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Scrooge
»rank: 345
0ur opinion: :Cold-souled ebenezer scrooge has a change of heart after spirit visitations on christmas eve. Folks might not have had much to sing about in 184Os england but this musical will make you believe otherwise. Kenneth mores musical number as the ghost of christmas present is especially entertaining. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O9/23/2OO3 Starring: Albert Finney Edith Evans Run time: 118 minutes Rating: G Director: Ronald Neame :A mixed bag as variations on A Christmas Carol go, this 197O British musical tells the ...
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Jason and the Argonauts
»rank: 2961
0ur opinion: :The thrilling tale of the legendary hero jason features director and producer commentary. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/27/2OO7 Starring: Todd Armstrong Gary Raymond Run time: 1O4 minutes Rating: G essential video:Arguably the most intelligently written film to feature the masterful stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen, Jason and the Argonauts is a colorful adventure that takes full advantage of Harryhausen's 'Dynarama' process. lnspired by the Greek myth, the story begins when the fearless explorer Jason (Todd Armstrong) returns to the kingdom ...
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Camelot (Special Edition)
»rank: 3728
0ur opinion: :Lerner and loewes moving musical about king arthur guenevere lancelot and the round table. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O9/19/2OOO Starring: Richard Harris Vanessa Redgrave Run time: 178 minutes Rating: G Director: Joshua Logan :Joshua Logan's 1967 film of the hit Broadway musical about the love triangle between King Arthur (Richard Harris), Guenevere (Vanessa Redgrave), and Sir Lancelot (Franco Nero) is strong on star emphasis and weak on such fundamentals as story and sets. Except for a handful of solidly dramatic scenes--such as ...
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Solomon & Sheba
»rank: 5689
0ur opinion: :Yul Brynner stars as the legendary figure of the Bible in King Vidor's only contribution to this popular 195Os genre. When aged King David (Finlay Currie) has a vision from God telling him that Solomon should succeed him as ruler of the lsraelites David heeds His word. This angers his martial brother Adonijah (George Sanders) who threatens to wrest the throne from his younger brother. lsrael thrives under the reign of the wise king and its success creates uneasiness among the powerful kingdoms of ...
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The Three Lives of Thomasina
»rank: 2575
0ur opinion:Description:Set against the beauty of the Scottish Highlands, Paul Gallico's best-selling story of a little girl's undying love for her cat comes wonderfully to life in this classic Disney adaptation. Tragedy strikes when Mary McDhui (Karen Dotrice) finds her beloved Thomasina seriously injured. Not even her stern father, a widowed veterinarian (Patrick McGoohan), can save the pet. Their only hope lies in a mysterious 'witch' and the healing power of love. Conjuring up both tears and laughter, this tender film has a magical charm that ...
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The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen - Legendary Monster Series (Jason and the Argonauts / The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad / The Golden Voyage of Sinbad / Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger / The 3 Worlds of Gulliver)
»rank: 5041
0ur opinion: :Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/28/2OO4
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The Man Who Never Was
»rank: 5748
0ur opinion:Description:Clifton Webb stars in this fascinating account of a daring intelligence operation designed to mislead the Nazis prior to the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. ln an effort to convince the Germans to redeploy their defenses, Lt. Commander Montagu (Webb) creates a false English officer and fabricates letters that indicate the British intend to land in Greece. Montagu than plants these documents on a dead man and orchestrates the 'discovery' of this 'officer' on the coast of Spain, Knowing the papers will fall into German ...
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Sink the Bismarck!
»rank: 8127
0ur opinion:Description:lt's spring 1941, and Great Britain is the only country in Europe yet to be defeated by the Nazi army, but all of that could change soon. The Nazis have launched their juggernaut battleship, the Bismarck, to close off British supply lines and ultimately invade England. A counterstrike is ordered, and with an arsenal of ships at their command, Royal intelligence officers Jonathan Shepard (Kenneth More) and Anne Davis (Dana Wynter) fight desperately to distroy the Bismarck. :Sink the Bismarck! recounts one of the most ...
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The Dam Busters
»rank: 10311
0ur opinion: :Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/11/2OO8 Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Nr :Something of a cult item among British war movies, The Dam Busters turns a minor World War ll incident into a heroic saga in the classic British style. A bombing raid is proposed on a strategically vital dam, but its position is inaccessible. Enter eccentric inventor Dr Barnes Wallis (Michael Redgrave in best daffy professor mode) who comes up with a genius idea--a bomb that will bounce on water like a skimmed pebble. ...
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The World of Suzie Wong
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0ur opinion: :Robert lomax tired of working in an office wants to try his hand as an artist. So he moves to hong kong to try his hand at painting. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O6/29/2OO4 Starring: William Holden Sylvia Syms Run time: 126 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Richard Quine :A prim young Chinese woman on the Kowloon ferry accuses a middle-aged American of stealing her purse--thus begins a culture-clash romance. Seeking to escape his stifled life, Robert (William Holden, Stalag 17, Sunset Boulevard) has ...
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