Movies Released October 1, 2004

Friday, October 1

115 mins

Ladder 49 PG-13

Baltimore firefighter Jack Morrison, making the transition from inexperienced rookie to seasoned veteran, struggles to cope with a risky, demanding job that often shortchanges his wife and kids. He he relies on the support of his mentor and chief, Mike Kennedy and his second family--the brotherly bond between the men of the firehouse. But when Jack becomes trapped in the worst blaze of his career, his life and the things he holds important—family, dignity, courage—come into focus. As his fellow firemen of Ladder 49 do all they can to rescue him, Jack's life hangs in the balance.
Scott Cooper, Morris Chestnut, Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Balthazar Getty, Tim Guinee, Robert Patrick, Jay Russell
Drama Action Adventure
90 mins

Shark Tale PG

Oscar is a fast-talking little fish who dreams big. But his big dreams land him in hot water when a great white lie turns him into an unlikely hero. At first, his fellow fish swallow Oscar's story hook, line and sinker and he is showered with fame and fortune. It's all going along swimmingly, until it starts to become clear that Oscar's tale about being the defender of the Reef is all wet. Oscar is finding out that being a hero comes at a Market Price when his lie threatens to make him the Catch of the Day. Now he has to tread water until he can get the scales to tip back in his favor again.
Will Smith, Jack Black, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Damian Shannon, Martin Scorsese, Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson
Comedy Crime Gangster Family Kids Animation
110 mins

DiG!

Tracks the tumultuous rise of two talented musicians, Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Courtney Taylor, leader of the Dandy Warhols, and dissects their star-crossed friendship and bitter rivalry. Both are hell-bent on staging a self-proclaimed revolution of the music industry. Through their loves and obsessions, gigs and recordings, arrests and death threats, uppers and downers, and ultimately to their chance at a piece of the profit-driven music business. How each handles his stab at "success" is where the relationship frays and burns.
Ondi Timoner, Anton Newcombe, Courtney Taylor, Joel Gion, Matt Hollywood, Peter Holmstrom
Documentary
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Pauly Shore is Dead

Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a dead famous comedian appears who tells Pauly to kill himself cause he'll go down as a comedic genius who died before his time. Pauly then fakes his own death, and the media goes crazy. Celebrities are talking about him on MTV and girls are fighting over him on Jerry Springer. It's everything that he wanted...his plan worked. A week or so later the LAPD is tipped off about his whereabouts and they break down the door of the seedy motel room that he's hiding out in and throw him in LA County's celebrity wing.
Vince Vaughn, Chris Rock, Sean Penn, Ben Stiller, Charlie Sheen, Heidi Fleiss, Ellen DeGeneres, Pauly Shore
Comedy
99 mins

Woman Thou Art Loosed R

After shooting her abusive stepfather at a church revival, an ex-stripper/crack addict turned honest citizen, confesses the motives of her crime to a Bishop while she sits on Death Row.
Loretta Devine, Clifton Powell, Michael Schultz, Reuben Cannon, Paul Garnes, Stan Foster, Kimberly Elise, Debbi Morgan
Drama
130 mins

Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry

A chronicle of presidential candidate John Kerry's career, from his Navy duty in Vietnam followed by the years of peace advocacy that shaped his political life.
George Butler, Douglas Brinkley, John F. Kerry
Documentary

Friday, October 1