Set in Houston Texas during the 1940's Carrie Watts lives with her hen-pecked son and his controlling wife. Entering the last years of her life she wishes that she could revisit the town of Bountiful the place where she grew up as a child. However her son and his wife are very reluctant to let her go for her health and financial reasons. Carrie decides that an escape attempt is due... Catching a bus to Bountiful she meets and strikes up a conversation with a young woman (Rebecca De Mornay) to whom she recounts the story of her life... Based on Horton Foote's Oscar-nominated screenplay this film features an Oscar-winning performance from Geraldine Page and is available for the first time on DVD!
Recorded at the Theatre Musical de Paris - Chatelet, December 2001.Contains excerpts from:- La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein.- Fantasio.- Le Carnaval des revues.- Madame l'Archiduc.- Les Contes d'Hoffman.- La Belle Helene.- Barbe-Bleue.- Lischen et Fritzchen.- La Vie parisienne.- La Fille du tambour-major.- La Perichole.- Orphee aux enfers.- Souvenir d'Aix-les-Bains.- Ouverture a grand orchestre.
Hoping to kick back on his summer break Benny King's idea of fun in the sun takes a turn for the worse when a lesson to teach him about responsibility turns into a job flipping burgers. But Benny's persuasively suave ""Romeo"" buddy Durrel has bikinis on the brain and a completely different plan for the duo to make big money: having ""phat"" fun in the sun while Benny the hopeless romantic yearns to find his ""dream girl.""
Features eight movies. In 'Texan' a retired pilot grows suspicious of his wife's actions when he discovers that she is meeting with another man and withdrawing money from the bank... Also features: 'The Investigator' 'Teach 109' 'Another Round' 'Hogg's Heaven' 'Museum Of Love' 'Once In A Blue Moon' and 'Hearts Of Stone'.
Accompanying two priests to the East to ostensibly convert the court of Kublai Khan to Christianity Venetian trader Marco Polo eventually pushes bravely forth alone toward a fabled heartland. Accepted as an envoy into Khan''s court Marco Polo advances as a Mongol grandee where for twenty extraordinary years he is marooned on the far side of the world. What he eventually brings back with him to the West is a chronicle that changed history.
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - La vedova scaltra.Performed by various performers and conducted by Massimo Gasparon.
Mud And Sand: A marvellous satire on the Valentino classic Blood And Sand. Stan is the bullfighter who wants to make it to the top. All he has to do is beat the bull and win back the girl. The Sawmill: Our hero the mild mannered Larry is in a fix. Lumber camp boss Oliver Hardy has his eye on the girl as well as the payroll. It's up to Larry to save the day.
A live recording from the Kleines Festspielhaus Salzburg 1982
Like any modern family the British royal family has had its fair share of turmoil, the only difference is, it’s all reported in the media and is the business of the whole world. Not a day goes by without some news of the royals; their image is most popularly encapsulated around the world in the powerful pictures of royal weddings and funerals, punctuated on a continuous basis by gossip and scandal. Chronicling the romantic life of Britain's royal family in the 20th century, this DVD includes archive film footage, photographs, personal accounts, and interviews and tells the true stories of royal love and marriage. Highlights include accounts of the Duke of Windsor's abdication of the throne to marry an American divorcee, Mrs. Simpson, the celebrated wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, and their bitter divorce which saddened the nation and the world.This documentary explores the history of royal marriages in the twentieth century and asks what next for a royal family increasingly battered by pressures from all sides.
Students and teachers begin dying the same way as a video depicts.
Dramma giocoso in due atti K588 in two acts.Recorded live at The Kleines Festspielhaus Salzburg August 1983.
Part tragic part comic this outrageous look at life in the fast lane is the Academy Award-winning musical about Bob Fosse's excessive life in show business (here played by an Oscar-nominated Roy Scheider). Dazzlingly presented this electrifying story about the perils of pushing yourself too hard is filled with Fosse's legendary song-and-dance choreography. Bonus CD Tracklisting: 1. Main Title (Instrumental) 2. On Broadway (George Benson) 3. Michelle 4. Take Off With Us 5. Vivaldi Concert In G (Instrumental) 6. Ponte Vecchio (Instrumental) 7. Everything Old Is New Again 8. South MT Sinai Parade (Instrumental) 9. After You've Gone (Leland Palmer) 10. There Will Be Some Changes Made (Ann Reinking) 11. Who's Sorry Now? 12. Some Of These Days 13. Going Home Now (Instrumental) 14. Bye Bye Love (Ben Vereen & Ray Scheider)
Made-for-TV disaster movie starring Daryl Hannah as Leah Kaplan a meteorologist with an unfortunate past who now focuses all her energies on chasing hurricanes. When a plane is trapped by a ferocious storm Leah takes it upon herself to rescue the passengers before it's too late.
Trained killer or talented artist...Jimbuck is both! A professional hitman is hired to kill a brain surgeon. However it turns out that not only are he and the surgeon old friends but they are both in love with the same woman.
February 1991. Tommy a Desert Storm marine dismayed that the US isn't taking out Saddam breaks some rules and faces hard labor. An FBI agent offers him an out: go home to his gritty dockside home in Pennsylvania and help get the goods on an Italian heroine dealer; in return no prison time and no arrest of Tommy's brother Vincent and cousin Joey. Loyalty to family conflicts with loyalty to the code of the street. Can Tommy sort it out protect his brother and cousin and stay true? Do young men die - in the sands of the Middle East and on the mean streets of the US - for no reason?
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