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| Caine Mutiny, The
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(1954 Edward Dmytryk)
svensk titel: Myteriet på Caine
'The Caine Mutiny' is a classic film about the unstable Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) and his tumultuous command of an old minesweeper and her weary crew. On the high seas during the dramatic battles of World War II, Queeg's by-the-book approach pushes his crew and his popular second-in-command, Lt. Maryk (Van Johnson), to the breaking point. After a series of questionable orders, Maryk confronts Queeg when he orders the ship directly into the path of a deadly typhoon. Maryk invokes naval code and relieves Queeg of his command, forcing the crew to mutiny. Once safely back in port, Maryk is court-martialed for treason, setting off a tense trial that exposes the true state of Queeg's mind.
Nominated for Best Actor, Humphrey Bogart gives a searing performance as he is systematically broken down in this classic tale of military conduct in a time of war.
[Sony]Region 1
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| Canterbury Tales
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(1972 Pier Paolo Pasolini) 50:-
originaltitel: I racconti di Canterbury
The second part of Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life (beginning with The Decameron and ending with Arabian Nights), is based on the fourteenth century stories of Geoffrey Chaucer. Plunging with gusto into some of the blackest and bawdiest of the tales, Pasolini celebrates almost every conceivable form of sexual act with a rich, earthy humour and weaves a visual magic that draws on the work of artists such as Bruegel and Bosch.
[Atlantic]Region 2
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| Captain Corelli's Mandolin
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(2001 John Madden)
With memorable performances from Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz, acclaimed director John Madden creates breathtaking imagery set amid the Italian occupation of Greece during World War II. When Captain Antonio Corelli (Nicolas Cage) and his Italian army company arrive on the unspoiled Greek island of Cephallonia strong-willed young Pelagia (Penelope Cruz) and the other villagers meet these uninvited guests with resentment. But as the Italians’ charm and passion for life win their acceptance, Pelagia and Corelli begin to develop a bond that transcends the divisions of nationality and circumstances.
Then, as the harsh reality of war ultimately crashes upon the idyllic shores of Cephallonia, Capt. Corelli must face the possibility of leaving the island and losing the woman he has come to love.
[Miramax]Region 2
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| Carlito's Way
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(1993 Brian De Palma) 30:-
Sprung from prison on a legal technicality by his cocaine-addled attorney (Sean Penn), former drug kingpin Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) stuns the local underworld when he vows to go straight.
Taking a job managing a glitzy, low-life nightclub, he tracks down his onetime girlfriend (Penelope Ann Miller) and rekindles their romance, promising he's changed for good.
But Carlito's dream of going legitimate is undermined at every turn by murderous former cronies and even deadlier young thugs out to make a name for themselves. Ultimately, however, his most dangerous enemy is himself. Despite good intentions, Carlito's misguided loyalties and an outmoded code of 'honour' will plunge him into a savage life-or-death battle against the relentless forces that refuse to let him go.
[Columbia]Region 2
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| Casa de los Babys
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(2003 John Sayles)
Six American women (Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daryl Hannah, Marcia Gay Harden, Susan Lynch, Mary Steenburgen and Lili Taylor) from varying backgrounds travel to a Latin American country to pick up their newly adopted babies. They're utterly shocked to discover that once they get there ... they're actually required by law to live there. Home sweet home? Hardly!
[MGM] Region 1
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| Cassandra's Dream
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(2007 Woody Allen) 30:-
Set in contemporary London, "Cassandra's Dream" is a powerful and thrilling story about two brothers who are desperate to better their troubled lives.
Colin Farrell is Terry, a chronic gambler in debt over his head. Ewan McGregor is Ian, a young man in love with a beautiful actress (Hayley Atwell) he has recently met. Their lives gradually become entangled into a sinister situation with intense and dangerous results, when their rich uncle offers them a way to get everything they want - at a price.
[Scanbox]Region 2
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(1992 Richard Attenborough)
From legendary director Richard Attenborough comes the epic story of a true cinematic icon, Charlie Chaplin.
In this award-winning masterpiece we follow Chaplin's increasingly complicated life from a poverty stricken music hall entertainer in England to eventual triumph in America.
The story of Chaplin is the story of cinema as we watch him grow from developing silent era slapstick to becoming one of the most important, pioneering fathers of film making, the art-form of a new century. But although he was able to reflect wondrous, magical humour in his work his private life was afflicted with infamy, sadness and a growing sense of loss.
[Optimum]Region 2
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| Chapter 27
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(2007 J P Schaefer)
On December 8th 1980 a shot rang out over the New York skyline that changed the world forever.
Mark Chapman arrived in New York with the intent to kill John Lennon, the story portrays Chapman's mental collapse as his demons win over, and persuade him to shoot Lennon on the steps of his apartment building, The Dakota.
2-Disc Special Edition
[Noble]Region 2
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| Charro!
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(1969 Charles Marquis Warren) 50:-
When Elvis Presley first appeared on screen, fans and critics alike called him the next James Dean. Everyone was shocked when "The King" was actually a credible actor.
His films exploited his youth appeal and crammed the running time with Presley music numbers and as time went on, the plots became more and more ludicrous, the songs less memorable. This was not lost on Presley, who was getting more and more bored with his screen assignments. He wanted to do something more challenging, a film befitting his early dramatic promise. He found that vehicle in one of his last screen appearances - Charro! This time, he played it straight. Clearly influenced by the successful Clint Eastwood/Sergio Leone series, this film is gritty and cynical. But most importantly, Presley proved once again that he could act. Reviewers at the time were impressed with Presley's performance and in retrospect, it makes one wish Presley had more challenging acting opportunities.
[Carat]Region 2
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| Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams
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(1981 Tommy Chong)
svensk titel: Cheech & Chong's Sköna Drömmar
This third outing for the kings of stoner comedy -- Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong -- concerns their latest enterprise: selling ice cream from a truck. (But, of course, they're delivering more than just good humor to their customers.) Stacy Keach returns from the duo's 1978 debut hit Up in Smoke, and the supporting cast features other pop culture icons from the era, including Timothy Leary, Paul Reubens, Sandra Bernhard and Linnea Quigley.
[Columbia] Region 1
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| Children of Men
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(2006 Alfonso Cuarón)
The year is 2027: The world's youngest person has just died at 18, and humankind is facing its own extinction. In a society torn apart by violence and warring sects, children of men follows Theo (Clive Owen) as he becomes an unlikely champion of earth's SURVIVAL.
One women represents the planet's LAST REMAINING HOPE - When her safety is threatened, Theo is forced to protect her from certain peril.
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| Chinatown
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(1974 Roman Polanski) 50:-
A landmark movie in the film noir tradition, "Chinatown" stands as a true screen classic.
Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in... Chinatown.
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| Chronicels of Riddick, The
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(2004 David Twohy)
Vin Diesel reprises his role as hunted fugitive Riddick, his anti-hero character from cult movie "Pitch Black".
Riddick is on the run. Escaping from mercenaries determined to collect the price on his head, he finds himself at the heart of a battle that is not his. With Necromonger conquerors threatening the future of the entire universe, Riddick could be the only unlikely hero to save the human race. But will he be interested in saving anything other than his own life?
Unrated Director's Cut
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| City Lights
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(1931 Charles Chaplin)
svensk titel: Stadens Ljus
‘City Lights’ begins with an uproarious skewering of pomp and formality, ends with one of the most famous last shots in movie history and, from start to finish, so completely touches the heart and tickles the funny bone that in 1998 it was named one of the American Film Institute’s Top-100 American
Films. Talkies were well entrenched when Charles Chaplin swam against the filmmaking tide with this forever classic that’s silent except for music and sound effects. The story, involving the Tramp’s attempts to get money for an operation that will restore sight to a blind flower girl, provides a star with an ideal framework for sentiment and laughs. The tramp is variously a street sweeper, a boxer, a rich 0poseur, and a rescuer of a suicidal millionaire. His message is unspoken, but universally understood: love is blind.
[Image]Region 1
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| City of Lost Children, The
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(1995 Marc Caro) 80:-
originaltitel: La Cité des Enfants Perdus
'The City of Lost Children' is a dazzling fantasy adventure from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro.
They bring their surreal vision to the story of Krank, a tormented scientist who sets about kidnapping local children in order to steal their dreams and so reverse his accelerated ageing process. When Krank's henchmen kidnap his brother, local fisherman and former circus strongman One sets out on a journey to Krank's nightmarish laboratory.
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| City Rats
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(2009 Steve Kelly)
British multi-narrative drama set in London. Danny Dyer stars as small-time crook Pete, who is trying to get back on the straight and narrow after a stint behind bars, but soon finds his dodgy past catching up with him. Meanwhile, artist Dean (Ray Panthaki) is struggling to find inspiration, Olly (Kenny Doughty) is searching for his sexual identity and Carol (Natasha Williams) is looking for her son - a former acquaintance of Pete's from his violent, druggy past.
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| Cloud Atlas
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(2012 Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski) 30:-
Six stories spanning centuries. One soul. Tom Hanks and Halle Berry lead an all-star cast in interwoven tales as time shifts between past, present and future. As characters reunite from one life to the next, their actions generate consequences: A killer evolves into a hero. An act of kindness inspires a revolution.
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(1955 José Ferrer) 80:-
svensk titel: Operation Cockleshell
In World War II, Royal Marine Major Stringer (José Ferrer) and Captain Thompson (Trevor Howard) chose volunteers for an unknown job. They train the volunteers intensively in top secrecy for more than a year and then embark with them on the most dangerous mission of the war - the canoe invasion of an enemy-held French port for the purpose of blowing up giant battleships.
The ten "canoe commandoes" were carried to their jump-off point by submarine, despite a depth-charge attack. Facing fantastic hazards, they paddled 70 miles through enemy waters to complete their mission. But only two survivors would return!
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| Cocoanuts, The
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(1929 Robert Florey, Joseph Santley)
svensk titel: Miljonärernas Paradis
Hammer (Groucho) is the fast-talking owner of a Florida hotel, hoping to make a mint by persuading wealthy society matron Mrs Potter (Maragaret Dumont) and her daughter Polly to invest in the local land boom. He is aided and abetted by a pair of inept conmen (Chico and Harpo) and desk clerk Jamison (Zeppo), but the quartet become distracted from their task when they help Polly's sweetheart, Bob, prove his innocence after he is wrongfully accused of stealing Mrs. Potter's jewels.
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| Cocoon - Återkomsten
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(1988 Daniel Petrie) 50:-
originaltitel: Cocoon - The Return
In the smash hit "Cocoon", a group of senior citizens proved that you're never to old for a little adventure. So they set out for the planet Antarea, an alien utopia where people live forever free from sickness and pain.
"Cocoon 2: The Return" welcomes back these homesick travellers as they find more adventure, this time waiting on their own doorstep... in a place called home. [20th Century]Region 2
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| Collateral
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(2004 Michael Mann)
Cabbie Max Durocher thought Vincent was just a normal fare. But when a known drug dealer falls out of a window onto Durocher's cab, Vincent reveals himself as a hitman and forces Durocher to hide the body in the trunk. Now Durocher has no choice but to drive Vincent to each of his hits. As the body count rises, Durocher makes a valiant attempt to save both his life and the life of the final target. But what chance does he have against a professional killer?
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| Colonel Redl
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(1985 Istvan Szabo)
originaltitel: Oberst Redl
The second film in the trilogy of celebrated collaborations between director Istvan Szabo and actor Klaus Maria Brandauer, "Colonel Redl" continues the examination of ambition, political intrigue, betrayal and destruction.
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
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| Color Purple, The
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(1985 Steven Spielberg) 50:-
svensk titel: Purpurfärgen
Celie. "Mr." Sofia. Nettie. Shug. The unforgettable characters of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize novel brighten the screen in this rhapsodically cinematic adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg.
At the center of the tale is Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), whose search for fulfillment in a world closed to her becomes a triumph of cruelty overcome by love, of pain eclipsed by joy.
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(1984 Richard Fleischer) 50:-
svensk titel: Conan, Förgöraren
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as Conan, the warrior King, in this thrilling swords and sorcery adventure.
In this action packed sequel he must join forces with a motley group (including Grace Jones) on a quest for a jewel encrusted horn that an evil Queen has promised will bring Conan's beloved Valeria back from the dead. What Conan doesn't know is that the Queen is using him in order to awaken the demon God Dagoth, and faced with enemies both mortal and supernatural Conan must summon his super human strength to battle evil itself.
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| Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A
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(1989 Mel Damski) 50:-
10-year-old Karen Jones (Keshia Knight Pulliam) falls off her horse and finds herself back in the year 528AD, in England, near Camelot.
Sir Lancelot immediately puts her under arrest, because of the dark colour of her skin he's convinced she's a demon. But with some help from the 20th century's advanced technology she saves herself from the stake and establishes herself as a great sorcerer. Only with her help does Arthur (Michael Gross) become the famous king that we know him as.
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| Conseguenze dell'Amore, Le
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(2004 Paolo Sorrentino) 80:-
engelsk titel: The Consequences of Love
Paolo Sorrentino's gripping psychological thriller probes the dark secret harboured by middle-aged Italian loner Titta Di Girolamo, who has lived for eight years in an anonymous Swiss hotel.
Elegantly dressed, he impassively spends his days in the lobby or the hotel bar, observing the guests and staff with cool detachment. But his icy demeanour cracks when he begins to talk to the attractive barmaid Sofia, and the terrible truth about Titta's concealed world begins to unravel.
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| Corpse Bride, The
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(2005 Tim Burton)
When shy groom-to-be Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) practices his wedding vows, inadvertently in the presence of a deceased young woman (Helena Bonham Carter), she rises from the grave assuming he has married her! As he is whisked away to the underworld, Victor's real bride, Victoria (Emily Watson), waits bereft in the land of the living.
Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love...
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(1972 Mark Rydell) 80:-
John Wayne had brawled bare-knuckle, gunned down desperadoes, fought jungle wars and piloted the skies. But "The Cowboys" gave him one of his most juiciest roles as a leather-tough rancher who, deserted by his regular help, hires 11 greenhorn schoolboys for a cattle drive across 400 treacherous miles.
Co-starring the equally memorable Roscoe Lee Browne, Colleen Dewhurst and Bruce Dern, "The Cowboys" is exciting proof of Wayne's acting abilities.
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| Crash
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(2005 Paul Haggis)
Tensions erupt when the tangled lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge over a 36-hour period in the diverse metropolis of post-9/11 Los Angeles. Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Thandie Newton and Terrence Howard co-star in this Oscar-winning Best Picture from writer-director Paul Haggis.
2-Disc Director's Cut Edition
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| Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The
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(2008 David Fincher)
svensk titel: Benjamin Button's Otroliga Liv
"I was born under unusual circumstances". And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time.
We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any mans life can be. Benjamin Button is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.
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| Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The
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(2001 Woody Allen)
svensk titel: Skorpionens Förbannelse
Someone is stealing millions in jewels from New York City's upper crust and the only man who can crack the case is completely clueless! Woody Allen stars as a crackerjack investigator who falls under the spell of a crook and a beautiful colleague in his most baffling case yet.
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