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Those Warner Archive titles were released today.
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Coming from Warners Archive:

The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) Remastered
The Human Comedy (1943) Remastered
The Outfit (1973) Remastered
Madam Stan (1930) Remastered
Luise Rainer Collection - The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937), Big City (1937), The Toy Wife (1938)
Hotel (1967)
Five Films Starring Barbara Stanwyck
The Secret Bride (1934)
The Woman in Red (1935)
Cry Wolf (1947)
B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Four Films Starring Errol Flynn
Green Light (1937)
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
That Forsyte Woman (1949)
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Coming from Criterion in February.

(I already have these but I tempted to double dip due to the impressive special features)

Still Walking

Japan
2008
114 minutes
Color
1.85:1

DISC FEATURES

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:

New high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Hirokazu Kore-eda and director of photography Yutaka Yamazaki (with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
New video interviews with Kore-eda and Yamazaki
Making “Still Walking”
Trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Dennis Lim and recipes for the food prepared in the film

Senso

Italy
1954
124 minutes
Color
1.33:1

DISC FEATURES

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, created in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna and Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation, supervised by director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
The Making of “Senso,” a new documentary featuring Rotunno, assistant director Francesco Rosi, costume designer Piero Tosi, and Caterina D’Amico, daughter of screenwriter Suso Cecchi D’Amico and author of Life and Work of Luchino Visconti
Viva VERDI, a new documentary on Visconti, Senso, and opera featuring Italian film scholar Peter Brunette, Italian historian Stefano Albertini, and author Wayne Koestenbaum
The Wanton Countess, the rarely seen English-language version of the film
Visual essay by film scholar Peter Cowie
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti, a 1966 BBC special exploring Visconti’s parallel masteries of cinema, theater, and opera direction
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by filmmaker and author Mark Rappaport and an excerpt from actor Farley Granger’s autobiography, Include Me Out

Sweet Smell of Success

United States
1957
96 minutes
Black and White
1.66:1

DISC FEATURES

New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
New audio commentary by film scholar James Naremore
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away, a 1986 documentary featuring interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill, and more
James Wong Howe: Cinematographer, a 1973 documentary about the Oscar-winning director of photography, featuring lighting tutorials with Howe
New video interview with film critic and historian Neil Gabler (Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity) about legendary columnist Walter Winchell, inspiration for the character J. J. Hunsecker
New video interview with filmmaker James Mangold about Mackendrick, his instructor and mentor
Original theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins, two short stories by Ernest Lehman featuring the characters from the film, notes about the film by Lehman, and an excerpt from Mackendrick’s book On Film-making

Fish Tank

United Kingdom
2009
122 minutes
Color
1.33:1

DISC FEATURES

New high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Andrea Arnold, director of photography Robbie Ryan, and editor Nicolas Chaudeurge (with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
All three of Arnold’s short films: Milk (1998), Dog (2001), and the Oscar-winning Wasp (2003)
New video interview with actor Kierston Wareing
Interview with actor Michael Fassbender from 2009
Audition footage
Stills gallery by on-set photographer Holly Horner
Original theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Ian Christie
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Fox Bows On Demand MGM Movies for Retailers

By : Erik Gruenwedel | Posted: 02 Nov 2010

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Nov. 2 unveiled a program that enables retailers to custom order DVDs from MGM’s vaunted film library.

Through collaboration with Allied Vaughn’s “manufacturing on demand” technology, the MOD program allows retailers to offer MGM’s Limited Edition Collection for sale ($19.98 SRP) on their websites without having to order product upfront. Each DVD (no Blu-ray) is manufactured for a specific consumer order that is placed on a retailer’s site.

Initially, more than 50 films will be offered, with an expansion plan to release more than 400 new-to-DVD titles within the next 18 months.

The first titles include 1982 feature Still of the Night, starring Meryl Streep; Rolling Thunder (1977), starring Tommy Lee Jones, and The Hawaiians (1970), starring Charlton Heston. Other movies, featuring their original theatrical trailers, include Bad Jim (1990); By Love Possessed (1961); Diary of a Madman (1963), with Vincent Price; Futureworld (1976); The Satan Bug (1965), directed by John Sturges; The Spikes Gang (1974), with Lee Marvin; and Vigilante Force (1976), with Kris Kristofferson.

DVDs without theatrical trailers include The 7th Dawn (1964) with William Holden; 99 River Street (1953); Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954); Crusoe (1989); Flight From Ashiya (1964), with Yul Brynner; Big House, U.S.A., with Charles Bronson; and Callie & Son (1981).

“MGM is deeply committed to making its library of films and TV shows available to as wide an audience as possible," said Eric Doctorow, GM, MGM worldwide. "MOD provides an ideal solution to retailers who wish to expand the MGM DVD titles they offer to their customers without having to make an inventory investment. Our relationship with Allied Vaughn means we can now offer a simple MOD solution to any retailer who has a website and wishes to participate in this efficient business model.”




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More from Warner's Archive collection


AMERICATHON (1979) This long-requested cult favorite is finally available on DVD. PRE-ORDER now for a Nov. 30 release. In 1998 the world's oil supply is exhausted. The U.S. Treasury is in deep debt to a Native American businessman who'll foreclose on the nation in 30 days. The obvious solution? Hold a telethon! Harvey Korman stars as the ego-tripping emcee, Fred Willard as the scheming White House aide and John Ritter as the dimwitted President. An eerily foreboding tale.

STOLEN HOLIDAY (1937) Nicole Picot (Kay Francis) appears to be living a charmed life. Every fashionable woman in Paris is wearing her designs, and husband Stefan Orloff (Claude Rains) seems to be the most debonair of foreign financiers. In truth, their life is a house of cards. In a world of appearances, what will prevail: truth or love? Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) directs.

Kay Francis stars in STREET OF WOMEN (1932), as a woman in love with a married man. Things get more complicated when her brother announces his engagement to the adulterer's daughter. Movie fans may recognize the engaged ingenue as Gloria Stuart in her screen debut. 65 years later, she would be nominated for an Academy Award® for her role in Titanic.

DOUBLE FEATURES AND COLLECTIONS
GEORGE ARLISS COLLECTION George Arliss was the third actor to win an Academy Award® for Best Actor and such a highly regarded stage legend, the studio billed him as "Mr." George Arliss. In OLD ENGLISH (1930), he's an indebted but devoted grandfather who concocts a scheme to provide for his grandchildren. In A SUCCESSFUL CALAMITY (1932), Arliss tricks his family into impoverished - but fulfilling - family time. A KING'S VACATION (1933) stars Arliss as a weary monarch who takes a break from duty only to discover the simple life-isn't.

ACTION CLASSIC FEATURES These rough 'n' tumble underdog Warner Bros. films from the 1930's couldn't be more timely. In DRAEGERMAN COURAGE (1937), miners are trapped in a potentially preventable cave in. Will they be rescued in time? Who will take the fall? ROAD GANG (1936) tells the tale of a reform-minded journalist who is unjustly jailed for exposing dirty politicians. He's sentenced to a work camp, but that won't stop the ensuing riots.

WHEELER & WOOLSEY DOUBLE FEATURE Wheeler & Woolsey were one of the most popular movie comedy teams of the 1930s, and just wild about girls! In GIRL CRAZY (1932), an adaptation of the famous Gershwin Broadway musical hit, they unleash a busload of pre-code cuties and a casino onto sleepy little Custerville, AZ. PEACH O' RENO (1931) has the boys back at the casino tables - this time playing Reno divorce lawyers by day, and speakeasy owners by night. Both films co-star Dorothy Lee.
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Precious Doll wrote:More films coming from Columbia MOD in November:

40 Carats (1973)
Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982)
Everything's Ducky (1961)
Idol on Parade (1959)
Ladies in Retirement (1941)
Mark of the Gorilla (1950)
No Sex Please, We're British (1973)
Screaming Mimi (1958)
The Wrong Box (1966)
The Deadly Affair (1966)
Maybe yes, maybe no. The official Sony site doesn't list them. Movies Unlimited listed them but no longer does. Deep Discount has them listed for pre-order but that doesn't mean they'll actually have them - at least not in November.
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More films coming from Columbia MOD in November:

40 Carats (1973)
Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982)
Everything's Ducky (1961)
Idol on Parade (1959)
Ladies in Retirement (1941)
Mark of the Gorilla (1950)
No Sex Please, We're British (1973)
Screaming Mimi (1958)
The Wrong Box (1966)
The Deadly Affair (1966)
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More from Warner's Archive program.

I remember reading a number of years ago of more Lon Chaney in the pipeline. Though we are finally getting them, shame on Warners for not releasing the properly (i.e. regular DVDs rather then DVDRs).

THE GREEN SLIME (1968) is tracked back to the Gamma 3 Space Station by a crew of astronauts after they blow up an errant asteroid. Aboard the station, the goo transforms into a giant monster that feeds on electricity, mutates into more monsters and kills everything in its path. Can our heroes stop the slime before it gets to Earth? This Japanese/American co-production was directed by Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale), later championed by Quentin Tarantino. The psychedelic theme song was composed by Charles Fox, who made a name for himself creating high-profile soundtracks for films such as Barbarella. REMASTERED EDITION.

EYE OF THE DEVIL (1966) Deborah Kerr and David Niven star in this off-beat tale of sinister mysteries, deftly directed by J. Lee Thompson. Kerr is the loyal wife to a troubled marquis (Niven) who discovers that her husband's ancestral chateau is home to witches, warlocks...and terror. Also known as "13", the film provided integral supporting roles for future stars David Hemmings and Sharon Tate. REMASTERED EDITION.

THE SWAN (1956) REMASTERED! With Grace Kelly's impending departure from Hollywood to become Princess of Monaco, MGM quickly cast her in this glittering story of romance and royalty based on Ferenc Molnar's 1920's stage success. Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan and Jessie Royce Landis co-star under the inspired direction of Charles Vidor, in a stunningly new remastered presentation that showcases the film's CinemaScope photography and the stereophonic glories of Bronislau Kaper's memorable underscore. Also available this week, ONE ROMANTIC NIGHT, a rarely seen 1930 screen version of the Molnar play which served as si! lent screen legend Lillian Gish's talkie debut. Marie Dressler, Rod LaRocque and Conrad Nagel co-star.

ONE WAY PASSAGE (1932) The seas are calm and the ship is sturdy - but the shipboard romance is doomed. Dan does not know that Joan is dying of an incurable disease. Joan does not know Dan is a convicted murderer en route to San Quentin. Still, they have four weeks to find happiness in each other's arms. William Powell brings unmatchable urbane charm to the role of Dan, and Kay Francis, as Joan, displays lustrous sincerity.

HANNA-BARBERA CLASSICS
THE FUNKY PHANTOM (1971) Animated teens Skip, April, Augie - and Elmo, their dog - meet up with Mudsy, a befuddled Revolutionary War spirit and his cat Boo. Together this gang solves mysteries and brings down the bad guys. You'll find a friend, friend, friend in the Funky Phantom, a 4-Disc, 17-Episode Hanna-Barbera Collection!

GOOBER AND THE GHOST CHASERS (1973-75) follows the globe-trotting, ghost-hunting adventures of Gilly, Ted and Tina and their reluctant, sometimes invisible pooch, Goober. Adding to the fun, animated versions of TV's Partridge Family kids appear in several episodes! All 16, half-hour episodes of this beloved Hanna-Barbera production come in this 4-disc set.

LON CHANEY SR. FEATURES
HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (1924) stars Lon Chaney as a scientist, who after losing everything, decides to lose himself in the laughter of others and becomes France's most celebrated clown. His act is both painful and humiliating - as is his life. This silent classic film features Norma Shearer, John Gilbert and Bela Lugosi in an uncredited role. It is also notable for MGM's first use of Leo the Lion.

MOCKERY (1927) tells a cold, silent tale of the Russian Revolution. Lon Chaney plays a simple peasant who endures torture for the sake of a desperate and mysterious woman. When he finally finds her again, times have changed; Revolutionary ideals lead to violent revolutions on the home front.

Lon Chaney is Ziska, THE MONSTER (1925), an insane surgeon who believes that he can bring the dead back to life, and has taken over an insane asylum to conduct his evil experiments. Credited as any early example of "old dark house" film, this silent horror paved the way for future mad scientist movies. Aspiring detective Johnny Goodlittle (Johnny Arthur) provides comic relief from the macabre goings on.

Although he is devoted to his daughter, MR. WU (1927) is even more loyal to the ways of the Chinese ancients. When his only daughter betrays his wishes - and their tradition - her dishonor must be repaid in blood. Lon Chaney plays two roles in this silent film: the wizened grandfather, and the younger Mr. Wu.

THE UNHOLY THREE (1925) is a silent film about three carnies who escape their sideshow captivity and enter a life of crime. Lon Chaney - The Man of a Thousand Faces - plays a ventriloquist in a granny disguise. He and his cohorts rob a string of Park Avenue apartments that ends up in murder. Directed by Tod Browning (Freaks).

THE UNHOLY 3 (1930) is the "talkie" remake of Tod Browning's 1925 silent film. Three sideshow acts disguise themselves to gain the trust - and later the stolen wealth - of New York society. Lon Chaney and Harry Earles reprise their 1925 roles. This was Chaney's first "talkie" but his last film. He died of throat cancer two months after the movie's release.




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October 24, 2010

’60s Sondheim TV Show Is Now on (Legal) DVD


By ERIK PIEPENBURG
Attention Stephen Sondheim groupies: You’ve lost bragging rights to your bootleg copies of “Evening Primrose.”

A digitally restored and remastered DVD of the 1966 television musical, holy grail for Sondheim completists, is being released on Tuesday ­ the first time the entire program will be available commercially to the public in any format.

The surreal 50-minute musical, adapted by James Goldman from a 1940 short story by John Collier, follows a poet named Charles Snell (a post-“Psycho,” still creepy Anthony Perkins), who becomes so disillusioned with the real world that he decides to make his home inside a New York City department store, with, as he sings, its “forty pianos and ten thousand shoes.”

Hiding out after hours he finds a community of eccentric hermits who evade security by pretending to be mannequins. Charles eventually falls in love with Ella (Charmian Carr, who played the oldest daughter in the film version of “The Sound of Music”), a maid being held against her will (long story). The two try to escape from the store but are hunted by the mysterious “dark men” so they won’t expose the secret society. “The story is whimsical, it’s quirky, and it’s macabre,” said Jane Klain, the manager of research services at the Paley Center for Media, who wrote the liner notes for the new DVD.

“Evening Primrose” was broadcast only once, on Nov. 16, 1966, on “ABC Stage 67,” the network’s short-lived cultural series. By that time Mr. Sondheim had already achieved success with “West Side Story,” “Gypsy” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” But his most recent musicals, “Anyone Can Whistle” and “Do I Hear a Waltz?,” had received decidedly less acclaim.

Opportunities to see or hear “Evening Primrose” in its entirety since have been limited. Bootleg copies have circulated among Sondheim aficionados and on YouTube, and the Paley Center has a copy for viewing by appointment.

Thanks in part to a 2001 studio recording (with Neil Patrick Harris as Charles) and an original television soundtrack recording officially released in 2008, the song “Take Me to the World” has become well known. Barbara Cook sang it in the recent Broadway revue “Sondheim on Sondheim.”

And in what organizers are calling the musical’s North American premiere, a staged reading of “Evening Primrose,” starring Candice Bergen, is scheduled for Monday night at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, as a benefit for the St. George’s Society of New York.

In a phone interview Mr. Sondheim said he was pleased that the musical was finally being released, even with its scrappy made-for-TV aesthetic. “It was my first experience with a musical for television, and that’s what was fun about it,” he said, adding that he hadn’t yet seen the restored edition.

While the original master tape, which was in color, has never been found, Ms. Klain used for the DVD a newly discovered black-and-white 16-millimeter copy that she said “had never been looked at.” Entertainment One is putting out the disc in partnership with the Archive of American Television, a program of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation.

“Evening Primrose” offers Sondheim fans an early glimpse of what would become the composer’s signature style. There are complex rhythms and patter-heavy wordplay, for example, in the opening number, “If You Can Find Me, I’m Here”:

Farewell, Neanderthal neighbors

Swilling your pretzels and beer.

Fair-weather friends,

Will you miss me now?

If you can find me, I’m here.

According to the liner notes, the short taping time allotted for programs on “ABC Stage 67” required that book scenes be completed in single takes, giving the production the feeling of live television. Mr. Sondheim laughed when talking about the rough-and-tumble shooting schedule, pointing out a continuity lapse, visible in the DVD, in which a scarf that Charles wears in one scene of the opening number is suddenly not there in the next.

“It has a vaguely amateur feeling, which I like,” he said.

The DVD also provides a mini-snapshot of New York department-store history. Shots of Perkins walking among shoppers and riding an escalator were filmed one early Sunday morning on location at the old Stern Brothers department store on West 42nd Street. Paul Bogart, the director, explained in an interview included as a DVD extra that rehearsals were originally held at Macy’s but were moved after the retailer soured on the project for unknown reasons.

Ms. Klain suggested that Macy’s may have been worried about copycats trying to establish their own nocturnal society in the store.

“It’s a perfectly valid little fantasy,” said Mr. Sondheim, whose new book, “Finishing the Hat,” a collection of his lyrics and commentary, also comes out on Tuesday. “When you think about it, you can live your whole life in a department store. Everything you need is there, from food to clothes to bathrooms.”

Mr. Sondheim took a little blame for helping “Evening Primrose” make the rounds of the musical theater underground for so long.

“Most of the bootleg copies are out there,” he said, “because I lent it to people.”
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Another title out from Warner Archives in November is One Way Passage (1932) with William Powell & Kay Francis.
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Precious Doll wrote:HOT ROD (1950) REMASTERED! Jimmy Lydon stars as the youngest son of a hot-rod hating father who buys an old jalopy and, out of respect to his dad, doesn't convert it into a Hot Rod. He changes his mind after the local speed demon impresses his girlfriend -and soon creates the fastest car in town! Lots of fast-paced thrills are in store in this remastered exploitation flick!
Yes!!!! At long last! :D
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I did several years ago. They're quick to fill orders, but the quality of the product varies as it does on all these bootleg sites.
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Has anyone ever ordered from onlyclassicmovie.com? Is it a good site?
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New from Warner's archive.

LEGENDS OF THE SUPERHEROES (1979) Adam West, Burt Ward and Frank Gorshin recreate their TV roles of Batman, Robin and The Riddler in this often-requested camp TV oddity. Featuring two parts, "The Challenge" and "The Roast," fellow Justice Leaguers The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, The Atom and Black Canary are joined by heroic legend Captain Marvel and newcomer The Huntress for a most unusual comedy adventure. Other guests include 1970s TV stalwarts Ed McMahon and Ruth Buzzi. Restored from the original 2" master tapes, and featuring super bonus content, including deleted scenes and outtakes!

THE ADDAMS FAMILY: SEASON ONE (1973-74) Hanna-Barbera Studios brought Charles Addams' loveably macabre family to Saturday mornings for 16 delightful episodes. Jackie Coogan and Ted Cassidy recreate their primetime roles of Uncle Fester and Lurch and a 10-year-old Jodie Foster voices young Pugsley Addams in the four-disc collection.

JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS IN OUTER SPACE: THE COMPLETE SERIES (1972-73) reunites TV's first all-girl rock group as they blast off for 16 musical out-of-this-world animated adventures thanks to bumbling busybody Alexandra. Based on the popular Archie Comics' series, Josie and her friends travel through the galaxy, battling aliens and often entertaining them with a song or two in this four-disc set.

WARNER BROS. HORROR/MYSTERY DOUBLE FEATURES (1937-43) Six sinister tales from Hollywood's haunted past. An eclectic mix of stars (Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith) shine in this collection of deftly-directed B-Movie gems including SH! THE OCTOPUS (1937) along with FIND THE BLACKMAILER (1943), THE SMILING GHOST (1941), THE HIDDEN HAND (1942), MYSTERY HOUSE (1938) and THE PATIENT IN ROOM 18 (1938). Crack open the Warner Bros. vault and let the mystery unravel!

BRASS BANCROFT OF THE SECRET SERVICE MYSTERY COLLECTION (1939-40) are a four-film series starring Ronald Reagan as former Army Air Corps Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft, who leaves his job as a commercial pilot to go to work for the Secret Service. Eddie Foy Jr. is featured as his comic-relief sidekick. This collection of fast-paced films are sure to be of interest to the legion of Reagan fans. Included are SECRET SERVICE OF THE AIR, CODE OF THE SECRET SERVICE, SMASHING THE MONEY RING and MURDER IN THE AIR. Available 10/20.

HOT ROD (1950) REMASTERED! Jimmy Lydon stars as the youngest son of a hot-rod hating father who buys an old jalopy and, out of respect to his dad, doesn't convert it into a Hot Rod. He changes his mind after the local speed demon impresses his girlfriend -and soon creates the fastest car in town! Lots of fast-paced thrills are in store in this remastered exploitation flick!

THE OPPOSITE SEX (1956) REMASTERED! In this musical remake of THE WOMEN, a happily married singer lets her catty friends convince her to file for divorce. At Sydney's salon in Manhattan, society ladies can get a shampoo, set and the latest gossip, all for one fee. With a dazzling cast that includes June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Agnes Moorehead, Joan Blondell and the dashing Leslie Nielsen in breathtaking CinemaScope and Stereophonic Sound.

ADAM'S WOMAN (1970) A young Beau Bridges is sentenced to 20 years in an Australian penal colony. But he's given a chance - and a homestead - by the warden, on the condition that he'll pair with a female prisoner and make a life in the untamed Australian outback.

Jon Voight is the ALL AMERICAN BOY (1973). He's a champion in the boxing ring - and with the ladies - but he drifts through his life without committing to anything. Boxing has given him opportunities, but can it give his life meaning? Features Rosalind Cash and Anne Archer.

Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Patrick Stewart and Eric Stoltz star in CODE NAME EMERALD (1985), a WWII drama about the rescue of an undercover American "Overlord" from the Nazis. US secret agents must rescue - or kill - the soldier before the Nazis make him spill secrets about the impending D-Day invasion.

ONCE YOU KISS A STRANGER (1969) Pretty Diana woos a married golfer into a trap and offers him a deal: She'll kill his golf rival if he kills her psychiatrist. Carol Lynley is the seductress, and Paul Burke her unknowing victim, in this provocative re-working of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, set against a backdrop of sexy, sizzling Los Angeles circa 1969.

THE SELL-OUT (1976) Richard Widmark stars in this twisting story about Cold War cooperation between the CIA and the KGB: Both sides want their former agents to die. Who knows what an old spook may divulge? Gabriel Lee (Oliver Reed) is next on their list. He defected to the East once and switched sides again but how many times can he get away?

Orson Welles plays Long John Silver in TREASURE ISLAND (1972). Pay heed, good mates. Let nary a mother's son speak of the treasure map bestowed upon cabin boy Jim Hawkins! Lush and lavish, this larger-than-life adaptation tells the tale of the pirate chief's search for gold and silver. The script is by Wolf Mankowitz and Orson Welles (writing as O.W. Jeeves).

WAR OF THE BUTTONS (1995) The children of two Irish towns located on either side of an inlet in County Cork, form small armies and battle against each other in a neverending quest for supremacy. The losers lose underwear, shoelaces - and their buttons! What they gain, however, is mutual respect. Written by Oscar®-winners Colin Welland and David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire).

YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW (1966) was Francis Ford Coppola's fascinating Master's thesis. A very nice young man anxiously moves out of his parents' Long Island house and into an eighth-floor Greenwich Village walkup to become "liberated." Starring Rip Torn, Geraldine Page, Karen Black and Elizabeth Hartman, with a soundtrack by the Lovin' Spoonful
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It's nice to see Basil Dearden getting some respect. Victim was preciously released in the U.S. but not by Criterion and League of Gentlemen and all Night Long have only been released in the U.K. The marvelous Sapphire has only been available in bootleg copies.



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