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Roland Joffe's adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's seminal novel tells the story of an intolerant Puritan community in the early days of American settlement. In the 1660s, Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) makes the voyage to the New World in order to find religious freedom and a new home for her and her husband, Roger (Robert Duvall). However, Hester proves to be too free-spirited and strong-willed for most of the conservative Massachusetts Bay colony members. She abandons the laws of the colony and sets up a home far from the town square, living by her own rules and setting the townspeople's morals on end. While waiting for her husband's arrival from England, she befriends the town pastor, Arthur Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman), a liberal-minded and passionate man who instantly strikes Hester's fancy. Although the married woman and pious pastor are strongly attracted to one another, the two refuse to give in to temptation--until Roger is reported dead in a violent Indian massacre. When the townfolk hear about the ensuing scandal, they force Hester to wear a shameful scarlet A (for adultery) on her clothing at all times--while living as a moral and social outcast.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85:1Audio: TBDAdditional Release Material: TBDInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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Based on the book ELEGY FOR IRIS, by John Bayley, this biopic tells the inspiring and heartbreaking story of the writer's 40-year romance with English novelist Dame Iris Murdoch. The film cuts back and forth between the young Iris and John (played by Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville), at the height of their romantic adventures as students at Oxford in the 1950s, and the elderly couple (played by Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent), struggling with Iris' decline, as her brilliant mind is ravaged by the effects of Alzheimer's.Judi Dench gives an outstanding performance--her transformation from a prolific genius of the written and spoken word (Murdoch wrote 26 novels), to the infantile state of losing her language facilities altogether, is truly wrenching. Jim Broadbent is equally touching as her partner for life, who has adored the passionate Iris since they met, but was never fully able to possess her until the tragic end, when he declares in grief, I've got you now, and I don't bloody want you! Directed by Richard Eyre, artistic director of Britain's Royal National Theater, the film is uniquely sensitive and finely acted.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85:1Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Introduction - 1. David Hyde Pierce Featurette - 1. A LOOK AT IRIS








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A serviceable, if stilted, biopic about the eponymous hero in boxing and racial equality, who became heavyweight champ in the'30s despite overwhelming prejudice and Max Schmelling. Real-life boxer Coley Wallace brings a boxer's authenticity to his portrayal of Joe Louis.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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MGM's first production in cinemascope, this is the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Lancelot, banished from the court for his affair with Guinevere, returns in disguise to destroy the greatest threat to Camelot - Arthur's illegitimate son, Modred. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Color) Art Direction-Set Direction, Best Sound Recording.DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.55
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A wealthy teenager is consumed with a burning obsession to be the vicious overlord of an on-campus protection racket. It all comes to a final confrontation between the good guys and the bad. A superior juvenile delinquent tale.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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