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Samuel Fuller's honest, visionary pulp film uses an insane asylum as a metaphor for American society. The inmates include a black man who thinks he's a white supremacist, a Korean War Vet who thinks he's a Civil War Confederate general, and a nuclear physicist who has reverted to childhood. This microcosm, which Fuller created in 1963, has lost none of its force over time. In addition, the film's treatment of journalistic hubris foreshadows the contemporary problem of media becoming corrupted by its compliant association with governmental elites. In SHOCK CORRIDOR, a journalist (Peter Breck) hoping to get a scoop on a murder suspect has himself committed to a mental institution where the inmates have information on the culprit. As the film unfolds, the purity of the hero's mission is undercut by his own monomaniacal ego. Things go terribly awry, and although he gets his story, he pays a high price for his success.The Home Vision Cinema VHS version is digitally remastered with original color sequences and letterboxed at the original aspect ratio. The print is from the Janus collection.
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A brilliantly animated adaptation of the classic Christian story, 3 WISE MEN features the voices of Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen, and Mexican television star Jaci Velasquez. Created by the same artists who animated FANTASIA 2000, HERCULES, and TARZAN, the family-friendly film artfully brings to life the journey of Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar--the Three Kings who traveled to baby Jesus` birthplace under the guidance of the Star of Bethlehem.
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Charles Bronson stars in this humorous LOLITA-like drama as Scott Wardman, a 39-year old American writer living abroad in England who pays the rent by writing graphic erotica. When he meets and woos supposed 20-year-old Twinky, intense chemistry catapults them into a serious relationship. But as Scott looks their age difference straight in the face, can their romance survive?
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Lynne Ramsey's bleak, beautifully photographed debut unflinchingly portrays life in a Glasgow housing project during the 1973 garbageworkers strike as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old James Gillespie (William Eadie, in a soulful debut). As the film opens, James is playing with a friend near a filthy canal behind the projects when his friend tragically falls into the water and drowns. James chooses not to tell anyone that he saw the boy die, knowing that he will be implicated. This secret, along with his increasing lack of communication with his drunken football-loving father, causes James to become increasingly withdrawn, fantasizing about his family moving to a newly constructed apartment complex at the city limits on the edge of a beautiful, golden field of grain. As the garbage piles up and rats take up residency around the complex as if they were new tenants, James finds temporary solace in his friendships with Kenny, an odd boy who loves animals, and Margaret Anne, a teenage misfit who lets the local boys use her body as they wish.While undeniably grim, RATCATCHER manages to combine unusually rich imagery and spare use of dialogue to create a realistic portrait of a simultaneously beautiful and cruel world. Punctuated with unexpected humor, Ramsey's film is subtle and rewarding.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Single Side - Dual LayerAdditional Release Material: Bonus Films (Shorts by Lynne Ramsay) - 1. GASMAN




























2. KILL THE DAY




























3. SMALL DEATHS Interview - 1. Lynne Ramsay - DirectorText/Galleries: Photo Gallery - 1. Stills
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Ray Morales is 19 years old and has aspirations to become a DJ, but in order to make that happen he needs to solve his cash flow problems so he can buy the necessary equipment. To that end he takes a second job working for the local loan shark, and he is assigned to observe the finance of a pawn shop, where he becomes friends with the quirky Armenian shop owner and his charming niece. But soon he finds himself in a bind where he must choose either his dangerous crime boss or his new friend to receive his loyalty; both have a lesson to impart about the importance of community responsibility.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame- 1.33WidescreenAdditional Release Material: Writer/Director Commentary with Cast
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