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| Pajama Game, The
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(1957 George Abbot, Stanley Donen) 50:-
svensk titel: Pyjamasleken
Labour and management at the sleeptite Pajama Factory aren't sleeping much lately: a proposed 7 1/2 cent hourly wage increase is why - and a strike may result. But negotiations here involve snappy stars, terrific tunes and dynamic dances as Doris Day, John Raitt and a Broadway-seasoned cast play The Pajama Game.
[Warner]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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| Paraplyerna i Cherbourg
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(1964 Jacques Demy) 50:-
originaltitel: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Guy Foucher (Nino Castelnuovo), a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Genevieve Emery (Catherine Deneuve), an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, the pair share a passionate night. Genevieve becomes pregnant and then must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an attractive offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant (Marc Michel).
[Atlantic]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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| Passion of the Christ, The
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(2003 Mel Gibson) 80:-
Mel Gibson's controversial film focuses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.
The film begins in the Garden of Olives where Jesus has gone to pray after the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.
Steelbook Edition
[Scanbox]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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| Phantom of the Opera
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(1943 Arthur Lubin) 50:-
svensk titel: Fantomen på Stora Operan
Claude Rains stars as the masked phantom of the Paris opera house - a crazed composer who schemes to make a beautiful young soprano (Susanna Foster) the star of the opera company and wreak revenge on those who stole his music. Nelson Eddy, the heroic baritone, tries to win the affection of Foster as he tracks down the disfigured "monster" who has begun murdering those who resist his mad demands.
[Universal]Region 2
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| Pianot
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(1993 Jane Campion) 50:-
originaltitel: The Piano
Ada (Holly Hunter) - mute since birth - her nine year old daughter and her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of nineteenth century New Zealand. Of all her belongings her husband refuses to transport the piano and it is left behind on the beach.
Unable to bear its certain destruction, Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate tattooed neighbour (Harvey Keitel). She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certain things while she plays; one black key for every lesson.
[Atlantic]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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| Playtime
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(1967 Jacques Tati) 50:-
A surreal, comic vision of modern life in which the director's much-loved character, Monsieur Hulot - accompanied by a cast of tourists and well-heeled Parisians - turns unintentional anarchist when set loose in an unrecognisable Paris of steel skyscrapers, chrome-plated shopping malls and futuristic night spots.
[Atlantic]Region 2
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| Ponyo - På Klippan vid Havet
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(2008 Hayao Miyazaki)
originaltitel: Gake no ue no Ponyo
A young boy named Sosuke (voice of Frankie Jonas) rescues a goldfish named Ponyo (voice of Noah Cyrus), and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship and discovery. Under the sea, Ponyo's father, the Wizard Fujimoto (voice of Liam Neeson) is desperate for his daughter to return to their undersea home and uses his magic to bring her back, much to Ponyo's dismay. But Ponyo, ever the stubborn little goldfish, longs to return to her special friend. She magically transforms herself into a little girl, and finds her way back to Sosuke's house but accidentally stumbles upon her father's magical Water of Life and triggers a gigantic storm.
Now balance must be restored to the world they all cherish.
[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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| Princess Mononoke
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(1997 Hayao Miyazaki)
originaltitel: Mononoke-hime
Young warrior Ashitaka receives a wound that refuses to heal in a battle with a cursed beast.
Searching for a remedy for the supernatural injury, he leaves his remote village for the forbidding forests of the west, where he finds a human enclave under siege from divine powers: deities of times past, the wolf gods, and San, a wild girl of the forest. Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece depicts the clash between the natural world and its old gods, and the rise of humans and the beginnings of modern civilisation. It shows three elements of the Japanese psyche warring for supremacy in an epic ecological fable of stirring mythic power.
[Miramax]Region 2
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| Psycho
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(1960 Alfred Hitchcock)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where twitchy manager Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky but fine … until Marion decides to take a shower. Director Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-nominated shocker has been terrifying viewers for decades -- and for good reason.
[Universal] Region 1
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| Pumping Iron
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(1977 George Butler)
In 1977, an independent documentary movie shone a light on the world of bodybuilding, becoming a huge box office hit and creating an international sensation. It launched one man's multi-million dollar career and changed the world of bodybuilding and physical exercise forever: Pumping Iron.
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