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The African Queen (Special Restoration Edition) (Blu-Ray)
(1951) [G]
Adapted from a novel by C.S. Forester, The African Queen stars Humphrey Bogart in his Oscar-winning portrayal of Charlie Aunt - the slovenly, gin-swilling captain of a tramp steamer called The African Queen, which ships supplies to small East African villages during World War I. Katharine Hepburn... More
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Dogs In Space (Blu-Ray)
(1987) [R]
The film is set in a house occupied by a collection of social misfits. The main storyline is that of a strange musician's relationship with a girl, their drug use and his band. These events are surrounded by a chaotic myriad of sub-plots. A homicidal chainsaw maniac's lust for his machine and a... More
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Wake in Fright (Blu-Ray)
(1971) [M]
Believed lost for many years, Wake in Fright has been painstakingly restored by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive and AtLab Deluxe, and is presented in its original uncompromising form.
Awe-inspiring, brutal and stunning, Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded... More
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The African Queen (Special Restoration Edition)
(1951) [G]
Adapted from a novel by C.S. Forester, The African Queen stars Humphrey Bogart in his Oscar-winning portrayal of Charlie Aunt - the slovenly, gin-swilling captain of a tramp steamer called The African Queen, which ships supplies to small East African villages during World War I. Katharine Hepburn... More
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A Walk in the Sun
(1945) [PG]
In a film which is considered by many to be the best WWII movie ever made, director Lewis Milestone (All Quiet On The Western Front) delivers a first-rate and unflinchingly honest character study of men at war. Action-filled with a blood-curdling final assault, this compelling war drama retains... More
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A Streetcar Named Desire (2 disc set)
(1951) [M]
A Streeetcar Named Desire: The Original Director's Version is the Elia Kazan/Tennessee Williams film moviegoers would have seen had not Legion of Decency censorship occurred at the last minute. It features three minutes of previously unseen footage underscoring, among other things, the sexual... More
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The Golden Coach
(1952) [G]
Set in a small Central American town in the eighteenth century, Camilla, played by Italian screen goddess Anna Magnani, is the prima donna of the local theatre company - and the object of three different men's affection. While all three ravish her with gifts and incentives in exchange for her... More
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Where No Vultures Fly
(1951) [G]
A heartwarming adventure tale of a game warden in East Africa who is so sickened by his orders to kill wildlife that he leaves his job to build his own animal sanctuary in remote jungle country.
Tight story well told. Features one of the first rhino versus truck on film. Unglamorous... More
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The Hospital
(1971) [M]
George C. Scott delivers an Oscar-nominated performance as a brilliant doctor in a hospital beset by murders, madness and mayhem in this "ferocious, powerful movie of resounding proportions". Directed by Arthur Hiller (Love Story) from an Oscar-winning script by Paddy Chayefsky, this intensely... More
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Town Without Pity
(1961) [M]
When four young American soldiers are accused of raping a girl from a German village near their camp, Major Steve Garrett is assigned the distasteful task of defending them. It soon becomes clear that the Army, the villagers, and even the girl's family are more interested in revenge than in the... More
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The Eagle Has Landed (Blu-Ray)
(1977) [PG]
Oberst Steiner, a German parachute unit commander, is sent to England on a covert mission to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill and bring him to Berlin. The seemingly impossible assignment becomes more and more feasible as the mission grows nearer with Steiner and his men arriving in England... More
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Brief Encounter (Blu-Ray)
(1945) [M]
Noel Coward's sensitive portrayal of what happens when two happily married strangers, played by Trevor Howard and Celia Johnston, meet and their acquaintance deepens into affection and eventually into love. It is a story of two people, thrown together by the chance meeting of the title, helpless... More
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Soldier Blue
(1970) [M]
Honus Gent, a U.S. soldier devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a white woman who had lived with the Cheyenne for two years, are the only two survivors of a slaughter committed by the Cheyennes on a cavalry group. Together they are hoping to stay alive until they reach the cavalry's base camp. As... More
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Look Back in Anger
(1959) [PG]
Based on John Osborne's play in which a university graduate (Richard Burton) comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values. British cinema in the late 50s was dominated by the "angry young men", a term referring to both the writers and their subject matter. The movement also... More
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Upstairs Downstairs :Series 1 (Disc 4 of 4)
(1971) [PG]
As the first major costume drama series written specially for British TV award-winning Upstairs Downstairs was an outstanding success. It became one of the best-loved and most acclaimed dramas of all time and now the 8 colour episodes from the 1st series are yours to enjoy in this sumptuous... More
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Upstairs Downstairs :Series 1 (Disc 3 of 4)
(1971) [PG]
As the first major costume drama series written specially for British TV award-winning Upstairs Downstairs was an outstanding success. It became one of the best-loved and most acclaimed dramas of all time and now the 8 colour episodes from the 1st series are yours to enjoy in this sumptuous... More
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Upstairs Downstairs :Series 1 (Disc 2 of 4)
(1971) [PG]
As the first major costume drama series written specially for British TV award-winning Upstairs Downstairs was an outstanding success. It became one of the best-loved and most acclaimed dramas of all time and now the 8 colour episodes from the 1st series are yours to enjoy in this sumptuous... More
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Wake in Fright
(1971) [M]
Believed lost for many years, Wake in Fright has been painstakingly restored by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive and AtLab Deluxe, and is presented in its original uncompromising form.
Awe-inspiring, brutal and stunning, Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded... More
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Mamma Roma
(1962) [M]
Paolo Pasolini’s (Accatone, Salo) neorealist masterpiece stars the great Anna Magnani (Open City) as a middle-aged whore who saves money to buy an apartment and retire from working the streets of Rome. She soon brings her beloved teenage son Ettore from the country to live with her; but Ettore... More
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The Browning Version (1951)
(1951) [PG]
Adapted by Sir Terence Rattigan from his 1948 play, Anthony Asquith's The Browning Version is a poignant examination of repression and redemption set in the English public school system. Classics master Andrew Crocker-Harris is preparing to retire early due to ill-health. Considered a... More
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The Quiet American (1958)
(1958) [PG]
Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Graham Greene, a love triangle brews amidst a growing political tempest in this brilliantly intellectual film in which nothing is quite as it seems.
In 1952 Saigon is caught between the corrupt colonial powers and the Communist uprising. An... More
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Hell Is for Heroes
(1962) [M]
World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from... More
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Too Late for Tears (aka Killer Bait) : (2 disc set)
(1949) [M]
One night on a lonely highway, a speeding car tosses a satchel of money, meant for somebody else, into Jane and Alan Palmer's back seat. Alan wants to turn it over to the police, but Jane, with luxury within her reach, persuades him to hang onto it "for a while." Soon, the Palmers are traced by... More
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Portrait in Black
(1960) [M]
Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn are lovers who murder Lana's cruel, but wealthy husband, played by Lloyd Nolan.
San Francisco cargo shipping czar, Matthew Cabot (Lloyd Nolan) is bedridden and slowly dying as his beautiful and ultra-glamorous wife Sheila (Lana Turner) becomes more and... More
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Madame X
(1966) [M]
Lana Turner's performance is brilliant going from loving bride and mother to a woman so down on her luck that when confronted with the chance that her son may discover what has become of her she resorts to murder , therefore protecting the only thing she has any love left for. The supporting cast... More
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The Fighting 69th
(1940) [PG]
"The Fighting 69th" is a First World War regiment of mostly New York-Irish soldiers. Amongst a cocky crew, perhaps the cockiest is Jerry Plunkett, a scrappy fellow who looks out only for himself. The officers and non-coms of the regiment do their best to instill discipline in Plunkett, and the... More
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Nosferatu (1922) (2 disc set)
(1922) [PG]
The silent classic based on the story "Dracula"!
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Special Features:
* All new restored print with newly translated intertiltes in English and German
* Accompanied... More
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