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The music's the thing in this glossy life of Benny Goodman - and the swinging clarinet great himself supplied the sounds. The story follows Goodman from his modest upbringing in Chicago through romance and marriage to his historic concert at Carnegie Hall. Jazz buff Allen has just the right bookish kind of hep, and Harry James and Gene Krupa are among the musical cameos.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull FrameInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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Set in rural England and based around H.E. Bates' novels, The Darling Buds of May is a nostalgic celebration of flamboyant, loving family life for the Larkins. Contains the episodes, Climb the Greasy Pole, Christmas Is Coming, and Le Grand Weekend.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAudio: Dolby Digital - EnglishInteractive Features: Trivia Interactive Menus Scene SelectionText/Photo Galleries: Biographies Filmographies Photo Gallery
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Three classic World War II films are presented here: GUNG HO is the story of a group of Army Rangers assembled for a dangerous raid on a Japanese-held island. This tough-minded action film features harrowing battle scenes. GO FOR BROKE is the story of the Nisei soldiers, Japanese-Americans who joined the American armed forces despite facing prejudice and discrimination. THE IMMORTAL BATTALION, titled THE WAY AHEAD in Britain, features the formation of an army squadron and their trek to the battles of North Africa.GUNG HO: A special group picked from the toughest men in the marines are enlisted with the mission to recapture Makin-a Key, an island in the Pacific war zone in World War II. Hollywood hero tough guy Randolph Scott stars as their commander, Col. Thorwald, and the film also stars Robert Mitchum. The men from all different walks of American life band together and must succeed in their mission. They were eventually given the moniker'Carlson's Raiders.'GO FOR BROKE: The 442nd Regiment, comprised of Nisei - loyal Americans of Japanese ancestry - exhibits heroism far beyond the call of duty, overcoming the Nazis as well as the extreme prejudice of white Americans who cannot accept Japs on their side. Van Johnson plays one of those bigots. Academy Award Nominations: Best Story and Screenplay.THE IMMORTAL BATTALION: Boasting a script by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, THE IMMORTAL BATTALION is a rousing version of a familiar WWII genre: An officer must hammer a small group of disparate characters into an effective fighting unit as quickly as possible. David Niven stars as tough-minded Lieutenant Jim Perry, putting a reluctant and sometimes comically inept group of raw recruits through fantastically realistic basic-training exercises. When the troops hit the beaches of North Africa, they finally begin to understand the purpose behind their training. This is the truncated version of the film also known as THE WAY AHEAD.
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The achingly hip I LOVE YOUR WORK arrives with trappings familiar to any keen-eyed independent film fan. With a cast that includes Giovanni Ribisi (LOST IN TRANSLATION) and Franke Potente (RUN LOLA RUN), a big-star-in-a-cameo-role appearance (in this case, Vince Vaughn), and the by now obligatory roles for people you wouldn`t expect to see in such a movie (Jason Lee, Elvis Costello), Adam Goldberg`s debut feature is positively dripping in cool, and he seems to have looked up every contact in his Rolodex for I LOVE YOUR WORK--even calling on the Flaming Lips` Steven Drozd to carve out a few songs for the soundtrack. Ribisi stars as Gray Evans, a hip movie star who--between endless loft parties and frolics with his wife Mia Lang (Potente)--worries he is being stalked. Grappling with dreams about an ex-girlfriend (played by Christina Ricci) and obsessed with a young filmmaker, John (Joshua Jackson), who reminds Gray of his pre-fame self, he hires an investigator (Jared Harris) to help calm his insecurities. After setting out his stall, Goldberg subsequently takes his audience on a disquieting thrill-ride through Gray`s life, beautifully capturing the preternatural world he inhabits. As Gray becomes more and more obsessed with John and John s girlfriend, Jane (Marisa Coughlan), Goldberg steers the movie into bizzaro-world, with hints of work by directors such as David Lynch coming thick and fast. While Goldberg s film playfully struggles to reflect the dizzy confusion of its chief protagonist, story threads are left dangling, and the audience are made to do a lot of work; but it`s a rewarding experience for those who are willing to delve into this excellent meditation on celebrity culture at the dawn of the 21st century.
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Work and the Glory: American Zion (DVD)
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