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This seminal dance film, created Powell and Pressburger, in which an impresario takes a ballerina under his wing, deftly combines interpretive dance with drama. This acclaimed adaption of a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale results in a marked triumph of artistic collaboration and modernity. More than any other film, THE RED SHOES deals with the dangerous, magical process by which art is distilled from preparation and effort.DVD Special FeaturesRegion 1 EncodingKeep CaseNew Digital Transfer Supervised by DP Jack CardiffAudio Commentary by Film Historian Ian Christie, Featuring Interviews With Stars Marius Gorin and Moira Shearer, Jack Cardiff, Composer Brian Easdale, and Martin ScorseseJeremy Irons Reads Excerpts From the Novelization and Original Hans Christian Andersen Fairy TaleMartin Scorsese's Collection of Memorabilia From the FilmRare Publicity and Behind-the-Scenes Production StillsThe Red Shoes Sketches - An Animated Film of Hein Heckroth's Painted Storyboards, With a Comparison to theRed Shoes Ballet as an Alternate AngleTheatrical TrailerA Powell and Pressburger Filmography With Clips and StillsOptimal Image Quality: RSDL Dual-Layer EditionEnglish Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired

In ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, Douglas Sirk's haunting suburban morality play, Jane Wyman plays Cary Scott, a wealthy middle-aged widow in love with a younger man considered by those around her to be far below her social standing. Her torrid affair with Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), a handsome, earthy gardener, quickly creates unbearable societal pressure for Cary. Giving in to the scathing criticism of her stodgy neighbors and her materialistic children, Cary severs contact with Ron. She then discovers--perhaps too late--that her heart cannot be so easily caged.Wyman delivers a strong, emotive performance, and Hudson smolders as her feverish romantic interest. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, marked by Sirk's distinctive, lavish visual style, stands as a searing example of how materialism can result in alienation from natural feelings. The film was remade in 1974 with additional interracial themes by German director (and unabashed Sirk fan) Rainer Werner Fassbinder as ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL; and later paid homage by Todd Haynes in his 2002 reworking FAR FROM HEAVEN.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Audio: Mono - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Documentary - 1. BEHIND THE MIRROR: A PROFILE OF DOUGLAS SIRK Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerText/Photo Galleries: Essay - 1. IMITATION OF LIFE: ON THE FILMS OF DOUGLAS SIRK - Rainer Fassbinder Lobby Card Production StillsAdditional Products: Liner Notes - 1. Laura Mulvey - Film Theorist

Robert Altman delivers one of his most startlingly enigmatic pictures with 3 WOMEN. Inspired by a dream Altman had in which he was shooting a film in the desert, the film tells the story of a shy, quiet girl named Pinky (Sissy Spacek), who starts working in a nursing home and strikes up a friendship with the talkative Millie (Shelley Duvall). The pair share an apartment and grow closer together, but a series of strange events cause their personas to change and morph in unexpected ways. Recalling the dreamy atmosphere of Ingmar Bergman's PERSONA, 3 WOMEN is Altman at his most deliriously inspired.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseDual LayerWidescreen - 2.35Audio: Mono - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Robert Altman - Director Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerText/Image Galleries: Stills Gallery of Rare Production and Publicity Photos

Laurence Olivier brings to vivid life Shakespeare's King Henry V, the epitome of the ideal Christian king. After a youth misspent in frivolity and common diversions, Prince Hal ascends the throne only to find himself on the brink of war with France over land and title disputes. Betrayed by his own archbishop in ascertaining the validity of the claims, Henry has to prove himself not only to his enemies but to his own advisers and his people. He thwarts a plot to assassinate him, meting out a swift but fair justice. When the French, unable to take him seriously, refuse to send reinforcements to a town under attack by Henry's troops, England wins the battle easily, yet Henry is merciful to the vanquished town. Though they are badly outnumbered, Henry leads his troops with courage and fortitude into the final, decisive battle against his enemies. Though foreign films were not competing at the time, Olivier won a special Academy Award for directing, producing, and starring in the film. His classic production of Shakespeare's 1599 play is filled with pomp and pageantry, terrific acting, and robust battle scenes.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseAudio Commentary by Film Historian Bruce EderTheatrical TrailerSHAKESPEAREAN ROYALTY: Interactive Chronology of England's RulersStills Gallery

Spike Lee's racial and political filmmaking bent is given the full treatment with this simmering expose of racial tensions in a New York City neighborhood one scorching summer day. The film, written by Lee (and nominated for an Oscar), follows a group of racially diverse inhabitants from Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood as they spend their day trying to avoid the oppressive heat. These include African American pizza deliveryman Mookie (Lee), the racially sensitive Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), and the silent, boom-box-blasting Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn). Also thrown into the mix are Sal (an Oscar-nominated Danny Aiello), the Italian-American proprietor of Sal's Pizzeria, as well as his two sons, Pino (John Turturro) and Vito (Richard Edson), who hold completely opposing attitudes when it comes to race. After Buggin' Out tries to organize a boycott of Sal's because of the lack of racial diversity on his shop's Wall of Fame, the tensions explode in an act of senseless violence. Lee's film is an electric work of political entertainment that confronts sensitive racial issues head-on. He deftly blends humor and drama as well as using specific music to further amplify his theme (Public Enemy's song Fight the Power actually becomes the film's main catalyst for action). Boldly closing the film with opposing quotes from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King on the nature of race relations, Lee leaves it up to the viewer to decide if Mookie's actions were the correct ones. Aiello and Esposito are standouts in an all-star cast that includes Lee himself, his sister Joie, discovery Rosie Perez, and the married team of Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Always one to spark controversy, Lee's summer drama finds the filmmaker at the peak of his craft.

Amid the Wars of the Roses in England, ruling monarch Edward IV's lame, misshapen brother Richard schemes to ascend the throne. Richard turns the king against their other brother, the Duke of Clarence, who is imprisoned for treason, then arranges for Clarence's murder. He then woos the Lady Anne, determined to wed her to increase his influence. When Edward finally dies, Richard plots the murders of the young heir apparent and his brother--his own nephews. His machinations accelerate and murder piles atop murder as Richard succeeds in taking the throne--and desperately tries to hold it. Laurence Olivier's classic protrayal of the ambitious, calculating man reveals both his wickedness and his unshakable strength. The lush photography and widescreen format do the elaborate battle scenes justice.DVD Features:Region 12-Disc Keep CaseDual LayerWidescreen - 1.85Audio: Monaural - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Russell Lees - Playwright, John Wilders - Former Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company Interview - 1.Great Acting: Laurence Olivier Trailers - 1. 12-Minute Television Trailer








2. Theatrical TrailerText/Image Galleries: Gallery of On-Set Production Stills and Posters Essay by Film Historian Bruce Eder

In these two extraordinary companion films French New Wave director Jacques Rivette offers a fresh, brilliant reinterpretation of one of the great historical figures of the millennium, Joan of Arc. Named one of the year's ten best films by Cahiers du Cinema. THE BATTLES: An amazing portrayal of Joan of Arc's life, from her birth to her efforts to convince the French that she has been sent by God and can defeat the English, to the defeat of the English at Orleans. THE PRISONS: The second portion of Rivette's masterful Joan of Arc saga depicts Joan's occupation of Compeigne, her desertion by her men, and her subsequent imprisonment and death sentence.DVD Features:Region 12-Disc SetLetterboxedAdditional Release Material:Text/Photo Galleries: Essay - 1. JACQUES RIVETTE AND THE FRENCH NEW WAVE





2. HISTORY OF JOAN OF ARC ON STAGE Filmographies - 1. Sandrine Bonnaire - Star










2. Jacques Rivette - Director

BILLY LIAR was an immediate sensation as first a novel, then a hit play--both written by Keith Waterhouse, who also served as screenwriter on the film. Director John Schlesinger's screen version was a British landmark in the fertile cinema of the late 1950s and early'60s, and launched the career of Julie Christie, who plays Liz, one of Billy's flames. A young Englishman named Billy Fisher (Tom Courtenay) dreams of escaping from his dull working-class family and his dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. In constant conflict with his parents and with the many women with whom he is romantically involved (he is engaged to two), Billy regularly escapes into a rich fantasy world. Sometimes he imagines himself to be the powerful dictator of a small country. In another fantasy, he wants to become the scriptwriter for a popular comedian on television. Unfortunately, he often blurs the line between fantasy and reality, which is exactly the reason that everybody calls him Billy Liar.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Single Side - Dual LayerRSDLAudio: Mono - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. John Schlesinger - Director, Tom Courtenay - Star, Julie Christie - Star Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer Short - 1. Excerpt fromNorthern Lights, an episode of BBC series HOLLYWOOD U.K.: BRITISH CINEMA IN THE SIXTIES