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One of today’s most versatile and talented actors, Johnny Depp originally wanted to be a rock star. He was the front man for several garage bands, including The Kids, which opened once for Iggy Pop. Depp got into acting after a visit to LA with his former wife. He made his film debut in 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street. A few years later he joined the cast of cult TV show 21 Jumpstreet. Then his big break came when he started working with Tim Burton in Edward Scissorhands. To date, Depp has been in six of Burton’s films, including a starring role in 2007’s Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for which he was Oscar-nominated. If you see only one Burton/Depp collaboration, make it Sleepy Hollow. His most famous role has been that of the Keith Richards inspired Jack Sparrow in the three Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
In 2009, Depp will star in another film adapted from a Hunter S. Thompson work: Rum Diary. He is also the executive producer.
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Benny & Joon
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Chechik, Jeremiah S.
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When mildly psychotic Joon wins a social outcast named Sam in a card game, the ensuing friendship almost seems to be the answer to Joon's over-burdened caregiver brother Benny prayers.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Burton, Tim
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Willy Wonka, the eccentric owner of a candy factory, decides to open up his factory to five lucky kids who won a contest by finding golden tickets in his candy bars. As the tour progresses, each kid succumbs to a temptation of their weaknesses except for Charlie Bucket, an innocent child whose family has grown up in poverty in the shadow Willy Wonka's monstrous factory.
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Chocolat
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Hallstrom, Lasse
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When a single mother and her young daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some resistance from the rigidly moral community. But as soon as the townspeople discover their delicious products, their attitudes begin to change.
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Cry Baby
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Waters, John
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Set in 1950s Baltimore Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker, a leather-clad street tough who leads a gang dubbed the Drapes. When Wade falls for goody-two-shoes Allison Vernon-Williams and steals her from her mossback beau, the romance sparks a battle between rival factions.
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Ed Wood
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Burton, Tim
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Eccentric Edward D. Wood Jr. directs awful '50s cult films like Glen or Glenda and Plan 9 From Outer Space.
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Secret Window
By
Koepp, David
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A famed mystery writer is unexpectedly confronted at his remote lake house by a dangerous stranger named John Shooter claiming he had his short story plagiarized and demands justice.
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Corpse Bride
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Burton, Tim
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Tim Burton's animated tale centers on Victor, a young man who, just as he's about to wed Victoria, is sucked into the underworld by the Corpse Bride, who desires Victor for herself. Victor is fascinated by the Land of the Dead, but nothing can stop him from trying to return to his true love.
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
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Hallstrom, Lasse
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Gilbert Grape lives in a backwater Iowa town and is "man of the house" to his retarded brother, Arnie, a couple of sisters and his dangerously overweight mother.
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