The television comedy with Robin Williams as Mork from Ork who is an alien hatched from an egg sent to investigate Earth and report back to his superiors. As an outsider Mork is unfamiliar with human customs and often questions some of the strange traditions that we take for granted. Much of the humor relies on Williams' unique comic voices and mannerisms. The show was perhaps most famous for Mork's saying 'nanoo nanoo.'
As far as Disney is concerned, The Sword in the Stone was a portent of things to come, with slapstick upstaging storytelling, and cultural in-jokes substituting for wonder. Based on TH White's beloved novel The Once and Future King, this Disney version chronicles King Arthur's boyish adventures. There's much to enjoy here as coach Merlin the magician shows the young Arthur, nicknamed Wart, the skills that will help him become the future ruler of the Britons. The transformation sequences, where the boy is turned into a fish, a bird and a squirrel are vintage Disney. The oft-repeated scene of Merlin battling it out with mean old Madame Mim still is worth a few chuckles, but it underlines the problem with most of the film--most of its scenes are only played for laughs. References by Merlin to television and other items of modern life also mar the generally innocuous landscape. Younger children will like it, while older kids will find it slower compared with recent Disney films. --Keith Simanton, Amazon.com
Between Heaven And Hell (Dir. Richard Fleischer 1956): Sam Gifford (Wagner) is a young successful cotton planter who lacks compassion for others especially his own sharecroppers. But once in combat he answers a sadistic officer (Crawford) and must rely on the friendship of a ""cropper"" (Ebsen). Nominated for a 1956 Oscarifor Best Music 'Between Heaven And Hell' is an action-packed story of men in battle - sometimes with themselves... Guadalcanal Diary (Dir. Lewis Seiler 1943): Based on the best seller of the same name Guadalcanal Diary is one of the greatest war movies of all time. This strikingly realistic film follows a devoted platoon of Marines through the terrors of war in the South Pacific. The all-star cast includes Lloyd Nolan William Bendix Preston Foster and Anthony Quinn as soldiers battling disease treacherous terrain and unrelenting weather as well as a human enemy. Poignantly narrated and with explosive action rooted in a solid historical context 'Guadalcanal Diary' is action-packed entertainment from beginning to end. To The Shores Of Tripoli (Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone 1942): When a carefree playboy (John Payne) joins the Marine Corps he tests the skill and patience of the tough veteran sergeant (Randolph Scott) who tries to whip him into a real Marine. But as his training proceeds the recruit's cocky selfishness is replaced by selfless valour and he eventually earns the love of a beautiful Navy nurse (Maureen O'Hara). Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography 'To The Shores Of Tripoli' was shot with the co-operation of the US Marine Corps and contains authentic scenes of Marine combat training and ground drills.
Yul Brynner stars as one of seven master gunmen who aid the helpless farmers of an isolated village pitted against an army of marauding bandits in this rousing action tale based on Akira Kurosawa's classic Seven Samurai. Released in 1960 John Sturges' masterpiece garnered an Oscar nomination for Elmer Bernstein (for Best Score) and launched the film careers of Steve McQueen Charles Bronson Robert Vaughn and James Coburn.
The captain of a commercial vessel embarks on his final mission in command of a small crew desperate to get back to earth. But the shipboard computer has ideas of its own, and sets about picking off the crew one-by-one in an effort to find and gain control of a planet-destroying bomb. Soon an 'accident' forces them to divert to Somnus, a derelict asteroid station in a forgotten sector of the solar system. But far from offering sanctuary, the inhabitants of Somnus have a dark past and troubling plans for the future of mankind
In Paul Schrader's compelling character study 'Light Sleeper' John Le Tour (Willem Dafoe) is loyal decent lumbering: A 40 year old drug runner who suffers from insomnia but seems to be sleepwalking through life. When John's boss the bubbly but sharp witted Ann (Susan Sarandon) decides to retire John must rethink his life's path. But breaking out of the life he's led will take some doing especially after coming into contact with his ex-girlfriend (Dana Delany) a recovering dru
It is the 7th Century and in Mecca powerful leaders are in conflict with Mohammed who attacks the many injustices their way of life produces - slavery drunkenness and cruelty. Mohammed claims to have seen a vision of the Angel Gabriel and calls to the people of Mecca to worship one God only. After a revelation from God Mohammed agrees to take arms against Mecca and at the Wells of Bedr the inexperienced Moslem troops are victorious. However at the Battle of Uhud they are beaten. They accept a ten year truce so that they can continue to spread the word of God. Mohammed is the Prophet the Messenger of God.
Before the Aztecs there were the Toltecs a native race about which little is known. One of their strange customs was to bury themselves alive and return from the dead to seek revenge on the living on the anniversary of their burial. Unfortunately for a group of students and their friends the house where they live was built on a Toltec burial ground. Tonight is the anniversary and a group of undead Toltec sorcerers are hungry for blood... Vintage B-movie Western star Lash LaRue wi
Peter Davison stars as gentleman detective Albert Campion with Brian Glover as his trusty manservant Magersfontein Lugg in the 'Look to the Lady' and 'Police at the Funeral' stories adapted from the best selling Margery Allingham novels.
Episodes Comprise: 1. Good Day for It 2. Horses for Courses 3. The Unluckiest Boy in Town 4. It Isn't Cricket 5. An Only Child 6. A Love Story 7. Keeping Up Appearances 8. All Things Bright and Beautiful 9. My Name Is Sky 10. Bachelors & Spinsters 11. Fifty-two Hours Straight 12. A Friend of a Friend 13. Friends and Lovers 14. Realms of Gold 15. The Hometown Hero 16. A Distant Echo 17. No Laughing Matter 18. No Quarter Asked 19. Myths & Legends 20. The Hitch-hiker 21. Give a Dog a Bad Name 22. Every Day a Gift 23. Bearing Gifts 24. Repeat Performance
In the spring of 1854, British troops and their French allies were sailing east to the Black Sea, to help the Turks fight off Russia's advances. The British army that sailed that spring had been described as the finest ever to leave Britain's shores. But within months those British troops were dying in scores, falling victim to cholera and dysentery epidemics. The army's medical support was found to be scandalously inadequate. Battles were mismanaged, leading to infamous blunders like the Charge of the Light Brigade. When winter came, the archaic army support services meant British troops were left frozen and on the brink of starvation.
The hilarious sketch-based show which lampooned the new satellite television companies which had begun to operate in the UK! Each week a different aspect of 'cheap' television production and broadcasting provided the 'theme' for the sketches in the programme; no target was left untouched! Episodes Comprise: 1. KY Tellython 2. God Alone Knows 3. Good Morning Calais 4. Crisis Special 5. Speak For Yourself 6. Talking Head
Robert Beatty stars in this 1953 Nettlefold production.A hit and run victim is operated on by Dr Fenton, (Beatty) but the patient is later murdered and the good doctor is under suspicion.Gang moll 'Della' (Elizabeth Sellars) a member of the drug ring falls for the doctor and attempts to save him.
The 'erks' of 'C' Flight are back and nearing the end of their gruelling basic training at RAF Skelton. The time has come for trade-training selection and life seems to be looking a little less grim for Ken Jakey Bruce and Matthew. But they still have the Inter-Fight Competition to get through - with a little gentle encouragement from Corporal Marsh - followed by nursing-attendant training under Squadron Leader Bush... Created by the winning team of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey (The Good Life Please Sir!) Get Some In! stars Tony Selby as DI Marsh Robert Lindsay as Jakey Brian Pettifer as Leckie and guest starring Paul Eddington as Squadron Leader Bush. Setting the rigours of 1950s National Service against a nostalgic backdrop of coffee bars and rock and roll its humour made the show an instant success running for five series between 1975 and 1978. Presented here is the complete third series of Get Some In! originally screened in 1977.
Prince Cinders is an outrageously funny twist on the classic fairy tale Cinderella. On the night of Princess Loevlypenny's big party poor Prince Cinders is left home alone by his three mean bossy brothers. While they live it up at the party Cinders is visited by his inept fairy godmother who offers to turn him into a heroic muscleman. Instead she turns him into a big hairy ape! Blissfully unaware Prince Cinders runs off to join the party creating havoc along the way. Based On Babette Cole's Bestselling Book.
Angie Harmon (TV's 'Law & Order') and Joel Gretsch (The Legend of Bagger Vance) star in this chilling suspense thriller. After losing their mother and father in a tragic accident teenager Abby Snow and her younger brother Ethan find a new home with Eve (Harmon) and Raymond Goode (Gretsch). Moving into their adoptive parents' remote mansion however the siblings come to the shocking realization that the Goodes are not exactly what they seem and the Snows' dream of love and security
While much of the world watched the early success of 'Mein Kampf' and the bombing of Pearl Harbour was ten years in the future few were aware of the existence of an oriental 'Hitler' ... Baron Giichi Tankara. But the war had already started in Japan for James Condon American journalist and editor of the Japanese Chronicle whose intuition has led him to believe that major trouble was brewing. The role of Condon man of hard words and harder fists is just the kind of tough guy that first brought James Cagney stardom and in this movie you will not be disappointed as he battles to stay alive long enough to warn the rest of the world against a Japanese militarist plot called the 'Tanaka Plan' that has world domination as its objective. This is one of the first American martial arts movies and features some gripping action with Cagney doing his own stunts for which he trained intensively with Ken Kuniyuki a fifth degree judo master before shooting. This is Cagney at his best.
A Victorian English entomologist whose daughter happens to be a giant moth moves with her to a quiet village where he can begin work on an insect mate for her. His family problems worsen when his winged daughter starts killing people and drinking their blood.
July 15 1997. The world is shocked at the news that Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace has been tragically and brutally murdered execution style on the steps of his Ocean Drive Villa in the famous South Beach section of Miami Beach Florida. Shortly thereafter the authorities led by FBI Special Agent John Jacoby announce a nationwide manhunt for their only suspect alleged spree killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan from San Diego California. Destiny or design? Follow the steps of both Versace and Cunanan from the time of Cunanan's farewell dinner party in San Diego to the aftermath of both the murder of Versace and Cunanan's alleged suicide on a Miami Beach houseboat.
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