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Oliver!
: :This musical adaptation of dickens classic tale follows the adventures of oliver twist a young orphan who takes to the streets of 19th-century london in order to seek his fortune. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 04/22/2008 Starring: Ron Moody Harry Secombe Run time: 146 minutes Rating: G Director: Carol Reed :Film buffs and critics can argue until their faces turn blue about whether this lavish Dickensian musical deserved the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1968, but the movie speaks for itself on grandly entertaining terms. Adapted from Dickens's classic ...
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Batman - The Animated Series - The Legend Begins
:Description:In the original five episodes of the Emmy-winning Batman The Animated Series, Batman must battle The Joker, The Scarecrow, Poison Ivy and more to protect Gotham City. :Taking a cue from the caped crusader's comic book rebirth in Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One, this 1992 animated series saved the TV Batman from a fate worse than camp and drew an unexpected audience for an afternoon cartoon: adults. The initial five episodes gathered here feature such supervillains as Man-bat, the Scarecrow, and Poison Ivy, but the deliciously demented Joker ...
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Oliver! (DVD Gift Set with CD Soundtrack)
:Description:Experience the high-spirited adventures of Oliver Twist in this Oscar®-winning musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale! Young Oliver (Mark Lester) is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-Century London. He's immediately taken in by a band of street urchins, headed by the lovable villain, Fagin (Ron Moody), his fiendish henchman, Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed), and his loyal apprentice, The Artful Dodger (Jack Wild). Through his education in the fine points of pick-pocketing, Oliver makes away with an unexpected treasure... a home and ...
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Jason and the Argonauts
:Description:Inspired by the Greek myth, the story begins when the fearless explorer Jason returns to the kingdom of Thessaly to make his rightful claim to the throne, but the gods proclaim that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. Consulting Hera, the Queen of gods, Jason recruits the Argonauts to crew his ship, and they embark on their eventful journey. :Is your classical Greek rusty? This is just the thing--a feast of epic Greek mythology--and the classic tale of Good (Jason, Theseus, Hercules, Orpheus) versus Evil (angry gods, Poseidon, Harpies, the women ...
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Benji
: :Studio: Gaiam Americas Release Date: 08/17/2004 Rating: Nr :No Hollywood studio was willing to buy or distribute this 1974 family film made in Texas, but it managed to find a considerable audience anyway in the U.S. and become a minor classic under its own steam. While Benji's production values aren't everything they could be, and the acting is at best uneven, the movie is really held together by the immense charm of the unassuming mutt who plays the title character. He may not look as impressive as Lassie or Rin Tin Tin, ...
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Defenders Of The Earth - The Complete Series, Vol. 1
: :Tyrant Ming the Merciless and his vast army of evil accomplices are working overtime to eliminate the human race. But the Defenders of Earth led by legendary crime-fighters The Phantom Flash Gordon Mandrake and his trusted confidant and bodyguard Lothar join forces with their uniquely talented teenage children to challenge Ming and his evil followers in a series of great adventures. Both sides employ powerful computers and space age technology in their arsenals of weapons.They are our last best hope. For a frightened but determined planet they are the Defenders of the ...
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Batman - The Animated Series - Tales of the Dark Knight
:Description:The legend of the fabled Dark Knight continues, in five thrilling episodes from the award-winning Batman: The Animated Series, from battling the killer comedy of The Joker to the first fateful encounter with the diabolical Two Face, Batman explodes into action! :Gotham City's dark angel of the night returns in episodes 6-9 of the hit 1992 animated series. Boldly drawn, austerely designed, and animated with fluid motion and dynamic action, these pre-Robin episodes are not necessarily the best the series has to offer (as producer Bruce Timm comments in his introductions, 'we were ...
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The Adventures of Batman & Robin - Poison Ivy/The Penguin (Animated Double Feature)
:Description:2 great titles on 1 DVD for the first time! 1st title: Adventures of Batman & Robin: Poison Ivy: Poison Ivy: A grade school teacher takes a night job working for rough nightclub owner. Beneath his tough exterior, though, her new boss is kind and very protective of her. 2nd title: Adventures of Batman & Robin: The Penguin: Penguin, ever crafty takes on Batman in a battle for control of the free world!
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The Adventures of Batman & Robin - The Joker/Fire and Ice (Animated Double Feature)
:Description:2 great titles on 1 DVD for the first time. 1st title: The Adventures of Batman & Robin: An evil grin, sadistic wit and a mirthless, bone-chilling laugh are all trademarks of BATMAN'S greatest foe: THE JOKER! Though frequently confined to ARKHAM ASYLUM, the evil CLOWN PRINCE OF CRIME keeps devising new ways to escape and bring misery to GOTHAM CITY. 2nd title: Adventures of Batman & Robin: Fire & Ice: One wield the power of searing flame. The other attacks with the touch of winter itself. For BATMAN, a close encounter with ...
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Scrabylon (A Scrabble Movie)
:Description: 'Scrabylon' is an award-winning, critically-acclaimed documentary on the cutthroat world of tournament Scrabble®. Featuring the most fierce anagrammers, rack balancers, and bingo experts in competitive Scrabble®, 'Scrabylon' delves deep into this sometimes wacky, sometimes odd, always compelling subculture. Shot primarily during the World Scrabble® Championships in Las Vegas, 'Scrabylon' features players from around the globe and gives an up-close look at why people get so obsessed with that seemingly benign game played at countless kitchen tables. 'Scrabylon' spotlights 'GI (gastrointestinal) Joel' Sherman, the world's only professional Scrabble® player - so named for ...
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