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Pearl Harbor: Day of Infamy (DVD)
A three hour documentary about Pearl Harbor containing over 25 survivor interviews revealing eyewitness accounts from both American and Japanese veterans. Witness the events of December 7, 1941, as a Japanese carrier fleet launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of Oahu which ultimately demolished the United States Pacific Fleet in under one hour. Approximately 2,500 American lives were lost and numerous US military battleships and aircraft were destroyed.NR"
Men and Women (VHS)
Banned in China for its open portrayal of homosexuality, Bingjian Liu`s MEN AND WOMEN is a comedy of sexual awakenings and blurred gender identity. When country boy Xiao Bo (Yo Bo) leaves his rural village and moves to Beijing, he finds both employment and living quarters with shopkeeper Mrs. Qing (Qing Yang), whose kindness extends so far as to matchmake her new tenant with her best friend Meng. But after a few dates Meng begins to suspect Xiao Bo is gay, prompting a series of unexpected revelations from both Mrs. Qing and her husband Kang (Kang Zhang).NR"
Director: Bingjian Liu
ACTORS: Bo Yo, Qing Yang, Kang Zhang, Jiangag Wei, Zi`en Cui
Pearl Harbor: Day of Infamy (DVD)
A three hour documentary about Pearl Harbor containing over 25 survivor interviews revealing eyewitness accounts from both American and Japanese veterans. Witness the events of December 7, 1941, as a Japanese carrier fleet launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of Oahu which ultimately demolished the United States Pacific Fleet in under one hour. Approximately 2,500 American lives were lost and numerous US military battleships and aircraft were destroyed.NR"
West Side Story (DVD) Two Disc Special Edition Considered one of the most popular musicals of all time, WEST SIDE STORY earned director Robert Wise an Oscar for Best Director as well as nine other Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Realistically portra...
Considered one of the most popular musicals of all time, WEST SIDE STORY earned director Robert Wise an Oscar for Best Director as well as nine other Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Realistically portrayed characters and their surroundings and expert editing complementing innovative dance sequences mark this highly stylized modern-day Romeo and Juliet tale. The stage is set in New Yorks Upper West Side in the 1950s, where the areas slums are plagued by racial tensions acted on by two rival gangs: the Puerto Rican Sharks and the Caucasian Jets. In the middle of this mess is young, innocent Maria (Natalie Wood), a Puerto Rican seamstress whose brother, Bernardo (George Chakiris), is the leader of the Sharks. Despite the warnings of Anita (Rita Moreno), Bernardo`s fiery girlfriend, Maria falls in love with a young, hopeful Polish boy, Tony (Richard Beymer), who used to belong to the Jets, now headed by Riff (Russ Tamblyn). When Tony, on Marias urging, tries to stop a rumble between the gangs, tragedy ensues, marking their dedicated love affair with violence and desperation. The infectious, lyrical landmark score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim help round out one of the greatest musical experiences ever captured on film.
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Director: Robert Wise|Jerome Robbins
ACTORS: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn, George Chakiris
Me & Isaac Newton (DVD)
In the documentary ME & ISAAC NEWTON, seven top scientists are profiled, including flamboyant physicist Michio Kaku, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Gertrude Elion, linguist Steven Pinker, a robot scientist who contributed to the Mars Pathfinder mission, and an environmental physicist who has developed a cheap method of purifying water in developing countries. Directed by Michael Apted (7 UP series, GORILLAS IN THE MIST), the film explores the scientific ethos without getting tangled in the technical details of the scientists` important work. Concentrating on how the scientists come up with their exotic ideas, the film uncovers fascinating contrasts in their biographies and their thinking. Do older scientists have the same capacity as younger scientists to brainstorm new ideas? Are there differences between male and female scientists? Is science a religion or just a tool? Similar to Erroll Morris`s documentary FAST, CHEAP, AND OUT OF CONTROL, Apted`s film juxtaposes the scientists` comments in intriguing combinations. The film was conceived as a companion piece to Apted`s INSPIRATIONS, which focuses on seven artists and musicians. With both films, Apted captures important insights on the nature of human imagination.NR"
Director: Michael Apted
