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Based on Judith Krantz's bestseller, I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN follows Maxi Amberville (Valerie Bertinelli from One Day At A Time) from three-time divorcee to dynamic businesswoman. Set in New York's pressure cooker world of magazine publishing, Maxi finds that she must abandon her life of wealthy leisure to secure her father's wealth and family business when her mother decides to wed the brother of her dead husband. The brother only wishes to sell the magazine empire to destroy his brother's name, but Maxi decides to take him on in the name of honor and revenge. Among the actors in this production are numerous people who would later acclaim stardom such as Julianne Moore, Barry Bostwick, Timothy Daly, and Jane Kaczmarek.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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For his adaptation of this classic Shakespeare tragedy, director Franco Zeffirelli (TAMING OF THE SHREW) made the inspired choice of casting teenaged actors in the leads (Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting), and their youthful innocence adds an extra dimension of beauty and tragedy to the story. Shot on location in Italy, the film benefits from an earthy sense of realism, a cast of excellent supporting actors, and a memorable soundtrack by Nino Rota. This saga of star-crossed lovers caught in their feuding family's crossfire had strong political resonance at the time of its release, and has lost little of its poignancy.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseGenericAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.78Single Side - Dual LayerAudio: Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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This made-for-TV movie presents a harrowing ordeal for a cop, Bill (Robert Urich), who unwittingly involves his family in a situation that threatens their lives. After a frenetic start to the movie, in which Bill flees his own wedding to deal with a hostage situation, events take a further turn for the worse when the now-married officer and his family pull up to a gas station on their way to a camping trip. A robbery is underway, and Bill can`t help but get involved, leading to a disastrous series of events that leaves the beleaguered cop`s life in tatters. As the film races towards a brutal showdown, the cast and crew execute a few twists and turns in the plot before the final credits roll.
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Long unavailable to American audiences, director R.W. Fassbinder's fifth feature about an illegitimate mulatto son of a rich white man who acts as butler to his father's dysfunctional family in the American southwest. As time passes he becomes more than just a simple servant, but a confidant subjected to the family's perverse fantasies. The situation soon becomes unbearable and murder seems the only possible escape. The first collaboration between Fassbinder and cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Single Side - Dual LayerAudio: Dolby Digital - Mono - GermanAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary
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The third installment in John Singleton's trilogy about South Central Los Angeles, HIGHER LEARNING examines mid-1990s university politics from racial, sexual, and economic standpoints. At fictional Columbus University (where a statue of the explorer stands witness to the dominant culture's supremacy), three freshman arrive to find a campus ready to explode. Malik (Omar Epps) wavers among the influences of revolution-preaching super-senior Fudge (Ice Cube), no-excuses Professor Phipps (Laurence Fishburne), and his motivated girlfriend Deja (Tyra Banks). Kristen (Kristy Swanson), another neophyte, is thrown into sexual confusion when she meets a charismatic lesbian, while the socially inept Remy (Michael Rapaport) can only fit in with the local skinheads. The storylines cross and complicate as each character tries to discover what's right, but the potential for violence grows with every wrong choice they make. Singleton recruited an emsemble of considerable talent to flesh out the complex plot, which allows him to deal efficiently with a breadth of concerns without preaching.
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