The Long Good Friday - Criterion Collection (DVD)
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The Long Good Friday - Criterion Collection (DVD)
John Mackenzie's rabidly engaging, complex gangster film concerns the demise of a dominant English racketeer, Harold (Bob Hoskins), who is about to change his image and go straight. While negotiating a deal with an American organized crime organization to develop the barren Docklands section of London, his associates begin to turn up dead, and the tough Cockney businessman realizes that getting out will be more difficult than he had anticipated. This extremely tight British thriller made Hoskins a star.DVD Special FeaturesRegion 1 EncodingOriginal British and American Theatrical Trailers.Keep Case
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Summertime - Criterion Collection (DVD)
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Summertime - Criterion Collection (DVD)
Based on Arthur Laurent's play THE TIME OF THE CUCKOO,
Lean's beautiful, classic romantic drama tells the tale of an American spinster (Hepburn) on holiday in Venice who has an affair with a handsome, and not altogether honest, merchant (Brazzi). Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Director, Best Actress--Katharine Hepburn.DVD Special Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseOriginal Theatrical Trailer
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Queen Kelly (DVD)
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Queen Kelly (DVD)
This film, which traces one woman's passage from sheltered convent to brothel, has one of the most notorious production histories in all of cinema. Gloria Swanson stars as Kitty Kelly, a young woman who lives quietly in a convent and has her life disrupted when she attracts the attention of a prince; when curtsying to his majesty, her underwear falls down to her ankles! The amused royal kidnaps the girl, but the Queen disrupts the planned interlude, and angrily beats Kelly. Ashamed and upset, Kelly wishes to kill herself. She changes her mind upon receiving a note from her aunt who, unknown to Kitty, runs a whorehouse in East Africa. Kelly sails to Daar-es-Salaam to meet her relative. And that is just the start of a series of surreal adventures including her aunt's death, a marriage to an old and decrepit man, and the Prince's reentrance into her life.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseAdditional Release Material: Alternate Ending - 1. The Swanson Ending Outtakes Audio Commentary - 1. Richard Koszarski - Biographer Introduction - 1. Gloria Swanson - Star Bonus Short - 1.Man of Many Skins (1952 TV Performance) Documentary - 1. Dossier on Merry-Go-RoundInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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Son of the Sheik (DVD)
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Son of the Sheik (DVD)
Movie buffs should be interested in this film, the last one for Valentino. The story is about a romance between a desert sheik and a dancing girl.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep Case
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Luther (DVD)
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Luther (DVD)
This adaptation of John Osborne's LUTHER was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Stacy Keach stars as Martin Luther, the German priest who, during the 16th century, challenged the Roman Catholic Church and, during a movement known as the Reformation, created a new form of Christianity. The film begins with Luther as a young novice and follows him as he becomes an expert theologian who is moved to write the 95 Theses, a series of protestations against a church he saw as corrupt. Soon, Luther is taking his message to the people, which in turn forces him to go before the very church he is denouncing and face their judgment.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphicAdditional Release Material: Production Interview - 1. Edie Landau Featurette - 1.Ely Landau: In Front of the Camera TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos Production Art Poster ArtLUTHER and John Osborne - An essay by Michael Feingold, Head Theater Critic, The Village Voice
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Butley (DVD)
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Butley (DVD)
This adaptation of Simon Gray's BUTLEY was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Alan Bates stars as Ben Butley, a bitter and repressed English literature professor at a British university. Taking place during the course of one day in Butley's office, the acerbic professor's harsh exterior is torn down bit by bit as his world crumbles around him when he learns, nearly simultaneously, of his wife's intent to divorce him, his live-in homosexual lover's infidelities, and a hated colleague's success. Grounded by by Mr. Bates' absolutely brilliant performance, BUTLEY is at once a very funny and tremendously moving film.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphicAdditional Release Material: Production Interview - 1. Edie Landau Featurette - 1.Ely Landau: In Front of the Camera TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos Production Art Poster ArtSimon Gray and BUTLEY - An essay by Michael Feingold, Head Theater Critic, The Village Voice
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Rhinoceros (DVD)
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Rhinoceros (DVD)
This adaptation of Ionesco's absurdist classic was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Gene Wilder stars as Stanley, a depressive young man who abhors virtually all of humanity with the exception of his neighbor John (Mostel, in a bravura performance) and a beautiful young coworker named Daisy. Morosely cultivating his nonconformity, Stanley is disturbed at first when the inhabitants of his town begin turning into human rhinos, explained initially as rhinoceritis by local pundits. However, when just about everyone in town begins falling prey to the disease except for himself, Stanley wonders whether something else may be responsible for the phenomenon.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphicAdditional Release Material: Production Interview - 1. Edie Landau
2. Tom O'Horgon - Director Featurette - 1.Ely Landau: In Front of the Camera TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos Production Art Poster ArtRHINOCEROS and Eugene Ionesco - An essay by Michael Feingold, Head Theater Critic, The Village Voice
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The Cherry Orchard (DVD)
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The Cherry Orchard (DVD)
Lyubov (Charlotte Rampling) is brought home to her Russian estate after having fled to France amidst family tragedy. Returning home in 1900 after the liberation of the serfs, nothing seems to have changed. The mansion has been impeccably kept up and the trees in the cherry orchard are in romantic bloom. The reality, however, soon sets in: The family fortune has been squandered. Lyubov holds out for a miracle to save her home, her past, and her beloved orchard. When wealthy friend Lopakhin (Owen Teale), who grew up as a servant on the property,
recommends selling and developing the orchard land in order to save the property, he is met with fierce opposition from Lyubov and the family. With the mortgage date drawing nearer, Lyubov's hopes become as empty as the leafless wintry appearance of the trees in the orchard.The emotional intensity builds to a heartbreaking climax in Michael Cacoyannis' screen adaptation of Anton Chekhov's timeless play. Cacoyannis, in his seventies, directed and wrote the script from his own translation of the Russian masterwork. He is ably assisted by a superb international cast, including Katrin Cartlidge, Alan Bates, and Michael Gough.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseLetterboxed - 1.85Additional Release Material: Production Interview - 1. Michael Cacoyanis TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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Lured (DVD)
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Lured (DVD)
Before being forever associated with melodrama, acclaimed director Douglas Sirk dabbled in other genres. LURED, a good example of this, is a witty and stylish thriller about a serial killer terrorizing the streets of London. Lucille Ball stars as Sandra, a sassy and beautiful taxi dancer, who decides to assist the police after her best friend becomes the latest victim of the Poet Killer, a mysterious murderer who lures women through classified ads. Sandra launches on an endless quest, answering every suspicious ad in the paper in search of the elusive killer, whose only clues are enigmatic poems based on the poetry of Beaudelaire. En route to the real killer, Sandra encounters a ridiculous cast of ominous characters, from an insane dressmaker (played by an arch and hilarious Boris Karloff) and a shady character who traffics in white slavery. The killer still eludes Sandra and the Scotland Yard, and her growing affection for the stylish nightclub owner Robert Flemming proves to bring more complications than she imagines, leading to a surprising and ingenious climax. Ball is sharp and glamorous as the unwitting detective and Sirk's swift and fast-paced direction melds humor with suspense to created a highly entertaining thriller.DVD FeaturesRegion 1 Encoding
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Walkabout - Criterion Collection (DVD)
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Walkabout - Criterion Collection (DVD)
Nicolas Roeg's solo directorial debut is a haunting, unconventional narrative film that presents a bleak vision of civilized life as arid and unrewarding. Abandoned in the Australian outback, two young white children (Jenny Agutter and Roeg's son Lucien) stumble upon an adolescent Aborigine (David Gulpilil), who is performing a walkabout. In this ritualistic six-month journey, the boy must learn to survive by himself in the imposing desert. Communication is a problem, although more for the girl than for her little brother, who still has a child's ability to communicate simply and directly. The two teenagers fail to connect for a variety of reasons, mostly due to the girl's lack of interest in a culture that is unfamiliar and different from her own. Ultimately, the differences become too much to bear, resulting in a tragic conclusion that adds an even more somber denouement to Roeg's already grim vision. Based on the novel by James Vance Marshall, WALKABOUT is a powerful commentary on pastoral simplicity versus cosmopolitan clutter, and features stunning cinematography from Roeg.Includes 5 minutes of additional footage and the theatrical trailer.
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Sudden Fear (DVD)
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Sudden Fear (DVD)
A wealthy playwright suspects her actor husband of being a murderous golddigger in this classic noir drama. Features an original score by Elmer Bernstein. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Actress--Joan Crawford, and Best Supporting Actor--Jack Palance.DVD Features:Region Encoding: All RegionsSnap Case
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Broken Blossoms (DVD)
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Broken Blossoms (DVD)
This strangely beautiful silent film from D.W. Griffith is also one of his more grim efforts; an indictment of child abuse and the violence of western society. An idealistic Asian (Richard Barthelemess) travels to the west in hopes of spreading the Buddha's message of peace to the round-eyed sons of turmoil and strife. Instead he winds up a disillusioned, opium-smoking shopkeeper in London's squalid Limehouse District. Down the street, a poor waif (Lillian Gish) suffers horrific abuse at the hands of her boxer father (Donald Crisp). When fortune delivers the battered girl into the Asian's tender care, a strange and beautiful love blossoms between them, a love far too fragile to survive their brutal environment. Griffith directed with his unique blend of poetry and realism, and Miss Gish delivers a typically first-rate performance as the girl; the result is a work of art that's both eloquent and crushing. The film was originally presented with color tinting and a musical score composed by Griffith, both of which may vary in different video and film versions.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseOriginal Orchestral Score
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