Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (DVD)
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (DVD)
This documentary focuses on legendary movie producer Samuel Goldwyn, a man who followed his dream to become the movie industry's great independent. With narration by Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman, clips from over 38 films, first-person interviews, and rare archival footage and photography, GOLDWYN paints a vivid picture of the American Dream and a man who shaped the film industry for over fifty years.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenFull ScreenAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo- EnglishAdditional Release Material: Trailers- 1. ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED
2. AMERICAN MOVIEInteractive Menus: Interactive Menus Scene SelectionText/Photo Galleries: Filmographies
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Fast, Cheap,& Out of Control (DVD)
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Fast, Cheap,& Out of Control (DVD)
This acclaimed documentary character study, from filmmaker Errol Morris (THE THIN BLUE LINE) focuses on the disparate lives of four nonconformists whose respective arts reflect their unique personalities: a lion tamer, a robotics engineer, a topiary gardener, and a biologist obsessed with perfectly recreating the habitat of the naked mole rat. A delightful and humorous portrait, utilizing a mixed bag of camera styles. Winner of an Independent Spirit award and Best Documentary awards from the National Board of Review and the Society of Texas Film Critics.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters and Marvels (DVD)
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Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters and Marvels (DVD)
Stan Lee created one of the most popular comic book characters ever when in AMAZING FANTASY #15, an inventive scientist's radioactive experiment turned him into SPIDER MAN. This study of Lee's life and work has the renown comic book artist conversing with filmmaker Kevin Smith (DOGMA), who was once in negotiations to be helming a big budget version of SPIDER MAN. Their chat includes talk about this motion picture (eventually directed by Sam Raimi) as well as Lee's many other creations from THE MIGHTY THOR to THE INCREDIBLE HULK. The program is in two parts. In the first, Creating Spider Man, Lee candidly discusses what may be his most beloved creation. Then, in Here Come the Heroes, he details his 60-plus years in the business of comics.DVD Special Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: A Self-Portrait (DVD)
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: A Self-Portrait (DVD)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, one of the most famous sopranos of her day, narrates this film about her life and career. Directed by Gerald Caillat, this program features highlights of some of Schwarzkopf's most notable performances, such as Donna Elvira in DON GIOVANNI, the Countess in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and the Marschallin in DER ROSENKAVALIER.DVD Features:Region 1Keep Case
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Saints and Sinners (DVD)
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Saints and Sinners (DVD)
This timely social documentary looks at Edward DeBonis and Vincent Maniscalco, two devoutly Catholic men in a committed long-term relationship, who have decided to get married. Abigail Honor`s intimate, largely apolitical film follows them as they struggle to find a priest who will marry them--and to become the first gay Catholic couple to have their wedding announced in the New York Times.
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Billy Childish - Is Dead (DVD)
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Billy Childish - Is Dead (DVD)
Billy Childish has resided on the cultural fringe for well over 20 years as a painter, writer, and musician who has remained proudly defiant of the art world`s market structure, and protective of his integrity and independent spirit. His outspoken nature has made him both a pariah and martyr in artistic circles. Getting kicked out of art school was just the beginning of Childish`s run-ins with the system, but his determination to remain autonomous has allowed him to express scathing sentiments and poignant truths about the world from which he finds himself alienated. This documentary takes an in-depth look a complex, complicated artist, as Childish allows the filmmakers complete access to his life, and offers firsthand stories of his experiences in childhood, his career, and his views on art and life. Billy is shown on tour with his band The Buff Medways, and interviews are conducted with his admirers, which include Shane McGowan (former Pogues frontman), Holly Golightly, journalists Miranda Sawyer and Matthew Collings, and others.
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National Geographic - Into the Great Pyramid/Egypt: Quest for Eternity (DVD)
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National Geographic - Into the Great Pyramid/Egypt: Quest for Eternity (DVD)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC presents these two specials studying the mysteries of Egypt. Included are Intot the Great Pyramid and Egypt: Quest for Eternity. Please see individual titles for further details.DVD Features:Region 12-Disc SetSnap CasesFull Frame - 1.33Interactive Features: Pyramid Guide Trivia Game - 1. Ancient Egypt QuizText/Photo Galleries: Additional Text - 1. Historical Guideline
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The Great American Songbook (DVD)
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The Great American Songbook (DVD)
From the moment that Al Jolson sang in his first talkie a tradition was born that lasted through the musical films of the 1950s. These films were blessed with beautiful, clever, catchy songs that would define a golden era in American songwriting. This documentary studies the classic songs and composers from this era featuring clips from a variety of memorable musicals. Michael Feinstein hosts and composers such as Cole Porter, Sammy Cahn, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and George and Ira Gershwin are featured. Clips include the vocal talents of Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Doris Day, and Lena Horne.DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
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National Geographic - Into The Great Pyramid (DVD)
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National Geographic - Into The Great Pyramid (DVD)
The National Geographic team takes you inside the Great Pyramids of Egypt. Join researchers as they uncover new insights into the structures that have been shrouded in mystery for 45 centuries. Witness the unsealing of an ancient sarcophagus, a remote-controlled robot penetration into the depths of the pyramid shafts, and much more.DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.33Interactive Features: Pyramid Guide Trivia Game - 1. Ancient Egypt QuizText/Photo Galleries: Additional Text - 1. Historical Guideline
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Unchained Memories - Readings from the Slave Narratives (DVD)
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Unchained Memories - Readings from the Slave Narratives (DVD)
The Federal Writers Project, a division of the New Deal's Works Progress Association, was commissioned during the Great Depression to collect and record memories and archives from the last living generation of African-Americans born into slavery. Throughout the 1930s, journalists and writers accumulated stories and photographs from former slaves and would release The Slave Narratives of 1936-1938 with over 2300 first-person accounts of this horrifying period in American history. This documentary project contains 75 minutes of these histories read by prominent African-American actors such as Oprah Winfrey, Ossie Davis, Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, Ruby Dee, and Angela Bassett. The program also contains many of the archival photographs that were collected in the WPA project. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg.DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Additional Audio Tracks - 1. Original Narrative Recording of Fountain Hughes
2. Audio interview with Yvonne Beatty - Daughter of Project ParticipantDVD-ROM Features: Web Links - 1. HBO Home Page
2. Library of Congress Slave Naratives Archives
3. The Freedom Center
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National Geographic - Lewis& Clark: Great Journey West (DVD)
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National Geographic - Lewis& Clark: Great Journey West (DVD)
America had not thoroughly explored the Louisiana Purchase obtained from Napoleon's France until Thomas Jefferson sent his secretary on an expedition through the territory. Merriweather Lewis enlisted his friend William Clark to lead the journey with him and in 1804 they set out to explore this massive tract of land. Eventually the pair was joined by Toussaint Charbonneau and his Indian wife, Sacagawea, who proved to be a valuable interpreter of the native languages. Lewis and Clark were presumed dead until their return to St. Louis in 1806. This National Geographic presentation examines this important adventure in American history. Narrated by Jeff Bridges, a veteran western actor.DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Featurette - 1. THE MAKING OF LEWIS& CLARK: GREAT JOURNEY WESTInteractive Features: Interactive Map - 1. Lewis& Clark Trail
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (DVD)
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (DVD)
Gene Kelly possessed many talents--an amazing dancer, an expressive actor, a deft comedian, an innovative choreographer, and a gifted visual artist. His many tools enabled him to gain the popularity necessary to revitalize the musical film genre and become one of the most memorable movie stars in the history of the art form. This documentary looks at the dancer's life and films using film clips and interviews with family members and collaborators such as Cyd Charisse and Leslie Caron. Originally broadcast on PBS, this biographical portrait is narrated by Stanley Tucci.DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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