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Novelist James Clavell wrote, produced, and directed this 1967 British film (based on a novel by E.R. Braithwaite) about a rookie teacher who throws out stock lesson plans and really takes command of his unruly, adolescent students in a London school. Poitier is very good as a man struggling with the extent of his commitment to the job, and even more as a teacher whose commitment is to proffering ...

Manufacturer: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Lulu
Directed By: James Clavell

Except for feature-length animation, the musical has gone the way of the dinosaur. The Walt Disney company took a stab at reviving the live-action musical in 1992 with Newsies, a throwback picture with a curious subject. In 1899, the pint-sized newsboys delivering the New York papers go on strike against the unfair practices of news magnates Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. The ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Starring: Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, David Moscow
Directed By: Kenny Ortega

This comedic and touching family film follows the adventures of a shy young boy (Haley Joel Osment) who is sent to spend the summer with his eccentric uncles (Michael Caine, Robert Duvall). At first shocked by his uncles' unconventional behavior that includes ordering African lions through the mail, the boy soon becomes enthralled with unraveling the mystery that has followed the uncles for ...

Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt
Directed By: Tim McCanlies

Manufacturer: Polygram USA Video
Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Jerry Orbach, Claudia Christian, Eli Danker, Mark Harelik
Directed By: Stan Winston

Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Starring: Claudia McNeil, Janet MacLachlan, Robert Christian, Larry B. Scott, Roy Poole
Directed By: Jack Smight

Environmentally friendly animated film with a strong message that doesn't club anyone over the head--but it certainly can't be missed. Zak (voiced by Christian Slater) is a heavy-machine operator whose job is to push over any vegetation in his path. He's shrunken to wee size, however, when Crysta (Samantha Mathis), a fairy of the forest, not only finds him cute but wants him to see the results of ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Robin Williams, Tim Curry, Jonathan Ward
Directed By: Bill Kroyer

Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
Starring: Richard Grieco, Jay Acovone, Shelli Lether, Joseph Cortese, Christian Campbell
Directed By: Albert Magnoli

After seeing Saving Private Ryan, this epic tale about the Normandy invasion will look sanitized. But in its re-creation of events leading to the epochal battle, the film is captivating and grand, and the parade of famous actors who cross the screen naturally give the already charged action even more of a boost. Three directors worked on it: Ken Annakin (Battle of the Bulge), Andrew ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum
Directed By: Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin

After seeing Saving Private Ryan, this epic tale about the Normandy invasion will look sanitized. But in its re-creation of events leading to the epochal battle, the film is captivating and grand, and the parade of famous actors who cross the screen naturally give the already charged action even more of a boost. Three directors worked on it: Ken Annakin (Battle of the Bulge), Andrew ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum
Directed By: Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin

Nazi Panzer forces stage a last-ditch Belgian front offensive that could turn the tide of WWII! Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw and Robert Ryan in the spectacular recreation of a crucial campaign. Year: 1965

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, George Montgomery
Directed By: Ken Annakin