Troubles (DVD) 2-Disc Set A political drama taking place in Ireland during the early 1900`s. Major Brendan Archer comes home to Ireland only to find the family home, The Majestic Hotel, in shambles, his fiancee, Angela is not herself anymore either, ...
A political drama taking place in Ireland during the early 1900`s. Major Brendan Archer comes home to Ireland only to find the family home, The Majestic Hotel, in shambles, his fiancee, Angela is not herself anymore either, and a new woman in the picture, Sarah Devlin, Angela`s friend. Major Archer is magnetically drawn to this woman and they eventually fall in love. Soon, he`s noticing various disturbing characteristics of their relationship which could ultimately lead to violence, destruction, and murder.
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ACTORS: Ian Richardson, Sean Bean, Ian Charleston
The Flight of the Phoenix (DVD)
In Robert Aldrich`s THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX, based on Elleston Trevor`s novel, a small plane carrying oil workers and military personnel crashes, stranding a group of survivors in the Sahara Desert. As the lethal heat and grating sand begin to take a toll on the group, the conscientious pilot, Frank Towns (James Stewart), struggles with his inability to lead the party to safety. Hope arises, however, when German aircraft designer Heinrich Dorfman (Hardy Kruger) begins to theorize about rebuilding the wreckage into a single-engine plane capable of lifting the crash victims to safety.
Aldrich (KISS ME DEADLY) opens his film with the pulsating tension (intercut with the opening credits) of Towns trying and cataclysmically failing to pilot his aircraft through a sandstorm, and from there the white-knuckle intensity never lets up. Boasting an intriguing cast--headed up by Stewart with a poignantly ragged-edged, heartfelt portrayal--and a taut story line, THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX is a powerful and psychologically penetrating thriller.NR"
Director: Robert Aldrich
ACTORS: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine
Inmu 2 - Volume 1 (DVD)
Adult film star Asia Carrera lends her voice talents to the English dubbed version of this popular anime title. In THE FIRST NIGHT, Youri (Alexa Rae) is a college student who is wondering whether or not to sleep with her boyfriend, who she suspects has been seeing a masseuse who looks just like her. And in THE SECOND NIGHT,a man becomes obsessed with a beautiful nurse, Megumi (Kobe Tai), only to get a sudden heart attack and wind up being cared for by Megumi herself.
Contains graphic violence and sexual situations. Totally uncensored and absolutely not for viewers under 18 years of age.Unrated"
Number 17 (VHS)
Alfred Hitchcock demonstrates once again his brilliance in creating visual suspense in this film from his British period. NUMBER 17 tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house near a railway. Multiple identities and confusion are the background for this early Hitchcock thriller. The story, based on a play by J. Jefferson Farjeon, was previously filmed as a 1928 silent picture and was a studio assignment Hitchcock initially resented."
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
ACTORS: Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, John Stuart, Donald Calthrop, Barry Jones
The Devil and Daniel Webster (DVD)
William Dieterle adapts Stephen Vincent Benet`s transformation of the Faust legend from the tale of an aging genius to that of struggling New Hampshire farmer Jabez Stone, played by James Craig. When Stone absently exclaims that he would sell his soul for a little money and a decent crop, up pops the Mephistophelean Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston). Thinking the whole thing a joke, Stone takes Scratch up on his offer of seven years of prosperity in return for his soul. As Stone`s fortunes change and his coffers swell, so does his character. He mutates into a hard, avaricious tyrant, nearly enslaving as tenant famers the neigbors who had been his friends. Ignoring his kind and patient wife, Mary (Anne Shirley), he takes a mistress, Belle (Simone Simon), builds her a mansion, and even allows her to raise his son. When Scratch comes to collect his debt, the terrified Stone realizes his error and begs legendary New Hampshire lawyer and politician Daniel Webster (Edward Arnold) for help. THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER is a nearly perfect film, very well acted and directed, with an exceptional performance by Huston. Even better are the Oscar-winning score by Bernard Herrmann and the gorgeous black-and-white photography of Joseph August.NR"
Director: William Dieterle
ACTORS: Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, Anne Shirley, James Craig, Simone Simon
