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The week's newsletter is but the tip of the iceberg of new releases available exclusively for Allied Vaughn participating retailers. Help us welcome a new studio to the AV Collection, Level 33 Entertainment with their comedy/drama "Mountain Men" starring Tyler Labine and Chace Crawford. Look for the beautiful British Columbia landscape as these buddies trip to the wilderness turns dangerous.

Joining Level 33;
CBS, Warner, FOX, MGM, Film Detective and Filmrise have added over a hundred new BluRay and DVD titles to our ondemand catalog. Not only treasured classic films but new television shows and new films such as Janis:Little Girl Blue and Last Man on the Moon, Amazing Race and Louie.


If your store is not offering these or our over 10,000 ondemand titles, you're missing out on the fastest growing segment in packaged media retail. All titles are 100% ready to ship, never a delist or back-order, the product is made when sold so no over-inventory issues or unavailability.
It's the sensible distribution model fit for today's retail marketplace.

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Level 33 Entertainment Brings "Mountain Men" to DVD and Allied Vaughn


Level 33 brings the beautiful British Columbia landscape and the comedy/drama of Tyler Labine and Chace Crawford in their first feature "Mountain Men" exclusively on DVD MOD from Allied Vaughn. . Welcome Level 33 to the AV Collection and enjoy a successful launch of "Mountain Men", it's only available from Allied Vaughn!
 
 
818522014661  Mountain Men  2016   MOUNTAIN MEN follows two estranged brothers, Topher (Tyler Labine of "Deadbeat") and Cooper (Chace Crawford of "Gossip Girl"), as they journey to a remote family cabin in the mountains to evict a squatter. Buried resentment and bruised egos soon derail the plan and when the smoke clears they've destroyed their car and burned down the cabin, leaving them stranded in the cold Rocky Mountain winter. With their very survival at stake, they must learn to work together as brothers to get back to civilization. Stars Chace Crawford, Tyler Labine


ABOUT Level 33 Entertainment
 
Los Angeles based Level 33 Entertainment is an entertainment company dedicated to redefining the landscape for independent film distribution.  Level 33 provides innovative sales, marketing and distribution services for feature films and entertainment content, delivering a flexible and transparent distribution solution for all platforms including Theatrical, Digital/On Demand, Physical Media and Television
 
 
 
CBS Entertainment New Releases



889290441041    Survivor: One World    2016    SURVIVOR 24 ONE WORLD SURVIVOR: split into men vs. women - adding yet another layer of intrigue to this competitive game. And in another Survivor first, one tribe gives away the immunity they've won to the other tribe, thereby facing tribal council by choice. The ultimate goal of these castaways, from all different backgrounds, is to outwit, outplay, and outlast...to be crowned Sole Survivor.
   
889290441072    Survivor: Philippines    2016    Philippines - Fifteen new castaways are joined by three returning players who were medically evacuated from the game, hoping to finish what they started. For the first time in 17 seasons, the castaways are split into three tribes: Kalabaw (Water Buffalo), Tandang (Rooster), and Matsing (Monkey), each with a hidden immunity idol in plain sight! Surrounded by water, many challenges are marine-based battles in this competition for the title of Sole Survivor and the $1million prize!
  
889290233554    Irresistible Force    1995    Stacy Keach ("Prison Break," "The New Mike Hammer") stars as a soon-to-be-retired police officer assigned a new partner, an eager and daring, ex-Navy Seal (Cynthia Rothrock) who is ready for adventure and action.  The two soon find themselves in a terrorist and hostage situation with explosive consequences.    Stacy Keach; Cynthia Rothrock

889290427267    14 Hours    2005    "Nurse Jeanette Makins (JoBeth Williams) arrives ready for what she expects to be a normal day at Memorial Hermann Hospital, but Tropical Storm Allison's rains return, and a normal day quickly turns into a nightmare. The most devastating storm in the history of the United States, Tropical Storm Allison hit southeast Texas in June 2001. With over $5 Billion in damages, over 45,000 left homeless, 22 people dead and over 70,000 vehicles flooded,  it hit with a catastrophic one-two punch. During its second pass through the area, Allison dumped nearly 40 inches of rain on Houston alone within a 14-hour period.  Four hospitals were closed temporarily because of flooding and damage, making situations difficult for affected patients and healthcare providers."    JoBeth Williams;Kris Kristofferson;Ricky Schroder

889290428431    The Abduction Of Saint Anne 1975  "A former intelligence officer, detective Dave Hatcher (Robert Wagner) is hired by a Bishop (E.G. Marshall) to help verify reports that a devout young girl has miraculous spiritual powers, a possible modern day saint.  If true, Hatcher is expected to kidnap the girl, who is being held captive in the home of her father, an ailing syndicate kingpin, whose associates will stop at nothing to keep her imprisoned. Based on the novel "The Issue of the Bishop's Blood" by Thomas Patrick McMahon. Robert Wagner; E.G. Marshall

889290427250    Accidental Meeting 1994 Linda Gray ("Dallas") and Linda Purl ("Matlock") star in this thriller (reminiscent of Hitchcock's "Stranger on a Train") in which they "accidentally meet" when their cars are involved in a minor auto accident,  but then develop a strange friendship which results in them planning major crimes: a pact for each to murder the loathsome man in the other woman's life. With no motive and good planning, who will suspect either woman? But the plan goes horribly wrong when one is not prepared to fulfill her end of the bargain. Watch to see who lives and who dies. Linda Gray;Linda Purl

 
889290428509    Brotherhood of the Bell  1970  "Dr. Andrew Patterson (Glenn Ford) learns that an elite society he joined as an undergraduate is really a sinister organization that seizes wealth and power for its members through nefarious practices.  After refusing an order from the Brotherhood, Patterson finds himself increasingly isolated, and as he tries to expose the organization he loses his job, wife and more. Glenn Ford;Rosemary Forsyth;Dean Jagger;William Conrad

889290427274    Chase 1985  When Sandy Albright (Jennifer O'Neill), a big-city lawyer, returns to her small hometown to resume her deceased father's law practice, she finds her beliefs tested when she defends a migrant worker named Dixon, played by J.E. Freeman, who is accused of murdering her mentor. The 1985 television movie originally aired on CBS and also stars Robert S. Woods ("One Life to Live") as Sheriff Dean Hartley and Richard Farnsworth (The Straight Story, Misery), who earned a Golden Globe® nomination for his role as Judge Grant Pettitt, Albright's mentor.  Jennifer O'Neill;Richard Farnsworth

889290426673    For All Time 2000  It's 2000, and ad executive Charles Lattimer (Mark Harmon) escapes his hectic life and waning marriage by obsessively tinkering with his elaborate model-train set.  When travelling on a real train, Charles finds that a newfound antique stopwatch whisks him back in time to 1896, where he finds romance with an attractive widow (Mary McDonnell).  Yet, when the watch breaks and the time portal back starts to close, Lattimer must chose between the two different worlds. Mark Harmon;Mary McDonnell;Catherine Hicks

 
889290427243    Hitler's Daughter  1990  Patrick Cassidy (Longtime Companion, Love At Stake) stars as the press aide trying to determine if Hitler's daughter is the Presidential candidate's power-craving wife (Veronica Cartwright, Alien, "The X-Files"), the hard-edged runningmate on the opposing ticket, (Melody Anderson, Flash Gordon, "All My Children"), or the ambitious anchorwoman sleeping her way to the top (Kay Lenz, "Reasonable Doubts," American Graffiti). Hitler's Daughter is based on a novel by World War II historian Timothy B. Benford.    Patrick Cassidy;Melody Anderson;Veronica Cartwright;Kay Lenz

889290429780    Sanctuary    2001    "Golden Globe®-nominee Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie, Sweet Justice) stars in the lead role as famed photographer Jo Ellen Hathaway. Haunted by nightmares, stalked by a love-obsessed psycho, and determined to solve the disappearance of her own mother, Hathaway returns to her hometown and the Sanctuary, a sprawling resort along the Georgia coast.  As she searches for answers however, she bears witness to gruesome murders and more. Melissa Gilbert;Costas Mandylor

 
889290427236    The Devil's Daughter    1973    "Academy Award®-winner* Shelley Winters (The Diary of Anne Frank, A Patch of Blue) stars as Lilith, Satan's loyal aide.  On his orders she befriends a young woman who is mourning the death of her mother. As Lilith helps to execute Satan's sinister plan of marrying Diana to a fellow demon, Diana desperately tries to escape, but she's no match against the power and control evil has over her. ;*Best Actress in a Supporting Role, The Diary of Anne Frank, 1959; Best Actress in a Supporting Role, A Patch of Blue, 1965. Shelley Winters;Belinda Montgomery;Robert Foxworth;Joseph Cotten;Jonathan Frid


 
FilmRise New Releases


                          

Available for Preorder Now!
889290616616    Janis: Little Girl Blue - Special Director's Edition    2015  
889290598202    Janis: Little Girl Blue - Special Director's Edition(BD)  
 
Janis Joplin is one of the most revered and iconic of all rock & roll singers, a tragic and misunderstood figure who thrilled millions of listeners and blazed new creative trails before her death in 1970 at age 27. With "Janis: Little Girl Blue," Oscar-nominated director Amy J. Berg ("Deliver Us from Evil," "West of Memphis") examines Joplin's story in depth, presenting an intimate, insightful portrait of a complicated, driven, often beleaguered artist.   Joplin's own words tell much of the film's story through a series of letters she wrote home over the years, many made public here for the first time (and read by Southern-born indie rock star/actor Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power). Joplin was a powerhouse when she sang, and her recordings have never left the radio or the hearts of rock fans. Berg's "Janis: Little Girl Blue" offers new understanding of a bright, complex woman whose meteoric rise and sudden demise changed music forever and continues to influence female musicians.    ""Janis: Little Girl Blue,"" written and directed by Amy J. Berg and produced by Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney ("Going Clear," "Taxi to the Dark Side"), features exclusive interviews with musicians Pink, Kris Kristofferson, Melissa Etheridge, Bob Weir, Juliette Lewis, famed TV presenter Dick Cavett, counterculture filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker and the Joplin family.
 
This Special Director's Edition DVD comes packed with over 30 minutes of bonus features, including extended interviews with family, friends, musicians that Janis inspired, musical performances by Kris Kristofferson and The Big Brother Guys and an exclusive look into the Walk of Fame Ceremony for Janis. English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired included .
 
"FIVE STARS! ELECTRIC, INTIMATE AND HEARTBREAKING!" - BBC
 
"ENTHRALLING!" - New York Times
 
"FIERCELY BRILLIANT!" - Variety
 
"MIND-BLOWING!" - ScreenDaily"  
Stars Janis Joplin, Chan Marshall, Pink, Kris Kristofferson, Melissa Etheridge, Bob Weir, Juliette Lewis, Dick Cavett, D.A. Pennebaker, Michael Joplin, Laura Joplin

 
889290611352    The Last Man on the Moon
889290611369    The Last Man on the Moon(BD)  
 2016    When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped on the moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughter's initials in the lunar dust. Only now, over forty years later, is he ready to share his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love and loss.  Cernan's burning ambition carried him from a quiet Chicago suburb to the spectacular and hazardous environment of space, and ultimately, to the moon.  Five years in the making, The Last Man on the Moon unveils a wealth of rare archive, and takes Cernan back to the launch pads of Cape Kennedy, to Arlington National Cemetery and to his Texas ranch, where he finds respite from a past that refuses to let him go. Sharing home movies, scrapbooks and intimate moments with his closest friends and family, he brings his spine-tingling experiences to the big screen more vividly than any moonwalker has done before.   This Blu-ray edition includes extended interviews and featurettes capturing more of Gene's intimate moments and stories. English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired included.    Jim Lovell, Gene Cernan

And available now..

 
818522013947    Gored(BD)  
818522013985    Gored    2016  
 Known as the "Most Gored Bullfighter in History," Antonio Barrera has been impaled 23 times in the bullring. Now with a family to consider and a body that won't hold up, Barrera decides to face the bulls one last time, desperate for a taste of elusive glory. Written and Produced by award-winning filmmakers, Ido Mizrahy and Geoffrey Gray ("Patrolman P") and directed by Mizrahy, "GORED" captures the brutality and beauty inherent in Spanish bullfighting as Barrera braces for his retirement with one final performance.    With unprecedented access to an insular and fading world, "GORED" is also a timeless document of an ancient cultural spectacle challenged by modern times. As younger generations reject bullfighting as barbaric, Barrera's boyhood dream of honoring his father and becoming a famous matador is at risk.    DVD includes character teasers, deleted scenes, and trailer, as well as Spanish, English and Portuguese captions.    Antonio Barrera

 
889290611307    Crazy About Tiffany's    2016
889290611239    Crazy About Tiffany's(BD 
Tiffany & Co. has captured the aspirational dreams of the world with its legendary jewels, signature blue box, and timeless sophistication. From past to present, unveiling the behind-the-scenes characters and the clients beholden to its charm, "Crazy About Tiffany's" is the first, fully authorized documentary capturing how a simple jewelry store has woven itself into pop culture to become a global phenomenon. This captivating glimpse will take us from the moment each jewel is conceived by the first female Tiffany Design Director, Francesca Amfitheaterof, to the Tiffany-designed trophy hoisted at the Super Bowl, and to the jewel-adorned Oscar red carpet in Hollywood. The Tiffany & Co. reach is vast. Whether it's focusing on the Tiffany family, following the priceless Tiffany Diamond to China, or documenting how master craftsmen hand make a classic Jean Schlumberger design, the film captures the dramatic and inspiring depth of an uncompromising company and brand.   This DVD edition comes with deleted scenes and interviews that didn't make the final cut! English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired included.    Jessica Biel, Katie Couric, Francesca Amfitheatrof, Rachel Zoe, Rob Marshall
  
And classic television multiepisode sets....

 
 
889290148117    The FBI Files: The Complete Series
- All 7 Seasons - 34 DVDs - 121 Episodes        James Kallstrom;Anthony D. Call
887936911286    Forensic Files: The Best of All 14 Seasons - 137 Episodes - 39 DVD Collection        Peter Thomas
887936901737    In The Heat of the Night: The Series Collector's Edition - The Best of all 8 Seasons - 34 DVDs - 119 Episodes        Carroll O'Connor; Howard Rollins; Alan Autry; David Hart
887936841118    Bat Masterson: The Series (Seasons 1, 2 & 3) PLUS 2 Bonus Movies - 16 DVD Collector's Edition        Gene Barry; Jack Palance; Franco Nero;  Lee Van Cleef; Richard Boone
887936831874    Dead Like Me: The Complete Series PLUS Bonus Movies White Lightning & The End - 11 DVD Set        Mandy Patinkin; Burt Reynolds;Sally Field; Dom DeLuise; Ellen Muth
887936826856    The Young Riders: The Series (Seasons 1, 2 & 3) - 14 DVD Collector's Edition        Josh Brolin; Melissa Leo;Stephen Baldwin; Anthony Zerbe
887936826849    Sea Hunt: The Complete Series Collector's Edition (Seasons 1, 2, 3 & 4) - 20 DVD Set        Lloyd Bridges; Jeff Bridges; Beau Bridges; Jack Nicholson;
887936528118    The Big Comfy Couch - The Complete Series - 100 Episode Collector's Edition - 22 DVD Set        Alyson Court; Ramona Gilmour-Darling
887936161575    Popular Mechanics For Kids - The Complete Series - 72 Episodes -16 DVD Set     Elisha Cuthbert;Jay Baruchel; Tyler Kyte

And these feature films, newly mastered on BluRay disc...

889290611321    Raven's Touch(BD) 2015    Dreya Weber, Traci Dinwiddie, David Hayward
889290611260    Raven's Touch        2015    Dreya Weber, Traci Dinwiddie, David Hayward
889290611284    Band of Robbers    2016    Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Matthew Gray Gubler
889290611253    Band of Robbers(BD)    2016    Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Matthew Gray Gubler,
889290616630    Hollow Creek        2016    Burt Reynolds, Guisela Moro, Steve Daron
889290616623    Hollow Creek(BD)    2016    Burt Reynolds, Guisela Moro, Steve Daron
889290611345    Why I'm Not on Facebook(BD)    2015    Dr. Drew Pinsky, Roseanne Barr
889290611291    Peace Officer        2015    William 'Dub' Lawrence
889290611277    Why I'm Not on Facebook    2015    Dr. Drew Pinsky, Roseanne Barr
889290611246    Peace Officer(BD)    2015    William 'Dub' Lawrence
889290609885    The Great Alone        2016    Lance Mackey, Dick Mackey
889290609878    The Great Alone(BD)    2016    Lance Mackey, Dick Mackey
889290605214    Christmas Town(BD)    2008    Patrick Muldoon, Garry Chalk, Gig Morton
889290605191    Crazy Enough(BD)    2012    Chris Kattan, Jonathan Beck Reed
889290605184    I Am Slave    2013    Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De Bankolé, Lubna Azabal
889290605177    Abner the Invisible Dog(BD)    2013    David De Louise, David Chokachi
889290605160    Knight of the Dead(BD)    2013    Alan Calton, Alf Thompson, Dylan Jones
889290605153    Everybody Street(BD)    2014    Boogie, Bruce Davidson, Mary Ellen Mark
889290605146    Concrete Blondes(BD)    2013    Diora Baird, Carly Pope, Samaire Armstrong
889290605122    Todd Oliver: Funny Dog(BD)    2011    Todd Oliver
889290605115    I Am Slave(BD)    2013    Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De Bankolé, Lubna Azabal
889290605108    Sons of Liberty(BD)    2013    Keith David, Mark Sheppard, Tamer Hassan
889290605092    One Direction: Reaching for the Stars(BD)    2013    Harry Styles, Niall Horan
889290604606    I Am Soldier(BD)    2014    Tom Hughes, Lee Charles, Joe Egan, Noel Clarke,
889290604590    Elevator(BD)    2012    Christopher Backus, Anita Briem, John Getz, Shirley Knight,
889290604583    Evil Things(BD)    2011    Elyssa Mersdorf, Laurel Casillo, Morgan Hooper, Ryan
889290604576    Ghost of Goodnight Lane(BD)    2014    Billy Zane, Matt Dallas, Lacey Chabert,
889290604569    Junior Spy Agency(BD)    2011    Kevin Sorbo, Dee Wallace, Jacob Hays,
889290604552    Wiener Dog Nationals(BD)    2013    Morgan Fairchild, Jason London, Alicia Witt,
889290604545    Spinning Plates(BD)    2013    Grant Achatz, Thomas Keller
889290604538    Romeo and Juliet(BD)    2014    Orlando Bloom, Condola Rashad, Brent Carver,
889290604521    Trevor Noah: African American(BD)    2013    Trevor Noah
889290604514    Anjelah Johnson: The Homecoming Show(BD)    2013    Anjelah Johnson
889290604507    Vendetta(BD)        2013    Danny Dyer, Bruce Payne, Vincent Regan, Josef Altin,
889290604491    Maz Jobrani: I Come in Peace(BD)    2013    Maz Jobrani
889290604484    Lost Christmas(BD)    2011    Larry Mills, Jason Flemyng, Eddie Izzard
889290604477    Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional(BD)    2012    Jim Jefferies
889290600622    Venom(BD)        2011    Jessica Morris, Oliviah Crawford, Roberto Sanchez
889290600615    Closed for the Season(BD)    2011    Aimee Brooks, Damian Maffei, Joe Unger
889290600608    Wrath of the Crows(BD)    2014    Tiffany Shepis, Debbie Rochon, Tara Cardinal,
889290600592    Starve(BD)        2014    Bobby Campo, Mariah Bonner, Bobby C. King, Dave Davis,
889290600585    Sexual Freedom (Sex Stories 3)(BD)    2013    Liza DelSierra, Malcom Francesco,
889290600578    Family Demons(BD)     2009    Cassandra Kane, Kerry Reid, Alex Rafalowicz
889290600561     Fatal Secrets(BD)    2010    Dina Meyer, Vincent Spano, Lea Thompson
889290600554    Dreams From Strangers(BD)    2015    Daniel De Rossi, Giuseppe Claudio Insalaco
889290600547    Infidelity (Sex Stories 2)(BD)    2011    Rebecca Lord, Nomi, Graziella,
889290600530    Walking the Halls(BD)    2012    Jamie Luner, Caitlin Thompson, Marie Avgeropoulos
889290600523    Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait(BD)    1988    John Dugan, Jim Siedow,
889290596987    Betrayed at 17(BD)    2011    Alexandra Paul, Jake Thomas, Katie Gill, Paula Trickey,
889290596970    The Surrogate(BD)     2013    Cameron Mathison, Annie Wersching, Amy Scott
889290596963    Home Invasion(BD)    2012    Haylie Duff, Lisa Sheridan, Jason Brooks,
889290596956    Fugitive at 17(BD)     2012    Marie Avgeropoulos, Christina Cox, Casper Van Dien
889290596949    Assassins Tale(BD)     2013    Michael Beach, Anna Silk, Guy Garner, Gary Poux
889290596932    The Blackout(BD)    2014    Jordan Marder, Costas Mandylor, Bill Sage
889290596925    The Return of Joe Rich(BD)     2013    Sam Witwer, Armand Assante, Talia Shire
889290596918    Preacher's Daughter(BD)    2013    Andrea Bowen, Adam Mayfield, Lew Temple
889290596901    Stalked at 17(BD)     2012    Taylor Spreitler, Chuck Hittinger, Brian Krause
889290596895    The Avenger(BD)        2012    Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Michael Woods, Victoria Pratt
889290596888    Cut!(BD)         2015    David Banks, David Rountree, Sam Scarber, Dahlia Salem
889290596871    Normandy(BD)        2011    Tino Struckmann, Damian Chapa, Jack Dimich
889290596864    Dirty Teacher(BD)     2013    Josie Davis, Kelcie Stranahan, Cameron Deane Stewart
889290596857    Fatal Call(BD)         2013    Jason London, Danielle Harris, Kevin Sorbo,
889290490384    Xingu(BD)        2012    Felipe Camargo, Joao Miguel, Caio Blat
889290490308    7 Boxes(BD)        2012    Celso Franco, Víctor Sosa, Lali Gonzalez, Nico García

Film Detective BluRay Release "The Red House"


 818522014630    The Red House (The Film Detective Restored Version) (BD)    1947    The Red House stars Edward G. Robinson as Pete Morgan who, with his spinster sister Ellen (Judith Anderson) has raised Meg (Allene Roberts) as their own on a secluded farm. Now a teen, Meg convinces her friend Nath (Lon McCallister) to come help with chores on the farm. Despite Pete's warning of terrors within an abandoned red house in the woods, Meg and Nath explore deep into the forest and discover troubling secrets. The gorgeous music score is by Oscar winner Miklós Rózsa who also composed for Double Indemnity and Spellbound. The Red House is a moody, atmospheric noir drama at its best! Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson



Fox Cinema New Releases      



024543115533    Legend Of Custer, The   
  1968    In 1868, after the Civil War, Custer takes charge of a mix of ex-Confederates and criminals, the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays, Kansas. His boss General Terry doesn't like his methods or his long blond hair, but he manages to keep fighting the Sioux.  Wayne Maunder; Slim Pickens; Michael Dante; Robert F. Simon; Mary Ann Mobley



024543283829    Louie: The Complete Season 5
Stars Louis C.K.

024543216155    That Night 
1993 Set in 1961, this bittersweet coming-of-age story about special friendships, first love and a long summer night changes the lives of three people forever. Starring Academy Award-nominee Juliette Lewis ('Natural Born Killers,' 'Cape Fear'), C. Thomas Howell ('Soul Man') and Helen Shaver ('The Color of Money'). Jeffrey Lyons of 'Sneak Previews' calls this 'wonderfully performed! Tender and touching,' and The Los Angeles Times calls it 'Marvelous. Magical. Luminous.'    C. Thomas Howell; Juliette Lewis; Helen Shaver; Eliza Dushku

024543216117    Second Best 1993  
 Life is passing Graham Holt by... until he does something about it. Weary of his emotionally muffled, the middle-age village postmaster decides to break the cycle of emptiness. He applies to adopt James, a lonely, rage-filled boy as starved for love as Graham is. Academy Award (R) winner William Hurt* stars in this tender, triumphant film as big as the human heart. "Hurt gives one of his finest performances" (Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times) as Graham, a shy man who must find the courage to reach for happiness. Talented newcomer Chris Cleary Miles is James, scarred by a childhood tragedy and torn between loyalty to his convict father and his growing attachment to Graham. Together, Graham and James discover families aren't born, they're made. One risk, one joy, one act of trust at a time. *1985 Best Actor, Kiss Of The Spider Woman.   William Hurt; Nathan Yapp; Keith Allen

024543216148    Sunchaser, The
1996    Oscar-nominee Woody Harrelson ("Anger Management," "The People Vs. Larry Flynt") stars in this moving story about a young convicted murderer who is dying of cancer and takes his doctor hostage as he desperately attempts to flee Los Angeles for a sacred Navajo mountain in Arizona. The pair travels together across the West, learning important truths about themselves and each other as they face the mystic and grimly realistic truth about death. From the Oscar-winning writer-director of "The Deer Hunter," and featuring Oscar-winner Anne Bancroft ("Heartbreakers," "Keeping the Faith") and Jon Seda ("Undisputed," TV's "Oz").  Woody Harrelson; Jon Seda; Anne Bancroft


Warner Archives New Releases

888574388928    Michael Collins (BD)(MOD)    1996    Discover Michael Collins' inspirational journey from respected statesman to political martyr. One hundred years ago, the heroic leader of the Irish Republican Army fought a violent civil rights battle for Ireland's independence from Britain with a combination of espionage and urban guerrilla warfare. Neil Jordan directs Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman and Oscar® winner Julia Roberts* in this historical epic.    Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart


888574389550    A Fine Pair (1968) (MOD)    1968    Rock Hudson becomes hooked on crime and Claudia Cardinale in this breezy comedy caper. When Esmeralda Marini (Cardinale) pays a surprise visit to NYC police captain Mike Harmon (Hudson), the uptight cop agrees to help her as a favor to her father, an old friend he hasn't seen in years. She explains that she wants to break into an Austrian villa and return gems stolen by a friend, but Mike has no idea it's all a con to rob the house herself. As the thrill of adventure loosens him up and he offers to become her partner, Mike must find a way to keep Esmeralda a crook when she decides to quit and go honest. The rarely seen reteaming of Hudson and Cardinale, who had starred together in Blindfold (1965), A Fine Pair was shot on location in Salzburg, Rome, the Tyrol, and New York, and features a bubbly, infectious score composed by Ennio Morricone.    Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Leon Askin, Walter Giller, Ellen Corby, Guido Alberti, Peter Dane

888574389567    Brotherly Love (1970) (MOD)    1970    Peter O'Toole and Susannah York star in this controversial tragicomedy about a brother's obsessive love for his sister. Having left her husband, Douglas (Michael Craig), Hilary (York) moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink (O'Toole), who uses wit and humor to hide his amorous yearnings. Agreeing to meet Douglas at a local dance, Hilary soon discovers to what lengths Pink will go to prevent a reconciliation. Directed by J. Lee Thompson, Brotherly Love was based on James Kennaway's 1961 novel Household Ghosts, which the author would later adapt into a stage play (Country Dance, 1967) and screenplay before his untimely passing at age 40 in 1968.    Peter O'Toole, Susannah York, Michael Craig, Harry Andrews, Cyril Cusack, Judy Cornwell, Brian Blessed

888574389574    Melinda (1972) (MOD)    1972    Blaxploitation superstars Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Vonetta McGee and Jim Kelly take on the mob in this super-charged, action-packed thriller. When Melinda Lewis (McGee) is found brutally murdered in his L.A. apartment, smooth-talking disk jockey Frankie J. Parker (Lockhart) turns sleuth to clear his name. Chased and attacked by junkies, dealers and thugs, Frankie soon learns Melinda is the ex-mistress of a Chicago mobster and has evidence the gangster wants back. Enlisting the aid of a jealous ex-flame (Cash) and a karate master from the hood (Kelly, in his screen debut), Frankie sets out to track down the mob boss who framed him and avenge Melinda's death. A box-office success on its original release, Melinda was one of the few Blaxploitation films produced, written and directed by African-Americans and boasts a fantastic funk score by R&B legend Jerry Butler and Grammy® winner Jerry Peters.    Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Vonetta McGee, Paul Stevens, Rockne Tarkington, Ross Hagen, Renny Roker, Judyann Elder, Jim Kelly, Jan Tice, Lonne Elder III


888574383084    The Centurions: Part Two (MOD)    1985    Three become five as two new Centurions-John Thunder and Rex Charger- join the fight against the malevolent Doc Terror and his mechanoid minions. It's a much-needed boost too, as Crystal Kane and her original three Centurions Max Ray, Jack Rockwell and Ace McCloud- find their respective mastery of land, sea and air stretched to the limit as they face off against menaces monstrous, magical, mutant and mechanical. John Thunder's covert infiltration skills and Rex Charger's energy manipulation abilities are just the X-treme boost the Centurions need as Doc Terror allies himself with the alien cybernetic creatures Gog and Magog. And that's just a warm-up to cyberpunk mysteries, reality vortexes and oceanic black holes! But whatever the challenge, they are ready- the Centurions! 
 
888574388867    Medical Center: The Complete Sixth Season (MOD)    1973-74    Chad Everett and James Daly, as Chief of Surgery Joe Gannon and Chief of Staff Paul Lochner, return for another season of their groundbreaking medical drama. While the country around it seethed through a time of astonishing societal changes, Medical Center remained at the vanguard of science and drama. Among the season's standouts is the Shirley Knight-starring episode, "The Tainted Lady," which received a citation from the American Cancer Society for its treatment of the stigma then surrounding breast cancer and radical mastectomies. Other issues confronted include nymphomania, the intersection of faith and medicine, treatment of undocumented workers, resurgent white supremacy, the integration of the mentally challenged into society and the chemical castration of convicted sex offenders. All stories are brought to life thanks to stellar guest stars, such as Cyd Charisse, Jodie Foster and Rita Moreno. A 6-disc, 24-episode collection.    Chad Everett, James Daly, Chris Hutson, Barbara Baldavin, Martin E. Brooks, Audrey Totter

888574388911    Floradora Girl, The (1930) (MOD)    1930    Set decades before the brassy, bustling contemporary Busby Berkeley musicals to follow three years later, 1930's period pre-code musical The Florodora Girl might also be called Gold Diggers of 1900. Sharpie showgirls of the Florodora Sextette cast their nets wide for rich husbands while advising (with plummy double-entendre aplomb) their beau-less chorus-mate Daisy Dell (radiant Marion Davies) in the finer points of man-trapping. Making a beach party splash, the naive beauty catches the eye of millionaire Jack Vibart (Lawrence Gray). Warned of his dishonorable intentions, Daisy tries to play the game of fascinating a rich man but rejects becoming a kept woman. But Jack keeps persisting, and Daisy stops resisting. Matrimonial bliss is another matter: Jack gambles away his fortune and his mother favors an arranged marriage to shore their finances. Will Daisy land her man and make a fine romance? Leave it to the two-strip Technicolor® "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" finale for the lovebirds to claim center stage and bring The Florodora Girl home.    Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter Catlett, Louis John Bartels, Ilka Chase, Vivien Oakland, Jed Prouty, Claud Allister, Sam Hardy, Nance O'Neil, Robert Bolder, Jane Keithley, Maude Turner Gordon, George Chandler, Anita Louise, Mary Jane Irving

888574389628    Not So Dumb (1929) (MOD)    1929    Dulcy Parker is the most well-meaning, supportive fiancée a business up-and-comer could want, except that she's a birdbrain who spews idiotic malapropisms when otherwise not saying and doing the wrong thing to the wrong person throughout the weekend dinner party she's arranged to better her intended's fortunes. She's also reason to cheer, since the nimbly enchanting Marion Davies plays her to the hilarious hilt in this wacky screen adaptation of the George S. Kaufman/Marc Connelly Broadway hit Dulcy. Reteaming with King Vidor, who showcased her comedic gifts in the The Patsy and Show People, Davies dizzily goes to town in a "deft precursor to the screwball farces of the 1930s and '40s" (Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide). Featuring future director Elliott Nugent as her increasingly exasperated beau, Franklin Pangborn as a swoony Hollywood scenarist and future ace screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart (The Philadelphia Story) as a lecherous tycoon, Not So Dumb is 76 marvelous minutes of smart and screw-loose effervescence.    Marion Davies, Elliott Nugent, Raymond Hackett, Franklin Pangborn, Julia Faye, William Holden, Donald Ogden Stewart, Sally Starr, George Davis

888574389635    Peg o' My Heart (1933) (MOD)    1933    Marion Davies was twice the age of the character she was playing, but never you mind. As a plucky Irish lass taken from village life in Erin to claim a £2-million inheritance if she lives three years with a snooty family of destitute British bluebloods, Davies is a lovely and winsome colleen in a vehicle popularized on stage and silent screen by legendary Laurette Taylor and expertly retailored for Davies. Breaking from the jaded, brassy broads she'd recently played (and of which her mentor/paramour William Randolph Hearst disapproved), Davies brings enormous charm and comically cuts through all potential blarney as the wide-eyed, plain-spoken Peg McConnell. She prevails over the snobs and parlor snakes who would underestimate, as one of the movie's tunes proclaims, this "Sweetheart Darlin'." Unabashedly sentimental, spiked with wit (courtesy of adaptor/two-time Academy Award® winner* Frances Marion), sprinkled with song and deftly directed by Robert Z. Leonard (The Great Ziegfeld, Pride and Prejudice), Peg o' My Heart will win you over.    Marion Davies, Onslow Stevens, J. Farrell MacDonald, Juliette Compton, Irene Browne, Tyrell Davis, Alan Mowbray, Doris Lloyd


888574373887    Dr. Kildare: The Complete Fifth Season BTB (MOD)    1965-66    Dr. Kildare's swansong fifth season carried with it some significant changes to the show's format. No longer a once-weekly one hour drama, Dr. Kildare was now a twice-weekly half hour serial with storylines stretching over multiple parts and, perhaps even more excitingly, James Kildare M.D. (Richard Chamberlain) and Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Raymond Massey) were now being broadcast in color! This 7-Disc, 58-Episode Collection starts out on a high note as James Mason guests as a damaged doc whose psyche Kildare must battle to save. Then it's time for Kildare take up his first teaching assignment, shortly before the hospital gets a new-state-of-the-art kidney machine. But which patients will be chosen? Notable guests include Dean Stockwell, Cloris Leachman, Fred Astaire, Audrey Totter, Kim Hunter, Darren McGavin, Basil Rathbone, James Earl Jones, Ricardo Montalban, Martin Balsam, William Shatner, John Saxon, and George Kennedy.    Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Ken Berry

888574389642    RKO Varieties Triple Feature (MOD)    TBD    In these three anthology films, RKO Pictures plumbed their library of musical and comedy shorts to cull together a series of celluloid variety shows that are toe-tapping and rib-tickling. Comedian Gil Lamb hosts Make Mine Laughs and delivers up musical and comedic delights from the likes of Leon Errol, Frances Langford, Anne Shirley & Dennis Day and more. Newcomer Jack Paar emcees both Variety Time and 1951's Footlight Varieties, bridging the pop-culture gap from movies to radio to television. Variety Time enjoys contributions from Edgar Kennedy, Frankie Carle, Pat Rooney, Harold & Lola and more. Footlight Varieties in turn serves up a selection that includes The Sportsmen, Liberace, Jerry Murad's Harmonicats and Red Buttons. 
 
888574389703    Woman In White, The (1948) (MOD)    1948    As painter Walter Hartright (Gig Young) walks through the wooded dark night to Limmeridge House, she arrives like a heavenly apparition: The Woman in White, the title character of Wilkie Collins' pioneering 1859 mystery novel, well-embodied in this eerily effective, lushly atmospheric screen adaptation by lovely Eleanor Parker. She is the key figure (actually figures, playing dual roles) in a tale of murder, insanity, switched identities and dastardly plots encircling an inheritance, while Hartright and family cousin Marian (Alexis Smith) sleuth out the motivations of the estate's odd, sinister characters. Director Peter Godfrey (Christmas in Connecticut, The Two Mrs. Carrolls) marshals studio forces of top-tier production and costume design, a lyrical Max Steiner score and a rogues' gallery of juicy turns by John Abbott as the hypochondriac family scion, John Emery as a scheming nobleman, Agnes Moorehead as a long-suffering wife and, supremely, Sydney Greenstreet as evil bon vivant Count Fosco, to craft a silkily stylish and hugely gripping thriller.    Agnes Moorehead, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Gig Young, Eleanor Parker, John Abbott, John Emery, Curt Bois, Emma Dunn, Matthew Boulton, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Clifford Brooke, Barry Bernard

888574394059    Lizzie (1957) (MOD)    1957    In 1957, two starkly dramatic movies about a mentally troubled woman with three distinct personalities vied for attention. The second of these elevated Joanne Woodward to stardom and won her a Best Actress Oscar® for The Three Faces of Eve. But the first, arriving months earlier and boasting a juicy role for three-time Academy Award® nominee Eleanor Parker, is equally worthy. In Lizzie, from Shirley Jackson's novel The Bird's Nest, Parker is first seen as frail, sad Elizabeth, beset by headaches as well as menacing letters from Lizzie, who emerges from within as a barfly mantrap compensating for Elizabeth's shyness. Director Hugo Haas plays a caring neighbor who steers her to the psychiatrist (Richard Boone) who unlocks her disordered mind, bringing out another steadier woman named Beth. Lounge singer Johnny Mathis croons "Warm and Tender" and "It's Not for Me to Say" as wildcat Lizzie carouses, while Joan Blondell as an alcoholic aunt is the skeptical keeper of dark family secrets at the heart of the intelligent and gripping Lizzie.    Eleanor Parker, Richard Boone, Joan Blondell, Hugo Haas, Ric Roman, Dorothy Arnold, John Reach, Marion Ross, Johnny Mathis


888574086497    Terra-Cotta Warrior, A (MOD)    1990    Following their collaborations on the international art house hits Red Sorghum and Ju Dou, director Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li reteamed for this bigbudget fantasy. Stepping in front of the camera this time, Zhang stars as a Qin Dynasty chamberlain who makes the mistake of falling for one of the emperor's concubines. As punishment, he is transformed into a Terracotta Warrior and awakens 3,000 years later, where he encounters an actress who is a dead ringer for the woman who captivated him so many years ago. Written by acclaimed novelist Lilian Lee and directed by Hong Kong action specialist Ching Siu-Tung (A Chinese Ghost Story), A Terracotta Warrior is a captivating combination of humor, adventure and romance. Zhang and Gong give winning performances, and their chemistry was no doubt heightened by the fact that they were also a couple offscreen at the time.    Zhang Yi Mou, Gong Li, Yu Yung Kang, Wu Han Min, Luk Suk Ming, Tse Pok Man, Cheung Chan Ying, Chiu Chi Cheung, Chow Ting Chiu, Tony Tanaka

888574087067    He's A Woman, She's A Man    1994    CHARMING HONG KONG ROMANTIC FARCE IN THE TRADITION OF VICTOR/VICTORIA Pop music super fan Lam Chi Wing disguises herself as a man so she can meet her idol, Rose, at an audition for male singers being staged by Rose's producer/boyfriend, Sam. The couple's relationship is on the rocks, however, and Sam signs the talentless Chi-Wing just to spite Rose. Things get even more complicated when a perplexed Sam develops feelings for the conflicted Chi-Wing, who tries her best to keep Sam and Rose together. One of the wittiest and most heartwarming Hong Kong films of its era, this gentle saga of love and sexual confusion is superbly performed by three of the industry's biggest stars and also functions as a knowing send-up of the contemporary music industry. A box office smash, He's a Woman, She's a Man spawned a 1996 sequel and won the Best Actress (Anita Yuen) and Best Original Song prizes at the Hong Kong Film Awards.    Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, Carina Lau, Eric Tsang, Jordan Chan, Lawrence Cheng

888574114527    Blade, The (MOD)    1995    In a reckless quest to avenge his father's death, sword-maker On loses his right arm and becomes a disgraced outcast in the martial world. On's only hope for retribution lies in his ability to create a new style of fighting that will both compensate for his disability and overcome the savage force of the fearsome opponent who slaughtered his father. Director Tsui Hark's reinvention of the Shaw Brothers classic One-Armed Swordsman (1967) is filled with kinetic, gravity-defying combat of a sort previously unseen. Always an innovator, Tsui reinvigorated the Hong Kong swordplay genre film through this new approach to action and by crafting a nightmarish but fascinating world far removed from the civilized nobility where such stories usually unfolded. Visually arresting and exhilarating in its primal intensity, The Blade is one of the most important and distinctive works in its director's filmography.    Wen-Zhou Zhao, Xin-Xin Xiong, Lei Song, Austin Wai, Moses Chan, Bik Gwong Chung, Dut Hing Che, Tong-Wing Chu, Valerie Chow

888574388881    Young Maverick: The Complete Series (MOD)    1979-80    Meet Ben Maverick (Charles Frank), the crown prince of cardsharps. Son of Beau (played by Roger Moore on the original series), Ben may be Harvard educated, but he's still cut from the same cloth as his cousins (once removed). So it's a good thing Bret (James Garner) and Bart (Jack Kelly) are on hand to introduce Ben to the ways of the Wild West in The New Maverick TV movie (included in this collection), which successfully paved the way for this Maverick sequel series. Unlike his lighter traveling relations, Ben carries some extra baggage on his wanderings - his lovely grifting gal pal Nell (Susan Blanchard). While the pair may always bluff their way to high stakes, their real ace-in-the-hole is Marshal Edge Troy (John Dehner), who shows up just in time to get the pair out of a jam. Usually. Notable guests include James Woods, Donna Mills, George Dzundza, Howard Duff, Harry Dean Stanton and Morgan Fairchild.    Charles Frank



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