While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
George Clooney,
Cate Blanchett,
Tobey Maguire
A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend.
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
Peter Gallagher,
Elisabeth Shue,
Alison Elliott
After doctors inform him that an eye affliction will require risky surgery, monologist Spalding Gray recounts his various pursuits for alternative medicine to avoid the doctor's scalpel.
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
Spalding Gray,
Mike McLaughlin,
Melissa Robertson
Writer Franz Kafka works during the day at an insurance company where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.
Fletcher Munson, the lethargic employee of a pseudo-religious self help company, and his doppelganger, the friendly but dull dentist Dr. Jeffrey Korchek.
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Stars:
Steven Soderbergh,
Scott Allen,
Betsy Brantley
A drama set in the days leading up to the 2008 Presidential election, and centered on a high-end Manhattan call girl meeting the challenges of her boyfriend, her clients, and her work.
The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.
Depicts a dream sequence about the brutal rape and torture of Anger himself (as a teenager) by a group of sailors on the street (after trying to pick one of them up).
To keep costs down, a large portion of the film was shot digitally using Canon's XL1s MiniDV series cameras. Scenes involving Blair Underwood's interview with Julia Roberts were shot on film. See also: 28 Days Later... (2002). See more »
Goofs
Catherine's black notebook and pen suddenly appear on the airplane armrest between shots, after her tape player clicks. See more »
Quotes
Arty:
[on the set of Arty's play, "The Sound and the Fuhrer"]
Great. Now I have three hours to find a new Ava Braun.
Hitler:
You know what? Fuck her. And here's why.
Hitler:
Number One - Anyone who's offended by drinking blood, obviously doesn't drink blood.
Hitler:
Number Two - Anyone who drinks as much blood as I do knows it has no effect.
Hitler:
Number Three - There is absolutely no scientific connection between drinking a shot of blood a day and being an extraordinary actor.
Hitler:
And Number Four - it is impossible to prove Number ...
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Crazy Credits
There are no opening credits for the movie. Instead, opening credits are shown for the "movie within the movie". See more »
La Mappemonde
Composed and Orchestrated by Jacques Davidovici
Published by Les Editions du Quartier (Administered by Marada USA/Criterion Music Corp.) See more »
What as waste of energy. Sure you could see where they wanted to go, if it hadn't been made a 1000 times by independants and students. Was Soderburgh trying to re-create something from his "Sex, Lies..." days? This movie can be summed up in that it was a student film made by Hollywood trying to be self-referential. If you were in on the jokes and the cameo/guest appearances then you were in on the movie, otherwise, for most - you're out. Nodding and winking at your clever, in-jokes at Hollywood does not make a movie.
What was Terence Stamp doing there?
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What as waste of energy. Sure you could see where they wanted to go, if it hadn't been made a 1000 times by independants and students. Was Soderburgh trying to re-create something from his "Sex, Lies..." days? This movie can be summed up in that it was a student film made by Hollywood trying to be self-referential. If you were in on the jokes and the cameo/guest appearances then you were in on the movie, otherwise, for most - you're out. Nodding and winking at your clever, in-jokes at Hollywood does not make a movie.
What was Terence Stamp doing there?