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Jude Law

About: Smart, sophisticated and favored with smoldering good looks, David Jude Law has been on a professional upswing ever since he dropped out of school to star in a daytime British soap opera in 1990. Born December 29, 1972, in Southeast London, Law began his formal acting training with the National Youth Music Theatre.Later, he starred in plays and was even nominated for the Olivier Award for "Outstanding Newcomer." Law made his big-screen debut in the futuristic thriller Gattaca (1997) and followed up that effort with starring roles in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Enemy at the Gates (2001) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).Law married English actress Sadie Frost, but the couple divorced in 2003. That year also saw Law's most impressive performance to date -- the laconic deserter Inman in Cold Mountain (for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination).

I Heart Huckabees

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2004

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About: When a mystery needs to be solved and it's not a whodunit but a maze involving emotions, it requires the expertise of intellectual -- and perhaps slightly kooky -- detectives Vivian (Lily Tomlin) and Bernard (Dustin Hoffman). The husband-and-wife existential team helps untangle questions of purpose. Their client? Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman), a do-gooder who's plagued by twists of fate. Co-stars Jude Law and Naomi Watts.
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I Love You, I Love You Not

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1996

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About: Based on the acclaimed play by Wendy Kesselman, this film tells the story of Daisy (Claire Danes), a shy teenager who conceals her Judaism from her classmates at a Manhattan private school. Daisy's closest friend is her grandmother, Nana (Jeanne Moreau). A Holocaust survivor, Nana tells Daisy of her youth spent in a concentration camp just as Daisy is experiencing anti-Semitism at her school. Only Nana can help Daisy through this difficult time.
URL: I Love You, I Love You Not

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2001

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About: Director Steven Spielberg's A.I. propels you into a futuristic world where humans share every aspect of their lives with sophisticated companion robots called Mechas. When an advanced prototype robot child named David (Haley Joel Osment) is programmed to show unconditional love, his human family isn't prepared for the consequences. David soon embarks on a spectacular quest to discover the startling secret of his own identity.
URL: A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2004

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About: After their parents are tragically killed, three young orphans -- Violet (Emily Browning), Klaus (Liam Aiken) and Sunny -- are taken in by the cunning and dastardly Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), who hopes to snatch their inheritance from them. Based on the series of best-selling, darkly funny children's books, director Brad Silberling's film co-stars Meryl Streep, Billy Connolly and Timothy Spall. Jude Law narrates as Lemony Snicket.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1997

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About: When magazine writer John Kelso (John Cusack) travels to Savannah, Ga., to cover a chichi party thrown by urbane antiques dealer Jim Williams (Kevin Spacey), he is pulled into his subject's intriguing murder trial and introduced to a throng of colorful locals. Set against the beguiling backdrop of Southern high society, this retelling of John Berendt's novel by director Clint Eastwood also stars Jude Law as Williams's lover, Billy Hanson.
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Cold Mountain

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About: Anthony Minghella directs this tale based on the best-selling book about wounded Civil War soldier Inman (Jude Law) making the long, treacherous journey to his home in Cold Mountain, N.C. Along the way, he thinks of his love, Ada (Nicole Kidman), who has fought for sanity and her father's farm's survival while Inman has been gone, even with a brave young drifter named Ruby (Renee Zellweger, in an Oscar-winning performance) there to lend a hand.
URL: Cold Mountain