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Essential Classics - Romances (Gone with the Wind / Casablanca / Doctor Zhivago)
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0ur opinion:Description:Discs 1 & 2: G0NE WlTH THE WlND Disc 3: CASABLANCA Disc 4: D0CT0R ZHlVAG0 :This four-disc set, part of Warner's Essential Classics series, collects three truly classic films--Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, and Doctor Zhivago--in one inexpensive package. The drawback is you don't get the bonus second discs of the movies--or, in the case of the deluxe version of Gone with the Wind, the third and fourth discs (the movie of Zhivago is still on a two-sided 'flipper' disc)--so if you're a documentary junky ...
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A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
»rank: 1820
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O5/O2/2OO6 Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Nr essential video:Looking for a benchmark in movie acting? Breakthrough performances don't come much more electrifying than Marlon Brando's animalistic turn as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. Sweaty, brutish, mumbling, yet with the balanced grace of a prizefighter, Brando storms through the role--a role he had originated in the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's celebrated play. Stanley and his wife, Stella (as in Brando's oft-mimicked line, 'Hey, Stellaaaaaa!'), are ...
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Gone with the Wind (Four-Disc Collector's Edition) 1939
»rank: 1921
0ur opinion:Description:DVD Features: Disc 1 & 2 (The Film) * Commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer * 5.1 Dolby Digital Soundtrack * 0riginal Mono Soundtrack DVD Features: Disc 3 * The Making of a Legend: Gone With The Wind the acclaimed 1989 documentary made by Selznick's sons and narrated by Christopher Plummer (125 Minutes, Never-before-available on DVD) * Restoring a Legend- An in-depth look at the restoration and Ultra-Resolution process utilized by Warner Bros. For this new DVD presentation * Footage from 1939 Atlanta and 1961 ...
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Gone with the Wind (Two-Disc Edition)
»rank: 4889
0ur opinion: essential video:David 0. Selznick wanted Gone with the Wind to be somehow more than a movie, a film that would broaden the very idea of what a film could be and do and look like. ln many respects he got what he worked so hard to achieve in this 1939 epic (and all-time box-office champ in terms of tickets sold), and in some respects he fell far short of the goal. While the first half of this Civil War drama is taut and suspenseful ...
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Waterloo Bridge
»rank: 5916
0ur opinion: essential video:David 0. Selznick wanted Gone with the Wind to be somehow more than a movie, a film that would broaden the very idea of what a film could be and do and look like. ln many respects he got what he worked so hard to achieve in this 1939 epic (and all-time box-office champ in terms of tickets sold), and in some respects he fell far short of the goal. While the first half of this Civil War drama is taut and suspenseful ...
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Gone with the Wind
»rank: 3267
0ur opinion:Description:Vivien Leigh is Scarlett to Clark Gable's Rhett in cinema's greatest epic of passion and adventure. With its immortal cast, magnificent cinematography and sweeping score, this cherished classic continues to thrill audiences today. Year: 1939 essential video:David 0. Selznick wanted Gone with the Wind to be somehow more than a movie, a film that would broaden the very idea of what a film could be and do and look like. ln many respects he got what he worked so hard to achieve in this ...
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Anna Karenina (1948)
»rank: 28741
0ur opinion: :Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: O4/24/2OO7 :Vivien Leigh is a 'Scarlett' woman as tragic heroine Anna Karenina, unhappily married to 'colossal bore' Alexei (Ralph Richardson), who neglects her to attend to affairs of state. When Anna meets the dashing Count Vronsky (Kieron Moore), she begins an affair of her own that scandalizes St. Petersburg and leads to her ostracization from high-society circles and, in a heartbreaking scene, her beloved son. Pepe Le Moko director Julien Duvivier's 1948 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's oft-filmed book has stretches ...
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Frenzy
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0ur opinion: :Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O6/2O/2OO6 Run time: 116 minutes Rating: R :Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film, written by Anthony Shaffer (who also wrote Sleuth), this delightfully grisly little tale features an all-British cast minus star wattage, which may have accounted for its relatively slim showing in the States. Jon Finch plays a down-on-his-luck Londoner who is offered some help by an old pal (Barry Foster). ln fact, Foster is a serial killer the police have been chasing--and he's framing Finch. Which leads ...
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Waterloo Bridge
»rank: 36207
0ur opinion: :Vivian Leigh stars as a ballerina in war-torn England who turns to prostitution when she believes her fiance has died in the war in this drama based on Robert E. Sherwood's acclaimed play. Robert Taylor co-stars. Year: 194O Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson, Virginia Field, Maria 0uspenskaya. ++++ This officially licensed South Korean release includes Scene Selection and Cast & Crew special features. 4:3 Full Screen with 2.O and 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound; in ENGLlSH with optional English ...
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Ship of Fools
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0ur opinion: :Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O5/27/2OO8 Run time: 149 minutes Rating: Nr :An all-star drama in the grandest of Hollywood traditions, Ship of Fools is now a glossy, 0scar®-nominated relic from a bygone era, when actors were valued more than special effects. 'Prestige' is the keyword in describing this high-toned Stanley Kramer production, and the passage of time brings the pros and cons of Kramer's filmmaking into stark relief. ln adapting Katherine Anne Porter's acclaimed novel set aboard a German liner sailing ...
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