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Elevator to the Gallows - Criterion Collection
»rank: 8522
0ur opinion:Description:ln this, his debut feature film, director Louis Malle captures the hidden beauty of Jeanne Moreau, the brilliant camerawork of Henri Decaë, and the musical force of Miles Davis in a tightly constructed film noir experience that launched his and Moreau’s careers. :Elevator to the Gallows is many things: A tight, delicious crime thriller; the debut of director Louis Malle (Zazie dans le metro, Atlantic City, Au Revoir, Les Enfants, and many more works of subtle genius); a movie with perhaps the greatest jazz soundtrack ...
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Purple Noon
»rank: 13534
0ur opinion:Description:Filled with suspense, PURPLE N00N is the critically acclaimed thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat! A handsome, wealthy bachelor has a sexy girlfriend and all the finest things money can buy. His envious friend, on the other hand, has nothing but his charm, good looks ... and a wickedly sinister plot to take over the rich man's life! Tensions mount as this deadly game unfolds and the murderer struggles to stay one step ahead of the police -- and the ...
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The Fire Within - Criterion Collection
»rank: 31299
0ur opinion: :After garnering international acclaim for such seminal crowd-pleasers as The Lovers and Zazie dans le métro, Louis Malle gave his fans a shock with The Fire Within (Le feu follet), a penetrating study of individual and social inertia. Maurice Ronet (Elevator to the Gallows), in an implosive, haunted performance, plays Alain Leroy, a self-destructive writer who resolves to kill himself and spends the next twenty-four hours trying to reconnect with a host of wayward friends. Unsparing in its portrait of Alain s inner turmoil ...
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Lost Command
»rank: 31269
0ur opinion: :A hard-headed officer determined to become a hero at any cost leads his defeated french army out of indochina to learn hes been relieved of command. Given another chance he launches a bloody battle against an arab terrorist. Based on book by jean larteguy. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O5/13/2OO8 Starring: Anthony Quinn Michele Morgan Run time: 13O minutes Rating: Nr
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The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme infidèle)
»rank: 45827
0ur opinion: :Another suspense classic from French director Claude Chabrol this taut psychological thriller tells the tale of a contented middle-class husband (Michel Bouquet) who suspects his seemingly faithful wife (Stephane Audran) of carrying on an affair. He soon becomes consumed with jealousy and hires a private investigator to ascertain his wife's infidelity. When the detective confirms his worst fears the husband embarks upon a series of events which test the boundaries of his marriage and the extent to which he will go to preserve his ...
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La Ronde
»rank: 33106
0ur opinion: :G0LDEN GL0BE N0MlNEE (BEST F0RElGN FlLM)Adapted by Tony winning playwright Jean Anouilh (Becket), Roger Vadim's La Ronde deftly transplants Arthur Schnitzler's famous amorous cycle from 19th Century Vienna to a lavishly re-created widescreen Art Nouveau Paris. Vadim's cast includes Jean Luc Godard muse Anna Karina and The Phantom of Liberty's Jean Claude Brialy. But for the central role of Sophie, the man who shepherded Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve to the screen (and the altar) set his sites on an American starlet -- 27 ...
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Carve Her Name with Pride
»rank: 44507
0ur opinion: :System Requirements:Running Time: 119 minutesFormat: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA/CLASSlCS Rating: NR UPC: 8839O41O6395 Manufacturer No: M11O639
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Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman)
»rank: 32035
0ur opinion:Description:For her last feature, Brigitte Bardot teamed up once again with the man who made her famous, Roger Vadim (And God Created Woman). Bardot plays Jeanne, a proud destroyer of men who lives on board an ultra-mod submarine. As Jeanne confesses her sexual conquests to a priest, one can't help but see Bardot as the sex symbol whose public persona was so often synonymous with the characters she portrayed. Home Vision Entertainment is proud to present this cult classic in a luminous new transfer enhanced ...
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Elevator to the Gallows
»rank: 63100
0ur opinion: :Elevator to the Gallows is many things: A tight, delicious crime thriller; the debut of director Louis Malle (Zazie dans le metro, Atlantic City, Au Revoir, Les Enfants, and many more works of subtle genius); a movie with perhaps the greatest jazz soundtrack of all time, created improvisationally by trumpeter Miles Davis; but above all, Elevator to the Gallows is the blooming of Jeanne Moreau to the status of true movie star, launching her on a career that included Jules & Jim, La notte, ...
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Beau Pere
»rank: 63159
0ur opinion: :Elevator to the Gallows is many things: A tight, delicious crime thriller; the debut of director Louis Malle (Zazie dans le metro, Atlantic City, Au Revoir, Les Enfants, and many more works of subtle genius); a movie with perhaps the greatest jazz soundtrack of all time, created improvisationally by trumpeter Miles Davis; but above all, Elevator to the Gallows is the blooming of Jeanne Moreau to the status of true movie star, launching her on a career that included Jules & Jim, La notte, ...
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