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THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, an atmospheric film noir based on Sherwood King's novel IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE, features Orson Welles as producer, director, co-screenwriter, and star. Welles plays rogue seaman Michael O'Hara, complete with Irish brogue. After saving beautiful Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) from thieves in Central Park, O'Hara is requested to serve on the yacht owned by Elsa's husband, Arthur (Welles veteran Everett Sloane), an older man who needs special crutches in order to walk. A fiery passion lurks underneath the relationship between Michael and Elsa; in actuality, the marriage between Welles and Hayworth was ending at the time the film was shot. Enter George Grisby (the eerie-sounding Glenn Anders), one of Bannister's associates and a man with a very special offer for O'Hara, luring him into a web of lies and murder.Although Welles claimed he made THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI just to finance other projects and the film does not show off his typical Wellesian flair, it still plays like a classic noir that draws the viewer in and never lets go. The characters are complex and fascinating, and the tension runs high and hot as the truth behind all the lies starts to come out. The film is most famous for its thrilling climax, which takes place in a hall of mirrors. Welles might have considered THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI workmanlike, but this noir thriller is only as workmanlike as any Welles film can be.
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One of the most popular shows on the IFC channel, this collection of DINNER FOR FIVE episodes offers some fascinating insider knowledge on the film industry. The concept of the show is simple, yet brilliant. Actor/director John Favreau hosts a dinner party with a diverse selection of guests from the movie world, and with a little prompting he allows the diners to talk about films, acting, celebrity, and anything else deemed worthy of discussion. This release presents the first season of the show in its entirety, and includes guests such as Jeff Goldblum, Garry Shandling, Sarah Silverman, Famke Janssen, Fred Willard, and many others. The phrase providing food for thought has never seemed more appropriate!DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Additional Relaease Material: Commentary OuttakesText/Photo Galleries: Cast Biographies
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A film that focuses on a struggling actress who tends bar, delivers stripper-grams and rents rooms to an insecure musician and a professional body builder. All three ambitiously pursue their dream of making it big while looking for love as Los Angeles singles in the 80's.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Single Side - Dual LayerAudio: Dolby Digital Mono - English Dolby Digital Mono - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
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Reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired from her job by an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon and retaliates by printing a fake suicide note to the editor signed by a fictional John Doe. The letter is picked up by the public as a rallying point, as Mr. Doe claimed to be so distraught by the problems of society that he'd rather end his own life in protest. But the tycoon uses the publicity as part of a secret plan, hiring a down-on-his-luck unemployed man (Gary Cooper) to impersonate Doe--establishing him as an American symbol and creating a new political movement in the process. Frank Capra's endearing classic also stars the great character actors Walter Brennan and James Gleason.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseSpecial Features: Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Movie Factoids, Biography/Filmography.
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A superb drama dealing with the heroic efforts of two brothers who maintain a free-lance truck driving business against a brace of angry mob bosses. Once these crooked businessmen find out independent operators are invading their turf, they plan to overthrow their business--by literally running them off the road.DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.37Audio: Mono - English
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