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All About Eve (Country: US; Year: 1950; Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Writer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the story 'The Wisdom of Eve' by Mary Orr.; Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Gregory Ratoff, Barbara Bates, Marilyn Monroe, Thelma Ritter, Walter Hampton)
An aging star is challenged by a ruthless younger actress.
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Josie And The Pussycats (Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan; Writer: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, Dan DeCarlo; Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, Missi Pyle, Tom Butler, Alexander Martin, Faedragh Carpenter)
Brainless satire on the manipulation of teenagers through their music.
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Mamma Mia! (Country: UK, US, Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Phyllida Lloyd; Writer: Catherine Johnson; Stars: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried, Nancy Baldwin, Rachel McDowell, Colin Davis) , Official Site , Trailer
When her daughter wants to get married, Donna has to explain that any one of three men could be her father.
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My Beautiful Laundrette (Country: UK; Year: 1985; Director: Stephen Frears; Writer: Hanif Kureishi; Stars: Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Derrick Branche, Rita Wolf, Souad Faress, Richard Graham, Shirley Anne Field)
A young Asian man and his white boyfriend try to save a struggling laundromat in Thatcher's Britain.
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