Forest Whitaker — Actor (101)
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Witness Protection (1999)
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Richard Pearce actor: Forest Whitaker / Tom Sizemore …
other title: Zeugenschutzprogramm / Témoin sous contrôle …
Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career criminal Bobby "Bats" Batton (Tom Sizemore); on the outs with the mob and facing prosecution for a number of serious crimes, Batton is offered a deal by the FBI in which he will be given immunity in exchange for testifying against his former partners. However, Batton will have to join the Federal Witness Protection Program, which means that he, his wife, and his children will never again see their friends and family.
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Deacons for Defense (2005)
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Bill Duke actor: Forest Whitaker / Jonathan Silverman …
other title: Légitime défense / 正义反击
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings persistently trampled by the white power structure, in general, and the local branch of the KKK. The story follows the formation of local black men, particularly ex-war veterans who after the struggles become too overbearing organizes the group, "Deacons for defense", an all-black defense group dedicated to patrolling the black section of town and protecting its residents from the more violent aspects of "white backlash."
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Memphis (2030)
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保罗·格林格拉斯 actor: 福里斯特·惠特克
other title: 孟菲斯
以Martin Luther King Jr.生前最后一天经历改编的电影<Memphis>，之前因为情节安 排受到了King的家人以及其他一些民权领袖的反对，影片暂时搁置。现在影片再次恢复拍摄，电影由<The Bourne>系列的导演Paul Greengrass拍摄，内容中还会涉及对刺客的追捕和FBI窃听事件。 曾制作过《老无所依》、《大地惊雷》、《点球成金》、《社交网络》等片的斯科特·鲁丁担任制片人。据悉，环球影业曾在一年接下过该项目，但最终因不明原因退出，目前Veritas和Wild Bunch两家公司有意为该片筹资。 1968年4月4日，美国黑人民权运动领袖马丁·路德· 金在田纳西州的孟菲斯遭暗杀身亡，凶手詹姆斯·厄尔· 雷被捕供认暗杀事实，但此后的追踪调查显示，事件本身 是一个“暗杀阴谋”，牵涉到到黑手党、联邦调查局、中 央情报局、军方人士等诸多幕后力量。《孟菲斯》将重点 追忆马丁·路德·金生命的最后时光，包括在孟菲斯领导 罢工运动及遭暗杀身亡的过程，保罗·格林格拉斯亲自负 责剧本。 格林格拉斯目前有一部由汤姆·汉克斯主演，讲述索马里海盗的新片《菲利普船长》（ Captain Philips）在制作当中，预计明年10月11日上映。
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Emperor of Ocean Park (2024)
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Stephen Carter actor: 福里斯特·惠特克 / Grantham Coleman …
other title: El emperador de Ocean Park / 海洋公園的皇帝 …
Set in the worlds of politics, Ivy League academia, and the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard. It centers on Talcott Garland, an Ivy League law professor whose quiet life is shattered when his father, Judge Oliver Garland, dies of an apparent heart attack. The nature of the judge’s death is questioned by Tal’s sister, Mariah, a former journalist and inveterate conspiracy theorist, who believes that the judge, a failed Black nominee to the Supreme Court, met with foul play.
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
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Nic Maier / Dimitri Simakis actor: 威廉·布西 / Steve Allen …
The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so culture-jamtastic that we're sorry we can't be there to hold your hand as you watch in dazed amazement. Thousands of hours of brain-boiling footage have been concentrated into an impenetrable jewel of an experience, teach us once and for all that loving well is the best revenge.
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A Rage in Harlem (1991)
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比尔·杜克 actor: 福里斯特·惠特克 / Gregory Hines …
other title: 천국으로 가는 장의사 / レイジ・イン・ハーレム …
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
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The King of Kings (2025)
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张诚浩 actor: 奥斯卡·伊萨克 / 肯尼思·布拉纳 …
other title: 더 킹 오브 킹스 / Der König der Könige …
A father tells his son the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and understanding His ultimate sacrifice. The King of Kings invites us to rediscover the enduring power of hope, love, and redemption through the eyes of a child.