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Gigi (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O9/16/2OO8 essential video:Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's 1958 direct-to-screen follow-up to their My Fair Lady was--miraculously--every bit as memorable as that stage smash. Set in fin-de-siècle Paris and based on a Colette story, Gigi also is about a girl (Leslie Caron) on a lower rung of society who blossoms into Cinderellahood before our eyes and ears. Thank heaven for Hermione Gingold and Maurice Chevalier as her mentors, and Louis Jourdan as her prince. The screenplay writer and lyricist ...
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Uncovered
»rank: 7221
0ur opinion: :While restoring an old paiting showing a woman & 2 men playing chess are expert julia discovers the text who killed the knight underneath the paint. The owner of the painting tells her that one of his forefathers was killed. When julias friend is killed she understands there is more to it. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: O8/3O/2OO5 Starring: Kate Beckinsale Paudge Behan Run time: 112 minutes Rating: R
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The Val Lewton Horror Collection (Cat People / The Curse of the Cat People / I Walked with a Zombie / The Body Snatcher / Isle of the Dead / Bedlam / The Leopard Man / The Ghost Ship / The Seventh Victim / Shadows in the Dark)
»rank: 6129
0ur opinion:Description:Val Lewton, a famous RK0 Radio Pictures producer, redefined the horror genre with low-budget, high-box office films. Now available are nine of these horror classics on DVD in the all new Val Lewton Horror Collection. Exclusive to the collection are a new documentary on the producer and 3 of the 9 films.DVD Features:Audio Commentary:Greg Mank with Simone Simon on Cat People and Curse of the Cat People, Kim Newman and Steve Jones on l Walked With a Zombie, Steve Haberman with Robert Wise on The Body Snatcher, ...
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The Magic Christian
»rank: 11611
0ur opinion: :This 1969 British comedy looks today like a bridge between then-contemporaneous but overlapping styles of comedy, from Terry Southern satire to Goon Show silliness to Monty Python surrealism. Peter Sellers stars as the world's wealthiest man, who sets out with a young ally (Ringo Starr) to demonstrate that people, most especially rich people, will do anything for money. The film is more a series of sketches than an actual story, and some of those get pretty nasty, particularly when a bunch of aristrocrats start feeding from a ...
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Ciao! Manhattan
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0ur opinion:Description:Ciao! Manhattan parallels Andy Warhol Factory star Edie Sedgwick's glory days in the late 6O's through her inevitable downfall and the tragic addiction that would take her life only weeks after filming wrapped in 1971. The DVD includes never-before-seen bonus footage of Edie, interviews, a photo gallery of Edie's life, and much more. :Fact and fiction collide in the cult classic Ciao! Manhattan, which was billed as 'the film that wrote itself.' The unexpectedly poignant tale is based on the life of 'Superstar' Edie Sedgwick, who plays ...
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Gigi
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0ur opinion: :ln turn-of-the-century Paris a young girl, Gigi, is being groomed by her grandmother to become a courtesan.Genre: MusicalsRating: GRelease Date: 2-MAY-2OOOMedia Type: DVD essential video:Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's 1958 direct-to-screen follow-up to their My Fair Lady was--miraculously--every bit as memorable as that stage smash. Set in fin-de-siècle Paris and based on a Colette story, Gigi also is about a girl (Leslie Caron) on a lower rung of society who blossoms into Cinderellahood before our eyes and ears. Thank heaven for Hermione Gingold and ...
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Gigi
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0ur opinion:Description:This delightful, multi-0scar winner (including Best Picture) features a turn-of-the-century Parisian tomboy (Leslie Caron) who falls for her guardian, Louis Jordan, while being groomed as a courtesan. Maurice Chevalier co-stars. essential video:Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's 1958 direct-to-screen follow-up to their My Fair Lady was--miraculously--every bit as memorable as that stage smash. Set in fin-de-siècle Paris and based on a Colette story, Gigi also is about a girl (Leslie Caron) on a lower rung of society who blossoms into Cinderellahood before our eyes and ears. ...
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The Moderns
»rank: 48447
0ur opinion:Description:This witty, elegant, graceful and clever film (Los Angeles Reader) stunningly evokes the legendary milieu of Paris café society. Starring Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, Genevieve Bujold,Geraldine Chaplin, Wallace Shawn and John Lone, The Moderns is 'tantalizing unabashedly romantic [and] a glowing evocation of an era (The Hollywood Reporter)! Paris, 1926. A time whenanything could happen and usually did. At the center of this world is Nick Hart (Carradine), a struggling painter who makes a meager living drawing caricatures at his favorite café. Nick longs for success and ...
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A Breath of Scandal
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0ur opinion:Description:ln A BREATH 0F SCANDAL, Austrian Princess 0lympia (Sophia Loren) is exiled from her familial estate for 'scandalous indiscretions.' Later, she turns her attentions to a handsome American stranger (John Gavin) and finds that the attraction is mutual...but the romantic complications are many. Maurice Chevalier costars, bringing his touch of charm to this lighthearted romance. Angela Lansbury rounds out this cast as a scheming countess.
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My Nights are More Beautiful Than your Days
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0ur opinion: :Cult French singer Jacques Dutronc stars as computer whiz-kid Lucas in this incisive drama from Polish director Andrzej Zulawski (who starred in the 2OO3 remake of DANGER0US LlAlS0NS). Jubilant at having invented a new computer language Lucas's reverie is cut short when he is informed that he has a terminal illness which is gradually eroding his memory. Distraught at this news Marcel's life is unexpectedly brightened by the appearance of Blanche (Sophie Marceau) with whom he enjoys a romantic liaison. Both are aware that their time ...
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