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MOVIETHEQUE EDITOR'S CHOICE                                                                       DVD Newest Releases

 

A Bronx Tale

A Cry in the Dark A Streetcar Named Desire: The Director's Cut Absolute Power

1. A Bronx Tale. Category: Drama. A hardworking bus driver (Robert De Niro) comes up against the mob as he attempts to keep his son from falling into a life of crime. Will the son respect his father or a powerful mob boss? De Niro's directorial debut. Co-stars Chazz Palminteri and Joe Pesci.
Year: 1993. Video Format: Closed-Captioned, widescreen. Sound: Dolby(R) Surround Stereo, Lang: English, French, Spanish.

2. A Cry in the Dark .Category: Drama. A Cry in the Dark. No body, motive or weapon. The facts in the Australian murder trial of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain didn’t add up. But other things did: Bigotry against the couple’s religion. Scattershot forensic evidence taken as fact. And a hysteria that was the 1980s equivalent of a Salem witchhunt. For 1988’s powerful, truth-based A Cry in the Dark, Academy Award winner Meryl Streep won Cannes Film Festival and New York Film Critics Best Actress Awards along with her eight Oscar nomination. Her work as Lindy, who lives the nightmare of seeing a wild dog carry off her infant and then endures a travesty of a trial by the courts and media, is remarkable. Sam Neill is her match as tortured husband Michael. Director Fred Schepisi transforms, true events into a riveting movie that will haunt you for days. Special Features: Theatrical Trailer. First-Time Widescreen Video Release! Year: 1988.

3. A Streetcar Named Desire: The Director's Cut. Category: Drama. Previously unseen footage has been restored to the Oscar(R)-winning Tennessee Williams/Elia Kazan landmark with Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh. A reason to experience it's glories all over again - Los Angeles Times. Year: 1951. Special Features: Filmographies Scene Access Production Notes. Video Format: Standard, Closed-Captioned. Sound: Dolby(R) Digital Surround, Lang: English.

4. Absolute Power. Category: Drama. He was where he shouldn't have been, saw what he shouldn't have seen. But who'll believe the word of a career thief and ex-con when he says he saw a woman killed -- and that the man responsible is the President of the United States? Year: 1997. Special Features: Filmographies. Production Notes. Scene Access. Theatrical Trailer. Cast Biographies. Film Highlights. Video Format: Standard, Widescreen, Closed-Captioned. Sound: Dolby(R) Surround, Lang: English.

5. Affair of the Necklace. Category: Drama . The Affair of the Necklace is a romantic drama based on the controversial true story of Jeanne De La Motte Valois, a countess whose name was stripped from her by the Royal Family during the late 18th Century. The story of her fight to restore her name and proper place in society is filled with mystery, intrigue and desire, with an infamous diamond necklace at the center of it all. Year: 200. Special Features:
Behind-the-Scenes Documentaries "The Affair of the Necklace: The Making of a Scandal" and "Designing Affair." Commentary with Director Charles Shyer. Additional Scenes. Gag Reel. Theatrical Trailer. 16x9 Widescreen Format. Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio.  Language: English. Subtitles: English, French and Spanish.

6.Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Category: Drama. Alice Hyatt (played by Ellen Burstyn, who won an Oscar for her performance) is a widowed mother trying to start a singing career while raising a growing son (Alfred Lutter). In the early portions of the film, Alice works as a waitress at a diner owned by "Mel" (Vic Tayback); these scenes served as the springboard for the popular TV sitcom Alice.

7.Amadeus: Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition). Category: Drama. Gripping human drama. Sumptuous period epic. Glorious celebration of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This marvelous winner of eight Academy Awards(R) portrays the rivalry between the genius Mozart (Tom Hulce) and the jealous court composer (Best Actor Oscar(R) Winner F.Murray Abraham) who may have ruined Mozart's career and shortened his life.Year: 1984. Special Features: Audio Commentary: by Director Milos Forman and Writer Peter Shaffer (disc one). A 37-minute, Behind-the-Scenes Documentary "The Making of Amadeus" (disc two). Filmographies: Cast/Crew Film Highlights (disc two). Interactive Menus. Scene Access. Theatrical Trailer: (disc two).

8.Around the World in 80 Days. Category: Comedy.  Phileas Fogg bet his fellow club members that he can circle the globe in eighty days. That may not be impressive today, but in 1872, it was nearly impossible. Accompanied by his valet, Passepartout, and the wandering Princess Aouda, Fogg crosses Europe, India, Japan, the Pacific and the United States.
Affair of the Necklace Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Amadeus: Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) Around the World in 80 Days
 

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