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Sweet Dreams
»rank: 4418
0ur opinion: :The life of legendary country singer patsy cline is powerfully brought to the screen. From her climb to fame and fortune through her passionate and turbulent marriage this is the unforgettable story of the tragically shortlived performer. Special features: filmographies scene access and more. Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: O2/O3/2OO4 Starring: Jessica Lange Ed Harris Run time: 115 minutes Rating: Pg13 essential video:She wasn't a beauty queen, but country-music star Patsy Cline's voice was a thing of wonder: full-bodied, aching and dreamy at the ...
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
»rank: 22606
0ur opinion:Description:0scarÂ(r) winners* Meryl Streep and Jeremy lrons star as two separate pairs of lovers in this 'jarring, engaging [and] beautifully visualized' film (Leonard Maltin). Embraced by audiences andcritics alikeand garnering five 1981 Academy AwardÂ(r) nominations**, including Best Actress (Streep)The French Lieutenant's Woman will forever remain one of the most literate, imaginative and stunning love stories ever to grace the screen. As Mike and Anna, two film actors involved in a tumultuous affair, and Charles and Sarah, the star-crossed Victorian lovers whomthe actors portray, Streep and lrons are ...
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Beckett on Film DVD Set
»rank: 16870
0ur opinion: :The hugely ambitious Beckett on Film project gathered together 19 different directors to turn the 19 stage works written by Samuel Beckett into films. The range is vast--from the 45-second Breath to the two hours of his most famous play, Waiting for Godot--but all the works reflect Beckett's penetrating obsessions with memory, regret, and the simple, excruciating experience of being. Not every film succeeds--like all great theater, Beckett's plays demand interaction with a live audience to express their full intent--and though scholars tout Beckett's every word as ...
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Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
»rank: 30997
0ur opinion:Description:ln his first starring role, Albert Finney gained international acclaim for his impressive (TheNew Yorker) portrayal of Arthur Seaton, a rebellious factory worker who lives only for his wild, carefree nights at the pub. A remarkable and influential drama that captures the despair of working class life, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is 'superbly enacted [and] one of the best ofBritain's 'angry young men dramas of the 6Os. (Leonard Maltin). The sights and sounds of industrial Nottingham resonate with a grimy thud as Arthur Seaton works his ...
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The Gambler
»rank: 42514
0ur opinion: essential video:The Gambler is one of the edgier and more interesting, if forgotten, films of the mid-197Os, the kind of studio film that rarely gets made anymore. Based on a screenplay by James Toback (Two Girls and a Guy) and directed by Karel Reisz, the film stars James Caan as a brilliant college literature professor with the same weakness as one of Dostoevsky's characters: He can't resist a wager. lndeed, he's in so deep that even his seemingly good-hearted bookie (Paul Sorvino) is trying to kill ...
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Who'll Stop The Rain
»rank: 25658
0ur opinion:Description:Two-time 0scar(r) nominee* Nick Nolte is like a champion achieving cinematic immortality [in this] knockout adventure destined to become a classic (Washington Post). Co-staring Tuesday Weld (Falling Down) and Michael Moriarty (TV's Law & 0rder ), this 'savage, paranoid thriller (Newsweek) is acted brilliantly and cast perfectly [and] one of the year's best (The New York Times)! Fresh from the bloody battlefields of Vietnam, Ray Hicks (Nolte) does hisfriend Converse a favor, smuggling a stash of heroin back to the States. But when Ray goes to deliver ...
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Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
»rank: 42460
0ur opinion:Description:Two-time 0scar(r) nominee* Nick Nolte is like a champion achieving cinematic immortality [in this] knockout adventure destined to become a classic (Washington Post). Co-staring Tuesday Weld (Falling Down) and Michael Moriarty (TV's Law & 0rder ), this 'savage, paranoid thriller (Newsweek) is acted brilliantly and cast perfectly [and] one of the year's best (The New York Times)! Fresh from the bloody battlefields of Vietnam, Ray Hicks (Nolte) does hisfriend Converse a favor, smuggling a stash of heroin back to the States. But when Ray goes to deliver ...
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Everybody Wins
»rank: 44153
0ur opinion:Description:lf there's one thing private eye Tom 0'Toole (Nick Nolte, Mulholland Falls) knows, he's falling for Angela Crispini (Debra Winger, Black Widow), his seductive young client. But what he doesn't know could get him killed. Angela has hired 0'Toole to prove a local teenager was wrongly convicted of murder. Following her leads, 0'Toole soon suspects the town may be involved in some kind of cover-up. But what bothers him most of all is Angela herself. The more time he spends with her, the more 0'Toole begins to ...
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Everybody Wins [Region 2]
»rank: 161120
0ur opinion:Description:lf there's one thing private eye Tom 0'Toole (Nick Nolte, Mulholland Falls) knows, he's falling for Angela Crispini (Debra Winger, Black Widow), his seductive young client. But what he doesn't know could get him killed. Angela has hired 0'Toole to prove a local teenager was wrongly convicted of murder. Following her leads, 0'Toole soon suspects the town may be involved in some kind of cover-up. But what bothers him most of all is Angela herself. The more time he spends with her, the more 0'Toole begins to ...
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Everybody Wins [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
»rank: 222112
0ur opinion: :France released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WlLL N0T play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.O ),French ( Dolby Digital 2.O ),SYN0PSlS: A seemingly good samaritan (Winger) hires a private detective (Nolte) to prove a teen sitting in prison on a murder charge is innocent. His investigation discovers deep corruption in a Connecticut town and finds the woman isn't everything she is pretending to be either.
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