DVD - "Scott Bakula"
The Informant!
A rising star in the agricultural industry suddenly turns whistleblower in hopes of gaining a lucrative promotion and becoming a hero of the common people, inadvertently revealing his penchant for helping himself to the corporate coffers and ultimately threatening to derail the very investigation he helped to launch in this offbeat comedy from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh. Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) was fast rising through the ranks at agri-industry powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) when he became savvy to the company's multinational price-fixing conspiracy, and decid...
Actors: Matt Damon » Scott Bakula » Joel McHale » Melanie Lynskey » Rick Overton » Joel McHale » Clancy Brown » Eddie Jemison »
Director: Steven Soderbergh »
Movie category: Drama » Comedy » Thriller »
The Informant!
A rising star in the agricultural industry suddenly turns whistleblower in hopes of gaining a lucrative promotion and becoming a hero of the common people, inadvertently revealing his penchant for helping himself to the corporate coffers and ultimately threatening to derail the very investigation he helped to launch in this offbeat comedy from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh. Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) was fast rising through the ranks at agri-industry powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) when he became savvy to the company's multinational price-fixing conspiracy, and decid...
Actors: Matt Damon » Scott Bakula » Joel McHale » Melanie Lynskey » Rick Overton » Joel McHale » Clancy Brown » Eddie Jemison »
Director: Steven Soderbergh »
Movie category: Drama » Comedy » Thriller »
American Beauty
AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a technique that adds an inevitable tension to the proceedings and keeps the story moving forward at all times. On a whim, Lester quits his job and begins a regression into young adulthood, lifting weights, smoking pot, doing nothing, and discovering the overflowing sexuality of his 16-year-old daughter'...
Actors: Kevin Spacey » Annette Bening » Thora Birch » Wes Bentley » Mena Suvari » Chris Cooper » Peter Gallagher » Allison Janney » Scott Bakula » Sam Robards » Barry Del Sherman » Ara Celi » John Cho »
Director: Sam Mendes »
Movie category: Drama » Comedy » Lovestory »
