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Foundation date 1 january 1940
Screen Gems is an American film production company and division company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation.
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Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)
, 1h33Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Jon Bon Jovi, Cristián de la Fuente, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Tommy Lee Wallace, Arly Jover, Diego Luna
In Mexico, a freelance vampire slayer, Derek Bliss (Jon Bon Jovi), is hired by an unknown client provided he build a team of slayers. Father Adam Guiteau (played by Tim Guinee in the first film) is shown to have been killed in this one. This team ends up including the vampiress Zoe, who is fighting her affliction with medication, Father Rodrigo, a helper who pretends to be a priest, and Sancho, a brave fourteen-year-old boy who aids Derek in killing some vampires at the beginning of the movie, in finding a large nest of "suckers" and their powerful leader, a vampire princess named Una (Arly Jover). She is seeking a legendary black crucifix: the Berziers Cross, the same crucifix used unsuccessfully in the first movie to perform a ritual which will enable vampires to walk in sunlight and be invulnerable.
Swept Away (2002)
, 1h29Directed by Guy Ritchie
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films
Actors Madonna, Adriano Giannini, Bruce Greenwood, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Beattie
Amber Leighton is 40: beautiful, rich, spoiled, foul-mouthed and arrogant beyond measure. Nothing makes this woman happy, including her wealthy but passive husband, Tony, a pharmaceutical kingpin.
Sniper 2 (2002)
, 1h27Directed by Craig R. Baxley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Tom Berenger, Bokeem Woodbine, Erika Marozsán, Dan Butler, Linden Ashby, Dennis Hayden
Former U.S. Marine Corps scout sniper Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger), who was discharged after his finger was amputated in the first film, is met by CIA officer James Eckles (Dan Butler) and Colonel David McKenna (Linden Ashby) at his home. Despite losing his index finger he uses to shoot, Beckett still has the capability of firing a gun (as he uses his middle finger for the job). Considering this, along with his impressive career from his time in the Marine Corps, Beckett is given a mission to assassinate renegade Serbian General Mile Valstoria (Peter Linka), who is responsible for conducting hit-and-run ethnic cleansing operations in Muslim-populated areas. The CIA fears that Valstoria's actions are threatening to inflame a larger conflict in the region. Beckett agrees to participate, but requests that an additional man, a spotter, must come with him. Beckett is introduced to his spotter, Jake Cole (Bokeem Woodbine), an experienced U.S. Army sniper who is on death row for killing a federal officer who allegedly betrayed Cole's unit and had them killed during a mission. But Cole is released and offered to be pardoned if he takes part in the mission.
The 51st State (2001)
, 1h32Directed by Ronny Yu
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Buddy films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Meat Loaf, Rhys Ifans, Ricky Tomlinson
In 1971, a policeman catches Elmo McElroy, a recent college graduate with a degree in pharmacology, smoking marijuana. Because of his arrest and conviction, he is unable to find work as a pharmacologist. In the present day, a drug lord called "the Lizard" calls a meeting of his organisation, hoping to sell a brand new substance invented by Elmo. The meeting goes badly when Elmo, in a bid to escape from the Lizard's control, blows up the building, killing everyone but the Lizard. Vengeful, the Lizard contacts Dakota, a contract killer, who previously killed the only witness in a case against the Lizard. Dakota initially refuses the hit, but accepts when the Lizard offers to clear her gambling debts and give her a $250,000 bonus.
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
, 1h38Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Ghost films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall, Joanna Cassidy
Set in the second half of the 22nd century, Mars has been 84% terraformed, allowing humans to walk on the surface without pressure suits. Martian society has become matriarchal, with women in most positions of authority. The story concerns police officer Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge), second in command of a team alongside Sergeant Jericho (Jason Statham) sent to a remote mining outpost to transport prisoner Desolation Williams (Ice Cube). Arriving at the remote mining town, Ballard finds all of the people missing. She learns that they had discovered an underground doorway created by an ancient Martian civilization. When the door was opened it released disembodied spirits or "ghosts", which took possession of the miners.
Timecode (2000)
, 1h37Directed by Mike Figgis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Salma Hayek, Stellan Skarsgård, Golden Brooks, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Suzy Nakamura, Kyle MacLachlan
The film takes place in and around a film production company office, and involves several interweaving plot threads which include: a young actress named Rose (Salma Hayek) who tries to score a screen test from her secret boyfriend Alex Green (Stellan Skarsgård), a noted but disillusioned director. Meanwhile, Rose's tryst with him is discovered by her girlfriend Lauren (Jeanne Tripplehorn), an insanely jealous businesswoman who plants a microphone in Rose's purse and spends most of the time in the back of her limousine parked outside the office building listening in on Rose's conversations. Elsewhere, Alex's wife Emma (Saffron Burrows) is seen with a therapist (Glenne Headly) debating about asking him for a divorce. In the meantime, numerous film industry types (played by Xander Berkeley, Golden Brooks, Holly Hunter and Kyle MacLachlan), pitch ideas for the next big hit film.
Arlington Road (1999)
, 1h57Directed by Mark Pellington
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett, Spencer Treat Clark
Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) is a college history professor at George Washington University who has been raising his nine-year-old son, Grant (Spencer Treat Clark), alone since the death of his FBI agent wife, Leah. She was killed in the line of duty in a scene loosely based on the real-life Ruby Ridge incident. Somewhat of a specialist regarding American terrorism and due to teaching a class on terrorism at the university, Michael starts to become suspicious of his new neighbors Oliver (Tim Robbins) and Cheryl Lang (Joan Cusack), after taking their son, Brady (Mason Gamble), to the emergency room following a reported fireworks accident.
Switched at Birth (1991)
, 3h6Directed by Waris Hussein
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Kerwin, John M. Jackson, Ariana Richards, Eve Gordon, Alyson Hannigan
Within days of Arlena Twigg's birth in Florida in late 1978, she is found to have a chronic illness. Blood tests reveals that she is not the biological daughter of Regina and Ernest Twigg. Arlena is ill throughout her life and dies at the age of nine. Subsequently, her parents search for their biological daughter, who they find is being raised as Kimberly Mays by a man who believes that he is her father.
, 1h32Directed by John Nicolella
Origin USA
Genres Action, Noir, Crime
Actors Stacy Keach, Lynda Carter, Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud, Jim Carrey, Stacy Galina
Mike is asked by a Las Vegas entertainer named Johnny Roman (Edward Winter) to come to Vegas. Mike refuses, but somebody knocks him out and abducts him, then tosses him out of a plane with a parachute when arriving over Las Vegas.
Directed by Ray Danton
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors Stacy Keach, Don Stroud, Lauren Hutton, Michael Preston, Mickey Rooney, Lindsay Bloom
Après une disparation inquiétante, le détective privé Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) est chargé de la protection des acteurs pendant le tournage d’un film à New York. Malgré sa vigilance, une nouvelle victime disparaît et Hammer part alors à sa recherche dans une ville qui n’est pas la sienne...
Outrage! (1986)
, 2hDirected by Walter Grauman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Burgess Meredith, Linda Purl, Mel Ferrer, Anthony Newley
Dennis Riordan tue un criminel relâché pour vice de procédure par un juge trop conciliant pour le viol et le meurtre de sa fille. Son avocat, Brad Gordon veut le faire passer pour fou afin qu'il évite la peine de mort. Ce dernier refuse et met l'avocat dans une fâcheuse posture. Finalement Riordan veut attaquer en justice le système tout entier pour ce qui est arrivé à sa fille et lui-même.
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
, 3h7Directed by Harry Harris
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films
Actors Natalie Gregory, Red Buttons, Anthony Newley, Sheila Mathews Allen, Jayne Meadows, Carol Channing
The first part opens with Alice (Natalie Gregory) helping Mother (Sheilla Allen) set the table for tea time. Although thankful for her daughter's help, Mother tells Alice that she is still not grown-up enough to join the adults at tea. Alice goes outside to see her sister (played by Gregory's real-life older sister Sharee Gregory), but gets bored of reading a book with no pictures. Her sister tells her that she will understand when she grows up, but Alice thinks she is already grown up (after all, she's seven and a half).
, 3h57Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, Alex Hyde-White, Benedict Taylor, David Caruso, Jason Connery
Elle raconte l'histoire des premiers Jeux olympiques modernes et des individus qui les ont ramenés à la vie.
More Than Murder (1984)
Directed by Gary Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors Stacy Keach, Don Stroud, Lindsay Bloom, Kent Williams, Tim McIntire, Lynn-Holly Johnson
Le détective privé Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) vient en aide à son ami de la police le capitaine Pat Chambers (Don Stroud). Ce dernier est impliqué dans une douteuse affaire de trafic de drogue.
Murder Me, Murder You (1983)
, 1h36Directed by Gary Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors Stacy Keach, Tanya Roberts, Don Stroud, Kent Williams, Delta Burke, Tom Atkins
Mike is hired to protect Chris Jameson (Michelle Phillips), an old flame who he hasn't seen in almost 20 years. Chris heads up an all female high-risk courier agency that has become tied up in a dangerous exchange involving high-stakes bribes by an American helicopter manufacturer to a corrupt General in Central America. Chris nonetheless drops dead in the middle of testifying before a grand jury, but not before informing Mike that he has a 19-year-old daughter who is caught in the middle of everything and might already be dead.