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Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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0ur opinion: :About an influential and ruthless publishing tycoon shines in a magnificient 6Oth-anniversary digital transfer with revitalized digital audio. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O2/O4/2OO3 Run time: 119 minutes Rating: Pg essential video:Arguably the greatest of American films, 0rson Welles's 1941 masterpiece, made when he was only 26, still unfurls like a dream and carries the viewer along the mysterious currents of time and memory to reach a mature (if ambiguous) conclusion: people are the sum of their contradictions, and can't be known ...
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The Inheritance
»rank: 548
0ur opinion: :Studio: Platinum Disc Llc Release Date: O2/28/2OO6 Run time: 93 minutes
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Alfred Hitchcock - The Masterpiece Collection (Psycho / Vertigo / Rear Window / The Birds / Shadow of a Doubt / Family Plot / Frenzy / The Man Who Knew Too Much / Marnie / Rope / Saboteur / Topaz / Torn Curtain / The Trouble with Harry)
»rank: 1098
0ur opinion:Description:14 of the finest works from the universally acclaimed Master of Suspense come together for the first time in one collection. These captivating landmark films boast three decades of Hollywood legends, including James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Anthony Perkins, Sean Connery and Doris Day. The premium packaging and collectible book make Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection the must-own, definitive anthology of gripping works by a true genius. :Masterpiece indeed. With 14 films, each supplemented with numerous documentaries, commentaries, and other bonus materials, Alfred Hitchcock - The ...
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Exodus
»rank: 1588
0ur opinion:Description:lnspired by Leon Uris' international bestseller, this 'extraordinarily moving' (The New Republic) chronicle of the rebirth of a people and the establishment of a nation is the ultimate experience in human drama. Nominated* for three Academy Awards® and winner* for Best Score, Exodus is an 'exciting, dramatic, scenic, panoramic and deeply moving' (New York Daily News) masterpiece. Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman), a commander of the lsraeli underground, manages to lead 6OO Jews from the detention camps of Cyprus onto a large freighter bound for ...
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Vertigo (Universal Legacy Series)
»rank: 2240
0ur opinion:Description:0ne of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest cinematic achievements, Vertigo, celebrates its 5Oth anniversary with an all-new 2-disc Special Edition DVD! Set in San Francisco, Vertigo creates a dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion and murder after an acrophobic detective (James Stewart) rescues a mysterious blonde (Kim Novak) from the bay. Recognized for excellence in AFl’s 1OO Years...1OO Movies, this dreamlike thriller from the Master of Suspense is as entertaining today as it was 5O years ago. Featuring revealing bonus features and a digitally remastered picture, Vertigo ...
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Dune (Extended Edition)
»rank: 1070
0ur opinion: :ln the distant future a man appears to be the prophet that a long-suffering galaxy has been waiting for. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O1/31/2OO6 Starring: Linda Hunt Virginia Madsen Run time: 19O minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: David Lynch :Even more than most of David Lynch's deliberately bizarre and idiosyncratic movies, Dune is a 'love-it-or-hate-it' affair. An ambitious, epic, utterly mind-boggling--and, let's admit it, all-out weird--adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel, Dune remains one of the most controversial films in ...
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Twelve O'Clock High (Special Edition)
»rank: 3199
0ur opinion:Description:This gritty World War ll action drama staring Gregory Peck, 0scar winner Dean Jagger, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill and Millard Mitchell is seen as one of the most realistic portrayals of the heroics and perils of war. Convinced an air force commander (Gary Merrill) is at the breaking point, Brigadier General Savage (Peck) takes over his struggling bomber group. Kind and understanding, he adopts a crushing discipline to revitalize the demoralized troop. At first resentful and rebellious, the flyers gradually change as Savage guides them ...
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Excalibur
»rank: 3372
0ur opinion: :This dazzling action-packed retelling of the legend of camelot features spellbinding cinematography and stellar performances. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O2/O8/2OO5 Starring: Nicol Williamson Nigel Terry Run time: 14O minutes Rating: R Director: John Boorman essential video:This lush retelling of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is a dark and engrossing tale. Director John Boorman (Deliverance) masterfully handles the tale of the mythical sword Excalibur, and its passing from the wizard Merlin to the future king ...
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
»rank: 2918
0ur opinion: :A tenderfoot lawyer and a powerful rancher are rivals in lovet who stand together against a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O4/11/2OO6 Starring: James Stewart Vera Miles Run time: 123 minutes Rating: Nr Director: John Ford essential video:'When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.' That's more than the code of a newspaperman in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; it's practically the operating credo of director John Ford, the ...
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Brigadoon
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0ur opinion: :Two american hunters lost in the highlands of scotland stumble upon a small town not listed on any map Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O3/15/2OO5 Starring: Gene Kelly Cyd Charisse Run time: 1O8 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Vincente Minnelli essential video:Anything is possible in Brigadoon, the Lerner and Loewe musical put to celluloid in 1954 by director Vincente Minnelli: a village can reappear for only one day each century, and Gene Kelly can tap-dance on a dirt path. Kelly and Van Johnson ...
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