Die Buddenbrooks DVD Serie $ 39.99 German Language with English subtitles. 10 hours. 38 Minutes. Darsteller: Carl Raddatz, Katharina Brauren, Martin Benrath. 1998 Der Film schildert den Verfall einer hanseatischen Patrizierfamilie aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
The sweeping tale of the rise and fall of a wealthy German merchant family, Buddenbrooks dramatizes the conflict between family loyalty and personal freedom. This stimulating adaptation of Thomas Mann’s most famous work (one of the most widely read German novels in the world) is brought to life with magnificent costumes and unforgettable performances. As seen on PBS Great Performances.
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| Co-Star: Martin Benrath |
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| Co-Star: Gerd Bockmann |
| Co-Star: Volker Kraeft |
| Co-Star: Ruth Leuwerik |
| Co-Star: Reinhild Sole |
| Director: Franz Peter Wirth |
| Screenwriter: Hans Joachim Lange |
| Source Writer: Thomas Mann |
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| Screenwriter: Bernt Rothert |
| Screenwriter: Franz Peter Wirth |
| Director of Photography: Gernot Roll |
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THE SISSI COLLECTION DVD Set 78.99 $ 69.99 The Sissi trilogy presents through heartwarming storytelling and undeniable visual beauty a Cinderella story in scrupulous detail, in three chronologically biographical films that, together, take nearly six hours to watch. Made between 1955-1957 by German director Ernst Marischka, Sissi, Sissi: The Young Empress, and Sissi: The Fateful Years of An Empress chronicle, in not-strictly historical terms, Elisabeth of Bavaria's marriage to her cousin, Franz Josef (Karlheinz Böhm), for which she is crowned Princess of Austria and, later, Queen of Hungary. Nicknamed Sissi (Romy Schneider), Elisabeth possesses fairy tale beauty and charm, from her early days in her Austrian schlosse, where she raises dachshunds, doves, and pet deer, to her latter days as regal ambassador of love, honesty, and generosity. The three films, taken as one sprawling epic, are as saccharine and idealized as The Sound of Music, with similar alpine landscapes, rivers, and castles dotting the sets. But Romy Schneider's magnetism is as strong as Julie Andrews's, and as one watches her horseback riding, learning manners and politics, having a baby, winning the hearts of Hungarians and Italians, or suffering with tuberculosis, it is quite difficult to turn the films off! The costuming and ceremonial pomp alone is riveting and serves as a fascinating glimpse, even if fictionalized, into 19th century aristocratic life. Each character in Sissi's family, including the reproachful mother-in-law, Sophie (Vilma Degischer), who constantly reprimands Sissi for her lack of formality and sophistication, and her warm parents, Ludovika and Max (Magda Schneider and Gustav Knuth) add infinite depth to this ambitious tale. The extras in the Sissi Collection, including "Forever My Love," a condensed, English-dubbed version lacking original score, and "Victoria in Dover," a precusor to the Sissi trilogy in which Schneider plays Princess Victoria, contextualize but don't compare to the trilogy's vigorous cinematic power. To watch the Sissi trilogy in full effect is to revel in ostentatious filmic presentation, and in the fantastic possibility that fate instigates love, politics, and sheer, unabashed goodness.
Rating: Not Rated
Studio: Koch Lorber Films
Runtime: 574 minutes
DVD Code: Region All
Color: Color
DVD Features:5-Disc Set
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio: Dolby Digital - English, German
Subtitles - English
Disc 1: SISSI (1955) ( Language German with English subtitles )
Disc 2: THE YOUNG EMPRESS (1956) ( Language German with English subtitles )
Disc 3: SISSI: THE FATEFUL YEARS OF THE EMPRESS (1957) ( Language German with English subtitles )
Disc 4: THE STORY OF VICKI (1954) ( Language German with English subtitles )
Disc 5: Sissi Forever My Love ( Language English )
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Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (Widescreen Edition) DVD (2005) $ 9.99 Actors: 50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller, Tory Kittles. In Get Rich or Die Tryin', rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson presents himself as a rap superhero, encased in muscular flesh like armor, his face impassive as a mask, reaching out to destroy his enemies with his unique talent. The plot, though based on Jackson's life, is standard--a gangster breaks from his youthful life of crime to triumph as a rapper--but there's vitality in the details: Jackson's girlfriend helps him pull free the wires holding his jaw shut when he's recovered from being shot in the face; a startling, brutal fight by naked men in a prison shower. Jackson even has his comic-book moment of transformation when a razor blade is thrown into his cell, encouraging him to kill himself; instead, he uses it to carve his rhymes into the walls. Unfortunately, as an actor Jackson only has two sides, gangster hard or oddly childlike and vulnerable. This second aspect falls away from the movie as Jackson assumes power, leaving only the cold, impassive face of a tough guy. That's the fate of superheroes too--they become the mask they present to the world, which is both their dream and their fate.
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Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (Fullscreen Edition) DVD (2005) $ 9.99 Actors: 50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller, Tory Kittles. In Get Rich or Die Tryin', rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson presents himself as a rap superhero, encased in muscular flesh like armor, his face impassive as a mask, reaching out to destroy his enemies with his unique talent. The plot, though based on Jackson's life, is standard--a gangster breaks from his youthful life of crime to triumph as a rapper--but there's vitality in the details: Jackson's girlfriend helps him pull free the wires holding his jaw shut when he's recovered from being shot in the face; a startling, brutal fight by naked men in a prison shower. Jackson even has his comic-book moment of transformation when a razor blade is thrown into his cell, encouraging him to kill himself; instead, he uses it to carve his rhymes into the walls. Unfortunately, as an actor Jackson only has two sides, gangster hard or oddly childlike and vulnerable. This second aspect falls away from the movie as Jackson assumes power, leaving only the cold, impassive face of a tough guy. That's the fate of superheroes too--they become the mask they present to the world, which is both their dream and their fate.
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Renegade: The Complete First Season $ 9.99 Actors: Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Kinmont, Branscombe Richmond, Stephen J. Cannell. Number of discs: 4
On the run & on the road! An innocent man on a quest to clear his name! He was a cop, and good at his job. But he committed the ultimate sin, and testified against other cops gone bad. Cops that tried to kill him, but got the woman he loved instead. Framed for murder, now he prowls the badlands. An outlaw hunting outlaws, a bounty hunter, a Renegade.
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Vietnam War: America's Conflict (2008) 4 DVD's $ 9.99 Be an eyewitness to the conflict that divided our nation and changed the very fabric of society. This collection of harrowing and compelling footage traces the evolution of this conflict from a regional military engagement to an ever-expanding war that ultimately spanned three U.S. Presidents. From strategic political move to the immediacy of jungle warfare and the weapons with which the war was waged, Vietnam: America''s Conflict captures the sweep of history and the agony of a generation.
Program list:
1st Air Cavalry in Vietnam
1st Infantry in Vietnam
4th Infantry Division
9th Infantry Division
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
82nd Airborne Division
The Airmobile Division
The American Navy in Vietnam
Another Day of War - The USAF in Vietnam
Battle (Part 1)
The Battle of Khe Sanh
Beans, Bullets and Black Oil (Narrated by Henry Fonda)
Contact - Ambush (Part 2)
A Day in Vietnam
The Drill Sergeant
The Face of Rescue
A Few Good Men
For Thou Art With Me
Full Blade
The Gentle Hand
Hall of Honor
The Hidden War in Vietnam
History of the Air Force - Vietnam and After
Khe Sanh: Victory for Air Power
Know Your Enemy: The Viet Cong
Marines, 1965
A Nation Builds Under Fire
Night of the Dragon
No Substitute for Victory
Operation Montagnard
POW - A Report on Captivity in Southeast Asia
Progress to Peace
Ready to Strike
Red Chinese Battle Plans
Report on Marine Activities
River Patrol
Sand and Steel
Screaming Eagles in Vietnam
Sky Soldiers
Small Boat Navy
Sparrow Hawk
There is a Way
This is Parris Island (Marine training 1969)
To Save a Soldier
Twenty Five Hour Day
The Unique War
The United States Air Force in Vietnam
Vietnam: The Big Picture
Vietnam: P.O.W. Code of Conduct
Vietnam Crucible
Vietnam! Vietnam!
War and Advice
Why Vietnam
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We Are Marshall (Widescreen Edition) (2006) DVD $ 9.99 Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, Ian McShane. Football is a game that knocks you down, then expects you to get back up. Life hit the West Virginia town of Huntington and its Marshall University even harder. When it did, Jack Lengyel came by to help pull them onto their feet by taking the job no one wanted: rebuilding the Marshall football program only months after a plane crash wiped out Marshall's beloved Thundering Herd. Matthew McConaughey portrays Lengyel, the energetic, compassionate coach of inexperienced players whose chances of victory are slim and none. They'll go with the slim. And as they do, their true-life story of heart, healing, and football will thrill and inspire you. It's game day. Time to play till the whistle blows!
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Cocaine Cowboys Documentry DVD $ 5.99 Actors: Jon Roberts (III), Al Sunshine, Sam Burstyn, Mickey Munday, Bob Palumbo. In the 1980s ruthless colombian cocaine barons invaded miami with a brand of violence unseen since prohibition-era chicago - and it put the city on the map. This is the true story of how miami became the drug murder & cash capital of the united states told by the people who made it happen.
More of a real-life exploitation film than a bonafide documentary, Cocaine Cowboys is tailor-made for anyone who worships Brian De Palma's Scarface. It's no surprise that this slick, energetic film found a niche audience among crime-obsessed hip-hoppers; from a journalistic perspective it's an irresponsible mess, but director Billy Corben is obviously more interested in capturing the thrills and danger of the drug trade that transformed Miami, Florida during the Miami Vice era of the late 1970s and '80s. Corben has no particular interest in seriously examining the sociopolitical implications of Miami's drug-fueled rise and fall, so Cocaine Cowboys lives up to its title by focusing on some of the most colorful, daring, and outrageously successful survivors of that era, when tons of cocaine were distributed through Miami by the kingpins of Colombia's notorious Medellin cartel. Chief among the many interviewees are Jon Roberts and Mickey Munday (who personally transported over $2 billion worth of cocaine into Miami) and Jorge "Rivi" Ayala, a convicted drug-trade assassin now serving consecutive life terms in prison. They're lively storytellers who are egotistically eager to share their coke-tales, and Corben's only too happy to capture their exploits on film, up to and including the dubious use of violent reenactments that could easily serve as a recruitment film for Tony Montana wannabes.
It's simultaneously disgusting and compelling, especially since Corben has a knack for matching swift editing to the pulsing score by TV's original Miami Vice composer Jan Hammer. In the final analysis, it must be said that Cocaine Cowboys succeeds as a brash and breathtaking record of a bygone era, when murder rates were at an all-time high, coke was everywhere, and Miami was financially transformed into a nightlife mecca where criminals were kings. Or queens, as in the case of Griselda Blanco, the ruthless and self-appointed "Godmother" of the cocaine trade, who was responsible for countless murders and as of 2007 remained at large, her whereabouts unknown. All of this deadly life in the fast lane makes for a fascinating movie, but Corben and coproducer David Cypkin's breathless commentary makes it clear that they're young, immature thrill-seekers, and their film makes no apologies for glorifying the drug trade while exploring its bloody and frequently fatal consequences. Their commentary also accompanies an abundance of deleted scenes, and there's also a bonus featurette, "Hustlin' with the Godmother," in which Griselda Blanco's former lover and big-time coke dealer Charles Cosby tells his story, which clearly has all the makings of a Hollywood movie along the lines of Blow. You can bet that film will eventually be made, and don't be surprised if it's Corben who makes it.
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Cocaine Cowboys 2 - Hustlin' With The Godmother (2008) $ 5.99 Actors: Charles Cosby, Griselda Blanco. Charles Cosby's life is changed forever when he writes a fan letter to the "Cocaine Godmother" Griselda Blanco, who is serving time in a federal prison. Six months later, Cosby is a multi-millionaire, Blanco's lover, and the head of her $40 million a year cocaine business. Also known as "The Black Widow" for her propensity to permanently dispose of her men when she's done with them, Blanco stops at nothing to ensure that Charles is faithful. Cosby soon learns he's in way over his head.
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Captains and The Kings 3 DVD Set $ 49.99 Through nine episodes of this acclaimed mini-series, a young Irish immigrant finds his way up from the gutter. Here is the archetypal rags-to-riches story personified in the character of Joseph Armagh, who slowly builds himself up, through suffering, sorrow and heartbreak, to become one of the leaders of the nation.
The story follows an Irish immigrant's rise from poverty to power. Though set a generation earlier, it is obviously inspired by the Kennedy clan with Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh [Richard Jordan] in the role of clan patriarch Joeseph Kennedy. Some of the parallels include Armagh as a blockade runner during the Civil War--Kennedy was reputed to be a rum-runner. Armagh married a senator's daughter--Kennedy married a Boston mayor's daughter. Armagh lost a son in the Spanish American War--Kennedy a son in World War II. Armagh's daughter was brain damaged in a horse-riding accident--Kennedy's daughter was born mentally handicapped. Both Armagh and Kennedy had sons assassinated while running for president.
Based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Caldwell, this epic, nine-part NBC mini-series stars Patty Duke, Ray Bolger, Blair Brown, John Carradine, Charles Durning, Henry Fonda, Celeste Holm, John Houseman, Burl Ives, Vic Morrow, Jane Seymour and Beverly D'Angelo.
Credits:
Director: Douglas Heyes American Director/TV Writer
Director: Allen Reisner American Film/TV Director
Star: Richard Jordan American Actor
Star: Perry King Cody Allen of TV`s `Riptide`
Star: Patty Duke American Actress
Star: Ray Bolger American Actor/Dancer, THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
Star: Blair Brown Actress
Star: John Carradine American Actor/Father Of Clan
Star: Katherine Crawford Actress/`Spring Rain`
Star: Charles Durning American Actor
Star: Henry Fonda Oscar winning actor, ON GOLDEN POND
Star: Burl Ives American Actor/Singer, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)
Star: Vic Morrow American TV/Film Actor
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Centennial TV Mini Series on DVD $ 39.99 The most ambitious mini-series ever produced is an epic account of the making of America, as experienced by the Native Americans, trappers, settlers and residents of the region around Centennial, Colorado, from the late 1700s to the present. Based on James A. Michener's novel, the epic drama features a huge cast that includes Robert Conrad, Richard Chamberlain, Sally Kellerman, Timothy Dalton, and David Garrett.
The sweeping television adaptation of James A. Michener's epic novel about the taming of the Colorado frontier, encompassing two hundred years' worth of land wars, family schisms, love affairs, political corruption, profiteering, cattle drives, and revolution. This is the complete 12 PART miniseries based on the novel by James A. Michener's .
The story begins in the late 18th century and ends with a typical 20th century conflict over land usage. Centennial, however, largely concentrates on various memorable frontiersmen, trappers, Indians, ranchers, cowboys, and farmers from long ago. Richard Chamberlain shines as the pioneer Alexander McKeag, Robert Conrad does some of his best work as French-Canadian Pasquinel, and performances by Alex Karras, Chad Everett, Sally Kellerman, Raymond Burr, Richard Crenna, David Janssen,lynn Redgrave, Brian Keith, and Dennis Weaver effectively add to a tapestry of adventure, tragedy, violence, and dubious Western progress. Produced at a time when TV networks were in the throes of acknowledging America's history of racial injustice, the program paints a starkly villainous portrait of opportunists exploiting and destroying Indians in the name of manifest destiny. While the project's great length might make one wary of diving in, Centennial is the sort of carefully paced drama that makes one care about the intertwined destinies of unique characters and how they illuminate America's past.
Cast: William Atherton ....... Jim Lloyd
Raymond Burr ........... Herman Bockweiss
Barbara Carrera ........ Clay Basket
Richard Chamberlain .... Alexander McKeag
Robert Conrad .......... Pasquinel
Richard Crenna ......... Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
Timothy Dalton ......... Oliver Seccombe
Cliff De Young ......... John Skimmerhorn
Chad Everett ........... Major Maxwell Mercy
Sharon Gless ........... Sidney Endermann
Andy Griffith .......... Professor Lewis Venor
Merle Haggard .......... Cisco Calendar
Gregory Harrison ....... Levi Zendt
David Janssen .......... Paul Garrett/Narrator
Alex Karras ............ Hans Brumbaugh
Brian Keith ............ Sheriff Axel Dumire
Sally Kellerman ........ Lise Bockweiss
Stephen McHattie ....... Jacques 'Jake' Pasquinel
Lois Nettleton ......... Maude Wendell
Donald Pleasence ....... Samuel Purchase
Cristina Raines ........ Lucinda McKeag Zendt
Lynn Redgrave .......... Charlotte Buckland Seccombe
Robert Vaughn .......... Morgan Wendell
Dennis Weaver .......... R.J. Poteet
Anthony Zerbe .......... Mervin Wendell
Michael Ansara ......... Lame Beaver
Dennis Weaver ......... R. J. Poteet
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Witness to the Mob (1998) DVD $ 26.99 Actors: Nicholas Turturro, Tom Sizemore, Debi Mazar, Abe Vigoda, Michael Imperioli.Directors: Thaddeus O'Sullivan. Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Language: English DVD Release Date: October 14, 2008 Run Time: 173 minutes
The Story of the Man Who Brought Down John Gotti -
As Seen on NBC
Inspired by True Events as Depicted in the New York Times Bestseller Underboss
Nicholas Turturro stars as Underboss Sammy "The Bull" Gravano in this hard-hitting story of murder, deceit and betrayal - featuring an all-star cast including Debi Mazar, Abe Vigoda, Michael Imperioli, Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore. After rising through the ranks of the Gambino crime family, Gravano's brutal past finally catch up to him when he lands behind bars and is faced with the life-threatening decision to turn state's evidence against his boss and former friend, John Gotti (Tom Sizemore)
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Making Of DVD $ 14.99 Terrorists Aren't Born. They're Made ! Running Time: 115 minutes Language Arabic with English subtitles. Lofti Abdelli (in an intensely engaged, award-winning performance) portrays a break dancer, Bahta, who struggles with the alienation of unemployment and familial dischord and finds himself prey to a ring of fundamentalists in Tunisia. At the beginning of the film, the dynamic young Bahta and his friends roam the streets of Tunis (the film includes shots of the ports of La Goulette, Rades, and Lac de Tunis) dreaming of another life. But Bahta's energy and passion, and his repeated trouble with the police, bring him to the attention of a secret fundamentalist group which then tries to recruit him. At the same time that the fundamentalists are turning Bahta into a suicide bomber, Bouzid breaks the action with sequences, purportedly from a "Making Of" documentary, in which his actor rejects the script that he has been forced to adopt. Nouri Bouzid shows the audience the parallels between the creation or "making of" a suicide bomber from an apolitical young man, and the direction of an actor in a controversial role that both he and his director are uncomfortable with. Thus, director Bouzid stages a debate within his own film concerning the causes of terrorism and the burdens on those (like him and his cast) who are bold enough to try to represent it in cinema.
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