Marty (DVD)
Delbert Mann`s big-screen remake of Paddy Chayefsky`s 1953 teleplay, one of the most successful works of film`s Golden Age, stars Ernest Borgnine as Bronx butcher, Marty Piletti. A good-natured man, if plain and overweight, the 34-year-old bachelor has become fed up with the dreariness of life with vacant, dead-end friends like Angie (Joe Mantell), omnipresent relatives like his cousin Tommy (Jerry Paris), and his nagging mother, Theresa (Esther Minciotti), with whom he shares a house. Often rejected by women, he feels that he is too unattractive to marry, and is far from eager to endure further humiliation. Still, Marty finds himself at a local dance hall, where he angrily refuses a man who offers him a few bucks to take home a blind date who has turned out to be a dog. The butcher seeks out the humiliated woman, Clara (Betsy Blair), who`s in tears, and after he comforts her, they return to the dance. As Marty confesses similar experiences of his own to Clara, he realizes that he may have found the woman he`s been looking for. Influenced by neo-realist masterpieces like UMBERTO D., Chayefsky`s poignant, brilliantly observed kitchen-sink drama remains as persuasive as ever, as it explores the universal need to give and receive love.NR"
Director: Delbert Mann
ACTORS: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Joe De Santis, Joe Mantell, Esther Minciotti
Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water Vol. 7 - Nadia`s Island (DVD)
Based on Jules Verne`s 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, NADIA: SECRET OF THE BLUE WATER begins at The World`s Fair in Paris, 1889. There, a young inventor named Jean meets a young woman named Nadia, who happens to have a pet lion. Almost immediately, the two are pursued by a trio of hoods who seem to be after a magical liquid known as the Blue Water. In these episodes, Nadia and Jean find themselves washed up on the shore of a deserted island with Marie and King after their battle with Gargoyle. Stranded, the quartet must now battle nature and try to bring a little civility into the wilderness.NR"
Director: Hideaki Anno
Madam City Hunter (DVD)
This action-packed film stars martial arts actress Cynthia Khan as police officer Ching, on the hunt for the Five Fingers Mob with her detective partner Charlie Chan.NR"
Director: Yuen Woo-ping
ACTORS: Cynthia Khan, Anthony Wong, Sheila Chan
Baby Einstein: Neighborhood Animals (DVD)
Another entry in the popular BABY EINSTEIN series created by mother and teacher Julie Aigner-Clark, NEIGHBORHOOD ANIMALS is a wonderful introduction to the animals that a child will find close to home. The host, Pavlov the dog, takes the viewer through animals in nature footage and magical puppetry scored to classical musicNR"
The Giant of Marathon (DVD)
A muscular Greek hero battles the invading Persian army, with cinematography by Mario Bava.NR"
Director: Jacques Tourneur
