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Title: The Soloist
Year: 2009
Genre: Drama
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, Lisa Gay Hamilton

Description: In "The Soloist," an emotionally soaring drama about the redemptive power of music, journalist Steve Lopez (Oscar

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Title: Cold Mountain
Year: 2003
Genre: Drama
Studio: Miramax Films
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, Kathy Baker, James Gammon, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Hunnam, Jena Malone, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Ethan Suplee, Donald Sutherland, Ray Winstone, Lukas Black

Description: Cold Mountain" tells the story of a wounded Confederate soldier named Inman who struggles on a perilous journey to get back home to Cold Mountain, N.C. as well as to Ada, the woman he left behind before going off to fight in the Civil War. Along the way, he meets a long line of interesting and colorful characters, while back at home, Ada is learning the ropes of managing her deceased father's farm with Ruby, a scrappy drifter who assists and teaches Ada along the way.

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Title: Gran Torino
Year: 2008
Genre: Drama
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Cory Hardrict, Brian Haley, Brian Howe, Dreama Walker, Christopher Carley

Description: Walt Kowalski is a widower, grumpy, tough-minded, borderline-hateful, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1973 Gran Torino he keeps in cherry condition. When his neighbor Tao, a young Hmong teenager, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Tao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them form the gangs that foul their neighborhood.