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Farewell My Concubine (DVD)
In Chen Kaige`s adaptation of the Lilian Lee novel, Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Fengyi Zhang) grow up enduring the harsh training of the Peking Opera Academy, where instructors regularly beat the children as a means of instilling in them the discipline needed to master the complex physical and vocal technique. As the two boys mature, they develop complementary talents: Dieyi, with his fine, delicate features, assumes the female roles while the burlier Xiaolou plays masculine warlords. Their dramatic identities become real for Dieyi when he falls in love with Xiaolou; the resolutely heterosexual Xiaolou, however, marries a courtesan, Juxian (Gong Li), creating a dangerous, jealousy-filled romantic triangle. Spanning 50 years from the early part of the 20th century to the tumultuous Cultural Revolution, Kaige`s passionate, exquisitely shot film captures the vast historical scope of a changing world (and the mesmerizing pageantry of the opera) while also providing the intimate and touching details of a unique, tender, heartrending love story.R"
Director: Chen Kaige
ACTORS: Gong Li, Leslie Cheung
Bastard!! - Complete Boxed Set (DVD)
Dark Schneider is the Bastard, a lone warlock who sets out to save the denizens of Meta-Rikana from an army of destruction whose aim is world domination and the resurrection of an ancient evil. However, the Bastard`s motives are not completely honorable. He cares little for the fate of Meta-Rikana, but is instead bent on exacting revenge on an army he used to be a member of and showing up his ex-girlfriend. Contains all three volumes of BASTARD!! in a collector`s box or on one DVD. See individual titles for details.NR"
Rifleman, The - Volume 4 (DVD)
Another quintet of rip-snortin` Western episodes from the 60`s television series.NR"
ACTORS: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix
The Life of Birds (DVD)
A ten hour series which presents a comprehensive look at one of the planet`s most beautiful species. Volume 1: To Fly or Not to Fly? and The Mastery of Flight; Volume 2: The Insatiable Appetite and Meat-Eaters; Volume 3: Fishing For a Living and Signal and Songs; Volume 4: Finding Partners and The Demands of the Egg; Volume 5: The Problems of Parenthood and The Limits of Endurance.NR"
Northern Exposure - The Complete First Season DVD
Dr. Joel Fleishman (Rob Morrow) never wanted to leave New York, but the lure of paying off his medical school bills by working in a remote area seems too good to pass up.
Dr. Joel Fleishman (Rob Morrow) never wanted to leave New York, but the lure of paying off his medical school bills by working in a remote area seems too good to pass up. However, the quirky citizens and sheer inconvenience of small town Alaska have him pining for the next flight back to Manhattan. Though Joel grudgingly stays, it takes him a while to warm to the climate and the people. Between the town's feisty mayor/pilot Maggie (Janine Turner), ex-NASA astronaut turned pompous millionaire Maurice J. Minnifield (Barry Corbin), and problems adjusting to the cycles of the sun, the weather, and everything else about the wild country, each episode provides a wealth of rich character studies and complex, universally appealing humor. This program contains the complete first season of the series.
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ACTORS: Rob Morrow, Barry Corbin, Janine Turner, John Cullum, Darren E. Burrows
