The satirical sensibilities of writer Peter Shaffer and director Milos Forman (One Flew ... more
over the Cuckoo's Nest) were ideally matched in this Oscar-winning movie adaptation of Shaffer's hit play about the rivalry between two composers in the court of Au...
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Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Production Year: 2000 - Drama - Director: Giuseppe Tornatore - Original Language: Italian - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana
Advantages: very quotable, a gallery of stars Disadvantages: a slow paced 10 minutes at the start
Blitzer -Bronson Pinchot
Drexl Spivey -Gary Oldman (leon)
Floyd-Brad Pitt (seven)
Vincenzo Coccotti -Christopher Walken (king of new York)
Big Don -Samuel L. Jackson (pulp fiction)
Dick Ritchie -Michael Rapaport (copland)
Lee Donowitz -Saul Rubinek (unforgiven)
Virgil -James Gandolfini (sopranos)
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Also known as Breakaway
Released 1993
Director - Tony Scott (the fan, Beverley hills cop 2)
Written by Quentin Tarantino (pulp fiction, kill bill)
Tagline - Stealing, cheating, killing.Who said romance is dead?
Rated 18
2 discs
116 minutes (1 hour 54 minutes)
5.1 Dolby digital / 2.0 Dolby surround
2.35:1 Widescreen
Music by Hans Zimmer (The fan, The rock,Hannibal)
Filmed in LA & Detroit
CollectibleSenitype - exclusive limited edition image from movie with 35mm film frame
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Advantages: An aesthetically pleasing collection Disadvantages: Some rather poor inclusions
A selection of classic Hammer films from the very good to...not so good. An aesthetically pleasing set for fans of the studio, or those wanting at least half of the titles. Features star favourites Peter Cushing, Raquel Welch, Ursula Andress and Christopher Lee (about whom there is an interesting documentary with 'Scars of Dracula').
The extra features vary greatly, the biggest ommission, in my opinion, is the total absence of subtitles for the hearing impaired.
For those who are interested all films are anamorphic, some for the first time, and completely uncut.
My personal favourite was the inclusion of the 1965 film 'The Nanny' which stars a very chilling Bette Davis in a well scripted, and often overlooked role.
Probably a tad overpriced for most, but new DVD versions of individual films are also available, so take ...
Advantages: Brilliant acting and plots. Each episode is a real tense gritty drama!! Pure Class! Disadvantages: NONE!!!!!!
CRACKER The Complete BoxCollection
All 11 'Cracker' episodes in one boxset.
Robbie Coltrane stars as "Fitz" l in Jimmy McGovern's groundbreaking, gritty drama as Fitz, a man whose psychological insight extends to everyone but himself.
Titles
1. The Mad Woman In The Attic
2. To Say I Love You
3. One Day A Lemming Will Fly
4. To Be A Somebody
5. The Big Crunch
6. Men Should Weep
7. Brotherly Love
8. Best Boys
9. True Romance
10. White Ghost
11. Cracker
Background on Fitz
Robbie Coltrane stars as Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald. A forensic psychologist, who loves hard drinking and gambling as much as his job. He is highly intelligent and like to let everyone know it.
His bad habits may constantly interfere with his personal life and try his long suffering wife Judith (,Barbara Flynn) but ...
Audio Commentary - 1. Milos Forman - Director, Making-of - 1. THE MAKING OF AMADEUS, Theatrical Trailer, Scene Access, Interactive Menus, Biographies, Booklet - 1. 16-Page Commemorative Booklet, Poster - 1. Mail-In Offer for Free Rolled Original U.S. One-Sheet Cinema Poster, CD - 1. Original CD Soundtrack, Other - 1. Collectible Senitype (Limited Edition Image from Movie with 35mm Film Frame)
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English French
Award information
OSCAR
Best Actor In A Leading Role 1985 (F. Murray Abraham)
OSCAR
Best Director 1985 (Milos Forman)
OSCAR
Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published 1985 (Peter Shaffer)
DVD Description
AMADEUS - DIRECTOR'S CUT includes new footage that was not used in the 1984 original, as well as improved sound. In a lavish 18th-century parlor in Austria, an elderly man is found, by his servant, with his throat slashed. The wound is self-inflicted, and the man is the little-known composer Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), contemporary and adversary of the now-famed, but once reviled, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce). Later, from his cell in an insane asylum, Salieri tells a priest (Herman Meckler) the story of his association with Mozart, confessing that he actually killed the brilliantly gifted but troubled young man. Based on the award-winning play by Peter Shaffer, Milos Forman's riveting, brilliant, Oscar-winning AMADEUS is a fictionalized account of the real-life mysterious death of Mozart. Abraham, in the role that won him the Best Actor Oscar, is the celebrated court composer to Joseph II (Jeffrey Jones)--his confidence and religious dedication shaken when he meets the boorish 26-year-old Mozart as he chases his future wife (Elizabeth Berridge) around a party while making obscene remarks. Furious that this clownish boy can produce such beautiful music, Salieri determines to keep Mozart's talent from lasting recognition and sets himself on a course for Mozart's destruction that leads to his own as well. Mozart continues to mount beautiful, moving operas (incredibly staged in the film), but becomes obsessed with writing a Requiem as his friends, family, health, and resources waste away, Salieri's manipulating presence always there. It is hard to imagine anyone--whether they are knowledgeable about classical music or not--who would not be held captive by this superb feast for the eyes and ears, a film whose excellence can be felt in every detail.
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