The General (DVD)
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The General (DVD)
Brendan Gleeson stars as Martin Cahill, the leading Irish criminal of the 1980s. A protean figure, Cahill was a man of extraordinary intelligence, obsessive secretiveness, and vicious brutality who was never stopped by the Irish police despite having pocketed more than $60 million of other people's money. He was also capable of generosity to those in need and exuded a contagious joie de vivre that made him a hero to Ireland's poor and working-class population.Born into poverty in the slums of Hollyfield, Cahill ends up in reform school after robbing a local merchant. Given his abilities, his rise in the world of crime is swift, abetted by a violent streak that has him nailing a partner to a pool table when he mistakently suspects him of talking to the cops. His creative domestic arrangements have him married to Frances (Maria Doyle Kennedy) while also begetting children with her sister, Tina (Angeline Ball). Although he enjoyed mocking every form of authority from the church and the government to the IRA, he had an unspoken bond with police inspector Ned Kenny (Jon Voight), who curses himself for allowing this latter-day Celtic chieftain to charm even a cop. A completely engrossing film anchored by the brilliant Gleeson and a terrific supporting cast, THE GENERAL was shot by director John Boorman in color and printed in crisp black and white.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingColor& Theatrical B&W versionsProduction NotesInteractive MenusTalent and FilmographiesKeep CaseTheatrical Trailer
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The Alarmist (DVD)
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The Alarmist (DVD)
Arquette plays Tommy Hudler, a young man who takes a job as a security systems salesman. An instant success, the world seems to be wonderful for Tommy... until he begins to discover that there's far more to the business (and his boss) than he previously could have imagined.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseInteractive MenusTheatrical TrailerCast Bios and FilmographiesScene Selections
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Big Fish/Rudy 2-Pack (DVD)
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Big Fish/Rudy 2-Pack (DVD)
BIG FISH: In Tim Burton's family film, a wonderful storyteller named Edward Bloom (Albert Finney), who lives in a small town in Alabama, recounts tall tales of his wild worldly adventures. These are shown in flashback with Ewan McGregor playing the young Bloom. Told through a series of vignettes, Bloom's stories involve a witch, a giant, a haunted forest, and yes, a big fish. A self-described small-town hero, Bloom explains how he left home at 18 determined to experience anything and everything life could dish out. He worked for the circus, took on daring assignments as a WWII soldier, and rambled across the country as a zany traveling salesman. Utterly unbelievable yet magical and delightful, Bloom's stories just don't translate to his son Will (Billy Crudup) who wants to know his dad's true life story. But little by little--through increasingly outlandish tales at which Will cannot resist smirking--the two begin to understand each other, and Bloom weaves his stories into their genealogical fabric.RUDY: One of the most heartwarming ever committed to film, the true story of Daniel E. Rudy Ruettinger (Sean Astin, THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy) is an underdog drama that escapes--for the most part--the pitfalls of sentimentality. Set in 1960s Joliet, Ill., Rudy lives in a staunchly blue-collar steelworkers' community. Despite his obsession with Notre Dame and college football, Rudy goes to work in the mill alongside his father and brothers directly after his high school graduation. It takes the accidental death of his best friend to inspire Rudy to pursue his dream of playing for Notre Dame. As everyone in his life is quick to point out, Rudy lacks the brains, brawn, and financial means to ever achieve his goal, but he sets out for South Bend just the same, enrolling in a junior college and trying out for the team as a walk-on. Eventually becoming a member of the practice team, Rudy displays such a strength of heart and fierceness of will that he touches and in
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Black Hawk Down/Sniper 3 2-Pack (DVD)
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Black Hawk Down/Sniper 3 2-Pack (DVD)
BLACK HAWK DOWN: On October 3, 1993, Army Rangers and members of the elite Delta Force participated in a covert operation in Mogadishu, Somalia that went horribly wrong. Sent to abduct two lieutenants of a vicious Somali warlord, the soldiers found themselves surrounded by hostile militia. Two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down and many men lost their lives. Mark Bowden of the Philadelphia Inquirer told the story of the battle in his exhaustively researched, critically acclaimed book, BLACK HAWK DOWN, and filmmaker Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR) and screenwriter Ken Nolan have done an amazing job of bringing the dramatic story to the screen. The outstanding ensemble cast includes Josh Hartnett as a competent but nervous Ranger sergeant leading his first mission, Ewan McGregor as a desk jockey who excels when sent into combat, Eric Bana (THE INCREDIBLE HULK) as a cocky and enigmatic Delta, and Ron Eldard as a downed Black Hawk pilot.SNIPER 3: Tom Beckett (Tom Berenger) returns, this time as the National Security Agency's secret weapon. When NSA agents William Avery (Dennis Arndt) and Richard Addis (William Duffy) hire Beckett to terminate a suspected terrorist, he takes on the mission without a qualm, but when he discovers that his target is an old friend of his, he begins to suspect that his employers' motives are not what they claimed. Beckett undertakes a mission of his own to get to the bottom of the mystery.DVD Features:Region 12-DVD Set - Side by SideDisc 1: BLACK HAWK DOWN - Single Disc VersionWidescreen - 2.35Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Trailers Featurette - 1. ON THE SET (24 min.)Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene SelectionText/Photo Galleries: Filmographies Production NotesDisc 2: SNIPER 3WidescreenAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Bonus Previews
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On the Waterfront (SE)/The Wild One 2-Pack (DVD)
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On the Waterfront (SE)/The Wild One 2-Pack (DVD)
ON THE WATERFRONT: Marlon Brando is Terry Malloy, an ex-prize fighter struggling against union corruption along the New York waterfront, in Elia Kazan's film classic. Malloy's battle takes him all the way to the witness stand, where he finds himself testifying against union leaders. The film was Kazan's response to his decision to turn in the names of his Hollywood contemporaries during Senator Joe McCarthy's anti-Communism hearings. Cobb, Steiger, and Malden were all nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscars. Academy Award Nominations: 12.
Academy Awards: 8, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Marlon Brando, Best Story and Screenplay.THE WILD ONE: In one of his most famous roles, Brando stars as the head of a savage motorcycle gang which terrorizes a small town. He gets his first real chance at a normal and productive life when he falls in love with a young woman who lives there, but a psychotic rival to his position as leader threatens everything.DVD Features:Region 12-DVD SetDisc 1: On the Waterfront (Special Edition)Full Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Mono- English, French Subtitles - English, French, Spanish, Portugese, Chinese, Korean, Thai - OptionalAdditional Release Material:
Audio Commentary- 1. Jeff Young- Elia Kazan Biographer, Richard Schickel-
Writer/Critic Trailers Featurette- 1.Contender - Mastering the Method Production Interview - 1. Elia Kazan - DirectorInteractive Features: Interative Menus Scene SelectionText/Photo Galleries: Talent Files Production Notes Vintage Photo GalleryDisc 2: The Wild OneFull Frame - 1.33Audio: English, French Subtitles - English, French - OptionalAdditional Release Material: TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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Hoosiers (DVD)
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Hoosiers (DVD)
Based on the incredible true story of how a small-town high school's basketball team became Indiana State Champs in 1954. This film follows the controversial outsider who came to town to teach high school history and coach basketball and who was not afraid to make big waves in a small pond. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Dennis Hopper, Best Original Score.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingSnap CaseWidescreen
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Raging Bull (DVD)
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Raging Bull (DVD)
With RAGING BULL, Martin Scorsese's personal approach to filmmaking is taken to a whole new level. Shooting in a crisp black and white, Scorsese tells the story of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, played with incredible intensity by Oscar winner Robert De Niro. As La Motta rises through the ranks to earn his first shot at the middleweight crown, he falls in love with Vickie (Cathy Moriarty), a gorgeous girl from his Bronx neighborhood. Jake's inability to express his feelings pours out in the ring and eventually takes over his life in his dealings with his brother, Joey (a brilliant Joe Pesci). Irrational jealousy over Vickie, as well as an insatiable appetite, sends him into a downward spiral that costs him his title, his wife, and his relationship with Joey. As the out-of-control fighter, De Niro delivers one of the screen's most unforgettable performances. Pesci is just as intense as Joey, who finally realizes that he is unable to tame his animalistic brother. Cinematographer Michael Chapman shoots the film with a stylish flair that fills the boxing scenes with boundless energy and adds immediacy to the arguments that erupt whenever Jake is outside the ring. Simply put, RAGING BULL is one of American cinema's masterworks.DVD Features:Region 1Full Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: TrailerInteractive Features: Scene access
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West Side Story (DVD)
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West Side Story (DVD)
Considered one of the most popular musicals of all time, WEST SIDE STORY earned director Robert Wise an Oscar for Best Director as well as nine other Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Realistically portrayed characters and their surroundings and expert editing complementing innovative dance sequences mark this highly stylized modern-day Romeo and Juliet tale. The stage is set in New York's Upper West Side in the 1950s, where the area's slums are plagued by racial tensions acted on by two rival gangs: the Puerto Rican Sharks and the Caucasian Jets. In the middle of this mess is young, innocent Maria (Natalie Wood), a Puerto Rican seamstress whose brother, Bernardo (George Chakiris), is the leader of the Sharks. Despite the warnings of Anita (Rita Moreno), Bernardo's fiery girlfriend, Maria falls in love with a young, hopeful Polish boy, Tony (Richard Beymer), who used to belong to the Jets, now headed by Riff (Russ Tamblyn). When Tony, on Maria's urging, tries to stop a rumble between the gangs, tragedy ensues, marking their dedicated love affair with violence and desperation. The infectious, lyrical landmark score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim help round out one of the greatest musical experiences ever captured on film.DVD Features:Region 1 Encoding;Dual Layer;Theatrical Trailer.
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Windtalkers (DVD)
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Windtalkers (DVD)
WINDTALKERS begins quietly--with widescreen aerial shots of clouds that gradually clear to reveal the beautiful mesas of Monument Valley. A bus collects Navajo volunteers Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) and Charlie Whitehorse (Roger Willie). It's 1943, and the U.S. has developed an indecipherable secret military code based on the Navajo language. Yahzee and Whitehorse are to be trained as code talkers.Then John Woo's Pacific war film erupts into violence, with a savage battle that has one survivor, Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage). Badly wounded and feeling guilty at the loss of his companions, Joe recuperates in Hawaii where he is helped by a sympathetic nurse (Frances O'Connor). Joe disguises his hearing loss and he is promoted as Yahzee's battlefield bodyguard. Ordered to protect the code at all times, Joe must prevent Yahzee from being captured. At first, Yahzee and Whitehorse, whose bodyguard is Ox Henderson (Christian Slater), are subjected to prejudice--particularly from Rogers (Noah Emmerich). But when the unit is shipped to Saipan, the Marines begin to appreciate the code talkers.Director Woo has created a powerful drama. The visceral battle sequences are strikingly filmed and there is fine acting from Cage, Beach, Willie, Slater, Emmerich, and Frances O'Connor, who portrays the poignancy of love in uncertain times.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull-Screen - 1.33Single Side - Dual LayerAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Surround - French
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World and Time Enough (DVD)
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World and Time Enough (DVD)
A warm story follows sanitation worker/found-object collector Joey as he searches for his biological parents and works at maintaining a nurturing, monogamous relationship with his partner Mark, an HIV-positive artist. WORLD AND TIME ENOUGH won the Audience Award at the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - Director Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
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Beefcake (DVD)
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Beefcake (DVD)
A fascinating look back in time at the beefcake and muscle magazines of the 1950s and'60s, highlighting the life of Bob Mizer, a photographer and magazine publisher in the days when gay erotica had to be disguised as fitness material. Includes dramatizations of Mizer's life and the stories of some of the young men he photographed, plus interviews with such figures as fitness legend Jack LaLanne and actor/ model Joe Dallesandro.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseLetterboxedAudio: Dolby Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - Thom Fitzgerald - Director Featurettes - 6 Original Athletic Model Guide featurettes:Little Joe starring Joe Dallesandro,Ganymede and the Spacemen,Kangaroo Court,Strip Poker,Talent for Sale, andBlackie Preston as Narcissus. Original Theatrical TrailerInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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