Jun19

They Came to a City (1944) Blu-Ray BFI

by movieworld on June 19th, 2018 at 15:49
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

They Came to a City 1944
In 1943 J. B. Priestley wrote "They Came to a City" as a means of scrutinizing attitudes to the post war world. He believed that new better ways of living could come out of the War, that the mistakes made after the First World War did not have to be repeated.

Nine characters, all from different social backgrounds are taken out of their lives and placed outside the walls of a strange city. They have no idea how they got here, whether they're dreaming or simply dead. Soon the great doors open and they are let loose in a city free from disparity and social injustice. For some, it's a utopia; for others, a nightmare. And each must make the decision whether to stay or go.

For a film released towards the end of World War II, this is a surprisingly dour and dark work, with touches of humour and a sense of reality that may not have fit easily with an audience seeking escapism. It certainly wasn’t the normal product of Ealing Studios, but it’s still a fine example of the post-World War II British film, restored to its former glory by the BFI from the original 35mm negatives.

Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: John Clements, Googie Withers, Raymond Huntley
Country: UK
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
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Jun19

Star Time (1992) DVD9 and Blu-Ray Vinegar Syndrome

by movieworld on June 19th, 2018 at 13:43
Posted In: .Other movies, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Star Time 1992
Henry (Michael St. Gerard) is a broken man barely keeping it together in the confines of his small, decrepit apartment. He's losing his mind, using the comfort of television to keep himself stable enough to keep out of trouble, but his favorite show, "The Robertson Family," is ending, returning instability to his life. Henry's connection to any sense of normalcy is Wendy (Maureen Teefy), a social worker who's been trying to keep the young man communicative, hoping to reach the root of his mental health issues, but she's about to take a leave of absence, and the loss doesn't sit well with her patient. On the verge of committing suicide, Henry meets Sam (John P. Ryan), a mystery man who's very interested in making something of his new friend, urging Henry to don a baby mask and become an ax murderer. Open to suggestion, but striving to make sense of his insanity, Henry goes along for the ride, becoming a media hot topic, which gives him the attention he desperately craves.

Director: Alexander Cassini
Cast: John P. Ryan, Michael St. Gerard, Maureen Teefy
Country: USA
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Jun19

Police Story (1973–1979) 12 x DVD9 Seasons 1 & 2 Shout! Factory

by movieworld on June 19th, 2018 at 11:11
Posted In: .Other movies, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Police Story
Created by ex-cop-turned-acclaimed author Joseph Wambaugh (The Onion Field) Police Story details the lives of LAPD officers in an anthology of realistic and gritty accounts of what it meant to carry a badge in 1970s Los Angeles. The hit series became a major influence of many critically acclaimed shows that followed, including Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue and Homicide: Life On The Street. Police Story stood apart from its predecessors by presenting a multidimensional, very human portrayal of its protagonists – depicting officers of the law not as blandly implacable sentinels of justice, but as complex individuals capable of great heroism and simple fallibility. From week to week, gripping episodes addressed difficult issues such as police corruption and the stresses and hell that can come with leading a cop's life.

Guest stars: Kurt Russell, Dick Butkus, Chuck Connors, Cleavon Little, Stella Stevens, Sal Mineo, Cindy Williams, Danny Bonaduce, Robert Forster, Bernie Casey, Edgar Bergen, Robert Stack, George Hamilton, Dabney Coleman, Dean Stockwell, Sylvester Stallone...

12xDVD9 | NTSC 4:3 | 2265 minutes | 44.1 Gb + 46 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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Jun18

Holiday of St. Jorgen / Prazdnik svyatogo Yorgena / Праздник святого Иоргена (1930) DVD5

by movieworld on June 18th, 2018 at 14:18
Posted In: .Russian movies, Comedy, Crime

Prazdnik svyatogo Yorgena 1930
Before the church holiday celebrating St. Jorgen, the thief Korkis (Anatoli Ktorov) escapes from prison and mingles with the gathering celebrants. He sees the large amounts of money being made by those hosting the celebration, who are mainly clergy. Korkis cannot refrain from getting involved in this venture. Together with an accomplice (Igor Ilyinsky) they conceive and realize a way to fraudulently extract at least a small part of the money flowing into the hosts' coffers.

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:19:59 | 4.10 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Russian
Subtitles: English
Genre: Comedy

Director: Yakov Protazanov
Cast: Igor Ilyinsky, Anatoli Ktorov, Mariya Strelkova
Country: Soviet Union
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Jun18

Ihre Hoheit befiehlt / Her Grace Commands (1931) DVD5

by movieworld on June 18th, 2018 at 13:43
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Her Grace Commands 1931
In an imaginary kingdom, Princess Marie-Christine goes incognito to a servants' ball where she meets Lieutenant von Conradi and falls in love with him. But both don't tell their real identity. So it's a surprise for the princess when on the next day she sees the supposed delicatessen seller as a dashing lieutenant, but she decides to play the game a little longer. Meanwhile the state minister (Schunzel in one of his very best roles) sets a rather inept detective (Horbiger) on the heels of the couple, because the Princess is actually to be married off to another aristocrat. The real problems, however, begin when von Conradi finds out who Marie-Christine actually is...

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:24:58 | 2.95 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Deutsch
Subtitles: English
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Director: Hanns Schwarz
Cast: Kathe von Nagy, Willy Fritsch, Reinhold Schunzel
Country: Germany
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Jun18

Frank Capra’s Wonders Of Life: Hemo the Magnificent (1957), The Unchained Goddess (1958) DVD5

by movieworld on June 18th, 2018 at 13:20
Posted In: .Other movies

Frank Capra's Wonders Of Life: Hemo the Magnificent (1957), The Unchained Goddess (1958) DVD5
You'll never have more fun learning and exploring the wonders of science than with these delightful animated films from beloved, Academy Award- winning director Frank Capra.

First, Peabody Award-winning Dr. Frank Baxter shows the fascinating path taken by blood throughout the body in Hemo the Magnificent, a humorous tour of the body's amazing plumbing system filled with memorable characters and eye-popping microscopic photography.

Then go from the inner body to the upper heights of our planet as the Unchained Goddess of weather joins Dr. Baxter for a colorful look at our atmosphere, complete with cartoon characters like Wind, Clouds and Rain.
It was the fourth and last film in the series that was produced by Frank Capra, who wrote the screenplay with Jonathan Latimer. Unlike the first three of the films, this film was directed by Richard Carlson, who also appears in the film.

DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 | 00:54:49 + 00:54:39 | 3.99 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Animation

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Jun18

Taxeidi tou melitos / Honeymoon (1979) DVD5

by movieworld on June 18th, 2018 at 12:45
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

Honeymoon 1979
A pensioner couple, Tryfonas and Zaharoula, have been vacationing at the springs in Kaiafas for the last twenty years. This year, without their daughter, who is currently on her honeymoon, the couple feels as if they’re on a honeymoon themselves and encounters the different views of life expressed by their friends at the springs; some believe that the future holds nothing important for them, while others yearn for love and try to live life to the fullest.

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:39:03 | 3.35 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Greek
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama

Director: Giorgos Panousopoulos
Cast: Stavros Xenidis, Aleka Paizi, Betty Livanou
Country: Greece
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Jun18

Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971) DVD9 and Blu-Ray Vinegar Syndrome

by movieworld on June 18th, 2018 at 11:56
Posted In: .Other movies, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971
From the bowels of cinematic hell comes this grandfather of all blaxploitation films. Written, directed, produced, and containing music composed by star of the film Melvin Van Peebles (father of Mario "I was Solo!" Van Peebles), "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" was dedicated to "all the Brothers and Sisters who have had enough of The Man". It went on to pave the way for such legendary films as "Shaft", "Super Fly", and "Foxy Brown" as well as the not-so-legendary films "Dolemite II: The Human Tornado", "Black Belt Jones" and "Blackenstein".

One of the most iconic, notorious, and influential American films of the 1970s, Melvin Van Peebles' Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song stars Van Peebles as Sweetback, a black orphan raised in a brothel and groomed into becoming a sex show performer. Set up by his boss and two corrupt white policemen for a murder he didn't commit, Sweetback escapes custody only to find himself thrust into an increasingly hallucinogenic world of violence and bigotry where no one can be trusted and the possibility of death lurks at every corner...

Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales
Country: USA
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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