Click Banner For More Info See All Sponsors

So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!

This site is now closed permanently to new posts.
We recommend you use the new Townsy Cafe!

Click anywhere but the link to dismiss overlay!

Results 1 to 4 of 4

  • Share this thread on:
  • Follow: No Email   
  • Thread Tools
  1. TopTop #1
    Valley Oak
    Guest

    "Captain Abu Raed" excellent movie!

    "Captain Abu Raed" is an excellent movie. I saw this at home with my family and we all liked it. You can rent it at your local video store:

    AWARDS:

    2008 Sundance Film Festival
    Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Dramatic

    2008 Seattle International Film Festival
    Best Director Golden Space Needle Award - Amin Matalqa

    2008 Newport Beach Film Festival
    Jury Award - Best Actor - Nadim Sawalha
    Jury Award - Best Actress - Rana Sultan

    2008 Heartland Film Festival
    Crystal Heart Award - Feature Film
    Grand Prize for Dramatic Feature

    2007 Dubai International Film Festival
    Muhr Award - Best Actor: Nadim Sawalha

    2008 Durban International Film Festival
    Best First Feature Film
    Last edited by Valley Oak; 12-10-2010 at 10:01 AM.
    | Login or Register (free) to reply publicly or privately   Email

  2. TopTop #2
    sharingwisdom's Avatar
    sharingwisdom
     

    Re: "Captain Abu Raed" excellent movie!

    Can you say more about it? I also watched your suggesting of Flame and Citron...whoa!...intense thriller.

    Quote Posted in reply to the post by Valley Oak: View Post
    "Captain Abu Raed" is an excellent movie. I saw this at home with my family and we all liked it. You can rent it at your local video store:

    AWARDS:

    2008 Sundance Film Festival
    Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Dramatic

    2008 Seattle International Film Festival
    Best Director Golden Space Needle Award - Amin Matalqa

    2008 Newport Beach Film Festival
    Jury Award - Best Actor - Nadim Sawalha
    Jury Award - Best Actress - Rana Sultan

    2008 Heartland Film Festival
    Crystal Heart Award - Feature Film
    Grand Prize for Dramatic Feature

    2007 Dubai International Film Festival
    Muhr Award - Best Actor: Nadim Sawalha

    2008 Durban International Film Festival
    Best First Feature Film
    | Login or Register (free) to reply publicly or privately   Email

  3. Gratitude expressed by:

  4. TopTop #3
    Valley Oak
    Guest

    Re: "Captain Abu Raed" excellent movie!

    When I tried explaining the movie to my 16 year old daughter, she retorted afterwards, "Your description makes me not want to see the movie." However, after we saw it she said she liked it.

    So, aside from giving away what the movie is about (which wouldn't be any fun), I greatly fear, based on personal experience as you can see, revealing the storyline. I will say this; the film is very, very low budget, which can actually serve as an incentive because there are no special effects to make you go ooooh, aaaaw. Not a single shot is fired in the entire movie! Can you believe that? I didn't know it was possible to see a good movie these days without at least one explosion and/or bullets flying around.

    It is simple, down to earth, realistic movie about people's lives. The real thing, not James Bond, Brangelina, or anything like that. And because the movie is so realistic and revealing about real people, that is probably why it is so good and won 8 awards from 6 different film festivals, listed below.

    Hope this helps.
    ;0)

    2008 Sundance Film Festival
    Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Dramatic

    2008 Seattle International Film Festival
    Best Director Golden Space Needle Award - Amin Matalqa

    2008 Newport Beach Film Festival
    Jury Award - Best Actor - Nadim Sawalha
    Jury Award - Best Actress - Rana Sultan

    2008 Heartland Film Festival
    Crystal Heart Award - Feature Film
    Grand Prize for Dramatic Feature

    2007 Dubai International Film Festival
    Muhr Award - Best Actor: Nadim Sawalha

    2008 Durban International Film Festival
    Best First Feature Film

    Quote Posted in reply to the post by sharingwisdom: View Post
    Can you say more about it? I also watched your suggesting of Flame and Citron...whoa!...intense thriller.
    Last edited by Valley Oak; 12-12-2010 at 05:30 PM.
    | Login or Register (free) to reply publicly or privately   Email

  5. Gratitude expressed by:

  6. TopTop #4
    natalie's Avatar
    natalie
     

    Re: "Captain Abu Raed" excellent movie!

    I really liked this movie as well. I saw it in a theater when it first came out and I remember it well.
    | Login or Register (free) to reply publicly or privately   Email

  7. Gratitude expressed by:

Similar Threads

  1. "Leaf Blower Debate Intensifies" in "Sonoma West"
    By Shepherd in forum WaccoTalk
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 07-08-2010, 07:16 AM
  2. Replies: 0
    Last Post: 06-26-2010, 08:50 AM
  3. Replies: 10
    Last Post: 06-22-2009, 10:28 PM
  4. Replies: 0
    Last Post: 01-12-2006, 09:46 AM

Bookmarks