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The Films Of Michael Powell

First, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's classic fantasy/romance "A Matter of Life and Death" (1946) stars David Niven as a WWII British pilot who miraculously survives a crash and goes on to fall for American WAC Kim Hunter. When a brain injury suffered in the accident leaves Niven near death, his spirit is summoned before a heavenly court where he pleads to be allowed to return to Earth. With Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey. AKA: "Stairway to Heaven." And, Powell directs "Age of Consent" (1969), an engaging adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel by Norman Lindsay. A burned-out artist (James Mason) travels to Australia where he finds unexpected inspiration in the beautiful form of a sexy young woman (Helen Mirren) who models in the nude for him in order for her to earn enough money to leave home and become a hairdresser. Jack MacGowran co-stars. 3 1/2 hrs. total on two discs. Standard/Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French; audio commentary; featurettes; interviews.
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The Small Back Room (1949)

Small but moving Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger drama stars David Farrar as a bomb disposal expert in WWII Britain. Seeking solace in drink after an explosion injured him, he gets a chance at redemption when an unexploded German bomb threatens the town. Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Robert Morley co-star. AKA: "Hour of Glory." 107 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; interview; more.
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Category:
Drama
Director:
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
Format:
Close Captioned
Cast:
Cyril Cusack, Bryan Forbes, Jack Hawkins
SKU:
D80101

The Tales Of Hoffmann (Essential Art House) (1951)

Jacques Offenbach's fantasy work is magnificently brought to the screen by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger ("The Red Shoes"). Robert Rounseville stars in the title role of a student fated to enter a series of doomed love affairs with supernatural overtones. Moira Shearer also stars in this enthralling blend of opera, ballet, and drama. 127 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH).
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The Tales Of Hoffmann (1951)

Jacques Offenbach's fantasy work is magnificently brought to the screen by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger ("The Red Shoes"). Robert Rounseville stars in the title role of a student fated to enter a series of doomed love affairs with supernatural overtones. Moira Shearer also stars in this enthralling blend of opera, ballet and drama. 127 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; bonus short "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1956); interview; art gallery; photo gallery.
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Peeping Tom (1960)

Director Michael Powell's disturbing and fascinating cinema experiment in fear was denounced when first released but has gone on to become a cult classic. Carl Boehm is a camera-obsessed psychopath who kills young women while capturing their deaths on 16mm film, and Anna Massey is the downstairs neighbor who attracts his eye. Moira Shearer co-stars in the classic thriller. 101 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; "making of" documentary; photo gallery; scene access; theatrical trailer.
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The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)

Written by Emeric Pressburger and directed by Michael Powell, this family-friendly tale follows young John as he loses his pet mouse during a school trip to the Tower of London. Vowing to find the rodent later, he returns to school and is sent home after he falls asleep in class. But after an accident aboard the subway turns him and the other passengers yellow, he embarks on a strange--and dreamlike--adventure. Mark Dightam, Robert Eddison, Helen Weir star. Soundtrack: English.
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Category:
Family / Live-Action
Rated:
NR
Color:
Color
SKU:
D05547

The Films Of Michael Powell

First, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's classic fantasy/romance "A Matter of Life and Death" (1946) stars David Niven as a WWII British pilot who miraculously survives a crash and goes on to fall for American WAC Kim Hunter. When a brain injury suffered in the accident leaves Niven near death, his spirit is summoned before a heavenly court where he pleads to be allowed to return to Earth. With Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey. AKA: "Stairway to Heaven." And, Powell directs "Age of Consent" (1969), an engaging adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel by Norman Lindsay. A burned-out artist (James Mason) travels to Australia where he finds unexpected inspiration in the beautiful form of a sexy young woman (Helen Mirren) who models in the nude for him in order for her to earn enough money to leave home and become a hairdresser. Jack MacGowran co-stars. 3 1/2 hrs. total on two discs. Standard/Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French; audio commentary; featurettes; interviews.
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Intermezzo (1939)

One of the great romance movies, and the film that marked Ingrid Bergman's American debut, this classic melodrama stars Bergman as a young pianist who attracts the eye of married concert violinist Leslie Howard. The two run off together, but the pull of family draws Howard back. Edna Best, John Halliday also star. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
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Category:
Drama
Director:
Gregory Ratoff
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
Format:
Close Captioned
Cast:
Enid Bennett, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best, John Halliday, Leslie Howard, Cecil Kellaway
SKU:
D61605

Only One Night (1939)

In one of her last Swedish films, Ingrid Bergman plays a woman who falls in love with a former circus worker and discovers he's related to a wealthy aristocrat. The romance has humorous and bittersweet moments before the couple must make a decision about their future. Aino Taube and Edvin Adolphson co-star. 89 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Swedish; Subtitles: English. In Swedish with English subtitles.
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Category:
Foreign
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
SKU:
D57067

Gaslight (1944)

Suspense classic set in the Victorian era with Charles Boyer as a schemer who plots to make Ingrid Bergman, his new wife who has abandoned a promising singing career, believe she's on the verge of insanity. Dame May Whitty, Angela Lansbury, and Joseph Cotten also star; directed by George Cukor. 113 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; documentary; newsreel footage; theatrical trailer. Also includes the bonus feature "Gaslight" (1940).
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Saratoga Trunk (1945)

Stellar "meller" from the Edna Ferber novel, starring Ingrid Bergman as the Creole beauty out to destroy the family of her adulterous father in turn-of-the-century New Orleans. She woos Texas gambler and millionaire Gary Cooper, but when he travels east on business involving a railroad, she gets involved with one of his wealthy associates. Flora Robson, John Warburton co-star. 135 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
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Arch Of Triumph (1948)

Pre-WWII France is the setting for this romantic drama based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque. Charles Boyer, a doctor living in Paris illegally, saves drifter Ingrid Bergman from killing herself and the two fall in love, but his past threatens their relationship. Charles Laughton, Louis Calhern also star. 123 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
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