Movies directed by Petersen, Wolfgang

Air Force One (1997)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Oldman, Gary | Close, Glenn | Crewson, Wendy | Matthews, Liesel | Guilfoyle, Paul | Berkeley, Xander | Macy, William H. | Stockwell, Dean | Everett, Tom | Prochnow, Jürgen | Bullock, Donna | Miller, Michael Ray | Weintraub, Carl | Latham, Elester
Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang
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Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman star in this thriller about a steadfast U.S. President who has just told the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. Now, Russian neo-nationalists have hijacked Air Force One and the President is faced with a nearly impossible decison: give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country’s dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

Air Force One (1997)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Oldman, Gary | Close, Glenn | Crewson, Wendy | Matthews, Liesel | Guilfoyle, Paul | Berkeley, Xander | Macy, William H. | Stockwell, Dean | Everett, Tom | Prochnow, Jürgen | Bullock, Donna | Miller, Michael Ray | Weintraub, Carl | Latham, Elester
Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang
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Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman star in this thriller about a steadfast U.S. President who has just told the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. Now, Russian neo-nationalists have hijacked Air Force One and the President is faced with a nearly impossible decison: give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country’s dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

NeverEnding Story, The (1984)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA | West Germany
Actors: Oliver, Barret | McRaney, Gerald | Garrett, Drum | Cooksey, Darryl | Gilbert, Nicholas | Hill, Thomas | Roy, Deep | Prückner, Tilo | Gunn, Moses | Hathaway, Noah | Oppenheimer, Alan | Bromley, Sydney | Hayes, Patricia | Stronach, Tami
Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang
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Chased by school bullies, reprimanded by his father for daydreaming too much Bastian is lost in his own world. Bastian escapes school bullies one rainy day by hiding in an old used book store. After explaining his predicament to the old clerk Bastian notices a large leather bound book with a symbol of two snakes intertwined into an emblem. Soon after the clerk warns Bastian that this book is not for him Bastian, rushes away with it “borrowing” it, while the clerk is in another room. Taking refuge in the attic of his school Bastian opens the book, and a world of fantasy. Learning that the wonderous, beautiful land of Fantasia is being destroyed by a terrible “Nothing” Bastian is taken deeper into the story. Soon discovering the ChildLike Empress is deathly ill, the cause; she needs a new name. A young warrior named Atreyu is called and Bastian follows his adventures, unknowing that he, himself is slowly being written into the mysterious book. Soon realizing that he is now written in the book Bastian realizes that the only one who can save Fantasia is him.

Perfect Storm, The (2000)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Clooney, George | Wahlberg, Mark | Reilly, John C. | Lane, Diane | Fichtner, William | Gunton, Bob | Allen, Karen | Mastrantonio, Mary Elizabeth | Payne, Allen | Hawkes, John | McDonald, Christopher | Mihok, Dash | Hopkins, Josh | Ironside, Michael | Jones, Cherry
Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang
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In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the weather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure.

In the Line of Fire (1993)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Eastwood, Clint | Malkovich, John | Russo, Rene | McDermott, Dylan | Cole, Gary | Thompson, Fred Dalton | Mahoney, John | Williams, Gregory Alan | Curley, Jim | Hughes, Sally | Kusatsu, Clyde | Hytner, Steve | Bell, Tobin | Schott, Bob | Riojas, Juan A.
Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang
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Frank Horrigan is a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as a hand-picked agent by President Kennedy, he became one of the few agents to have lost a President to an assassin when Kennedy died. Now, former CIA assassin Mitch Leary is stalking the current President, who is running for re-election. Mitch has spent long hours studying Horrigan, and he taunts Horrigan, telling him of his plans to kill the President. Leary plans to kill the president because Leary feels betrayed by the government — Leary was removed from the CIA, and the CIA is now trying to have him killed. After talking to Leary, Horrigan makes sure he is assigned to presidential protection duty, working with fellow secret service agent Lilly Raines. Horrigan has no intention of failing his President this time around, and he’s more than willing to take a bullet. White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent refuses to alter the President’s itinerary, while Horrigan’s boss, Secret Service Director Sam Campagna, is supportive of Horrigan. As the election gets closer, Horrigan begins to doubt his own abilities, especially when Horrigan’s colleague Al D’Andrea is killed by Leary. But Horrigan may be the only one who can stop Leary.

Troy (2004)

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | History | Romance
Countries: Malta | UK | USA
Actors: Glover, Julian | Cox, Brian | Jones, Nathan | Maropis, Adoni | Smith, Jacob | Pitt, Brad | Shrapnel, John | Gleeson, Brendan | Kruger, Diane | Bana, Eric | Bloom, Orlando | Svegler, Siri | Barat, Lucie | Bones, Ken | Cauchi, Manuel
Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang
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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer’s “The Iliad.”