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A mysterious benefactor pays to send Judy (Pickford), the oldest and cutest kid in the orphanage, to college. One of Pickford's most delightful films.DVD Features:Region Encoding: All RegionsScene AccessInteractive MenusIncludes Rarely Seen Pickford Short Film WHAT THE DAISY SAID (1910), directed by D.W. Griffith

After his sister is injured in an accident, Jack Flange (Alex O`Lachlan) must leave Sydney for the small town of Brooklyn, New South Wales, to care for her. Here, on the winding Hawkesbury River, a population of fishermen and eccentrics live a simple life. Though he finds work with Brownie (David Field), an oyster farmer with a failing marriage, Jack robs a fish market and mails himself the money to help with his sister`s medical expenses--but in a freak accident, the money falls into the river. Instead of thinking the money is simply lost, he theorizes that it has gone to support the expensive shoe habit of sexy local cleaning woman, Pearl (Diana Glenn)--but as he attempts to find out the truth, he begins to fall in love with her.With OYSTER FARMER, first-time writer/director Anna Reeves has crafted a story that may be safely placed in the fish-out-of-water genre, but wisely sidesteps the genre`s stereotypical cutesiness by writing characters made of true guts and grit and infusing the proceedings with atypical saltiness and sexiness. Newcomers Lachlan and Glenn are appealing screen presences, but character actors Field and Jim Norton (as Brownie`s father, Mumbles)--along with the stunning aerial shots of the Hawkesbury--are the true heart of the film.

The bucolic, even-paced, daily life of a small Hungarian village is the setting for the experimental film HUKKLE (onomatopoeic for hiccup in Hungarian). A series of dialogue-less vignettes, featuring the various townspeople and their animals, explore the quotidian existence in the Hungarian countryside. Unifying these sequences is a subtle plot thread about a murder and its investigation, which seems merely incidental when weighed against the numerous, quiet incidents on display. The ultimate result is a lyrical, sometimes puzzling film that is open to as many interpretations as it has episodes. HUKKLE was praised at numerous European film festivals, winning awards as it collected accolades.

Two of William Shakespeare's most well-known plays are given startling new adaptations in these versions of TWELFTH NIGHT and MACBETH. The classic gender-bending comedy TWELFTH NIGHT has been reworked to focus on the play's more dramatic elements by director Tim Supple. During his career with the British stage, Supple has developed a reputation for innovative adaptations of classic works that highlight subtle and buried elements of those works. TWELFTH NIGHT is revisioned with a multicultural cast that includes Parminder Nagra (BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (DIRTY PRETTY THINGS). Michael Bogdanov, director of eight productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, directs a spartan version of MACBETH. The Scottish Play has been pared down to its essentials and shot against a stark mise-en-scene of urban decay, emphasizing the austerity of Bogdanov's plotting and mirroring the inner condition of the famed protagonist-villain and his wife. New breath has been breathed into two of Shakespeare's most familiar plays by celebrated theatrical directors with TWELFTH NIGHT and MACBETH.DVD Features:Region 12-Disc SetDisc One Contains TWELFTH NIGHTWidescreen - 1.78Audio: Stereo - EnglishText/Photo Galleries: Liner Notes By Director Tim SuppleDVD-ROM Features: Links For Online Education And ActivityDisc Two Contains MACBETHWidescreen - 1.66Audio: Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Producer's Statement By Sue PrichardDVD-ROM Features: Links To Online Education And Activity

The desire to shed or suppress all traces of one's original culture has been a primal experience of nearly all immigrants; Joan Micklin Silver's adaptation of Abraham Cahan's story makes clear that it's a process edged with pathos. Carol Kane stars as Gitl, an Eastern European Jew who arrives with her child on Ellis Island in 1896 to join her husband, Jake (Stephen Keats). She is surprised to discover that Jake has abandoned the mores of his culture by cutting off his beard and earlocks, and he's adopted the mannerisms of his new country, including a new girlfriend (Dorrie Kavanaugh) who runs a dance hall. Gitl, unwilling to part with traditions so easily, creates a rift in the marriage that is difficult to overcome. Kane, who was nominated for an Oscar, and Micklin Silver, in her directorial debut, collaborate to high-caliber effect in this touching, amazingly painstaking evocation of immigrant life on New York's Lower East Side in the 1890s.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.78Monaural - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Joan Micklin Silver - Director, Raphael Silver - Producer Production Interviews - 1. Joan Micklin Silver - Director
















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4. Doris Roberts - StarText/Photo Galleries: Liner Notes By Victoria Brownworth And Judith Redding Authors Of Film Fatales

A deadly tale about misguided love and the trouble it unleashes, Jean-Pierre Denis's MURDEROUS MAIDS is a surprisingly tender recounting of the Papin Affair. Based on actual events, the film tells the story of the Papin sisters, Christine (Sylvie Testud) and Lea (Julie-Marie Parmentier), two young women living in the1930s in Le Mans, France. Christine, the elder of the two siblings, is overly protective of Lea, an innocent, wide-eyed youngster. As her relationship with her mother deteriorates completely, Christine goads Lea into shunning her mother as well. The pair finally secures employment as maids at the home of the Lancelins. During the day, they perform the menial daily chores that are required of them, while at night, they indulge in a passionate affair. As Christine's mind begins to spin out of control, she becomes more and more reliant on the presence and support of Lea. Meanwhile, Mrs. Lancelin begins to sense the true reason for their inseparability. One night, returning home early with her daughter, she surprises Christine, who takes out her fears on the unsuspecting Lancelins, separating the sisters once and for all. Inspired by Paulette Houdyer's book, as well as Jean Genet's classic play, Denis's film finds the truth in the tragic story, without resorting to mere shock tactics.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 SurroundAdditional Release Material: Interviews With Actress Sylvie Testud and Director Jean-Pierre Denis Theatrical TrailersText/Image Galleries: Janet Flaner's 1933 Vanity Fair Article Recounting the Actual Events Photos From Newspapers of the Time

Celebrating the art of flamenco dancing and the culture from which it was born, VENGO is about a centuries-old dispute between two gypsy families in Andalusia, Spain. Separated into two groups of constantly battling gangs, the families struggle to move beyond violence to overcome their misunderstandings. Between confrontations, a physically disabled young man, Diego (Orestes Villasan Rodriguez), who has a passion for flamenco music and dance, is entertained by his uncle, Caco (Antonio Canales). Caco, whose own daughter died young, treats Diego like a son. To nurture Diego's love of flamenco, Caco arranges for some of the top performers in the region to come give concerts. In an especially powerful scene, La Caita, a gypsy singer, wails her liberating anthems in a Seville restaurant.Tony Gatlif (LATCHO DROM, GADJO DILO) directs this culturally rich, soulful film, which uses the rapid tempo of flamenco percussion to express both happiness and pain. A jumping, unsteady camera, and an often blurry focus give VENGO a visually realistic, documentary feeling. Extreme close-ups draw viewers to the characters, while distanced shots of eclectic parties and performances push the viewer back away from the action reinforcing the awe and admiration that spectators enjoy. It is also interesting to note that the lead actor, Antonio Canales, who is an accomplished flamenco dancer in real life, does not dance in the film.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - SpanishAdditional Release Material: Bonus Feature - 1. LOS ALMENDROS-PLAZA NUEVA Interviews Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerText/Galleries: Filmography - 1. Tony Gatlif - Director

Writer-director Hans PetTer Molland (ZERO KELVIN) deftly combines two traditional cinematic genres--the road movie and the dysfunctional family drama--to create a moving character study that is entirely his own. Kaisa (Lena Headey) is a successful, hard-edged career woman living in London. Days after receiving a promotion, she is asked by her mother, Helen (Charlotte Rampling), to travel to Norway and retrieve her alcoholic father, Tomas (Stellan Skarsgaard), so that he can begin a rehabilitation program back in Aberdeen, Scotland. She skeptically agrees, knowing how difficult a task this will be. Unfortunately, it's worse than even Kaisa could have imagined, for Tomas's drunkenness prevents the two from stepping on board an airplane, forcing them to make the trek in an automobile. Along the way, they clash bitterly, nagging one another. But they find a guardian angel in Clive (Ian Hart), a kindhearted truck driver who takes a liking to Kaisa and keeps the pair on track. By the time they arrive in Aberdeen, they have discovered the real reason for Helen's request, which is more serious than they could have ever anticipated. Molland's visually striking, loosely autobiographical film features flawless performances from the four major players, including another tour-de-force from Skarsgaard.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Single Side - Dual LayerAdditional Release Material: Interview - 1. PetTer Mullan - Director Trailer - 1. Original U.S. TrailerText/Galleries Talent BiosInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus