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Majestic Journeys (DVD)
Travel the globe with this fantastic series of documentaries that capture the beauty and wonder of natural landscapes. Includes: MAJESTIC JOURNEYS: CASCADING WATERWAYS, MAJESTIC JOURNEYS: PEAKS OF THE HEAVENS and MAJESTIC JOURNEYS: EDGE OF THE HORIZO...NR"
Por Si No Te Vuelvo a Ver (DVD)
Four elderly men escape from a nursing home to pursue their collective dream of being professional musicians. In their journey to find a paying gig, they encounter obstacles of every time--the police, drug lords, nursing home authorities, their families, and more. They find work as a backup band in a strip club, but their adventures don`t stop there. This touching comedy won 6 1997 Ariel Awards, the Mexican equivalent of the Oscar.NR"
Director: Juan Pablo Villasenor
ACTORS: Ana Bertha Espin, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, Max Kerlow, Blanca Torres
Locomotion - The Amazing World of Trains (DVD)
This fond overview of train history rides the rails of nostalgia from iron horses to TGV`s and beyond. Four episodes, first shown on A&E, include Engines of Enterprise, Taming the Iron Monster, The War Machines, and Magic Machines and Mobile People. NR"
Road to Perdition (DVD) DTS Widescreen Directed by Sam Mendes and based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner, the Depression-era crime epic ROAD TO PERDITION stars Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan, a quiet hit man who is duty bound ...
Directed by Sam Mendes and based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner, the Depression-era crime epic ROAD TO PERDITION stars Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan, a quiet hit man who is duty bound to Mafia boss John Rooney (Paul Newman). The mobster`s close bond with Sullivan, however, leads Rooney`s jealous blood son, Connor (Daniel Craig), to orchestrate a tragic series of events that results in Sullivan on the run with his 12-year-old son, Michael Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin). Soon an unscrupulous crime photographer/assassin named Maguire (Jude Law) is sent after Sullivan and his son, and Sullivan must decide on a course of action as young Michael comes to terms with his father`s violent way of life.
Meticulously directed by Mendes and brilliantly photographed by Conrad Hall, each scene of ROAD TO PERDITION has the composition of an expertly crafted painting. Making effective use of rain, snow, and shadows, the filmmakers create a cinematic world that`s as dark, cold, and unforgiving as many of its inhabitants. But the film also allows for glimpses of emotional warmth, particularly in Sullivan`s relationships with his son and Rooney, his surrogate father. In these roles, the respective actors create complex characters that resonate even in their restraint; Hanks is outstanding as a man of action with little time for words, while newcomer Hoechlin creates an unsentimental portrait of a confused boy, and Newman once again proves why he`s a screen legend. And, in a strikingly unflattering role, Law makes the most out of his screen time as a creepy, parasitic hit man. Even in its harshest moments, however, Mendes never fails to remind the audience that ROAD TO PERDITION is a film about fathers and sons; and this is what elevates it from an atmospheric gangster movie to a truly astonishing work of art.
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Director: Sam Mendes
ACTORS: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Tyler Hoechlin, Daniel Craig
The Clash: Westway to the World (DVD) Digitally Mastered; Director`s Cut WESTWAY TO THE WORLD features the legendary punk rock group, The Clash, in a series of revealing interviews (many exclusive to this release) intertwined with hefty doses of previously unseen live foot...
WESTWAY TO THE WORLD features the legendary punk rock group, The Clash, in a series of revealing interviews (many exclusive to this release) intertwined with hefty doses of previously unseen live footage, encompassing the influential band`s career in its entirety. This director`s cut DVD also features the previously unseen in the US feature, THE CLASH ON BROADWAY, filmed in 1982 during the band`s seventeen back-to-back shows in New York City.
THE CLASH: WESTWAY TO THE WORLD won director Don Letts and The Clash a Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards held in February 2003.
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