Films on Taquilla 30.08.2007-06.09.2007

Films on Taquilla 30.08.2007-06.09.2007

Satellite: Astra 1C-2C & Hispasat
Position: 19.2 east & 30W
Frequency: 10788V & 11097V (19E) ; 12303V & 11931V (30W)
Programming hours: 24 hours
Encryptions: Nagravision 2


August 30 to September 6

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Taquilla 1 & 2

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) Biography / Drama NEW

Starring Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Christopher Smith, Dan Castellaneta and Zuhair Haddad. Directed by Gabriele Muccino.

Chris Gardner has big dreams for him and his family but it doesn't seem to come together for him. Chris has an opportunity to be a stock broker but first he has to go through a grueling internship which means no pay. Chris decides to do it but when his wife leaves and he is evicted, he has to take care of his son on his own. So they find themselves sometimes living on the street and struggling to get by. But Chris is determined to make it.

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Taquilla 3

Va a ser que nadie es perfecto (2006) Comedy NEW

Starring Alberto Espinosa, Fernando Tejero, Santi Millan, Jose Luis Garcia Perez and Teresa Hurtado De Ory. Produced by Jaume Roures.

Follows the adventures of a blind man, a man with a limp and a deaf man on a crazy stag night in which they discover that their handicaps are not quite as physical as they thought--and just like ordinary people, the most painful handicaps are emotional.

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Taquilla 4

Catch a Fire (2006) Drama / History / Thriller NEW

Starring Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna, Mncedisi Shabangu and Terry Pheto.
Directed by Phillip Noyce.

A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.

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Taquilla 5

Yo soy la Juani (2006) Comedy / Drama

Starring Veronica Echegui, Dani Martin, Laya Marti, Gorka Lasaosa and Jose Chaves. Directed by Bigas Luna.

Centers around two women who give up their small-town lives and deadbeat boyfriends for sexy fun in Madrid.

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Taquilla 6

Pan's Labyrinth (2006) (Laberinto del fauno, El) Drama / Fantasy

Starring Maribel Verdu, Sergi Lopez, Ariadna Gil, Alex Angulo and Doug Jones. Directed by Guillermo del Toro.

Set in 1940s Spain against the postwar repression of Franco's Spain, a fairy tale that centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father, who is a military officer tasked with 'ridding the area' of rebels. In her loneliness, Ofelia creates a world filled with fantastical creatures and secret destinies. With Fascism at its height, Ofelia must come to terms with her world through a fable of her own creation.

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Taquilla 7

Crank (2006) Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

Starring Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, Jose Pablo Cantillo and Jay Xcala.
Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor.

Chev Chelios is a professional assassin working for the West Coast crime syndicate. Chev's girlfriend Eve doesn't know what Chev does and Chev is planning to quit the crime syndicate so he can spend more time with her. But for Chev, things about to get very bad, when he learns he has been injected with a poison called "The Beijing Cocktail" by his rival Verona, which will kill him if his heart rate drops. Trying to stay alive and seeking help from friend, Kaylo and Doc Miles, to keep his heart pumping. Chev sets out to find answers as well as protecting Eve, and get his revenge on those who have betrayed him before the poison kills him.

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Taquilla 8

Dreamgirls (2006) Drama / Musical

Starring Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover and Jennifer Hudson.
Directed by Bill Condon.

Based on the 1981 Broadway musical comes Dreamgirls, a story of greed, tough hate, and romance. Three young women - Deena Jones, Effie White, and Lorrell Robinson - desire to become pop stars and get their wish when they're picked to be backup singers for the legendary James "Thunder" Early. Then they're set free for leads, but Curtis Taylor and Effie's brother C.C. decide for Deena to be lead which upsets Effie.

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Taquilla 9

The Departed (2006) Crime / Drama / Thriller

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Jack Nicholson and Vera Farmiga.
Directed by Martin Scorsese.

In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there's a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy-and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself. But is either willing to turn on the friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover?