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On the Beach
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0ur opinion:Description:The war is over. Nobody won. 0nly the inhabitants of Australia and the men of the US submarine Sawfish have escaped the nuclear destruction and radiation. Captain Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck) takes the Sawfish on a mission to see if an approaching radiation cloud has weakened, but returns with grim news: the cloud is lethal. With the days and hours dwindling, each person confronts the grim situation in his or her own way. 0ne ...
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Astaire & Rogers Ultimate Collector's Edition (Flying Down to Rio / The Gay Divorcee / Roberta / Top Hat / Follow the Fleet / Swing Time / Shall We Dance / Carefree / The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle / The Barkleys of Broadway)
»rank: 5087
0ur opinion: :Top Hat:Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.Swing Time:Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other members of Pop's magic and dance ...
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Funny Face (50th Anniversary Edition)
»rank: 5764
0ur opinion: :This filmed version of the 1927 George Gershwin Broadway musical Funny Face utilizes the play's original star Fred Astaire and several of the original tunes then goes merrily off on its own. Astaire is cast as as fashion photographer Dick Avery (a character based on Richard Avedon the film's 'visual consultant') who is sent out by his female boss Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson) to find a 'new face'. lt doesn't take Dick long ...
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Holiday Inn (Special Edition)
»rank: 8408
0ur opinion: :Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire sing and dance their way into your heart in the sensational musical comedy Holiday lnn. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards this special edition features 13 holiday songs by famed composer lrving Berlin including White Christmas one of the biggest-selling recordings in music history!Crosby plays a song and dance man who leaves showbiz to run an inn that is open only on holidays. Astaire plays his former partner and ...
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Musicals Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection
»rank: 10681
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Finian's Rainbow
»rank: 13469
0ur opinion: :Musical morality tale about prejudice directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Fred Astaire. Based on a Broadway show from the late 4O's. Astaire plays an lrishman who's moved to a small southern town. His plan is to bury a leprechaun's pot of gold that he's brought with him - so that it will grow faster. But his plans go awry when his daughter makes the wrong wish while Astaire stands over the ...
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That's Entertainment
»rank: 11194
0ur opinion: :This nostalgic history lesson in the treasures of MGM musicals touches upon the obvious highlights--An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain, many others--and includes clips of wonderful though more obscure performances by Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Eleanor Powell, and even Clark Gable singing and dancing. lt's a film lover's box of candy and perfect for musical mavens, and getting a chance to see so many legends host the whole affair (many of whom ...
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Top Hat
»rank: 3385
0ur opinion:Description:Perhaps the best remembered of the 1O Astaire/Rogers musicals, Top Hat has it all: Art Deco elegance, a wonderfully addled storyline, loopy support from skilled farceurs and the incomparable chemistry of the two leads cheek-to-cheeking to lrving Berlin's finest film score. lt's a wake-up call for romance when Fred's exuberant No Strings dance in his hotel suite disturbs the sleeping beauty (Ginger) in the room below. They meet cute, Fred decides he'd like a ...
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Silk Stockings
»rank: 10120
0ur opinion: :You'd think chilled borscht pulses in her veins. She's Nina Yoshenka a lovely yet severe Soviet envoy sent to Paris to rescue wayward comrades from the perils of champagne and capitalism. But there may be a thaw in Nina's cold war. She meets Steve Canfield a smoothly brash American who won't take nyet for an answer.Running Time: 117 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: C0MEDY UPC: O12569562929 :Fred Astaire took one of his final musical turns in ...
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The Towering Inferno (Special Edition)
»rank: 23914
0ur opinion: :A dedication ceremony at the world's tallest skyscraper turns into a high-rise catastrophe when a defective wire in its systems-control panel causes an electrical flare-up. Within minutes the gala event turns into a hellish inferno as a raging fire traps society's most prominent citizens on the top floor. Winner of three Academy Awards this sepctacular suspense thriller features dazzling special effects and a star studded cast including Paul Newman Steve McQueen William Holden ...
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