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1) The killing
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"Stanley Kubrick's account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood's tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, and Elisha Cook Jr., The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. With its precise tracking shots and gratifying...
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Screen legends Tyrone Power ("The Razor's Edge"), Marlene Dietrich ("Judgment at Nuremberg") and Charles Laughton ("The Night of the Hunter") star in this "brilliantly made courtroom drama" (Film Daily) that left audiences reeling from its surprise twists and shocking climax. Directed by Billy Wilder ("Avanti!"), scripted by Wilder and Harry Kurnitz ("One Touch of Venus"), and based on Agatha Christie's hit London play, this splendid, one-of-a-kind...
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Français
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Julie Kohler has just wed her childhood sweetheart. But just moments after the ceremony, her beloved is murdered on the steps of the church. Emotionally distraught, Julie becomes obsessed with her bridegroom's death and begins a descent into madness as she relentlessly pursues the men responsible.
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Kino Lorber Corp
Pub. Date
[1969]
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1 Blu-ray (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A U.S. Treasury agent and a Scotland Yard detective go undercover to infiltrate a ruthless counterfeit gang known as the Golden Goose, but the operation goes awry when the British agent decides to defect to the other side.
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When a crew of gun-toting gangsters knocks over a mafia racket in Harlem, their plan gets blown to hell and the crib gets blown to bits. But as the bullets start flying and cops start dying, a pair of New York's finest are forced to work together to bring justice to the streets before the Mafia brings the ghetto to its knees.
8) Ffolkes
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Universal, an MCA Company
Pub. Date
1980.
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1 Blu-ray (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Madman Lou Kramber (Perkins) captures and threatens to destroy a vital North Sea oil rig in 24 hrs. unless the British government delivers a huge ransom. Only one man has the skills to defeat him- Rufus Excalibur Ffolkes (Moore), a reclusive underwater expert who leads an elite commando team in a race-against-the-clock high-seas assault.
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A young couple (Linda Hamilton, Terminator 2, and Peter Horton, thirtysomething) find themselves stranded in the rural town of Gatlin, Nebraska, where they encounter a mysterious religious sect of children. But nowhere in town are there any adults. The horror grows to a blood-curdling climax as the two new visitors learn the horrifying secret behind the prospering corn fields. Based on the classic short story by Stephen King, CHILDREN OF THE CORN...
10) A thousand acres
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English
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Follows the saga of the Cook family. Cook's kingdom is a fertile farm that spans 1,000 acres, but the seeds of its destruction are sown when the patriarch, Larry Cook, impulsively decides to distribute it among his three daughters, Ginny, Rose, and Caroline.
11) Out of sight
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Meet Jack Foley, the most successful bank robber in the country. On the day Jack busts out of jail, he finds himself stealing something far more precious than money: Karen Sisco's heart. And unfortunately for Jack, she is a U.S. Marshal. Now, they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.
13) Twilight
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English
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Ex-cop Harry Ross is living above a movie star couple. The cancer-stricken husband confides in Harry one day and asks him to take care of a blackmail payoff, which brings back circumstances of his wife's first marriage that ended in death.
14) The associate
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A fast-track executive starts her own company after a backstabbing co-worker nabs her promotion. But when she's locked out of the stuffy corporate world, she invents a dazzling male business partner to sell her ideas! Her wacky plan soon spins wildly out of control, however, when her bogus "associate" becomes Wall Street's hottest financial whiz--she must impersonate him!
15) Crooklyn
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Director Spike Lee fashions a bold, flavorful picture of family life in a crowded but cozy Brooklyn neighborhood nicknamed "Crooklyn" by the Carmichaels, who experience one very special summer in their hometown under difficult but often wonderful circumstances.
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As the private eye of private eyes, Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He₂s tough, rough and ready to take on anything when Juliet Forrest appears on the scene with a case: her father, a noted scientist, philanthropist and cheesemaker, has died mysteriously. Reardon immediately smells a rat and follows a complex maze of clues that lead him to the ₁Carlotta Lists.₂ By weaving the plot and production design around memorable movie clips, Martin and...
17) The bounty
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William Bligh, a real-life sea captain who, in 1787, steered The Bounty on a 27,000-mile voyage into danger, chaos and madness. After 31 days of battling severe sea squalls and Bligh's ever-increasing cruelty, the weary crew is relieved to finally land on a remote island. But soon their tyrannical captain wants to sail again, and the desperate men turn to first mate Fletcher Christian to help them take the ship back, or die trying.
18) Cradle will rock
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A kaleidoscopic look at the extraordinary events of 1930s America, from high society to life on the streets in Depression-era New York City. Based on the events surrounding Marc Blitzstein's controversial musical about a steel strike, to be produced by the Federal Theater Program.
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Bored New Jersey housewife Roberta fills her days by reading the personals and following an ongoing romance between Jim and Susan, mysterious drifters who appear to lead the kind of free-spirited life she can only dream about. And dream she does, until the day she actually shows up at the couple's pre-arranged rendezvous in New York City. After a bump on the head, a bout of amnesia turns Roberta into Susan.
20) Dinosaurus!
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Building a new harbor off the coast of an island, an American engineer sets off a blast on the ocean floor that uncovers the frozen bodies of a Brontosaurus, a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Neanderthal Man. They are hauled ashore by the crew, who are unaware that the giants are still alive. Struck by lightning during a storm, the monsters awaken and prowl the island jungles! Also restored to life is the caveman, an amiable brute who joins the island boy...
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