The Emperor`s Club (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
The Emperor`s Club (DVD) Full Frame At St. Benedict`s prep school, the boys are disciplined, mannered, and ready to learn. But when a bad apple enters the classroom of the well-respected Mr. Hundert (Kevin Kline), chaos ensues. Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch, DA...
At St. Benedict`s prep school, the boys are disciplined, mannered, and ready to learn. But when a bad apple enters the classroom of the well-respected Mr. Hundert (Kevin Kline), chaos ensues. Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch, DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS) is a kid with a chip on his shoulder and a powerful senator for a father. He is a shock to the system of Mr. Hundert, whose firm moral standards and unshakeable integrity are genuinely challenged by Sedgewick`s eye-rolling, rule-breaking, uncaring insubordination. Determined to change Sedgewick, mold him, and bring out the strong and true character that he believes to be at the core of every student, Mr. Hundert makes Sedgewick his priority. However, their bond will remain a thorn in Mr. Hundert`s side for years thereafter, even beyond his retirement.
Based on a short story by Ethan Canin, and directed by Michael Hoffman, THE EMPEROR`S CLUB uses crisp photography and convincing performances to communicate this wholesome tale of honor, morality, and trying to do what`s right at all costs.
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Director: Michael Hoffman
ACTORS: Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Steven Culp, Patrick Dempsey, Embeth Davidtz
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (DVD)
Based on a novel by Garrison Keillor (LAKE WOBEGON DAYS) and Jenny Lind Nilsson, THE SANDY BOTTOM ORCHESTRA is a slice Midwestern life familiar to fans of Mr. Keillor`s fiction. This Showtime original stars Glenne Headly as Ingrid, a sophisticated woman who moved to rural Sandy Bottom, Wisconsin with her husband, abandoning her promising career as a classical pianist. Now a mother and the head of the local church choir, Ingrid spends her time trying to introduce new pieces of music to the congregation and challenging the community`s rural mentality. Meanwhile, her husband, Norman, has persuaded the town to allow a classical concert at Dairy Days, the town`s annual festival, with the hope that he can establish a high water mark in the town`s dubious musical history.NR"
Director: Bradley Wigor
ACTORS: Glenne Headly, Tom Irwin, Madeline Zima, Jane Powell
Great Boxing Movies: The Joe Louis Story/ The Fighter/ Fight for the Title (DVD) 3 Movies A trio of exciting and action-packed movies about boxers and their world. THE JOE LOUIS STORY (1953) is a biography of the great boxer; THE FIGHTER (1952) is the story of a young man who boxes in order to make enough money to ...
A trio of exciting and action-packed movies about boxers and their world. THE JOE LOUIS STORY (1953) is a biography of the great boxer; THE FIGHTER (1952) is the story of a young man who boxes in order to make enough money to avenge his family`s murder; and FIGHT FOR THE TITLE (1957) is the story of an aging boxer who tries to prevent a young man from entering the ring for a living. All three excellent pictures feature gritty performances and tough-minded action.
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Director: Robert Gordon|Herbert Kline|Erle C. Kenton
ACTORS: Coley Wallace, Ossie Davis, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Michael Landon
Esther Kahn (DVD)
Summer Phoenix plays a young woman experiencing a crushing and belated coming of age in the Arnaud Desplechin`s psychological period film, ESTHER KAHN. Phoenix is devastatingly opaque as Esther--a young girl raised among the poor Jewish tailors of London`s East End. Her cramped and compromised youth has left her cold and distant, unable to express any emotions. But when she attends a popular theater production, Esther is thunderstruck by the deep feelings that the performance stirs within her and immediately sets out to become an actress. Her quick success brings Esther into the complex and convoluted world of the theater, where she encounters a helpful aging actor (Ian Holm) who, in teaching her how to act, teaches her how to live. Haygard, a perfidious playwright, becomes momentarily captivated by Esther`s strange allure and odd blankness, and in addition to becoming her lover, he secures her a prestigious role in a production of Ibsen`s HEDDA GABLER. Stunned and shocked when Haygard abandons her on the eve of the play`s opening, Esther has a panic-filled and heart-wrenching epiphany, as twenty years worth of unlived life come tumbling down on her. Desplechin`s difficult film about a difficult character carries mysterious and compelling emotional impact in its portrayal a woman who missed out on her life.
This film was screened as part of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2001 festival organized by The Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.NR"
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Fall Time (DVD)
Three friends face a dire struggle for survival after a planned fake shooting goes awry, getting them involved with a pair of murderous bank-robbers.R"
Director: Paul Warner
ACTORS: Stephen Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Mickey Rourke, Jason London, David Arquette
