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A charming Canadian import by director Michael McGowan (MY DOG VINCENT), the 1950s period comedy SAINT RALPH follows earnest Catholic schoolboy Ralph (Adam Butcher) as he struggles with his teenage hormones, challenges priestly authority, and tries to achieve a miracle by winning the Boston Marathon. Facing orphanhood after his father is killed in WWII and his mother falls into a coma caused by terminal cancer, Ralph, with the help of his friend Chester, carries on life as usual by pretending that he lives with his grandparents. He regularly visits his mother in the hospital and creates a special friendship with one of her nurses (Jennifer Tilly). He tries to date an evasive classmate intent on becoming a nun, and generally causes havoc with his school priests (Campbell Scott, Gordon Pinsent). However, when Ralph comes to believe that winning the Boston Marathon would constitute a miracle that might save his mother`s life, nothing can stop him.Reminiscent of inspiring stories like BILLY ELLIOTT and WHALE RIDER, SAINT RALPH pokes gentle fun at strict Catholic school rules and provides a young hero for all generations. Underscoring the script`s emotion is the score by Andrew Lockington, which features a moving version of Leonard Cohen`s
Hallelujah.
Embracing faith, religion, and humanity, SAINT RALPH is a classic family film.
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The Short Films of David Lynch (DVD)
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Before Tom Clancy made the name Jack Ryan synonymous with Cold War heroics, Ryan O'Neal broke into the movies by portraying a decidedly different Jack Ryan in this lurid drama. O'Neal's Ryan is picking cucumbers when he picks a fight with a Mexican immigrant coworker (Victor Paul). The brutal beating sends Ryan to look for work elsewhere and he lands in roadside motel. Trouble continues to follow the ex-con as both a secretary with a seedy reckless streak (Leigh Taylor-Young) and a troubled, sexy transient (Lee Grant) make plays for the handsome young Ryan. A revelation, this meandering work exudes attitude and boasts a highly unusual score by Mike Curb, who would later become Lieutenant Governor of California.DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English Dolby Digital Mono - French Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish
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This delightful double bill features one of the classic film series from the 1930s and 1940s, featuring Cary Grant.TOPPER:
Based on a novel by Thorne Smith, this classic comedy poses Grant and Bennett as playful ghosts who dominate the life of Young who plays Cosmo Topper. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Roland Young, Best Sound Recording.TOPPER RETURNS: This is the third of the early comedy film series, after TOPPER (1937) and TOPPER TAKES A TRIP (1939). This one has the mild-mannered Topper on the trail of a phantom killer. While visiting a stately castle, a young woman is knifed to death on the eve of her friend's twenty-first birthday, upon which day she is to receive the family fortune. When Topper is asked by the recently deceased's ghost to investigate the murder, he finds himself accused by a bumbling detective.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull Frame - 1:33Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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Ross Tanner is a hotshot police detective who lives for his work, but is desperately trying to conceal a terrifying secret: he's losing his vision. When D.I. Catherine Tully, an ambitious young inspector, is assigned to assist him with the investigation of the gruesome and apparently motiveless murder of a nineteen-year-old college student, the two enter into an uneasy alliance. She will be his eyes, and he a rung in her climb to success. As Tanner's vision fades, he learns that police work relies on insight far more than eyesight--but can the two detectives solve the case before more blood is spilt?DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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