Taps (DVD)
A dedicated and honor bound young cadet takes up arms to prevent his military school from being closed.PG"
Director: Harold Becker
ACTORS: George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise, Ronny Cox
First Circle (DVD)
Adapted from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn`s novel of the same name, FIRST CIRCLE is a harrowing drama that was partially based on Solzhenitsyn`s own experience in a Russian prison camp after World War II. It is the story of a prison camp outside of Moscow meant for dissident scientists who, having been accused of crimes against their country, are now being forced to use their talents to serve it. A vivid portrait of Russia during this tumultuous period, FIRST CIRCLE is a shrewdly observed, acerbic, and darkly comic vision of a society gone horribly wrong.NR"
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (DVD)
This lavish, big-budget blockbuster combined tales from Ernest Hemingways life with Papas already famous autobiographical novel of the same name. As Harry (Gregory Peck) lies wounded and delirious in an African campsite at the foot of the snow-covered slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, he recounts the story of his life in a series of flashbacks. Writing, women, and big-game hunting--these are the things that have defined and dominated his existence. In pursuit of all three, he has traveled the globe from the salons of Bohemian Paris to the battlefields of Spain to the plains of Africa. Now, in the shadow of the great mountain and his own approaching death from gangrene, he tries to make sense of his failures. Few Hemingway novels play as well onscreen as they do on paper, but under the direction of Henry King, star Peck turns in an inspired performance. Susan Hayward plays Harrys devoted beau, while Harry himself pines for the love he lost in Cynthia (Ava Gardner). The romantic, sentimental, qualities embedded in the fine script are driven home by Bernard Hermanns brilliant score. Theater operators actually feared that audiences would stay away from the film because they couldn`t pronounce Kilimanjaro, but the film turned out to be one of the biggest hits of 1952.NR"
Director: Henry King
ACTORS: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward, Leo G. Carroll, Hildegard Knef
Straw Dogs (DVD) Criterion Collection A quiet, peace-loving American moves with his wife to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife. Academy...
A quiet, peace-loving American moves with his wife to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife. Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Dramatic Score.
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Director: Sam Peckinpah
ACTORS: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Peter Arne
Noir Vol. 4: Death Warrant (DVD)
Mireille Bouquet is a professional assassin who is contacted one day by a young woman claiming to be an amnesiac named Yumura Kirika. Drawn in by Yumura`s story, Mireille is surprised to find out that she also possesses the skills of an assassin and even more surprised when she finds that Yumura may be able to unlock some of the secrets of her own past. Soon, however, it becomes clear that both the women are the focus of a deadly conspiracy that will call upon all their skills to stay alive and discover the truth about each of their lives.NR"
