They Call Me Trinity: A spoof of 'The Magnificent Seven' where a drifter rides into town where his brother is impersonating the local sherriff... Trinity Is Still My Name: Trinity and his brother set out to fulfill the promise they made to their dying father to become successful bandits...
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle directed this film of Rossini's comic masterpiece four years before filming Mozart's Figaro. The result was an irresistibly entertaining and musically rewarding film starring Hermann Prey as Beaumarchais's scheming barber of Seville. The other main roles in Ponnelle's Barber are taken by four of the most celebrated Rossini interpreters of the past decades: Teresa Berganza as the cunning heroine Rosina Luigi Alva as her devoted suitor Count Almaviva Enzo Dara as the long-suffering outfoxed Dr. Bartolo and Paolo Montarsolo as the shifty music master Don Basilio.
Heralded as the greatest film ever made on release winning an Oscar in 1949 and topping the Sight and Sound film poll in 1952 De Sica's seminal work of Italian neorealism has had an impact on cinema worldwide from release to the present day with filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray and Ken Loach claiming the film as a direct influence on their own. Bicycle Thieves tells the story of Antonio a long unemployed man who finally finds employment putting up cinema posters for which he needs a bicycle. His wife pawns all the family linen to redeem the already pawned bicycle and for Antonio salvation has come until the bicycle is stolen. Antonio and his son take to the streets in a desperate search to find the bicycle. Bicycle Thieves is as much about the position of Italians in post-War post-Fascist Italy as the relationship between father and son told through the labyrinth of the cinematic city with De Sica's arresting visual poetry. Defining neorealism a small period of filmmaking that focused on simple humanist stories Bicycle Thieves was one of the most captivating and moving. Arrow Academy presents Vittorio De Sica's masterpiece on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. Special Features: Brand new restored high definition digital transfer of the film Newly translated and more complete optional English subtitles Feature length audio commentary by Italian Cinema expert Robert Gordon author of BFI Modern Classics 'Bicycle Thieves' 'Cesare Zavattini' a feature length documentary by director Carlo Lizzani on the great screenwriter novelist critic long time De Sica collaborator and founder of Italian neorealism 'Timeless Cinema' a documentary portrait of director actor and screenwriter Vittorio De Sica Original trailer advertising De Sica's films featuring Bicycle Thieves star Lamberto Maggiorani and Francesco Golisano presenting Miracle in Milan Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Samuel Webster Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Michael Brooke Cesare Zavattini's essay Some Ideas on the Cinema appreciation for Bicycle Thieves contemporary reviews and a note on the film by Vittorio De Sica from the original UK press book illustrated with original stills and lobby cards
A Brilliant Picture!"" -The Hollywood Reporter. Sparking with ""juicy dialogue"" (Leonard Maltin) and a superb cast (including Edmond O'Brien in an Oscar-winning performance) this landmark film is ""spectacular... ingeniously-fashioned original entertainment"" (Variety). With extraordinary beauty talent and grace Spanish dancer Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner) was born to be a star. Aided by American movie director Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart) she attains great success and fortune in Ho
To impress his Fascist friends Marcello plans to assassinate his former professor now considered a subversive. A blend of thriller psychological portrait and political parable The Conformist found Bertolucci on peak form and the resulting stylistic tour de force paved the way for the likes of Scorsese Schrader and Michael Mann.
The most unlikely pair ever to take on the mob! You'll be rolling in the aisles! Because the law has been unable to rid Miami of the gamblers and bookmakers infesting the city under the leadership of dodgy Parapolis the Greek. The man in charge Admiral O'Connor declares war using Lieutenant Johnny (oh so honest) Firpo (Terence Hill) as his major weapon. Gifted both physically and mentally Johnny has a half brother Charlie (Bud Spencer) formely a brawny gambler working
The recipient of much international acclaim Vittorio de Sica's Italian Neorealist masterwork Ladri Di Biciclette (US title: The Bicycle Thief) finally makes its way to DVD. After nearly two years of unemployment Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) finally finds work posting bills. But he needs a bicycle to do the job. Unfortunately he was forced to pawn his own bicycle long ago. In a humbling tragic scene Antonio exchanges his family's linen for his bicycle. But when the bike is stolen on his first day of work he must comb the streets of Rome in search of the bike: his family's only means to survival. Shot on location in Rome and using non-actors as a means of heightening the reality of the film Ladri Di Biciclette received the Honorary Award for Best Foreign Film at the 1950 Oscars.
This two-disc Special Edition presents the restored, extended English-language version of Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, now clocking in at almost three hours (actually 171 minutes on this Region 2 DVD as a result of the faster frames-per-second ratio of the PAL format). It includes some 14 minutes of previously cut scenes, with both Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach returning to the editing suite in 2003 to add their voices to scenes that had never before been dubbed into English (Wallach's voice is noticeably that of a much older man in these additional sequences). The extra material contains nothing of vital importance, but it's good to have the movie returned to pretty much the way Leone originally wanted it. The anamorphic widescreen picture is now also accompanied by a handsome Dolby 5.1 soundtrack, making this the most complete and satisfactory version so far released. Film historian Richard Schickel provides an authoritative and engaging commentary on Disc 1. On the second disc there are featurettes on Leone's West (20 mins), The Leone Style (24 mins), Reconstructing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (11 mins) and a documentary about the historical background of the Sibley campaign, The Man Who Lost the Civil War (15 mins). In addition, there's a two-part appreciation of composer Ennio Morricone, Il Maestro, by film-music expert John Burlinghame. Tuco's extended torture scene can be found here, along with a reconstruction of the fragmentary "Socorro Sequence". In short, exemplary bonus features that will satisfy every Leone aficionado. --Mark Walker
Giuseppe Tornatore's beautiful 1988 film about a little boy's love affair with the movies deservedly won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film and a Special Jury Prize at Cannes. Philippe Noiret plays a grizzled old projectionist who takes pride in his presentation of screen dreams for a town still recovering from World War II. When a child (Jacques Perrin) demonstrates fascination not only for movies but also for the process of showing them to an audience, a lifelong friendship is struck. This isn't just one of those films for people who are already in love with the cinema. But if you are one of those folks, the emotional resonance between the action in Tornatore's world and the images on Noiret's screen will seem all the greater--and the finale all the more powerful. --Tom Keogh
The recipient of much international acclaim Vittorio de Sica's Italian Neorealist masterwork Ladri Di Biciclette (US title: The Bicycle Thief) finally makes its way to DVD. After nearly two years of unemployment Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) finally finds work posting bills. But he needs a bicycle to do the job. Unfortunately he was forced to pawn his own bicycle long ago. In a humbling tragic scene Antonio exchanges his family's linen for his bicycl
Frasier picked up its second series with another round of comedy as intelligent as its pompous title character. Fortunately, the sniping between Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and his father, Marty (John Mahoney), that took up a lot of the first series is mostly past, and the crack ensemble was ready to roll in a number of memorable episodes. Frasier tries to set up Daphne (Jane Leeves) with the new station manager in "The Matchmaker", Frasier, Niles (David Hyde Pierce) and Marty go fishing in "Breaking the Ice", Frasier and Niles jump into politics in "The Candidate", the team of Frasier and Roz (Peri Gilpin) breaks up ("Roz in the Doghouse") and Frasier and Niles open a restaurant in "The Innkeepers". It was Pierce's Niles who emerged as a star in the second series, lusting after Daphne, learning about parenthood in "Flour Child" and challenging a Bavarian fencer for the hand of his ever-absent wife, Maris, in the comic tour de force "An Affair to Forget". Pierce picked up a well-deserved first Emmy and the show repeated its first-series Emmys for comedy series and lead actor. Frasier's dates included Jobeth Williams (whom he takes on a disastrous getaway to Bora Bora), Shannon Tweed and Tea Leoni. Other guest stars were Nathan Lane and, from his original show, Cheers, Bebe Neuwirth and Ted Danson. --David Horiuchi
Rossini's opera recorded live in Houston in November 1995. Bruno Campanella conducts the Houston Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Grand Opera Chorus.
Mr. Calzaghe is the incredible real-life Rocky story of a true British boxing legend. Joe Calzaghe and his father Enzo come from humble beginnings in Newbridge, Wales. Through sheer grit and determination this father-son team have travelled the globe from Cardiff to Las Vegas to take on the vicious world of boxing, beat the best fighters that America could throw at them to show they are a force to be reckoned with. A definitive story told in their own words and featuring contributions from Chris Eubank, Mikkel Kessler and Michael J. Fox, Mr. Calzaghe is not only the thrilling and pulse-pounding account of an amazing career but a moving celebration of the unique bond between a father and son that created a sporting legend.
An explosive love story of two women who lead a reclusive professor (Lancaster) into a complex web of sexual intrigue...
Leo Nucci / Battle: Rossini Barber of Seville
Until The End of the World is an odyssey for the modern age. As with Homer's Odyssey the purpose of the journey is to restore sight -- a spiritual reconciliation between an obsessed father and a deserted son. Dr. Farber in trying to find a cure for his wife's blindness has created a device that allows the user to send images directly to the brain enabling the blind to see. The creation and operation of such a machine is in stark contrast to a deteriorating global situation where the continued existence of mankind is under threat from a nuclear powered satellite that is falling toward earth. Until The End of the World is a tale of love and hope -- a metaphor for the journey we must all take toward our future... the ultimate road movie. Features a stunning soundtrack from the likes of U2 Peter Gabriel Bian Eno Talking Heads REM and Neneh Cherry.
In his writing and directing debut Sean Penn delivers a profound picture of two very different brothers one a cop with a loving family the other a lawbreaking Vietnam vet. Both coming to terms with each other and trying to maintain the bond they shared as children.
The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grave
May 10th 1941 Rudolph Hess secretary of the Nazi party and Hitler's chosen successor the number two in command of the third Reich flies to England to negotiate a peace treaty. Hess and all those close to him are considered traitors. The German SS blackmail Hess's right hand man Colonel Werner von Uhland (Ezio Miani). They want him to help them infiltrate and exterminate the secret organization known as the German intelligence. Colonel Werner von Uhland via each of the men's weakness manages to get all the members of the German intelligence together for one last meeting. At 3:30 A.M. on June 22nd 1941 in the wake of the Schloss Grunewald massacre Hitler would launch an attack on Russia...
In this Glasgow-set comedy, four twentysomethings - Sean, Vincent, Jody and Lenny - tackle those nagging issues, like growing up and being responsible.
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