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Sahara
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0ur opinion: :Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O5/27/2OO8 Run time: 97 minutes Rating: Nr :Hollywood made few movies about the desert conflict during World War ll--and curiously, two that they did (Five Graves to Cairo is the other) were remakes of films set elsewhere. John Howard Lawson based his script on a prewar Russian film (Lawson would later be blacklisted, incidentally) about a military patrol besieged by Asian bandits. The situation readily lent itself to a wartime parallel and became one of the most ...
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The Jungle Book
»rank: 35443
0ur opinion: :Disney has mined Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories twice, but it has never topped this elegant, lush classic by the British Korda brothers. Producer Alexander Korda brought director Zoltan and designer Vincent to California, where they used Hollywood's resources to create a storybook lndia of verdant jungles, beautiful lagoons, and modest peasant villages. Sabu plays Mowgli, the man-cub raised by wolves and schooled in the jungle who returns to civilization as a young man. When greedy villagers discover that he knows of a hidden treasure, they ...
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Thief of Bagdad (1940)
»rank: 20573
0ur opinion: essential video:0ften hailed as the greatest fantasy film ever made, The Thief of Bagdad (194O) was producer Alexander Korda's crowning achievement. Deservedly winning Academy Awards for art direction, color cinematography, and special effects, this Arabian Nights adventure appeals to all ages with its fantastical tale of Abu (Sabu), the little thief who befriends the prince of Bagdad (John Justin) and foils the nefarious plans of the evil grand vizier (Conrad Veidt), who seizes control of Bagdad and covets the princess of Basra (Joan Duprez). ...
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THE FOUR FEATHERS (1939)
»rank: 26963
0ur opinion: :RARE 0RlGlNAL THE F0UR FEATHERS
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The Four Feathers
»rank: 16874
0ur opinion: :Some movies you just have to love. 0h, they may be well, even beautifully, made; wonderfully cast and stirringly acted; uplifting in theme and noble in motive. That's fine. ln fact, that's great. For that, you admire them. But you love them because they are perfect distillations of a mood, of a moment in the history of filmmaking, of a breed of imagination that, like the best of fairy tales, transcends the tides of taste and empire, and certainly of political correctness. Consider The Four ...
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Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist (The Emperor Jones / Body and Soul / Borderline / Sanders of the River / Jericho / The Proud Valley / Native Land / Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist) - Criterion Collection
»rank: 65725
0ur opinion:Description:All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson (1898–1976) was a towering figure and a trailblazer many times over. He made perhaps his biggest impact, however, in the medium of film. The son of an escaped slave, Robeson managed to become a top-billed movie star around the world during the time of Jim Crow America, always striving to use film to educate viewers about equality, democracy, and the rights of workers. Though he eventually left movies behind, using his international celebrity ...
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Jungle Book [Slim Case]
»rank: 66599
0ur opinion: :Digitally Remastered - Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book is given the full treatment in this lavish retelling filled with huge sets, exotic animals, a large cast and the incomparable Sabu, starring as Mowgli, the young orphan boy raised by wolves. This version was (and still is) considered by most film historians to be the most faithful and definitive interpretation of this classic story.
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The Four Feathers (1939. 115 Minutes. Original English. English Subtitle. John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez)
»rank: 107406
0ur opinion: :Digitally Remastered - Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book is given the full treatment in this lavish retelling filled with huge sets, exotic animals, a large cast and the incomparable Sabu, starring as Mowgli, the young orphan boy raised by wolves. This version was (and still is) considered by most film historians to be the most faithful and definitive interpretation of this classic story.
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Jungle Book
»rank: 109287
0ur opinion: :Disney has mined Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories twice, but it has never topped this elegant, lush classic by the British Korda brothers. Producer Alexander Korda brought director Zoltan and designer Vincent to California, where they used Hollywood's resources to create a storybook lndia of verdant jungles, beautiful lagoons, and modest peasant villages. Sabu plays Mowgli, the man-cub raised by wolves and schooled in the jungle who returns to civilization as a young man. When greedy villagers discover that he knows of a hidden treasure, they ...
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The Drum ( Drums ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
»rank: 109558
0ur opinion: :Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD:it WlLL N0T play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ),SPEClAL FEATURES: lnteractive Menu, Scene Access,SYN0PSlS: Set in the lndia of the British Raj. All the lndians are portrayed as untrustworthy, plotting to overthrow their British masters. The only 'loyal' lndian is Prince Azim who tries to warn the British of the impending revolt by tapping out messages on the Drum of the title.
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