Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (DVD)
The not-very-famous comedy team Mitchell and Petrillo doing their shameless Dean/Lewis impersonation meet Lugosi who promptly injects Mitchell with a serum that turns him into a gorilla. A.K.A. The Boys From Brooklyn. NR"
Director: William Beaudine
ACTORS: Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Ramona The Chimp, Sammy Petrillo
Apocalypse Now (DVD)
Francis Ford Coppola`s Vietnam epic, loosely based on HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad, tells the story of Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), a special agent sent into Cambodia to assassinate an errant American colonel (Marlon Brando). Willard is assigned a navy patrol boat operated by Chief (Albert Hall) and three hapless soldiers (Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, and Larry Fishburne). They are escorted on part of their journey by an air cavalry unit led by Lt. Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall), a gung-ho commander with a love of Wagner, surfing, and napalm. After witnessing a surreal USO show featuring Playboy playmates and an anarchic battle with the Viet Cong at a bridge, Willard reaches Colonel Kurtzs compound. A crazed photo journalist and Kurtz groupie (Dennis Hopper) welcomes the crew, and Willard begins to question his orders to terminate the colonels command. The grueling production and Coppola`s insistence on authenticity led to vast budget overruns and physical and emotional breakdowns. Considered to be one of the best war movies of all time, APOCALYPSE NOW features incredible performances and beautifully chaotic visuals that make it an absolute must-see. In August 2001, a new version of the film, title APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX, was released. The new version includes 49 minutes of never-before-seen footage, a Technicolor enhancement, and a six-channel soundtrack.R"
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
ACTORS: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Dennis Hopper
The Sleeping Dictionary (DVD) Widescreen A young English colonial is sent to the jungles of the Sarawalk during the 1930s. Inside this steamy jungle the officer meets with a beautiful native (Jessica Alba) who is assigned to teach the native language to him. Their ...
A young English colonial is sent to the jungles of the Sarawalk during the 1930s. Inside this steamy jungle the officer meets with a beautiful native (Jessica Alba) who is assigned to teach the native language to him. Their tutoring sessions evolve into a passionate bonding of forbidden love. It is not long before this romance is pulled apart by war, as the British troops and the tutor`s tribe are enmeshed in battle.
R"
Director: Guy Jenkin
ACTORS: Jessica Alba, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer
Pavilion of Women (DVD)
This steamy period romance ranks as the first Hollywood-style, English language productions to emerge from China (Universal co-produced). Luo Yan (THE GIRL IN RED) produced, co-wrote, and stars as Madame Wu, an aristocrat trapped in a loveless marriage. It`s 1938, and during her lavish 40th birthday party, Madame Wu decides to arrange for a much younger second wife, Chiuming (Yi Ding), to fill in as sexual provider for her infantile husband, thus freeing herself to pursue other interests. Of course nothing goes as planned and Madame Wu`s rebellious son Fengmo (John Cho) falls in love with Chiuming instead. Madame Wu also finds herself falling in love, with Andre (Willem Dafoe), an American missionary who runs an orphanage and tutors Fengmo. As these romances flame up in the face of China`s old-world traditions, other disrupting factors come into play, such as the arrival of electricity, the gathering influence of the communists, and the catastrophic invasion of the Japanese. It`s all directed with plenty of operatic sweep by Yim Ho (THE DAY THE SUN TURNED COLD), adapted from the novel by Pearl S. Buck.R"
Director: Yim Ho
ACTORS: Luo Yan, Willem Dafoe, Shek Sau, John Cho, Yi Ding
Robin and Marian (DVD)
This romantic epic takes a bittersweet look at Robin Hood and Maid Marian in their later years. After King Richard`s death in the Holy Land, Robin Hood (Sean Connery) and his trusty companion Little John finally return home to England. Despite his two-decade absence, Robin immediately determines to find his long-lost love, Maid Marian (Audrey Hepburn). He discovers her in a convent, where she retired after waiting fruitlessly for him to return from the Crusades. Now she is comfortably settled there as the Mother Superior, and does not fully welcome Robin`s return. But she has not quite forgotten her feelings for him, either...Unfortunately, past rivalries die hard, too, and the middle-aged swashbuckler also finds himself drawn into a war against his old nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham.PG"
Director: Richard Lester
ACTORS: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Ronnie Barker, Robert Shaw, Richard Harris
