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Ironweed
Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep
Vestron Video, 1994
Perfect screen adaption of a classic book
+ Fantastic American Film
+ A breathtaking film
+ More than Nicholson and Streep
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My Sweet Little Village
János Bán, Marián Labuda
Henstooth Video, 1997
Whimsical look at village life
+ The Czech "thing"
+ If you see one foreign movie, see this one!
+ My Favourite Movie
+ A Czech Classic
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Pathfinder
Nils Gaup, Mikkel Gaup
Fox Lorber, 1997
Pathfinder
+ Available on dvd in Norway
+ A frigid, rousing adventure, as well as being a touching film
+ finally rediscovered
+ Saami adventure
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Memories of a Marriage
Frits Helmuth, Mikael Helmuth
Fox Lorber, 1997
A Danish Classic
Memories of a Marriage (based on Martha Christensen's best-selling novel, Dansen med Regitze) is a wonderful, moving and superbly acted film featuring what may be the greatest on-screen performance by the luminous Ghita Nørby, one of Denmark's finest actresses (and a lovely person--I met her once ...
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Happy New Year
Peter Falk, Charles Durning
Columbia/Tri-Star, 1987
PETER FALK IS ONE IN A MILLION AND THREE OF A KIND
+ no dvd
Peter Falk is just your average meat-and-potatoes theif... with a healthy appetite for carats in the comical crime caper Happy New Year. Falk gives one of his finest, funniest performances as he teams up once again with the inimitable Charles During ("Big Trouble") to pull off a gem of a jewel ...
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Eyes on the Prize (PBS Mini Series Boxed Set)
James Farmer, Martin Luther King
Pbs Home Video, 1999
Now on DVD - More Than A Masterpiece - A Vital Historical Record
+ Excellent Documentary of the Civil Rights Movement
+ Absolutely Stunning!!!!
+ Get the DVD at PBS
+ Where is the DVD on this???????
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Open Doors
Gian Maria Volontè, Ennio Fantastichini
Orion Home Video, 1996
Great movie from a fantastic book!
"Il Duce" once suggested that he would make such a safe and clean place out of Italy, that people would be able to sleep at night with "Open Doors". Memorable conversations that only Leonardo Sciascia could write, the unforgettable prescence of Gian Maria Volonte, and that superb line by one of the ...
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Children of Nature
Halldorsson, Ganz
Fox Lorber, 1997
We Do Not Know Where We Are Going, But They Are Taking Us
+ Touches heart and soul
+ I'm pleased I ordered it ....
+ Children of Nature reveals our own nature
+ Are the eldery this defunct? Not yet!
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The Ox (Oxen)
Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, 1992
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Hedd Wynn
Huw Garmon, Catrin Fychan
Fox Lorber, 1997
Landmark Welsh film
+ Welsh tragic poet
+ Fantastic, everything you need in a great film.
+ Cymru am byth! Indeed!
+ Truly a Great Film
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Journey of Hope
Necmettin Çobanoglu, Emin Sivas
Hbo Home Video, 1993
Oh dude :-(
+ Over The Hills of Hope
+ This movie was awesome
+ Devastating film about the human nature !
+ Deterrent
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Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Virgin Vision, 1989
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Small Wonders
Roberta Guaspari
Walt Disney Video, 1998
If You Are An Educator, You Must See This Video!
+ From Grade School Band to Carnagy Hall, MUST SEE!
Any educator with the hope and zest for teaching the impossible to any group of less-than-perfect students, PLEASE SEE THIS MOVIE! I first saw this movie as part of a graduate course in the process of getting my MS.Ed. in Education with a group of 40 other teachers. We all wept, applauded, and ...
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6 " Solid Chocolate Award Statue
The Obsession Box Co
The Obsession Box Co
CUTE ITEM BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH CHOCOLATE!
Cute item if you are having an Oscar or Academy Award party but way too expensive for what you get. Not the best Chocolate I've ever had either. They would be worth it at half of the price they are asking.
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The Elementary School
Jan Triska, Zdenek Sverák
Boulevard Films, Inc., 1997
Great postwar look at a child's point of view
+ the warmest movie
+ one of the best czech movie ever made
As you might guess, this movie is centered around an elementary school. It's after WWII and now time for all the children to go back to school. This movie really gives you a sense of what it must have been like to grow up as a child playing on abandoned tanks and listening to all the adults ...
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