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Phantom
 | Black & White, English Subtitles, German Soundtrack, Unrated, Alfred Abel |
Film Noir: Dark Side Of Hollywood
| Black & White, Box Set, Unrated, Various |
Griffith Masterworks
| Black & White, Additional Footage, Box Set, Bio/Filmographies, Unrated, D.w. Griffith |
Strike
 | Sergei Eisenstein's "Strike," with Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane," mark the most outstanding cinematic debuts in the history of film. Triggered by the suicide of a worker unjustly accused of theft, a strike is called by the laborers of a Moscow factory. The managers, owner and the Czarist government dispatch infiltrators in an attempt to break the workers unity. Unsuccessful, they hire the police and, in the film's most harrowing and powerful sequences, the unarmed strikers are slaughtered in a brutal confrontation. This edition of "Strike" is digitally remastered from a mint-condition 35mm print made from the original camera negative and features new digital stereo music composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra. Special Features: Audio Commentary by Russian cinema scholar Yuri Tsivian |
Art Of Buster Keaton Collection
| Black & White, Additional Footage, Box Set, Bio/Filmographies, Unrated, Buster Keaton |
Best Of The Best: Especially For Kids!
 | For the first time on DVD--the complete set of the National Film Board of Canada's Academy Award-winning and nominated animation shorts for kids. Nine exceptional films in all! "Every Child" - A baby appears mysteriously on the doorstep of a busy executive. Oscar Winner 1979. "The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin" - A zany version of the Cinderella tale. Oscar Nomination 1981. "Blackfly" - A folk singer recounts his battle with the blackfly in the woods of north Ontario. Oscar Nomination 1991. "The Cat Came Back" - The hilarious attempts of Mr. Johnson to get rid of a little yellow cat. Oscar Nomination 1988. "The Sand Castle" - The sandman builds creatures out of sand, and then the wind begins to blow. Oscar Winner 1977. "The Owl Who Married a Goose" - An Inuit legend. "Evolution" - Darwin himself would get a chuckle from this view of human evolution. Oscar Nomination 1971. "Christmas Cracker" - Three playful scenarios about... |
Captain Fracasse
 | Recently recovered and restored, here is one of the best films you've never heard of. This lavish, action-filled, poignant, and extremely cinematic adventure/romance follows the episodic adventures of a chivalrous noble (Pierre Blanchar) traveling incognito, and a dastardly duke ("Algiers'" Charles Boyer) pursuing innocent damsel Lien Deyers in the basest manner. Highway robbers, swordfights, disguises, and the very long arm of coincidence spice up this colorful, lively romp in the vein of "The Three Musketeers." Digitally mastered from a beautiful 35mm tinted print and featuring new English titles, this recovered classic recently premiered to great acclaim in Europe and now prepares to swashbuckle its way onto DVD! Special Features: Two optional music tracks: a contemporary jazz score by clarinetist Michel Portal and period French piano music by Neal Kurz; Cast/Crew Biographies |
Chaplin Mutuals Volume 1
 | Charlie Chaplin was the biggest star in film when he signed with the Mutual Company in 1916 for the then-unheard-of sum of $670,000. The twelve films he made for Mutual reflect Chaplin's attempt to use comedy not just as a series of gags, but as a search for genuine, universal truths. Digitally mastered from early generation 35mm negatives, these works provide considerable testimony to Chaplin's skills as both a comedian and a filmmaker. This volume includes the shorts: "The Immigrant," "The Adventurer," "The Cure" and "Easy Street" (all 1917). Also includes new digital stereo scores by Michael Mortilla. |
Masters Of Russian Animation Vol 02
 | An extraordinary collection of award-winning animated short films by Russia's world-renowned directors and artists. Digitally restored from 35mm materials newly printed by the National Film Archive of Russia, these are the highly personal animated short films from the Soyuzmultfilm Studio. Produced from 1969 through 1978, this volume of films, many of which received highest honors at international film festivals, are each unique, crafted artistically and intellectually like an exquisite piece of Faberge. Includes: Ballerina on a Boat, Seasons, Armoire, Battle of Kerjenets, Butterfly, Island, Fox and Rabbit, Heron and Crane, Hedgehog in the Fog, Crane's Feathers, Firing Range, Contact. |
John Canemaker: Marching To Different Toon
 | For more than two decades, John Canemaker has created films that charm, enlighten, and touch audiences. His "toons" (featured in everything from "The World According to Garp" to "Pee-Wee's Playhouse") are often daring, frequently hilarious, and always compassionate. Showcasing his wide range of talent and emotional resonance, this collection includes his animation classics: the whimsical "Confessions of a Stardreamer," the astonishingly lovely "Bottom's Dream," the clever and witty "Confessions of a StandUp," the enchanting "Wizard's Son," and the wondrously beautiful "Bridgehampton." Also included are selections from Canemaker's collaboarative work including: "Behind the Scenes," "The DNA Concerto," early TV spots for Gay Men's Health Crisis, and excerpts from the award-winning documentaries, "What Do Children Think of When They Think of the Bomb" and "Break the Silence: Kids Against Child... |
Cut-up: The Films Of Grant Munro
 | To encounter the work of Grant Munro is to discover an artist of inimitable talent and charm. A combination of Buster Keaton, Chuck Jones, Gene Kelly and Felix the Cat, Munro is truly one of a kind. He collaborated with legendary animator Norman McLaren on some of their best-known work, including the amazing pixilated masterpiece Neighbours (1953's Oscar(R) winner for Best Short Film). A special treat is two never-completed Munro/McLaren shorts, "Six and Seven Eights" and "On the Farm," along with Munro classics like "Three Blind Mice," "Two Bagatelles," "Christmas Cracker," "Canon," "Toys" and "The Animal Movie." Also included are Munro's hilarious work in live-action films including "The Ballot-o-Maniac," "Ashes of Doom" and "Boo Hoo." Special Features: Audio Commentary; Audio Interview; Photos, Drawings and Flipbooks from Canada's National Archive |
German Horror Classics
| Black & White, Additional Footage, Box Set, Unrated |
Masterworks Of German Horror Cinema
| Black & White, English Subtitles, Unrated, Various |
Educational Archives: Social Engineering 101
| Black & White, Color, English Soundtrack, Unrated, Educational Archives |
Chaplin: Legend Lives On
| Color, Box Set, English Soundtrack, Dolby Digital 5.1, Unrated, Charlie Chaplin |
Educational Archives: Religion
| Black & White, English Soundtrack, Unrated, Educational Archives |
Regeneration/ Young Romance
 | "The first full-length gangster picture ever made" according to its director, Raoul Walsh, who would later make "The Roaring Twenties," "High Sierra," "The Bowery" and "White Heat." "Regeneration" (72 min.) is a powerful slum melodrama produced in 1915 on location in the lower east side of New York City, with a gaggle of authentic low-life types performing alongside professional actors. "Regeneration" is in the Library of Congress National Registry of essential American films. As an added bonus on this DVD, "Young Romance" (58 min.), also released in 1915, is a recent rediscovery that forever silences the claim that refined comedy cannot be conveyed via the screen. This disguise plot, worthy of an Elizabethan drama, was written by William deMille (brother of Cecil, father of Agnes), and directed by George Melford ("The Sheik," the Spanish "Dracula"). |
Monsters Crash The Pajama Party: Spook Show Spectacular
 | Grab the kids, lower the lights, and turn every night into Halloween with the "Monsters Crash the Pajama Party" Spook Show Spectacular! It's a Spookaroo Whoop-de-doo with this Terrorific 3-hour-plus Spooktacular containing everything you need for your very own Spook Party! First, join some terrified teens who spend a night in a haunted house and get spooked by a mad doctor and his ghoulish gang when the "Monsters Crash the Pajama Party," a hilarious 1965 theatrical featurette complete with werewolf, gorilla in a fur coat, and goofy gimmick! Then, feel your eyes pop out of their sockets when you check into "The Asylum of the Insane," a startling short subject with monsters in 3-D Spookarama (3-D glasses included)! But that's not all! This scary, screwy, chill-arious fright show includes bonus shorts, Spook Show previews, audio commentaries, "How to Put on Your Own Spook Show," music by The Dead Elvi, and much more-plus the bonus feature-length chiller-diller... |
Baghdad Bob
 | Color, English Soundtrack, Unrated, Baghdad Bob |
Rembrandt Films' Greatest Hits
 | Between 1959 and 1970, Rembrandt Films produced more than 50 cartoons, including Tom and Jerry for MGM/UA and Popeye for King Features. The company also produced its own theatrical shorts, which won five Academy Award nominations and one Oscar. This compilation includes: "Munro" - Written by Jules Feiffer, this Oscar-winner about a four-year-old boy inadvertently drafted by the United States Army is one of America's classic cartoons; "Frozen Logger" - Based on the song by Lee Hayes of the Weavers, a waitress falls in love with a fanciful woodsman who stirs his coffee with his thumb; "Self-Help Series" Narrated by the sardonic Arthur Treacher, these cartoons--"Self Defense for Cowards," "How to Avoid Friendship," "How to Win on the Thruway," "How to Live with a Neurotic Dog"--help to humorously explore the contemporary human condition; "Anatole" - Rembrandt Films pioneered the animation of classic children's books. This is the... |
Flying Deuces
| English Soundtrack, Unrated, Stan Laurel |
Chaplin Mutual Comedies
 | Black & White, English Soundtrack, Unrated, Charlie Chaplin |
Essential Charlie Chaplin - 5
| Black & White, Unrated, Charles Chaplin |
Jail Bait
 | She's a good girl--to leave alone! Fresh from his sensational "Glen or Glenda?," Ed Wood, Jr. presents his homage to the gangster films of the '30s and '40s, starring his sex kitten girlfriend Dolores Fuller and introducing to the screen handsome young Steve Reeves (Hercules). Inspired by the popular TV show "Dragnet," this Ed Wood film tells the story of a rich but troubled young man who kills a cop and has plastic surgery to hide his identity. Filmdom's legendary Alex Gordon co-wrote this clever script to help Ed make his first legitimate feature film. |
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
 | Black & White, Unrated, John Barrymore |
Neurotica: Middle-Age Spread And Other Life Crises
 | Hey, guys--what's so funny about turning 40? Or unrequited love? Or sagging egos and body parts? Or bad plumbing? Find out in "Neurotica," a collection of eleven award-winning shorts from the world-renowned National Film Board of Canada animation studios. "Bob's Birthday," Oscar winner; "No Problem," Cannes nominee; "George and Rosemary," Oscar nominee; "Strings," Oscar nominee; "The Big Snit," Oscar nominee; "Shyness," "Getting Started," "Special Delivery," Oscar winner; "Get a Job," "Why Me?," "Scant Sanity." |