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The Talk of the Town (DVD)
George Stevens` last film with Cary Grant represents yet another hit in his string of classic comedies. Grant stars as Leopold Dilg, a political activist who is wrongly indicted for arson and murder when a factory worker dies in a mill fire in the town of Sweetbrook. Believing that he`ll be executed if he remains in jail, he escapes and breaks into a cottage that schoolteacher Nora Shelley (Jean Arthur) is preparing for Professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Coleman), the dean of a law school. She allows Grant to stay in the attic, without alerting the professor. The next day, a reporter arrives to question Lightcap about Dilg`s case, along with Sam Yates (Edgar Buchanan), Dilg`s lawyer, who comes at Nora`s behest. Since Yates and Lightcap know each other from law school, Yates asks Lightcap`s help in defending his client, who he claims to have been framed. The professor refuses, intent on writing a legal treatise. Before Yates leaves, he persuades Nora to house Dilg, who she introduces to Lightcap as a gardener. Before long, the professor begins to realize that the gardener is well versed in the intricacies and inequities of the U.S. legal system. Stevens` entertaining romantic triangle, in which the atmosphere of legal debate is leavened by wit, and low comedy, is brilliantly played by all, especially an atypically dark and impulsive Grant. The director`s characteristically deft touch with comic business is evident throughout the film.NR"
Director: George Stevens
ACTORS: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Edgar Buchanan, Glenda Farrell
Twin Signal (DVD)
An OAV series based on the popular Japanese manga, TWIN SIGNAL follows the exploits of Signal, an android made by Dr. Otoi to be a companion for his grandson Nobuhiko. The two prove to be good companions, though Signal turns into a mischevious child every time Nobuhiko sneezes and the two often fight for the attentions of Elara, an attractive female robot. Trouble begins when Dr. Otoi`s evil rival steals Pulse, Signal`s prototype and brother, makes him into a killing machine, and turns him loose on Dr. Otoi and family in order to steal the doctor`s technology. Contains the entire series.NR"
Smoke Signals (DVD)
Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-A-Fire are brought together by Victor`s father who saves Thomas from a fire that destroys his house and kills his parents. In close proximity all their lives on the Coeur D`Alene Indian reservation in Idaho, the boys could not be more different. Victor is the extrovert who excels at basketball and Thomas is the savant who lives with his grandmother after the death of his parents. The journey the two young men take to the home of Victor`s estranged father in far off Arizona brings out of the past the remarkable events that brought them together.PG-13"
Director: Chris Eyre
ACTORS: Adam Beach, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal, Evan Adams
Plastic Little - The Adventures of Captain Tita (DVD)
Tita, the 17-year-old owner/captain of the Cha Cha Maru, and her loyal crew embark on a bizarre adventure on a floating artificial continent in this stand alone OAV. Their adventure begins when Tita runs into Elysse, who has been jettisoned from the floating colony by her father, who is being pursued by the military because he possesses information that would allow them to turn the colony into a floating weapon of mass destruction. Hoping to get back before the military can make their move, Elysse recruits Tita and the crew to come back to her home and help defeat the regime that has imprisoned her father.NR"
Peter Pan (DVD)
An animated version of the timeless adventure of Peter Pan and all his friends, including Wendy, Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily, and the treacherous Captain Hook. Based on the fable by Sir James Barrie.NR"
