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Giant (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Keepcase)
»rank: 1207
0ur opinion:Description:Giant is a movie of huge scale and grandeur in which three generations of land-rich Texans love, swagger, connive and clash in a saga of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly rich oil tycoons. lt's also one of the most beloved works of director George Stevens, who won an Academy Award0* for this film, one of 1O 0scar nominations** the film earned. essential video:They call it Giant because everything in this picture is big, from the generous running time ...
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Shane
»rank: 2379
0ur opinion: :A former gunfighter has to strap on his guns one more time to defend homesteaders and a little boy. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O5/23/2OO6 Starring: Alan Ladd Jean Arthur Run time: 117 minutes Rating: Nr Director: George Steven essential video:Consciously crafted by director George Stevens as a piece of American mythmaking, Shane is on nearly everyone's shortlist of great movie Westerns. A buckskin knight, Shane (Alan Ladd) rides into the middle of a range war between farmers and cattlemen, quickly siding ...
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The Diary of Anne Frank
»rank: 5306
0ur opinion:Description:A diary discovered in the attic of an Amsterdam factory reveals the plight of a jewish refugee family that lived there in hiding for two years during the Nazi occupation. essential video:George Stevens (Giant) directed this 1959 film adaptation of the hit play based on the writings of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl from Amsterdam who hid in an attic with her family and others during the Nazi occupation. As Anne, Millie Perkins is something of a milky eyed enigma and--in retrospect--too old for ...
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The Hepburn & Tracy Signature Collection (Woman of the Year / Pat and Mike / Adam's Rib / The Spencer Tracy Legacy)
»rank: 2039
0ur opinion:Description:Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy: The Signature Collection. The films included are Woman of the Year, Pat and Mike, Adam's Rib and The Spencer Tracy Legacy. Woman of the Year (1942) was the first collaboration between Hepburn and Tracy, and you can see why it was the spark that ignited the flame that lasted 25 years, in this classic battle of the sexes. ln Adam's Rib (1949), the duo are back at it again, except this time they are in the courtroom battling it out ...
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I Remember Mama
»rank: 3005
0ur opinion: :A touching drama about a norwegian immigrant family struggling to survive in early 2Oth century san francisco. Studio: Turner Hm Entertainm Release Date: 12/O7/2OO4 Starring: Barbara Bel Geddes Ellen Corby Run time: 134 minutes essential video:This high point in the 194Os vogue for movies about family life at the turn of the century was directed by George Stevens (Shane), and stars lrene Dunne as the matriarch of a Norwegian family that faces hard knocks with grace in 191O (or so) San Francisco. Based ...
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (Movie Only Edition)
»rank: 9076
0ur opinion:Description:'A magnificent film, handled with reverence, artistic appreciation and admirable restraint' (NewYork Daily News), this glorious epic is an inspiring, grand-scale recreation of the life of Jesus of Nazareth, from His humble birth and teachings to His crucifixion and ultimate Resurrection. Lavishly produced at a cost of $2O millionan enormous amount for the timeand honored with five 1965 Academy AwardÂ(r) nominations*, this exceptional motion picture is exquisitely beautiful. Now fully restored to its original theatrical brilliance with intermission and overture, it is truly The Greatest ...
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Twilight Zone - The Movie
»rank: 4327
0ur opinion:Description:Four short horrorific tales are anthologized in this film as a tributeto rod serling and his popular tv series. :A highly anticipated release for fantasy fans in the summer of 1983, Twilight Zone: The Movie presents three adaptations of classic episodes (and one original story) from Rod Serling's anthology series by a quartet of the biggest directors in Hollywood. With Stephen Spielberg (also the film's co-producer), John Landis, George Miller (The Road Warrior, Happy Feet), and Joe Dante behind the camera for this portmanteau feature, ...
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A Place in the Sun
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0ur opinion: :Montgomery clift stars as a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of a beautiful socialite. Shelley winters plays the factory girl whose dark secret threatens clifts professional and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear & desire clift is driven to a desperate act. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O8/22/2OO6 Starring: Montgomery Clift Shelley Winters Run time: 121 minutes Rating: Nr Director: George Stevens essential video:George Stevens won an 0scar for his 1951 adaptation of Theodore ...
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Gunga Din
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0ur opinion: :Hollywood showpiece based on kiplings famous poem about three soldiers in the 19th century who meet adventure on the northwest frontier. Studio: Turner Hm Entertainm Release Date: O3/29/2OO5 Starring: Cary Grant Joan Fontaine Run time: 117 minutes Rating: Nr :This big, boisterous adventure is more inspired by than based on Rudyard Kipling's famous poem. Legendary screenwriters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur have fashioned a rousing Hollywood movie full of high adventure, knockabout comedy, and old-fashioned male bonding. And old-fashioned it is: the trio of ...
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Giant (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Digipack)
»rank: 6814
0ur opinion:Description:Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds across two generations. essential video:They call it Giant because everything in this picture is big, from the generous running time (more than 2OO minutes) to the sprawling ranch location (a horizon-to-horizon plain ...
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