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In his last Hollywood film, Preston Sturges crafts a powerfully rendered mix of slapstick, screwball, and melodrama in his darkest comedy ever. Rex Harrison plays Alfred de Carter, the effete and blasU classical conductor returning to New York on the eve of a great performance. Awaiting his return are his beautiful wife Daphne, her coy sister, and her brother-in-law Auguste. Alfred had asked Auguste to look after Daphne during his absence, and when August alerts Alfred that he had Daphne watched by a detective and attempts to deliver the report, the seeds of doubt are planted in an otherwise blissfully romantic marriage
The superb Alfred slowly comes undone as he unwillingly lets the idea of Daphne's possible infidelity contaminate his every thought. Sirk elicits uproarious performances from the dry and evocative cast as the film leads to a masterfully complex climax: Alfred fantasizing variously gruesome, magnanimous, and gallant actions he might take, while simultaneously conducting the symphony orchestra to an enraptured audience. When Alfred attempts to act on his fantasy, reality becomes stranger than fiction, and his devious plans are derailed in a series of hysterical physical gags and unsuspected misunderstandings.

This double feature contains two helpings of AMERICAN PIE: both the original film and BENEATH THE CRUST, a new documentary that looks back at the original with the cast of AMERICAN WEDDING, the third film in the series. Featuring scenes from AMERICAN WEDDING as well as interviews with the film's stars, this collection is a hilarious addition to the AMERICAN PIE library.DVD Features:Region 12-Disc SetKeep Case - Side by Side PackagingDisc #1: AMERICAN PIEAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Single Side - Dual LayerAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Surround - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Paul Weltz - Director, Adam Hertz - Screenwriter, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott - Stars Outtakes Making-of - 1. SPOTLIGHT ON LOCATION Highlights Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerText/Photo Galleries: Biographies - 1. Cast& Crew Production NotesDisc #2: BENEATH THE CRUST: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO AMERICAN PIE VOL. 1Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus

Deliciously warped and winsome boyhood memories of Christmas are told by a typical American man revisiting his native Indiana during the 1940s. Among other childish pursuits, his overriding obsession to finally own a genuine Red Ryder BB gun consumes his feverish imagination. Based on Jean Shepherd's novel, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingScene SelectionsOriginal Theatrical Trailer

E.M. Forster's 1908 novel, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, is adapted for the screen by director James Ivory in this beautifully lighthearted tale of Edwardian manners. Helena Bonham Carter stars as a young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch. When Lucy and her spinster chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smith), travel to Florence, they meet an unconventional Englishman, Mr. Emerson (Denholm Elliott), and his romantically unhappy son, George (Julian Sands). After George makes the grievous mistake of kissing Lucy during a picnic in the Florentine hills, Charlotte rushes her back to England. Safely home, Lucy becomes engaged to the stiff, very proper Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis), but after finding out the Emersons have moved close by, Lucy has a hard time ignoring her attraction to the unsuitable George.Producer Ismail Merchant considered A ROOM WITH A VIEW Merchant Ivory's first genuine blockbuster, and it enjoyed more popular success than any previous Merchant Ivory film. Screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was awarded an Academy Award for her screenplay, and the film itself was nominated for Best Picture. Director James Ivory's tale also features British movie icons Judi Dench and Simon Callow. A ROOM WITH A VIEW was the first of three Forster novels (the other two were MAURICE and HOWARDS END) adapted by Merchant Ivory Productions.DVD FeaturesRegion 0Snap CaseWidescreen - 1.85Single Side - Single LayerAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: