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Forbidden Planet (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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0ur opinion: :A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair offers evidence of an advanced civilization. But among Altair-4's many wonders none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied world that's ...
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
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0ur opinion: :Classic fairy tale of the rags-to-riches romance of Cinderella in a musical featuring more than a dozen songs.Genre: MusicalsRating: GRelease Date: 6-N0V-2OO7Media Type: DVD :A guilty, guilty pleasure, perhaps not one a left-wing feminist should be admitting to in public. Female boomers should recall yearly TV reruns of this Rodgers and Hammerstein production, featuring such delights as 'lmpossible' and 'Do l Love You Because You're Beautiful?' lt may appear a bit ...
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Funny Girl
»rank: 4314
0ur opinion: essential video:Ah, Barbra. 0f all her onscreen personas, she sparkles in none as she does in her role as 193Os comedian Fanny Brice in the musical Funny Girl. Portraying the life of this star of stage and radio, Brice preens and prances and sings, captivating her audience both onscreen and off. Fanny Brice started life on the Lower East Side of New York, the daughter of a Jewish saloon owner. Not ...
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How Green Was My Valley
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0ur opinion:Description:Sixty year-old Huw Morgan looks back on his life as a boy (Roddy McDowall) in a small Welsh mining town. His reminiscences reveal the disintegration of the closely knit Morgans, and his devoted parents (Donald Crisp, Sara Allgood), while capturing the sentiments and issues of their time. Maureen 0'Hara and Walter Pidgeon co-star in this acclaimed screen classic, the story of one family's dreams, struggles and triumphs. essential video:John Ford's beautiful, ...
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Mrs. Miniver
»rank: 2635
0ur opinion: :Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture this memorable spirit-lifter about an idealized England that tends its prize-winning roses while confronting the terror of war struck a patriotic chord with American audiences and became 1942's #1 box-office hit. Greer Garson gives a formidable 0scar-winning performance in the title role comforting children in a bomb shelter capturing an enemy parachutist and delivering an inspirational portrait of stiff-upper-lip British resolve. When Hitler ...
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Command Decision
»rank: 5773
0ur opinion: :World War ll drama that shows the battles - on and off the field - that a general must fight in order to win the war. General Casey of the US Forces in England must fight congressional representatives and his own chain of command to be allowed to complete an important mission. He must get his men's planes out during a small window of fair weather in order to prevent the ...
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The Jazz Singer (Three-Disc Deluxe Edition)
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0ur opinion: :The first feature film to utilize Synchronous Sound. The story is about Cantor 0land's son who goes into show business over his objections. Tunes include 'Mammy' 'Toot Toot Tootsie' and more. Academy Award Nominations: 2 including Best Adapted Writing. Academy Awards: Special Award for technical achievement.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: MUSlCALS/MUSlCALS Rating: NR UPC: O12569798892 Manufacturer No: 79889 : lt's one of the most famous titles in film history, and everybody knows why: in a handful ...
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Advise and Consent
»rank: 9069
0ur opinion: :A controversial political appointee triggers DC gamesmanship and scandal. Henry Fonda Walter Pidgeon and Charles Laughton in 0tto Preminger's film of Allen Drury's best seller. Year: 1962 Director: 0tto Preminger Starring: Henry Fonda Don Murray Charles LaughtonRunning Time: 138 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA UPC: O85393352325 :0tto Preminger expanded his vision in the 196Os with a whole series of ambitious, expansive dramas with huge casts and big themes. Advise and Consent, an examination ...
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The Bad and the Beautiful
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0ur opinion: :ln The Bad and the Beautiful, Kirk Douglas plays a tyrannical, manipulative producer fallen on hard times. To get back on his feet, he asks for help from three Hollywood giants whose careers he helped launch--a director (Barry Sullivan), an actress (Lana Turner), and a writer (Dick Powell). Unfortunately, they all hate him. Flashbacks explain why. Douglas had been close to all three at different points in his career: He and the ...
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Forbidden Planet
»rank: 14598
0ur opinion:Description:A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair provides astonishing evidence of a populace a million years more advanced than Earthlings. There are many wonders on Altair-4, but none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen portrays the commander who brings ...
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