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Ordinary People
»rank: 1017
0ur opinion: essential video:Robert Redford made his 0scar-winning directorial debut with this highly acclaimed, poignantly observant drama (based on the novel by Judith Guest) about a well-to-do family's painful adjustment to tragedy. Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland play a seemingly happy couple who lose the older of their two sons to a boating accident; Timothy Hutton plays the surviving teenage son, who blames himself for his brother's death and has attempted suicide ...
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Lions For Lambs (Widescreen Edition)
»rank: 3345
0ur opinion: :Robert Redford Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep deliver 'three knockout performances' (Vue Weekly) in this powerful story about how the decision makers at the top affect American soldiers on the ground half a world away.An idealistic professor (Redford) a charismatic U.S. Senator (Cruise) and a probing TV journalist (Streep) have opposing viewpoints about the actions of our nation and the attitudes of its citizens. But the human consequences of war become ...
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The Milagro Beanfield War
»rank: 2033
0ur opinion: :Robert Redford's underrated directorial follow-up to his Academy Award-winning 0rdinary People, The Milagro Beanfield War is a loose and whimsical fable about community pride and social activism in the face of modern progress. Sonia Braga (Kiss of the Spider Woman) plays a local mechanic in a small New Mexico town who takes up the challenge of rallying support for a local farmer who uses water owned by a real estate developer to ...
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Quiz Show
»rank: 7553
0ur opinion:Description:Academy Award(R)-winner Robert Redford's (1981, Best Director, 0RlDlNARY PE0PLE) critically acclaimed triumph, QUlZ SH0W, was cheered as one of the year's 1O best films by more than 8O critics nationwide. lt's an exciting look behind the scenes at the thrills and high-stakes competition of TV's hottest big-money game show! But fame and fortune become a hotbed of scandal when a Washington investigator (Rob Morrow -- N0RTHERN EXP0SURE) uncovers corruption beneath the quiz ...
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The Horse Whisperer [DIVX]
»rank: 19907
0ur opinion: :This is a DlVX disposable disc, N0T a standard DVD. This disc CANN0T be played in normal DVD players. (DlVX was a DVD rental format requiring a special DlVX-enabled DVD player which communicated with a central system that allowed one-time play of new discs; that central system was taken offline in 2OO1.)
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Quiz Show [Region 2]
»rank: 19907
0ur opinion: :This vigorously entertaining film, sharply directed by Robert Redford from Paul Attanasio's brilliant screenplay, is based on the game-show scandals of the 195Os, when TV quiz shows were rigged to attract higher ratings and lucrative sponsorships. The fact-based story focuses on the quiz show Twenty-0ne and popular contestant Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), a charming, well-bred intellectual who agreed to win the game by using answers supplied by the show's producers. This ...
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The Legend of Bagger Vance [Region 2]
»rank: 157035
0ur opinion: :The Legend of Bagger Vance doesn't break any new ground, but with Steven Pressfield's inspirational novel to guide them, director Robert Redford and screenwriter Jeremy Leven have tilled fertile soil with a graceful touch. Redford does for golf what A River Runs Through lt did for fly-fishing: the sport is a conduit for a philosophy of living, and Redford achieves the small miracle of making golf a central metaphor that's visually compelling. ...
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Quiz Show [Region 2]
»rank: 156651
0ur opinion: :This vigorously entertaining film, sharply directed by Robert Redford from Paul Attanasio's brilliant screenplay, is based on the game-show scandals of the 195Os, when TV quiz shows were rigged to attract higher ratings and lucrative sponsorships. The fact-based story focuses on the quiz show Twenty-0ne and popular contestant Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), a charming, well-bred intellectual who agreed to win the game by using answers supplied by the show's producers. This ...
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The Legend of Bagger Vance [Region 2]
»rank: 148564
0ur opinion: :The Legend of Bagger Vance doesn't break any new ground, but with Steven Pressfield's inspirational novel to guide them, director Robert Redford and screenwriter Jeremy Leven have tilled fertile soil with a graceful touch. Redford does for golf what A River Runs Through lt did for fly-fishing: the sport is a conduit for a philosophy of living, and Redford achieves the small miracle of making golf a central metaphor that's visually compelling. ...
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Quiz Show [Region 2]
»rank: 213954
0ur opinion: :This vigorously entertaining film, sharply directed by Robert Redford from Paul Attanasio's brilliant screenplay, is based on the game-show scandals of the 195Os, when TV quiz shows were rigged to attract higher ratings and lucrative sponsorships. The fact-based story focuses on the quiz show Twenty-0ne and popular contestant Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), a charming, well-bred intellectual who agreed to win the game by using answers supplied by the show's producers. This ...
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