The Longest Day (DVD) Fox War Classics An all-star cast enlists for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography.
An all-star cast enlists for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography.
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Director: Ken Annakin|Andrew Marton|Bernhard Wicki|Gerd Oswald
ACTORS: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery
Prefontaine (DVD)
A naturalistic dramatization of record breaking distance runner Steve Prefontaine`s struggle to win, culminating in the 1972 Munich Olympics, this film favors documentary-style character development more than conventional sports film hero worship. A feature-film breakthrough for director James and co-producer/cinematographer Peter Gilbert (the creative team behind HOOP DREAMS), as well as star Leto, previously known as the hunky Jordan Catalano on TV`s My So-Called Life. PG-13"
Director: Steve James
ACTORS: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O`Neill, Amy Locane, Lindsay Crouse
Poison (DVD)
In director Todd Haynes`s feature film debut, POISON, three stories, each told in their own unique cinematic style, illustrate the lives of a people living outside the fringes of normal society. There is Hero, the pseudo-documentary about a seven-year-old boy who kills his own father; Horror, a sci-fi spoof about a brilliant research scientist who becomes the victim of his own biochemical discovery when he finds the source of the human sex drive; and Homo, a noirish drama exploring the obsessive, and sexual, relationship between two male prisoners. As each compelling story is told, their themes become inextricably linked, and the tension intensifies, culminating in an explosive climax of unsettled emotions. POISON is perhaps Todd Haynes most experimental, and most controversial, film.NC-17"
Director: Todd Haynes
ACTORS: Edith Meeks, Larry Maxwell, Susan Norman, Scott Renderer, James Lyons
Down `n Dirty (DVD)
It`s an unspoken law in the world of the police that when a man`s partner is killed in the line of duty, he must seek revenge for that death. In DOWN `N DIRTY, veteran tough guy actor Fred Williamson (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN) stars as Dakota Smith, a hard-edged yet honest cop who is determined to find the man who killed his partner.Unrated"
ACTORS: Fred Williamson, Gary Busey, David Carradine, Andrew Divoff
Close-Up (DVD)
With his use of non-actors and his loose use of documentary rules, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami`s (TASTE OF CHERRY) films can often be characterized by asking whether what the viewer is seeing is reality or fiction. The film which perhaps most exemplifies this is CLOSE-UP, ostensibly a documentary about an impostor of another Iranian director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf (GABBEH; ONCE UPON A TIME, CINEMA). Kiarostami tells the story by asking questions from off-screen to those involved in the legal case, then having the participants play themselves in a re-enactment of the events which actually occurred. A masterwork, considered by many to be Kiarostami`s best.NR"
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
