Law Library Movies

	1984 (1984) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    110 min.   Plot: George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future in which a man, whose daily work is rewriting history, tries to rebel by falling in love. Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack. Directed by Michael Radford. Categories: Drama  Politics  Censorship
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	Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  102 min.   Plot: When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army. Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Alan Hale. Directed by Michael Curitz and William Keighley. Categories: Action  Politics  Civil Rights
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	Amarcord (1973) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  123 min.   Plot: A year in the life of a small Italian coastal town during the Fascist period of the 1930s. In Italian with English subtitles. Cast: Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Magali Noël, Ciccio Ingrassia. Directed by Federico Fellini. Categories: Politics  Foreign  Comedy
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	Bamako (2006) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    117 min.   Plot: During the course of a typical day in Mali, a historic trial against world financial institutions is taking place in a residential courtyard. In French and Bambara with English subtitles. Cast: Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Danny Glover. Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. Categories: International  Banking  Politics
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	Being There (1979) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    130 min.   Plot: A simple minded-gardener gains influence with only the knowledge that he has gleaned from watching TV. Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Hal Ashby. Categories: Employment  Politics  Drama
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	Ben-Hur (1959) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    212 min.   Plot: When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott. Directed by William Wyler. Categories: Action  Politics  Religion
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	Blow Out (1981) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    108 min.   Plot: An audio technician accidentally records the evidence that proves a car accident was murder, and consequently finds himself in danger. Cast: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz. Directed by Brian De Palma. Categories: Criminal Law  Drama  Politics
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	Bobby (2006) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    119 min.   Plot: The assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy and its effect of the people in Ambassador Hotel with him. Cast: Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Geraghty, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, David Krumholtz, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy. Directed by . Categories: Politics  History  Drama
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	Broken Arrow (1996) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    108 min.   Plot: Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the US military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans. Cast: John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo, Frank Whaley. Directed by John Woo. Categories: Action  Politics
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	Camelot (1967) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    180 min.   Plot: The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guenevere is played out amid the pageantry of Camelot. Cast: Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, David Hemmings, Lionel Jeffries, Lawrence Naismith. Directed by Joshua Logan. Categories: Musical  Politics  Domestic Relations
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	Charlie Wilson's War (2007) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    102 min.   Plot: Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, which was an efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets, had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects. Cast: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hopkins, Amy Adams, Ned Beatty. Directed by Mike Nichols. Categories: Politics  War  International
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	City Hall (1996) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    111 min.   Plot: The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences. Cast: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello. Directed by Harold Becker. Categories: Drama  Law Enforcement  Politics
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	Day of the Jackal, The (1973) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    143 min.   Plot: A professional assassin plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. Cast: Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Lonsdale, Eric Porter, Delphine Seyrig. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Categories: Politics  Law Enforcement  Drama
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	District 9 (2009) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    112 min.   Plot: An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology. Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt. Directed by Neill Blomkamp. Categories: Immigration  Politics  SciFi/Fantasy
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	Each Dawn I Die (1939) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    92 min.  B&W Plot: After breaking a story about city corruption, a reporter is jailed for manslaughter and broken down by the penitentiary system. Cast: James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Maxie Rosenbloom. Directed by William Keighley. Categories: Ethics  Politics
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	Eleanor and Franklin (1976) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  370 min.   Plot: The story of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt as told from her point of view. Cast: Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Priscilla Pointer, Walter McGinn, Rosemary Murphy. Directed by Daniel Petrie. Categories: Biography  Family  Politics
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	Evan Almighty (2007) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    96 min.   Plot: God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood. Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman. Directed by Tom Shadyac. Categories: Religion  Comedy  Politics
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	Frida (2002) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  123 min.   Plot: A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. Cast: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Valeria Golino, Geoffrey Rush. Directed by Julie Taymor. Categories: Biography  Politics  Women
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	Frost/Nixon (2008) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    123 min.   Plot: A retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon. Cast: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall. Directed by Ron Howard. Categories: Drama  History  Politics
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	Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD     min.   Plot: Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy. Cast: David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., Frank Langella. Directed by George Clooney. Categories: History  Politics  Drama
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	Good Shepherd, The (2006) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    168 min.   Plot: The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life. Cast: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard, Billy Crudup, Robert De Niro. Directed by Robert De Niro. Categories: Politics  National Security  Drama
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	Head of State (2003) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    95 min.   Plot: An unknown local politician from down-and-out Washington D.C. is unexpectedly selected to run as a presidential candidate. Cast: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Dylan Baker, Nick Searcy, Robin Givens, Lynn Whitfield, Tamala Jones, James Rebhorn. Directed by Chris Rock. Categories: Politics  Drama
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	House of Cards Trilogy (1990) Rated:   Stars: ****1/2 Format: DVD  (3 disc set)  225 min.   Plot: The Chief Whip in the House of Parliament manipulates his way to the top but a young reporter may be his downfall. Cast: Ian Richardson, Susannah Harker, Miles Anderson, David Lyon, Malcolm Tierney. Directed by Paul Seen. Categories: Government  Politics  Media
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	In the Line of Fire (1993) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    127 min.   Plot: A veteran secret service agent who is haunted by his failure to protect JFK, must overcome his past to protect the current president. Cast: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, Fred Dalton. Directed by Wolfgang Peterson. Categories: Law Enforcement  Politics  Drama
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	Inglourious Basterds (2009) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  153 min.   Plot: In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by brutally killing Nazis. Cast: Brad Pitt, Christopher Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Categories: International  War  Politics
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	Legally Blonde 2: Red White & Blonde (2003) Rated:   Stars: **1/2 Format: DVD    95 min.   Plot: A sassy Harvard law grad is all about animal rights. In fact, she puts her nuptial plans on hold to head to Washington D.C. to get an anti-animal testing bill passed. Her building's doorman quickly shows her the ways and workings of our nation's capital. Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge. Directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. Categories: Comedy  Government  Politics
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	Lions for Lambs (2007) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    92 min.   Plot: Injuries sustained by two Army ranger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist, and a professor. Cast: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford. Directed by Robert Redford. Categories: War  Politics  Drama
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	Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) Rated:   Stars: ***** Format: DVD    127 min.  B&W Plot: A platoon of Korean War G.I.s returns home with mysterious gaps in their memories, which seem to point toward a diabolic political plot. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Categories: Military  Politics
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	Milk (2008) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    129 min.   Plot: The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Categories: Sexuality  Biography  Politics
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	Missiles of October, The (1974) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    150 min.   Plot: A profile of the Kennedy administration during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Cast: Martin Sheen, William Devane, Howard DaSilva. Directed by Anthony Page. Categories: International  Politics  War
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	Missing (1982) Rated:   Stars: ***** Format: DVD    122 min.   Plot: A conservative father sets out to find his son, a journalist who has gone missing in South America. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, John Shea, Melanie Mayron, Janice Rule, David Clennon. Directed by Constantin Costa-Gavras. Categories: Biography  International  Politics
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	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Rated:   Stars: ***** Format: DVD    129 min.  B&W Plot: A naive man is appointed to the U.S. Senate by a corrupt political boss, and thwarts the boss's efforts of manipulation. Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold. Directed by Frank Capra. Categories: Government  Politics  Comedy
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	Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    114 min.   Plot: A newly elected district attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation which may involve his father and his partner. Cast: Andy Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Lena Olin. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Categories: Law Enforcement  Politics  Drama
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	Nixon (1995) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  191 min.   Plot: Controversial, fragmented portrait of the U.S. politician and president, presented as a driven man beset by deep-rooted insecurities. Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins. Directed by Oliver Stone. Categories: Politics  Biography
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	No Way Out (1987) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    104 min.   Plot: A cover up and witch hunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress. Cast: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff. Directed by Roger Donaldson. Categories: Politics  Criminal Law  Drama
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	Parallax View (1974) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    102 min.   Plot: An ambitious reporter gets in over his head while investigating a senator's assassination. Cast: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. Categories: Action  Politics  Entertainment
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	Pelican Brief, The (1993) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    141 min.   Plot: A law student who hypothesizes about the assassinations of two Supreme Court justices in a brief finds herself caught up in the plot. Cast: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. Categories: Drama  Mystery/Suspense  Politics
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	Postman, The (1994) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    108 min.   Plot: A fisherman's life dramatically when a famous Chilean poet is exiled to his island. In Italian with English subtitles. Cast: Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi, Maria Grazia Cucinotta. Directed by Michael Radford. Categories: Romance  Politics  Women
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	Primary Colors (1998) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    140 min.   Plot: A virtually unknown Southern governor goes on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ambitious wife. Cast: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Adrian Lester, Kathy Bates, Larry Hagman. Directed by Mike Nichols. Categories: Politics  Drama
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	Recount (2008) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    116 min.   Plot: A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida. Cast: Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Laura Dern, John Hunt, Denis Leary, Bruce McGill, Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Jay Roach. Categories: Politics  Government  Drama
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	Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    104 min.   Plot: A parody of the traditional Robin Hood story. Cast: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Dave Chappelle, Isaac Hayes, Tracey Ullman. Directed by Mel Brooks. Categories: Comedy  Politics  Conflict
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	Secret Honor (1984) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    90 min.   Plot: A fictionalized former President Richard M. Nixon offers a solitary, stream-of-consciousness reflection on his life and political career - and the "true" reasons for the Watergate scandal and his resignation. Cast: Philip Baker Hall. Directed by Robert Altman. Categories: Politics  Biography
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	Shaggy D.A., The (1976) Rated:   Stars: **1/2 Format: DVD    92 min.   Plot: A successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog. Cast: Dean Jones, Tim Conway, Suzanne Pleshette, Keenan Wynn. Directed by Robert Stevenson. Categories: Comedy  Politics  Family
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	Situation, The (2006) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    106 min.   Plot: A love triangle between a CIA operative, an American journalist, and an Iraqi photographer plays out against the backdrop of the war in Iraq. Cast: Connie Nielson, damian Lewis, Mido Hamada. Directed by Philip Haas. Categories: International  Politics  War
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	Slacker Uprising (2007) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    97 min.   Plot: Michael Moore's 60-city tour of college campuses and other venues to showcase what the filmmaker calls "the birth of a new political generation." Cast: Michael Moore. Directed by Michael Moore. Categories: Documentary  Politics
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	State of Play (2009) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    128 min.   Plot: A team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman's mistress. Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels, Helen Mirren . Directed by Kevin MacDonald. Categories: Politics  Law Enforcement  Mystery/Suspense
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	Strangers and Brothers (1984) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD  (4 disc set)  715 min.   Plot: As WWII looms in Europe, an ambitious young English lawyer embarks on his tempestuous career-and even stormier romantic life. Cast: Shaughan Seymour, Sheila Ruskin, Nigel Havers, CHerie Lunghi, Richard Heffer, Anthony Hopkins. Directed by Ronald Wilson & Jeremy Summers. Categories: Drama  Television  Politics
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	Syriana (2005) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    125 min.   Plot: A politically-charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it. Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, William Hurt. Directed by Stephen Gaghan. Categories: International  Commercial  Politics
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	Tanner '88 (1996) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  353 min.   Plot: An 11 part television series that is a satire of media-age politics in America. Cast: Michael Murphy, Pamela Reed, Daniel Jenkins, Cynthia Nixon. Directed by Robert Altman. Categories: Politics  Government
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	Thirteen Days (2001) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    147 min.   Plot: The film is set during the two-week Cuban missile crisis in October of 1962, and it centers on how President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, and others handled the explosive situation. Cast: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood. Directed by Roger Donaldson. Categories: International  Politics
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	Truman (1995) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    131 min.   Plot: An account of the political life of Harry S. Truman Cast: Gary Sinese, Diana Scarwid, Richard Dysart. Directed by Frank Pierson. Categories: Biography  Politics  Government
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	W. (2008) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    129 min.   Plot: A chronicle on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss. Directed by Oliver Stone. Categories: Biography  Politics  Drama
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	Wag the Dog (1997) Rated:   Stars: *** Format: DVD    97 min.   Plot: When the president of the United States is about to get caught in a sex scandal 14 days from the election it must be time to invent a war. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Woody Harrelson, Kirsten Dunst, William H. Macy. Directed by Barry Levinson. Categories: Politics  War  Sexuality
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	Waking the Dead (2000) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD    105 min.   Plot: A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge. Cast: Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker, Janet McTeer, Paul Hipp, Sandra Oh. Directed by Keith Gordon. Categories: Romance  Politics
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	Wire: The Complete Fourth Season, The (2006) Rated:   Stars: ***1/2 Format: DVD  (4 disc set)  780 min.   Plot: A shake up in the police department during a tight race for mayor allow a gang leader to make his way to the top of the drug trade. Cast: Dominic West, Wendell Pierce, Sonja Sohn, Lance Reddick, Aidan Gillen. Directed by Daniel Attias. Categories: Criminal Law  Law Enforcement  Politics
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	Z (1969) Rated:   Stars: **** Format: DVD    127 min.   Plot: Based on actual incidents in 1960s Greece, an investigator tries to uncover the truth following the murder of a prominent leftist while government officials attempt to cover up their roles. Subtitled in English. Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Charles Denner. Directed by Constantin Costa-Gavras. Categories: Drama  Foreign  Politics
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The W&M Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to our Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you think the library should own, please submit a suggestion form at the circulation desk, or send us an email at [[lawcir]]. You can see a list of all Law Library movies in the online catalog.