Take the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, add a dash of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and a lot more rum. Shake well and you'll have something resembling Dead Man's Chest, a bombastic sequel that's enjoyable as long as you don't think too hard about it. The film opens with the interrupted wedding of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), both of whom are arrested for aiding in the escape of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in the first film. Their freedom can only be obtained by getting Captain Jack's compass, which is linked to a key that's linked to a chest belonging to Davy Jones, an undead pirate with a tentacle face and in possession of a lot of people's souls. If you're already confused, don't worry--plot is definitely not the... Learn More
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"The love impulse in man," says a psychiatrist in Bringing Up Baby, "frequently reveals itself in terms of conflict." That's for sure. For a primer on the rules and regulations of the classic screwball comedy, which throws love and conflict into close proximity, look no further. A straight-laced paleontologist (Cary Grant) loses a dinosaur bone to a dog belonging to free-spirited heiress Katharine Hepburn. In trying to retrieve said bone, Grant is drawn into the vortex surrounding the delicious Hepburn, which becomes a flirtatious pas de deux that will transform both of them. Director Howard Hawks plays the complications as a breathless escalation of their "love impulse," yet the movie is nonetheless romantic for all its speed. (Hawks's His Girl Friday, also with Grant, goes... More Info About This DVD Director(s): Howard Hawks - Noel M. Smith - Robert Trachtenberg DVD Release Date: Released the 01 March 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This biography of Gene Kelly comes from the American Masters series, and even by the high standard of that pedigree, it's an unusually fine portrait. The clips from Kelly's films are superbly chosen (and in sparkling condition), illustrating his low-to-the-ground dancing style and his sky-high choreographic ambitions. "Singin' in the Rain" is here, of course, but so is his lonely, lovely solo with a newspaper in Summer Stock and his double-exposure "Alter Ego" number from Cover Girl. The documentary is not fawning; testimony from collaborators such as Debbie Reynolds and André Previn leaves no doubt about his vanity and his perfectionism. The best of the interviewees is the actress Betsy Blair, Kelly's first wife, whose intelligence and frankness reflect well on... More Info About This DVD Director(s): Robert Trachtenberg DVD Release Date: Released the 24 September 2002 Usually ships within 24 hours
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George Cukor had a reputation as a "women's director," and appropriately, this 90-minute documentary opens with a montage of film clips featuring celebrated actresses. True, Cukor launched the careers of Katharine Hepburn, Angela Lansbury, and Shelley Winters. And the video is narrated by Jean Simmons, another actress he once directed. But the program goes on to explore the full range of Cukor's oeuvre, including clips not only from such blockbusters as My Fair Lady and A Star Is Born, but also from now-forgotten earlier works such as What Price Hollywood? Audio and video excerpts from interviews with Cukor are interspersed with the comments of actors, directors, and writers who worked with him or whom he influenced, including Lansbury, Claire Bloom, and Peter... More Info About This DVD Director(s): Robert Trachtenberg DVD Release Date: Released the 13 March 2001 Usually ships within 24 hours
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