish but well-meaning agenda, while Robert's student and assistant Hal (Jake Gyllenhaal) hopes to find lasting proof of Robert's enduring genius in the piles of notebooks he left behind. Steeped in the authentic atmosphere of advanced academia, revelations of love, fear, regret, and potential recovery unfold with such graceful complexity that Proof plays like a thriller, with all the action taking place in the admirable hearts and minds of its characters. The film also has a lot to say about the potential tragedy of assuming mental illness where none exists, while leaving just enough doubt to keep you wondering -- a tribute to the exceptional performances of a first-rate cast, and particularly to Paltrow, whose reunion with Shakespeare in Love director John Madden proves equally rewarding for entirely different reasons. --Jeff Shannon

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From the acclaimed director of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, PROOF stars Oscar(R) winners Gwyneth Paltrow (Best Actress, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, 1998) and Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, 1991), along with Jake Gyllenhaal (JARHEAD, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN) and Hope Davis (ABOUT SCHMIDT). It's a powerful story of a young woman haunted by her father's past and the shadow of her own future. Catherine (Paltrow) has devoted years to caring for her brilliant but mentally unstable father, Robert (Hopkins), a mathematical genius. But when his genius slips away, he leaves behind a mystery that affects her life ... and her own sanity. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

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Very nice.......2007-05-17

I enjoyed the movie. The math is just window dressing but who would expect anything else? Just good characters and a nice way to spend 90 minutes.

Not bad at all........2007-05-12

Proof (John Madden, 2005)

Okay, so by now it's pretty well known that I will watch anything with Jake Gyllenhaal in it. I mean, I actually watched The Day After Tomorrow all the way through. (For which I still have not received my medal, Mr. Emmerich.) So when I found out Gyllenhaal would be one of the principals in John Madden's adaptation of David Auburn's engaging play Proof, I was pretty much champing at the bit. And I was not disappointed.

Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Claire (Six Degrees' Hope Davis) are sisters, the daughters of Robert (Sir Anthony Hopkins), a disturbed mathematician. Claire moved away years ago and made a name for herself in the financial world; Catherine stayed at home to take care of her father and follow in his footsteps. Gyllenhaal plays Hal, a graduate student of Robert's. The main thrust of the play centers around a complex mathematical proof Catherine claims she wrote; neither Claire nor Hal believe her. We get to sit back and watch the fallout as these three characters ride the emotional rollercoaster, intercut with flashback scenes giving us pieces to the puzzle of whether Catherine or Robert was the actual author of the proof.

"Nakedly manipulative" is the most tactful way I can put the mystery portion of the whole thing. Auburn (who also wrote the screenplay) knows exactly how to keep the viewer confused, but still thinking he's got a handle on things. To his credit, he does it very, very well. The present-day scenes didn't need a script, really; if you put three actors of this caliber in the same room and hand them a one-sheet scenario, you'd be able to film the improvisation and come up with something worth watching. If the movie's got a dark spot, acting-wise, it's Paltrow, who comes off as shrill and unlikeable at times. Still, that's a minor point here; there's a great deal of good in this film. ***

Disappointing.......2007-04-30

There is no beginning, no idea, no end in Proof. This is the worst film ever of Gwyneth Paltrow. Viewing Proof last nite, I couldn't help wishing someone else had played Catherine other than Paltrow. I thought Paltrow was a bit over the top actually in the role. Paltrow and Gyllenhaal had nothing together in terms of "on screen" chemistry. As much as I am trying to put my finger on what the problem was with this pitiful film, I have to admit that it was just about everything. The story did not flow at all. The dialogue did not work. Casting was poor. The sister of Paltrow was just ridiculous. 'd go on about how this film was excellent and get more in depth about this motion picture, but Gwyneth Paltrow ruined it, so I will save my typing and leave it at that.

A cure for my insomnia..........2007-03-21

This movie almost put me to sleep. It's about a daughter of a brilliant (and dead) mathmetician played by Gweyneth Paltrow. She believes she may have inherited his insanity...blah blah blah...this movie has a good cast but it's really dull with a boring slow moving story. Maybe if you are into math formulas this will interest you. I found it anti-climactic. I kept wondering when something would happen and it never did. You never really get a solid answer in the end and it left me asking "WTF?" I would not watch it again unless I had insomnia and even then...

appreciate it for the writing........2007-03-18

It's interesting that most people tend to have a problem with the screenplay for this movie, when it is almost word for word the stage play, which is renowned for its elegance and simplicity. Perhaps the issue comes up in the flashbacks and the ending, both of which disagree with the play. Still, as a stage adaptation to film, Proof does the job beautifully. The characters remain true to their original 2-dimensionality; it is the apparent lack of emotion that actually lends itself to intense feelings from the viewer.

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Eminem pulls suprising peformace
he looked like a guy who could surely do with some sleep.
Eminem gives us an entertaining masterpiece!
trivial pursuit
Eminem

8 Mile (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Eminem , Kim Basinger , Mekhi Phifer , Brittany Murphy , and Evan Jones
Director: Curtis Hanson
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ASIN: B00005JLQE
Release Date: 2003-03-18

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The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the in half along racial lines. A young white rapper summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary boundaries to fulfill his dream of success in hip hop.

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Starring: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Omar Benson Miller, Eugene Byrd, Taryn Manning, Xzibit, Evan Jones, De'Angelo Wilson, Anthony Mackie, Abdul Salaam el Razzac, Michael Shannon, Strike, Mike Bell, Proof, Larry Hudson, Allen Adams, Mary Hannigan, and Kyla Womack.
Directed By: Curtis Hanson Runing Time: 111 Min., Color.
This film is presented in "Widescreen" format.
Copyright 2003 Universal.

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Rap star Eminem makes a strong movie debut in 8 Mile, an urban drama that makes a fairly standard plot fly through its gritty attention to detail. Jimmy Smith (Eminem), nicknamed B Rabbit, can't pull himself together to take the next step with his career--or with his life. Angry about his alcoholic mother (Kim Basinger) and worried about his little sister, Rabbit lets out his feelings with twisting, clever raps admired by his friends, who keep pushing him to enter a weekly rap face-off. But Rabbit resists--until he meets a girl (Brittany Murphy) who might offer him support and a little hope that his life could get better. Under the smart and ambitious direction of Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential, Wonder Boys) and ably supported by the excellent cast and the burnt-out environment of Detroit slums, Eminem reveals a surprising vulnerability that makes 8 Mile vivid and compelling. --Bret Fetzer

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Eminem pulls suprising peformace.......2007-05-09

B-rabbit is a struggling rapper desperate to make it to the big time. He takes a job at a steel plant so he can save up money for studio time. He fights off gang members and has the help of his friend future. It is loosely based on Eminem's life.

Eminem is quite the rap star today. He has sold millions of copies of cds
that are excellent hip hip masterpieces. He has taken the world by storm and shown that White people can rap. But, he stretches himself and his persona into this movie and the movie itself is surprisingly simple and easy to watch. It doesn't seem like a biography movie because the character's names aren't the same as the real person's name. Probably, Eminem didn't want the movie to be like a "Eminem can act" vehicle for him. He had already shown his rapping skills and enforced them through out the movie, but he does pull off a good performance as B-rabbit.

Curtis Hanson, who I find to be a okay director, seemingly could've been out of place in the hip hop culture but his direction works well with the atmosphere and location of the movie as the film as the film moves along at a fast pace set by his direction. He gets the performances out of the characters that were needed. He doesn't oversell the characters or oversap them so that they become these cheesy characters. You feel for the characters after you are done watching the movie. Curtis Hanson defines the character by the way he is portrayed on screen. We see his actions and we ulitametely root for him in the end as the credits roll and we hear lose yourself by Eminem. The movie then either sinks in or just leaves your mind and body as fast as it entered. it is one of those movies where you have to appreciate the hip hop culture and understand it to watch the movie, or otherwise you would feel incredibly lost in the mist of the movie and you will leave scratching your head and wondering what you have just watched. A solid movie.

he looked like a guy who could surely do with some sleep........2006-10-25

This movie is really not as bad as i percieved a typical rap hip hop stereo typical movie,i must admit that this movie had a reasonable and predictable story line it's like i heard it all before! but i must say that eminem can act and kim bassinger was really great in this movie, i dont know but to me all the white folks look like they had lots of sleepless nights, maybe it's just me? it kinda had white trash feel to it, the mood of the movie kinda had a hopeless i want to commit suicide aura, (trivial) but none the less it was entertaining i say it's definitely worth a watch cast you own opinions laterz folks.

Eminem gives us an entertaining masterpiece!.......2006-09-24

There are many aspects to 8 Mile that I loved! There were no stupid plot twists. The relationships are believable! Eminem plays Jimmy "Rabbit" Smith who has a hidden talent in rap & his friends contuniously incourage him to pursue a rap career. It's hard for Jimmy at first cause he is white & it's hard for him to find someone to be nice to him in that business. It is a cruel world at times & 8 Mile captures that quite well! Brittany Murphy is quite sexy in this role & the best part, unlike Jessica Simpson, she can actually act & she makes her performance more believeable than it could be! Now, 8 Mile might not be everyone's cup of tea cause it is a drama, there is lots yelling & it is a very dark movie. But for me, that's what it makes interesting! I'm not a fan corny movies & this movie is far from that. Eminem is one fine actor & I question why he didn't do more movies because this is one of the most entertaining movies I've seen in a while! Rappers in general, I find, tend to be better actors then pop stars/actresses just because the movies they do tend to be darker without the cheesy plot twists & 8 Mile is definitely worth your time!

trivial pursuit.......2006-09-06

go read my comments on "hustle & flow"; substitute name "eminem" for "terrance howard". tra-la-la-la-la ...

Eminem.......2006-08-28

A bit of a padded feel that was only natural given the simple story that had to be stretched to two hours. The part that felt most real to me came early. I attended a black university in a ghetto of Tampa, but then I bicycled home to the Busch Gardens neighborhood. Kinda like wading in the shallow end of the pool at will while Eminem was in the deep end. That's one thing I got from the movie.

"Sweet Home Alabama," as sent up by Eminem and Future, has to be one of the funniest and most clever things I've ever seen in a movie. I cracked up and annoyed the sleeping cat on my lap.

Chinese viewers in China might not realize Detroit's supposed to look ugly in this film. Casting Kim Basinger was a stroke of genius, since the audience's view of the actress is about as low as Eminem's opinion of his mother.

The later excitement felt very contrived, like maybe I was watching a movie. The inevitable battle at the end was a thing of beauty to rap fans everywhere, even this old redneck in China. Too bad it only lasted 5 minutes, but DVDs allow you to skip back as often as desired.

Oh, and just to beat you over the head with the obvious, Eminem got out of the ghetto with his words. No gats, no hos, no drugz, and he can't even play sports. Not bad, eh? I love this movie.

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OUTSTANDING presentation! A cut above the norm!
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Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact
Director: Kobie Lyons
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Release Date: 2000-05-16

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NOT JUST ANOTHER TELEVISION SPECIAL

IT'S A NEWS MAKING EVENT! Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact brings you the first physical proof of alien encounters, all new footage and exclusive interviews! * For the first time ever, see pieces of the alien craft that crashed at Roswell. Concealed for 50 years, this material is extraterrestrial! * Former NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper breaks his silence and discusses his close encounters with alien craft! * Witness UFO photographs taken in space by former NASA astronaut, James Mc Divitt!

TOP SECRET FOOTAGE THE GOVERMENT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE! * Proof of alien abductions! Watch renowned surgeon, Dr. Roger Leir, remove an actual alien implant! * Travel inside AREA 51 with former government scientist, Bob Lazar! * Featuring appearances by Steven Spielberg, Will Smith, Sigourney Weaver, Robert Wise and David Duchovny. * Witness over 250 UFOs caught on tape. See shocking and never-before-seen UFO footage! Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact is actual proof . . .

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EXCELLENT INFO.......2006-12-28

This DVD was informative and enjoyable to watch. I have watched a lot of alien documentaries and this is by far one of the best.

Compelling.......2006-03-08

The footage in this film is exceptional ... you'll find yourself rewinding to review it time after time. The film shifts from expert interviewee to expert interviewee, with some a bit more credible than the others. I certainly recommend a viewing.

OUTSTANDING presentation! A cut above the norm!.......2006-01-20

Don't listen to those noisy negativists! This is a great dvd, one of the best I've found! Terrific footage, over 250 clips! Interviews with Bob Lazaar, Roger Leir, Gordon Cooper, Linda Howe and more! See saucers, probes, and the surgical removal of an alien implant from an abductee - simply a must-have!

The Truth is Out There.....but this ain't it!.......2005-05-26

I bought this DVD based on the two previous reviews, but it unfortunately, didn't live up to the high marks given it. I am not a skeptic when it comes to the subject matter. I have seen an unexplainable "phenonenom" in the sky with my own eyes and I am looking for more information out there. What I saw in the sky, was very similar to what is on the DVD "Crop Circles" in the special features section. I think that is a much better DVD than this. The best part of this DVD is the interview with the former astronaut Cooper. The operation to remove the implant seemed fake to me. It was hardly definitive. Most of the films of the "Probes" also seemed more like hot air ballons than spacecraft. Hot air ballons can be shaped like cylinders or even animals. It was hard for me to believe that those "spacecraft" would have just stayed there for DAYS, as they said, and no one does anything! Or the film said, " the spacecraft returned night after night for hours at a time"! "On the third night the Sheriffs' Dept finally came and then all the paperwork disappeared". That's just not very believeable to me, I'm sorry! The UFO that sat over Las Vegas for THREE DAYS also seems a bit suspect. Nobody from CNN, the Pentagon, the BBC or even the National Enquier so much as even noticed it?????? IT's a city of a MILLION PEOPLE!!!!! No one looked up in the sky that week???
I think there is definitely something going on with UFO's, Crop Circles, etc and I think the American Government is as trustworthy as Al Capone on LSD, but poor evidence doesn't shed light on the Truth. We need good science and good evidence.

Great footage - no cheese.......2004-12-02

This DVD and "Out of The Blue" are certainly the most satisfying documentaries on the UFO subject. Don't let the silly cover design fool you, this is quality content. The video footage alone is worth the price.

Once you see these UFOs captured on tape, you don't need a narrator or eye-witness accounts to convince you something extraordinary is in the skies. I'm not convinced by the surgery portion of this doc. because the findings of that doctor were effectively challeged on a Sci-Fi network show, but as a skeptic, the videos will certainly open your eyes.

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Eminem pulls suprising peformace
he looked like a guy who could surely do with some sleep.
Eminem gives us an entertaining masterpiece!
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8 Mile (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Eminem , Kim Basinger , Mekhi Phifer , Brittany Murphy , and Evan Jones
Director: Curtis Hanson
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ASIN: B000087RFB
Release Date: 2003-03-18

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Eminem pulls suprising peformace.......2007-05-09

he looked like a guy who could surely do with some sleep........2006-10-25

Eminem gives us an entertaining masterpiece!.......2006-09-24

trivial pursuit.......2006-09-06

go read my comments on "hustle & flow"; substitute name "eminem" for "terrance howard". tra-la-la-la-la ...

Eminem.......2006-08-28

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"Proof (mini series) ... Finbar Lynch ... Koch Vision (2007)"

Proof: Season One
Starring: Finbar Lynch , Orla Brady , Sidse Babett Knudsen , Stuart Graham , and Bryan Murray
Director: Ciaran Donnelly (II)
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This explosive thriller starring Orla Brady (A Love Divided, Servants), Finbar Lynch (Mind Games, Small World) and Bryan Murray (Irish RM, Brookside) offers a sinister glimpse into a shady relationship between European high finance, human trafficking and Irish politics. When investigative journalist Terry Corcoran discovers a tenuous link between the murder of a car thief and the suspicious death of a corrupt accountant, he begins to draw the threads of truth together to link these deaths and human trafficking to the rise to power of the soon-to-be-elected Prime Minister.

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"Proof (mini series) ... Finbar Lynch ... Koch Vision (2007)".......2007-03-07

Koch Vision presents "PROOF" (2004) (203 mins/Color) (Dolby Digital) --- Under Ciaran Donnelly (Director), Jo Homewood (Series Producer), Tristan Orphen Lynch (Executive Producer), Dominic Wright (Executive Producer), Tony Philpott (Screenwriter) ------ the cast includes Finbar Lynch (Terry Corcoran), Orla Brady (Maureen Boland), Sidse Babett Knudsen (Nina Kutpreka), Bryan Murray (Miles Carrick), Stuart Graham (Andrew O'Hara), Jim Norton (Ronan Corcoran) - - - - the story line holds your attention from the first scene and keeps you glued to your seat for the entire three and a half hours ... healthy dose of intrigue with enough tension to captivate you for all four episodes ...British television mini-series PROOF - Season One, has every episode from its acclaimed first season included here. The show revolves around a journalist who investigates the murder of a petty thief, only to find it links directly to a man running to be Irish Prime Minister ... will Terry be able to convince and prove that there is corruption within this new party that his ex-wife is working for.

Great job by Koch Vision for releasing "Proof" (2004) - Finbar Lynch, the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the Irish Crime mini-series film market...order your copy now from Amazon or Koch Vision where there are plenty of copies available on DVD, stay tuned once again for top notch drama mixed with an outstanding cast and director --- just the way we like 'em

Total Time: 203 mins on DVD ~ Koch Vision KOCV6419 ~ (1/16/2007)

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Truly a delightful film with a subject that should affect everyone...
Brilliant and uniquely original and rare piece of cinema
Movie Proof starring Hugo Weaving and Russell Crowe
Interesting flick...
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Proof
Starring: Hugo Weaving , Geneviève Picot , Russell Crowe , Heather Mitchell , and Jeffrey Walker (II)
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
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Proof, a brilliant allegory about trust, is at once mordantly funny, chilling, and touching. It keeps us off balance from the beginning, challenging our assumptions about everything from the art of filmmaking to the nature of human relationships. The tone is reminiscent of David Mamet and Harold Pinter, but Australian writer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse has a quirky outlook all her own. Hugo Weaving (later known as the villainous Agent Smith in The Matrix), plays Martin, a blind photographer who compulsively shoots photos as proof of the actuality of his existence. He relies on his spiteful housekeeper, Celia (Geneviève Picot), to tell him what's in his snapshots. But can he trust her to tell him the truth? Celia rearranges the furniture so Martin will trip over it. Why? Because she's in love with him. But Martin won't let her into his heart; he's never been able to trust anyone. Into this quagmire of mutual torment walks Andrew, a regular guy personified, to become the first real friend Martin has ever had. At this point the picture jumps up a notch, for Andrew is played by hunky, appealing young Russell Crowe, whose emotional range and star quality are already unmistakable. Just when we think that Proof has devolved into yet another feel-good buddy picture, the ground shifts again beneath our feet. There are no easy answers in this movie; that's the pleasure in it. --Laura Mirsky

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Truly a delightful film with a subject that should affect everyone..........2007-06-28

One of the more impressive features in `Proof' is that it manages to strike a chord in the viewer almost unknowingly. It really wasn't until the film was finished that I realized just how much of an impact that small film can have. It perfectly addresses the need for total and complete trust but balances that out with the need for forgiveness, the need for patience and the need for understanding. The film spends a great deal of time building trust with the audience, helping them to understand why it's characters need each other the way that they do and then it effortlessly snaps the trust in two and demands the audience decide the moral road to take. It shows the frustration that comes with frigid demands and how we can ultimately end up alone if we refuse to give any slack. No one is perfect and this film helps show the importance of understanding that very fact and conceding to it.

The film revolves around Martin, played by Hugo Weaving, a blind man who takes photographs of his surroundings as proof of his existence. By a chance meeting at a restaurant he meets busboy Andrew, played by Russell Crowe, and an immediate friendship is sparked. The film does a wonderful job, all the way down to the boyishly free spirited score, of building the feeling of childlike friendship. The two of them truly have fun together and we have fun watching them interact. Andrew is the type of guy every other guy wants to be friends with, and Crowe's portrayal is so convincing and natural the audience just can't take their eyes off of him. Weaving, while not the greatest actor in the world, delivers here as well, playing reclusive and unsure and tortured by a childhood unwanted well enough. His performance comes off a bit tense and stiff in some scenes but is forgivable. It's easy to see why he was chosen for the role of Agent Smith in `The Matrix' for he exhibits that stiff and proper delivery even when he should be relaxed.

The true crutch of the film lies on the shoulders of Celia, Martin's housekeeper. Harboring a crush on Martin that he doesn't dare embrace, Celia starts to resent him as he resents her. It boils down to frustrated attraction, even on the part of Martin. He's attracted to her but he doesn't trust her and so he repels her. Genevieve Picot does a fantastic job playing Celia with enough sass and cattiness yet underlining sadness that we can feel for her as much as we understand Martin's reservations. When she begins to target Andrew, who has no problem embracing her advances, the bond between Martin and Andrew is threatened.

Crowe, while very young here, commands his role with such fervor and dedication and natural charm that it would be easy to predict he'd be an Oscar winner. While he allows others to shine he still proves to be the most talented of the cast in question. His performance is the most memorable and his character is the most relatable. Picot also deserves praise for creating a wonderfully memorable character in Celia. She's an utter standout. The final confrontation between Andrew and Martin lays the groundwork for this entire film and the feeling and morale that it should impress upon the audience. Everybody lies, just not all the time, and how true and important is that very fact!

Brilliant and uniquely original and rare piece of cinema.......2007-03-22

Jocelyn Moorhouse has written and directed one of if not THE most original screenplay to come along in years.PROOF concerns itself with the issues of trust and obsession.Martin,brilliantly portrayed by Hugo Weaving,has been blind since birth.He has learned to develop all of his other senses and has relied solely upon them his entire life as the watermark of truth.Martin has photographs everything to prove he and the world exist.In his employ is a seemingly cold-hearted and vindictive housekeeper named Celia,played with the utmost cruelty by Genevieve Picot.Even Charles Dickens would have admired this viciously dark and shady lady!Enter Andy,a cook in a restaurant,played by a younger Russell Crowe already displaying the talent that would later win him an Oscar.Martin and Andy develop a bond of trust and friendship.Andy begins to interpret Martin's photos for him thus enabling Martin to further trust him.Celia,obsessed with Martin the nearly four years of her employment,sets out to destroy the bond the two men forge,and that is when this film gets so tense that from moment to moment you will be looking over your shoulder!This is an intensely personal film with great character development and superb acting to boot.None of the accents are too Australian for the American ear.Once you have seen it you will agree that this is a brilliant and uniquely original and rare piece of cinema.

Movie Proof starring Hugo Weaving and Russell Crowe.......2007-02-07

The movie Proof is a definite addition to any Russell Crowe fan. Hugo Weaving is very different from his later character in The Matrix, but he puts in an excellent performance. The ending is satisfying, though I didn't want the movie to end!

Interesting flick..........2006-03-26

This film centers around a blind photographer and his relationship with the two people closest to him.

Hugo Weaving, who plays Martin the blind photographer, is an absolute delight to watch in this movie. He makes Martin come across as a jerk with trust issues. Russel Crowe gives a fine performance as does the actress who plays Martin's housekeeper.

An Aussie Gem.......2005-12-28

I've been wanting to see this film for some time now but beings that it's a foreign film it's impossible to rent here in the states and I guess I should have known that starring Russell Crowe it would be worth just buying off the net but I kept waiting and finnaly just the other night it was on IFC and so I taped it and watched it when I got home from work and loved it so much I'm ordering the DVD today. This movie was facinating, a great look at the weight trust carries in a relationship and how it can easily be minipulated and twisted and all together abused. Some say that this is one of the only films were Crowe doesn't outshine his fellow actors, but to tell you the truth he is still by far the best here. Hugo is not the greatest of actors, but this my friends is his tryumphant performance...the best of his career. The woman who plays Celia is wonderful, you hate her and love her and hate to love her. Hugo does very well as Martin and there were even times when my wife cried becasue she felt so sorry for him. He played his role brilliantly. But it was none other than Crowe who stole the show bringing charm and devotion to his role. It was nice to see him laughing and smiling alot. He looks so young in this film, but still has that dignified air about him. He is a true Aussie legend. Watch this film not only for the brilliant acting but for a strong lession in trust and betrayal and how we should be willing to 'pity' sort-of speak those who fall short of our expectations. Martin is insistant on never being lied to but as Andy (Crowe) so bluntly puts it "everybody lies, just not all the time, and thats the point" and the point of this review is to tell everyone of you to WATCH THIS MOVIE!

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Proof: Prescription for Murder
Starring: Orla Brady , Moya Farrelly , Conor Mullen , and Finbar Lynch
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Following the phenomenal success of the first series, Prescription for Murder delves into the world of pharmaceutical testing where scrupulous scientific ethics may be sorely tested when huge profits await the success of a new drug. Journalist Terry Corcoran (Finbar Lynch) and Maureen Boland (Orla Brady), now editor of a glossy Sunday supplement, uncover corruption linking politicians to big business.

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