Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry

Plot[edit]

In the French Alps, during the year 1943, Sébastien is a seven year old orphan boy living with César, an adoptive "grandfather" and his daughter, Angélina. The unusual little family lives in the small village of Saint-Martin, whose inhabitants, despite the German occupation, secretly organize the passage of Jewish exiles into Switzerland. The village is also plagued by a mysterious "Beast" who preys on the flocks of the shepherds and the inhabitants, including César's animals. Sébastien is a very lonely child who is suffering from the absence of his mother. He believes that she migrated "to America, just over the mountains", and spends all his days in the mountains. One day, on the way home, he meets a huge dog, wild and completely discredited: it is the so-called "Beast". Sébastien is not slow to make friends with the animal, a female sheepdog, and names her "Belle" because he is struck by her beauty after she is cleaned up from the mud that she was coated with. Sébastien decides to keep his friendship with Belle secret to protect her.

Belle and Sebastian
Directed by	Nicolas Vanier
Produced by	Frédéric Brillion Gilles Legrand Clément Miserez Matthieu Warter
Screenplay by	Juliette Sales Fabien Suarez Nicolas Vanier
Based on	Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry
Starring	Félix Bossuet Tchéky Karyo Margaux Châtelier
Music by	Armand Amar
Cinematography	Éric Guichard
Edited by	Stéphanie Pedelacq Raphaele Urtin
Production company	Radar Films Epithète Films Gaumont M6 Films Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release dates	18 December 2013
Running time	104 minutes
Country	France
Language	French German
Budget	€10.43 million[1]
Box office	$27,000,000[1]

Meanwhile, a German patrol, commanded by the ambiguous Lieutenant Peter Braun, arrives in Saint-Martin to put an end to the secret escape route of the Jews. Sébastien, during one of his trips along with Belle, collides with two of the soldiers; Belle responds by attacking and injuring one of the soldiers. Lieutenant Peter Braun orders the mayor of Saint-Martin to arrange a hunt to track down and kill the "Beast". Meanwhile, César, discovers Sébastien's secret and is horrified. Knowing that Sébastien will try to prevent Belle from being shot, César gives the boy the wrong directions to the hunting area. But he is still able to interfere, at least for awhile. Then César takes him out of the area, while the hunt goes on. César and the village men manage to find and hurt Belle. Sébastien escapes confinement, and finds the wounded dog and tries to help her. He is now furious with César, but asks for help from Dr. Guillaume, the village doctor and Angélina's boyfriend. After an initial hesitation, (and being prodded with a con from Sébastien) he agrees to treat Belle and saves her life.Unbeknownst to Sébastien, Dr. Guillaume is also the one who is responsible for escorting the Jews to the Swiss border. One evening, the doctor hides a family in a cave prior to a trip to the border, when the sound of wolves is heard in the valley. The doctor goes out to see what he can see as the wolves start causing a ruckus in the sheepfold. Guillaume slips and falls into the sheepfold as Belle bounds down out of nowhere and drives off the wolves. The doctor sits up and moans: his ankle is broken, he cannot walk. He finds a sled, lies down on it, and starts pawing his way to town when Belle stops him, picks up the rope, and begins to tow him. She takes him to Angélina's house where everyone except Sébastien and Guillaume is surprised by the dog. César instantly apologizes to Sébastien for wanting to kill Belle.

Guillaume, who is now injured, can no longer lead the Jews and his place is taken by Angélina and Sébastien; who followed her and sneaked into the cave behind her. The boy befriends Esther, the daughter of the two refugees that Guillaume was to escort; and by talking with her, he discovers that César lied to him about where America truly is. That evening, Sébastien creeps back into town and sneaks into the schoolhouse to look at a map. Later, César discovers him in the schoolhouse and reveals the truth: his mother died while giving birth to him. César was present by chance and agreed to take care of Sébastien; he has so far been silent or preferring to lie to protect him. Sébastien is sad, but now he knows he can always count on César and he makes peace with him. It is Christmas Eve, and César gives him a treasured gift: a pocket watch with a compass. This compass will come in handy shortly.

Meanwhile, the Germans realize that some Jews might try to escape on Christmas Day and begin to scour the mountain passes. Angélina and the Jews leave the cave, but the trip is cut short by Lieutenant Peter. He shouts to her, she herds the family faster up the mountain, he shouts to her again, but all of them are suddenly overwhelmed by an avalanche caused by his shouts. Lt. Peter, when dug out of the snow, surprisingly warns her to take another route to reach the border because his soldiers are patrolling the mountain. Angélina is moved, and kisses the man. The only possible way now is dangerous and full of crevasses; Sébastien boasts that Belle, thanks to her sense of smell, will guide them. Not without difficulty, Belle, Sébastien and Angélina manage to escape from the Germans and to bring the Jews to Switzerland where they are greeted by a local guide. Here, Angélina reveals that she will go on to England to help win the war. She promises Sébastien that she will return once it's all over, leaving Belle and Sébastien to walk back home, all alone. The Swiss guide questions her if she is sure that he is able to make a such a long, difficult journey on his own, but Angélina, in tears, replies that Sébastien is not all alone.

Cast[edit]

• Félix Bossuet as Sébastien
• Tchéky Karyo as César
• Margaux Châtelier as Angélina
• Dimitri Storoge as Docteur Guillaume
• Andreas Pietschmann as Lieutenant Peter Braun
• Urbain Cancelier as The Mayor
• Mehdi El Glaoui as André
• Paloma Palma as Esther
• Karine Adrover as La mère d'Esther
• Loïc Varraut as Le père d'Esther
• Jan Oliver Schroeder as Soldat Hans
• Tom Sommerlatte as Soldat Erich
• Andrée Damant as Célestine
• Pasquale D'Inca as Le boucher
• Eric Soubelet as Fabien

Grizzly Adams 15 - Survival

Published on Aug 17, 2012

Robbie Cartman (John Bishop) comes to the cabin to visit with his sick, pet deer, Ginger hoping that Adams (Dan Haggerty) will be able to make her well again.

Adams goes up to the mountains to find an herbal medicine for the ailing deer and is injured in a fall causing a complete loss of memory. He wanders the mountains in a daze, unaware that he is stalked by both a hungry cougar and an even greater danger...a bounty hunter!! Near tragic results come from this amnesia as Adams almost shoots his friend, Ben, and leaves Mad Jack (Denver Pyle) tied up to a tree not recognizing either of them. With the help of Ben his memory soon returns and he decides to still find the herb medicine before going home. This worries Mad Jack because the famous bounty hunter, Sam Steel (James Wainwright) is still on the trail of Grizzly Adams. When Adams returns to the cabin he finds that Sam Steel has been sent up the river by Mad Jack. He was told that Adams had been killed and dumped into the river by Mad Jack and to go up there and find his remains. 

It was refreshing to know that good friends were by Adam's side and they would never let him down. With the support of them he could stay in the mountains he had come to love and neither amnesia nor a bounty hunter would ever change that.

Grizzly Adams Ark

UNWELCOME NEIGHBORS

Published on Aug 16, 2012

Settlers start moving into the mountains and Grizzly Adams (Dan Haggerty) attempts to be neighborly, offering whatever help they might need. A man named Cartman (Ronny Cox), and his son, Robbie (John Bishop), set up a camp in the valley. But Cartman stubbornly refuses Adams' hospitality, insisting that he can take care of himself. Robbie, however, is fascinated by the mountain man Adams, and especially interested in Ben, the giant grizzly bear.

Ignoring Adams' friendship and advice, Cartman builds a lean-to downwind of his campfire and gets smoked out. Then, while chopping wood without caution, he cracks open a hornets nest, endangering both he and his son.

Robbie suffers from numerous hornet stings and becomes delirious. Not knowing how to help his son, Cartman goes looking for Adams, cut collapses in the forest. A hawk leads Adams to Cartman...then to Robbie, who is seriously ill.

Adams sends for his Indian friend, Nakoma (Don Shanks), who returns quickly with herbs and roots to make special medicine. Robbie soon gets well and Cartman learns a valuable lesson, growing to respect Nakoma for his wilderness knowledge and admire Adams for his determination to be a good neighbor. Adams promises to teach Robbie how to become a mountain man.

Dr. Laurence Jeffries, a neuros

Someone Behind the Door

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Someone Behind the Door
Film poster
Directed by	Nicolas Gessner
Produced by	Raymond Danon
Written by	Marc Behm Nicolas Gessner Jacques Robert Lorenzo Ventavoli
Starring	Charles Bronson Anthony Perkins Jill Ireland
Music by	Georges Garvarentz
Cinematography	Pierre Lhomme
Edited by	Victoria Mercanton
Production company	Lira Films
Release dates	15 September 1971 (USA premiere)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	France
Language	English

Someone Behind the Door is a French film directed by Nicolas Gessner. The original French title wasQuelqu'un derrière la porte, and in the UK it was twice retitled as Two Minds For Murder (theatrical title) and Brainkill (VHS title). The film was shot on location in Folkestone, England.^[1]Surgeon, intent on his research, neglects his wife Frances. The frustrated woman accordingly takes a lover, Paul Damien, a French journalist. When he realizes what is going on, Laurence has only one thing in mind, vengeance.

Plot[edit]

A neurosurgeon hires an amnesiac to murder his wife, believing that the man will have no memory of what he had done, providing him a perfect alibi

Principal cast[edit]

Actor	Role
Charles Bronson	The Stranger
Anthony Perkins	Laurence Jeffries
Jill Ireland	Frances Jeffries
Henri Garcin	Paul Damien
Adriano Magistretti	Andrew
Agathe Natanson	Lucy

Filming[edit]

Almost all of the film was shot at various locations inFolkestone. Key locations include Folkestone Harbour and Beach.^[2]

THE WORLD"S GREATEST BOUNTY HUNTER

Published on Aug 18, 2012

The friendship Mad Jack (Denver Pyle) treasured most in the world, that which he had with Grizzly Adams (Dan Haggerty), was about to be put to the test. Returning from the settlement and hoping to make it to the cabin for his birthday, Mad Jack was stricken with the fever that had been going around at the fort. When his burrow, Number Seven, began to look like a goose, he knew that the fever had set in fully. He started imagining that he was Brett Carson, the world's greatest bounty hunter and that he was going to capture James Capon Adams. Adams was busy at the pond and did not know that of all people, Brett Carson (Mad Jack) the bounty hunter was after him. Nakoma (Don Shanks) and Adams were going about their business in the usual manner except that they were planning a surprise birthday party for Mad Jack. When they returned to the cabin and put everything together for their friend, they heard a voice outside. Adams was sure it was Jack but the voice announced that it was "Brett Carson".

After Brett arrests Nakoma, there was an unexpected surprise in store for him. Nakoma jumps into his Indian dancing act while Adams throws Brett into the pond. It was a worthwhile trick as Adams and Nakoma were very thankful that the man who came out of the water was again their good friend, Mad Jack, wet and mean as ever, but it was still Mad Jack.

When Mad Jack heard what he had done, he was surprised he still had friends. As Adams said, "That's what real friends are for, having patience and understanding when things go wrong"

COLD SW EAT

Slow moving story of an ex-GI who assumed an alias as a fishing boat captain in a Mediterrenean coastal town. He is hiding from the authorities and his old partners with whom he committed a robbery; they were nabbed and imprisoned but he escaped and now they are back for revenge.

Limited scenery, "hamy" acting and awkward fight scenes. Overall cheap production, even by the standards of the late 1960s. Probably a "payday" movie for Bronson and his wife Jill Ireland. As a fan of Bronson, I believe that this is not his best work. The superbly talented, luminous Liv Ulman, sleep walks through her role as the captain's wife. Similarly, the great James Mason's acting skills are wasted in this turkey.This is not the greatest Bronson movie ever made but it is nonetheless entertaining. It does have one spectacular car chase or rather motorcycle pursuit on winding roads of south of France. There are some nice performances and it's fun to see James Mason play a villain although he's a likable one. Liv Ullman is fine and Jill Ireland plays a hilarious rich hippie chick.

There are the usual plot absurdities but Bronson is the reason we watch these movies and he's no different here. He's a very likeable tough guy trying very hard to be nice around bunch of incorrigable villains.

The main concern here though is the resolution quality. It looks like they transfered a video quality image. On a high def flat panel it looks aweful, but you can still enjoy the film. I wish they would remaster but I guess that's why the price is cheap. If image quality and DVD presentation are important then this should really get a 2 star rating.