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Cinequest is honored to present the festival premiere of Nick Redman?s glorious look at one of cinema?s greatest masterpiece?s, Sam Peckinpah?s The Wild Bunch.
Conceived as a sequel to the Oscar-nominated The Wild Bunch: An Album In Montage (Cinequest, 1996), A Simple Adventure Story: Sam Peckinpah, Mexico And The Wild Bunch, unveils yet another remarkable discovery in the Warner Bros vaults?a treasure trove of never-before-seen, Technicolor and Techniscope outtakes from the movie's remarkable shoot in Northern Mexico.
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In 1987, a 16-foot bronze statue was commissioned for placement in a prominent downtown square in San Jose, California. The statue commemorated the raising of the American Flag and California?s inclusion into the U.S during the Mexican-American War. However, the statue was at the center of a fierce controversy and locked away in a warehouse, never to be seen again?until now.
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Repossessing a vintage Camaro from a martial arts master simply named ?The Monk? is a tough way to begin a workday. And it just keeps getting worse from there for repo men Rick and The Colonel, when they have a run in with mobsters and repossess a car with a major league pitcher, Jim, bound and gagged in the trunk. And the World Series begins in just three days.
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Born HIV positive, Bert is a 13-year-old, raised since he was weeks old by his foster parents. But now that it has been determined that he is HIV negative, the State of Florida wants to take him away from the only parents he has ever known. Why? Because his foster parents are Roger and Steven, two gay dads, and the State feels that Bert is now eligible to be adopted by a ?normal? couple.
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Eli Depres and Kim Roberts? Wilderness Survival for Girls is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that explores the rich and intoxicating inner lives of teenage girls when three best friends spend one last weekend together before they go their separate ways.
Ruth, Deborah and Kate arrive at an idyllic and remote cabin high in the Rockies and settle in for an evening of beer, pot and fun. As events unfold, the girls start to reveal their deepest secrets, and the good time becomes a little more intense than anticipated.
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The small town of Junction is the proud home of ?The World?s Largest Stool.? John Stevens, a doctoral candidate in roadside attractions, travels to Junction, anxious to authenticate the stool as a true piece of art. Unbeknownst to John, there has been an act of vandalism against the statue of the town?s founder, and Curtis Gorfurter, Junction?s police chief, has concluded it must be the work of a terrorist.
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Ben and Maya seem to have everything?looks, money, a nice apartment and each other?even if their relationship shows signs of strain. Coming home from a late Saturday party, Maya is a little drunk and Ben is ready to settle in for the night. But a knock at the door and an unannounced guest change everything.
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America! Built on a better pill.
Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs?legally, that is. She works for America?s pharmaceutical industry, and although conflicted on a daily basis by the industry?s values, Karly has been seduced by the golden handcuffs of corporate America.
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Billie Lawrence has it all. Elegance. Weekend home. Three-car garage. The perfect life. Or so it seems. Inside the gated walls of her community, Billie suffers in silence as her husband increases his violent abuse.
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An evocative trio of short stories following three women named Gina makes up Listening to the Voice of a Wind, a superbly made drama about hanging on to your dreams while trying to make it in a new land. Keeping the same fascinating themes while ricocheting around the country, the film expertly fuses the stories into one major artistic statement.