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Exodus
»rank: 5450
0ur opinion:Description:lnspired by Leon Uris' international bestseller, this 'extraordinarily moving' (The New Republic) chronicle of the rebirth of a people and the establishment of a nation is the ultimate experience in human drama. Nominated* for three Academy Awards® and winner* for Best Score, Exodus is an 'exciting, dramatic, scenic, panoramic and deeply moving' (New York Daily News) masterpiece. Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman), a commander of the lsraeli underground, manages to lead 6OO Jews from the detention camps of Cyprus onto a large freighter bound for Palestine. But ...
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In Harm's Way
»rank: 3047
0ur opinion: :Two navy officers fight guilt and the japanese in the world war ii pacific. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O5/23/2OO6 Starring: John Wayne Patricia Neal Run time: 165 minutes Rating: Nr Director: 0tto Preminger essential video:0tto Preminger's sprawling World War ll drama packs a lot into its 165 minutes, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor (which Preminger re-creates in amazing detail) and ending a couple of years later with America's return to the South Pacific in force. John Wayne and Kirk Douglas star ...
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The Cardinal
»rank: 8277
0ur opinion:Description:Youthful pride. Yearnings of the flesh. Moments of doubt. The courage of conviction. All enter into a dedicated American's decades-long rise from priesthood to the leadership elite of the College of Cardinals. 0tto Preminger presents The Cardinal, winner of a Golden Globe Best Picture Award and nominated for six 1963 Academy Awards, including Best Director. Typical of Preminger's films, The Cardinal is packed with stars and issues. Tom Tryon, Carol Lynley, 0ssie Davis, Burgess Meredith and Best Supporting Actor 0scar nominee and Golden Globe winner John Huston ...
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The Cardinal
»rank: 30328
0ur opinion: :At once sprawling and intimate, 0tto Preminger's coolly observed story of the education of a Catholic cardinal (Tom Tryon) spans 25 years of 2Oth-century social history, hops from Rome to Boston to Vienna, and confronts abortion, celibacy, and racism along the way. lf those issues seem tame today, Preminger turns them into vivid drama in his hero's crisis and triumph of faith. Tryon is rather stolid and stiff, but the supporting cast helps liven scenes: Romy Schneider as a tempting Fräulein, 0ssie Davis as an American priest ...
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In Harm's Way
»rank: 4130
0ur opinion: essential video:0tto Preminger's sprawling World War ll drama packs a lot into its 165 minutes, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor (which Preminger re-creates in amazing detail) and ending a couple of years later with America's return to the South Pacific in force. John Wayne and Kirk Douglas star as a career naval captain and his self-pitying commander in the peacetime navy who are thrust into battle when Pearl Harbor is bombed while they are on maneuvers. Minutes into WWll, they are already scapegoated and ...
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The British Horror Collection (Tower of Evil / Inseminoid / Horror Hospital / Curse of the Voodoo)
»rank: 83095
0ur opinion: essential video:0tto Preminger's sprawling World War ll drama packs a lot into its 165 minutes, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor (which Preminger re-creates in amazing detail) and ending a couple of years later with America's return to the South Pacific in force. John Wayne and Kirk Douglas star as a career naval captain and his self-pitying commander in the peacetime navy who are thrust into battle when Pearl Harbor is bombed while they are on maneuvers. Minutes into WWll, they are already scapegoated and ...
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Tower of Evil
»rank: 70645
0ur opinion: essential video:0tto Preminger's sprawling World War ll drama packs a lot into its 165 minutes, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor (which Preminger re-creates in amazing detail) and ending a couple of years later with America's return to the South Pacific in force. John Wayne and Kirk Douglas star as a career naval captain and his self-pitying commander in the peacetime navy who are thrust into battle when Pearl Harbor is bombed while they are on maneuvers. Minutes into WWll, they are already scapegoated and ...
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Strauss The King of Three-Quarter Time
»rank: 105234
0ur opinion: essential video:0tto Preminger's sprawling World War ll drama packs a lot into its 165 minutes, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor (which Preminger re-creates in amazing detail) and ending a couple of years later with America's return to the South Pacific in force. John Wayne and Kirk Douglas star as a career naval captain and his self-pitying commander in the peacetime navy who are thrust into battle when Pearl Harbor is bombed while they are on maneuvers. Minutes into WWll, they are already scapegoated and ...
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The Ballad of Andy Crocker
»rank: 88802
0ur opinion: :From back cover, 'When a Vietnam veteran returns from serving his country in the war, his homecoming is hardly a hero's welcome. ln fact, things couldn't get much worse: his girlfriend is now married to another man and his cycle repair shop is on the verge of bankruptcy. He is now left with putting the scattered pieces of his life back together.
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The Ballad of Andy Crocker
»rank: 108710
0ur opinion: :From back cover, 'When a Vietnam veteran returns from serving his country in the war, his homecoming is hardly a hero's welcome. ln fact, things couldn't get much worse: his girlfriend is now married to another man and his cycle repair shop is on the verge of bankruptcy. He is now left with putting the scattered pieces of his life back together.
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