Ship of Fools (DVD)
A microcosm of the world and the human experience is revealed aboard a German ocean liner in the 1930s. Based on a 1962 novel by Katherine Anne Porter. Academy Award Nominations: 8, including Best Picture, Best Actor--Oskar Werner, Best Actress--Simone Signoret, Best (Adapted) Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography.NR"
Director: Stanley Kramer
ACTORS: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Oskar Werner, Heinz Ruehmann, Josi Ferrer
Space Pirate Mito Vol. 1: Call Me Mom! (DVD)
Mito, the woman known as the galaxy`s most dangerous space pilot, also happens to be a three foot tall alien who looks strangely childlike and has a dark secret: all she wants to be is a mother. And she is, with a son living on Earth named Aoi who knows nothing about his mother`s true occupation or physical form due to the mom suit Mito has always worn while with him. However, all that changes when the Galactic Police chase Mito to Earth, destroy her mom suit in the process and force her to reveal her true self to Aoi. Before he has a chance to realize that his mother is really a very short alien, Aoi has joined his mother on a race across the galaxy in an adventure more bizarre than he could have ever imagined.NR"
The Saphead (DVD) DISCONTINUED A wealthy ne`er-do-well tries to pass himself off as a dashing playboy in order to evoke the interest of a lady, but the ploy backfires when his disgusted father disinherits him. Only by becoming a self-made man can he sat...
A wealthy ne`er-do-well tries to pass himself off as a dashing playboy in order to evoke the interest of a lady, but the ploy backfires when his disgusted father disinherits him. Only by becoming a self-made man can he satisfy both his family and his beloved. Silent with piano score.
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Director: Herbert Blanche
ACTORS: Buster Keaton, William H. Crane, Irving Cummings, Edward Jobson, Edward Alexander
Just a Little Harmless Sex (DVD)
Chivalry may not be dead, but minutes into this snappy battle-of-the-sexes, Alan (Mailhouse) wishes it were. When he pulls over to help a damsel in distress on the side of the freeway he gets much more than a simple thank you from her--which leads the police to arrest him for soliciting a prostitute. His wife Laura (Eastwood) bails him out of prison but summarily evicts him from their home. With no where to go, Alan allows his friends to drag him out to a night club to devise a plot to save his marriage, while Laura`s friends and a wild mother-in-law try to offer support with a night on the town... at the same club. Let the show down begin.R"
Director: Rick Rosenthal
I`m All Right, Jack (DVD)
Though it may be distinguished by its virtuosic comedic performances from Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers, I`M ALL RIGHT, JACK, John Boulting`s sly satire of class struggle in postwar England, is a comic gem in its own right. The film stars Ian Carmichael as Stanley Windrush, a recent Oxford graduate and old money aristocrat who decides to work for a living in early 1950s England. Deciding to keep his background a secret, Stanley takes a menial position at his uncle`s armaments factory, where his incompetence arouses the suspicion of his fellow laborers and the sympathy of the loony Works Committee boss (Sellers). Soon, the good-hearted Stanley finds himself in the middle of the complex class struggle between management and labor and the unwitting patsy in his uncle`s crooked scheme.NR"
Director: John Boulting
ACTORS: Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price
