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The Civilization of Maxwell Bright is a film of genre Drama directed by David Beaird released in USA on 6 june 2005 with Patrick Warburton
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005)
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Add to a movie listThe Civilization of Maxwell Bright is a 2005 romance film starring Patrick Warburton, Marie Matiko, Eric Roberts, Leland Crooke and Jennifer Tilly that has seen success on the arthouse movie circuit. It has won awards at the WorldFest Houston, New York VisionFest, Florida Film Festival, Boulder International Film Festival, and Beverly Hills Film Festival. It is about a man who obtains a mail-order bride, with unexpected results. The director is David Beaird.
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After a series of bad relationships, the last one ending with his lover injuring him with a hoe while they stand arguing on the street fully nude in view of the cops and his neighbors, Maxwell Bright resolves to find his fantasy woman: obedient and submissive. His dissolute friends goad him into ordering a mail-order bride from China.Actors
Patrick Warburton
(Max Bright)
Marie Matiko
(Mai Ling)
Eric Roberts
(Arlis)
Jennifer Tilly
(Dr. O'Shannon)
Kurt Fuller
(Berdette)
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