December 2004
December 3
    Limited
    Closer
     
Main Cast: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts
Director: Mike Nichols
Distributor: Sony/Columbia
Rating: R
Running Time: 104 min
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    House of Flying Daggers
     
Main Cast: Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau
Director: Zhang Yimou
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 119 min
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    I Am David
     
Main Cast: Ben Tibber, James Caviezel, Joan Plowright
Director: Paul Feig
Distributor: Lions Gate
Rating: PG
Running Time: 95 min
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December 8
    Wide
    Blade: Trinity
     
Main Cast: Wesley Snipes
Director: David Goyer
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Rating: R
Running Time: 105 min
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    Limited
    Born Into Brothels
     
Director: Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski
Distributor: ThinkFilm
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 85 min
December 9
    Limited
    Freeze Frame
     
Main Cast: Lee Evans, Rachael Stirling, Colin Salmon
Director: John Simpson
Distributor: First Look Pictures
Rating: R
Running Time: 100 min
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December 10
    Wide
    Ocean's Twelve
     
Main Cast: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 124 min
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    Limited
    The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
     
Main Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett
Director: Wes Anderson
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Rating: R
Running Time: 118 min
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December 17
    Wide
    Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
     
Main Cast: Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Meryl Streep, Jude Law
Director: Brad Siberling
Distributor: Paramount
Rating: PG
Running Time: 113 min
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    Spanglish
     
Main Cast: Paz Vega, Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni
Director: James L. Brooks
Distributor: Sony/Columbia
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 128 min
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    The Flight of the Phoenix
     
Main Cast: Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: John Moore
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
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    Limited
    Beyond the Sea
     
Main Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman
Director: Kevin Spacey
Distributor: Lions Gate
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 121 min
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    Imaginary Heroes
     
Main Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels
Director: Dan Harris
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: R
Running Time: 112 min
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    Million Dollar Baby
     
Main Cast: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
Director: Clint Eastwood
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 137 min
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    Open My Heart
     
Main Cast: Giada Colagrande, Natalie Cristiani, Claudio Botosso
Director: Giada Colagrande
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 97 min
    The Aviator
     
Main Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Beckinsale, Cate Blanchett
Director: Martin Scorsese
Distributor: Miramax
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 168 min
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    The Sea Inside
     
Main Cast: Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Duenas
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Distributor: Fine Line Features
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 125 min
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December 22
    Wide
    Meet the Fockers
     
Main Cast: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand
Director: Jay Roach
Distributor: Universal
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 115 min
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    Limited
    Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
     
Main Cast: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson
Director: Joel Schumacher
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 143 min
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    Hotel Rwanda
     
Main Cast: Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Sophie Okonedo
Director: Terry George
Distributor: United Artists
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 121 min
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December 24
    Limited
    The Woodsman
     
Main Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Benjamin Bratt
Director: Nicole Kassell
Distributor: Newmarket Film Group
Rating: R
Running Time: 87 min
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December 25
    Wide
    Fat Albert
     
Main Cast: Kenan Thompson, Omarion, Aaron Frazier
Director: Joel Zwick
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG
Running Time: 93 min
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    The Darkness
     
Main Cast: Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Stephan Enquist
Director: Jaume Balaguero
Distributor: Dimension Films
Rating: R
Running Time: 102 min
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December 29
    Limited
    A Love Song for Bobby Long
     
Main Cast: Scarlett Johansson, John Travolta, Gabriel Macht
Director: Shainee Gabel
Distributor: Lions Gate
Rating: R
Running Time: 119 min
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    In Good Company
     
Main Cast: Dennis Quaid, Scarlett Johansson, Topher Grace
Director: Paul Weitz
Distributor: Universal
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 109 min
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    The Assassination of Richard Nixon
     
Main Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle
Director: Niels Muller
Distributor: ThinkFilm
Rating: R
Running Time: 95 min
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    The Merchant of Venice
     
Main Cast: Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes
Director: Michael Radford
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: R
Running Time: 138 min
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