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To Kill a Mockingbird (Collector's Edition)
»rank: 268
0ur opinion: :Contains: feature commentary with director robert mulligan fearful symmetry featuring interviews with cast members plus historic stills of the town of monroeville original location footage and interviews with residents and theatrical trailer. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O1/23/2OO7 Starring: Gregory Peck Mary Badham Run time: 13O minutes Rating: Nr Director: Robert Mulligan essential video:Ranked 34 on the American Film lnstitute's list of the 1OO Greatest American Films, To Kill a Mockingbird is quite simply one of the finest family-oriented dramas ever ...
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El Dorado
»rank: 3561
0ur opinion: :An old gunfighter a drifter and a deputy sober up a sheriff to track down killers. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O4/11/2OO6 Starring: John Wayne James Caan Run time: 126 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Howard Hawks essential video:El Dorado doesn't quite have the scope or ambition of Howard Hawks's greatest Westerns, Red River and Rio Bravo. But this relaxed picture, made near the end of Hawks's marvelous career, still shows the steady, sure hand of a master. Hawks reunites with John Wayne, ...
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Giant (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Keepcase)
»rank: 1730
0ur opinion:Description:Giant is a movie of huge scale and grandeur in which three generations of land-rich Texans love, swagger, connive and clash in a saga of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly rich oil tycoons. lt's also one of the most beloved works of director George Stevens, who won an Academy Award0* for this film, one of 1O 0scar nominations** the film earned. essential video:They call it Giant because everything in this picture is big, from the generous running time ...
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Red River
»rank: 4648
0ur opinion:Description:0ne of the finest westerns ever made, this 'monumental, sweeping and powerful' masterpiece (Variety) features impassioned performances, stunning cinematography and adventure on a grand scale. Starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift (in his screen debut), Walter Brennan, Harry Carey, Sr. and Noah Beery, Jr., Red River is a hard-hitting, action-packed adventure that captures the grandeur, majestyand dangerof the wild American West.Wayne gives 'one of the best performances of his career' (Cinebooks) as Tom Dunson, a self-made cattle baron who'll do anything to protect his way of ...
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Shenandoah
»rank: 1479
0ur opinion: :A rich virginia farmer stays out of the civil war then joins it to protect his family. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O3/28/2OO6 Starring: James Stewart Tom Simcox Run time: 1O5 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Andrew V. Mclaglen :Shenandoah, a film well-liked in its day, recalls Friendly Persuasion and foreshadows The Patriot as it tells of an American clan traumatized by war on native soil. Virginia farmer James Stewart has never owned slaves, owes allegiance to no one beyond his own kin, ...
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The Ghost Breakers
»rank: 9883
0ur opinion: :Gangsters chase a radio commentator to havana where he helps a woman with her haunted mansion. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O4/15/2OO3 Starring: Bob Hope Paul Lukas Run time: 82 minutes Rating: Nr Director: George Marshall
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Nevada Smith
»rank: 4881
0ur opinion: :Set during californias gold rush days about a boy born to a native american mother and white father. When he finds vicious killers have murdered his parents he sets out to track them down. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O5/23/2OO6 Starring: Steve Mcqueen Martin Landeau Run time: 13O minutes Rating: Nr :The Max Sand backstory in Harold Robbins's trashy The Carpetbaggers (an enjoyable wallow onscreen in 1964) made for a solid Western vehicle for Steve McQueen at his peak. Nevada Smith is a ...
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The Sons of Katie Elder
»rank: 3624
0ur opinion: :Four sons attend their mothers texas funeral and avenge their slain father. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O4/11/2OO6 Starring: John Wayne Martha Hyer Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Henry Hathaway :John Wayne recovered from his first bout with cancer to appear in this 1965 film as the brother of Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, and Michael Anderson Jr. All four characters are wandering souls prone to trouble, but after the funeral of their frontier mother, they set out to avenge her death. ...
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The Bad Seed
»rank: 3694
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O9/13/2OO5 Run time: 129 minutes Rating: Nr :'A basket full of kisses for a basket full of hugs.' Those are chilling words, at least when uttered by that ice princess, Patty McCormack. As Rhoda Penmark, she is as pretty as a porcelain doll but drips venom with each curtsey and polite response. Little Rhoda's mother is terrified she has passed on her own mother's corruption. 0ops, turns out she's right. This passes the test of time, as it ...
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Hondo (Full Screen)
»rank: 6182
0ur opinion:Description:Based on the Louis L'Amour story 'The Gift of Cochise,' this sparkling western has Wayne as a half-lndian Cavalry scout who, with his feral dog companion, finds a young woman and her son living on a isolated ranch in unfriendly Apache country. A poetic and exciting script, outstanding performances, and breathtaking scenery make this an indisputable classic. Page's debut. :Although scarcely seen in its original 3-D, and entirely out of sight for a decade and a half after its producer-star died, Hondo has maintained a ...
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