After the authorities discover that Frank Kane is Jewish rather than Catholic he's forced to switch orphanages because of a state law requiring children to live with those of their own faith. The move leaves him feeling rejected and orphaned again and the lonely Frank responds by descending into a life of petty thievery. He eventually succeeds in finding the family he never had by becoming the head of a crime syndicate but a final confrontation with the police costs him dearly.
The word 'cop' isn't written all over him - something more puzzling is. In one of his most memorable roles Steve McQueen stars as Detective Frank Bullitt a hard-driving tough-as-nails San Francisco cop. Bullitt has just received what sounds like a routine assignment: keep a star witness out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours then deliver him to the courtroom on Monday morning. But before the night is out the witness will lie dying of shotgun wounds and Bullitt a no-glitter all-guts cop won't rest until he nabs the gunmen and the elusive underworld kingpin who hired them. Famed for it's Lalo Schifrin score and one of the greatest car chases in cinema-history 'Bullit' won the 1969 Oscar for Best Film Editing (Frank P. Keller).
This new release from First Track Productions is packed with backcountry booters and lines urban assults progressive park and pipe snowman abuse and Vegas! This film rocks to a kicken soundtrack and stars some of the biggest names around in snowboarding.
Ladder 49: (Dir. Jay Russell) (2004): What does it take for a man to run into a burning building when everyone else is running out? Why do firemen leave their families each morning to risk their lives for strangers? The film chronicles Baltimore firefighter Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix) as he makes the transition from inexperienced rookie to seasoned veteran. As he struggles to cope with a risky demanding job that often shortchanges his wife and kids he relies on the support of his mentor and chief Mike Kennedy (John Travolta) and his second family - the brotherly bond between the men of the firehouse. But when Jack becomes trapped in the worst blaze of his career his life and the things he holds important - family dignity courage - come into focus. As his fellow firemen of Ladder 49 do all they can to rescue him Jack's life hangs in the balance. Guardian: (Dir. Andrew Davis) (2006): In an effort to find his place in life a troubled young man enlists in the Coast Guard where he's taken in by a renowned rescue swimmer who's hardened by the loss of his team from an accident years back. Unfortunately for the pair the past is about to re-incarnate itself...
The Rock: (Dir. Michael Bay) (1996): Millions of lives hang in the balance after a military madman (Ed Harris) seizes control of the island prison Alcatraz and threatens to launch deadly poison gas missiles at San Francisco. With time ticking away Dr. Stanley Goodspeed (Nicholas Cage) a chemical weapons expert and John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery) a cunning federal prisoner who happens to be the only man ever to escape from Alcatraz must now break in and disarm the missiles. Con Air: (Dir. Simon West) (1998): On an aircraft carrying some of the most notorious criminals of all time the recently paroled Cameron Poe (Cage) is hitching a ride home to his wife and daughter. But he suddenly finds himself embroiled in a mid-air skyjacking masterminded by Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom (John Malkovich). While Cameron fights to keep these savage convicts from massacring everyone on board as they career towards the famed Las Vegas Strip a Government agent on the ground (John Cusack) battles to keep this overzealous superiors from blowing the plane into oblivion! Amazing stunts and visual effects add heart-pounding suspense to this must-see action hit!
The Most Dangerous Game
This DVD box set includes the brand new DVD 'Live With Full Force' filmed on the 2003 edition of the festival. The second DVD is 'Maximum Video' available for the first time on DVD. The third disc is a live CD that also includes a brand new studiotrack! Live With Full Force (PAL) 1. Silent Violence 2. Suffering 3. The Day the dead walked 4. Hacked To pieces 5. Human Target 6. Feasting on the blood of the insane 7. Torture Killer 8. No warning shot 9. TNT 10. Bringer of Blood 11. Amerika the Brutal 12. Victim of the Paranoid Maximum Video (NTSC) 1. Hacked To Pieces (Backstage version) 2. Feasting on the blood of the Insane 3. Human Target 4. War is Coming 5. Nonexistence 6. No Warning Shot 7. Revenge of the Zombie 8. Bonesaw 9. Torture Killer 10. Beneath a Black Sky 11. Shortcut To Hell 12. Victim of the Paranoid 13. Hacked To pieces 14. 4:20 15. Insect 16. Lycanthropy 17. Mass Murder Rampage 18. Brainwashed 19. Victim of the paranoid (Video version) 20. Victim of the paranoid (Live at Wacken '99) 21. Still Alive 22. This Graveyard Earth
The word 'cop' isn't written all over him - something more puzzling is. In one of his most memorable roles Steve McQueen stars as Detective Frank Bullitt a hard-driving tough-as-nails San Francisco cop. Bullitt has just received what sounds like a routine assignment: keep a star witness out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours then deliver him to the courtroom on Monday morning. But before the night is out the witness will lie dying of shotgun wounds and Bullitt a no
In this kinetic futuristic thriller from Steven Spielberg Tom Cruise plays John Anderton the head of Washington's Pre-Crime bureau an experimental government agency that uses precognitive humans to predict murders. Finding himself accused of a future homicide Anderton goes on the run and tries to stay one step ahead of his jet pack-assisted colleagues and an ambitious Federal agent (Colin Farrell). Adapted from a short story by Philip K. Dick Minority Report is one of Spielberg's most sheerly entertaining and deliriously imaginative movies.
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes... Directed by Bob Balaban (segment 5: 24 The) Patricia Benoit (segment Fern's Heart of Darkness) Julie Dash (segment Sax Cantor Riff) Jonathan Demme (segment Subway Car from Hell) Ted Demme (segment Manhattan Miracle) Abel Ferrara (segment Love on the A Train) Alison Maclean (segment HOney-Getter) Craig McKay (I) (segment Red Shoes The) Lucas Platt (segment Underground) Seth Zvi Rosenfeld (segment Listeners The) (as Seth Rosenfeld) Cast: Bill Irwin .... Himself (segment Subway Car From Hell) KRS-One .... Vendor (segment Subway Car From Hell) (as Kris 'KRS-ONE' Parker) Tina North .... Grandmother (segment Subway Car From Hell) Paul Lazar .... Mr. Nervous (segment Subway Car From Hell) Andre B. Blake .... Knish Buyer (segment Subway Car From Hell) Anthony S. Calypso .... Knish Buyer (segment Subway Car From Hell) Robert W. Castle .... Knish Buyer (segment Subway Car From Hell) Marlon Cherry .... Musician (segment Subway Car From Hell) Carl J. Ferrazza .... Hot Dog Buyer (segment Subway Car From Hell) Daniel Freedman .... Strange Man (segment Subway Car From Hell) Marc Mueller .... Musician (segment Subway Car From Hell) Paul Muller .... Musician (segment Subway Car From Hell) Simon Seven .... Musician (segment Subway Car From Hell) Joe Toutebon .... Knish Buyer (segment Subway Car From Hell) (as Joseph Toutebon) Daniel Wolff .... Knish Buyer (segment Subway Car From Hell) Mari Danzi .... Girl Dancer (segment Subway Car From Hell) Lara McFarlane .... Girl Dancer #2 (segment Subway Car From Hell) Angie Utt .... Distinguished Rider (segment Subway Car From Hell) Audrey Meyers .... Distinguished Rider (segment Subway Car From Hell) Denis Leary .... Guy in Wheelchair (segment The Red Shoes) Christine Lahti .... Red Shoes Woman (segment The Red Shoes) N'Bushe Wright .... Young Girl (segment The Red Shoes) Kevin Corrigan .... Writer (segment The Red Shoes) Marie Barrientos .... Ragged Woman (segment The Red Shoes) O.L. Duke .... News Seller (segment The Red Shoes) Ellen Gould .... Shopper (segment The Red Shoes) John C. Vennema .... Executive (segment The Red Shoes) Sixto Ramos .... Security Guard (segment The Red Shoes) Erika Greene .... Nurse (segment The Red Shoes) Steve Zahn .... Tucker (segment The 5:24) Jerry Stiller .... Old Man (segment The 5:24) Bonnie Hunt .... Fern McDermott (segment Fern's Heart of Darkness) Richard Spore .... White Man (segment Fern's Heart of Darkness) Mekhi Phifer .... Man in Hallway (segment Fern's Heart of Darkness) Jos'' Ramon Rosario .... Transit Worker (segment Fern's Heart of Darkness) Nancy Ticotin .... Business Woman (segment Fern's He
The infamous cult director and frequent cross-dresser returns from the grave with this delicious double-bill of kitsch classics. Glen or Glenda (1953): After a hard day at the movie studio film maker and director Ed Wood would relax by dressing up in female clothing. If only he could combine his favourite pastime with his job as a movie director! That's exactly what Ed Wood does in this off the wall and hilarious tribute to cross-dressing! The suicide of a local transvesti
They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realise one of them is a police informer. But which one? Critically acclaimed for its raw power and br
A road trip across the US takes a terrifying turn for the worse after a prank on a lonely truck driver results in him setting out to track down the culprits...
Quentin Tarantino rocked the film world with his powerful and controversial debut movie. They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. When their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, the ruthless killers realise one of them is a police informer, but which one? With stunning performances from Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi and Michael Madsen, Reservoir Dogs loudly announced Tarantino as a talent to be reckoned with and remains one of the most important films ever made.
Small town fire chief CD Bales (Steve Martin) falls madly in love with the new girl in town a gorgeous astronomer (Daryl Hannah). But there's an enormous problem - CD has an amazingly big nose and is convinced that such a beauty could never love a man with such a gargantuan appendage. Roxanne proves him right when she falls for Chris a hunky and good looking fireman. The mayhem continues when CD agrees to ghost-write Chris's love letters in which he pours out his own secret feel
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