Chicken Little (DVD)
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Chicken Little (DVD)
Disney`s first venture into the realm of CGI animation (without Pixar) tells the tale of all-animal town Oakey Oaks`s most infamous resident, Chicken Little (voiced by Zach Braff), who causes town-wide panic when he claims the sky is falling. A year later he`s still shunned by everyone, including his dad (Gary Marshall), a single rooster with an incredibly wide tie. Determined to end his losing streak, the bespectacled Little joins the baseball team, even though he can barely lift the bat. Luckily his three equally outcast friends have faith in him: a pig with a yen for `70s disco (Steve Zahn); a Harpo Marx-esque goldfish in a diving helmet; and Abby, a buck-toothed female duckling (Joan Cusak). According to her sources in magazines such as Modern Mallard, Abby is sure Chicken Little merely needs
closure
with dad over the sky incident. But when the sky really does start falling due to a full-on alien invasion, and only Chicken Little knows why, dad still doesn`t want to believe him.
Kids are sure to understand Chick`s frustration in this matter, and parents will dig the sly riffs on films like VERTIGO (1958), THE BLOB (1959), INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996), and WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953), as well as Disney`s own back catalog. In place of the usual musical numbers, CHICKEN LITTLE includes montages set to Barenaked Ladies songs and reinterpreted pop favorites (the old Art Garfunkel gut-wrencher,
All I Know,
is a standout), while celebrity voiceovers come from Harry Shearer, Wallace Shawn, Patrick Stewart, Adam West, and Don Knotts, with Amy Sedaris as the obnoxious
Foxy Loxy.
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Cavalcade of Comedy - Sixteen Complete Classic Films (DVD)
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Cavalcade of Comedy - Sixteen Complete Classic Films (DVD)
This collection of rare early talkies from Paramount features some of the biggest names of the time. The list of short films includes two George Burns and Gracie Allen titles, FIT TO BY TIED and 100
SERVICE, as well as Jack Benny in A BROADWAY ROMEO and Bing Crosby in SING, BING, SING. Eddie Cantor, George Jessel, and Smith and Dale also put in appearances.
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Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin - Fourteen Complete Classic Films (DVD)
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Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin - Fourteen Complete Classic Films (DVD)
Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin - Fourteen Complete Classic Films (DVD)
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Sexmission (DVD)
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Sexmission (DVD)
When a couple of scientists decide to freeze themselves for three years they let themselves in for a bizarre trip into the future that neither of them had planned for. The outbreak of World War III ensues that the men remain under for 50 years, and are revived into a post-apocalyptic world in which they are the only male inhabitants. Dwelling entirely underground due to the immense damage rained down on the earth's surface, the female populace are of a militant bent, and have been lead to believe that men are to blame for all the evil's that brought them to the position they now find themselves in. But a little persuasion on the part of the scientists turns their world upside down. A Polish film from the 1980s, SEXMISSION has been lauded over the years as a fine example of the country's talented filmmakers.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 EnglishAdditional Release Material: BiographiesInteractive Features: Scene Access
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Squint your Eyes (DVD)
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Squint your Eyes (DVD)
This Polish film from director Andrzej Jakimowski takes a look at the unique friendship between a younger girl and an older man. Mala runs away from home, fleeing the idyllic surroundings of her parent's farm, and instead shacks up with her former school teacher, Jaciek. With her parents and Jaciek both attempting to persuade Mala to return home, the story undergoes a few twists and turns, providing a fascinating meditation on the wiles of youth, and the adult reaction to them.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 EnglishInteractive Features: Scene Access
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (DVD)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (DVD)
William Shakespeare's romantic comedy, circa 1594, is about a group of adults whose amorous couplings and uncouplings are so irrational they must be the result of fairy magic. This stellar production of the Royal Shakespeare Company features the always fabulous Diana Rigg (the original Emma Peel from THE AVENGERS television show) and the equally terrific David Warner (TIME AFTER TIME, MORGAN), along with Ian Richardson, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, and Helen Mirren.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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The Good Soldier Schweik 2 (DVD)
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The Good Soldier Schweik 2 (DVD)
Despite causing mayhem in the first film, GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK has once again been called up for duty, with further hilarious antics ensuing.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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The Good Soldier Schweik 1 (DVD)
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The Good Soldier Schweik 1 (DVD)
A satire based around the events of World War I, THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK tells the tale of a soldier in the Czech army who causes havoc due to his bumbling nature. Based on a novel by acclaimed Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek, this is a sly, humorous dig at the military which should appeal to fans of Robert Altman's M*A*S*H.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Brigands, Chapter VII (DVD)
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Brigands, Chapter VII (DVD)
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, Otar Iosseliani's wildly inventive romp through history is filmmaking at its most exhilarating. Following a troubled king, Vano (Amiran Amiranachvili), as he travels through time and discovers that ancient Georgia, Communist Russia, and modern Paris are all brimming with absurdities. Iosseliani's film confirms the director as one of world cinema's most vital presences.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Widescreen
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Billiards Festival (DVD)
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Billiards Festival (DVD)
This Israeli comedy tells the story of a pair of bumbling con artists who are forced to come face to face with the stronghold of the Mafia. When other characters come into play, their own ineptitude leaves them scrambling around just to survive.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Featurettes - 1. Classic Film ClipsText/Photo Galleries: Biographies - 1. Cast
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Charlie and a Half (DVD)
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Charlie and a Half (DVD)
An Israeli comedy about a few bumbling con men who all come face-to-face with each other due to a series of uncommon events.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Featurettes - 1. Classic Israel Films and SongsInteractive Features: Interactive MenuText/Photo Galleries: Biographies - 1. Cast
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Directed by William Wyler/The Love Trap (DVD)
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Directed by William Wyler/The Love Trap (DVD)
This double feature contains the documentary DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER along with an early Wyler film, previously unavailable on home video, THE LOVE TRAP, that was one of Hollywood's earliest pictures to use sound. DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER covers Wyler's career from its beginning when he worked on silent westerns to its zenith, when he made such films as ROMAN HOLIDAY and BEN-HUR. Using home movies, interviews with Wyler and stars such as Bette Davis, Sir Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck, Barbara Streisand, and others, this documentary paints a portrait of a man whose personal and professional lives were as complex and dramatic as the films he made.THE LOVE TRAP was one of Wyler's first pictures to incorporate sound (mostly silent, it includes a few talking sequences). It stars Laura La Plante as Laura, a beautiful young dancer whose marriage to a rich young man named Paul Cadwallader angers the man's family. When Paul's uncle tries to slander Laura and force a separation, she comes up with a scheme to expose the uncle's plot and save her marriage.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull FrameAudio: Mono - EnglishAdditional Release Materials: TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Filmographies - 1. William Wyler - Director
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