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Nov24

Sport, sport, sport / Спорт, спорт, спорт (1970) DVD5

by movieworld on November 24th, 2021 at 11:33
Posted In: .Russian movies, Comedy, Documentary, Sport

Sport, sport, sport 1970
"Sport, Sport, Sport" is a semi-documentary by Elem Klimov ("Come and See") dedicated to glorification of sport as a way of life, and as a profession. It is a mixture of several topics, – like potpourri, – with parts about sports history events with newsreel and testimonials from direct participants; fragmentary narrative about teenagers and other people committing to sport and talking about it.

Using documentary material of real sport competitions and editing it with detailed pantomime novels, the authors show the history of sport development and its future, the relations between sport, politics, art and morals.

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:19:58 | 4.00 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Russian
Subtitles: English
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Sport

Director: Elem Klimov
Cast: Zinoviy Gerdt, Georgiy Svetlani, Yelena Novozhilova, Nikita Mikhalkov, Larisa Shepitko, Adolf Hitler
Country: Soviet Union
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Nov17

Buster Keaton: 3 Films (Volume 3): Our Hospitality (1923), Go West (1925), College (1927) 3 x Blu-Ray Eureka – Masters of Cinema

by movieworld on November 17th, 2021 at 13:35
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western

Buster Keaton 3 Films Volume 3
Eureka continue their run of triple-film box-sets featuring (and usually directed by) Buster Keaton With volume 3. As before, the selection is a bit random, picking titles from throughout his fruitful pre-MGM period, when he made most of his best features.

In this fine box-set, you'll find the films Our Hospitality (1923) starring Keaton, Joe Roberts and Natalie Talmadge. Keaton directed the film alongside John G. Blystone. Go West (1925) starring Keaton (who also directed), Kathleen Myers, Howard Truesdale and Ray Thompson. The third film is College (1927) which stars Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Harold Goodwin and directed by Keaton alongside James W. Horne. All three films were produced by Joseph M. Schench and are presented here in fabulous quality.

3 x BD50 | 1080p AVC | 222 min | 123.8 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English Intertitles
Subtitles: none
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport, Thriller, Western

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Nov17

Buster Keaton: Three Films – Volume Two: The Navigator (1924), Seven Chances (1925), Battling Butler (1926) 3 x Blu-Ray Eureka – Masters of Cinema

by movieworld on November 17th, 2021 at 10:57
Posted In: .Other movies, Action, Comedy, Romance

Buster Keaton Three Films
As a pioneer of cinema and a king of the silent era, Buster Keaton needs no introduction. Holding his own alongside names like Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, the 'great stone face' had a unique style of physical comedy that is as technically impressive as it is hilarious.

Though the public taste in comedy has largely moved away from straightforward slapstick, largely because of the introduction of sound, his influence stretches from Orson Welles to Johnny Knoxville, and the films he directed and starred in remain captivating nearly a century later. In this second volume of his early work released by Eureka, you can find three classics of silent comedy: The Navigator (1924), Seven Chances (1925) and Battling Butler (1926). While they're all undeniably products of the time - some are more flawed than others - each one is a piece of film history, and they all provide a fascinating insight into the evolution of the cinematic absurd.

2xBD50 + BD25 | 1080p AVC | 201 min | 89.2 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English Intertitles
Subtitles: none
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sport

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Oct28

John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958: The Whole Town’s Talking (1935), The Long Gray Line (1955), Gideon’s Day / Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958), The Last Hurrah (1958) 4 x Blu-Ray Powerhouse Films Indicator Series Limited Edition

by movieworld on October 28th, 2021 at 03:41
Posted In: .Other movies, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

John Ford at Columbia
John Ford is a filmmaker so well known for a handful of genuine classics, most of them westerns, that the fact that he made over 140 films in a wide range of genres over the course of his 60-year career as a director is too rarely acknowledged. Many were made in the silent era, some were documentaries, a few were short films, and the vast majority will probably never be seen by any but the most devoted of Ford fans (even then, many of his silent films have since been lost).

Hoping to remind us of some of these anomalies in Ford’s career, Indicator are releasing a set of largely forgotten gems from the legendary director. The set, dubbed ‘John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958’, includes the films The Whole Town’s Talking, The Long Gray Line, Gideon’s Day and The Last Hurrah.

The four films in this collection were all directed by Ford during his time working for Columbia Studios, and none of them are westerns – The Whole Town's Talking is a mistaken identity comedy-crime movie; The Long Gray Line is a large scale life story biopic; Gideon's Day is a British character study dressed up as a police procedural; and The Last Hurrah is a drama about an old-school town mayor's final campaign. All are fascinating for varying reasons and all are absolutely worth seeing, and while some will enthusiastically embrace all four, others will find themselves preferring one or two titles over the others.

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Oct25

Love & Basketball (2000) Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on October 25th, 2021 at 17:07
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama, Romance

Love & Basketball 2000
Love & Basketball is, as one can infer from the title, about love and basketball. The film follows the lives of two next-door neighbors, one male and one female, from their first meeting on the court at the age of 11 until a fateful night a dozen years in the future. Through all this time, their passion for basketball is equaled only by their passion for each other, but it's never clear for either of them which takes precedence - the game or the relationship.

Quincy and Monica two people so perfect for each other that everyone can see it except for them. The two met when Monica moved in next door to Quincy when the two were eleven. Staring then, they embarked on a love-hate relationship that spanned years.

Monica is different because of her love for basketball. She wants to be the first woman in the NBA. She doesn't enjoy wearing dresses, and has a quick temper. Quincy wants to grow up and emulate his father, a player for the Clippers. The story picks up in their senior year of high school. Monica's temper is causing recruiters to turn away, while Quincy is becoming a phenom that recruiters are flocking too. They both end up at USC, and their relationship turns from rivalry to love.
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Oct19

Hoop Dreams (1994) 2 x DVD and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on October 19th, 2021 at 15:42
Posted In: .Other movies, Documentary, Drama

Hoop Dreams 1994
Hoop Dreams started out as an idea for a simple film project before it expanded into something grand and glorious. It was originally going to be a 30-minute documentary that would air on PBS, the American public television channel.

Hoop Dreams centers on two African-American boys in inner-city Chicago: William Gates and Arthur Agee. Their story in this film begins when they are 13 years old. Both love to play basketball in their free time, and both dream of becoming professional basketball players like their idol, Isiah Thomas. Their devotion to the game pays off when they are invited to attend St. Joseph High School, a private Catholic school, with a sports scholarship to cover their tuition. Things go well for a while until the school's tuition rate goes up...

Director Steve James followed his subjects for five years, recorded 250 hours of footage, and witnessed scenes of unbelievable triumph and heartbreaking pain.

Director: Steve James
Cast: William Gates, Arthur Agee, Emma Gates, Sheila Agee
Country: USA
Genre: Documentary, Drama, Sport
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May14

The Great Game (1930) DVD5

by movieworld on May 14th, 2019 at 14:25
Posted In: .Other movies, Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Great Game 1930
The hero, Dicky Brown (John Batten), is the reserve forward on a championship team. Thanks to the urgings of Dicky's sweetheart Peggy Jackson (Renee Clama), whose father happens to be the team's manager, the young lad is groomed to compete in the English Cup Final. Unfortunately, the manager is accused of "personal bias" by the judges and disqualified from coaching during the crucial match. The loss of the manager throws the rest of the team into a deep depression, and by the time they get to Wembley, the outlook is pretty bleak -- but never fear, salvation is close at hand!

Much of the film is set in Chelsea's home ground, Stamford Bridge, and it contains guest appearances by numerous real-life footballers, including George Mills, Andy Wilson, Sam Millington and Billy Blyth. It was also notable for featuring the first credited appearance of Rex Harrison.

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:14:31 | 3.84 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Sport

Director: Jack Raymond
Cast: John Batten, Renee Clama, Jack Cock
Country: UK
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Apr03

The Jericho Mile (1979) Blu-Ray and DVD5 Kino Lorber, DVD5

by movieworld on April 3rd, 2019 at 18:36
Posted In: .Other movies, Crime, Drama

The Jericho Mile 1979
Michael Mann's debut feature is a story about striving for greatness even when there is no chance to succeed.
Larry (Peter Strauss) is serving a life sentence in Folsom Prison for murder -- a crime he freely admits to committing, prepared to serve out his time by attracting as little outside attention as possible. He focuses on running, circling around a makeshift track in the exercise yard, keeping to himself as he travels at impressive speeds, catching the attention of Dr. Bill (Geoffrey Lewis) and Warden Earl (Billy Green Bush). Sensing something special about Larry's endurance, prison officials bring in Coach Jerry (Ed Lauter) to help educate the inmate on the finer points of long- distance running, with plans to test his abilities against the pros, teasing a possible future in the Olympics if Larry decides to play along with the training peacefully. Larry is interested in the possibility of running his way out of Folsom, but his reputation needs work with officials, while his only friend, Stiles (Richard Lawson), is eager to hold his newborn daughter, getting caught up in prison gang business run by Dr. D (Brian Dennehy) and Cotton Crown (Roger E. Mosley) to win his shot at a family reunion.

Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Peter Strauss, Richard Lawson, Roger E. Mosley
Country: USA
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport

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Mar20

Fast Company (1979), Stereo (1969), Crimes of the Future (1970) Blu-Ray and 2 x DVD9 Blue Underground

by movieworld on March 20th, 2019 at 14:53
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

Fast Company 1979
Years before he melded his body grotesqueries with car collisions in the controversial Crash, director David Cronenberg helmed this more straightforward ode to one of his more obscure passions, competitive auto racing.

William Smith stars as Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson, an ex-champion drag racer who survives a harrowing explosion while testing a newly-designed, supercharged engine. His racing team's sponsor, the crooked FastCo Oil rep Phil Adamson (John Saxon), thinks this is the final nail in Lonnie's long careerhe's over the hill, and Adamson wants to throw the FastCo name behind up-and-coming funny car driver Gary Black (Cedric Smith). Ignoring the protests of his girlfriend Sammy (Claudia Jennings), Lonnie is determined to show up Black, and even takes a funny car out from under fellow team member Billy "The Kid" Brocker (Nicholas Campbell) to show Adamson he can still compete. But Adamson intends to use any means to stop Loonie...

Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: William Smith, Claudia Jennings, John Saxon, Nicholas Campbell, Don Francks, Cedric Smith
Country: Canada
Genre: Drama, Sport
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Mar19

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) DVD9 and Blu-Ray BFI

by movieworld on March 19th, 2019 at 16:38
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962
Colin Smith, an aimless working class youth, is sent to borstal (British reform school) after his impulsive robbery of a local bakery. While incarcerated, the rebellious and surly young man discovers a talent for long distance running, and in his long cross-country runs, he thinks back to his life in the poor districts of industrial Nottingham and the circumstances that brought him to a reformatory. The school's governor, seeing an opportunity to best a respectable boys school in a track competition, encourages Colin to train and perfect his abilities, suggesting the boy might find a new life and way out of his miserable circumstances by competing all the way to the Olympics. But will Colin's pride in his skills outweigh his strong views about cooperating with an established authority he despises?

Raw and charged with socio-political innuendo, Tony Richardson's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner reveals plenty of similarities with Karel Reisz's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - the two films are based on stories by Alan Sillitoe, take place on the streets of post-war Nottingham and have main protagonists that are the product of a system that has turned its back on them. Both films are also considered amongst the most influential from the British New Wave.

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