Hangmen Also Die! (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
Hangmen Also Die! (DVD)
Fritz Lang`s HANGMEN ALSO DIE is a grimly atmospheric noir thriller and a vehement commentary on Nazi terror and betrayal. The film focuses on a gun man hiding out with the Resistance in Prague after the 1942 assassination of Hitler henchman Reinhard Heydrich, known as the Hangman. Loosely based on a true story, Lang`s film is a terse and melodramatic portrait of mass resistance and Nazi brutality. From the assassination scene--reminiscent of TOUCH OF EVIL--in which Franz Svoboda (Brian Donlevy) gets help from the underground resistance in order to narrowly escape being captured by the Nazis, to the heart-wrenching and suspenseful showdowns between the resistance and the Nazis, HANGMEN ALSO DIE is tightly structured and elegantly filmed masterpiece.
Hiding out in the home of the Novotny family, Svoboda risks the lives of everyone he meets, including Professor Novotny and his daughter Mascha. When the Nazis gather up all of the writers and intellectuals in town, including Professor Novotny, Mascha threatens to turn Svoboda over the the authorities, but the resistance intervenes with a last-ditch scheme to frame a Czech collaborator for the Hangman`s murder. The suspense builds as day by day the Nazis continue to murder more Czechs and the Gestapo gets closer to finding the identity of the assassin.NR"
Director: Fritz Lang
ACTORS: Brian Donlevy, Anna Lee, Walter Brennan, Gene Lockhart, Dennis O`Keefe
Cheers - The Complete Second Season (DVD) 4-Disc Set One of the most beloved and critically-acclaimed television series of all time, Cheers ran for 10 seasons and centered on the colorful staff and patrons of the Boston bar where everyone knows your name . Run by former Red S...
One of the most beloved and critically-acclaimed television series of all time, Cheers ran for 10 seasons and centered on the colorful staff and patrons of the Boston bar where everyone knows your name . Run by former Red Sox pitcher and ladies` man Sam Malone (Ted Danson), the establishment`s ever-present characters include salty barmaid Carla (Rhea Perlman), flighty bartender Coach (Nicholas Colasanto), barflies Norm (George Wendt) and Cliff (John Ratzenberger), and, of course, Sam`s love interest/nemesis Diane Chambers (Shelley Long). This 4-disc set includes all 22 episodes from the award-winning second season.
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ACTORS: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, Nicholas Colasanto, John Ratzenberger
Under Suspicion (DVD)
In 1950s Britain, proof of infidelity was the surest and easiest way to get a divorce. Enter Tony Aaron (Liam Neeson), a down on his luck private eye with a seedy career -- arranging fake evidence to end marriages. Tony`s wife gets into bed with a client and Tony rushes in wielding a camera. Snap!!! ...and the job is done. But on one particular occasion Tony rushes in, and instead of a lascivious pose, Tony sees his wife and client brutally carved into pieces. And the major suspect seems to be Angeline - his client`s mistress (Laura San Giacomo). The evidence is stacked against her. But as the investigation unfolds, the police start coming across clues that put Tony smack in the middle of this dark little conspiracy.R"
Director: Simon Moore
ACTORS: Liam Neeson, Laura San Giacomo, Kenneth Cranham, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Maggie O`Neill
Frenzy (DVD)
FRENZY was Alfred Hitchcock`s next-to-last film--and the first film he`d made in England in 20 years. It was based on an Arthur La Bern novel and focuses on many of the same motifs that Hitchcock had obsessively examined throughout his life`s work: the wrong man theme, the doubling theme (in which one person acts out the repressed violence of another), and the general public`s thirst for sex and violence. Hitchcock had made films featuring Jack the Ripper-type killers before, including THE LODGER in 1926, a silent movie about a series of murders in London and a mysterious man who appears to be guilty of the crimes. In FRENZY, Hitchcock goes mod with this blackly comic story about a sex criminal--the Necktie Killer--plaguing post-Carnaby London. An innocent man who is suspected by police as the murderer must fight to nab the real perpetrator and clear his name. Though lesser known, FRENZY marked a striking return to form for the famed director. It was also his first R-rated picture. Anthony Shaffer`s script is excellent, and Jon Finch brings distinctive qualities to his role as the classic Hitchcock man-accused hero.R"
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
ACTORS: Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly`s Gold (DVD) Widescreen Comedy-Western sequel to the popular film CITY SLICKERS. Once again, N.Y. radio station manager, Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) is pining to live his life as a cowboy. He gets his chance when he finds an authentic treasure ma...
Comedy-Western sequel to the popular film CITY SLICKERS. Once again, N.Y. radio station manager, Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) is pining to live his life as a cowboy. He gets his chance when he finds an authentic treasure map, once owned by Mitch`s deceased trail boss Curly. Accompanied by his buddy Phil, his brother Glen, and Curly`s brother Duke, Mitch sets out to find the missing treasure.
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Director: Paul Weiland
ACTORS: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz, Jack Palance, Patricia Wettig
