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Pirates of Silicon Valley

Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 film based on the book Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine. It is a made-for-television docudrama written and directed by Martyn Burke which documents the rise of the home computer (personal computer) through the rivalry between Apple Computer and Microsoft.The feature film opens with a monologue by Steve…

The Proposition

In the harsh, parched, unforgiving 1880s Australian Outback, two Irish outlaw brothers have been captured and sentenced to death. One can save the other’s life if he captures their psychotic eldest brother – dead or alive. Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone and Emily Watson star in this brutal, neo-western thriller.

Born in East L.A.

Born in East L.A. is a 1987 comedy film written and directed by Cheech Marin, formerly of the Cheech and Chong comedy team.The movie is about a Chicano whom authorities deport to Tijuana even though he was born in East Los Angeles and thus has American citizenship.The film was based on a novelty parody song (1985) of Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A.", written by Marin and released on the 19…

Big Red (film)

Big Red is a 1962 American family-oriented adventure film from Disney Studios. Based on a 1945 novel by American author Jim Kjelgaard and adapted to the screen by American screenwriter Louis Pelletier, the film starred Walter Pidgeon.Set in the Canadian province of Quebec, "Big Red" is an Irish Setter that would rather run through the woods than be the perfectly-trained and groomed show dog his sp…

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