Everything You Want

• If you liked SWEET HOME ALABAMA you'll love the delightful romantic comedy EVERYTHING YOU WANT, starring Shiri Appleby (TV's ROSWELL) and Nick Zano (TV's WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU). For art student Abby (Appleby), campus life is perfectly swell, including her boyfriend Simon. He's been Abby's dream guy forever, but she's about to get a wake-up call -- Quinn, a fun-loving charme

If you liked SWEET HOME ALABAMA you'll love the delightful romantic comedy EVERYTHING YOU WANT, starring Shiri Appleby (TV's ROSWELL) and Nick Zano (TV's WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU). For art student Abby (Appleby), campus life is perfectly swell, including her boyfriend Simon. He's been Abby's dream guy forever, but she's about to get a wake-up call -- Quinn, a fun-loving charmer who knows nothing about art until Abby reluctantly tutors him. And as his winsome personality starts winning her over, she finds herself in the middle! of a love triangle. Who will she choose? Her oh-so-perfect -- but imaginary â€" boyfriend or this flesh-and-blood reality?

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Hénoch Jédésias

• Gothic American novel
• Creole Louisiana

« Du banc où M. Jédésias m'avait prié de m'asseoir, je considérai avec curiosité sa figure d'avare. Ses traits étaient découpés à angles droits, et leur raideur annonçait une volonté inflexible. Deux lignes droites se rencontrant à leur extrémité supérieure, et s'appuyant à leur base sur une ride horizontale, formaient entre ses sourcils un triangle profondément creusé, semblable à cette figure symbolique que les Égyptiens ont ciselée dans le granit de leurs obélisques. Ses doigts jaunes et osseux se contractaient brusquement en écrivant, comme s'ils eussent été d'acier. [...] Enfin, sa plume s'arrêta. Il leva la tête, et fixant sur moi des yeux clairs et froids comme des billes de cristal, il me demanda si je voulais être payé en or ou en argent. Je saisis l'occasion de satisfaire la passion du banquier ; je rép! ondis que je voulais de l'or. » Déployant un style qui évoque à la fois la plume de Barbey d'Aurevilly et d'Edgar Poe, Alfred Mercier, homme de lettres néo-orléanais extraordinaire, nous introduit dans l'univers du vieil avare Hénoch Jédésias pour qui seule la richesse compte, son souhait ultime étant de se voir « condensé en bloc d'or pour y enfermer son âme pour l'éternité ».

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The Count of Monte Cristo

• Alexandre Dumas' THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO follows the adventures of Edmond Dant s (G rard Depardieu), a 19th-century French version of James Bond or Batman, a rich, ruthless, and suave purveyor of homemade justice. This French production goes all out, having the destinction of being the first filmed version of the newly restored unabridged version of Dumas'ic, which runs about 800 pages.

What's your idea of justice... have you ever thought about it?

Spurning the advances of a Mafia don's cruel nephew, a beautiful peasant girl is punished for upholding her family's honor by being abducted and robbed of her virginity. Rebuked by her own parents and incurring the wrath of her village, the girl reports her rape to the local police, shattering centuries-old traditions in her unyielding quest for justice.

Damiano Damiani's THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WIFE marked the film debut of gorgeo! us Italian actress Ornella Muti (THE NUNS OF ST. ARCHANGEL, FLASH GORDON) and also features a strong performance by Alessio Orano (LISA AND THE DEVIL, THE KILLER MUST KILL AGAIN). Filmed on location in Sicily, this adult drama anticipates both THE GODFATHER and PRIZZI'S HONOR, and is based on a true police case that changed the course of Italian law during the 1960s. Shot by giallo specialist Franco Di Giacomo (FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET, WHO SAW HER DIE?), this gritty and hard-hitting film also benefits from one of the great, unheralded Euro-Cult scores of Ennio Morricone.A billionaire auto magnate's virginal teenage daughter falls in love with an older, free-spirited drifter. Their romance is one that her parents vehemently want to prevent. Lisa (Ornella Muti) is very curious to explore her new-found feelings of desire,Acclaimed actor Gérard Depardieu stars in the adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic tale of love, intrigue and revenge.

The Count of Mont! e Cristo tells the dramatic story of Edmond Dantès, a young F! rench sa ilor who is falsely denounced as a traitor and unjustly imprisoned for eighteen years without a trial. After a daring escape, Dantès secures a treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo bequeathed to him by a dying inmate. Using these riches, he assumes a new identity and devises a plan to seek vengeance against all those who betrayed him.

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