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David Lean's masterpiece, perhaps the greatest of screen epics, stars Peter O'Toole in one of the most electrifying debuts in film history. The film is less an ordinary adventure than an experience that leaves an overwhelming sense memory of the struggle between two powerful forces: the Arabian deserts, immense, intractable, ever-shifting, punishing; and T.E. Lawrence, humble as a monk, flamboyant as a rock star, protean, polymathic, heroic, enigmatic, mad. While working on the staff of British Intelligence in Cairo in 1916, Lawrence's fluency in Arabic earns him a post on a mission sent to establish contact with Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), leader of the Arab revolt and ally of the British against the German-sponsored Turks in WWI. Impressed by Lawrence's knowledge of their culture, the prince allows the young officer to join his staff, and Lawrence quickly earns the Arabs' respect after he executes acts of extraordinary heroism. As the Englishman's genius for guerrilla warfare becomes evident, he assumes the role of de facto leader of the Arab revolt, uniting the heretofore warring tribes into a devastatingly effective weapon. But the chaos of war also unleashes the repressed officer's powerful need for self-abasement and mortification of the flesh. A visionary work that unfolds one indelible image after another, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA fuses the conflict of man against man, man against nature, and man against himself into a sublime poem of force. The film features a literate script by Robert Bolt and an outstanding cast, which also includes Claude Rains, Jack Hawkins, Arthur Kennedy, Anthony Quinn, Jose Ferrer, and Omar Sharif in his unforgettable desert-crossing debut.Additional Release Material:Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical32 Page Companion BookletFilm Short - Making-Of (Includes Interviews and Behind the Scenes Footage)
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The producer of THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (2001) and XXX (2002) delivers another amped-up road-racing action spectacle in TORQUE. It's the saga of Ford (Martin Henderson) a motorcycle-riding outlaw who wants to clear his name of drug and murder charges. The cops are after him, as are rival cycle gangs caught up in a war over turf rights. Everyone in the film is tough, cool, and has lightning-fast reflexes. Ice Cube lends some heavier-than-a-Mack-truck screen presence as the leader of the Reapers, an African-American motorcycle gang who thinks Ford killed one of their members. Sexy Monet Mazur is great as Slade, the rough-and-tumble girl Ford left behind when he had to flee the country, and whose love he's now come back to reclaim. The thumping soundtrack includes offerings by Jane's Addiction, Nickelback, Kid Rock, and Hoobastank. There's nonstop trick camera work, fantastic stunts and action set pieces--like one motorcycle chase that takes place on top of, in front of, and inside a train. Slade even gets to have a motorcycle cat fight with the bad guy's girlfriend. Acclaimed music video director Joseph Kahn pours creative energy into every yard of this no-nonsense popcorn movie, his first feature film. It acknowledges its junky exploitation roots proudly, and at times seems to achieve some sort of twisted new level of pop art with its well-paced, colorful, giddy, gritty forward momentum.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 2.40Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentaries - 1. Stars



















2. Filmmakers Music Videos - 1.Lean Low by Youngbloodz Animated Storyboards of Racing and Train-Stunt Sequences
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These two epic films of mythological spectacle star the musclebound former bodybuilder Steve Reeves. THE GIANT OF MARATHON finds Athens on the brink of invasion by the Persian army, led by the brutal dictator Darius and outnumbering the Athenians dishearteningly. The hero Philippides (Reeves) refuses to give up, however, traveling to Sparta to enlist help and bravely facing the adversaries. The beautiful Andromeda (Mylene Demongeot), however, may have less than noble motivations, and betrayal may prove the Athenians' downfall. Italian giallo legend Mario Bava, who was the cinematographer for GIANT, was forced to step in to direct when the project was abandoned by director Tourneur. In THE LAST GLORY OF TROY, Reeves stars as Aeneus, champion of the oppressed Trojans, who have been enslaved by the brutal Etruscans. He leads them to freedom, saving a beautiful princess in the process, as well as the honor and glory of Troy.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - English
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Any night is a good night for film nor, and this triple film collection is just the thing to keep you going for a few hours. The three films in this set are: TOO LATE FOR TEARS, HE WALKED BY NIGHT and Kansas CITY CONFIDENTIAL.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1:33Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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A visually stunning epic, THE MISSION recounts the true story of two men--a man of the sword (Robert De Niro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons)--both Jesuit missionaries who defied the colonial forces of mighty Spain and Portugal to save an Indian tribe from slavery in mid-18th-century South America. Mendoza (De Niro) is a slave trader and colonial imperialist who murdered his own brother (Aidan Quinn) and seeks penance for his sins by becomining a missionary at Father Gabriel's (Irons) mountaintop mission; Gabriel is a devout and idealistic man who extols nonviolence and peaceful interaction with the natives and colonialists. Despite their differences, the two men must unite to save the mission when Spain, Portugal, and the Catholic church begin negotiating their boundaries in the area--negotiations that will affect both the freedom of the natives and the well-being of the Jesuit missionaries who have set up safe havens for them. Director Roland Joffe's sweeping masterpiece is a haunting account of the unjust treatment of the Guarani Indians of South America and the men who fought desperately, in very different ways, to save them. The film features a mezmerizing musical score by Ennio Morricone that weaves a stunning combination of church choirs and native Indian panpipes into the lush images of the Brazilian rainforest.DVD Features:Region 12-Disc SetDigi-PackAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Single Side - Dual LayerAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Surround - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Roland Joffe - Director Featurette - 1. Making of THE MISSIONText/Galleries: Film Highlights - 1. Robert DeNiro - Star











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6. Robert Bolt - Screenwriter
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