Hollywood journeyman par excellence Michael Curtiz directs this historical Western which tells the stories of confederate soldier Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn) and General George Armstrong Custer (Ronald Reagan) as they fight abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey).
Richard Todd Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal star in this sensitive adaptation of John Patrick's play focusing on a proud Scottish soldier who has little time to live and the friendships he eventually makes among those around him. A huge success in 1949 The Hasty Heart received two Golden Globes as well as an Oscar nomination for Todd for his performance as the surly mistrustful Corporal MacLachlan. This classic film is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements. Burma 1945: a group of Allied soldiers languishes in a military hospital each man longing for the day he may return home. Easy-going 'Yank' shares a ward with Londoner 'Tommy' New Zealander 'Kiwi' Australian 'Digger' and 'Blossom' a Basuto African who speaks no English; all are in the care of the sympathetic Sister Margaret Parker. When told they will be joined by a young Scot who – unbeknown to him – has but weeks to live they react with a mixture of compassion and trepidation. But little could have prepared them for the gruff recalcitrance and downright hostility of Cpl. Lachlan 'Lachie' MacLachlan... Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer Extensive Image Galleries
Six of your favourite Western Classics in one box set! Disc One - Man in the ShadowIn effect the town of Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler. When two of Renchler's men go too far and kill a ranch hand Sheriff Ben Sadler is goaded into investigating. His unlikely ally is Renchler's overprotected daughter. Will Ben survive Renchler's wrath? Disc Two - Law and OrderFed up with the residents of Tombstone for their lack of appreciation sharp-shooting marshal Frame Johnson retires to a ranch in Cottonwood with hopes of settling down. When he arrives at the Cottonwood saloon his entrance is noticed by local rancher Kurt Durling whose hand Frame shot off in a cattle rustling raid. Durling who now runs Cottonwood vows revenge. It looks like he may have to clean up Cottonwood too. But how great a sacrifice will he make for law and order? Disc Three - Ride Clear of DiabloRailroad surveyor Clay O'Mara goes after rustlers who murdered his father and brother. Along the way he first arrests then teams up with outlaw Whitey Kinkaid who helps O'Mara only to see how long the tenderfoot lasts. Outwitting several attempts on his life engineered by the crooked lawyer who set up his family O'Mara and a wounded Kinkaid face the gang. Disc Four - The Great Northfield Minnesota RaidLate in the summer of 1876 the gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger were given amnesty by their home state of Missouri. Faced with the possibility of a quiet and peaceful future the notorious ruffians had no choice but to plan one final heist at the biggest bank west of the Mississippi in Northfield Minnesota. Together the two men executed what they thought would be a fool proof plan...until the citizens of Northfield proved them wrong. Disc Five - Border RiverJim Lake actually known as Confederate Major Clete Matson has stolen 2 million dollars in Union gold from a Colorado bank in order to buy war supplies for the South. Whilst fleeing from the police and crossing the Texas border Lake is watched by General Eduardo Calleja. He is later introduced to Baron Kurt Von Hollden who handles all of Calleja's imports. But with so much money around whom can Lake really trust? Disc Six - Horizon's WestNeil Hammond returns from the war to his life of ranching while older brother Dan returns with ambitions as outsized as the Lone Star State. When Dan loses his business seed money to gambler Cord Hardin he turns to rustling. However ill-gotten gains prove tenuous and Dan's empire begins to crumble when his brother Neil is named the new Marshall.
In a career that's approaching four history-making decades..In an artist creative enough to succeed in every entertainment medium including: A successful singing career with hits in the 60's 70's 80's and 90's Two Top Ten - rated television shows A critically acclaimed appearance on the Broadway stage A succession of hit films including an Academy Award for ""Best Actress"". For all this and so much more Cher has given us reason to believe. With the incredible success of Beli
Jonathan Demme's outstanding documentary on Jean Dominique a Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist. Jean Dominique whose Radio Haiti was celebrated in his native land provided a much needed democratic voice for the Haitian people during an oppressive and violent political climate. Cut together from over fifteen years of footage The Agronomist records the turbulent times of Radio Haiti and Jean Dominique himself who was forced into exile twice during his life. Combi
Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans.
US Navy submarines bravely try to penetrate the heavily-mined entrance to the Sea of Japan in order to sink enemy shipping which is carrying coal food and iron from China to the Japanese homeland. Available for the first time on DVD!
WARN THAT MAN At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is due to stay at Lord Buckley's country estate. They devise a cunning plan of subterfuge and brute force wherein they intend kidnap Lord Buckley's guest and take him back to Germany... THE HASTY HEART Burma, 1945: a group of Allied soldiers languish in a military hospital, each man longing for the day he can return home. When told they will be joined by a young Scot who unbeknown to him has only weeks to live, they react with a mixture of compassion and trepidation. SO LITTLE TIME When war clouds burst over Europe for the second time in a generation, the Belgians again suffer the humiliation of occupation; Madam de Malvines and her daughter Nicole find their chateau outside Brussels partially requisitioned by Colonel von Hohensee, the local German commander. THE MAN FROM MOROCCO With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International Brigades seek refuge in France. But on reaching the frontier the band is disarmed, detained and sent to Morocco to work on the Sahara railway for the Germans.
Anzio (1968): Robert Mitchum Peter Falk and Arthur Kennedy star in the rivetting war drama Anzio a vivid portrait of one of the bloodiest WWII battles ever fought. After landing with Allied troops at Anzio Italy in 1944 war correspondent Dick Ennis (Mitchum) and buddy Corporal Rabinoff (Falk) tell Anzio commander General Lesley (Kennedy) that the road to Rome is wide open. But instead of heading to Rome Lesley attempts to build a coastal stronghold only to discover that the Germans have outflanked them by enclosing the Anzio beachhead. Four months and over 30 000 casualties later the Allied forces smash through the German lines and victoriously march to Rome. Directed by Edward Dmytryk Anzio is a powerful film and a symbol of heroic tenacity. Cockleshell Heroes (1955): In World War II Royal Marine Major Stringer (Jose Ferrer) and Captain Thompson (Trevor Howard) chose volunteers for an unknown job. They trained the volunteers intensively in top secrecy for more than a year and then embarked with them on the most dangerous mission of the war - the canoe invasion of an enemy-held French port for the purpose of blowing up the giant battleships. The ten ""canoe commandoes"" were carried to their jump-off point by submarine despite a depth-charge attack. Facing fantastic hazards they paddled 70 miles through enemy waters to complete their mission. But only two survivors would return... Hellcats Of The Navy: (1957) US Navy submarines bravely try to penetrate the heavily-mined entrance to the Sea of Japan in order to sink enemy shipping which are carrying coal food and iron from China to the Japanese homeland.
Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell) needs a scholarship to get into Harvard Law School. There's one available for a black student. The only problem is that Mark's not black...yet. But thanks to an overdose of tanning pills a new hair-do and a lowered voice he miraculously passes for African-American and receives full tuition. Now with the help of his excessive best friend (Arye Gross) a fierce professor (James Earl Jones) and the beautiful classmate (Rae Dawn Chong) he falls in love with Mark is about to learn some once-in-a-lifetime lessons about racism discrimination sex-crazed white girls and basketball. Leslie Nielsen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus co-star in this wild hit comedy filled with heart soul and the hilarious truths that colour us all.
Available for the first time on DVD! Using montage techniques Naqoyqatsi combines forms of mass media altered with digital techniques to create a swirling chronicle of the influence of technology reflecting the ever increasing globalisation of the world and the societies contained within it.
Premier western directed by the great Allan Dwan and starring Ronald Reagan. Sierra Nevada Jones (Barbara Stanwyck), a feisty young woman, attempts to stake her claim in the cattle business despite threats from greedy land grabbers and their hired killers. Undercover agent Farrell (Ronald Reagan) comes to her rescue, even though he is in the midst of a separate investigation to find out who's been provoking the local Indian tribes into attacking the white.
Marshal Frame Johnson plans to retire and settle down with his fiancée. But when Tombstone's citizens ask him to tackle a gang of outlaws he reaches for his holster once more.
Banned in 46 countries! A 'mockumentary' hosted by Dr. Francis B. Gross a coroner. He is trying to show you the different 'faces' of people while dying. There are faked scenes of people getting killed intermixed with footage of real accidents. There are executions by decapitation (in an Arab country) and the electric chair. One scene shows a group of tourists in Egypt smashing a monkey's head while still alive and eating its brains. There are shots of animals eating people and satanic orgies using dead bodies. There is a segment that deals with an alligator that accidentally entered 'residential' waters. The local warden goes in his boat to get the crocodile back into the sea when he accidentally falls over and becomes gator bait. The film ends with news clippings of people jumping off buildings and major accidents. This movie continues in the same vein as F.O.D. 1 &2 with short scenes of death related material. Mortuarys accidents police work are filmed by TV crews and home video cameras. Some of the material are most likely fake some not as likely
When an elderly, rich miser dies, his last wishes are to postpone the reading of his will until twenty years after his death. In order to collect his inheritance, the beneficiaries must spend the night in an old dark house. But then a psychiatrist alerts them that an escaped, deranged killer is on the loose... A superb British cast including Honor Blackman, Michael Callan and Edward Fox.
Santa Fe Trail: Hollywood journeyman par excellence Michael Curtiz directs this historical Western which tells the stories of confederate soldier Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn) and General George Armstrong Custer (Ronald Reagan) as they fight abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey). Sagebrush Trail: A young cowboy (Wayne) breaks out of jail after being falsely accused of murder and must prove his innocence before the authorities lock him back up... Billy The Kid Returns
History and Hollywood have always made strange bedfellows. And there's no better example of that than Santa Fe Trail (1940) from director Michael Curtiz. Historical accuracy is never allowed to interfere with setting up a great action sequence. Errol Flynn is Jeb Stuart. Ronald Reagan is George Armstrong Custer (a part Flynn would play in 'They Died With Their Boots On'). Raymond Massey makes a flamboyant John Brown. And rounding out the cast are Oliveia de Haviland Alan Hale Van
The Outlaw (Dir. Howard Hughes 1943): Jane Russell plays a busty siren who steals the heart of Billy the Kid in this Howard Hughes/Howard Hawks-directed story which centres on the rivalrous tentative friendships between Billy Doc Holiday and Pat Garrett. Vengeance Valley (Dir. Richard Thorpe 1941): An unusually adult Western for its time Vengeance Valley (1951) gave Burt Lancaster his first Western role. His athletic prowess made him perfect for the genre and he'd
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