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1) Oklahoma!
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award winners Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine star in this taut drama of a World War II veteran whose return to his Indiana hometown catalyzes change among people whose failures and frustrations have built up the point of explosion in SOME CAME RUNNING. Dave Hirsh (Sinatra--From Here to Eternity) has faced the horror of war and endured the disillusionment of trying to make a living as a writer. When he returns to Parktown, Indiana, Hirsh...
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
In 1917, in a German camp, a group of French prisoners - including the aristocratic Boieldieu, Maréchal the foreman and the Jewish banker Rosenthal - prepare to escape. At the last moment, they are moved to a fortress commanded by Von Rauffenstein, who becomes friendly with Boieldieu.
4) El Dorado
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1967.
Language
English
Description
Robert Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the Wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked “businessmen.”
5) Delicatessen
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
Français
Description
It has been fifteen years since the nuclear disaster. In the middle of a vacant lot stands an old building inhabited by some rather strange people whose primary concern is food. The entire Tapioca family; Mr. and Mrs. Interligator, a couple of dreadful snobs; the Kube brothers, who do nothing but manufacture little round boxes that moo when turned upside-down; Mr. Potin, holed up with his frogs and snails; and Miss Plusse, a lady of uncertain virtue;...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1974.
Language
English
Description
Academy award winner Gene Hackman stars with Liv Ullman in this story of a Western rancher who sends for a mail-order bride. But instead of the compliant woman he sought, the rancher marries a headstrong wife determined to civilize him. Based on Lillian Bos Ross' novel The Stranger.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
English
Description
A raucous western comedy, is punctuated with a classic Lerner and Loewe musical score, including “They Call the Wind Maria” and “I Talk to the Trees.” The story of a gold mining boomtown full of brawny men centres on the work-and-play partnership of Ben and Pardner (Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood) and the delicate wife they share (Jean Seberg).
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Gambling house operator Vienna seeks control of a town as archrival Emma Small sets out to force Vienna out of town. The timely arrival of Johnny Guitar thwarts Emma's dark plans, but doesn't prevent a showdown between the women. Based on Roy Chanslor's novel, "Johnny Guitar."
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
1973.
Language
English
Description
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assassins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United...
Publisher
Filmmakers Showcase
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
16mm 1.37:1 color sound except end of Reel 5 and beginning of Reel 6, 13:05 minutes; music by Frédéric Chopin, Group Image; with Gideon Backman, Adolfas Makas, Jonas Mekas, Hela Hammid, Willard Van Dyke, Shirley Clarke, Wendy Clarke, Marilyn Gottlieb-Roberts, Ed Emswhiller; courtesy of the filmmaker, Re:Voir. The viewer shares in Mekas' daily intimacies with family, friends and lovers as they envelope the screen in pulses of audio-visual stimuli....
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
Français
Description
The Ambassador of the small South American country of Miranda is trafficking in drugs with some French bourgeois friends of his. But every time they want to have dinner together, their plans are put off due to unexpected events. In their quest of a lavish feast, the dividing-line between reality and dreams becomes unclear for each guest, leading to complete and utter ridicule.
14) The Unforgiven
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1960.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-time Oscar®-nominee John Huston directs the iconic Audrey Hepburn in this tale of forbidden love set against America's most rugged frontier. Born to the Kiowa tribe, but secretly adopted by a white frontier family, Rachel Zachary (Hepburn) becomes the target of lawless brutality when her identity is revealed. When the Kiowa tribe wants her back and the local whites want her dead, her only hope for survival is a man (Burt Lancaster) who must...
15) Comes A Horseman
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1978.
Language
English
Description
Set in the American West of the 1940s, director Alan J. Pakula’s COMES A HORSEMAN gives us a pair of little-guy ranchers (Jane Fonda, James Caan) who join forces against the depredations of a ruthless land baron (Jason Robards) determined to expand his empire at whatever cost. Shot by the incomparable Gordon Willis, with music by the great Michael Small, and featuring an indelible Oscar®-nominated performance from longtime stuntman Richard Farnsworth....
16) Contempt
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1963.
Language
Français
Description
When he is asked to rewrite the screenplay of the Odyssey, which is being filmed by Fritz Lang in Rome, he sets in motion his own odyssey. En route to Rome with his wife Camille, who he adores, his wife tells him that she has nothing but CONTEMPT for him.
17) The Fog
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
According to legend, six sailors killed when shipwrecked 100 years ago in Antonio Bay, California, will rise to avenge their deaths when a strange glowing fog appears. The town is commemorating the centenary of the shipwreck and Father Malone discovers a diary kept by an ancestor; he learns that the ship was wrecked by six founder fathers of the town. The vengeance of their victims will be the death of six people. As daylight fades, a mysterious fog...
Publisher
Filmmakers Showcase
Pub. Date
1978.
Language
English
Description
In contrast to the high-end 2K digital technology used to restore Manhatta, I learned filmmaking on a 35mm Oxberry beam-splitter, multihead, aerial- image bi-pac optical printer. A dinosaur by today’s standards and all hand operated. Pt. 3 took 26 hours to shoot straight through without one mistake. “Sappho” was Barbara Lattanzi’s dog; and “Jerry” was the Chicago deli owner made famous by Tom Palazollo’s film. - Bruce Posner (director)....
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
During WW2 a British aircraft is shot down and crashes in Nazi held territory. The Germans capture the only survivor, an American General, and take him to the nearest SS headquarters. Unknown to the Germans the General has full knowledge of the D-Day operation. The British decide that the General must not be allowed to divulge any details of the Normandy landing at all cost and order Major John Smith to lead a crack commando team to rescue him. Amongst...
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Haunted by dreams of his lovers murder, with the help of a detective, a man turns to a controversial psychiatrist for treatment. However, the treatment leads the man to unlock the forgotten memories that caused him to lose touch with reality.
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