Archive for ‘January, 2018’

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Jan19

Gallipoli (1981) DVD9 R2, 2 x Blu-Ray Commemorative Edition

by movieworld on January 19th, 2018 at 16:06
Posted In: .Other movies, Adventure, Drama, History, War

Gallipoli (1981) DVD9
The first of two consecutive films to see director Peter Weir team with Mel Gibson (the other being The Year of Living Dangerously), Gallipoli follows two idealistic young friends, Frank (Gibson) and Archy (Mark Lee), who join the Australian army during World War I and fight the doomed Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey. The first half of the film documents the lives of the young men in Australia, detailing their personalities and beliefs. They are sent to the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire (in modern-day Turkey), where they take part in the Gallipoli Campaign. During the course of the movie, the young men slowly lose their innocence about the purpose of war.

Gallipoli provides a faithful portrayal of life in Australia in the 1910s — reminiscent of Weir's film "Picnic at Hanging Rock" set in 1900 — and captures the ideals and character of the Australians who joined up to fight, as well as the conditions they endured on the battlefield. It does, however, modify events for dramatic purposes and contains a number of significant historical inaccuracies. Gallipoli was the recipient of eight prizes at the 1981 Australian Film Institute Awards.

Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins, Heath Harris
Country: Australia
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
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Jan19

Corki dancingu / The Lure (2015) DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on January 19th, 2018 at 14:34
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical

The Lure 2015 Criterion Collection
Like some contemporary fairytale for grownups, The Lure is a genre hybrid that melds melodrama, horror, fantasy and musical elements into a singular coming-of-age tale.

The story begins with sisters Silver (Marta Mazurek) and Gold (Michalina Olszanska), two mermaids who decide to leave the sea behind and become nightclub singers.
Soon, Silver and Gold are the darlings of the Warsaw nightlife scene—a sexy photo shoot where the sisters pull fishnets over their tails is a nice touch—and Silver falls in love with handsome young bass player Mietek (Jakub Gierszal). But their courtship is complicated, not just because Silver has no genitals in her human form. Meanwhile, Gold is tempted to succumb to much darker urges—namely, the thirst for human blood that is the reason mermaids are blessed with angelic voices to begin with. (It’s easier to lure men into the water so you can eat them if you sing them a pretty song.) These discordant views on the proper treatment of human men cause a rift between the sisters.

Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
Cast: Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszanska, Kinga Preis
Country: Poland
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical
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Jan17

Sommarnattens leende / Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on January 17th, 2018 at 12:44
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Romance

Smiles of a Summer Night 1955 Criterion Collection
Smiles of a Summer Night is one of the all-time great romantic comedies.
In a turn-of-the-century Swedish small town, middle-aged attorney Fredrik Egerman (Gunnar Bjornstrand) is married to a 19-year-old woman, Anne (Ulla Jacobsson). Also living with the couple is Fredrik’s son Henrik (Bjorn Bjelfvenstam) who is the direct opposite of his father – a very earnest young man, studying to become a priest, Henrik has no experience with women... but certainly desires them, as Petra (Harriet Andersson), a lustful household maid discovers. At the same time, Anne can’t help feeling attracted to Henrik – and envious of a much-admired stage actress called Desiree Armfeldt (Eva Dahlbeck) whom Fredrik once had a passionate affair with. Desiree has suddenly reemerged in his life... but as Fredrik soon learns things change over the years. Not only does Desiree have a small child, but also a lover who is not easily dismissed.

BD50 + DVD9 | 1080p AVC, NTSC | 01:49:24 | 36.2 Gb + 7.53 Gb
Language: Svenska
Subtitles: English
Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Country: Sweden
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Jan16

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978) 3 x DVD

by movieworld on January 16th, 2018 at 18:48
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1978
Beloved actress Geraldine McEwan is imperious, unorthodox teacher Jean Brodie in this seven-part PBS miniseries. Adapted from the novel by Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie tells the story of an educator's effect on impressionable young ladies at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, revealing the challenges they face growing up in 1930s Scotland.

Devoted to her students, Miss Brodie endeavors to fill them with a love of art and culture and as much self-confidence as she possesses. In doing so, she offends the conservative Miss Gaunt, tests the patience of headmistress Miss Mackay, and incites the passions of married art instructor Teddy Lloyd. McEwan gives an indelible performance that Spark herself considered the quintessential portrayal of the iconic character.

3 x DVD | NTSC 4:3 | 366 minutes | 15.4 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama

Cast: Geraldine McEwan, Lynsey Baxter, Amanda Kirby
Country: UK
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Jan16

Dario Argento’s Suspiria (1977) 2 x Blu-Ray Synapse Films – Exclusive 40th Anniversary Restoration

by movieworld on January 16th, 2018 at 15:48
Posted In: .Other movies, Horror

Suspiria 1977
A disorientating, mind-bending descent into total madness. An excursion into the dark side of magic and witchcraft. A fairytale for adults. Dario Argento’s masterpiece Suspiria has been has been called all of the above over the years, and much more.

A young ballerina, Suzy Banyon (Jessica Harper) enrolls at an exclusive European dance school. Strict, dark, and forbidding, the academy holds a threatening secret. Following the murder of a former pupil on the night Suzy arrives, she begins to unravel the mystery of the school and its enigmatic founder, Elaina Marcos. From this bare plot, Argento builds an atmosphere of tension and dread.

Suspiria holds a special place in the hearts of most horror fans. It will be cited by most as the film that introduced them to the work of maestro Dario Argento and the joys of Italian horror films.

Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Udo Kier
Country: Italy
Genre: Horror

BD50 + BD25 | 1080p AVC | 01:38:47 | 32.7 Gb + 18.6 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Italian, English
Subtitles: English

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Jan16

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) 2 x Blu-Ray Shout! Factory Collector’s Edition

by movieworld on January 16th, 2018 at 14:28
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Horror

The Return of the Living Dead 1985
Zombie-holics and horror hounds need no introduction to Return of the Living Dead, the 1985 splatter film that grandfathered the current zom-com craze.

For the uninitiated, Return starts off in a medical supply company where older employee Frank (Karen) is showing dimwitted new employee, Freddy (Thom Mathews) the ropes. Hoping to liven things up a bit for the new guy, Frank spins a yarn about how Night of the Living Dead was actually based on fact and that Romero was forced to change some elements of the story to avoid getting sued by the U.S. government. The zombies were ultimately contained and stuff into canisters by the Army, and it just so happens that a small cache of those canisters ended up in the basement of the very warehouse where Frank and Freddy work. Frank offers to show the canister to Freddy.
And of course something goes wrong...

Director: Dan O'Bannon
Cast: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy, Horror
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Jan16

Recapitulation of Memory / Erinnerungsbilanz (2005) DVD5

by movieworld on January 16th, 2018 at 12:52
Posted In: .Other movies, Documentary, History, War

Recapitulation of Memory
A minimum of 90,000 prisoners were murdered between August 1938 and May 1945 in the Mauthausen Concentration Camp or one of its subcamps, or died immediately after liberation from the consequences of their detention.

In 2002, the Austrian Ministry of the Interior, responsible for the Mauthausen Memorial site, commissioned an international project for the worldwide recording of interviews with survivors of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp and its satellite camps.

The Mauthausen Survivors Documentation Project intends to preserve the testimonies and memories of victims of Nazi persecution, as a reminder for future generations and as historic evidence. Furthermore, the recorded interviews and collected artifacts will become the core of a new educational and archival center at the Mauthausen Memorial.

In 2003, the Mauthausen Survivors Documentation Project, conducted life history interviews with about 1000 survivors of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp. The diversity of the Mauthausen prisoner population, their nationalities, ages, categories, periods of imprisonment, and gender are reflected in the interviews conducted with survivors now living in Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the USA, and Ex-Yugoslavia.
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Jan15

Ray Mears Ultimate Survival Guide: Series 1 & 2 (2003) 2 x DVD9

by movieworld on January 15th, 2018 at 21:53
Posted In: .Other movies, Documentary

Ray Mears Ultimate Survival Guide
Ray Mears' journeys have taken him to the farthest corners of the earth, encountering indigenous peoples who embody his philosophy and live in tune with their natural environment.

Jungles can be daunting places for the uninitiated. Ray explains the fundamental skills of jungle survival and recounts the harrowing tale of 10 men who escaped a WWII prisoner of war camp, crossing dense jungle without the benefits of survival training.

The arctic is a beautiful region of our planet, an area in which we must understand the mechanisms of staying warm. Ray demonstrates skills whilst visiting the Swedish Army Survival Instructors Course in Lapland.

The most important thing to take with you on any journey is a positive mental attitude. Ray tells of a family that were shipwrecked on the coast of Alaska in winter; ultimately their survival would depend upon their belief in each other, overcoming odds that the text books would have predicted as impossible.

2 x DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 349 minutes | 5.97 Gb + 5.98 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Documentary

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Jan15

North by Northwest (1959) 2 x DVD9

by movieworld on January 15th, 2018 at 17:53
Posted In: .Other movies, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller

North by Northwest 1959
New York advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is lunching with clients in the Plaza Hotel when a pageboy calls for George Kaplan; Thornhill’s wave at the waiter is mistaken for a reply by two henchmen waiting to kidnap Kaplan, and the adventure begins. Thornhill is dragged across America and seduced by Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint) on a beautiful train ride (he is trying to get away), only to be betrayed. The pursuing villain, Phillip Vandamm (James Mason), is part of the cold war furniture, aided by a closet gay Leonard (Martin Landau), who has taken the secret agency bait – planted by The Professor (Leo G. Carroll) that Kaplan is a master spy, and is trying to get rid of him. But Eve Kendall is a double agent, and Thornhill is a naive innocent. The game is dangerous and ends in a climactic chase at Mt Rushmore, across the heads of America’s first presidents.

2 x DVD9 | NTSC 16:9 | 02:16:12 | 7.20 Gb + 6.90 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English, Francais
Subtitles: English, Francais
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Country: USA
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Jan15

The first shorts of Nanni Moretti: La sconfitta (1973), Pate de bourgeois (1973), Come parli, frate? (1974) DVD5

by movieworld on January 15th, 2018 at 16:56
Posted In: .Other movies

The first shorts of Nanni Moretti
La sconfitta, 1973, 23min
Lost hopes of a young leftist.

Pate de Bourgeois, 1973, 26min
About politics, television and ads in Italy.

Come parli, frate?, 1974, 52min
Satiric version of the italia novel Promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni.

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:41:45 | 4 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Italiano
Subtitles: none
Genre: Short

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