Although it wasn't a box-office success when originally released in 1958, Vertigo has since taken its deserved place as Alfred Hitchcock's greatest, most spellbinding, most deeply personal achievement. In fact, it consistently ranks among the top 10 movies ever made in the once-a-decade Sight & Sound international critics poll, placing at number 4 in the most recent survey. (Universal Pictures' spectacularly gorgeous 1996 restoration and rerelease of this 1958 Paramount production was a tremendous success with the public, too.) James Stewart plays a retired police detective who is hired by an old friend to follow his wife (a superb Kim Novak, in what becomes a double role), whom he suspects of being possessed by the spirit of a dead madwoman. The detective and the disturbed... Learn More
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When Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) comes back to the old neighborhood after a spell in the big house, he wants to stay straight and become a drummer. But his old life--as a poker dealer and heroin addict--comes rushing back to meet him. The subject matter of Nelson Algren's novel was still shocking in 1955, and The Man with the Golden Arm was released without the seal of approval from Hollywood's Production Code. The director, Otto Preminger, used the controversy to whip up interest in the film, and his championing of non-Code pictures such as The Moon Is Blue and The Man with the Golden Arm helped end the influence of the restrictive policy. For Frank Sinatra, the role was a high point; his performance is searching, honest, and (in long scenes of going cold turkey... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Frank Sinatra - Kim Novak Director(s): Otto Preminger DVD Release Date: Released the 18 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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I have seen "Strangers when we Meet" several times on television and just had to have a copy of my own. I love that era and even though the subject matter is infidelity, the movie explores many different relationship intricacies. I highly recommend the movie especially if you like Kirk Douglas and Kim Novak.. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Kirk Douglas - Kim Novak Director(s): Richard Quine DVD Release Date: Released the 22 February 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This flick is one of a series of Billy Wilder-directed movies which trace the sexual revolution of the 60's. The Apartment, Irma La Douce, Kiss Me, Stupid, and Avanti all have female roles which were quite shocking at the time. While Shirley MacLaine is not a very convincing hooker in Irma La Douce, Kim Novak is a very attractive prostitute (and sometime waitress) in Kiss Me, Stupid. She's professional: "Get out of here," she tells Ray Walston as she is about to service Dean Martin, "I've got a job to do." She is sentimental, as some working girls are: She happily plays the part of Ray Waltson's wife for a night. She's experienced: Her voice has a husky, worldly, I-know-my-job quality that makes a customer comfortable. She steals the movie, but Felicia Farr and Dean Martin contribute... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Dean Martin - Kim Novak Director(s): Billy Wilder DVD Release Date: Released the 15 July 2003 Usually ships within 24 hours
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When Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) comes back to the old neighborhood after a spell in the big house, he wants to stay straight and become a drummer. But his old life--as a poker dealer and heroin addict--comes rushing back to meet him. The subject matter of Nelson Algren's novel was still shocking in 1955, and The Man with the Golden Arm was released without the seal of approval from Hollywood's Production Code. The director, Otto Preminger, used the controversy to whip up interest in the film, and his championing of non-Code pictures such as The Moon Is Blue and The Man with the Golden Arm helped end the influence of the restrictive policy. For Frank Sinatra, the role was a high point; his performance is searching, honest, and (in long scenes of going cold turkey... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Frank Sinatra - Kim Novak Director(s): Otto Preminger DVD Release Date: Released the 30 July 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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I first saw this as a rental, and immediately after watching it I searched Amazon for the authentic Original Soundtrack and found it! - a "Like New" CD from Japan. (Be warned: The CD, "The Eddie Duchin Story" is NOT the soundtrack to this movie. On the real soundtrack, Carmen Cavallaro plays the piano - you can find it by doing a search on the Song, "Dizzy Fingers"). Then, I ordered this DVD!! I KNEW I'd want to watch it again and again through the years! Tyrone Power is GREAT as pianist, Eddie Duchin. Kim Novak is excellent as his first wife. I didn't catch who plays his son, but he's wonderful, in spite of his British accent(!) Filmed on location in NYC in the 1950's, Manhattan is absolutely beautiful. The story has plenty of teary-eyed moments, but the real star of the show,... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Tyrone Power - Kim Novak Director(s): George Sidney (II) DVD Release Date: Released the 16 July 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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I could not believe that anyone could make a film as bad as this one until I actually saw it. Even 6 years after seeing it no other movie has come close to the depths that this movie reached. I read the other reviews and I am convinced that they were all written by the people involved in the film because no one in their right mind could sit through this without screaming at the screen. I cannot get this film out of my head, but for all the wrong reasons. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Kevin Anderson - Bill Pullman - Kim Novak Director(s): Mike Figgis DVD Release Date: Released the 24 July 2001 Usually ships within 2 to 3 days
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