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This Israeli sci-fi comedy tells the story of a semi-normal man on a not-so-normal journey through the unexpected. BLUE PLANET, Israel's most popular cult film, had a six-year theatrical run.DVD Features:Regions 1 and 2 (NTSC/PAL)Keep CaseDual Side - Single LayerAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.69Additional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer








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Mike Leigh's television adaptation of the play performed by the Hampstead Theatre Production focuses on a disastrous dinner party organized by Beverly (Alison Steadman), a middle-class Londoner who is married to Laurence (Tim Stern). The party's guests include new neighbors Angela (Janine Duvitski), a nurse, and her computer programmer husband, Tony (John Salthouse), as well as Susan (Harriet Reynolds), a divorced single mother whose 15-year-old daughter, Abigail, is throwing her first party next door. As the guests arrive and begin to get settled in, they run through the generic list of get-to-know-you topics of discussion, including work, family, life, and the history of how they met their partners. Gradually, the alcohol takes effect, causing Beverly and Tony to see each other in a sexual light when they begin to slow dance. All of this is disrupted when Laurence short-circuits, first going on a rampage of art appreciation, and then falling to the ground in an apparent fit of choking. The gravity of the situation finally brings sobriety and a well-needed reality check to the situation as Beverly, Tony, and Angela struggle to keep Laurence alive. Shooting the film on video using only one location, ABIGAIL'S PARTY captures the stage production with Leigh's usual intimacy and presents a scathing satire of the social-climbing aspirations of the British middle class.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep Case

Features three silent features from the fourth genius of screen comedy, Harry Langdon. The Strong Man (1926, 74 minutes): When Belgian soldier Harry returns from the worst of World War I, he follows his dreams and his heart to his American pen pal. Hijinks ensue. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926, 61 minutes): Featuring the young and gorgeous Joan Crawford, in this story Harry is a shoemaker who enters a cross-country foot race and encounters harrowing and hilarious circumstances along the way. Long Pants (1927, 58 minutes): Young Harry is given his first pair of adult-sized pants, and immediately finds romance amongst the wrong crowd.DVD Features:Region 0Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Stereo - English

This Australian romantic charmer stars Michela Noonan as She, a kind of post-modern Bridget Jones, who is thoroughly confused about sex and romantic love. Ironically, She is a modern day romantic obsessed with the poetry of Wordsworth (the title of the film is taken from a Wordsworth poem) and the movement of the period, but she also holds on to a staunch post-feminist notion that romance is a patriarchal trap to enslave women. Virginal and heady She is shy and socially awkward, she works tirelessly at a used bookstore in Melbourne and ponders the notion of romance and sex. One day at work she spots an attractive young man reading poetry and instantly falls for him until he disarms her by playfully attempting to come onto her. She is instantly confused and swears to find a proper sexual partner in a whirlwind of sexual confusion and hilarity. She's quest to lose her virginity leads her into the arms of quite a few unsuspecting partners including an activist lesbian (Anni Finsterer), a Spanish tutor (Steve Adams) and her gay best-friend (Mitchell Brutel). Her confusion is only deepened by her madcap sexual exploits as she routinely falls for a bevy of mismatched partners. Not suprisingly, her quest for sex becomes a quest for romantic love in this darkly comic coming of age comedy that perfectly conveys the intellectual angst and romantic confusion of modern twentysomethings looking for love.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerAnamorphic Widescreen - 16.9

George Bernard Shaw's play, PYGMALION, which takes its title from the Greek myth of Pygmalion, a sculptor who fell in love with a statue of his own making, was a hit on the London stage in 1912. The transition to film was co-directed by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard, who also stars as Henry Higgins, the vainglorious snob who claims he can turn a guttersnipe into a Lady. Wendy Hiller is smart and witty, giving as good as she gets, as Eliza Doolittle, the flower girl Higgins takes from the street and tries to pass off as a Duchess. Hiller and Howard play off each other with a delightful spark. The play opens up well for the screen, as evidenced in the dreamy sequence when Eliza attends a society party, a scene smoothly edited by the young David Lean.Shaw wrote the film script himself, ensuring that his original setting in the more innocent time before WWI, didn't feel dated in the dark days of 1938.
Other writers were brought in to lighten Shaw's view of the class conflict between Higgins and Eliza, and to lessen the amount of brow beating Higgins employs. Still, compared with the musical version, MY FAIR LADY, there is no magical Cinderella process here, but a painfully, realistically resisted struggle mixed with a slowly developing romance.DVD FeaturesRegion 1 Encoding

Premiering in the US on the Independent Film Channel and Bravo, this is the offbeat and original series that paired musician/actor John Lurie with friends Dennis Hopper (looking for giant squid in Thailand), Jim Jarmusch (seeking shark in Montauk), Tom Waits (in Jamaica), Matt Dillon (in Costa Rica), and Willem Defoe (ice fishing in Maine). The plan? Travel to the world's most exotic places and fish. The catch? Lurie doesn't know how to fish. Includes all six episodes.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Single Side - Dual LayerAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - John Lurie Music Video -Big Heart by John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards

A fired CIA agent decides to get even with the organization by publishing a book which outlines years of dirty secrets. As a result of his actions, both the CIA and the KGB decide to do their best to prevent him from furthering his literary career.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Single Side - Dual LayerAudio: Mono 1.0 - English (Theatrical) Mono 1.0 - English (Television Edit)Additional Release Material: Interviews - 1. Ronald Neame - Driector








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Director Mike Leigh delivers another raucous social comedy with NUTS IN MAY. Keith (Roger Sloman) and Candice-Marie (Alison Steadman)--an interminably smug, self-satisfied English couple--settle down for a 10-day holiday at a rural camping site. It isn't long before their peaceful trip is disturbed with the arrival of Ray (Anthony O'Donnell), a college student who blasts his radio continually. Tensions between the campers are eventually calmed, but Candice-Marie's newfound admiration for Ray sparks friction between her and Keith. When Finger (Stephen Bill) and Honky (Sheila Kelley) arrive, their lack of respect for the rules culminates in a near physical brawl.In traditional Leigh fashion, the director lets his story develop at a leisurely pace, concentrating more on character development for the film's first two acts. By the time the new campers threaten Keith's strict moral values by breaking the rules and starting a fire, each character has become a completely distinct individual, resulting in an argument that is hysterical and moving at the same time. As the snooty Keith and Candice-Marie, Sloman and Steadman deliver supremely convincing performances along with the supporting players, who add hilarity and class conflict to the proceedings.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep Case