Girl with a Pearl Earring (VHS) @ discount dvd online store
Girl with a Pearl Earring (VHS) Spanish Subtitled Set in 17th-century Holland, GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING follows the life of Griet (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman who must work as a maid to help her family make ends meet. Seeking employment at the home of renowne...
Set in 17th-century Holland, GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING follows the life of Griet (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman who must work as a maid to help her family make ends meet. Seeking employment at the home of renowned painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth), Griet finds most of the household, including Vermeer`s ever-pregnant wife (Essie Davis) and stern mother-in-law (Judy Parfitt), to be difficult and even hostile. However, she does form a unique bond with Vermeer himself, but this connection threatens to cause grief for both Griet and Vermeer. Complicating matters even further is attention from both Vermeer`s wealthy patron Van Ruijven (Tom Wilkinson) and the charming local butcher`s son (Cillian Murphy). Adapted from the book by Tracy Chevalier and helmed by first-time director Peter Webber, GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING creates a back story for Vermeer`s famous painting of the same name. Johansson is excellent in her quiet, understated role, while Firth is suitably moody and enigmatic. However, the visuals are the true highlights of this remarkably photographed movie; Webber and, most notably, cinematographer Eduardo Serra establish a beautifully historic look and film every scene as if it were a series of gorgeous paintings in the style of that era. As a portrait of the life behind a portrait, GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING is an intriguing study of both art and desire.
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Director: Peter Webber
ACTORS: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis
Death Game (DVD)
An ambitious high school basketball star (Bo Brown) with dreams of making it big is tempted to sacrifice his future when a ruthless mobster (Billy Drago) offers him the high-rolling life of women, drugs, and money.R"
Director: Menahem Golan
ACTORS: Bo Brown, Billy Drago, Joe Lara, Richard Lynch, Charlotte Crossley
Extreme Chan Action Pack (DVD) 3-Disc Box Set Three cassette/disc set includes three explosive Jackie Chan hits: FIRST STRIKE, MR. NICE GUY, and RUMBLE IN THE BRONX. See individual titles for complete details.
Three cassette/disc set includes three explosive Jackie Chan hits: FIRST STRIKE, MR. NICE GUY, and RUMBLE IN THE BRONX. See individual titles for complete details.
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Director: Stanley Tong|Sammo Hung
ACTORS: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Richard Norton, Chen Chun Wu, Francoise Yip
To Live and Die in L.A. (DVD) Special Edition When a notorious, highly sophisticated counterfeiter murders his partner, Secret Service agent Richard Chance (William Petersen) launches a furious vendetta to capture the man responsible. But master counterfeiter Rick ...
When a notorious, highly sophisticated counterfeiter murders his partner, Secret Service agent Richard Chance (William Petersen) launches a furious vendetta to capture the man responsible. But master counterfeiter Rick Masters (Willem Dafoe) is always just one step ahead of Chance in William Friedkin`s thrilling, suspenseful crime drama. With violent shoot-outs and a turbulent chase scene reminiscent of Friedkin`s own THE FRENCH CONNECTION, TO LIVE AN DIE IN L.A. broke with tradition by making the ostensible hero as morally reprehensible as the villain he pursues. Clashing with bureaucratic obstacles, Chance is forced to break the rules in order to procure cash for a sting operation, but the risks he takes snowball into an avalanche of violence and moral reprecussions, leading to a morally ambiguous cul-de-sac from which there may be no return.
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Director: William Friedkin
ACTORS: William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Dean Stockwell, John Turturro
Intolerance (DVD)
Silent film director D.W. Griffith`s biggest, most ambitious spectacle uses stories from different times and places to illustrate humanitys intolerance of religious differences throughout the ages. The most visually impressive of these chronicles is the fall of Babylon, for which Griffith built the largest sets in Hollywood and filled them with thousands of extras; there`s also Christ`s crucifixion and the massacre of the Heugenots in 15th century France. The most emotionally involving tale is the modern one, about a poor girl (Mae Marsh) whose life is repeatedly ruined by the zealotry of social reformers. The image of a mother (Lillian Gish) rocking her child in a cradle ( the uniter of the here and hereafter ) links the stories. At one point, angels reach down from heaven to stop soldiers in midbattle, making it clear that Griffith intended this follow-up to THE BIRTH OF A NATION as a message of global peace and love (and an answer to his critics accusations of racism). For a nation poised to enter World War I, this was perhaps the wrong message, and INTOLERANCE opened to mixed reviews and poor attendance. It is now rightly recognized as a unique work of cinematic art. The restored version includes color-tinted scenes.NR"
Director: D.W. Griffith
ACTORS: Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, Constance Talmadge, Elmo Lincoln, Eugene Pallette
