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The Sound of Music (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition)
: :Shot in Salzburg against the majestic Bavarian Alps, THE SOUND OF MUSIC is considered one of the greatest screen musicals ever made. Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (Robert Wise), the film, based on a real family and their true events, tells the story of a young postulate, Maria (Julie Andrews), who, after proving too high-spirited for the Mother Abess and other nuns, is sent off to work as a governess to seven unruly ...
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Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
: :A fascinating story of idealism corrupted by wealth Citizen Kane is frequently named the greatest film of all time and is credited with inspiring more directorial careers than any other film in history. Orsen Welles and Agnes Moorehead star.Running Time: 119 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 053939656527 Manufacturer No: T6565DVD essential video:Arguably the greatest of American films, Orson Welles's 1941 masterpiece, made when he was only 26, still unfurls like a dream and carries the viewer along the mysterious currents ...
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Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)
: essential video:David Lean focused all his talent as an epic-maker on Boris Pasternak's sweeping novel about a doctor-poet in revolutionary Russia. The results may sometimes veer toward soap opera, especially with the screen frequently filled with adoring close-ups of Omar Sharif and Julie Christie, but Lean's gift for cramming the screen with spectacle is not to be denied. The streets of Moscow, the snowy steppes of Russia, the house in the country taken over by ice; these are re-created ...
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Roman Holiday (Special Collector's Edition)
: :A princess on an official visit to Rome slips away without notice and falls in love with a newspaperman.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: NRRelease Date: 2-JAN-2007Media Type: DVD essential video:Maybe it doesn't quite live up to its sterling reputation, and maybe the leading man and director were slightly miscast. But who cares? Roman Holiday is the film that brought Audrey Hepburn to prominence, and the world movie audience went weak at the knees. The endlessly charming Hepburn had her first ...
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Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
: :Swanson stars as fading film star Norma Desmond and Holden plays the struggling writer who is held in thrall by her madness. Von Stroheim plays Desmond's discoverer, ex-husband, and butler.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: NRRelease Date: 8-AUG-2006Media Type: DVD essential video:Billy Wilder's noir-comic classic about death and decay in Hollywood remains as pungent as ever in its power to provoke shock, laughter, and gasps of astonishment. Joe Gillis (William Holden), a broke and cynical young screenwriter, is attempting to ditch ...
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Special Aniversary Collector's Edition)
: :Winner of two Oscars® the romantic comedy that sparkles like diamonds! The names Audrey Hepburn and Holly Golightly have become synonymous since this dazzling romantic comedy was translated to the screen from Truman Capote's best-selling novella. Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian Millionaire. George Peppard plays her next-door neighbor a writer who is 'sponsored' by a wealthy Patricia Neal. Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy. Seeing just how ...
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The Parent Trap (1961) and The Parent Trap II (1986): 2-Movie Collection (2-Disc Set)
: :Two identical twins, separated since their parents' divorce, scheme to switch places in order to get their parents back together; As grownups, a niece convinces one of the twins to help match up her divorced sister with the niece's friend's widowed fatherGenre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: GRelease Date: 27-SEP-2005Media Type: DVD
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The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Collection)
: :Paramount Pictures celebrates the 50th anniversary of Cecil B. DeMille's Bible epic spectacular THE TEN COMMANDMENTS with a double feature that includes both the 1956 version and the director's original 1923 silent version. See individual titles for plot details.System Requirements:Running Time: 356 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: G UPC: 097360412246 Manufacturer No: 041224 essential video:Legendary silent film director Cecil B. DeMille didn't much alter the way he made movies after sound came in, and this 1956 biblical drama is proof of ...
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks (30th Anniversary Edition)
:Description:An Academy Award(R) winner for Best Visual Effects (1971), BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS is a magical blend of live action and animation that makes it one of Disney's most enduring classics. This magical 30th anniversary edition version of the film is now yours to enjoy in digital splendor on this remastered, fully restored DVD! BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS is the enchanting story of an amateur witch who, along with three precocious orphans, flies into one fantastic adventure after another aboard a bewitched ...
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Fantasia (Special 60th Anniversary Edition)
: essential video:Groundbreaking on several counts, not the least of which was an innovative use of animation and stereophonic sound, this ambitious Disney feature has lost nothing to time since its release in 1940. Classical music was interpreted by Disney animators, resulting in surreal fantasy and playful escapism. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra provided the music for eight segments by the composers Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Ponchielli, Bach, Dukas, and Schubert. Not all the sequences were created equally, but ...
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