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Top Movies Eight Below Date Movie The Pink Panther Curious George Final Destination 3 Firewall Freedomland When a Stranger Calls Big Momma's House 2 Nanny McPhee New Releases Curious George Final Destination 3 Firewall The Pink Panther Date Movie Eight Below Freedomland Something New Failure to Launch When a Stranger Calls Top Celebs Reese Witherspoon Brad Pitt Paris Hilton Mariah Carey Lindsay Lohan Scarlett Johansson Phil Collins Britney Spears Angelina Jolie Jodie Marsh	Enemy at the Gates  Release Date - March 16, 2001 Nationwide  Distributor - Paramount Pictures  Duration - 146 Mins  Type - Drama and Romance ( Rated R )  Writer : Alain Godard and Jean-Jacques Annaud.  Producer : John D. Schofield and Jean-Jacques Annaud.  Director : Jean-Jacques Annaud.  Starring : Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins.  Synopsis The true story of a duel during World War II between celebrated Russian sniper, Vassili Zaitsev, and the Nazi's best sharpshooter, Major Konig, set against the epic battle of Stalingrad. Realizing Vassili's potential, Soviet political officer, Danilov, creates the soldier into a national hero, with Stalingrad ready to fall into German hands. However, when Danilov and Vassili fall in love with Tania, a courageous female soldier, Danilov grows to hate the man he created. Meanwhile, Major Konig has been ordered to find and kill Vassili. With exquisite patience and skill, each man stalks the other, fighting his war in solitude while countless men die around them in the rubble of Stalingrad.  Critic Reviews We follow naive, provincial Red Army footsoldier Vassili Zaitzev (Jude Law) straight off the train and into the heat of battle, after a brief but dreadful river journey during which his peers' main choice is to stay on board their boats and be shot by German fighter planes or jump into the water and be shot by their own commanders. On the "streets" of the chaotically demolished city, meanwhile, political officers distributing an ever-diminishing supply of rifles. It'll be ten more minutes before Vassili finally gets himself a rifle. But when he does, we -- and he -- make an extraordinary discovery: This little shepherd boy from the Urals is not just a helpless target, but a potential predator of innate and deadly skill. He will spend the rest of the battle in the Red Army's sniper division, picking Germans off like the wolves he once poached as a boy In the course of this first engagement, Vassili hooks up with Danilov (Joseph Fiennes), a political officer who immediately recognizes the propaganda value of Vassili's triumph. So he builds Vassili up as an instant legend, dangling tales of his exploits as a sniper in front of their dispirited comrades. And it's this projected image of Vassili -- not the often lonely, occasionally terrified real person behind it -- which eventually causes the Nazis to set their own hunter on the man hunting them. They send for their top sharpshooter, aristocrat-turned-soldier Major Konig (Ed Harris), and give him his orders: Get Vassili, no matter what the cost. "It's the very essence of class struggle," Danilov tells Vassili, his eyes sparkling. But Vassili is becoming increasingly disenchanted with being Danilov's pet project, especially when he suspects there's no way he can possibly beat Konig. After all, as he tells fellow sniper Tania (Rachel Weisz), "in the forest, the wolf lives for three years, the donkey for nine." Whether noble or peasant, he and Konig are wolves to Danilov and the educated, beautiful Tania's donkeys--useless, except in one highly specific situation. And one way or another, both of them can feel their alotted three years coming to an end . . . Enemy at the Gates Paramount Pictures Director--Jean-Jacques Annaud Starring Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz Drama War 128 min Rated R color Play The Trailer Watch Clip One Watch Clip Two Watch Clip Three Efficient and Effective   For rating reasons : filmrating.com, mpaa.com                                    For Parents : Parentalguide.com
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