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Francis Ford Coppola's THE CONVERSATION is a towering achievement, a masterfully constructed portrait of one man's descent into madness. Gene Hackman delivers a devastating performance as Harry Caul, a surveillance expert who gets paid to invade the privacy of strangers. The film's classic opening shot is a long, slow zoom into Union Square in San Francisco, as a young couple, Mark (Frederic Forrest) and Ann (Cindy Williams), are having what seems like an otherwise mundane conversation. However, when it is revealed that Harry and his assistant Stanley (John Cazale) are eavesdropping from a nearby van, it becomes clear that something more serious is happening. Later, after Harry painstakingly reconstructs the conversation from several different audio sources, he uncovers a snippet of dialogue that unsettles him. Suspicious of his client's motives for wanting the tape, Harry becomes uncharacteristically worried about the people he may have endangered, sending him into a dangerous mental tailspin.With Harry Caul, Coppola and Hackman have managed to create one of cinema's most unforgettable characters, a man who appears to be in control on the outside but who is, in fact, crumbling on the inside. Though Teri Garr, Harrison Ford, and Allen Garfield deliver standout supporting turns, THE CONVERSATION is Hackman's show. Inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni's BLOW UP (1966), THE CONVERSATION in turn went on to influence Brian De Palma's own surveillance thriller, BLOW OUT (1981).DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Single Side - Dual LayerAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital Mono - French Subtitles - English - OptionalAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1.Francis Ford Coppola - Director














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Jack Casey (Kevin Bacon) is a brash yuppie broker who ends up losing his and his parents' wealth playing the stock market. What's Jack's next move? To drop out of the corporate rat race and become a bike messenger. Jack finds his new free-wheeling co-workers to be a diverse bunch, and he especially likes the down-and-out, sensitive Terri (Jami Gertz). But Jack also discovers that Terri and other messengers have an illegal and lucrative sideline delivering drugs for the nefarious drug dealer Gypsy. Can Jack rescue Terri from Gypsy's dangerous grip?DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull ScreenAudio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - English Dolby Digital 2.0 - FrenchAdditional Release Material: TrailersInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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Further adventures in the NAKED CITY occur on this collection of episodes from the classic television show. Spectre of the Roses Street Gang finds Carroll O'Connor guilty of killing a boy. James Coburn stars in Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud, as the chauffeur and killer of a woman whose daughter he proceeds to romance. Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long features Robert Duvall as a barman in debt to a crime syndicate, and in a whole world of trouble as a result. Finally, Five Cranks for Winter, Ten Cranks for Spring tells the tale of some dubious behind-the scenes activities at a boxing match.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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In this suspense thriller, Michael Pare plays a country cop investigating a murder. A screenwriter, Matt Sullivan (Patrick Muldoon), and his girlfriend, Dawn (Keegan Connor Tracy), who are visiting from out of town, get mixed up in the mess. Soon Sullivan becomes a prime suspect in what turns into a hellish nightmare.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull ScreenAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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Robert Altman's adaptation of Sam Shepard's play takes the characters off the stage and places them deep in a barren New Mexico locale. Eddie (Sam Shepard) is a mysterious cowboy drifter who returns to the seedy El Royale Motel with the hope of resuming his romance with May (Kim Basinger), a blonde bombshell who works as a waitress in the bar. Over the course of one night, the lovers argue and talk endlessly, gradually revealing the tragic secret behind their tumultuous affair.
Adding conflict to the proceedings is Martin (Randy Quaid), a man who is out to win May's heart. Altman captures the confined atmosphere of Shepard's play, keeping the locations to a minimum. Shot in the middle of the Santa Fe desert, the film plays itself out like a disturbing, nostalgic dream. As the bickering couple, Shepard and Basinger perform with a fiery passion that makes the silent desert all the more unsettling. The songs, by Shepard's real-life sister, Sandy Rogers, ring throughout the night, augmenting the film's dark tone.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.85Audio: Stereo Surround - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Featurette - 1.Robert Altman: Art and Soul Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
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