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United First Personal Video selection
On all flights with personal video, you can select from 14 films
in English and 4 films in a second language based on your
itinerary. Most films are unedited; customer discretion is
advised. Available titles are subject to change.
D: German, F: French, I: Italian, J: Japanese, C: Chinese
subtitles, S: Spanish, P: Portuguese, K: Korean
English soundtrack

August Rush
Becoming Jane
The Bourne Ultimatum
Dan in Real Life
Gone Baby Gone
The Hunting Party
I Am Legend
Juno
Martian Child
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
We Own the Night

Non-English soundtrack

Always-Sunset on Third Street 2 J
August Rush I
Becoming Jane F,D,S,P
The Bourne Ultimatum F,I
Dan in Real Life D,S,P
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly F
Flowers in the Shadow J
Going by the Book K
Juno J,F,D,S,P,C,I,K
La Vie en Rose F
No Country for Old Men J,F,D,S,P,C,I,K
Open City K
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt C
See You in YouTube C

Always-Sunset on Third Street 2
In this sequel, it is spring 1959 in Tokyo. Writer Chagawa misses his love, Hiromi, who disappeared four months ago without a word. He’s determined to prove himself by writing a prize-winning novel. Meanwhile, the Suzuki family invites a distant relative into their family fold. Spoiled Mika’s family went bankrupt, and she must now adjust to a more modest life. Featuring: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin’ichi Tsutsumi. An NTV release, PG-13, 1 hr. 57 min.

August Rush
Abandoned 11-year-old Evan believes he will find his parents if he can play the right music. He runs away to New York City. There, he meets a street musician who renames him August Rush. As August becomes known for his music, his mother learns that her son is alive. As she frantically searches for him, the man she shared one night with looks for her. Featuring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell. A Warner Bros. release, PG, 1 hr. 53 min.

Becoming Jane
Loosely based on an incident in Jane Austen’s life, this historical drama follows 20-year-old Jane in her search for the perfect mate. Although her family and friends want her to marry the nephew of the rich Lady Gresham, Jane wants to marry for love. When she meets Tom Lefroy, an Irish rogue visiting her country hamlet, Jane initially despises him. But romance follows. Featuring: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy. A HanWay Films release, PG, 2 hr. 1 min.

The Bourne Ultimatum
After losing his girlfriend, amnesiac superspy Jason Bourne is more determined than ever to uncover his identity. He learns of a British journalist who may have information, so Bourne tracks him down and finds that the identity conspiracy runs deeper than he realized. Bourne dodges bad guys and seeks answers from the CIA, as it struggles to locate him. Featuring: Matt Damon, David Strathairn. A Universal Pictures release, PG-13, 1 hr. 51 min.

Dan in Real Life
Advice columnist Dan Burns raises his three daughters alone after his wife’s death. He puts them first, with little thought for his own needs. At a family reunion, his parents urge him to take some time for himself. While on an errand, he meets Marie and connects with her. As he’s about to tell his family about her, his brother’s girlfriend arrives—and it’s Marie. Featuring: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche. A Touchstone Pictures release, PG-13, 1 hr. 38 min.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
French Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, or Jean-Do, was a successful and vibrant father when, at age 43, he experienced a stroke that paralyzed his entire body except for his left eye. With that eye and the beautiful women who assist him, Jean-Do communicates his memoirs to the world. His imagination takes him back to his past and to lands he’s never visited. Featuring: Mathieu Amalric, Max von Sydow. A Miramax Films release, PG-13, 1 hr. 47 min.

Flowers in the Shadow
As a typhoon heads towards Tokyo in the heat of summer, the lives of troubled souls entwine. Shinya Sawatari is wallowing in a huge debt from his gambling habit; young Hisako is searching for her mother’s past love. Mya-ko, a TV idol, is about to be fired. Meanwhile, wealthy businessman Ryutaro’s admiration for a homeless man named Moses will change his outlook on life. Featuring: Junichi Okada, Aya Hirayama. A Toho Film (HK) Co. release, PG-13, 1 hr. 57 min.

Going by the Book
Do-man’s strict interpretation of the law cost him his police detective status. Now a traffic cop, he issues his police chief, Capt. Lee, tickets. When the city is hit with multiple bank robberies, the public panics. Lee orchestrates a simulated bank robbery session, with Do-man as the robber. But Do-man’s by-the-rules mentality could prove embarrassing. Featuring: Jung Jae-young, Son Byeong-ho. A CJ Entertainment release, PG-13, 1 hr. 53 min.

Gone Baby Gone
In Boston’s working-class neighborhood of Dorchester, 4-year-old Amanda McCready disappears without a trace. After the police have no luck turning up leads, Amanda’s aunt and uncle beg local private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro to take the case. They’re familiar with the neighborhood, and they know that Amanda’s mother is addicted to drugs. Featuring: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan. A Miramax Films release, R, 1 hr. 54 min.

The Hunting Party
Five years after the end of the war in Bosnia, three journalists return to the country to hunt down its most wanted war criminal. A seasoned but now discredited reporter teams up with a novice journalist and an experienced cameraman in a bold plan. But things get messy when a UN representative thinks the team is actually a CIA hit squad. Featuring: Richard Gere, Terrence Howard. A Weinstein Co. release, R, 1 hr. 36 min.

I Am Legend
An epidemic hits New York City, turning the infected into crazed mutants who cannot stand the light of day. Brilliant scientist Robert Neville was tasked with finding a cure but was unable to before the plague overran the city. Immune to the sickness, he stays behind to continue his work even after the mutants take over the city and, perhaps, the world. Featuring: Will Smith, Alice Braga. A Warner Bros. release, PG-13, 1 hr. 41 min.

Juno
Bored teen Juno spends one night in the arms of her good friend Paulie Bleeker and ends up pregnant at 16. With the help of her best friend, Leah, Juno decides to give the baby up for adoption. She calmly breaks the news to her father and stepmother and finds the perfect parents for her child—suburban couple Mark and Vanessa—through the Pennysaver. Featuring: Ellen Page, Michael Cera. A 20th Century Fox release, PG-13, 1 hr. 36 min.

La Vie en Rose
This enchanting biopic tells the story of French singer Edith Piaf. Born in the slums of Paris, Edith was raised in her grandmother’s brothel and her father’s circus. She sang for money on the streets as a teen, where a club owner discovers her powerful voice. She is soon the toast of Paris and New York City. But her fame cannot protect her from the pains of life. Featuring: Marion Cotillard, Gérard Depardieu. A Picturehouse/HBO release, PG-13, 2 hr. 20 min.

Martian Child
Sci-fi writer David Gordon and his wife thought about adopting before her death. Now alone, David suffers from writer’s block and loneliness. A social worker tells David about Dennis, a boy who insists he’s from Mars. David doesn’t think he’s ready to be a father, especially alone, but Dennis reminds him of himself as a child. So he agrees to take on the troubled child. Featuring: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman. A New Line Cinema release, PG, 1 hr. 48 min.

No Country for Old Men
Vietnam vet Llewelyn Moss discovers dead bodies and $2 million at the site of an apparent drug deal gone wrong in the Texas desert. Llewelyn takes the money, putting a drug gang and a psychopathic hitman on his trail. More people die as the ruthless criminals try to regain the money. Meanwhile, the local sheriff tries to deal with this new kind of crime. Featuring: Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones. A Miramax Films release, R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Open City
Baek Jang-mi runs a gang of pickpockets in Japan and Korea, but she’s forced to leave Japan. When her gang is attacked by a rival gang in Korea, Jang-mi is rescued by Cho Dae-young. She’s instantly attracted to him, but when she finds out that he’s a cop, she splits. Dae-young is investi-gating the pickpocket ring, but he is now intrigued with the beautiful woman who is its leader. Featuring: Son Ye-jin, Kim Myung-min. A CJ Entertainment release, PG-13, 1 hr. 52 min.

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
Old-fashioned Mrs. Ye struggles to get by in modern, fast-paced Shanghai. Her nephew, an aging flirt, and a homeless woman try to con Mrs. Ye out of her limited funds. Frustrated and upset, Mrs. Ye falls and breaks her leg. When her estranged daughter visits her in the hospital, Mrs. Ye surprises her with a new outlook. Featuring: Siqin Gaowa, Chow Yun-Fat. A Cheerland Entertainment Organization, Polybona Films release, PG, 1 hr. 51 min.

See You in YouTube
Ling and Janice both want Him to notice them. Hoping to win Him over, they enroll in his filmmaking class. Him is living with his cousin and needs to make money. He’s not interested in either girl. Instead, he takes advantage of their competitive natures to secretly film a game show that he can sell. Him and his cousin come up with increasingly outrageous games for the girls. Featuring: Elanne Kong, Janice Man. A Universe Films release, PG, 1 hr. 44 min.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Barber Benjamin Parker’s life is destroyed when a nefarious judge accuses him of a crime, just to steal his beautiful wife. Benjamin goes to prison, never to see his wife and daughter again. Years later, he returns to London as Sweeney Todd. He reopens his barbershop where he delivers the closest shaves in London—shaves that few of his victims walk away from. Featuring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter. A Paramount Pictures release, R, 1 hr. 57 min.

We Own the Night
Bobby Green manages one of New York City’s most successful dance clubs, partying all night with his girlfriend, Amada. He turns a blind eye to the Russian gangster who sells drugs in his club. But he knows he must conceal his family connections. His father is the chief of police, and his brother, also a cop, is investigating the Russian mob’s drug trade. Featuring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg. A Sony Pictures Releasing release, R, 1 hr. 57 min.




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