Cyrano de Bergerac/ The Son of Monte Cristo (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
Cyrano de Bergerac/ The Son of Monte Cristo (DVD) Double Feature A double feature of two swashbuckling adventures. THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO features the Count travelling to the kingdom of Lichtenburg where he battles an evil General for control of the land. CYRANO DE BERGERAC features ...
A double feature of two swashbuckling adventures. THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO features the Count travelling to the kingdom of Lichtenburg where he battles an evil General for control of the land. CYRANO DE BERGERAC features Jose Ferrer`s Academy Award-winning performance as the lovestruck poet with the unusual nose. See individual titles for more information.
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Director: Michael Gordon|Rowland V. Lee
ACTORS: Josi Ferrer, Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Mala Powers
The Hot Spot (DVD)
A saturnine vision of the universe and an interest in the female form bordering on adoration have been two constants of Dennis Hopper`s directorial work. Both are on display in this neo-noir, starring Don Johnson as cagey drifter Harry Madox, who picks up a job from used car lot owner George Harshaw (Jerry Hardin), soon after arriving in a small Texas town. Attracting women is not one of Harry`s problems, and he`s soon involved with Harshaw`s innocent young bookkeeper, Gloria Harper (Jennifer Connelly), and his tough, sexy wife, Dolly (Virginia Madsen). An ambitious sort, Harry is also planning to rob the local bank. But things begin to get strange when he learns that Gloria is being extorted by nasty backwoodsman Frank Sutton (William Sadler), who also seems to be linked to Dolly. While not quite camp, the film is a triumph of style over substance, as the characters obey the highly improbable laws of the noir universe as religiously as any Kabuki performer does theirs. Working with longtime cinematographer Ueli Steiger, Hopper again reveals a fastidious eye, and the lavish photography of the women evokes an era when they were Hollywood`s cynosure.R"
Director: Dennis Hopper
ACTORS: Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Jerry Hardin, Jack Nance
The Rich Man`s Wife/The Tie That Binds (DVD)
This two DVD set features the unsettling thrillers THE RICH MAN`S WIFE and THE TIE THAT BINDS. See individual titles for details.R"
Director: Amy Holden Jones
ACTORS: Halle Berry, Daryl Hannah, Keith Carradine
Hardcase and Fist (DVD)
An honest cop is framed for drugs before he can testify to the FBI about his ex-partner, who has become a powerful and ruthless crime lord. Now he`s in jail, and the word is that he`s going to be killed before he has a chance to spill the beans. It`s up to him to prove his own innocence and take down the man responsible.R"
Director: Tony Zarindast
ACTORS: Ted Prior, Carter Wong, Maureen Lavette, Christine Lunde
Mystery Train (DVD)
Jim Jarmusch broadens his scope with this episodic tale of a night in the life of several Memphis, Tennessee, inhabitants who unknowingly find themselves lodging at the same hotel. The first episode, Far from Yokohama, is about two Japanese teenagers (Youki Kudoh and Masatoshe Nagase) on a pilgrimage to the birthplace of rock and roll, Sun Studios, where Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins got their start. In the second story, A Ghost, two strangers meet and become friends. One is an Italian tourist, Luisa (Nicoletta Braschi), who is on the way back to Rome in order to bury her husband; the other, Dee Dee (Elizabeth Bracco), has just dumped her British boyfriend, Johnny (Joe Strummer). During the middle of the night, Luisa is visited by the ghost of Elvis. Lost in Space, the final segment, brings all the characters together briefly, as Johnny goes on a violent drinking spree with Dee Dee`s brother (Steve Buscemi) and another friend (Rick Aviles). Throughout all of this, the hotels night clerk (Screamin Jay Hawkins) and bellboy (Cinque Lee) listen to the local radio and engage in aimless conversation. Jarmusch once again uses his distinct sense of humor to dispel cultural myths--this time its the legend of Memphis--by placing an eclectic group of tourists into an unquestionably American environment.R"
Director: Jim Jarmusch
ACTORS: Cinque Lee, Screamin` Jay Hawkins, Youki Kudoh, Joe Strummer, Steve Buscemi
