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| Padre Padrone
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(1977 Paolo Taviani) 80:-
Based on the autobiography of Gavino Ledda (Saverio Marconi), it tells the story of a boy born into abject poverty in rural Sardinia whose father (Omero Antonutti) intends that he will follow in his footsteps as a shepherd, ruthlessly cracking down (often violently) on the expression of any other
interest, even something as fundamental as basic literacy. Ledda's eventual triumph over adversity is what gives this film its powerful human drama, but it's also one of the most riveting examples of the Tavianis' uncanny feeling for the poetry and potency of Italian landscapes, and their respect for all their characters' viewpoints, no matter how alien they might seem to modern sensibilities.
[Atlantic]Region 2
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| Palo Alto
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(2013 Gia Coppola)
An unflinching portrait of adolescent lust, boredom, and self-destruction, "Palo Alto" is an astonishing debut from writer-director Gia Coppola, the latest addition to the legendary Coppola filmmaking dynasty.
The lives of four Californian teens are explored through the dreamy state of youthful recklessness. Amidst the insecurities and fears of wasted youth, April (Emma Roberts) and Teddy (Jack Kilmer) struggle to acknowledge their mutual affection, whilst Teddy's best friend Fred (Nat Wolff) begins his volatile spiral into adolescent chaos. "Palo Alto" perfectly encapsulates suburban youth standing on the cusp of adulthood.
[Njuta Films]Region 2
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| Panic Room
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(2002 David Fincher)
Traped in their Ney York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) and her daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart) play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three brutal and deadly intruders – Junior (Jared Leto),
Burnham (Forest Whitaker) and Raoul (Dwight Yoakam). But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside the Panic Room.
Superbit Edition
[Columbia]Region 1
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| Pans Labyrint
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(2006 Guillermo del Toro) 50:-
originaltitel: El Laberinto del Fauno
Guillermo del Toro creates a unique, richly imagined epic with Pan's Labyrinth, a gothic fairy tale set against the postwar era of Fanco's Spain.
Pan's Labyrinth unfolds throught the eyes of Ofelia, a young girl uprooted to a remote military outpost commanded by her new stepfather. Powerless and lonely in a place of great danger, Ofelia lives out her own dark fable as she confronts monsters both otherworldly and human after she discovers a neglected labyrith behind the family home. There she meets Pan, a fantastical creature who challenges her with three tasts which he claims will reveal her true identity.
[Pan Vision]Region 2
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| Paradistrilogin
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(2012/2013 Ulrich Seidl) 125:-
Paradis: Kärlek
Teresa är en frånskild, medelålders kvinna som bestämt sig för att semestra i paradiset. På stranden uppvaktas hon av unga män som söker hennes uppmärksamhet och ger henne komplimanger. Hon känner sig äntligen sedd och med sitt nyvunna självförtroende bestämmer hon sig för att dra fördel av situationen. Men jakten på kärlek har ett sorgligt pris.
Paradis: Tro
För Anamaria är paradiset detsamma som Jesus. Under sina dagliga pilgrimsresor genom Wien går hon från dörr till dörr med en Mariastaty i famnen. En dag, efter många års frånvaro, dyker hennes man, en egyptisk muslim, plötsligt upp. Hymner, sånger och böner blandas nu med ljudet av regelrätta slagsmål.
Paradis: Hopp
Den 13-åriga Melanie tillbringar sitt sommarlov tillsammans med andra överviktiga tonåringar på ett strikt och diciplinerat dietläger med målet att gå ned i vikt. Mellan fysiska aktiviteter och olika kostrådgivningar, mellan kuddkrig och otillåtna tonårsaktiviteter, blir Melanie förälskad i lägrets ledare, en 50-årig läkare. Som sin första förälskelse försöker hon på alla tänkbara vis att förföra honom.
[TriArt]Region 2
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| Paranoid Park
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(2007 Gus van Sant) 50:-
When Alex, a 16-year-old skater, plucks up the courage to go to Paranoid Park - Portland's most challenging and infamous urban skateboard destination - he didn't expect his night to end with the death of a railway security guard.
Deciding to say nothing about the incident, Alex does all he can to lead a normal life, but is troubled by a crushing burden of guilt which impacts on his relationship with one of his school's most sought after girls and his relationship with his parents. Soon, he finds he needs to tell somebody his secret, but with the police closing in, his choice of confidant could mean the difference between being caught and staying free.
[Sandrew Metronome]Region 2
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| Pariah
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(1998 Randolph Kret)
The happiness of mixed race couple Steve (Damon Jones) and Sam (Elexa Williams) is shattered when they are brutally attacked by Neo-Nazi skinheads. The psychological trauma of being raped drives Sam to suicide, leaving Steve embittered and alone.
Infiltrating the skinhead community by posing as a Neo-Nazi himself, Steve resolves to gain revenge on his assailants.
[Edge]Region 2
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| Paris when it Sizzles
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(1964 Richard Quine) 50:-
svensk titel: Livat i Paris
A veteran Hollywood screenwriter goes to Paris to write the screenplay of his career - in three days. Lacking fresh ideas, he turns to his gamine secretary to provide fuel for his imagination, and they come up with various scenarios for his screenplay, called 'The Girl Who Stole The Eiffel Tower'. William Holden and Audrey Hepburn heat up the main characters, with terrific supporting help from the likes of Frank Sinatra, Noel Coward, Tony Curtis, Fred Astaire, Marlene Dietrich, and the glorious city of Paris.
[Paramount]Region 2
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| Patrioten
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(2000 Roland Emmerich) 30:-
originaltitel: The Patriot
As a former war hero of the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) is determined to renounce his notoriously violent past in order to raise his family in peace. The last thing he wants to do is return to battle against the savage British redcoats in the midst of the American Revolution.
But when one of his sons is killed in a revolutionary skirmish and his patriotic eldest son Gabriel (Heath Ledger) joins the fight, Martin has no choice but to take up arms once again in order to protect the people he treasures most in his life. The only way to protect his family is to face the bloody reality of war and fight for a young nation's freedom.
[Columbia]Region 2
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| Paycheck
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(2003 John Woo)
Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) is a brilliant computer engineer hired for work on top-secret projects. After each job, Jenning's short-term memory is erased so he can not recount any project information.
Emerging from his latest assignment - a three-year contract with an eight-figure paycheck, given to him by an old friend (Aaron Eckhart) - Jennings is shocked to be told that he agreed to forfeit all payment. It appears he is left with no comeback - until he receives a mysterious envelope containing clues to his forgotten past. With the help of a beautiful scientist (Uma Thurman), Jennings must race to solve the puzzle of his past... whilst avoiding a terrifying discovery which awaits him in the future.
[Paramount]Region 1
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| Pennies from Heaven
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(1981 Herbert Ross) 50:-
Arthur (Steve Martin) is a sheet music salesman, unhappily married to Joan (Jessica Harper) and living in a dreary Chicago apartment during the recession. To cheer himself up he sings the songs of the era, transporting himself into a more glamorous world.
He falls in love with record store assistant Eileen (Bernadette Peters), who also seems to offer an alternative to his mundane life, but tragedy looms for the young lovers in the form of a sinister tramp.
[Warner]Region 1
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| Peter de Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn
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(2016 Peter de Rome) 80:-
Pioneering erotic filmmaker Peter de Rome tells his astonishing life story with humour and charm in this surprising documentary.
Spanning more than eight decades of gay experience in Britain and the US, Peter de Rome charts his journey from cinematic outlaw to celebrated film icon with contributions from collaborators and some of those he has influenced.
The film uses extensive extracts from Peter's varied and often explicit work, from his early 8mm experiments in the 1960s to his extraordinary feature films to create a portrait of a true one-off.
[Peccadillo]Region 2
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| Phantom of the Opera
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(1925 Rupert Julian, Edward Sedgwick) 50:-
svensk titel: Fantomen på Stora Operan
Lon Chaney, the man of a thousand faces, stars in this, the original adaptation of Gaston Leroux's celebrated novel. When the Phantom falls in love with the voice of a young opera singer (Mary Philbin) he drags her to the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera House and forces her to sing only for him.
[Starlite]Region 2
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| Pianisten
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(2001 Michael Haneke) 50:-
originaltitel: The Piano Teacher
Isabelle Huppert gives a performance of astounding emotional intensity as Erika Kohut, a repressed woman in her late thirties who teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory and lives with her tyrannical mother (Annie Girardot), with whom she has a volatile love-hate relationship. But when one of Erika's students, the handsome and assured Walter Klemmer (Benoit Magimel), attempts to seduce her, the barriers that she has carefully erected around her claustrophobic world are shattered, unleashing a previously inhibited extreme and uncontrollable desire.
[Sandrew Metronome]Region 2
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| Pineapple Express
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(2008 David Gordon Green)
After witnessing a murder involving a corrupt cop (Rosie Perez) and a drug kingpin (Gary Cole), straitlaced pothead Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) must go on the run with his dealer (James Franco, in a Golden Globe-nominated role) to escape the wrath of vengeance-minded criminals. Acclaimed indie director David Gordon Green steers this stoner buddy comedy, penned by Rogen and his Superbad co-writer, Evan Goldberg.
2-DVD Unrated Special Edition in Slipcase
[Sony] Region 1
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| Pitch Black
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(2000 David Twohy)
Vin Diesel stars as the enigmatic fugitive in the film that first introduced the world to the character of Richard B. Riddick. Pitch Black is a pulse-pounding sci-fi action adventure, set in a world where the daylight can burn you... but the darkness will kill you.
[Universal]Region 1
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| Planet of the Apes
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(2001 Tim Burton)
In the year 2029, interstellar reconnaissance missions are relegated to chimpanzee pilots from the space station Oberon in deep space. On one such mission, a chimp loses communication and vanishes from the radar. Fearless astronaut Leo Davidson launches a rescue mission and, following a malfunction, lands on a jungle-like planet not unlike the earth. To Leo's astonishment, English-speaking apes and primitive humans inhabit the planet. Following his capture by the apes and subsequent escape, Leo assembles a small band of defiant humans and empathetic apes in an attempt to re-establish contact with Oberon, but his focus changes following an unexpected discovery.
Armed with this new information, Leo leads a rebellion against an overpowering ape force that will result in freedom or complete annihilation.
2-Disc Special Edition
[20th Century]Region 1
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| Pom Poko
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(1994 Isao Takahata) 80:-
originaltitel: 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ
As civilisation draws ever nearer to their idyllic forest home, a group of mischievous Japanese tanuki raccoons try to scare humans away. But they soon discover that man is not their only rival in the struggle for their age-old territory.
Drawing on Japanese myths and legends, director Isao Takahara presents a satirical view of woodland spirits using every available magical ruse to take on modern developers: including transformations, sabotage and trickery.
[Pan Vision]Region 2
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| Poppy
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(1936 A. Edward Sutherland)
Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.
[Universal]Region 2
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| Portrait of a Lady
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(1996 Jane Campion)
svensk titel: Porträtt av en Dam
Nicole Kidman is Isabel Archer, a young woman of daring independence and equally fierce desires. But her headstrong innocence is no match for the manipulations of her duplicitous friend Madame Merle (Barbara Hershey) and the devious Gilbert Osmond (John Malkovich).
[Universal]Region 2
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| Portrait of Jennie
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(1948 William Dieterle) 80:-
svensk titel: Porträtt av Jennie
Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) is a struggling and mostly failing New York artist until one day, in Central Park, he meets Jennie (Jennifer Jones).
Jennie seems to possess an almost mystical quality and as Eben sketches her, his work shows more expression and emotion than anything he has ever done before. But before he knows it, Jennie has disappeared. Eben frantically searches for his mysterious model and when they meet again a few weeks later, Jennie seems to have aged several years. What then unfolds is one of the most unusual and unforgettable love stories ever told as they are both swept up in a strange love that even time cannot contain.
[Universal]Region 2
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| Poseidon
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(2006 Wolfgang Petersen)
Set adrift in the vast waters of the North Atlantic for a luxury New Year's Eve party staged in the ship's magnificent ballroom, the massive ocean-liner Poseidon receives an unexpected jolt when a rogue, 100-foot wave rolls it completely upside down, forcing the surviving passengers to fight their way to safety. Trapped beneath the waterline and implored by the captain to remain in place until a rescue team arrives, the panicked survivors struggle to keep their cool as the water begins to rush in, infernos blaze all around, and a loss of electricity plunges the doomed vessel into total darkness.
2-DVD Special Edition in 3D Slipcase
[Warner] Region 1
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| Pot o' Gold
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(1941 George Marshall)
svensk titel: Jimmy's Lyckliga Timme
A rare musical/comedy outing for James Stewart, then at the peak of his career.
Stewart plays James Hamilton Haskell, a former music store worker who joins his uncle's health food business and befriends a band along the way. His uncle hates music, his hatred not being helped by the fact that the band practice next door to his factory. Based on a popular radio show of the time 'Pot O'Gold', the film gave both James Stewart and Paulette Goddard the opportunity of displaying their singing talents.
[Laserlight]Region 2
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| Prince of Darkness
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(1987 John Carpenter) 80:-
svensk titel: Mörkrets Furste
Deep in the basement of an abandoned church, once run by a sinister religious sect, lies a strange bottle of green liquid being investigated by a group of local theoretic physics students.
But as the night draws in, the students soon realise that the strange relic holds a dark and powerful force beyond their control. A force that could well be the essence of pure evil: the remains of Satan himself.
[Sandrew Metronome]Region 2
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| Putoavia Enkeleitä
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(2008 Heikki Kujanpää) 50:-
A what-if story of authors Lauri Viita and Aila Meriluoto as told by their daughter of an alternative time line.
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