Remember Pearl Harbor - 4 Pack (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
Remember Pearl Harbor - 4 Pack (DVD) 4-Disc Set This educational collection includes four World War II documentaries. Includes: Decisive Victory, We Take New Guinea, Attack: The Battle For New Britain, AND The Stilwell Road. See individual titles for complete deta...
This educational collection includes four World War II documentaries. Includes: Decisive Victory, We Take New Guinea, Attack: The Battle For New Britain, AND The Stilwell Road. See individual titles for complete details.
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Umberto D. (DVD)
UMBERTO D., from director Vittorio De Sica, is a simple, heartbreaking tale about the life of an elderly pensioner. Penniless and alone, with only the maid (Lina Genneri) from his rooming house and a devoted dog for companionship, the old man (Carlo Battisti) contemplates suicide. But then one day, a ray of hope pierces his bleak existence, and everything changes. This careful observation of one man`s attempt to keep his dignity in the face of a hostile society is one of the pearls of Italian post-war cinema.NR"
Director: Vittorio De Sica
The Temptations (DVD) Sensormatic Security Tag Musically oriented filmmaker Allan Arkush directs this fine biopic which tracks the legendary career of The Temptations. One of R&B`s most influential, revered bands, the five men enjoyed overnight success and ...
Musically oriented filmmaker Allan Arkush directs this fine biopic which tracks the legendary career of The Temptations. One of R&B`s most influential, revered bands, the five men enjoyed overnight success and helped define the Motown period. Like many other success stories, though, this one has a dark side -- with self-destructive impulses and personal problems threatening to destroy the band`s reign. In addition to capturing the drama of the group`s rise and fall, THE TEMPTATIONS features eight of the classic songs which made them legendary, including My Girl, Papa Was A Rollin` Stone, and Get Ready.
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Director: Allan Arkush
ACTORS: Terron Brooks, Christian Payton, Temptations, Charles Malik Whitfield, DB Woodside
The Color Purple (DVD)
Steven Spielbergs masterful adaptation of Alice Walker`s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Whoppi Goldberg, in her impressive screen debut, as Celie, a sharecropper`s daughter living in rural Georgia. The film opens in 1909 when Celie is a young girl, a victim of incest, pregnant with her father`s child. Ugly and unloved, separated from her children and her sister, Celie`s only option is marriage to an abusive, philandering husband (Danny Glover) who treats her little better than a slave. Her life changes forever when her husband brings his mistress, a beautiful blues singer named Shug (Margaret Avery), into the house. THE COLOR PURPLE was also the film debut for Oprah Winfrey, who beautifully plays Celies sister-in-law, Sofia. THE COLOR PURPLE was nominated for 11 Academy Awards (including one each for Goldberg, Avery, and Winfrey) but surprisingly won no Oscars, and although the film was nominated for a Best Picture award, Spielberg was snubbed by the academy and was not nominated for Best Director.PG-13"
Director: Steven Spielberg
ACTORS: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Adolph Caesar
Compaqeros (DVD)
Actor Franco Nero and director Sergio Corbucci (DJANGO) team up once again for this excellent spaghetti western. Violent and highly stylized, the film stars Nero as a Swedish mercenary and Tomas Milian as a revolutionary who attempt liberate an imprisoned professor (Rey) who holds the code to a safe containing a small fortune. However, one of Nero`s old partners, John (Palance), a psychotic mercenary who has a wooden hand and the disturbing habit of feeding his pet hawk human flesh, throws a wrench into Nero`s plans when he turns up with a few ideas of his own about what to do with the money. Featuring a score by Ennio Morricone, an outstanding cast, and a wicked sense of humor, COMPAQEROS stands out as a forgotten classic of the genre.NR"
Director: Sergio Corbucci
ACTORS: Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Fernando Rey, Iris Berben, Francisco Bodalo
