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Under Milk Wood

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Under Milk Wood
(1973) [PG]


Dylan Thomas only wrote one play and this is the first and only screen adaptation of that world famous Welsh classic. The original play has been presented in nearly every country in the world, and on celluloid it remains by turn moving, funny, beautiful and completely timeless - a kaleidoscope of...  More


 
All The Rivers Run (2 Disc Set)

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All The Rivers Run (2 Disc Set)
(2007) [M]


Set in the boom town of Echuca, Australia's largest inland port in the 1890s, All the Rivers Run is the classic romantic tale of love between a woman, a man and the river that binds them together. When the young Philadelphia Gordon is shipwrecked and off the coast of Australia and her parents are...  More


 
Braveheart (2-Disc set)

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Braveheart (2-Disc set)
(1995) [MA]


Rousing Hollywood epic about Scottish rebels fighting English oppression. Packed with idyllic scenery and brutally realistic battles. William Wallace (Mel Gibson) sets out to avenge the deaths of his Scottish relatives by raising an army and taking on the might of the English  More


 
Gladiator (2 Disc Set)

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Gladiator (2 Disc Set)
(2000) [M]


Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save...  More


 
Time Regained

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Time Regained
(1999) [R]


Time Regained (aka Le Temps Retrouve) is a French language film starring the eternally graceful Catherine Deneuve. The film is based (loosely) on Marcel Proust's saga 'a la Recherche du Temps Perdu' (Remembrance Of Things Past). While the film does not strictly follow the structure of Proust's...  More


 
La Veuve De Saint-Pierre (The Widow of Saint-Pierre)

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La Veuve De Saint-Pierre (The Widow of Saint-Pierre)
(2000) [M]


The year is 1850. On Saint Pierre, a forgotten small island near Canada, Neel Auguste (Emir Kusturica) is found guilty of murder and condemned to death. But in Saint Pierre there is neither guillotine nor executioner to carry out the sentence. While waiting for a guillotine to arrive from France,...  More


 
Barry Lyndon

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Barry Lyndon
(1975) [PG]


How does an Irish lad without prospects become part of the 18th-century English nobility? For Barry Lyndon (Ryan O’Neal) the answer is: any way he can! Barry is a pining suitor, a duellist, a vagabond, a soldier in the Seven Years War, a rogue, a spy, a card shark - all way stations on the...  More


 
Twelfth Night (BBC)

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Twelfth Night (BBC)
(1980) [G]


Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new...  More


 
The Man Who Would Be King

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The Man Who Would Be King
(1975) [PG]


Based on a Richard Kipling story and packed with spectacle, humor, excitement and bold twists of fate, The Man Who Would Be King earns its crown as "an epic like no other. One of the screen's great adventure yarns." (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic) Sean Connery and Michael Caine -- chins...  More


 
L'Innocente

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L'Innocente
(1976) [M]


With breathtaking elegance, Visconti's vision of a decadent aristocratic society, dazzles the eyes in sumptuous style.

Giancarlo Gianni stars as Tullio, a debauched unprincipled libertine who indulges himself in a series of affairs. Finally, he leaves his wife for his sensual mistress....  More


 
Death In Venice

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Death In Venice
(1971) [PG]


One man becomes so obsessed by the beauty of a young boy in Venice that he cannot bear to leave, even when the city is affected by a plague. Based on the novel by Thomas Mann.  More


 
1900 (2 disc set)

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1900 (2 disc set)
(1976) [R]


Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock (Depardieu), the other born to a land owner (De Niro). The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by...  More


 
Love in the Afternoon

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Love in the Afternoon
(1957) [M]


May-December romance is in bloom when screen legends Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper star in this "sparkling, witty romantic comedy" from three-times Academy Award winning director Billy Wilder. Co-starring Maurice Chevalier and the first collaboration with long-time future Wilder writing partner,...  More


 
The Village

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The Village
(2004) [M]


The people of a late nineteenth century village have built an harmonious and idyllic community in a beautiful setting. However, the surrounding woods contain creatures of an unknown origin refered to as "those we don't speak of". Lucius Hunt (Joaquin Phoenix) is curious about the outside world...  More


 
Cousin Bette

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Cousin Bette
(1998) [M]


COUSIN BETTE, based on the novel by Honore de Balzac, stars Jessica Lange in a delicious performance. Elisabeth Fisher (Jessica Lange), known to her relatives as Bette, is a humble seamstress in a burlesque theatre in Paris. She has always been taken for granted by her rich relations, and has...  More


 
Henry VIII and His Six Wives

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Henry VIII and His Six Wives
(1973) [PG]


Featuring a wealth of stars, this powerful period drama follows the illustrious life of King Henry VIII and his six wives. From his death bed Henry (Keith Michell) reminisces over his life and loves...  More


 
Seven Samurai (50th Anniversary Uncut Version)

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Seven Samurai (50th Anniversary Uncut Version)
(1954) [PG]


In 16th Century Japan a poor village is raided every of year by a group bandits until, driven to the brink of starvation, the villagers decide to hire professional warriors to protect them. With only three meagre meals a day to offer as payment, their quest seems an impossible one. A simple plot,...  More


 
 
 

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