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Vincent Perez (`Queen Margot`, `Crow 2: City of Angels`) and Lothaire Bluteau (`Black Robe`) star in this drama of war.
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Delbert Mann's moody adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill tragedy DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS stars Sophia Loren in her American film debut. Ephraim Cabot (Burl Ives), the larger-than-life patriarch of a New England farm in 1840, has had three sons, now grown, by two different wives, both dead. He's bought out the shares in the farm of two of his sons, but a third, Eben (Anthony Perkins), stays on, believing he has a right to the land, which his mother had previously owned. The old man decides he wants another son, and makes a deal with Anna (Loren), a 20-year-old woman, to marry him in exchange for the deed to the land in his will. But perhaps inevitably, Loren finds herself attracted to young Eben, and when she becomes pregnant, Ephraim has had nothing to do with it. After the baby is born, the unwitting old farmer makes public his bargain with Anna; and as Eben, shocked and enraged, flees the farm, the young woman's response leads to tragedy for all. Perkins delivers a typically nuanced performance in this epic family saga that features a sweeping score by Elmer Bernstein and garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital Mono - English Dolby Digital Mono - FrenchInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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MAN OF MIRACLES is a Christian treatment of the lives of beleaguered but ordinary Joe Cass (John Ritter of TV sitcom THREE'S COMPANY), his wife Annie (Meredith Baxter of TV sitcom FAMILY TIES), and the rest of their family (Kayla Campbell, Joanna Garcia, and David Tom). Holy Joe becomes so overwhelmed with his problems that he turns to prayer for a solution, experiencing an actual miracle as a result. Edwin Keenan Wynn, son of Keenan Wynn and grandson of revered comedian Ed Wynn, wrote the imaginative screenplay.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: [unspecified] - English
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Indiana, 1862. Quakers Jess and Eliza Birdwell (Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire) live on their family farm. There are only minor ruffles in their quiet life--youngest son, Little Jess, has a running battle with the pet goose, Samantha; Eliza disapproves when Jess turns their weekly buggy ride to worship into a race with neighbor Sam Jordan (Robert Middleton). But the Civil War threatens their calm. Will the Quaker men defend themselves against the invading Confederate Army? Their oldest son, Josh (Anthony Perkins), is torn between beliefs and desires. And what will Jess do when put to the test?DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Full Frame - 1.33Single Side - Dual LayerAudio: Mono 1.0 - English Mono 1.0 - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Featurette - 1. WIDE, WIDE WORLD
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Alfred Hitchcock had already begun work on REAR WINDOW when he took on the project to direct DIAL M FOR MURDER, based on the successful play by Frederick Knott. For the film, Hitchcock chose to cast his favorite leading lady of the time, Grace Kelly, as the embattled Margot Wendice. Kelly would also star in REAR WINDOW and Hitchcock's subsequent TO CATCH A THIEF. It wasn't Hitchcock's preference to shoot DIAL M FOR MURDER in Warnercolor 3D (the cameras were large and unwieldly), and the film is seldom screened in 3D, but Hitchcock's use of the technique is notable for its service to the story rather than just being a gimmick. In the film Margot Wendice is a wealthy heiress whose playboy husband, Tony (Ray Milland), recognizes his dependence on his wife's fortune. When Tony begins to suspect he is losing Margot's affection to writer Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings), he also begins to fear he will lose her wealth. This leads the callous husband to craft a plan for his wife's death. However, when the plan goes awry, Tony is quick to turn circumstance into a second opportunity to destroy his wife.DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.37Audio: Mono 1.0 - English Mono 1.0 - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Documentaries - 1. DIAL H FOR HITCHCOCK











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