Based on the true story that captured the hearts of America, THE STRAIGHT STORY is one of those rare films offering powerful, uplifting entertainment for audiences of all ages. Directed by acclaimed director David Lynch (WILD AT HEART, MULHOLLAND DRIVE), this gentle, inspiring film celebrates the human spirit. Richard Farnsworth (MISERY, THE NATURAL) stars as Alvin Straight -- a no-nonsense man ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney VideoStarring: Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert, Richard FarnsworthDirected By: David Lynch
Manufacturer: A&E Home VideoStarring: Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Lang (II), Polly AdamsDirected By: Julian Amyes, David Tucker, Norman Stone
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor BayStarring: Daniel Craig, Corin Redgrave, Kitty Aldridge, Frances Barber, Penny DownieDirected By: Tim Fywell
A very offbeat subject gives this Western its beefy flavor: English lady Maureen O'Hara brings a prize Hereford bull to the Wild West, where she plans to introduce its hardy bloodline into longhorn country. Cattle puncher James Stewart finds the idea suspect, but he likes this redhead, so he manages to tag along through stampede, gunfight, and blizzard. Director Andrew V. McLaglen generally ...
Manufacturer: Universal StudiosStarring: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Juliet Mills, Don GallowayDirected By: Andrew V. McLaglen
Michael Gambon recreates his celebrated role as best-selling author Georges Simenon's famous pipe-smoking Parisian sleuth. Set against the bars, boulevards and back streets of post WW II Paris, the cases Maigret must solve are more varied than ever, ranging from murder in a sleazy nightclub, to an intense political thriller and even a macrabe force. Once again, Chief Inspector Maigret is backed by ...
Manufacturer: Lance EntertainmentStarring: Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway, James Larkin, John Moffatt
The death of a most unpopular citizen throws the sleepy village of St. Mary Mead into an uproar.
Manufacturer: A&E Home VideoStarring: Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Lang (II), Polly AdamsDirected By: Julian Amyes
Alan Bates gives a fierce, uncompromising performance in The Mayor of Casterbridge, a skillful miniseries adapted from Thomas Hardy's classic novel. The arrogant Michael Henchard (Bates), in a foul drunken mood, sells his long-suffering wife Susan (Anne Stallybrass) and infant daughter Elizabeth-Jane to a sailor at a country fair. Henchard awakens the next morning stricken with ...
Manufacturer: Acorn MediaStarring: Alan Bates, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway, Anne Stallybrass, Anna MasseyDirected By: David Giles (III)
Concerned more with the "why" than "who", Chief Inspector Maigret's profound perception of the realities of human behavior and extraordinary psychological insight are key to sorting out confused trails of evidence and complex crimes.
The days leading up to World War II's beginning in Europe, specifically the diplomatic maneuverings that preceded Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, are portrayed in this British production starring actor Ian McKellen as Hitler. The video takes an unusual approach, relying on the text of private letters, official records, and diaries of major participants, including Josef Stalin, ...
Manufacturer: Goldhil Home MediaStarring: Ian McKellen, Peter Vaughan, Michael Aldridge, Robert Ashby, Sean Barry-WeskeDirected By: Patrick Lau
The so-called spaghetti Western achieved its apotheosis in Sergio Leone's magnificently mythic (and utterly outlandish) Once upon a Time in the West. After a series of international hits starring Clint Eastwood (from A Fistful of Dollars to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly), Leone outdid himself with this spectacular, larger-than-life, horse-operatic epic about how the West was ...
Starring: Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele FerzettiDirected By: Sergio Leone
