6.6

Waking the Dead

2000, USA

• Actors: Billy Crudup, Bill Haugland, Nelson Landrieu, Ivonne Coll, Jennifer Connelly, Maxine Guess, Paul Hipp, Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Ed Harris, Robert Harding, Janet McTeer, Molly Parker, Larry Marshall, Don Jordan, Caroline Sabourin, Stanley Anderson, Patricia Gage, John Carroll Lynch, Bruce Dinsmore, Mimi Kuzyk, Tony Calabretta, Walter Massey, Norris Domingue, Dean Hagopian, Bernard Behrens, Philip Williams, Sharon Washington, Ranee Lee, Zoe Sakellaropoulo
• Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
• Director(s): Keith Gordon
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Fielding Pierce lives the life of an aspiring politician - in 1972 he's serving in the Coast Guard (trying to avoid Vietnam in the most honorable way), and by 1973 he has entered law school. Along the way he falls in love with Sarah, a fiercely idealistic woman who devotes her life to helping others - unfortunately she's killed in an explosion while assisting members of the Chilean resistance. Nine years later, in the middle of a congressional election, Fielding is suddenly flooded with thoughts and visions of his lost love.

  6.9

Jesus Christ Superstar

1972, USA

• Actors: Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Bob Bingham, Larry Marshall, Josh Mostel, Kurt Yaghjian, Paul Thomas, Pi Douglass, Richard Orbach, Robert LuPone, Jonathan Wynne, Thommie Walsh, Richard Molinare, David Devir, Jeff Hyslop, Shooki Wagner, Darcel Wynne, Marcia McBroom, Sally Neal, Leeyan Granger, Vera Biloshisky, Kate Wright, Wendy Maltby, Denise Pence, Baayork Lee, Wyetta Turner, Susie Allanson, Tamar Zafria
• Genre: Drama, History, Musical
• Director(s): Norman Jewison
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Based on a concept album project written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and the subsequent long-running Broadway performance, this film tells the story of the final 6 days in the life of Jesus Christ through the troubled eyes of Judas Iscariot. Too often mis-labeled a musical, this film is a "rock opera." There are no spoken lines, everything is sung.

  7.0

The Panic in Needle Park

1971, USA

• Actors: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Kiel Martin, Michael McClanathan, Warren Finnerty, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Raul Julia, Angie Ortega, Larry Marshall, Paul Mace, Nancy MacKay, Gil Rogers, Joe Santos, Paul Sorvino, Arnold Williams, Vic Ramano, Bryant Fraser, Dora Weissman, Sully Boyar, Florence Tarlow, Rutanya Alda, Anthony Palmer, Anthony Caso, Jeffrey Walker
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Jerry Schatzberg
• Available languages:
  • English English.

This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in "Needle Park" in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves. She becomes addicted too, and life goes downhill for them both as their addiction deepens, eventually leading to a series of betrayals. But, in spite of it all, the relationship between Bobby and Helen endures.