The Score (DVD) Sensormatic Every thief dreams of the big heist that will allow him to leave the business of crime behind. Every thief except Nick (Robert De Niro), a cool, methodical safecracker who never takes on long-shot jobs until his longtime pa...
Every thief dreams of the big heist that will allow him to leave the business of crime behind. Every thief except Nick (Robert De Niro), a cool, methodical safecracker who never takes on long-shot jobs until his longtime partner, Max (Marlon Brando), offers him the big score--to filch a priceless scepter from the Montreal customs house. Wary about the job, Nick and the hotheaded customs house insider, Jackie (Edward Norton), begin to dissect the elaborate details of entering the building, avoiding the security measures, blowing the safe, and escaping with the scepter. But as in every thrilling crime caper, plans go awry.
Skilled comic director Frank Oz is clearly comfortable working with the best method actors from the past three generations. Brando`s Max bursts with joyful cynicism, while De Niro is Brando`s perfect foil, so collected that every smile seems like a revelation. Norton`s Jackie is far more expressive, but it is Norton`s smallest movements--holding a gaze a half beat too long--that hint at the secret motives pulsing beneath his skin. Smooth like the scotch Nick likes to drink, and swirling with tension, THE SCORE provides the real payoff to the audience.
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Director: Frank Oz
ACTORS: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Jamie Harrold, Angela Bassett
Twilight (DVD) Widescreen As in his 1977 film THE LATE SHOW, Robert Benton focuses on a private detective who`s playing the back nine. With the passing of a quarter century, however, the director`s tone had grown more somber. Paul Newman stars as the...
As in his 1977 film THE LATE SHOW, Robert Benton focuses on a private detective who`s playing the back nine. With the passing of a quarter century, however, the director`s tone had grown more somber. Paul Newman stars as the detective, Harry Ross, living in semiretirement in Santa Monica on the estate owned by his movie-star friends, Jack (Gene Hackman) and Catherine Ames (Susan Sarandon). When Harry delivers a package as a favor to Jack, he finds fellow private dick Lester Ivar (M. Emmett Walsh) dying from a bullet wound. Harry checks out Ivar`s apartment, where he uncovers 20-year-old clippings relating to the disappearance of Catherine`s first husband. As he tries to get to the bottom of the case, he enlists the help of a former lover, LAPD lt. Verna Hollander (Stockard Channing), and receives unsolicited assistance from feckless chauffeur Reuben Escobar (Giancarlo Esposito). Ex-cop and former studio security chief Raymond Hope (James Garner) also seems to know a thing or two about the case. Strong ensemble acting and Benton`s characteristically nuanced and intelligent writing highlight this sinuous, richly textured murder mystery.
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Director: Robert Benton
ACTORS: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Stockard Channing, Cora Witherspoon
Twin Falls Idaho (DVD) French and Spanish Subtitles Off-beat drama about a woman who inadvertently stumbles into the lives of a pair of Siamese twins, Francis and Blake Falls. As Francis grows even more ill, the concept that the two might have to be separate...
Off-beat drama about a woman who inadvertently stumbles into the lives of a pair of Siamese twins, Francis and Blake Falls. As Francis grows even more ill, the concept that the two might have to be separated threatens to break their bizarre, personal bond. Interesting debut from the Polish Brothers, real life twins (though not Siamese).
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Director: Michael Polish
ACTORS: Mark Polish, Michael Polish, Michele Hicks, Jon Gries, Garrett Morris
That Championship Season (DVD)
This dramatic masterpiece about the 24th reunion of a high school basketball team features an incredible all-star cast. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play.R"
Director: Jason Miller
ACTORS: Robert Mitchum, Bruce Dern, Martin Sheen, Stacy Keach
Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Movie Collection - DVD 6-Pack (DVD) DVD 6-Pack This DVD 6-pack includes six television adaptations of novels by mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark. Titles Include ALL AROUND THE TOWN, LOVES MUSIC, LOVES TO DANCE, LUCKY DAY, HAVEN`T WE MET BEFORE, PRETEND YOU DON`T SEE ME,...
This DVD 6-pack includes six television adaptations of novels by mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark. Titles Include ALL AROUND THE TOWN, LOVES MUSIC, LOVES TO DANCE, LUCKY DAY, HAVEN`T WE MET BEFORE, PRETEND YOU DON`T SEE ME, and YOU BELONG TO ME. See individual titles for details.
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