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F. Murray Abraham
	Date of Birth: Oct 24, 1939 Country: USA Biography: Fahrid Murray Abraham (born October 24, 1939) is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus. He has appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films such as All the President's Men and Scarface. He is also known for his television and theatre work...(Wikipedia) Total Films at Criticker: 42 - You've Seen 0
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Milos Forman: Co te nezabije... (2009)

Summary: A documentary about Milos Forman's career.

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Perestroika (2009)

Summary: Top astrophysicist Sasha Greenberg has spent the past 17 years working in the United States. An invitation to speak at a Congress on Cosmology in his native Moscow brings him home for the first time to confront colleagues and unanswered personal questions. As Russia undergoes perestroika, public and private lives are radically reassessed and Sasha sees the social and sexual upheavals as a crisis of civilization and a reflection of his own obsessive studies into the nature of the Universe itself. (imdb)

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Sword of War (2009)

Summary: German Emperor Barbarossa will stop at nothing to conquer and build his empire. But a young man from Milan, along with his army of 900 men known as the Company of Death, is prepared to challenge the Emperor. (imdb)

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Shark Swarm (2008)

Summary: In the California coastal town, fisherman Daniel Wilder and marine biologist Amy Zuckerman discover the terrifying side-effects of man's attack on the environment: the environment is attacking back. After several locals are eaten alive by Great White sharks, Daniel and Amy discover the man-eaters are now traveling in unstoppable underwater swarms with a terrifying single-minded purpose. Now, they must venture into the deep to stop the Shark Swarm. (jbhifionline)

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BloodMonkey (2007)

Summary: A group of students led by a professor, (F. Murray Abraham), who are attacked by bloodthirsty primates in the jungle. (wikipedia)

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)

Summary: Five people are killed in a freak accident when a lofty rope bridge collapses. The film details a priest's journey to discover if there was a divine reason for the bloody disaster. Set in Lima, Peru, during the 18th century. (imdb)

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Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites (2003)

Summary: Keith David narrates this religious exploration of the struggle of the Israelites, from 586 B.C. when they were forced to find refuge in Babylon to the rise of Christianity centuries later. Filmed at the precise locations of the events featured, this exploration features four episodes that focus on key figures in Judeo-Christian history: Abraham, Moses, King David and King Solomon. (netflix)

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Piazza Delle Cinque Lune (2003)

Summary: Piazza delle cinque luna, is an Italian political thriller, which takes a fictional approach to a real event. Focusing, upon the true story of the kidnapping and ultimate death of Italian political leader Aldo Moro, the film imagines a regional judge (played by Donald Sutherland) discovering clues that lead him to a vast conspiracy.

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Joshua (2002)

Summary: In this gentle fable about the Second Coming, a carpenter named Joshua (Tony Goldwyn) brings joy and light to every person he meets when he arrives in a small town. From troubled teens to a smitten TV anchorwoman to a frustrated wife in a stale marriage, Joshua helps them all.

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Ticker (2002)

Summary: The Driver finds himself in a dangerous, yet highly political situation; this time being pursued by a helicopter gunship while carrying a passenger with a suitcase... the contents of which will decide the fate of a nation. (imdb)

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Thirteen Ghosts (2001)

Summary: A state-of-the-art remake of the classic William Castle horror film about a family that inherits a spectacular old house from an eccentric uncle. There's just one problem: the house seems to have a dangerous agenda all its own. (Warner Bros.)

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The Knights of the Quest (2001)

Summary: In 1271, five young knights journey to Thebes in Greece to recover the Sacred Shroud and deliver it back to France and into the hands of the royal family. (imdb)

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The Darkling (2000)

Summary: When mechanic Jeff Obold meets the wealthy and mysterious Bruno Rubin, he is exposed for the first time to the finer things in life. But Jeff soon discovers the source of Rubin's power: a caged creature called a "Darkling," which possesses the power to create incredible wealth for the person who will pledge unending "companionship." (imdb)

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Finding Forrester (2000)

Summary: An uplifting story about the unusual dynamic between an isolated author and the confident teenager who changes his life.

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Noah's Ark (1999)

Summary: In the Biblical story from Genesis, God floods the world as Noah rescues his family and the animals in a gigantic ark. (imdb)

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Esther: The Bible (1999)

Summary: King Ahasuerus (Thomas Kretschmann) of Persia is enchanted by the lovely Esther (Louise Lombard) and makes her his queen, unaware that she's Jewish. When Prime Minister Haman (Jürgen Prochnow) orders a day of assault on the Jews, Esther reveals her heritage to the king and pleads for his help for her people. F. Murray Abraham co-stars as Mordecai, Esther's proud uncle, in this faithful adaptation of the biblical story.

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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Summary: The ninth film in the Star Trek series. A Federation investigation of a planet is actually a cover for an insidious plot to destroy its people and steal their secret for longevity. (Paramount)

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Mimic (1997)

Summary: A team of scientists discover a miracle cure that stops the spread of a deadly disease... only to find three years later that something has gone terribly wrong. Their creation has taken on a horrifying life of its own... able to mimic and destroy its every predator -- even man! And now, it threatens to wipe out an entire city... unless they stop it in time. (Miramax)

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Baby Face Nelson (1996)

Summary: Bonnie and Clyde were no match for Depression Era gangster George "Babyface" Nelson and his moll Helen Womack. Constantly on the lam from the law and from Chicago's biggest crime lord Al Capone, Babyface and his female accomplice leave a trail of blood and bullets in their path towards making history. (imdb)

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Dead Man's Walk (1996)

Summary: Gus (David Arquette) and Woodrow (Jonny Lee Miller) join up with a ragtag band of Rangers determined to take Santa Fe away from Mexico, but they soon find they've walked into a dangerous but forbidding territory of populated by hostile Indians and dangerous opportunists. Dead Man's Walk also features Brian Dennehy, F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, and Edward James Olmos. (allmovie.com)

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Dillinger and Capone (1995)

Summary: July 22, 1934 - outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, a barrage of FBI bullets brings down John Dillinger. As the body of Public Enemy Number one crumbles to the ground, one of the strangest, most riveting stories in the history of crime begins to unfold. It seems that J. Edgar Hoover's boys have unknowingly blown away the wrong Dillinger -- not John, but his brother. (imdb)

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Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

Summary: Lenny and Amanda have an adopted son Max who turns out to be brilliant. Lenny becomes obsessed with finding Max's real parents because he believes that they too must be brilliant. When he finds that Linda Ash is Max' real mother, Lenny is disappointed. Linda is a prostitute and porn star. On top of that, she is quite possibly the dumbest person Lenny has ever met. Interwoven is a Greek chorus linking the story with the story of Oedipus. (imdb)

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Surviving the Game (1994)

Summary: Mason, who lives on the streets, wants to cease his life when on the same day his two best friends die: His dog and an older man with whom he shared his food and roof (imdb)

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Nostradamus (1994)

Summary: Story of the life of the great prognosticator and of his early unwillingness to accept his ability to foresee the future... (imdb)

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Jamila (1994)

Summary: It's young love on the steppes in this romantic fable based on a 1956 story by Chingiz Aitmatov. The movie was filmed on the beautiful Kirghiz steppes. The story reflects the wistful memories of Seit, a N.Y. painter as he reminisces about his youthful, innocent love affair with Jamilia back in the Kirghiz countryside during the 1940's. (Sandra Brennan, Rovi)

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Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

Summary: An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies (imdb)

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Last Action Hero (1993)

Summary: A young movie fan gets thrown into the movie world of his favourite action film character.

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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993)

Summary: Taking the title from the novel by Jules Verne, this story takes his basic premise of the desire to travel to the center of the Earth. The travelers, using their craft, penetrate an active volcano and encounter a strange world filled with many creatures and an evil force controlling it all. (imdb)

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By the Sword (1991)

Summary: A mysterious man, Suba, gets himself a job at a fencing academy, and as he learns the way of the students, the school, and its maestro, they learn that there's more to him than meets the eye. He gains (or regains?) his fencing skills and his philosophy of teaching clashes with the maestro's. As they are thrown into conflict, Suba and the maestro's past appear to be linked. And the resolution of their mysterious relationship may be a duel to the death. (imdb)

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The Little Match Girl (1991)

Summary: New Year's Eve 1999 finds homeless little Angela selling matches on the streets. Much to her surprise, she is soon floating over the skyline on an adventure of hope, discovery and a promise of joyful new beginnings. Narrated by F. Murray Abraham. (Rotten Tomatoes)

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Mobsters (1991)

Summary: The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime. As their crime empire expands, they have to deal with many problems, including their own differing opinions on how to run their business, the local Godfather, and the psychotic Mad Dog Coll. (imdb)

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The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

Summary: Financial "Master of the Universe" Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a black boy with his car... (imdb)

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An Innocent Man (1989)

Summary: Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed. (imdb)

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Slipstream (1989)

Summary: In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself. These officers, in turn, try to hunt the two men down. (imdb)

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Beyond the Stars (1989)

Summary: This Sci-Fi Drama centers around the teen-age Eric, son of a computer scientist who worked for the Apollo mission which sent the first human to the moon. Eric, determined to become an astronaut himself one day, befriends Paul Andrews, the first man on the moon. Paul is avoided by other astronauts nowadays, because he was very rude and rebuffing when he returned from space. Only slowly Eric learns, that he discovered something during his excursion on the moon, that he keeps as a secret. (imdb)

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The Name of the Rose (1986)

Summary: An intellectually nonconformist monk investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey. (imdb)

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Amadeus (1984)

Summary: The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode by Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum (imdb.com)

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Scarface (1983)

Summary: In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed. (imdb)

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The Big Fix (1978)

Summary: Corruption and dirty tricks in a senatorial campaign directed by John Lithgow, an Abbie Hoffman character played by F. Murray Abraham, not a little comedy and a heaping of social commentary a la 60's style make this a highly recommended movie. (imdb)

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All the President's Men (1976)

Summary: Reporters Woodward and Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Nixon's resignation.

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The Ritz (1976)

Summary: On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives at the Ritz, a gay bathhouse where he is pursued amorously by "chubby chaser" Paul B. Price and by entertainer Googie Gomez who believes him to be a broadway producer. His guides through the Ritz are gatekeeper Abe, habitue Chris, and bellhop/go-go-boys Tiger and Duff.

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Serpico (1973)

Summary: The true story about an honest New York cop who blew the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him. (imdb)

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