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Inspired by the classic study of poor Mexican families by Oscar Lewis, LOS HIJOS DE SANCHEZ (THE CHILDREN OF SANCHEZ) was the final film featuring Dolores Del Rio. Anthony Quinn stars as Jesus Sanchez, the patriarch of a large Mexican family living in urban poverty. He struggles to keep the family together through the many difficulties that face them due to their social condition. With a Grammy Award winning score by pop jazz musician Chuck Mangione, LOS HIJOS DE SANCHEZ is firmly in the Mexican tradition of socially conscious dramas.
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ON THE WATERFRONT: Marlon Brando is Terry Malloy, an ex-prize fighter struggling against union corruption along the New York waterfront, in Elia Kazan's film classic. Malloy's battle takes him all the way to the witness stand, where he finds himself testifying against union leaders. The film was Kazan's response to his decision to turn in the names of his Hollywood contemporaries during Senator Joe McCarthy's anti-Communism hearings. Cobb, Steiger, and Malden were all nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscars. Academy Award Nominations: 12.
Academy Awards: 8, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Marlon Brando, Best Story and Screenplay.THE WILD ONE: In one of his most famous roles, Brando stars as the head of a savage motorcycle gang which terrorizes a small town. He gets his first real chance at a normal and productive life when he falls in love with a young woman who lives there, but a psychotic rival to his position as leader threatens everything.THE FRESHMAN: A wry and winsome film about a freshman film student in New York City who is made an offer he can't refuse by a Mafia don who is the spitting image of Don Corleone. As he weighs the romance against the danger of his association, he finds himself rapidly more involved. The Godfather himself, Marlon Brando, brilliantly reprises his famous role in this oddly affecting comedy.DVD Features:Region 13-DVD Boxed SetFull Frame - 1.33
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When a widower visits France with his daughter in a vain search for his long-lost love of over 40 years, he finds the spectre of his past as a young German soldier coming back to haunt him.
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Based on an actual trial that created a media frenzy in WWI-era London, THE WINSLOW BOY might have been conceived as a standard courtroom drama. Instead, director David Mamet (working from the play by Terence Rattigan) focuses on a family pushed to the limit by its fight for justice. The trouble begins when Ronnie Winslow (Guy Edwards), a 13-year-old naval cadet, is accused of, and subsequently expelled for, stealing a five-shilling postal order. The boy's father, Arthur (Nigel Hawthorne), believes his son's protestations of innocence and sets in motion an expensive fight against the immense bureaucratic machinery of the crown. The expense and publicity imperil the family--costing Arthur's suffragette daughter, Catherine, a suitor, for example--even as the case becomes a national cause celebre. The story captures a period of intense social change; charts an early example of the media trial; and asks the very human question, What is one's good name worth? Excellent performances abound in the film, especially from Jeremy Northam as the charismatic lawyer Sir Robert Morton; and Mamet's wife, Rebecca Pidgeon, as Catherine.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen Anamorphic - 16:9Dolby Surround - EnglishAdditional Release Materials: Audio Commentary:
David Mamet - Director
Jeremy Northam - Star
Nigel Hawthorne - Star
Rebecca Pidgeon - Star Biographies Featurette - The Making of The Winslow Boy Theatrical TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Production Notes
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Director John Carpenter's second film is a brutal, realistic story about the siege of a small police precinct by a violent and well-armed gang. The gang is seeking the man who killed some of their members in revenge for the accidental shooting of his daughter. After the father enacts his revenge, he wanders to the police precinct in a distraught state. The poorly manned precinct is being phased out of use, and is unprepared for the relentless assult which ensues. The violence in ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 was shocking for its time and has remained so over the years since its release, mainly due to the stark, unaffected direction of a young John Carpenter. Insipired by the cowboy and indian movies Carpenter watched as a boy, the film is more than just an action movie, as it shows the desperation and courage of people living in a violent society. Produced with a modest budget and without Hollywood backing, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 is a fine example of how a powerful film can be made with limited resources.
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