The Film Vault

'Houston, nous avons un probleme', c'est la phrase qui, le 13 avril 1970 a 21h7, fit sursauter les hommes qui surveillaient un vol de routine du vaisseau 'Apollo 13" depuis la salle de contrôle de la NASA. Un des réservoirs d'oxygène venait d'exploser à la 55e heure du vol et à 205 000 miles de la Terre.

Few movies capture the triumph of the human spirit as memorably as this. Red (Morgan Freeman), a lifer who 'knows how to get things' inside the bleak walls of Shawshank State Prison, finds himself drawn to new inmate Andy (Tim Robbins), a quiet banker with an indomitable will. As Andy brings hope and change to the entire prison, he turns out to be full of surprises – and the best comes last, leading to one of the most satisfying finales in movie history.

Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, Blade Runner returns in Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut, including extended scenes and never-before-seen special effects. In a signature role as 21st-century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his masculine-yet-vulnerable presence to this stylish noir thriller. In a future of high-tech possibility soured by urban and social decay, Deckard hunts for fugitive, murderous replicants - and is drawn to a mystery woman whose secrets may undermine his soul.

From Nicholas Pileggi’s true-life best-seller Wiseguy, GoodFellas explores the criminal life like no other movie. Directed and cowritten by Martin Scorsese, it was judged 1990’s Best Picture by the New York, Los Angeles and National Societies of Film Critics and named to the American Film Institute’s Top-100 American Films List. Electrifying performances abound, and from a standout cast that includes Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino, Joe Pesci walked off with the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award® . It “bristles with passion, wit and style” and endures as “an American classic” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone).

A l'aube de l'Humanité, dans le désert africain, une tribu de primates subit les assauts répétés d'une bande rivale, qui lui dispute un point d'eau. La découverte d'un monolithe noir inspire au chef des singes assiégés un geste inédit et décisif. Brandissant un os, il passe à l'attaque et massacre ses adversaires. Le premier instrument est né.
En 2001, quatre millions d'années plus tard, un vaisseau spatial évolue en orbite lunaire au rythme langoureux du "Beau Danube Bleu". A son bord, le Dr. Heywood Floyd enquête...