August 2006
August 4
    Wide
    Barnyard
     
Main Cast: Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Danny Glover
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Distributor: Paramount
Rating: PG
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    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
     
Main Cast: Will Ferrell, David Koechner, Sasha Baron Cohen
Director: Adam McKay
Distributor: Sony/Columbia
Rating: PG-13
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    The Descent
     
Main Cast: Shauna Macdonald, Nora-Jane Noone, Natalie Mendoza
Director: Neil Marshall
Distributor: Lions Gate
Rating: R
Running Time: 99 min
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    The Night Listener
     
Main Cast: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Bobby Cannavale
Director: Patrick Stettner
Distributor: Miramax
Rating: R
Running Time: 91 min
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    Limited
    Quinceanera
     
Main Cast: Emily Rios, Chalo Gonzalez, Jesse Garcia
Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
Distributor: Sony/Columbia
Rating: R
Running Time: 90 min
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August 9
    Wide
    World Trade Center
     
Main Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Director: Oliver Stone
Distributor: Paramount
Rating: PG-13
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August 11
    Wide
    Pulse
     
Main Cast: Kristen Bell, Steve Talley, Ian Somerhalder
Director: Jim Sonzero
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Rating: R
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    Step Up
     
Main Cast: Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan
Director: Anne Fletcher
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Rating: PG-13
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    Zoom
     
Main Cast: Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase
Director: David Hewitt
Distributor: Sony/Revolution Studios
Rating: PG
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    Limited
    Half Nelson
     
Main Cast: Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps
Director: Ryan Fleck
Distributor: ThinkFilm
Rating: R
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    The House of Sand
     
Main Cast: Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres
Director: Andrucha Waddington
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: R
Running Time: 103 min
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    The Ordeal
     
Main Cast: Laurent Lucas, Jackie Berroyer, Philippe Nahon
Director: Fabrice Du Welz
Distributor: Palm Pictures
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 94 min
August 18
    Wide
    Accepted
     
Main Cast: Justin Long, Blake Lively
Director: Steve Pink
Distributor: Universal
Rating: PG-13
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    Material Girls
     
Main Cast: Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff
Director: Martha Coolidge
Distributor: MGM
Rating: PG
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    Snakes on a Plane
     
Main Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Nathan Phillips
Director: David Ellis
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Rating: Not yet rated
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    Limited
    10th and Wolf
     
Main Cast: James Marsden, Piper Perabo, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: Bobby Moresco
Distributor: ThinkFilm
Rating: R
Running Time: 110 min
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    Factotum
     
Main Cast: Matt Dillon, Marisa Tomei, Lili Taylor
Director: Bent Hamer
Distributor: IFC Films
Rating: R
Running Time: 94 min
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    My First Wedding
     
Main Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Kenny Doughty, Paul Hopkins
Director: Laurent Firode
Distributor: Indican Pictures
Rating: PG-13
    The Illusionist
     
Main Cast: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel
Director: Neil Burger
Rating: PG-13
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    Trust the Man
     
Main Cast: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore
Director: Bart Freundlich
Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Rating: R
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August 25
    Wide
    Beerfest
     
Main Cast: Paul Soter, Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Rating: Not yet rated
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    How to Eat Fried Worms
     
Main Cast: Luke Benward, Ryan Malgarini, Ty Panitz
Director: Bob Dolman
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Rating: PG
Running Time: 98 min
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    Idlewild
     
Main Cast: Andre Benjamin, Antwan Patton, Ving Rhames
Director: Bryan Barber
Distributor: Universal
Rating: R
Running Time: 120 min
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    Invincible
     
Main Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks
Director: Ericson Core
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Rating: PG
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    Limited
    The Quiet
     
Main Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Edie Falco, Camilla Belle
Director: Jamie Babbit
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: R
Running Time: 96 min
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