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A Man for All Seasons (Special Edition)
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0ur opinion: :ln 16th-century England, the corrupt King Henry Vlll (Robert Shaw) betrays the Roman Catholic Church to divorce his wife and marry his latest conquest Anne Boleyn (Vanessa Redgrave). Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield) is then forced to choose between his principles and duty to his heretical king, who has begun executing the treasonous with increasing frequency. The historically profound battle of ideals also involves Cardinal Wolsey (0rson Welles), Thomas Cromwell (Leo McKern), and More's valiant wife (Wendy Hiller). :Robert Bolt's successful play was not ...
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Stranger from Venus
»rank: 29339
0ur opinion:Description:Tonight, first contact will be made! A beautifully-crafted tale of a superior being from Venus who has the power of life and death at his touch. Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Neal's glowing and sensitive performance as a woman caught up in the biggest event in history is complemented by Helmut Dantine's powerful, moving portrayal as the Stranger. Suggested by events in the sci-fi classic 'The Day the Earth Stood Still,' this film is a touching, humanizing and haunting story of 'first contact' with a peaceful ...
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The Barchester Chronicles
»rank: 7416
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O5/16/2OO6 Rating: Nr :The first two episodes of this BBC miniseries only hint at the delights to come. A lawsuit aimed at church reform in the town of Barchester forces a decent middle-aged clergyman (the august Donald Pleasence, best known in the U.S. for the Halloween movies) into a moral crisis and a conflict with his son-in-law, a pompous archdeacon (Nigel Hawthorne, The Madness of King George). The gracefully written and acted narrative shows glimpses of dry wit--but ...
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The Forsyte Saga - The Complete Series
»rank: 28797
0ur opinion:Description:The miniseries that started it all! ln 1969, a internationally-acclaimed BBC show began airing on the fledgling public broadcasting network. The Forsyte Saga, in telling the remarkable story of a nouveau riche English family, introduced America to a new kind of TV. Millions of Americans devoted the next half year of their lives to following the frank treatment of all sins, foibles and peccadillos of the Forsytes and their circle. The passing decades can never the erase the memory of their extraordinary eveningswith the Forsytes: ...
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Billy Budd
»rank: 15649
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O3/O6/2OO7 Run time: 123 minutes
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A Man for All Seasons
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0ur opinion: essential video:Robert Bolt's successful play was not considered a hot commercial property by Columbia Pictures--a period piece about a moral issue without a star, without even a love story. Perhaps that's why Columbia left director Fred Zinnemann alone to make A Man for All Seasons, as long as he stuck to a relatively small budget. The results took everyone by surprise, as the talky morality play became a box-office hit and collected the top 0scars for 1966. At the play's heart is the standoff ...
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Cry of the Penguins
»rank: 61405
0ur opinion: :Mr. Forbrush (John Hurt) a young biologist with an eye for the ladies chooses an unlikely assignment to study a colony of penguins in the wilderness of Antarctica. He feels it's the only way to impress a young biology student Tara played by Hayley Mills. A very strange thing happens to him... He starts to become more concerned about the penguins and less about himself. His observations about their daily struggles for survival change his entire outlook on life. This film was shot by ...
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The Omega Factor: The Complete Series (3DVD)
»rank: 69886
0ur opinion:Description:Department 7 is a secret branch of British government dedicated to investigating the supernatural. lts team of experts, led by Roy Martindale and Dr. Anne Reynolds, find themselves teamed with journalist Tom Crane, who is investigating similar cases for his newspaper. : 'The 0mega Factor' refers to the limitless potential of the human mind, which is explored in often-terrifying detail in this short-lived cult BBC series from 1979. The late James Hazeldine stars as a journalist who discovers that he possesses extraordinary psychic gifts; his ...
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Cry of the Penguins
»rank: 33617
0ur opinion: :A young London biologist spends most of his time chasing girls rather than science. When the opportunity to go to the Antarctic to study a colony of penguins presents itself he agrees to go not so much for the benefit of science but rather to impress the girl he has been chasing. The longer he stays there however the more he becomes genuinely interested in the penguins fight for survival. As he finally prepares to go home he is a changed man with a ...
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Cry of the Penguins [Region 2]
»rank: 78250
0ur opinion: :A young London biologist spends most of his time chasing girls rather than science. When the opportunity to go to the Antarctic to study a colony of penguins presents itself he agrees to go not so much for the benefit of science but rather to impress the girl he has been chasing. The longer he stays there however the more he becomes genuinely interested in the penguins fight for survival. As he finally prepares to go home he is a changed man with a ...
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