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BILLY LIAR was an immediate sensation as first a novel, then a hit play--both written by Keith Waterhouse, who also served as screenwriter on the film. Director John Schlesinger's screen version was a British landmark in the fertile cinema of the late 1950s and early'60s, and launched the career of Julie Christie, who plays Liz, one of Billy's flames. A young Englishman named Billy Fisher (Tom Courtenay) dreams of escaping from his dull working-class family and his dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. In constant conflict with his parents and with the many women with whom he is romantically involved (he is engaged to two), Billy regularly escapes into a rich fantasy world. Sometimes he imagines himself to be the powerful dictator of a small country. In another fantasy, he wants to become the scriptwriter for a popular comedian on television. Unfortunately, he often blurs the line between fantasy and reality, which is exactly the reason that everybody calls him Billy Liar.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Single Side - Dual LayerRSDLAudio: Mono - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. John Schlesinger - Director, Tom Courtenay - Star, Julie Christie - Star Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer Short - 1. Excerpt fromNorthern Lights, an episode of BBC series HOLLYWOOD U.K.: BRITISH CINEMA IN THE SIXTIES
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The very first episode of the long-running series introduces the world to Inspector Morse, an enigmatic and often grouchy police investigator. In this episode, Morse looks into the death of Anna Stavely, which appears to be a suicide but Morse has his own reasons to believe otherwise. Morse is joined for the first time by Sergeant Lewis, forming a lasting partnership.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33:1Additional Release Material: Featurette -The Mystery of MorseInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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A dying man's final words send two people to Gregory Arkadin (Orson Welles), a mysterious and much-feared billionaire who lives on a Xanadu-like castle. In Welles's noirish MR. ARKADIN, Robert Arden stars as Guy Van Stratten, an adventurer and fortune hunter who is interested in Arkadin's money--and his daughter, Raina (Paolo Mori). Arkadin, overprotective of his daughter, has his secretaries prepare a damaging dossier on Van Stratten--entitled Confidential Report. But Arkadin then makes a deal with Van Stratten--he will pay the young man for preparing a similar file on him, for Mr. Arkadin says he remembers nothing about his past and does not know where he came from. Even his name is a mystery. Van Stratten's search for the truth about Arkadin's past--which takes him throughout Europe and to Mexico and features encounters with a variety of fabulously colorful characters--is highly reminiscent of Thompson's search for Rosebud in CITIZEN KANE.Shot in black and white, filled with elegant, cosmopolitan party scenes, and extraordinary close-ups, MR. ARKADIN is a visually stunning film. The camera angles and movement, the exotic sets, the playful music, and the quick cuts--as well as the extremely entertaining and metaphorical stories that Arkadin tells--all help make MR. ARKADIN a sublime treat.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CasePan& Scan - 1.33Audio: Mono - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Trailer
- 1.Original Theatrical Trailer - CITIZEN KANE Introduction - 1.Tony Curtis
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Covers the period from 1960-1972; Produced and released in 1973.Shot on location on the crime-filled streets of New York City, Sidney Lumet's unflinching adaptation of Peter Maas's best-selling book is a rousing portrait of courage in the face of insidious corruption. This is a motif that Lumet would continue to mine in later films, including 1981's PRINCE OF THE CITY and 1997's NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN. Al Pacino is forcefully real as Frank Serpico, an independent young recruit entering the police force in the late 1960s, fulfilling a childhood dream. The good old boys of the NYPD lose no time in initiating Serpico into the ways of cutting corners, forging documents, and taking payoffs from local gambling operations and narcotic rings. His refusal to take illegal protection money and his counterculture lifestyle make Serpico a target for harassment by his unified and powerful peers. Lumet hones in on the evocative details of Serpico's personal struggles and inner turmoil as his obsessive fight for truth begins to have disastrous effects on his personal life and threatens his safety. SERPICO is a stellar example of gritty'70s filmmaking, featuring another electrifying performance from Pacino.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital Mono - English, FrenchAdditional Release Material: Trailer - 1. Theatrical Featurettes - 1. SERPICO: FROM REAL TO REEL









2. INSIDE SERPICO









3. SERPICO: FAVORITE MOMENTSText/Photo Galleries: Photo Gallery with Commentary by Sidney Lumet
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In his directorial debut, cult classic director Ted V. Mikels tells the story of a young, vacationing couple who witness a murder in the wilderness. The decide to track the murderer, even through a plethora of natural obstacles such as waterfalls and lava. When someone is taken hostage, however, it seems as if their plan will fail.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseAnamorphic Letterboxed Widescreen - 1.85Additional Release Material: Interview - 1.First Strike - Ted V. Mikels - DirectorText/Photo Galleries: Photo Gallery
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