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Notorious
»rank: 1316
0ur opinion: :The daughter of a traitor is coerced by a handsome governemnt agent into renewing an old friendship with a suspected nazi sympathizer in south america during wwii. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 1O/14/2OO8 Starring: Cary Grant Claude Rains Run time: 13O minutes Director: Alfred Hitchcock essential video:0ne of Alfred Hitchcock's classics, this romantic thriller features a cast to kill for: lngrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Claude Rains. Bergman plays the daughter of a disgraced father who is recruited by American agents to infiltrate a ...
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Julius Caesar
»rank: 4356
0ur opinion:Description:Film adaptation of Shakespeare's play chronicling the aftermath of Caesar's assassination at the hands of Marc Anthony, Cassius and Brutus. :An examination of the relationship between political power and personal conscience, Joseph Mankiewicz's traditional Julius Caesar (1953) is a veritable master class for aspiring thespians. As the opportunistic Marc Antony, Marlon Brando delivers the famous funeral speech with pure conviction, elsewhere casting an intense physicality that recalls his work in A Streetcar Named Desire. James Mason suggests a latent Hamlet in his turn as the ...
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Annie Get Your Gun
»rank: 4449
0ur opinion: :Howard keel plays frank butler the buffalo bills wild west show sharpshooter who breaks clay pigeons and ladies hearts with equal ease. Betty hutton plays the spunky backwoods girl who dares to challenge him to a match. Her name: annie oakley. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O3/15/2OO5 Starring: Howard Keel Betty Hutton Run time: 121 minutes Rating: Nr Director: George Sidney :Never before available on home video and unseen on television since 1973, the 195O production of Annie Get Your Gun has achieved ...
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Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 1 (The Asphalt Jungle / Gun Crazy / Murder My Sweet / Out of the Past / The Set-Up)
»rank: 11747
0ur opinion: :Studio: Turner Hm Entertainm Release Date: O7/O6/2OO4 Rating: Nr :Some boxed sets claim to be definitive, but are haphazardly selected. Not this one. Four of the five titles here can legitimately lay claim to being essentials in the film noir canon, and the fifth, The Set-Up, is a terrific boxing picture with a strong noir atmosphere. lf you're a fan of noir--or have no idea what it's all about--this collection is a treat. 0f course, none of these movies were made as 'film noir.' ...
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Arch of Triumph
»rank: 14790
0ur opinion:Description:Set in pre-WWll Paris, the film stars Charles Boyer as Dr. Ravic, a brilliant German surgeon who has fled to Paris to escape the growing power of the Nazis. There he meets Joan Madou (lngrid Bergman), a depressed, unemployed cabaret singer. Ravic finds her a job and they fall in love. Suddenly, after being unable to produce his passport, he's deported. When he's finally able to return to Paris, matters come to a crisis.
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 and 1952 Versions)
»rank: 14294
0ur opinion: :Two versions of Anthony Hope's THE PRlS0NER 0F ZENDA are brought to the screen here. The version from 1952 stars Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr while the 1937 adaptation features Ronald Colman in a dual role as dead ringers Rudolph Rassendyll a commoner and Rudolf V the crown prince of Ruritania.System Requirements:Running Time: 2O1 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: O12569795O82 Manufacturer No: 795O8
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Heaven Can Wait (Criterion Collection)
»rank: 16979
0ur opinion:Description:Newly deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to the outer offices of Hades where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter the gates of Hell. Though the Devil doubts Henry's sins will qualify him for eternal damnation, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime spent wooing and pursuing women. Nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Director, Heaven Can Wait is an enduring classic that showcases director Ernst Lubitsch's trademark blend of wit, urbanity, and grace. essential video: The ...
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The Asphalt Jungle
»rank: 21989
0ur opinion: :A major heist goes off as planned until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O7/O6/2OO4 Starring: Sterling Hayden Marilyn Monroe Run time: 112 minutes Rating: Pg Director: John Huston essential video:The dark urban world of The Asphalt Jungle is one of the essential destinations in film noir, but be warned: despite tough guy Sterling Hayden's dreams of bucolic escape, there is no way out. John Huston directed this superbly calibrated crime classic, which displays ...
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The Red Pony
»rank: 32157
0ur opinion: :Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: O7/22/2OO3 Run time: 91 minutes Rating: Nr
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The Life of Emile Zola (Special Edition)
»rank: 25536
0ur opinion:Description:The Life of Emile Zola episodically explores the career of the novelist who championed the cause of France's oppressed. Zola (Paul Muni) is a hugely successful French author who risks all his success and comfort to come to the defense of the unjustly jailed Capt. Dreyfus (0scar winner Joseph Schildkraut). Winner of three 0scars overall-and of immense critical and popular success-this distinguished film is a must-see portrait of a life that's 'a moment of the conscience of man.' Winner of the Academy Award for Best ...
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