DVD: citizen kane

DVD: citizen kane

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Citizen kane

Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)

Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck

Universal Studios, 2006

"You're not smarter, Walter. You're just a little taller."
Double Indemnity is a stylish piece of film noir with all of the typical ingredients. We have the femme fatal (Barbara Stanwyck), the imperfect protagonist (Fred MacMurray), dark settings, shady doings. Walter Neff(MacMurray) is an insurance salesman. He goes to the ...

Touch of Evil (Restored to Orson Welles' Vision)

Joe Basulto, Joseph Calleia

Universal Studios, 2000

Henry Mancini's Evil Touch
Finally, the last true film noir gets the treatment it deserves. It goes without saying that 8 years ago Universal did a great job, when 'Touch Of Evil' was released in a version restored to Orson Welles' original vision. However, butchered as it may have been when the ...

Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)

William Holden, Gloria Swanson

Paramount, 2002

Hollywoodland
I just watched "Sunset Boulevard" for the first time. I absolutley loved it. I usually stay away from "black and white" movies, considering they are not from my generation. The only other old movies I've seen are "To Kill A Mockingbird", and parts of "It's a ...

Ben-Hur

Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins

Warner Home Video, 2004

Timeless Epic
Ben-Hur (Four-Disc Collector's Edition) This is the best American movie ever made. Everything is done superbly. Great story, outstanding acting, fantastic picture made with 65mm cameras, masterful music score. It is hard to find anything bad about this movie. ...

Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten

Turner Home Ent, 2001

The best film ever?
It's the best I've ever seen. Why? Because it enters a world of psychology in a unique and powerful way. It exposes the selfish tyrant that lies in all of us. Do we not all do what we do for "I?" What drives us to be what we become? What is our most basic need, ...

Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Lauren Bacall, Julius J. Epstein

Warner Home Video, 2003

As Time Goes By . . .
. . . This film simply gets better and better. How can it miss with such a cast? Not only Humphrey Bogart as Rick and Ingrid Bergman as Ilse, but also the ensemble group of minor characters. Who can forget oily-voiced Peter Lorre smuggling the letters of transit? Or ...

Casablanca

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman

Warner Home Video, 2000

As Time Goes By . . .
. . . This film simply gets better and better. How can it miss with such a cast? Not only Humphrey Bogart as Rick and Ingrid Bergman as Ilse, but also the ensemble group of minor characters. Who can forget oily-voiced Peter Lorre smuggling the letters of transit? Or ...

Chinatown (Special Collector's Edition)

Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway

Paramount Home Video, 2007

One of the greatest films of all time, and one of Nicholson's best too
This is a film you absolutely need to see at least twice. The first time through you'll be gasping for air, trying to keep up with the twists and turns in the plot. The second time through, you can sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. Those willing to view it again and ...

The Maltese Falcon Three-Disc Special Edition (1941 & 1931 versions / Satan Met a Lady)

Bette Davis, Warren William

Warner Home Video, 2006

the stuff that dreams are made of!
This movie is inimitable. Terse, convoluted, gritty, and satirical. The scenes of this movie pack a visceral punch rarely matched in classic Hollywood movies. The plot is confusing, if not incomprehensible at times. However, the basics are pretty straightforward. ...

Lawrence of Arabia (Single Disc Edition)

John Dimech, José Ferrer

Columbia Pictures, 2002

An Unlikely Masterpiece
I find it amazing this movie was ever made. A three-and-a-half hour epic about a strange, masochistic, messianic, probably gay, possibly mentally disturbed British military officer having an identity crisis while going native & riding a camel back and forth in the ...

On the Waterfront (Special Edition)

Martin Balsam, Don Blackman

Sony Pictures, 2001

Among the greats
Probably the only good thing produced by "McCarthyism"; in the end it is the story of "ratting out" by Kazan, who testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming his friends. But it is also the story of standing up to evil. It is a post-WWII ...

Essential Classics - Dramas (The Maltese Falcon / Citizen Kane / Ben-Hur)

Essential Classic Dramas

Warner Home Video, 2007

Great films, great value
No frills, just 3 great films for a good price. I like the documentaries but usually only once so I like films sold like this for about 9 bucks a film.

Gone with the Wind (Two-Disc Edition)

Everett Brown, Fred Crane

Warner Home Video, 2006

Gone With the Wind
Gone with the Wind (Four-Disc Collector's Edition) 1939 Excellent movie, excellent price. I got it for free shipping, but it took almost two weeks to get to me. I think it is worth the extra few bucks to get stuff sooner.

Essential Classics - Romances (Gone with the Wind / Casablanca / Doctor Zhivago)

Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil

Warner Home Video, 2007

Three Super Movies
I got this DVD for a girls weekend. It was three great classics for the weekend.

Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Peter Sellers, George C. Scott

Sony Pictures, 2004

The Big Board and Doomsday
Imagine a film where Colonel "King" Kong (Slim Pickens) tells his B-52 crew, "Well boys, this is it. Nuclear combat toe to toe with the Rooskies!" Sterling Hayden as Gen. Jack D. Ripper who -- fearing contaminating his bloody fluids -- launches a nuclear attack on ...