Short Fuse (DVD)
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Short Fuse (DVD)
This release collects eight short films that feature some of Hollywood's biggest stars. Dramatic, exciting, and action-packed, the films of SHORT FUSE prove that a film needn't be ninety minutes long to leave a lasting impact. Titles include: Upheaval (starring Frances McDormand), Fueling the Fire, The Quality of Mercy (starring Mary-Louise Parker), Inside (starring Jeremy Sisto), Bullet in the Brain (narrated by George Plimpton and starring Tom Noonan), Crank Calls, Shoot!, and Cliche.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep Case
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Felicidades (DVD)
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Felicidades (DVD)
Some lonely souls in Buenos Aires all try to make the best of it on one hot, muggy Christmas Eve when a series of wry coincidences forces them to cross paths sometimes without even knowing it. An overworked stand up comic can`t make his audience laugh. A writer ruins all his relationships with women despite his commercial successes. A father is desperate to find his son the latest robot toy that`s sold out of every store in town. A shy and handsome young doctor can`t relate to women. A lonely handicapped artist wants to relate to other people and make a friend. And a hardened cop tries to make the best of it in a corrupt police force. All of these stories and more emerge from the humming heat of a black Buenos Aires night like blood sucking bats from an abandoned church. In his debut film about love, loss, desperation, and desire Lucho Bender, an internationally acclaimed director of commercials, reveals a style and sensibility that shares Robert Altman`s genius for interweaving the lives of many and Jim Jarmusch`s depiction of alienation and wackiness.This film screened in New York City in May 2001 as part of the Recent Argentine Cinema film festival (Passionate Stories--a Passion for Storytelling) organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
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Hard Labour (DVD)
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Hard Labour (DVD)
An unrelentingly bleak drama from acclaimed director Mike Leigh, HARD LABOUR presents an extremely hopeless look at the life of an aging Englishwoman. The film graphically depicts the grinding daily routine of Mrs. Thornley (Liz Smith), an elderly wife and mother who works during the day cleaning the home of the wealthy, complaining Mrs. Stone (Vanessa Harris). When she returns to her own home, the abuse she suffers only increases--from her husband Jim (Clifford Kershaw), an alcoholic custodian who whines, bickers, and emotionally batters her, as well as from her daughter Ann (Polly Hemingway), who takes for granted everything her mother does for her. Even her daughter-in-law, Veronica (Alison Steadman), joins in on the abuse, making her life a constant grind of torture and turmoil. Clinging to religion as a blanket for her sorrows, she finally realizes that even the priest has no sympathy for her.Leigh's film--at only 70 minutes--is one of the most emotionally exhausting character pieces ever committed to celluloid. Each character, unable to deal responsibly with their own personal discontent, instead lashes out at everyone else, creating a soundtrack of gripes, shouts, and moans that is guaranteed to make the viewer cringe and recoil.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep Case
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Tunes of Glory - Criterion Collection (DVD)
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Tunes of Glory - Criterion Collection (DVD)
A first-rate drama about two Scottish Army colonels, one a beloved softie about to retire, and the other, a dictatorial young officer. Between the two, a bitter conflict arises. Written by James Kennaway, based on his novel. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best (Adapted) Screenplay.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseDual LayerWidescreen - 1.66Audio: Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Interviews - 1. Ronald Neame - Director (Video Interview)
2. Sir John Mills - Star (Audio Interview) Theatrical TrailerText/Image Galleries: Essay by Film Critic and Historian Robert Murphy
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Return from India: A Story of Forbidden Love (DVD)
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Return from India: A Story of Forbidden Love (DVD)
Top Israeli director Menachem Golan (CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, DEATH GAME) directs a film of profound sensuality and intrigue set in glorious locations in Israel and India. Originally a novel by Abraham B. Jehoshua, this story involves forbidden love between an older woman and a younger man. While it is set up as a doomed love triangle, it later distinguishes itself from romantic dramas of its kind with a curious supernatural element.A young doctor, Ben Rubin (Aki Avni) is asked to accompany the hospital administrator and his wife Dori (Riki Gal) on an emergency journey to Bombay to help them save their gravely ill daughter. When the husband is suddenly called back to work, Ben and Dori remain behind to nurse the stabilized, improving daughter. The intensity of their situation and the beauty of their surroundings find Ben and Dori in a passionate affair. Back in Israel, Ben desperately wants to continue the affair but the more realistic Dori advises him to find someone his own age. Other relationships prove thoroughly unsatisfying. In his somewhat crazed, passionate state, he starts to believe he is somehow spiritually connected to Dori. Is he insane, or are there really other forces at work?DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerAnamorphic Widescreen - 16.9Full Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Surround 2.0 - HebrewAdditional Release Material: Music Video - 1. Riki GalInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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The Seventeenth Bride (DVD)
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The Seventeenth Bride (DVD)
A 30-year-old, unmarried Jewish woman living in a small town in Czechoslovakia is forced to marry a man she doesn't love to avoid being sent to a labor camp during World War II. Joined by other woman villagers, her decision becomes a likely trend that sparks suspicion amongst Nazi officials. When she becomes the seventeenth bride to be married in one day, the Nazis void all of the ceremonies that took place, arrest all of the women, and terrorize them before shipping them off to the camp on a death train. Based on true events, THE 17TH BRIDE captures the strength and spirit of women who actually lived through this period in 1942.DVD Features:Region (Unknown)Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - EnglishInteractive Features: Scene AccessText/Photo Galleries: Biographies Filmographies
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The Keeper (DVD)
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The Keeper (DVD)
When a Haitian immigrant is incarcerated for a rape he steadfastly denies he committed, a disillusioned corrections officer believes his story and helps him post bail, even opening his house to the stranger. Ultimately, however, he and his wife discover that no good deed goes unpunished. First-time writer-director Joe Brewster's unflinching look at urban black life won the Best Film award at the Newark (NJ) Black Film Festival.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Theatrical TrailerText/Photo Galleries: Still Image Gallery
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Oriana (DVD)
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Oriana (DVD)
Winner of the Camera d'Or at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival, Fina Torres' directorial debut is a spellbinding drama set in a Venezualan jungle. Now a married adult living in France, Maria (Daniela Silverio) returns to the hacienda where she spent her summers as an adolescent. As she prepares to sell the house, she is reminded of her aunt, Oriana (Doris Wells), a mysterious figure who never left the hacienda and appeared to be harboring deep inner secrets. As Maria continues to reflect upon her adolescent days, she eventually stumbles across a secret that will bring Oriana's behavior to light, altering Maria forever.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.85Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Trailer
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Pickup on South Street - Criterino Collection (DVD)
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Pickup on South Street - Criterino Collection (DVD)
A skid row pickpocket acquires a top-secret microfilm. He stumbles onto a plot to sell military secrets and is now the target in a world of intrigue and espionage.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Interview - 1. Sam Fuller - Director TrailersText/Image Galleries: Illustrated Biographical Essay on Fuller by Jeb Brody Stills Gallery of Photos, Posters, Lobby Cards, and Original Paintings by Russell ChristianAdditional Products: Booklet
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Railroaded (DVD)
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Railroaded (DVD)
In this elegantly-directed noir story, a hardboiled detective goes after cop-killing robbers who have implicated his girlfriend's brother in a holdup.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep Case
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Dark Side of the Heart (DVD)
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Dark Side of the Heart (DVD)
An idealistic young poet discovers in a prostitute exactly what he is looking for: levitation. But what will he do when he finds out that to her, he is just another paying customer? A tale of passion with a decidedly Garcia-Marquez-esque slant.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Strange Impersonation (DVD)
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Strange Impersonation (DVD)
Director Mann (RAW DEAL) helms this gritty noir about Nora Goodrich, a scientist deeply dedicated to her research in anaesthetics. Her pioneering work prompts some jealous rage in one of her colleagues, who sabotages one of Nora's experiments, causing a horrible accident that results in the disfiguring of Nora's face. Nora succeeds in taking on a new identity, surgically alters her own face, and sets out to extract revenge on the colleague who disfigured her.DVD Features:Region 1 Encoding
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