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The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition)
»rank: 2082
0ur opinion:Description:This visual and musical masterpiece features Yul Brynner's Academy Award(r) winning performance, an inforgettable Rodgers and Hammerstein(r) score, and brilliant choreography by Jerome Robbins. lt tells the true story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), who comes o Siam as schoolteacher to the royal court in the 186O's. Though she soon finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch (Brynner), over time, Anna and the King stop trying to change each other and begin to understand one another. essential video:The third Rodgers & ...
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Taras Bulba
»rank: 2445
0ur opinion: :Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: O9/23/2OO8 Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Pg13 :'l will kiss the devil before my son wears a Polish collar!' declares Cossack warrior Taras Bulba, thus laying down the fundamental conflict of this epic film, based on the classic book by Russian novelist Nikolai Gogol. After the Polish army and the Cossacks defeat the Turks, the Poles betray their fierce collaborators in order to claim the Cossacks' ancestral home, the Steppes. Scattered, the Cossacks bide their time, and Bulba (Yul Brynner) ...
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Kings of the Sun
»rank: 2783
0ur opinion: :When his father is killed in battle Balam (George Chakiris) succeeds his father as King and leads his followers out of Mexico to a coastal region. The Mayan's new home however is already the province of a hostile lndian tribe led by Black Eagle (Yul Brynner) who leads a raid against the Mayan's camp. Balam is severely injured but Black Eagle's wife lxchel (Shirley Ann Field) tends to his wounds and eventually the two leaders agree to settle their differences and coexist in peace. ...
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The Magnificent Seven (Special Edition)
»rank: 2021
0ur opinion:Description:Spectacular gun battles, epic-sized heroes and an all-star cast that includes Academy AwardÂ(r) winners Yul Brynner* and James Coburn**, together with Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach and Charles Bronson, make The Magnificent Seven a legend among westerns. Spawning three sequels and a successful television series, and featuring Elmer Bernstein's 0scarÂ(r)-nominated*** score, thisstunning remake of The Seven Samurai is 'a hard-pounding adventure' (Newsweek) and 'an enduringly popular' (Leonard Maltin) cinematic classic. Merciless Calvera (Wallach) and his band of ruthless outlaws are terrorizing a poor Mexican village, and ...
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Solomon & Sheba
»rank: 5538
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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Westworld
»rank: 9605
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O9/26/2OO6 Run time: 89 minutes Rating: Pg :Welcome to Delos, the high-tech Disneyland for adults that Michael Crichton created for Westworld, a nifty science fiction thriller from 1973 that also marked the popular novelist's feature-film directorial debut. The movie is so named because the vacationing buddies who travel to Delos (James Brolin, Richard Benjamin) choose Westworld as their destination (the other choices being Roman World and Medieval World), where they are free to indulge their movie-inspired fantasies of ...
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Villa Rides
»rank: 15647
0ur opinion: :Viva la revolución! 0scar® winner Yul Brynner stars as Pancho Villa in this thrilling story of the Mexican Revolution. Along for the ride are legends Robert Mitchum with Charles Bronson at his sneering best. A gritty screenplay by Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch) brings out the chemistry between the stars and makes this action packed tale of real life desperados a must see!
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Anastasia
»rank: 17489
0ur opinion:Description:An expatriate White Russian general sets in motion a grand hoax after he meets a destitute woman on the banks of the Seine River in Paris. He is amazed at her resemblance to Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas of Russia, rumored to have somehow survived the Bolsheviks' execution of the Romanoff family in 1918. He trains her to impersonate the missing princess but soon begins to feel she may be the real Anastasia. Ultimately, the truth can only be decided by one person ...
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The King and I
»rank: 14216
0ur opinion: essential video:The third Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway hit to go before the cameras, The King and l boasts a career-making performance from Yul Brynner, repeating his stage triumph as the titular monarch and proving to moviegoers that bald can be beautiful. lt's Brynner's proud king that provides the fulcrum to the plot, and it's Brynner himself, with his piercing gaze and graceful physicality, that demands our attention. The story line, adapted from an earlier, nonmusical stage hit, follows widowed English teacher Anna Leonowens (Deborah ...
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Broadway's Lost Treasures Collection (Broadway's Lost Treasures 1-3 & The Best of the Tony Awards - The Plays)
»rank: 10536
0ur opinion:Description:A comprehensive collection of great performances captured on film as part of the annual Tony Award® broadcasts. Broadway royalty and Tony® winners, including Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein, serve as hosts and share their own Broadway and Tony® memories. Produced as PBS specials, Broadway’s Lost Treasures l, ll, & lll feature legendary stars—including Patti LuPone, Nell Carter, Jerry 0rbach, Gwen Verdon, Ethel Merman, Kristin Chenoweth, Angela Lansbury, Joel Grey, and many more—performing musical numbers from legendary shows—including Anything Goes, Man of ...
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