Sausalito (DVD) Import Ellen is a Chinese woman whose husband leaves her in San Francisco, forcing her to work as a cab driver. One night she picks up Mike, a wealthy computer millionaire with a history of short flings. The two become more and more at...
Ellen is a Chinese woman whose husband leaves her in San Francisco, forcing her to work as a cab driver. One night she picks up Mike, a wealthy computer millionaire with a history of short flings. The two become more and more attracted to each other, but a sudden emergency causes unexpected turmoil. A sweet romance filmed on location in the San Francisco area.
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Director: Wai Keung Lau
ACTORS: Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai, Eric Kot, Richard Ng
Powerful Four (DVD) Import A gritty, 1960s-set cop corruption thriller, with a quartet of dirty detectives scamming their way to the top of the station roster.
A gritty, 1960s-set cop corruption thriller, with a quartet of dirty detectives scamming their way to the top of the station roster.
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Director: David Lam
ACTORS: Simon Yam, Danny Lee, Waise Lee, Kent Cheng
Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet (DVD)
ETOILES is a documentary written and directed by Nils Tavernier (son of director Bertrand Tavernier). The film focuses on the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet, one of the oldest and most rigorous ballet academies in existence, founded by Louis XVI, and producing some of the best dancers alive. The dancers, choreographers, teachers, students, and even the staff who work at the Ballet are captured in the film, weaving an intricate tapestry that shows the busy, demanding, and highly structured world in which these people live. The process of becoming a Paris Opera Ballet dancer is brutal, both physically and psychologically. Girls between the ages of 8 and 10 and boys between the ages of 9 and 11 begin at the Paris Opera Ballet`s offshoot in Nanterre. There, they are trained by teachers who have been with the company for decades and who, often, are themselves graduates of the school. An annual exam determines whether the students graduate to the next level, and only a handful make the cut. Individual interviews with the adult dancers have them describe what dancing means to them, and many are at a loss for words, declaring it a way of life and the only thing they know. Love is not the word, says one young woman, it`s something that devours you. Another explained that she contemplated being a nun, and instead became a dancer. Meanwhile the dancers furiously rehearse performances of Swan Lake, Maurice Bejart`s Ninth Symphony, and La Sylphide. A beautiful film because of its music, its settings, its dances and dancers, ETOILES is a portrait of dancers who dedicate their lives to mastering a single art, while sacrificing practically everything else.NR"
Director: Nils Tavernier
Hallmark Classics 5-Pack II (DVD)
Five classic adventures are included in this gift set of Hallmark Hall of Fame productions--ARABIAN NIGHTS, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, THE LOST EMPIRE, MOBY DICK, and THE ODYSSEY.NR"
Corrosion of Conformity - Live Volume the Movie (DVD)
Though extremely popular in the metal world, Corrosion of Conformity have managed to achieve their dedicated fan following without the mainstream tools of radio play and heavy MTV rotation. LIVE VOLUME captures the band at Detroit`s Harpo Concert Theatre. Filmed on April 20, 2001, the concert is a 75-minute eardrum assault which includes favorite tracks like Wiseblood, Zippo, Senor Limpio, and Albatross. NR"
