In Shock Corridor, the great American writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller (The Naked Kiss, The Big Red One) masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and dementia. Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, madness closes in on him. Constance Towers (The Naked Kiss) co-stars as Johnny's coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on r.ace in sixties America and daring photography by Stanley Cortez (The Night of the Hunter), Shock Corridor is now recognized for its far-reaching influence. Special Edition Features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack) New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis Excerpts from The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera, Adam Simon's 1996 documentary on director Samuel Fuller Original theatrical trailer PLUS: Illustrations by cartoonist Daniel Clowes (Eightba/1, Ghost World) and a booklet featuring an essay by critic and poet Robert Polito and excerpts from Fuller's autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking.
The husband (Michael Douglas) is a currency trader whose portfolio value is going right down the drain. The wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) is the heiress to a $100 million fortune. The marriage is not a happy one, but the promise of long-term affluence keeps them together. The wife pursues an affair with an artist (Viggo Mortenson) who gives her all the passion she doesn't get at home, and when the husband finds out, well ... someone's going to pay with their life. Who will the unlucky one be? We wouldn't dare spoil the elegant plot twists of this devious thriller, but it's well known that Douglas excels at portraying greedy characters with ice in their veins. Here, it's easy to assume that Douglas has pulled off, as the title implies, a killing that nobody will ever pin on him. But this is the kind of glossy thriller (loosely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder) that delights in disrupting your expectations, so it grabs your attention right up to the final scene. It's a bit too cold really to draw you in but with its able cast and stylish direction by Andrew Davis, this less-than-perfect murder thriller is still definitely worth a look. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
John Wayne teams with William Holden and eminent western director John Ford for this frontier actioner. Written by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin this faithful representation of one of the most daring cavalry exploits in history is both a moving tribute to the men who fought and died in that bloody war and a powerful action-packed drama. Based on an actual Civil War incident The Horse Soldiers tells the rousing tale of a troop of Union Soldiers who force their way deep into Sou
A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager. Special Features: Includes a Hilarious Gag Reel and Behind-The-Scenes Vignettes!
The Relic is the story of a monster that runs amok in a Chicago museum on the very day the institution is holding a glitzy reception. Naturally, the museum bosses want to go ahead with their public relations even as the creature is decapitating victims. Penelope Ann Miller plays a scientist on the run from the critter (which is at times computer generated and reminiscent of the raptors in Jurassic Park), and Tom Sizemore is a cop looking for his cold-blooded (in every sense) killer. Peter Hyams (Timecop) directs, and as always he excels at managing the plastic action at the cost of real feeling and logic. (Much of the story is pretty laughable.) --Tom Keogh
Titles Comprise: My Darling Clementine: In another of his classic Westerns John Ford again reflects upon the advance of civilization on the receding frontier recounting the events leading up to and including the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral. As they drive their cattle toward California Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) and his brothers Morgan (Ward Bond) Virgil (Tim Holt) and young James (Don Garner) stop outside Tombstone Arizona where they refuse an offer for
John Wayne teams with William Holden and eminent Western director John Ford for this frontier actioner packed with laughter romance and thrills (The Hollywood Reporter). Based on one of the most daring cavalry exploits in history The Horse Soldiers is both a moving tribute to the men who fought and died in that bloody war and a powerful action-packed drama. In command is hard bitten Colonel Marlowe (Wayne) a man who is strikingly contrasted by the company's gentle surgeon (Holden) and the beautiful but crafty Southern belle (Constance Towers) who's forced to accompany the Union raiders as they force their way deep into Southern territory to destroy a rebel stronghold at Newton Station.
John Wayne plays hardbitten Union Cavalry Colonel Marlowe, who teams up with a pacifist doctor (William Holden) in this Civil War western directed by John Ford. Together with a feisty Southern belle (Constance Towers), the pair lead a cavalry patrol on a mission 300 miles into Confederate territory, in an attempt to destroy a railroad junction and choke off vital supply lines.
Seeking a Pulitzer a reporter has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer madness closes in on him. Writer/ director/ producer Sam Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and dementia.
This fantastic seven feature box set showcases the Duke in some of his finest performances all packaged in a sublime collector's edition tin box set! Features Comprise: 1. The Alamo (Dir. John Wayne 1960) 2. Red River (Dir. Howard Hawks 1948) 3. The Horse Soldiers (Dir. John Ford 1959) 4. The Big Trail (Dir. Raoul Walsh 1930) 5. North To Alaska (Dir. Henry Hathaway 1960) 6. The Comancheros (Dir. Michael Curtiz John Wayne 1961) 7. The Undefeated (Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen 1969) For individual synopses please refer to the individual films.
William Holden and Jennifer Jones star in one of drama's most endearing and intelligent love stories. Nominated for eight Academy Awards this timeless classic follows the passionate affair of an American correspondent and a Eurasian doctor whose love for each other must overcome racial prejudice and the outbreak of war in Korea.
The set-up is pure pulp: A former prostitute relocates to a buttoned-down suburb determined to fit in to mainstream society. But in the strange hallucinatory territory of writer/ director/ producer Samuel Fuller perverse secrets simmer beneath a seemingly wholesome facade.
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