Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (DVD)
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Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (DVD)
Brooklyn-born Ziegfield girl Marion Davies met William Randolph Hearst in the early 1920s. His financial backing, married to her drive and ambition catapulted her into the world of Hollywood royalty. Aside from becoming the center of the Hollywood social world, which she ruled from the castle Hearst built for her, San Simeon, she also went down in cinema history as the first and funniest screwball comedian as evidenced in films such as SHOW PEOPLE and THE PATSY. Using archival film clips, interviews, and rare home movies, this remarkable documentary explores the life and work of this amazing personality. Also included is Davies' rarely seen classic, QUALITY STREET (1927, 110 minutes).DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Bonus Feature/Short - 1. QUALITY STREETText/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos
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Around the World With Orson Welles (DVD)
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Around the World With Orson Welles (DVD)
A collection of five short films Welles made for a British television series, AROUND THE WORLD WITH ORSON WELLES plays out like a cross between a home movie and a cinematic essay. Welles shows us around Paris with Juliette Greco and Jean Cocteau, takes us to London to see the Chelsea Prisoners, attends a Madrid Bullfight, and spends two episodes visiting the Basue country.DVD Features:Region 0 EncodingSnap Case
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Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (DVD)
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Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (DVD)
One of the masters of the New German Cinema, Werner Herzog is known for his love of Wagnerian dramatics and epic struggles. His television documentary, GESUALDO, tells the story of the composer Carlo Gesualdo. The Italian composer, who lived during the Renaissance, is considered by many to foreshadow the work of Herzog's beloved Wagner.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.78Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - English
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People of the Wind (DVD)
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People of the Wind (DVD)
In order to survive, the Bakhtiari tribe must make an annual 8-week, 200 mile trip to the mountain pastures. Witness as 500,000 men, women and children- along with one million animals- undertake this hazardous test of human endurance. An astonishing epic chronicling the same journey as Cooper& Schoedsak's 1925 masterpiece GRASS. An Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary.DVD FeaturesRegion 0Snap CaseWidescreen - 1.75Single Side - Single LayerAudio: Dolby Surround - English
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The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (DVD)
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The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (DVD)
His career earned him eight Oscars and his life inspired the great filmmakers of today. Ray Bradbury, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and others add to the insight of rare film clips and demonstrations of pal's revolutionary techniques.DVD Features:Region 0Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
2. Bonue Trailer - DESTINATION MOON Production Interviews - 1. Ward Kimball - Animator, Cast& Crew
2. George Pal Additional Footage - 1. Pal Family Home Moview
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Landmarks of Early Film - Vol. 2 (DVD)
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Landmarks of Early Film - Vol. 2 (DVD)
An eclectic collection of his fillms offers an unparalleled
view of Melies career.DVD Features:Region 0 encodingKeep caseInteractive menus/scene access
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With Byrd at the South Pole (DVD)
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With Byrd at the South Pole (DVD)
Document of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's establishment of Little America and his flight over the South Pole. The cinematography won an Oscar in 1930.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingSnap Case
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Battleground - 21 Days on the Empire`s Edge (DVD)
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Battleground - 21 Days on the Empire`s Edge (DVD)
Stephen Marshall`s humane documentary follows two Guerilla News Network reporters as they navigate their way through three intense weeks on the frontlines of Iraq, combining dangerous, up-close-and-personal coverage with cutting black humor in an attempt to discover the truth about America`s controversial war.
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Arguing the World (DVD)
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Arguing the World (DVD)
The story of four brilliant men caught up in the political struggle of our time--The Cold War. Since they were young radicals in the 30's, Irving Howe, Daniel Bell, Nathan Glazer, and Irving Kristol have been fighting for their ideas. Starting with their days in New York's immigrant neighborhoods, following them through their college days, the McCarthy era, the Leftist rise of the 60's, and on to the present, we trace the paths of these brilliant minds through the social and political changes of the century in a film called Superb! by New York Magazine.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Production Interview - Joseph Dorman - Director Biographies Director's StatementText/Photo Gallery: Photo Gallery
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Hiding and Seeking (DVD)
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Hiding and Seeking (DVD)
In a testimony to the power of tolerance, filmmaker Menachem Daum, his wife, and their sons travel to a Polish town where his father-in-law and his two brothers hid from the Nazis with a non-Jewish family for 28 months. Daum proposes the journey when he becomes increasingly worried that his ultraorthodox sons, who live in Israel, have become affected by a culture of interfaith intolerance and distrust. At first, Daum's family resists his idea, unwilling to explore the country of their family's persecution. But eventually they agree to go along. His father-in-law fears for their safety, and also worries that the Muchas, the family who hid him, will demand compensation or express anger over his failure to keep in touch with them after the war.As they travel to the Mucha farm, the family visits sites important to their history--visiting relatives' graves, and giving a blessing at a former synagogue--both emblems of a once-thriving Jewish community. Later, as Daum's wife and sons tour the farm, their cynicism gives way to raw emotion. After so many years, the Muchas find the expression of gratitude they seem desperately to have desired, and the Daums tearfully piece together their history. Ultimately Daum's journey begins to heal wounds between the two families and provides a solid foundation from which to increase interfaith tolerance, within his own family and the world.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: BiographiesText/Photo Gallery: Photo Gallery
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The Trials of Henry Kissinger (DVD)
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The Trials of Henry Kissinger (DVD)
THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER, a documentary based on the book by British journalist Christopher Hitchens, argues that Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State and the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, was a power-hungry warmonger responsible for massive military cover-ups in Vietnam, Cambodia, and East Timor in the 1960s, as well as the assassination of a Chilean leader in 1970. The film includes interviews with historians, political analysts, and such notable journalists as the New York Times' William Safire--a former speech writer for Richard Nixon. In addition, it uses archival footage from the Nixon era, including coverage of events both in Washington and in Vietnam. With narrator Brian Cox guiding the flow of the film and keeping it tightly focused on its arguments, THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER is shocking in its political revelations and fascinating in its portrait of Kissinger. It was directed by Eugene Jarecki and written by Alex Gibney.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Additional Release Material: Featurette - 1. SUNDANCE AFTER-EFFECT Interview - Filmmakers Audio Commentary TrailersText/Photo Galleries: Photo Galleries
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Fidel (DVD)
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Fidel (DVD)
This biographical documentary takes a rousing, invigorating, emotional look at one of the most complex and endearing figures of 20th Century global politics, Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Through a mix of archival footage and talking heads (which include writers, celebrities, and personal friends such as author Gabriel Garcia Marquez), Castro emerges as a warm human being as well as a true revolutionary. Dealing with everything from Castro's youth to his overthrow of the Batista regime right up to the Elian Gonzales debacle, the film portrays Fidel as an inspiring, natural leader who has never lost sight of his dream, and who has helped many countries over the years overthrow their own oppressive governments. Moving moments with Nelson Mandela and others attest to his status as a third world hero. Some viewers may find this all to be rather biased, as very little screen time is given to issues such as his notorious system of political oppression. Most, however, will simply relish this hitherto unavailable opportunity to see a portrait of Castro unmarred by the demonizing brush of U.S. propaganda. Estela Bravo, a longtime resident of both Havana and Manhattan, directed utilizing rare access to Cuba's archival film libraries.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAdditional Release Material: Bonus Footage - Extra Scenes TrailersInteractive Features: Scene SelectionText/Photo Galleries: Photo Gallery Profile - 1. Director
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