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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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| Caligula
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(1979 Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione) 125:-
A $25 million orgy of sexual excesses with super star cast. The most shocking adult movie ever made.
3-Disc Box Set
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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.
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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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(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.
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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
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| Charade
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(1963 Stanley Donen) 50:-
Regina (Audrey Hepburn) is about to divorce her husband when he is found murdered. Shortly before his death he had been converting all of his goods into cash, which has also disappeared.
Enter onto the scene Peter Joshua (Cary Grant), seemingly interested in Regina but really more interested in the whereabouts of her late husband's money. He is not alone, for there are former partners of her husband's also on the trail…
[SlamDunk]Region 2
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| Charlie Chaplin
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"The Mutual Films, vol 1 & 2" 300:-
Charlie Chaplin entered the film industry in 1914. By 1916 he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world after signing a contract with the Mutual Film Corporation for a salary of $670,000.
Mutual built Chaplin his very own studio and allowed him total freedom to make 12 two-reel films during a 12-month period. Chaplin subsequently recognised that time as the most inventive and liberating of his career. These 12 films, brought together for the first time in this newly remastered release, demonstrate the breadth of Chaplin's abilities as both a physical entertainer and a subtle, endearing character actor. [BFI]Region 2
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| Charro!
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(1969 Charles Marquis Warren) 50:-
With his glory days as a criminal far behind him, Jess Wade, a rugged horseman and dangerous outlaw Vince Hackett's right-hand man, now wants out. But going straight is easier said than done.
After all, no one betrays Hackett. As a result, Vince frames Wade for the theft of the Victory Gun: the powerful gold-and-silver cannon that fired the last shot against Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico. Now, hunted down like prey, Jess is on the run from the Federales, bearing the hideous mark of a thief. And as Hackett threatens to wipe the small town of Rio Seco off the face of the earth, everyone believes that Jess is guilty. Can Charro clear his name and save the town?
[Warner]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.
[Universal]Region 1
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| Chocolat
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(2000 Lasse Hallström) 30:-
Nobody could have imagined the impact that the striking Vianne would make when she arrived in a tranquil, old-fashioned French town.
In her very unusual chocolate shop, Vianne begins to create mouth-watering confections that almost magically inspire the straitlaced villagers to abandon themselves to temptation and happiness. But it is not until another stranger, the handsome Roux, arrives in town that Vianne is finally able to recognise her own desires.
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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 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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| Clockwork Orange
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(1971 Stanley Kubrick) 50:-
Stomping, whomping, stealing, singing, tap dancing, violating. Derby-topped hooligan Alex (Malcolm McDowell) has a good time - at the tragic expense of others. His journey from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen and back again forms the dynamic arc of Stanley Kubrick's future-shock vision of Anthony Burgess' novel.
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| Clockwork Orange, A
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(1971 Stanley Kubrick) 80:-
Stomping, whomping, stealing, singing, tap dancing, violating. Derby-topped hooligan Alex (Malcolm McDowell) has a good time - at the tragic expense of others. His journey from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen and back again forms the dynamic arc of Stanley Kubrick's future-shock vision of Anthony Burgess' novel.
2-Disc Special Edition
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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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| Coal Miners Daughter
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(1980 Michael Apted) 50:-
Sissy Spacek stars as legendary Loretta Lynn, the dirt poor Appalachian Mountains girl who rose from humble beginnings to become the "Queen of Country Music".
At eighteen, the mother of four children and busy housewife still finds time to write and sing songs at small fairs and local honky-tonks. Recognising her raw talent and huge potential, her ambitious husband Mooney (Tommy Lee Jones) prods her into making a record and going to Nashville. After a performance at the Grand Ole Opry the record becomes a smash hit launching her career to super stardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.
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| Cobra
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(1986 George G Cosmatos) 50:-
Lt. Marion Cobretti is a one-man assault force, whose laser-mount submachine gun and pearl-handled Colt 45 spit pure crime-stopping venom.
Director Cosmatos rejoins Sylvester Stallone for this thriller pitting Cobretti against a merciless serial killer. The trail leads to not one murderer but to a "New Order" - and killing the inadvertent witness (Brigette Nielsen) to their latest blood spree. Fortunately, Cobra is her protector. And full-throttle screen excitement doesn't get any better.
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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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(2018 Pawel Pawlikowski) 50:-
originaltitel: Zimna Wojna
In the ruins of post-war Poland, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and Zula (Joanna Kulig) fall deeply, obsessively and destructively in love. As performing musicians forced to play into the Soviet propaganda machine, they dream of escaping to the creative freedom of the West.
But one day, as they spot their chance to make a break for Paris, both make a split decision that will mark their lives forever. Pawel Pawlikowski follows his Oscar-winning 'Ida' with the stunning 'Cold War', an epic romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. Sumptuously shot in luminous black and white, it spans decades and nations to tell a love story that is as tragic as it is moving, and as transportive as it is honest.
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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?
2-Disc Edition
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| Company of Wolves
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(1984 Neil Jordan) 80:-
svensk titel: Vargarnas Natt
Fascinating and imaginative. "The Company of Wolves" brings together the timeless Little Red Riding Hood and werewolf fables with a haunting, compelling, eerie and erotic difference.
This movie is a magical bag of symbolic folklore about werewolves or rather their sexual connotation. Grandmother Angela Lansbury tells her granddaughter Sarah Patterson, disturbing tales about innocent maidens falling in love with handsome, heavily eyebrowed strangers that have a smouldering look in their eyes. She also tells of her sudden disappearances of spouses when the moon is round and the wolves are howling in the woods.
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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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| Conversation, The
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(1974 Francis Ford Coppola) 80:-
svensk titel: Avlyssningen
Harry Caul is a respected but less-than-perfect surveillance expert who is wracked with self-doubt and carrying a heavy conscience since his work led to the death of two of his subjects. So when he comes to believe that his latest assignment - eavesdropping on a pair of young lovers - may end in murder, Harry can no longer avoid confronting the moral consequences of his chosen profession.
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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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| Cranes are Flying, The
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(1957 Mikhail Kalatozov) 175:-
originaltitel: Летят журавли
This landmark film was heralded as a revelation in the post-Stalin Soviet Union and the international cinema community alike.
It tells the story of Veronica (Tatiana Samoilova) and Boris (Alexei Batalov), a couple who are blissfully in love until World War II tears them apart. With Boris at the front, Veronica must try to ward off spiritual numbness and defend herself from the increasingly forceful advances of her beau's draft-dodging cousin.
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| Crash
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(2005 Paul Haggis) 50:-
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.
[Pathé] Region 2
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| Crossing Over
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(2009 Wayne Kramer) 50:-
Max Brogan (Harrison Ford) is on a quest for justice as an immigrations agent investigating the case of a missing illegal.
In a cross-fire of crime and bureaucracy, fraud and murder, he must race against time to try to save a family from becoming collateral damage in the fight for the American dream.
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| Cry Baby
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(1990 John Waters) 50:-
Dwight D Eisenhower is President, Rock n' Roll is king. And Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is the baddest hood in his high school.
Johnny Depp heads up a supercool cast as the irresistible bad boy whose amazing ability to shed one single tear drives all the girls wild – especially Allison Vernon-Williams (Amy Locane), a rich, beautiful "square" who finds herself uncontrollably drawn to the dreamy juvenile delinquent and his borbidden world of rockabilly music, fast cars and faster women.
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| Cul-de-Sac
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(1966 Roman Polanski) 50:-
svensk titel: Djävulsk Gisslan
Donald Pleasence and Francoise Dorleac play a mismatched couple - he effeminate and petulant, she sensual and enigmatic - who share a bizzare sexual relationship, living in a remote castle.
Their very isolation from the world prevents their eccentric partnership from foundering. Only an outsider can disrupt their make-believe lifestyle. That disruption arrives in the belligerent form of Richard and Albert, two oddball gangsters straight out of a 1940's film noir, wounded, desperate and on the run. They demand shelter, and as Richard waits for instructions from his gangland boss, he slips into a dangerous round of gameplaying with his unwilling hosts.
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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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| Cykeltjuven
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(1948 Vittorio de Sica) 50:-
originaltitel: Ladri di Biciclette
'Bicycle Thieves' tells the story of Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani), a long unemployed man who finally finds employment putting up cinema posters for which he needs a bicycle.
His wife pawns all the family linen to redeem their already pawned bicycle and for Antonio salvation has come, until it is stolen. Antonio and his son take to the streets in a desperate search to find the bicycle which is so crucial to his livelihood.
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| Cyrano de Bergerac
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(1990 Jean-Paul Rappeneau) 50:-
Cyrano (Gerard Depardieu), a swashbuckling hero with a gift for verse, is in love with the beautiful Roxane (Anne Brochet) but fears his prominent nose would cause her to reject his romantic advances. Instead he uses his poetic artistry to help a dashing but shallow suitor, Christian (Vincent Perez), who employs the words to which Cyrano longs to give voice. But will the object of their affection realise who she’s really falling for?
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