This Is My Father (DVD)
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This Is My Father (DVD)
Caan portrays a disillusioned Chicago high-school teacher who decides to make a pilgrimage to Ireland to learn the truth about his father, whom he never met. He takes along his troubled nephew, who spends his days falling in love with a local school girl. The film shifts between the present and the past, as we learn the story of what happened to Caan's father. A Quinn Brothers trifecta (Paul wrote and directed, Aidan acted, and Declan photographed), this is a personal - though not autobiographical - tale that rises above Clicheland due to the subtle, heartwarming performances.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseAudio Commentary by Quinn Brothers Aidan (Actor) and Paul (Writer/Director)Talent Files
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The Last Hurrah (DVD)
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The Last Hurrah (DVD)
John Ford's gripping portrait of the twilight of politician Frank Skeffington--adapted from the Edwin O'Connor novel based on the life of celebrated Boston mayor James Curley--reflects the director's abiding pessimism about the fate of American cities. Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) is about to begin his fifth and likely last campaign for mayor of a city in New England. A champion of the poor and downtrodden (especially if they happen to be Irish), the mayor is not above a bit of corruption if it will bring them comfort, a policy that has earned the enmity of both the city's WASP faction and the clergy. The mayor's journalist nephew, Adam Caulfield (Jeffrey Hunter), accompanies him to a wake and observes the dual nature of the politician: He shamelessly works the crowd for support but later pressures grasping undertaker Johnny Degnan (Bob Sweeney) into reducing the exorbitant funeral costs. Upon hearing that some bankers have reneged on providing a loan for a slum clearance project, Skeffington bursts into their elitist private club and gives them hell. Tracy and an excellent supporting cast, including Pat O'Brien, John Carradine, Frank McHugh, Donald Crisp, and Basil Rathbone, enliven Ford's nostalgic tribute. Curley, who considered the film an invasion of privacy, sued the studio, which settled out of court.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseTheatrical TrailerProduction NotesInteractive MenusScene SelectionAnamorphic Widescreen
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The Loves of Carmen (DVD)
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The Loves of Carmen (DVD)
The story takes place in Spain. Carmen is a beautiful gypsy with a penchant for trouble and a long list of lovers. Dragoon Don Jose falls hard for her, but soon finds himself falling into a jealous rage that ends in tragedy. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Color) Cinematography.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseRita Hayworth FeaturetteThe Columbia LadyVintage Advertising MaterialsTalent Files: Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Victor JoryTheatrical Trailers: THE LOVES OF CARMEN, GILDA, PAL JOEY
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Dancing at Lughnasa (DVD)
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Dancing at Lughnasa (DVD)
A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men - the boy's long-lost father, who is off to Spain to fight the war against Franco, and an elderly uncle who has come home to die after a lifetime in America. Although life goes on as before for the boy and five sisters, something will happen that will destroy their peaceful existence as they once knew it.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingInteractive MenusTheatrical TrailersScene Selection
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The Loss of Sexual Innocence (DVD)
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The Loss of Sexual Innocence (DVD)
The ambitions announced in the title THE LOSS OF SEXUAL INNOCENCE are realized in the concept of the film itself--the tale of a modern man intercut with scenes of Adam and Eve's fall. Writer-director Mike Figgis charts episodes in the sexual life of Nic (played as an adult by Julian Sands), a filmmaker who seems a lot like Figgis himself. (Nic, like Figgis, is raised in Africa and lives in England as a teenager.) As these episodes build to form a psychological portrait of Nic, Figgis flashes to a naked Adam being born from the center of a lake, then to the birth of Eve, their discoveries of the world, Eve's encounter with the serpent, and their expulsion from the garden. The modern story and the biblical one are not necessarily parallel, but their grim conclusions are inextricably linked in a universal cycle of sin and retribution. The film is almost wordless, relying instead on striking imagery and beautiful 16mm handheld camerawork. Figgis fades to black within scenes to create the pulsing effect he employed in MISS JULIE; he also uses title cards to play with the narrative and heighten the allegorical nature of this challenging film.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.78Single Side - Single LayerAudio: Dolby Surround - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - Mike Figgis - Director
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Twin Falls Idaho (DVD)
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Twin Falls Idaho (DVD)
Off-beat drama about a woman who inadvertently stumbles into the lives of a pair of Siamese twins, Francis and Blake Falls. As Francis grows even more ill, the concept that the two might have to be separated threatens to break their bizarre, personal bond. Interesting debut from the Polish Brothers, real life twins (though not Siamese).DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseLetterboxed - 1.85Dolby Digital 5.1Additional Release Materials: Audio Commentary:
Mark Polish - Screenwriter, Star
Michael Polish - Screenwriter, Star Biographies:
Mark Polish - Screenwriter, Star
Michael Polish - Screenwriter, Star
Michele Hicks - Star Theatrical Trailer
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The Matinee Idol/ Frank Capra's American Dream (DVD)
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The Matinee Idol/ Frank Capra's American Dream (DVD)
A famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson reinvents himself as Harry Mann to escape the burdens of fame. He accidentally joins a traveling acting troupe, and falls in love with Ginger Bolivar, who runs the troupe and stars in their Civil War melodrama. Don's producer sees the play, and thinks it's a comic masterpiece, and just what Don's Broadway show needs. But when Ginger finds out she's been played for a fool Don soon learns that humiliating the woman he loves is no laughing matter.Includes a bonus feature-length documentary which goes behind the scenes of Frank Capra's professional and family life. Hosted by Ron Howard.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseSpecial Features: Silent Film With Newly Recorded Stereo Score, Scene Selections, Restoration Liner Notes.
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The Myth of Fingerprints (DVD)
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The Myth of Fingerprints (DVD)
Four grown, emotionally distant siblings return to their parents' chilly Maine estate for Thanksgiving weekend, their first reunion in three years. Tension mounts as old wounds reopen amidst the cranberry sauce, thanks to animosity between the paterfamilias and his one son (Wyle, of ER fame)--and between the eldest daughter and the entire brood. Screened at the Sundance Film Festival.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseAudio Commentary by Director and CinematographerProduction InfoCast/Crew BiographiesLetterboxedAnamorphic WidescreenTrailers
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The Pillow Book (DVD)
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The Pillow Book (DVD)
An arresting Japanese model seeks to indulge her fantasy of having calligraphy inked on her body, a whim based partly on her father's habit of painting poetry on her face when she was a girl and partly on readings from the 10th-century erotica tome The Pillow Book. But the tables are turned when she meets a bisexual English translator who wants to be her canvas instead. An assault on the senses in the best Greenaway tradition, featuring frames-within-frames, elaborate costuming and production design, painterly shot composition, and utterly frank scenes of nudity and violence.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingInteractive MenusTheatrical TrailerScene Selections
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The Blue and the Gray (DVD)
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The Blue and the Gray (DVD)
This saga of the Civil War, from 1859 to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, is based on the works and original materials of Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton. It focuses on the trials and conflicts of that national trauma as seen through the eyes and sketches of artist John Geyser, whose own family is torn apart by conflicting political sentiments. This acclamied television production was filmed entirely on location with 160 characters and over 6,300 extras.DVD Features:Region 1Keep Case3-Disc SetAudio: Dolby Digital Mono- English Dolby Digital Mono- FrenchInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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Brian's Song/ Rudy 2-Pack (DVD)
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Brian's Song/ Rudy 2-Pack (DVD)
Two football-themed tearjerkers are packaged together in this DVD gift pack. See individual titles for details.DVD Features:Region 1Keep Case
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The Dreamlife of Angels (DVD)
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The Dreamlife of Angels (DVD)
A powerful drama about two very different women who meet and befriend. Isa is an optimistic wanderer; Marie, a rebellious pessimist. Gradually, a close friendship forms and the two become roommates, but when Marie falls into a passionate affair with a cocky young man, the friendship deteriorates... with tragic results. An acting tour-de-force by Bouchez and Regnier.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseInteractive MenusScene Selections
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