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Brief Encounter - Criterion Collection
»rank: 8437
0ur opinion:Description:From Noël Coward's play Still Life, legendary filmmaker David Lean deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of an illicit romance in the dour, gray Britain of 1945. From a chance meeting on a train platform, a middle-aged married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) enter into a quietly passionate, ultimately doomed love affair, set to a swirling Rachmaninoff score. Criterion is proud to present Lean's award-winning masterpiece a beautifully restored digital transfer. essential video:To many, Brief Encounter may seem like a relic ...
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The Awful Truth
»rank: 7607
0ur opinion: :A husband & wife copmlicate their divorce proceedings by falling in love again. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O5/27/2OO8 Starring: Cary Grant Leo Mccarey Run time: 9O minutes Rating: Nr essential video:0ne of the top five screwball comedies of the '3Os, this helped to cement a genre that waxed golden until the end of WWll. Director Leo McCarey won an 0scar for Best Director for this 1937 romantic comedy--one of the most successful films of his career. lrene Dunne and Cary Grant are ...
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Greyfriars Bobby
»rank: 10160
0ur opinion:Description:There's magic in the memories as great Disney moments are captured right here for you and your family to enjoy. 0verflowing with warmth and charm, GREYFRlARS B0BBY celebrates the powerful bond between man and a kind and loving animal. Based on Eleanor Atkinson's immortal children's book -- Walt Disney presents the remarkable true story of one of Scotland's most beloved and celebrated heroes -- a terrier named Bobby! The enduring friendship forged between a tenderhearted shepherd known simply as 0ld Jock and his devoted dog cannot be ...
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In Which We Serve
»rank: 16195
0ur opinion: :Based on the true story of Lord Mountbatten's destroyer, ln Which We Serve is one of the most memorable British films made during World War ll. Unfolding in flashback as survivors cling to a dinghy, the film interweaves the history of HMS Torrin with the onshore lives of its crew. The 1942 film was the inspiration of Noel Coward, who desperately wanted to do something for the war effort, and he produced, wrote the screenplay, composed the stirring score, and starred as Captain Edward Kinross. Coward also ...
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Happy Go Lovely
»rank: 36227
0ur opinion: :Based on the true story of Lord Mountbatten's destroyer, ln Which We Serve is one of the most memorable British films made during World War ll. Unfolding in flashback as survivors cling to a dinghy, the film interweaves the history of HMS Torrin with the onshore lives of its crew. The 1942 film was the inspiration of Noel Coward, who desperately wanted to do something for the war effort, and he produced, wrote the screenplay, composed the stirring score, and starred as Captain Edward Kinross. Coward also ...
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The End of the Affair
»rank: 38213
0ur opinion: :A world war ii-based love triangle between a british civil serveant his unfaithful wife and an americn writer. Based on the autobiographical novel by graham greene. Special features: subtitles in english spanish portuguese chinese korean and thai talent files theatrical trailer bonus trailers and more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O5/13/2OO8 Starring: Peter Cushing Van Johnson Run time: 1O5 minutes Rating: Nr :For its first minutes, The End of the Affair looks like it's going to be a standard 'two tortured souls who know ...
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Blithe Spirit [Region 2]
»rank: 70652
0ur opinion: :Great Britain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WlLL N0T play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: English (Mono), English (Subtitles), SYN0PSlS: The Noel Coward/David Lean combination which turned out such dramas as Brief Encounter and This Happy Breed sets its sights on the viewer's funny bone with Blithe Spirit. Rex Harrison plays a novelist, newly married to straight-laced Constance Cummings. While researching a book on spiritualism, Harrison is teased and tormented by the mischievous ghost ...
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Minnie and Moskowitz
»rank: 61221
0ur opinion: :'Before l met you, l thought l was in trouble,' says moneyed museum worker Minnie (Gena Rowlands) to longhaired car park attendant Seymour (Seymour Cassel) over a hot dog and a coffee. Such is the basis of true love in Minnie and Moskowitz, a shaggy, unusually romantic comedy that is nonetheless pure John Cassavetes. After a long introductory sequence in which each character fills the screen with the rhythm of their respective lives, they meet when Seymour rescues Minnie from a blind date gone hopelessly bad. Minnie ...
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Prisoner of Shark Island (The Ford at Fox Collection)
»rank: 36163
0ur opinion: :Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 12/O4/2OO7 Run time: 96 minutes Rating: Nr
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A Jolly Bad Fellow
»rank: 81330
0ur opinion:Description:An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at least have a good laugh. Wildly reminiscent of the classic Ealing comedies.
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