In the vastly overrated 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, author Peter Biskind puts the blame for Hollywood's blockbuster mentality at least partially on Steven Spielberg's box-office success with this adaptation of Peter Benchley's bestselling novel. But you can't blame Spielberg for making a terrific film, which Jaws definitely is. The story of a Long Island town whose summer tourist business is suddenly threatened by great white shark attacks on humans bypasses the potboiler trappings of Benchley's book and goes straight for the jugular with beautifully crafted, crowd-pleasing sequences of action and suspense. This is supported by a trio of terrific performances by Roy Scheider (as the local sheriff), Richard Dreyfuss (as a shark specialist), and particularly Robert Shaw (as the old fisherman who offers to hunt the shark down). The sequences on Shaw's boat--as the three of them realise that in fact the shark is hunting them--are what entertaining moviemaking is all about. --Marshall Fine --This text refers to another version of this video.
Satyajit Ray's artistic legacy is one of the most formidable in all of film history. Exceptionally versatile his films covered almost every conceivable genre winning him nearly every major cinema award including an Oscar for lifetime achievement. Titles Comprise: Kapurush (a.k.a The Coward) (1965): Stranded in a small town screenwriter Amitabha Roy is astonished to encounter a former lover who is now married to the owner of a tea plantation. Recalling his inability to commit to her and the relationship's resultant breakdown Roy decides to make amends for the past. Mahapurush (a.k.a The Holy Man) (1965): Ray's rarely-seen gem is a comedy-drama in which a gullible and religiously devout retiree is completely taken in by a bogus holy man and enlists the charlatan's help in finding his daughter a husband. But she is being courted by a young man who determines to expose the fraudster. Joi Baba Felunath (1978): Set in the holy city of Benares where Ray had shot Aparajito over 20 years previously this adventure story adapted from Ray's own novel stars Soumitra Chatterjee as a detective investigating the theft of a priceless gold icon.
Seven' meets 'The Silence of the Lambs' in a hip psycho-chiller combining macabre humour and disturbing horror. Simon Cartwright is a self confessed murderer whose switchable victims don't conform to any set pattern. Celebrity lawyer Dr Karen Shoemaker wants to get inside his head to either certify him insane or prove he's cured. And so starts a grisly journey into Simon's past with terrifying repercussions for Karen's present as fantasy and reality mix in the dark corridors of twisted madness. It's not a pretty picture!
You are now entering Interzone, William S Burroughs' phantasmagorical land of junk, paranoia and crawly things. Best travel advice: "Exterminate all rational thought". In David Cronenberg's superbly shot, unnerving warp on the Burroughs novel, Naked Lunch, the novelist himself becomes a main character (played in an implacable monotone by Peter Weller), with elements from Burroughs' life--including the shooting of his wife during a "William Tell" game, and bohemian friends Kerouac and Ginsberg--added to frame the book's wild visions. This is, ironically, a somewhat rational approach to an unfilmable book (and it makes a hair-curling double bill with Barton Fink, another look at writerly madness, with both films sharing Judy Davis). Cronenberg is a natural for oozing mugwumps and typewriters that turn into giant bugs, of course. But in the end, this is really his own vision of the artistic process, rather than Burroughs' hallucinatory descent into hell. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com
After 10 years of devastating warfare on Planet Sirius 6B a distant mining planet Commander Joseph Hendricksson (Peter Weller) is assigned to protect his outpost from the New Economic Block. His scientists have created a perfect weapon designed to destroy all enemy life - a blade wielding self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers. But something has gone wrong - the Screamers continue to evolve without any human guidance cloning themselves into human form and obliterating all forms of human life. Betrayed by his own political leaders and disgusted by the atrocities of the endless war Hendricksson decides he must negotiate peace with the enemy. But to do so he must first destroy the very weapon he helped to create - the Screamers!
France 1796: in the new Republic poverty is rife and crimes harshly punished. Jean Valjean is sentenced to five years at the gallery for stealing a loaf of bread. There the Inspector of Guards Javert takes an intense loathing to him - and every rebellion on Jean's part is met with strict punishment and a longer sentence. Jean eventually escapes. Five years later he is living a respectable life as a Mayor when fate intervenes and brings him face to face with his old enemy Javert. Victor Hugo's enduring classic is lavishly recreated and performed by an outstanding cast.
Jaws 2: Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) is walking his beach beat a few years on from the horrible shark attacks on Amity Island. A missing diver's camera shows what looks like a shark fin but Amitys cowardly Mayor (Murray Hamilton) plays down the incident. Brody raises a panicky false alarm from his observation tower and is fired for it. Suddenly the new killer shark attacks a group of small boats manned by teenagers which include his own sons... (Dir. Jeannot Szwarc 1978) Jaws 3: The brand new Sea World complex in Florida offers visitors the chance to view the undersea kingdom from the safety of glass tunnels on the sea-bed. All seems well until a thirty-five foot Great White shark appears on the scene..... (Dir. Joe Alves 1982) Jaws 4: Lorraine Gary repeats her role of Ellen Brody widow of Chief Martin Brody in this suspenseful sequel starring Oscar-winner Michael Caine. After Deputy Sean Brody is killed by a shark off Amity Island she joins her other son Michael a marine biologist his wife Carla and their daughter Thea in the Bahamas. There she falls for Hoagie a carefree pilot and starts putting her life back together - until a Great White threatens Thea and Ellen knows she has no choice but to face her fear in a final fatal showdown... (Dir. Jospeh Sargent 1987)
Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American country singer-songwriter. Cash is widely considered to be one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century. From his early days as a pioneer of rockabilly and rock and roll in the 1950s to his decades as an international representative of country music to his resurgence to fame in the 1990s as a living legend and an alternative country icon Cash influenced countless artists and left a large body of work. Cash was revered by the greatest popular musicians of his time; he sold over 90 million albums in his nearly fifty-year career and came to occupy a commanding position in music history. A must-have for any Johnny Cash fan these late-1970s Christmas specials (originally aired on CBS and unseen for 30 years) capture Johnny Cash at the peak of his career. Whether he is performing in the intimacy of his Nashville home or on a large soundstage the elements of his success are here in abundance !
This collection features 3 of Roy Rogers' best loved films! Colorado: Lt. Burke (Rogers) is sent to investigate an Indian uprising in Colorado that threatens the success of the Union cause. When Burke arrives he finds the Union boys fighting amongst each other and the instigator of all the trouble is his very own brother Donald Mason (Stone). Robin Hood Of The Pecos: Ambrose Ballard (Kendall) declares martial law on the state of Texas forcing the ranchers out.
Jaws 2Jaws 2 is set four years after Jaws. Brody now finds himself in a race against time when a new killer shark attacks ten boats manned by teenagers, which include his own sons. Jaws 3The brand new 'Sea World' complex in Florida offers visitors the chance to view the undersea kingdom from the safety of glass tunnels on the sea-bed. All seems well until a thirty-five foot white shark appears on the scene. Jaws 4: The RevengeJaws 4 finds the now widowed Ellen Brody re-living the horrors of the past when she moves to the Bahamas to be with her marine biologist son Michael. The nightmares start when her grand-daughter is attacked by a Great White Shark.
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory With a golden ticket young Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) wins a tour of the factory of wily mogul Wonka (Gene Wilder) and run by his Oompa-Loompa crew. There Charlie his Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson) and others discover a kind heart is a finer possession than a sweet tooth. Don't let the tour leave without you! Wizard Of Oz We click our heels in anticipation. There's no place like home and no movie like this one. From generation to generation The Wizard Of Oz brings us together - kids grown-ups families friends. The dazzling land of Oz a dream-come--true world of enchanted forests dancing scarecrows and singing lions wraps us in its magic with one great song-filled adventure after another. Black Beauty When a girl is given the horse of her dreams the pair form a bond of love and trust that will last forever. Polly and her Black Beauty share wondrous adventures and face hardship and danger with brother Bertie Merry Legs the pony and the other residents of their lush country estate. All of the splendor and excitement of Anna Sewell's classic novel are thrilling to boys and girls.
Jimmy Corona (James Lorinz) is a struggling writer down on his luck. His girlfriend Lori (Sandra Bullock) has walked out and debts are piling up. After several hilarious failed suicide attempts he decides to write a book about the Mafia.Jimmy goes to see his uncle Tony (Tony Darrow) a New York Wiseguy who agrees to get him into the Mob. He is partnered with Bink Bink Boreli (John Costelloe) a young thug on the rise who soon grows tired of Jimmy's inability to hand the Goodfella lifestyle!Eventually Jimmy is put to the ultimate test... he will have to kill someone to make his bones or face up to his luck finally running out...Sandra Bullock lights up the screen as she strips down to her sexy lingerie as Jimmy's girlfriend and Steve Buscemi puts in a cameo as an oddball obsessed with conspiracy theories!
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction a team of Russian and American scientists hurtle to a rendezvous with the abandoned Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor the homicidal computer HAL. Their mission: 'awaken' HAL and unravel the puzzling series of events that culminated in Dave Bowman's last transmission: 'My God it's full of stars!' '2010: The Year We Made Contact' is a visually stunning emotionally moving sequel to '2001: A Space Odyssey'.
Seven comic episodes from one of the most read book in the World: the Bible! Each episode highlights one of the seven deadly sins and a hilarious come-uppance for the sinner. This comic portmanteau stars the cream of British talent such as Harry H. Corbett Ian Carmichael Spike Milligan Leslie Phillips and many more!
A story of forbidden love which resurfaces as adultery in an uncompromising society...
Hurricane Express: John Wayne stars as pilot Larry Baker who makes an unscheduled landing in a vain attempt to prevent a railway collision that kills his father and is fired for disobeying orders. Larry must find out the truth behind the wreck of the Hurricane Express! Rage At Dawn: A Special Agent is sent way out west to round up the norotious Reno gang. He stages a fake train robbery in order to attract the evil Reno brothers and their gang in this gritty and force
The ""King Of Cowboys"" stars in 3 western classics. In Old Cheyenne: Newspaper reporter Steve Blane (Rogers) pay a visit to Cheyenne to expose the infamous outlaw Arapahoe Brown. However Araphoe saves Blane's life and the two soon learn who is behind the spate of crimes that earn't Brown his reputation... Sunset On The Desert: (Not for the first time!) Roy is mistaken for a criminal and decides to go undercover to reveal the real bad guys. Song Of Texas
U.S. Customs agent Victor (Stephen Baldwin) is a special operative who goes Deep Cover to bring down some of the worlds most notorious drugs lords he works under various aliases and he always brings these criminals to justice. He discovers that a group of financial drug smugglers have been using parachutes to skydive the drugs in at night. Gradually Caruso blurs the line that separates his mission from his new found passion having ultimately to choose between his duty and his lifestyle which he has come to obsess.
After Wyatt Earp's (Henry Fonda) brother James is murdered by cattle rustlers the frontier legend becomes Tombstone's marshal and sets out to avenge the younger man's death. Torn between his badge and his fury Earp confronts the likely killers the notorious lawless family of Old Man Clanton (Walter Brennan) setting the for the famed shootout at the O.K. Corral. Along the way Earp falls in love with a schoolteacher named Clementine (Cathy Downs) which also pits him against the can
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