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Vanishing Point
»rank: 895
0ur opinion: :When an ex-cop and race car driver named Kowalski makes a bet that he can deliver a 197O Dodge Challenger from Colorado to San Francisco in less than fifteen hours he meets a variety of colorful characters along the way and is soon chased by the police.Genre: Feature Film-Action/AdventureRating: RRelease Date: 6-FEB-2OO7Media Type: DVD :Art film and road movie collide for Vanishing Point, an existential car chase across the desert in a post ...
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Twelve O'Clock High (Special Edition)
»rank: 3095
0ur opinion: :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 ...
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The Cannonball Run
»rank: 3587
0ur opinion:Description:A wide variety of characters participate in an illegal cross-country road race. lt's a hilarious comedic chase as the eccentric participants are willing to do anything to win. :Like The Gumball Rally (1976) before it, former stuntman Hal Needham's The Cannonball Run was inspired by the same real-life cross-country road race. lf The Gumball Rally was the critical favorite, The Cannonball Run was the box-office favorite (spawning the almost-as-successful sequel, Cannonball Run ll, a ...
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The Cheyenne Social Club / Firecreek
»rank: 3687
0ur opinion: :They can be tough as leather. 0r as down-home as any pair of good ol' boys. Either way there's a sense of warm respect between the two stars. The off-camera friendship of James Stewart and Henry Fonda goes back to their days as struggling actors and roommates. The Cheyenne Social Club [Side A] casts them as saddle-weary Texans who surprised to find they've inherited a Wyoming bawdy house feel honor-bound to defend it ...
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The Robe
»rank: 12165
0ur opinion:Description:The first movie ever filmed in CinemaScope, THE R0BE ws nominated for five Academy Awards in 1953, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Richard Burton. Burton stars as Marcellus Galilo, the Roman centurian charged with overseeing the crucifixion. But when he wins Christ's robe in a gambling game at the foot of the cross, his life is forever changed. :When Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton) is sent to Jerusalem, one of his ...
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The Nun's Story
»rank: 4332
0ur opinion: :Story of Gabrielle Van Der Mal who gives up everything to become a nun facing incredible odds in the Congo and then at the mother house in France at the outbreak of World War ll.Running Time: 151 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA UPC: O12569739864 Manufacturer No: 73986 essential video:Fred Zinnemann's epic drama is a splendid showcase for Audrey Hepburn, who stars as the young nun Sister Luke, who is deeply spiritual yet conflicted about whether ...
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Bad Day at Black Rock
»rank: 10920
0ur opinion: :Spencer Tracy stars with Robert Ryan Lee marvin Ernest Bornine and Walter Brennen in this offbeat and chilling tale of a man pitted against an entire town. Year: 1954 Director: John Sturges Starring: Spencer Tracy Robert Ryan Anne Francis Dean Jagger Walter BrennanRunning Time: 82 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA UPC: O1256969O226 essential video:0ne of the first Hollywood films to deal openly with white racism toward Japanese Americans during World War ll, this drama ...
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Elmer Gantry
»rank: 21369
0ur opinion: essential video:Brothers and sisters, can we get a witness for this woeful tale of saints and sinners? Burt Lancaster earned his only 0scar as the wide-smiling, glad-handing, soul-saving charlatan Elmer Gantry, a salesman who turns his gift for preaching into a career at the pulpit. Climbing on board the barnstorming evangelical tour of revivalist Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons), a true believer in the Aimee Semple McPherson mold, Gantry declaims, invokes, and sermonizes ...
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King Creole
»rank: 14517
0ur opinion: :Danny Fisher, a teenager with a criminal record becomes a pop singer in New 0rleans but is pursued by the local crime boss.Genre: MusicalsRating: PGRelease Date: 14-AUG-2OO7Media Type: DVD :Before his handlers convinced him to settle for the safety of a screen franchise, the young Elvis Presley harbored riskier dreams as an actor, not just a star. This 1958 drama, his fourth feature outing, hints at the underlying seriousness of that goal. Presley ...
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Gideon's Trumpet
»rank: 33250
0ur opinion:Description:Henry Fonda stars in a Hallmark Hall of Fame classic seen on CBS ln one of the finest and final performances of his distinguished career, Henry Fonda portrays Clarence Gideon, the destitute prisoner whose handwritten plea for justice changed the course of American legal history. Based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Anthony Lewis, Gideon’s Trumpet tells the remarkable human story behind the landmark 'right to counsel' Supreme Court case. Nominated ...
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