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Knights and other Medieval Adventurers
Military and Naval Adventures
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Blaxploitation films
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Interracial Buddy Movies
Road Movies
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Miscellaneous Adventures and Adventurers
- Adventures of Felix (Drôle de Félix) (France, 2000)
- Directors, Olivier Ducastel & Jacques Martineau. Cast: Sami Bouajila, Patachou, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Charly Sergue, Maurice Benichou. This French comedy-drama features Felix, an unemployed, gay Frenchman of Arab descent, who has a series of adventures during a trek through the French countryside. The film examines the familiar theme of a man's search for his identity. Felix is forced to confront the anger he feels toward his father for abandoning him, and the fear and shame he feels, living as an outsider in a predominantly straight, Caucasian world. 95 min. DVD 1706
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- The African Queen (1951)
- Directed by John Huston. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Theodore Bikel. Thrown together at the outset of World War I, the spinster sister of a British missionary and the derelict captain of the launch, the African Queen, determine to pilot the boat down an uncharted river in an effort to destroy a German gunboat which prevents invasion by British forces. Filmed in Africa. Academy Award winner, 1951, for Best Actor (Bogart). Based on the novel by C.S. Forester. 105 min. 999:2045Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Arabian Nights(1942)
- Directed by John Rawlins. Cast: Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu.
Lavish epic of brother fighting brother to win political power and the love of a woman, mesmerizing Scheherazade, the fiery dancing girl who will prove to be one man's downfall and another's greatest reward. 87 min. DVD 8210
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- Beowulf(2007)
- Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Cast: Ray Winstone, Robin Wright Penn, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Crispin Glover, Brendan Gleeson, Alison Lohman, Angelina Jolie.
In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf. After destroying the overpowering demon Grendel, he incurs the undying wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother, who will use any means possible to ensure revenge. The animation is the talking point of this movie, a landmark in computer imagery. 114 min. DVD 9555
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- Black Robe (Canada / Australia, 1991)
- Directed by Bruce Beresford. Cast: Lothaire Bluteau, August Schellenberg, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal, Frank Wilson, Billy Two Rivers. In the 17th century, Father Laforgue, a young Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the Canadian wilderness to convert the Huron Indians. His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested, and his life and the outcome of the mission imperiled, as the expedition faces the elements and hostile Indians. 101 min. 999:1328Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
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- Blood and Sand
(1941)- Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Nazimova, Anthony Quinn, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, William Montague, Vicente Gomez, George Reeves. Juan is the naive son of a once-famous bullfighter who tries to recapture the glory of his family's name. Though he is branded fifth rate, he soon becomes Spain's greatest matador and returns home to marry his childhood sweetheart. But when a beautiful, passionate aristocrat seduces him, Juan succumbs to her temptations, only to see his own happiness and success crumble. 125 min. DVD 8307
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- Directed by Jack Conway. Cast: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr. In search of black-gold fortunes, two men will dream, scheme and team up to become rich. But then things between the friends get rough, as one man steals the love of a woman from the other. 119 min. DVD 5732Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Mexico / USA, 1974)
- Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Cast: Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Kris Kristofferson, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernandez. A violent story of a down-and-out piano player in search of the severed head of a gigolo for which there is a million dollar bounty. 112 min. DVD 5096
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- Bruce Lee Collection [for other martial arts films, see Chinese Films/Hong Kong]
- The Big Boss (Tang shan da xiong) (Hong Kong, 2004)
- Directed by Directed by Wei Lo. Cast: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Nora Miao. Having made a vow never to fight again, a factory worker named Cheng (Lee) does his best to put up with an abusive boss. But when Cheng's beautiful cousin is kidnapped by company thugs, he is forced to take matters into his own hands--and fists--to save her. The first starring role of legendary martial arts star Bruce Lee. Dubbed into English; soundtracks also in Cantonese and Mandarin with traditional and simplied Chinese and English subtitles; Closed captioned. 100 min. DVD 6853
Credits and Other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Chinese Connection (Fist of Fury) (Jing wu men ) (Hong Kong, 1972)- Directed by Lo Wei, featuring Bruce Lee. In this action-packed Bruce Lee classic Kung fu student Chen, upon learning of the murder of his revered kung fu instructor, travels to Shanghai searching for the gang responsible and ends up facing some of his most dangerous opponents. 107 min. DVD 1222; Uncut & restored version is DVD 1692 (102 min.)
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseFist of Fury (Jing wu men) (Hong Kong, 1972)- Directed by Lo Wei, featuring Bruce Lee. In this action-packed Bruce Lee classic Kung fu student Chen, upon learning of the murder of his revered kung fu instructor, travels to Shanghai searching for the gang responsible and ends up facing some of his most dangerous opponents. 107 min. DVD 1222; Uncut & restored version is DVD 1692 (102 min.)
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGame of Death (Hong Kong / USA, 1978)- Directed by Robert Clouse. Cast: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Colleen Camp, Hugh O'Brian, Chuck Norris. Billy Lo (Bruce Lee), is a young kung fu movie star with a flourishing career and a promising future. As the leader of a syndicate known for its exploitation of entertainers, Dr. Land jumps at the chance to capitalize on Billy's celebrated status and that of his singer-girlfriend. Refusing to sign with Land, Billy's martial arts mastery is put to the test when he is brutally harassed by Land's men in an attempt to change his mind. In a stunning showdown, Billy goes one-on-one with a villainous stream of deadly kung fu fighters in a final bid for his freedom. (Bruce Lee's last film work, he died during production of the film) 100 min. DVD 6855
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGame of Death II (Hong Kong / USA, 1981)- Directed by Robert Clouse. Cast:Bruce Lee, Tong Lung, Roy Chiao, Wong Ching Lei. In this dark tale of revenge, Bruce Lee "returns" as Billy Lo, whose best friend Chin Ku dies of a sudden illness. But suspicion of foul play arises when a gang tries to steal Ku's coffin at the funeral using a helicopter. When Lo's younger brother Bobby Lo hears about the incident, he leaves his Buddhist master to investigate the truth. His trail soon leads him to the Castle of Death, the last place Chin Ku was seen alive. There, he meets and befriends an unlikely ally--a cruel and merciless martial arts expert who is also the tower's master. But when the master dies under mysterious circumstance, Lo ends up dueling with someone far more terrifying. Created post-humously using Bruce Lee fight scenes originally filmed for Game of Death (1978) 96 min. DVD 6856
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseWay of the Dragon (Meng long guojiang) (Hong Kong, 1971)- Directed by Directed by Wei Lo. Cast: Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Nora Miao. In this high-kicking martial arts thriller, a young man (Bruce Lee) is called to Rome to help a family friend whose restaurant is being targeted by local gangsters. Used to getting their own way, these ruthless men make the mistake of underestimating the young man's ingenuity. When they are unable to get rid of him, they call in an international martial arts champion (Chuck Norris), creating the ultimate clash of kung fu masters in the ancient city's majestic coliseum. Dubbed into English; soundtracks also in Cantonese and Mandarin with traditional and simplied Chinese and English subtitles; Closed captioned. 99 min. DVD 6854
Credits and Other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Directed by Wei Lo. Cast: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Nora Miao. Having made a vow never to fight again, a factory worker named Cheng (Lee) does his best to put up with an abusive boss. But when Cheng's beautiful cousin is kidnapped by company thugs, he is forced to take matters into his own hands--and fists--to save her. The first starring role of legendary martial arts star Bruce Lee. Dubbed into English; soundtracks also in Cantonese and Mandarin with traditional and simplied Chinese and English subtitles; Closed captioned. 100 min. DVD 6853
- Burn! (Queimada)(Italy / France, 1969)
- Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. Cast: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez, Renato Salvatori. Sir William Walker is sent to secure a plantation in a 19th century Caribbean Island. While there be befriends Jose and Teddy, and plants the seeds of revolution in their heads. Years later he must go back and stop the revolution that he helped begin. 109 min. DVD 4642; vhs 999:1205Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Celli, Carlo. Gillo Pontecorvo : from resistance to terrorism Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.
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Srivastava, Neelam. "Anti-Colonial Violence and the 'Dictatorship of Truth' in the Films of Gillo Pontecorvo." Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 97-106, 2005
- The Call of the Wild (1935)
- Director, William Wellman. Cast: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie. Jack Thornton is an adventurer who travels the Yukon in search of gold. When he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog with the strength of his part-wolf ancestry, Jack's luck changes. Winning a $1,000 bet on Buck's stamina is only the first of the rewards that his friendship with the canine will bring. When the pair, along with Jack's friend Shorty, happen upon a woman who's lost her husband in the wilds they begin their greatest adventure yet in this rousing tale of camaraderie and adventure. Based on the story by Jack London. 81 min. DVD 5957 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Thomas, Tony. "Call of the Wild." In: The great adventure films Secaucus, N.J. : Citadel Press, c1976. (PFA PN1995.9.A3.T5 1976)
- China Seas (1935)
- Directed by Tay Garnett. Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Rosalind Russell, Dudley Digges, C. Aubrey Smith. Rugged Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo : a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries. Both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard! 83 min. DVD 5731 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Congo (1995)
- Directed by Frank Marshall. Cast: Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker, Tim Curry.
When a man goes into the Congo and disappears, a former CIA operative goes after him. Accompanied by gee-whiz gadgetry and a few eccentric characters (including a mercenary, a researcher with a talking gorilla, and a professor looking for King Solomon's Mines), she sets out to rescue her former fiance encountering many dangers. Based on the novel by Michael Crichton. 108 min. DVD 9660 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Death Proof (2007)
- Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Cast: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan, Sydney Poitier, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Zoe Bell, Michael Parks.
A deranged stuntman stalks and kills victims from the safety of his killer car, but when he picks on the wrong group of babes, all bets are off. These girls prove harder to get, and because of a combination of bad luck and Stuntman Mike's carelessness, the girls decide to turn the tables on their tormentor for revenge of their own. 127 min. DVD 1912 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Deliverance(1972)
- Directed by John Boorman. Cast: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Bill McKinney, Herbert Coward. Four ordinary men traveling in two canoes descend a river they've only seen as a squiggly line on a map, determined to test themselves against a wilderness they only think they understand, only to find they must fight for their lives against some sadistic mountain men. 109 min. DVD 1912 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Emerald Forest(UK, 1985)
- Directed by John Boorman. Cast: Powers Boothe, Charley Boorman, Meg Foster, Rui Polonah. Bill Markham, an engineer building a dam on the Amazon, returns to the jungle year after year searching for his son, who had disappeared into the jungle. After ten years, Markham finds the man who had once been his boy, but now is a warrior from another world. 113 min. DVD 5005; vhs 999:598
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- Fireball 500 (1966)
- Directed by William Asher. Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Fabian, Chill Wills, Harvey Lembeck, Julie Parrish.
Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race. He is assisted by Jane Harris and Sonny Leander Fox. Soon Dave and Sonny begin a friendly rivalry for Jane.
92 min. DVD 8376
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- Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
- Directed by John Ford. Cast: Loretta Young, Richard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven, John Carradine, Alan Hale, Barry Fitzgerald.
Colonel Loring Leigh, British Indian Army, appears to have issued an order that cost 90 lives. Cashiered, he returns home, tells his sons of a conspiracy by an arms syndicate to supply the rebels...then is found dead, an apparent suicide. To clear their father, the four sons must globetrot in a hazardous search for evidence, closely followed by Geoffrey's sweetheart. 86 min. DVD 9389
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- The General Died at Dawn(1936)
- Directed by Lewis Milestone. Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, William Frawley, Dudley Digges, Akim Tamiroff, Porter Hall.
O'Hara, an American soldier of fortune, tries to foil the ambitions of General Yang, a ruthless warlord who plans to take over the provinces of northern China. Exotic settings, captivating performances and extraordinary cinematography power this thrilling tale of double crosses. 99 min. DVD 4754
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- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes(UK, 1984)
- Directed by Hugh Hudson. Cast: Sir Ralph Richardson, James Fox, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ian Holm.
Tarzan, the ape-raised son of shipwrecked aristocrats is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke. Captaine Phillippe D'Arnot, after discovering Tarzan brings him home to his grandfather and the understanding Jane Porter in Edwardian England. Based on the story "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. 137 min. DVD 9659
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- Hatari! (1962)
- Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: John Wayne, Hardy Kruger, Elsa Martinelli, Red Buttons, Gerard Blain, Bruce Cabot, Michele Girardon.
John Wayne heads a group of highly skilled professional game hunters in Africa who capture the ferocious big game with strong ropes and cameras for zoos and circus attractions. 157 min. DVD 9666
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- Houdini, the Movie Star
- DVD 9731.
Terror Island (1920)
- Directed by James Cruze. Cast: Harry Houdini, Lila Lee, Jack Brammall, Eugene Pallette. A swashbuckling inventor steers his high-tech submarine to a forbidden tropical isle to rescue the father of the woman he loves. The plot, such as it is, involves a ship of sunken pearls, a South Seas trader held hostage for the return of the idol's eye, human sacrifice, and a most peculiar tribe of Polynesians, in which the men are all African Americans and the women are blondes. 55 min.
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseHaldane of the Secret Service (1923)- Directed by Harry Houdini. Cast: Harry Houdini, Gladys Leslie, William Humphrey. Heath Haldane is an undercover operative assigned to infiltrate a band of counterfeiters within the dark alleys of New York's Chinatown. Narrowly missing death several times, he must rescue Adele Ormsby, whom he loves despite her pending marriage. Special feature: The grim game (fragment, 1919, 5 min.) / written by Arthur B. Reeve and John Grey ; directed by Irving Willat -- Filmed records of Houdini escapes (1907-ca. 1923); the illusion "Metamorphosis," performed by Houdini's brother Hardeen; 1914 audio recording of Houdini introducing his "Water Torture Cell;" "Slippery Jim" 1910 comedy short inspired by Houdini; image gallery; new film notes. 84 min.
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Man From Beyond (1922)- Directed by Burton L. King. Cast: Harry Houdini, Nita Naldi, Jane Connelly. Howard Hillary is a man frozen in the Arctic. He returns to civilization 100 years later to reclaim the love of his life, reincarnated in the body of a young woman. Filmed in large part at and about Lake Placid in New York, and Niagara Falls to the brink of which the stalwart Hillary is whirled in his efforts to save his lady love. 68 min.
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Master of Mystery(1922)- Directed by Burton L. King. Cast: Harry Houdini, Marguerite Marsh, Jack Burns, Ruth Stonehouse, Charles Graham. A motion picture serial starring Houdini as government agent Quentin Locke who infiltrates a corrupt patents company, only to run into the gleaming terror of its robot protector, the Automaton. In order to save the beautiful Eva Brent and find a cure for the dreaded Madagascar Madness, Locke suffers an inhuman array of tortures and physical restraints. He is chained, tied with barbared wire, padlocked in a crate and thrown in the water, tied beneath a descending elevator, strapped to an electric chair, and bound in an elaborate Oriental torture chamber. Special features: An examination of scenes deleted by the New York Censor Board; image gallery; new film notes. Chapter titles: Disc 1. (1) Living Death -- (2) The Iron Terror -- (3) The Water Peril -- (4) The Test -- (5) The Chemist's Shop -- (6) The Mad Genius -- (7) Barbed Wire -- (9) The Madagascan Madness -- (11) The Net -- (12) The Death Noose -- Disc. 2 (13) The Flash of Death -- (14) The Tangled Web -- (15) Bound at Last [or] The Unmasking of the Automaton. 238 min.
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- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- (1981). Directed by Steven Spielberg. Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott. Indiana Jones is a bullwhip-cracking archeologist assigned by the U.S. Government to find the mystically empowered Ark of the Covenant before the Nazies can obtain it for their own evil use. 115 min. DVD 4610; also VHS 999:1284
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)- Directed by Steven Spielberg. Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover. Harrison Ford dons his rumpled fedora for the third time as Indiana Jones, and Sean Connery joins the thrill-a-minute fun as Indy's feisty dad. Filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas make sure this father-son duo never lack for adventure. The Joneses set out to find the mystically-empowered Holy Grail - and encounter so many spectacular pursuits and narrow escapes that this movie is more than the culmination of Indy's exploits. 126 min. DVD 4612; VHS 999:1286
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)- Cast: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone, Ke Huy Quan. Indiana Jones, the daredevil archeologist, is out to find the famous Ankara Stone and to save hundreds of children who've been enslaved by a mysterious cult. 118 min. DVD 4611; VHS 999:1285
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseIndiana Jones Bonus Material- Presents over three hours of material documenting the making of the Indiana Jones trilogy. 187 min. DVD 4613
- Jaws (1975)
- Directed by Stephen Spielberg. Cast: Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton. When a man-eating shark causes havoc off the Long Island coast the police chief, a young ichthyologist and a shark fisherman join together to hunt and destroy it. 125 min. DVD 2326; vhs 999:1044 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Into the Wild (2007)
- Directed by Sean Penn. Cast: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Brian Dierker, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Stewart, Hal Holbrook.
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people - a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story. Special features: "Into the wild: the story, the characters" featurette; "Into the wild: the experience" featurette; theatrical trailer. 148 min. DVD 9477
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- Isle of Forgotten Sins(1943)
- Director, Edgar G. Ulmer. Cast: John Carradine, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, Frank Fenton, Rita Quigley, Veda Ann Borg, Rick Vallin. In this South Seas adventure, divers searching for millions in sunken gold must cope with treacherous currents, a full blown monsoon and a crooked ship captain. Based on the story by Edgar G. Ulmer. 81 min. DVD 6455 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Belton, John. Howard Hawks, Frank Borzage, Edgar G. Ulmer London : Tantivy Press ; New York : A.S. Barnes, 1974. (MAIN: PN1998.A3 H337 1974)
Bogdanovich, Peter. "Edgar G. Ulmer." In: Who the Devil Made It. New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997. (Main Stack PN1995.9.P7.B58 1997; Moffitt PN1995.9.P7.B58 1997)
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- Jewel of the Nile (1985)
- Director, Lawrence Teague. When bored author Joan gets an offer from a certain Omar to come write up his pending coronation, she takes off for the Middle East...and winds up in prison. Meanwhile, her friend Jack decides to hunt down a jewel in Omar's neck of the desert accompanied by his old nemesis Ralph. While Joan and a Holy Man are escaping from prison, Jack and Ralph head their way, and soon all four are making a run through uncharted sands in the African desert to save their lives. 106 min. 999:2059 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Judex: A Serial in Twelve Episodes (France, 1917)
- Directed by Louis Feuillade. One of cinema's first 'superheroes,' the mysterious Judex in these early silent films is torn between an oath of justice against the wealthy banker Favraux, who had earlier wronged his family, and his secret love of Favraux's daughter, Jacqueline. This framework is the basis of a series of extraordinary and engaging incidents involving Judex's brother, the evil Diana Monti and her accomplices, the detective Cocatin, and the charming Licorice Kid. Disc 1: Prologue -- 1. The mysterious shadow -- 2. The atonement -- 3. The fantastic dog pack -- 4. The secret of the tomb -- 5. The tragic mill -- Disc 2: 6. The Liquorice Kid -- 7. The woman in black -- 8. The underground passages of the Chateau-Rouge -- 9. When the child appeared -- 10. Jacqueline's heart -- 11. The water goddess -- 12. Love's forgiveness. Features a newly recorded score by Robert Israel. Also included: The music of Judex, an 18 minute featurette in which Robert Israel discusses scoring Judex and an essay by film historian Jan-Christopher Horak. 315 min. DVD 6178
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- King Solomon's Mines(UK, 1937)
- Director, Robert Stevenson. Cast: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young, Anna Lee.
Fortune hunter Patrick O'Brien has left his daughter Kathy and guide Umbopa to trek across the desert in hopes of finding the fabled diamond mines of Solomon. Worried about her father, Kathy persuades hunter Allan Quartermain to lead a party to rescue him. Based on the novel by H. Rider Haggard. 80 min. DVD 9661
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- King Solomon's Mines(1950)
- Directors, Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas, Lowell Gilmore.
Filmed in Tanganyika, Uganda Protectorate, Kenya Colony and Protectorate, and the Belgian Congo.
Adventurer Allan Quatermain is hired by an Englishwoman to lead the hunt for her missing husband who disappeared in an uncharted region of Africa while in search of King Solomon's legendary treasure. Quartermain isn't keen on having a woman on the expedition and he and Elizabeth quarrel regularly, but she and Quatermain eventually fall in love. Visually, the film is gorgeous, packed with great shots of the African country and wildlife, also capturing indigenous music and rituals of African tribes. Based on the novel by H. Rider Haggard. 103 min. DVD 9665
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- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life(2003)
- Director, Jan De Bont. Cast: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Noah Taylor, Ciaran Hinds, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger, Christopher Barrie. Archaeologist and explorer Lara Croft journeys to a temple in Greece, sunken underwater that leads to a sphere that contains the mythical Pandora's Box, only to have it stolen from her by Chen Lo, the leader of a Chinese crime syndicate, who's in league with a villain named Reiss who wants to use the Box as a doomsday weapon. Facing her greatest challenges yet, the intrepid tomb raider pursues Lo, in order to get her hands back on Pandora's Box, and fulfill the desire of the Queen. 130 min. DVD 4389 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Last Action Hero(1993)
- Director John McTiernan. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance, Frank McRae, Tom Noonan, Robert Prosky, Anthony Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl, Austin O'Brien. What happens when a magic ticket blasts a 12-year-old boy out of his theater seat into the movie and what happens when the movie hero comes off the cinema screen to become involved in real life? The answers are to be found in this fast-action thriller in which a young boy's movie hero comes to life. 131 min. 999:1508
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- Lawrence of Arabia (UK, 1962)
- Director, David Lean. Cast: The story of T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obsurity. 216 min. DVD 666; VHS 999:382Credits and other information from Internet Movie Database
- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob) (France / Italy, 1973)
- Director, Gerard Oury. Cast: Louis De Funes, Marcel Dalio, Suzy Delair. Victor Pivert, a blustering, anti-Semitic French factory owner en route to his daughter's wedding, unwittingly stumbles on a group of Arab terrorists. After Victor is captured and escapes, he hides himself by dressing up as a rabbi, leading to one madcap situation after another. 100 min. DVD 2478 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Mogambo (1953)
- Directed by John Ford. Cast: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden, Laurence Naismith, Denis O'Dea. Clark Gable portrays Victor, a safari guide, in this remake of Gable's 1932 "Red Dust". Ava Gardner plays tough-hided, vulnerable Eloise, and Grace Kelly is the prim anthropologist's wife who catches Victor's roving eye. 115 min. DVD 5737 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
- Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel. Cast: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson, Steve Clemento, Dutch Hendrian. A madman on his island fortress, tired of pursuing game, becomes obsessed with the idea of hunting the most dangerous game of all-- man. When a cabin cruiser is shipwrecked off the coast of his island he invites the survivors to stay... with a sinister motive. 63 min. DVD 4954
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- Ocean's Eleven (2001)
- Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Eddie Jemison, Bernie Mac, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Julia Roberts. Three prestigious Las Vegas casinos. More than $160 million. Danny Ocean and his 10-man handpicked team of grifters and conmen are ready to carry out the most elaborate casino heist in history, and they just might get away with it. 116 min. DVD 5771
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- Ocean's Eleven (1960)
- Directed by Lewis Milestone. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson.
The place is Las Vegas. The time: Midnight, New Year's Eve. Danny Ocean (Sinatra) and 10 of his ex-commando buddies get ready to rob the vaults of 5 casinos simultaneously! Special features: Feature-length audio commentary by Frank Sinatra Jr. and Angie Dickinson; interactive "then and now" Las Vegas map casino vignettes; excerpts from the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson featuring guest host Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson; interactive menus; cast/filmmaker profiles; 2 theatrical trailers; scene access. Based on a story by George Clayton Johnson & Jack Golden Russell. 127 min. DVD 7899
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- Ocean's Twelve (2004)
- Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts. Ocean's Twelve reintroduces Ocean and his perfectly trained team of con men. Dividing forces to hit Paris, Amsterdam, and Rome, the heist-meisters move beyond casinos to tackle new objectives, one of which involves stealing a famous painting. 125 min. DVD 5772
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- Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
- Director Steven Soderbergh. Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac, Al Pacino, Don Cheadle, Casey Affleck, Eddie Jemison, Scott Caan, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Eddie Izzard, Michael Mantell, Ellen Barkin, Andy Garcia. Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and are composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring Willy Bank and everything he's got down. Even if it includes hiring help from one of their own enemies, Terry Benedict. Special features: Additional scenes ; "Vegas: an opulent illusion" : Las Vegas' influential design sense ; Jerry Weintraub walk and talk : the producer takes us on a casino tour. 122 min. DVD 9160
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- Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
- Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Edgar Buchanan, Glenda Farrell. Story of the men working for a South American mail and freight business in the 1930s. They are trying to win a lucrative government contract to carry mail, and must perform satisfactorily despite bad weather, injuries, poor cash flow and a woman trying to win the boss's heart. 121 min. DVD 6635Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Papillon (1973)
- Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Cast: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Anthony Zerbe, Don Gordon. Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, a petty criminal who was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana, South America. He is determined to escape but attempt after attempt meets with resulting recapture and incarcerations in solitary confinement. 150 min. DVD 5081Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Perils of Pauline (1914)
- Directors, Louis J. Gasnier, Donald MacKenzie. Cast: Pearl White, Crane Wilber, Paul Panzer; Exploits of Elaine: Pearl White, Arnold Daly, Creighton Hale. When Pauline inherits a vast fortune her "perils" begin when a rogue named Koerner plots to separate her from her money. He goes on to employ all kinds of deadly devises as he attempts to kill her, but Pauline, a self-reliant and ever-so-modern woman, successfully survives them all. 127 min. 999:1231Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Sarris, Andrew. "The Auteur Theory and the Perils of Pauline." Film Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 4. (Summer, 1963), pp. 26-33.
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- Pierrot le fou (France / Italy, 1965)
- Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Part love story, part gangster thriller, Pierrot le fou combines romance, adventure, and violence with allusions to art, literature, and cinema to create a colorful French version of the Bonnie and Clyde story. 90 min. DVD 119; VHS 999:448 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
- Directed by Gordon Douglas. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bing Crosby, Peter Falk, Barbara Rush, Victor Buono, Hank Henry.
In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. A lighthearted gangster spoof spirited along by guns, gags, tunes, and bootleg gin. 123 min. DVD 7900 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Romeo Must Die (2000)
- Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. Cast: Jet Li, Aaliyah, Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, DMX, Delroy Lindo. In this modern day Romeo and Juliet, gravity-warping martial arts, cool visual effects and an all-star music track combine in a revved-up action movie. Rough-and-ready Han shares an attraction with Trish O' Day (Aaliyah) even though their families are rivals in a fierce Oakland turf battle. The two also share plenty of danger as they try to find the real cause of the blood feud. 115 min. DVD 6141 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Royal Hunt of the Sun (UK / USA, 1969)
- Directed by Irving Lerner. Cast: Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Nigel Davenport, Michael Craig, Andrew Keir, William Marlowe, James Donald, Alexander Davion, Leonard Whiting.
Fueled by promises of gold, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his explorers venture across the treacherous Andes Mountains to Peru. There, Pizarro captures King Atahuallpa, Inca's godlike monarch, and promises his freedom upon the deliverance of gold. But friendship and respect develop between the two leaders and when the King is sentenced to die, Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor for the King. Based on the play by Peter Shaffer. 97 min. DVD 6953 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Scream of Stone (Schrei aus Stein) (1991)
- Directed by Werner Herzog. Cast: Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Mathilda May, Stefan Glowacz, Donald Sutherland. A mountaineering expert and a free climber have a rivalry going over who is the better climber. Their antagonism toward each other blows up when they realize they have the same love interest. A journalist decides to exploit their hate by pitting them against each other in a climbing race. Cerre Torre, known for its bad weather, is to be the sight for this media event. PAL format DVD. 102 min. DVD 3106 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Shanghai Knights (2003)
- Director, David Dobkin. Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Donnie Yen, Aidan Gillen, Fann Wong, Tom Fisher, Kim Chan, Gemma Jones. Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon travel to England to find out who killed Chon's father. The killer steals the Chinese Imperial Seal that Chon's father was protecting. While they are in England, they stumble upon a conspiracy to murder the entire British royal family. Only with the help of Chon's beautiful, but deadly sister, can the trio stop the assassination and return the Imperial Seal to its rightful owners. 114 min. DVD 1757
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- Shanghai Noon (2000)
- Directed by Tom Dey.Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Roger Yuan. Two cultures collide when East meets West in this stunt-filled, action-adventure comedy. Chinese Imperial Guard Chan goes West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei. There he meets up with laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O'Bannon: the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West. 110 min. DVD 726 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Sheik(1921)
- Directed by George Melford. Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Adolph Menjou. A desert sheik kidnaps an English girl and holds her captive. Later an evil Arab abducts her. When the sheik rescues her, she admits that she loves him and they are married. Based on the novel by Edith M. Hull; adaptation by Monte M. Katterjohn. 79 min. DVD 1283; vhs 999:1969
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- Alarcon, Daniel Cooper. "Deadly Desires: Cinema, Seduction, and Racialized Masculinity." In: Sharpened edge : women of color, resistance, and writing / edited by Stephanie Athey.
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1920s." In: The silent cinema reader London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
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- Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
- Directed by John Cromwell. Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, Frances Farmer, Elsa Lanchester, Kay Johnson, Roddy McDowall, John Carradine.
Set in the 19th century, the illegitimate son of a British aristocrat, Benjamin Blake, is forced into servitude by a wicked uncle. As a rebellious young man, Benjamin falls for a beautiful aristocrat and is beaten as punishment. Fleeing his tyrannical uncle, Benjamin stows away on a ship and lands on an idyllic South Pacific island. There he romances an exotic native beauty and earns a fortune diving for pearls with a fellow shipmate. But Benjamin's enchanted paradise becomes his prison as he yearns for revenge. When a ship arrives, bound for England, Benjamin steps aboard, heading home to seek the title and inheritance that are his. 98 min. DVD 8306
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- The Son of the Sheik (1926)
- Directed by George Fitzmaurice. Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Vilma Banky, George Fawcett, Montague Love, Karl Dane, Bull Montana, Binunsky Hyman. A sheik's son is lured into a thieves' trap by a beautiful girl. When he escapes, he kidnaps the girl, they fall in love, and ride off into the sunset together. 68 min. DVD 1283
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- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
- Directed by Sam Wanamaker. Cast: Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting, Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton. Sinbad, daring sailor and Prince of Baghdad, sets out to do battle with a Minaton, a bronze colossus, a giant troglodyte and other assorted creatures in a quest designed to win the hand of a beautiful princess. 114 min. DVD 3396
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- S.O.S. Iceberg (Germany / USA, 1933)
- Directed by Arnold Fanck and Tay Garnett. Cast: German language version: Leni Riefenstahl, Gustav Diessl, Sepp Rist, Gibson Gowland, Ernst Udet. English language version: Rod La Rocque. Explorer Karl Lorenz is stranded on a steadily eroding iceberg. A rescue crew reaches him only to become stranded themselves. When his pilot wife arrives, she crashes her plane and is stranded too. Surrounded by polar bears they battle the elements, and each other, while hoping for a miracle. 86 min. DVD 4764 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Soldier of Fortune (1955)
- Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Cast: Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Gene Barry. An expatriated American, undisputed ruler of Hong Kong's waterfront, a man with a checkered past and a shady present, helps a woman in the search for her photo-journalist husband who has recently disappeared in China. 96 min. DVD 5956 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Spiral Road (1962)
- Directed by Robert Mulligan. Cast: Rock Hudson, Burl Ives, Gena Rowlands, Geoffrey Keen.
When an opportunistic physician (Rock Hudson) travels to the jungles of Java, a shocking meeting with a black magic witch doctor forces him to re-evaluate his selfish past. 70 min. DVD 2036
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- Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
- Directed by John Ford. Cast: Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb, Eugene Pallette, John McGuire, Stepin Fetchit.
When riverboat captain Doctor John Pearly learns that his nephew Duke has killed a man in self-defense, he urges Duke to turn himself in. But Duke's only chance for freedom is the testimony of a half-crazed witness, New Moses, who has disappeared upriver. 81 min. DVD 9390
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- Storm Over Mont Blanc (Stürme über dem Mont Blanc) (Germany, 1930)
- Directed by Arnold Fanck. Cast: Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Ernst Udet. In a mountain outpost a scientist lives with little contact with the outside world. Through telegraph, he communicates with an astronomer and is occasionally visited by an airplane pilot. Then in the middle of a fierce snowstorm, he loses his station and is battered by the elements. Suffering from frostbite, he sends a desperate S.O.S. hoping that he can be rescued. 86 min. DVD 4763 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- [Tarzan] Adventures of Tarzan (1921, silent)
- Directed by Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney. Cast: Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine, Scott Pembroke, Frank Whitson, George Monberg. Fifteen chapters of a silent motion picture serial adapted from the concluding chapters of Burroughs' The Return of Tarzan. Tarzan travels to the city of Opar to foil the evil Rokoff and save Jane. The scene of Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln) fighting and killing the lion was a real one. The lion attacked Lincoln, who was forced to fight for his life and manged to kill the animal after stabbing it several times. The scene was left in the film. 186 min. 999:3784 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
- Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. Cast: Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith, Doris Lloyd, Cheetah. The Lord of the Apes sweeps Jane Parker into his life. 99 min. DVD 2724 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
- Directed by Cedric Gibbons. Cast: Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh, Cheetah. In the sensual pre-Code Tarzan and his mate, the tale includes the sacred elephant graveyard. 104 min. DVD 2724 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Tarzan Escapes (1936)
- Directed by Richard Thorpe. Cast: Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Cheetah. Tarzan escapes when a vile bwana aims to exploit him as a sideshow freak. 90 min. DVD 2724 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
- Directed by Richard Thorpe. Cast: Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Cheetah. A rift over how to raise Boy divides the treehouse when Tarzan finds a son. 82 min. DVD 2724 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
- Directed by Richard Thorpe. Cast: Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Cheetah. "Civilized" folks clash over gold, a metal not worth a coconut to the Ape Man. 81 min. DVD 2724 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
- Directed by Richard Thorpe. Cast: Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Cheetah. A different jungle awaits in Tarzan's New York adventure. 71 min. DVD 2724
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- [Tarzan] The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)
- Director, Edward A. Kull. Cast: Herman Brix, Ula Holt, Frank Baker, Don Castello, Dale Walsh, Harry Ernest, Lew Sargent. In this 1935 motion picture serial Tarzan must go to Guatemala to help a friend find a lost jewel-covered statue. Hostile natives and the evil machinations of Raglon, a ruthless mercenary who wants the idol for his own sinister purpose, threaten the safety of the explorers and the very life of the mighty Tarzan as he valiantly attempts to retrieve the idol and save his companions. Chapter 1. A new adventure -- Ch. 2. Crossed trails -- Ch. 3. Devil's noose -- Ch. 4. River perils -- Ch. 5. Unseen hands -- Ch. 6. Fatal fangs -- Ch. 7. Flaming waters -- Ch. 8. Angry gods -- Ch. 9. Doom's brink -- Ch. 10. Secret signals -- Ch. 11. Death's fireworks -- Ch. 12. Operator 17. DVD 7301
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- Thelma and Louise (1991)
- Directed by Ridley Scott. Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel. Unhappy housewife Thelma and her wise-cracking waitress friend Louise decide to take a break from their lives. They embark on a trip that leads to a tragic incident at a roadside honky tonk. In an instant, their weekend getaway becomes just that as they flee across the American southwest with the police a step behind. 130 min. DVD 2505; VHS 999:961
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- The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- Directed by Raoul Walsh. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Julanne Johnston, Sojin, Snitz Edwards, Anna May Wong. Silent with musical accompaniment. A carefree pickpocket meets and falls in love with a beautiful princess, and competes with the most wealthy and eligible princes of the the Orient for her hand. There's magic in many of the effects that were created for this film, a milestone for its day. 138 min. DVD 114; VHS 999:1721
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- The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
- Directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan. Cast: Sabu, Conrad Veidt, June Duprez, John Justin, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson, Morton Selten. When the mischievous scoundrel Abu helps the rightful King of Bagdad escape from prison, he finds himself involved in an incredible series of adventures. 106 min. 999:1720
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- Thunder Alley (1967)
- Directed by Richard Rush. Cast: Annette Funicello, Fabian, Diane McBain, Warren Berlinger, Jan Murray.
Stock car racer Tommy Callahan is forced to join Pete Madsen's thrill circus after his blackouts cause a fatal accident and he gets thrown off the circuit. He shows Pete's daughter Francie and her boyfriend Eddie Sands everything he knows about driving. Eddie takes up with Tommy's girl Annie Blaine after winning the first time out. They become fierce rivals by the next race, during which Tommy remembers driving over his brother with a go-kart and Eddie hits the wall. 89 min. DVD 8376
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- Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1947)
- Directed by John Huston. Cast: Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane. Two hard-luck drifters and a grizzled prospector seek gold in the mountains in Mexico. They start off as friends, but after they discover the lode the greed and paranoia set in. 126 min. DVD 2040; vhs 999:55
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- Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la peur) (France / Italy, 1952)
- Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. A study of courage and cowardice in the face of almost insurmountable odds. After establishing the characters of the protagonists in a long prologue, director Clouzot follows them as they transport a cargo of nitroglycerin over a primitive mountain road to a conclusion of high suspence and final irony. 148 min. DVD 431; VHS 999:683
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- Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
- Directed by Edward Ludwig. John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara, Luther Adler.
Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch. 106 min. DVD 9199
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- White Hell of Pitz Palu (Die Weiß Hölle vom Piz Palü) (1929)
- Directed by Arnold Franck and G.W. Pabst. Cast: Leni Riefenstahl, Gustav Diessl, Ernst Petersen, B. Spring, Ernst Udet. A prime example of the German "mountain film" genre, notable for its impressive photography and uniquely Germanic combination of terror and idealism, about a man who sets out with two companions to conquer an Alpine peak that has already claimed his wife. A rescue attempt is begun on foot and by air when the climbers are trapped on the mountain by avalanches and a sudden storm. 93 min. DVD 4765; also vhs 999:2448
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- Airplane (1980)
- Directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker. Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Robert Hays, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves. In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a bad fish meal. Now, it is up to him to land the airplane safely, before the poisoning starts causing casualties. But Ted Striker's aversion to piloting is a serious psychosis, which needs to be cured--right now. 87 min. DVD 4976
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- Airport (1970)
- Directed by George Seaton. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson. The manager of an international airport must juggle personal crises with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard-torn facility open to rescue a bomb-damaged jetliner. 137 min. DVD 4630
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- Airport 1975 (1974)
- Directed by Jack Smight. Cast: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, Geoge Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, HElen Reddy, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Susan Clark, Sid Caesar, Linda Blair, Dand Andrews, Roy Thinnes, Nancy Olson. A private plane hits a 747 in midair. The chief stewardess must act as the blinded pilot's hands and eyes to take control of the plane and land it or die trying. 107 min. DVD 4630
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- Airport 1977 (1977)
- Directed by Jerry Jameson. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Haviland, Darren McGavin, Christopher Lee, George Kennedy, James Stewart. Passengers aboard a luxurious 747 must be rescued after the plane crashes into the ocean in the Bermuda Triangle and are trapped underwater. 114 min. DVD 4630
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- Airport 1979: The Concorde (1979)
- Directed by David Lowell Rich. Cast: David Warner, Mercedes McCambridge, Martha Raye, Avery Schreiber, Cicely Tyson.
A jet-setting TV reporter puts everyone on board a Moscow-bound Concorde in jeopardy when she becomes the target of her former lover, a traitorous arms smuggler. 114 min. DVD 4630
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- The China Syndrome (1979)
- Directed by James Bridges. Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Richard Herd, Peter Donat, Scott Brady.
It started as just another assignment. Reporter Kimberly Wells and cameraman Richard Adams were covering the daily routine at an Los Angeles power plant when the unthinkable occurred: a nuclear accident that could have wiped out Southern California. And Richard caught it all on tape. When their TV station refuses to air the footage, Wells and Adams recruit plant supervisor Jack Godell to expose the terrifying truth: the facility is a ticking bomb. But with millions of dollars at stake, company officials cannot let the story break. When the trio attempts to broadcast live from the plant's control room, the utility company does everything in its power to silence Godell permanently, as the world watches. Special features: Two exclusive documentaries featuring new interviews with stars Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas ; deleted scenes ; filmographies ; previews. Associate producer, James Nelson ; executive producer, Bruce Gilbert. 122 min. DVD 8912 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
- Directed by Roland Emmerich. Cast: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders, Sela Ward, Austin Nichols, Arjay Smith, Tamlyn Tomita.
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than anything anyone has ever encountered: Mother Nature. 123 min. DVD 7478 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Deep Impact (1998)
- Directed by Mimi Leder. Cast: Morgan Freeman, Tea Leoni, Robert Duvall, Maximilian Schell, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, James Cromwell.
'Deep Impact' is the story of the world's reaction to a death sentence. As a comet approaches the earth which might not be destroyed or diverted before it reaches earth, each individual struggles in the face of extinction to find what most matters to him or her. Special features: Commentary with director Mimi Leder and visual effects supervisor, Scott Farrar, preparing for the end, making an impact, creating the perfect traffic jam, parting thoughts, photo gallery, trailer. 120 min. DVD 7662 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- A Night to Remember (1958)
- Directed by Roy Baker. Cast: Kenneth More, Honor Blackman, Michael Goodliffe, Kenneth Griffith, David McCallum, Tucker McGuire, John Merivale, Frank Lawton, Laurence Naismith, George Rose.
This meticulous re-creation of the sinking of the Titanic was adapted by Eric Ambler from the best-selling book by Walter Lord. The film covers the life and death of the huge vessel from its launching celebration to that fateful night of April 14, 1912, when the "unsinkable" ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Special features: Audio commentary by Don Lynch and Ken Marschall; the making of "A Night to Remember" (1993), a 60 minute documentary featuring William MacQuitty's rare behind-the-scenes footage; includes original theatrical trailer. 123 min. DVD 8185
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- The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- Directed by Ronald Neame. Cast: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, Eric Shea, Leslie Nielsen.
One of the most gripping disaster films of all time follows ten survivors as they struggle to reach safety after an ocean liner is capsized in mid sea by a tidal wave. Suspenseful terror, combined with the victims' intimate stories, results in compelling and heart-stopping drama. 117 min. DVD 4367
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- San Francisco (1936)
- Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. Cast: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Jessie Ralph. Blackie Norton is proprietor of the Paradise Saloon on the infamous Barbary Coast of San Francisco. Into his den of high-flying low life walks Mary Blake looking to pursue a singing career. Norton hires her, but soon their professional relationship develops into something far warmer. Just when their emotions reach a fever pitch the whole of San Francisco comes down about their heads in the earthquake of 1906. 116 min. DVD 5729; vhs 999:2180Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Goldhurst, William.
"Regeneration through Disaster: San Francisco." Post Script: Essays in Film and the Humanities, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 45-62, Winter 1985.
- Titanic (1943)
- Directed by Herbert Selpin and Werner Klingler. Cast: Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, Kirsten Heiberg, E.F. Furbringer, Karl Schonbock, Charlotte Thiele, Otto Wernicke, Franz Schafheitlin, Sepp Rist. Building the Titanic has been a huge financial effort, and White Star Line president Bruce Ismay wants her maiden voyage to hit the headlines. It is at Ismay's urging that Capt. Edward J. Smith pushes for a record speed in their voyage to New York, and that eventually sows the seeds for later disaster. This Titanic features a number of rich, decadent British passengers and a handful of noble German peasants. Ends with the court tribunal acquitting Ismay of any wrong-doing for the sinking of the great ship. 85 min. DVD 2932
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- Titanic (1974)
- Directed by James Cameron. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Victor Garber, David Warner, Danny Nucci, Suzy Amis, Bernard Fox, Bill Paxton.
Two young lovers separated by social class are destined to find each other on the maiden voyage of the "unsinkable" R.M.S. Titanic. But when the doomed luxury liner collides with an iceberg in the frigid North Atlantic, their passionate love affair becomes a thrilling race for survival! 195 min. DVD 2172
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Putterman, T. L."Titanic Lovers, or How a Good Girl Pleased Her Man." Bright Lights Film Journal, vol. 37, pp. (no pagination), August 2002
Rushing, Janice Hocker; Frentz, Thomas S."Singing over the Bones: James Cameron's Titanic." Critical Studies in Media Communication, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1-27, March 2000.
Simpson, David. "Tourism and Titanomania." Critical Inquiry 25.4 (Summer 1999): 680.
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Womack, Kenneth (ed. and introd.). "Titanica." [Issue devoted to James Cameron's Titanic] Interdisciplinary Literary Studies: A Journal of Criticism and Theory, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-106, Fall 2003.
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"Traumatic Disaster and Titanic Recuperation: Popular/Historical Representations of the Titanic." Journal of Popular Film and Television, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 125-31, Fall 2003.
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- The Towering Inferno (1974)
- Directed by Jack Sher. Cast: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner. Elevators turn into crematoria, rooms explode into a living hell, and one by one, avenues of escape disappear. The celebrated opening of the world's tallest skyscraper turns into horrifying disaster as a holocaust leaps up and traps hundreds. A fireman and the building's architect lead the rescue efforts, but the protechnics remain the center of attraction. 165 min. 999:1291
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- Kaplan, F. "Riches from ruin." Jump Cut nr 6 (Mar-Apr 1975); p.3-4
- United 93 (2006)
- Directed by Paul Greengrass. Cast: Christian Clemenson, Trish Gates, Polly Adams, Cheyenne Jackson, Opal Alladin, Gary Commock, Nancy McDoniel, David Alan Basche, Richard Bekins, Susan Blommaert. Fact-based story about the 40 passengers and crew aboard San Francisco bound flight United 93, who sat down as strangers and found the courage to stand up as one. This hijacked flight was the fourth terrorist attack plane on September 11, 2001. As a result of a delay on takeoff, the passengers on the flight, are behind the carefully scheduled planned attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Once hijacked, the passengers and crew are able to discern that this is no mere hijacking. While the real events that caused the ultimate crash of the plane can never be known, the events depicted would appear to be as might be expected. The scariest part of the film is the unpreparedness of the FAA and the military in dealing with the situation. 111 min. DVD 6134 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Cooper, Rand Richards. "Lost: 'UNITED 93'." Commonweal 133.11 (June 2, 2006): 21(2).
Hoberman, J. "Unquiet America." Sight and Sound 16.10 (Oct 2006): 20(4).
Lewis, Michael J. "Hollywood does 9/11." (United 93)(World Trade Center)(On Native Soil)(Critical essay) Commentary 122.3 (Oct 2006): p40(6). (3963 words) UC users only
Tubrett, Dion. "Mourning and Misfortune: 9/11 and the domestic terror of pedophilia." CineAction 70 (Summer 2006): 51(8).
- When Worlds Collide (1951)
- Directed by Rudolph Mate. An empending collision with a runaway star signals the destruction of Earth. Private industrialists finance the building of a space ship which will carry a limited number of people to another planet to begin a new civilization. As doomsday approaches, they race against time and the panic of those who will be left behind. 81 min. 999:519
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- World Trade Center (2006)
- Directed by Oliver Stone. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pe~na, Maggie Gyllenhall, Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff, Jay Hernandez, Michael Shannon, Donna Murphy, Frank Whaley.
The true story of Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno, who volunteered for rescue duty and became trapped in the rubble of the Towers on September 11, 2001. The men became two of the last survivors extracted from Ground Zero. It is a story of the true heroes and of that fateful time in United States history, when buildings would fall and heroes would rise, literally from the ashes to inspire the entire human race. 128 min. DVD DVD 7105
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- Hoberman, J. "Unquiet America." Sight and Sound 16.10 (Oct 2006): 20(4).
Lewis, Michael J. "Hollywood does 9/11." (United 93)(World Trade Center)(On Native Soil)(Critical essay) Commentary 122.3 (Oct 2006): p40(6). (3963 words) UC users only
Tubrett, Dion. "Mourning and Misfortune: 9/11 and the domestic terror of pedophilia." CineAction 70 (Summer 2006): 51(8).
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- [The Adventures of] Baron Muenchhausen (1988)
- Directed by Terry Gilliam. The amazing journeys of Baron von Munchausen, who sets sail in a hot air balloon in search of his old comrades-at-arms with the object of saving a European city from the superior forces of a Turkish sultan. 126 min. DVD 8687; vhs 999:2045Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Movie Review Query Engine
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- Directed by Michael Anderson. Traveling across two oceans, over five seas and through 16 countries, an Englishman in the 1870s tries to circumnavigate the world in eighty days to win a wager. 179 min. 999:834:1&2
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- Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
- Directed by Frank Coraci. Cast: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cecile de France, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner, Ian McNeice, Arnold Schwarzenegger. In a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin, inventor Phileas Fogg states his belief that it's possible for someone to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days. Kelvin challenges him to prove it, and adds a wager: if Fogg can't circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he'll have to give up inventing forever. Fogg and his crew of two take the challenge. They travel by train, boat, balloon, horseback, or any other means at their disposal. 120 min. DVD 3164
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- Conan the Barbarian (1981)
- Directed by John Milius. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Max Von Sydow, Ben Davidson, Cassandra Gaviola, Gerry Lopez, Mako, Valerie Quennessen, William Smith. Cimmerian Conan is captured as a child after his parents are murdered by raiding Vanir led by Thulsa Doom. After years of enslavement, Conan is freed to learn the "riddle of steel" and to kill the arch-villain Thulsa Doom. 129 min. DVD 4640Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Conan the Destroyer (1984)
- Directed by Richard Fleischer. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Sarah Douglas. Conan the Barbarian vs. the evil Queen Taramis who has promised to bring his beloved back from the dead if he returns with a magic treasure. 101 min. DVD 4640Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- First Men in the Moon (UK, 1964)
- Directed by Nathan Juran. Cast: Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries. Visual effect, Ray Harryhausen. As a team of United Nations astronauts prepares for a moon mission, they are confused by a man who claims he, his fiancee and a scientist journeyed to the moon 65 years ago and were attacked by grotesque, human-like forms that live in immense crystal caverns. From H.G. Wells' "Account of Life on the Moon". Special DVD features: Photo gallery ; This is dynamation ; Harryhausen chronicles. 103 min. DVD 3297
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- Harryhausen, Ray. Ray Harryhausen : an animated life New York : Billboard Books, 2004. (MAIN: NC1766.U52 H374 2004)
Mandell, P. "Of genies and dragons: the career of Ray Harryhausen." American Cinematographer v. 73 (December 1992) p. 77-81
- The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
- Directed by Gordon Hessler. Cast: Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker, Douglas Wilmer, Martin Shaw. Special visual effects, Ray Harryhausen. Sinbad the sailor finds a strange map and sets sail for a previously uncharted island where he crosses swords with an evil magician who brings inanimate objects to life to oppose Sinbad in his quest. Special features: "Mysterious island" featurette ; "3 worlds of Gulliver" featurette ; "Earth vs. the flying saucers" featurette ; vintage advertising ; theatrical trailer ; talent files ; interactive menus ; production notes ; scene selections. 105 min. DVD 3397
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- Harryhausen, Ray. Ray Harryhausen : an animated life New York : Billboard Books, 2004. (MAIN: NC1766.U52 H374 2004)
Mandell, P. "Of genies and dragons: the career of Ray Harryhausen." American Cinematographer v. 73 (December 1992) p. 77-81
- Hercules (Le Fatiche di Ercole) (Italy / Spain, 1959)
- Director Pietro Francisci. Cast: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Ivo Garrani.
Hercules, the half-god superhero, travels to the ancient Greek kingdom of Iolcus in order to tutor Iphitus, son of King Pelias, in the art of combat. Dubbed in English. 107 min. DVD 8196
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- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- Directed by Don Chaffey. Jason is a fearless sailor and explorer, who returns to the kingdom of Thessaly after a 20-year voyage to make his rightful claim to the throne. But to do so, Jason must first find the magical Golden Fleece which is guarded by a 100-foot bronze giant, the venomous Hydra, and an army of skeletons. 104 min. DVD 3394; vhs 999:1301
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- [Jules Verne's] Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
- Directed by Henry Levin. Cast: Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker.Based on the Jules Verne science fiction novel, a daring scientiest leads an expedition into the interior of the Earth, where fierce dinosaurs and an intelligent reptilian race battle a primitive human civilization. 129 min. DVD 4632
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- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Directed by Peter Jackson. Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-Earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. 178 min. DVD 1254
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- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- Directed by Peter Jackson. Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis. Follows Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, and brave members of the Fellowship as they continue their quest to destroy the Ring of Power. As darkness descends on Middle-earth, a strange creature named Gollum leads the heroes to the Black Gates of Mordor. The rest of Middle-earth prepares for a battle that will decide the fate of all. 175 min. DVD 1843
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- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- Directed by Peter Jackson. Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian Mckellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, John Noble. Frodo makes his way through the darkness to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Aragon learns of his destiny as the true King and the others prepare for a massive battle that will determine the fate of Middle-Earth. 200 min. DVD 2773
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- Mysterious Island (1961)
- Directed by Cy Endfield. Cast: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Beth Rogan, Herbert Lom. Visual effects, Ray Harryhausen. In this sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", escapees from a Confederate prison camp seize a balloon which is wrecked on a Pacific island, where Captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus attempts to rescue them from the dangers of the island. Based on the story by Jules Verne. Special features: "The making of Mysterious Island"; "The Harryhausen Chronicles"; and "This is Dynamation" featurette. 100 min. DVD 3295
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- Harryhausen, Ray. Ray Harryhausen : an animated life New York : Billboard Books, 2004. (MAIN: NC1766.U52 H374 2004)
Mandell, P. "Of genies and dragons: the career of Ray Harryhausen." American Cinematographer v. 73 (December 1992) p. 77-81
- The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- Directed by Nathan Juran. Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Torin Thatcher, Richard Eyer. Special visual effects, Ray Harryhausen. Sinbad a bold sailor and prince of Baghdad, sets out for the mysterious island of Colossa where he hopes to obtain the egg of a roc--a fierce, giant bird. The egg will help restore to normal size the Princess Parisa who has been reduced to the size of a man's thumb by the evil magician, Sokurah. On Colossa, Parisa liberates the Genie of the magic lamp and together, Sinbad, Parisa and the Genie battle a man-eating cyclops, a two-headed roc, a fire-breathing dragon and a skeleton brought to life by Sokurah. All of these creatures must be defeated before Parisa can be restored. Special DVD features: Documentary "Ray Harryhausen chronicles" (58 min.) ; original theatrical trailer ; scene access ; production notes ; interviews ; "A look behind the Voyage" and "Jason and the Argonauts" ; SFX featurette. 94 min. DVD 3395; vhs 999:3632
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- Harryhausen, Ray. Ray Harryhausen : an animated life New York : Billboard Books, 2004. (MAIN: NC1766.U52 H374 2004)
Mandell, P. "Of genies and dragons: the career of Ray Harryhausen." American Cinematographer v. 73 (December 1992) p. 77-81
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
- Directed by Sam Wanamaker. Cast: Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting, Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton. Special visual effects, Ray Harryhausen. Sinbad, daring sailor and Prince of Baghdad, sets out to do battle with a Minaton, a bronze colossus, a giant troglodyte and other assorted creatures in a quest designed to win the hand of a beautiful princess. Special features: Ray Harryhauen chronicles ; this is dynamation featurette. 114 min. DVD 3396
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- Harryhausen, Ray. Ray Harryhausen : an animated life New York : Billboard Books, 2004. (MAIN: NC1766.U52 H374 2004)
Mandell, P. "Of genies and dragons: the career of Ray Harryhausen." American Cinematographer v. 73 (December 1992) p. 77-81
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- Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
- Directed by Jack Sher. Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow, June Thorburn, Lee Patterson, Gregoire Aslan. Special visual effects, Ray Harryhausen. A doctor sets sail for the East Indies but finds adventure, romance and danger instead in Brobdingnag and Lilliput, the infamous lands of the great and small. Special features: This is dynamation featurette ; Harryhausen chronicles featurette. 98 min. DVD 3398 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Harryhausen, Ray. Ray Harryhausen : an animated life New York : Billboard Books, 2004. (MAIN: NC1766.U52 H374 2004)
Mandell, P. "Of genies and dragons: the career of Ray Harryhausen." American Cinematographer v. 73 (December 1992) p. 77-81
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
- Directed by Richard Fleischer. Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke, Ted de Corsia, J.M. Kerrigan. A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate and are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine. 127 min. DVD 1698
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- Maertens, James W. "Between Jules Verne and Walt Disney: Brains, Brawn, and Masculine Desire in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea." Science-Fiction Studies. 22(2):209-25. 1995
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- The Adventures of Don Juan(1949)
- Directed by Vincent Sherman. Cast: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas, Raymond Burr, Romney Brent, Alan Hale, Ann Rutherford, Robert Warwick, Jerry Austin, Douglas Kennedy, Jeanne Shepherd, Mary Stuart, Helen Westcott.
Errol Flynn's farewell to big-budget swashbuckling has him playing the legenday Don Juan, the Spanish lover who fights to save the Queen Margaret and her King from the treacherous machinations of her minister, Duke de Lorca. 111 min. DVD 8050
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- The Adventures of Robin Hood(1938)
- Directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley. Cast: Richard Greene (Robin Hood), Bernadette O'Farrell, Patricia Driscoll, Eddie Byrne, Alexander Gauge, Archie Duncan. Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicating his life to fighting against tyranny by stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. 102 min. DVD 2039; vhs 999:588
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- Aberth, John. "Splendid to spandex: Robin Hood Films." In: A knight at the movies : medieval history on film / John Aberth. New York : Routledge, 2003.
(Main Stack PN1995.9.M52.A24 2003; PFA PN1995.9.M52.A24 2003)
Behlmer Stephen. "Robin Hood on the Screen: From Legend to Film." In: Robin Hood : an anthology of scholarship and criticism / edited by Stephen Knight. Cambridge ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 1999. (Main Stack PR2129.R62 1999)
Robin Hood in popular culture : violence, transgression, and justice / edited by Thomas Hahn.Cambridge, UK; Rochester, NY: D.S. Brewer, 2000. (Main Stack PR2129.R65 2000)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood(TV, 1955)
- Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Alan Hale, Eugene Pallette. Robin Hood, leader of his band of Merry Men, operated out of Sherwood Forest, robbing from the rich to give to the poor, with the aid of his true love, Maid Marian but his efforts were continuously hampered by Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. In Goodbye Little John, his second in command, Little John, leaves the band because of turmoil over leadership rivalries among Robin's Merry Men. In Checkmate, Maid Marian and Robin rescue young men who have been unwillingly conscripted as soldiers. 27 min. each installment. Video/C 6784
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- The Black Rose (1950)
- Directed by Henry Hathaway. Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cecile Aubry, Jack Hawkins, Michael Rennie, Finlay Currie, Herbert Lom, Mary Clare.
A Saxon youth is run out of England during the Crusades, and goes with his loyal retainer to adventures in China where they become entangled in the intrigues of the court of Kubla Kahn. Special features: "Tyrone Power family reunion" featurette; still gallery; interactive pressbook gallery; original theatrical trailer. 121 min. DVD 8305
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- The Black Pirate (1926)
- Directed by Albert Parker. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove, Tempe Pigott, Anders Randolf, Donald Crisp, Sam De Grasse.
The sole survivor of a ship pillaged by buccaneers, poses as the Black Pirate to recover the ship and its treasure, and to rescue a captive princess. Special features: 19 minutes of rare outtake footage ; audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer ; original 1926 orchestral score by Mortimer Wilson, recorded in digital stereo, conducted by Robert Israel. 90 min. DVD 3696
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- The Captain from Castille (1947)
- Directed by Henry King. Cast: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez.
Forced to flee his home during the Spanish Inquisition, nobleman Pedro De Vargas escapes with a beautiful peasant girl and joins Cortez on his dangerous expedition to conquer Mexico. As the young couple fall deeply in love, Pedro's great courage brings his leader honor and glory, even as an evil officer threatens the success of the entire expedition. Notable for deft swordplay and thrilling battle sequences. 141 min. DVD 8300; vhs 999:3223
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- Gladiator (UK / USA, 2000)
- Directed by Ridley Scott. Featuring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris. In the year 180, after the death of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, Maximus, one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals is stripped of his rank and sold ito slavery, as Marcus's devious son, Commodus, ascends to the thrown. Forced to become a gladiator, Maximus is determined to avenge himself and eventually gets the opportunity, when Commodus decides to put his own fighting mettle to the test by squaring off with Maximus in a battle to the death. With special features. 155 min. DVD 399
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- The Golden Blade(1953)
- Directed by Nathan Juran. Cast: Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie, Gene Evans, George Macready, Kathleen Hughes, Steven Geray, Edgar Barrier, Alice Kelley.
"Harum (Rock Hudson) is a fearless man of the people who comes to Bagdad to avenge the murder of his father and meets Krairuzan (Piper Laurie), a princess disguised as a commoner, working against a plot by a band of evil schemers trying to do away with her father, the Caliph. She gives Harum a golden sword which, in his hands, makes him invincible. Harum uses the sword in the name of justice and is doing quite well until a duplicate sword is placed in his scabbard during one of his off-guard moments, and he winds up in chains." [Internet Movie Database] 81 min. DVD 8144
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- The Iron Mask (Silent, 1929)
- Directed by Allan Dwan. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Belle Bennett, Nigel de Brulier, Marguerite de la Motte. In this drama (Fairbank's final farewell to the swashbuckling silents) the true dauphin is kidnapped and imprisoned, but the villains fail to take into account D'Artagnan and the three musketeers. 103 min. DVD 4952
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- The Lady and the Highwayman (UK, TV, 1989)
- Directed by John Hough. Cast: Cast: Emma Samms, Oliver Reed, Claire Bloom, Christopher Cazenove, Lysette Anthony, Hugh Grant, Michael York.
In 1700 England during the reign of Charles II, an English aristocrat is forced to become a highwayman and falls in love with a young girl he has sworn to protect after her brother is beheaded by Cromwell. Based on the novel by Barbara Cartland.
90 min. 999:3487
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- The Legend of Zorro (2005)
- Directed by Martin Campbell. Cast: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Nick Chinlund. This time, the legendary Zorro fights against evil-doers with the help of his beautiful wife, Elena, and their precocious young son, Joaquin. Alejandro De LaVega is torn between two worlds: his life as Zorro and his life as a family man. After Alejandro once again breaks his promise to stop wearing the mask, Elena leaves him, and she soon begins seeing Armand, a haughty French Count. But a mysterious explosion in the desert leads Zorro to believe that there's more to Armand than meets the eye. Zorro becomes intent on finding out what that is. Little does he know, there are others working to uncover certain truths as well.
129 min. DVD 5628
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- The Mark of Zorro (1940)
- Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg, Montagu Love. Disguised as Zorro, a sword-wielding mystery man dressed in black, Don Diego Vega works to restore his father, the deposed Alcalde, back to power and return tax money stolen by the villanous tyrant--while finding time to romance the tyrant's beautiful niece. Based on the story: The curse of Capistrano / by Johnston McCulley. 93 min. DVD 6690; vhs 999:1968
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- Williamson, Catherine. "'Draped Crusaders': Disrobing Gender in The Mark of Zorro." Cinema Journal, vol. 36 no. 2. 1997 Winter. pp: 3-16.
- The Mark of Zorro (1920, silent)
- Directed by Fred Niblo. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite de la Motte, Noah Beery, Robert McKim, George Periolat. As the famous Mexican Robin Hood, Don Diego springs into action as Zorro, the crusader for the rights of the Mexican people. Through the Zorro character, Fairbanks ushered in the legendary cycle of adventure films and established the genre of the American action film. In the closing climax of this film Zorro (Fairbanks) leads Governor Alvarado's men on a cyclonic chase across the rooftops, haystacks, prison, homes and church of a picturesque Old California village. Based on the story: The curse of Capistrano / by Johnston McCulley. 90 min. DVD 6730; vhs 999:1436
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- The Mask of Zorro (1998)
- Directed by Martin Campbell. Cast: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Stuart Wilson, Matt Letscher. A sweeping tale of love and horror, tragedy and triumph set against the Spanish conquest of Mexico. After twenty years as the legendary Zorro, Don Diego must transform a troubled drifter into the fearless hero he once was. 137 min. DVD 5629
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- Prince of Foxes(1949)
- Director, Henry King. Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Marina Berti, Everett Sloane, Katina Paxinou, Felix Aylmer.
Cesare Borgia and his treacherous sister Lucrezia have plans to conquer central Italy. They send Andrea Zoppo, an accomplished commoner and Lucrezia's lover on a mission to take over Citta del Monte, ruled by Count Marc Antonio Verano. But he meets Camilla, the young wife of the count, and things change. 107 min. DVD 8301
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- The Princess Bride(1987)
- Director, Rob Reiner. Cast: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, Robin Wright, Peter Falk, Carol Kane, Billy Crystal. A bent fairy tale, complete with fencing, fighting, chases and escapes. Return to a time when men were men and swamps were fire swamps, full of quicksand and rodents of unusual size. Lagoons were inhabited by shrieking eels, and the most beautiful woman in the world was named...Buttercup? 98 min. DVD 974
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- Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
- Directed by John Cromwell. Cast: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor, David Niven, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
He has the appearance and manner of the king, yet he's really a lookalike ... and on his shoulders rests all hope of foiling a blackguard's plot to usurp the throne. Adventure, pageantry and royal intrigue are forged at sword point. 101 min. DVD 7371
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- Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
- Directed by Richard Thorpe. Cast: Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Louis Calhern, Jane Greer, Lew