The Dancer Upstairs (VHS) @ discount dvd online store
The Dancer Upstairs (VHS)
The directorial debut of John Malkovich, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS is a riveting political drama set in an undetermined Latin American city. A revolution has started, and the local police have been assigned to figure out who is leading it and what exactly the revolutionaries want. Agustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) is the detective leading the investigation. However, with the military involved and corrupt government officials making Rejas`s job especially difficult, he faces constant frustrations. The leader of the revolution goes by the name Ezequiel, but the police cannot figure out his true identity. Even more beguiling are the increasingly violent terrorist incidents that appear to be carried out by children who swear their loyalty to Ezequiel with no explanation of why. Caught up in the middle of the revolution and Rejas`s investigation are his wife, his young daughter, and his daughter`s lovely ballet teacher, Yolanda (Laura Morante). One event after the next adds to the suspense and nagging anxiety felt by Rejas, until finally, with one shocking discovery, everything becomes frighteningly clear. Combining a serious political drama with a tender and introspective look at a man in mid-life, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS has something for every viewer. Its scenes of violence and terror are offset with truly artistic and romantic moments, using excellent photography, striking sets, and graceful acting to bring cohesion to the duality of the plot.R"
Director: John Malkovich
ACTORS: Javier Bardem, Laura Morante, Oliver Cotton, Luis Miguel Cintra, Abel Folk
Princess Nine Vol. 3: Triple Play (DVD)
Ryou Hayakawa has done the impossible: she has filled her roster with capable, if not polished, players before the start of the baseball season. Though she has already put in much hard work, Ryou must now put her new team through a grueling training camp in order to get them ready for competition. However, it is becoming apparent that their lack of experience is going to be a hindrance even though they have the veteran Coach Kido in their corner.NR"
Heat and Dust (DVD)
Director James Ivorys HEAT AND DUST tells two parallel stories set in India, one in the present and the other in the days of British rule. In 1920s India, a young English bride, Olivia (Greta Scacchi), finds herself in a passionate, forbidden affair with the local Nawab (Shashi Kapoor). In the second story, Olivias great niece, Anne (Julie Christie), travels to India and there learns of her great aunt`s affair with the Nawab, her subsequent pregnancy, and her exile from the British community. Anne`s life begins to roughly imitate that of Olivia`s when she has an affair with a local Indian administrator (Zakir Hussain) and also becomes pregnant. Merchant Ivory screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based the films screenplay on her own acclaimed novel of the same name. Jhabvala was raised in England but after meeting her husband, an Indian architect, moved to India, where she lived for 24 years. Her screenplays AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PRINCESS, HULLABALOO OVER GEORGIE AND BONNIES PICTURES, and HEAT AND DUST reflect her own experiences as a British citizen living in a foreign land. At the time the film was released in 1983, HEAT AND DUST was Merchant Ivorys biggest commercial success.R"
Director: James Ivory
ACTORS: Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Christopher Cazenove, Madhur Jaffrey, Julian Glover
Black Cat Run (DVD)
A gas-station attendent chased a couple of escaped convicts that have abducted his girlfriend.R"
ACTORS: Patrick Muldoon, Peter Greene, Amelia Heinle, Russell Means, Kevin J. O`Connor
Grey Gardens (DVD) Criterion Collection Out in East Hampton, behind a cloud of overgrown foliage and weeds, there is a large decaying mansion which is home to Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown-up daughter known as Little Edie. Big and Little Edie are the...
Out in East Hampton, behind a cloud of overgrown foliage and weeds, there is a large decaying mansion which is home to Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown-up daughter known as Little Edie. Big and Little Edie are the aunt and first cousin of Jacquelyn Kennedy Onassis, and this documentary is a portrait of their unusual life together. When Little Edie left New York, she left behind her dreams of stardom to take care of her aging mother, and together they developed a unique relationship, cloistered away in their fading glory. A stirring portrait by the pioneers of documentary filmmaking, the Maysles Brothers.
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Director: David Maysles|Albert Maysles|Ellen Hovde|Muffie Meyer|Susan Froemke
