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Great & Unsung Movies
Great cinema, both well-known & unsung,
that you may not be aware of or have forgotten . . .
films A to Z (just below) • not on video/DVD • books & compilations
"A Christmas Story" [M.G.M. Nov 1983]
   | Set in northern Indiana in 1940; young Ralphie wants only one thing for Christmas, an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model BB rifle with a compass in the stock. His attempts to convince the world of the rightness of his quest run into opposition from his parents, his teacher, and even Santa Claus himself.
Co-produced, co-written & directed by Bob Clark; co-written by Leigh Brown & Jean Shepherd, based on stories by Jean Shepherd; starring Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, R.D. Robb, Tedde Moore, Yano Anaya & Zack Ward, narrated by Jean Shepherd; won Oscars for Best Director & Best Script Adaptation, nominated for 7 others including Best Picture; W.G.A. nom for Best Adapted Script
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2008] for $15.99 Warner Home Video Collectors Edition widescreen color DVD [11/2008] 2 disks for $30.99 Warner Special Edition widescreen color DVD [11/2008] 2 disks for $23.99 Warner Special Edition widescreen color DVD [10/2003] 2 disks out of prodn/many used Warner Home Video color VHS [9/2000] out of prodn/many used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • official movie site 'A Christmas Story House' Museum & Gift Shop in Cleveland, Ohio |
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sequel "My Summer Story" [M.G.M. Sept 1994]
Ralphie is on a quest for the perfect spinning top to beat the school bully, The Old man is feuding with hillbilly neighbors, and Mother is determined to win all the pieces of a glass china set at a local movie theater. Co-written & directed by Bob Clark; co-written by Leigh Brown & Jean Shepherd, based on stories by Jean Shepherd; starring Kieran Culkin, Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen, Christian Culkin M.G.M. Video widescreen color DVD [8/2006] for $15.99 M.G.M. Video color VHS [4/97] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
 | "ClarkWorld" documentary [2009]
Filmmaker Abram worked for ten years with Bob Clark, until Clark's sudden death by drunk driver; 72-minute documentary features cast & crew of Clark's "Porky's" movies and "A Christmas Story" Co-produced, written & directed by Deren Abram Passion River widescreen color DVD [11/2009] for $22.49 full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
"The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across
The 8th Dimension (Part 6)" [Sherwood/Fox Aug 1984]
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Rapid-fire sci-fi craziness pitting Team Banzai against a race of evil Lectriods from Planet Ten in a weird and brainy comic book world full of overlapping jokes and toss-away one-liners – wacky and bizarre and original. Directed by W.D. Richter; written by Earl Mac Rauch; starring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum & Christopher Lloyd
MGM/UA color DVD 'Special Edition' [1/2002] for $14.99 MGM/UA color VHS [2/2001] for $9.94 Pocket 8x5 pb [12/2001] for $10.36 full credits from IMDb |
"Amadeus" [Orion Sept 1984]
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First there is the music, then the period ambience, and the story of a mad, immature genius, and his destruction from within and from without.
Directed by Milos Forman; script by Peter Shaffer, based on his stageplay; starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge & Jeffrey Jones; nominated for 11 Oscars, winning eight: Best Picture, Best Director, Script Adaptation, Best Actor (Murray Abraham), Best Set Decoration, Best Sound, Best Makeup & Best Costume Design; also won A.C.E. Eddie Award, Best Foreign Language Film Award of the Japanese Academy, 4 BAFTA Awards, César Award for Best For-eign Film, 3 David di Donatello Awards, D.G.A. Award & Kinema Junpo Award for Best Foreign Film
Warner Video widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2009] 2 disks for $13.99 Warner Video widescreen color DVD [12/97] for $15.99 Warner Video color VHS [1/2001] out of prodn/many used Warner Video widescreen color VHS [3/2001] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia stageplay [1980-83] entry at IBDb • stageplay entry at Wikipedia |
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eine kleine Mozart [5min:41sec midi file]
Fantasy soundtrack CD box set [12/97] 3 disks for $24.97 Fantasy soundtrack CD [12/92] for $14.99 Fantasy soundtrack cassette [10/90] out of prodn/used Fantasy soundtrack on vinyl [4/95] out of prodn/used Fantasy "More Music.." soundtrack CD [6/91] for $14.98 Fantasy "More Music.." soundtrack on vinyl [4/95] out of prodn/used |
"American Film Theatre" [1973-75]
"American Film Theatre: Complete Collection" [2008]
Kino Intl. widescreen color DVD set [7/2008] 14 films on 15 disks for $179.99
 | "Collection One" [2003]
Kino Video widescreen color DVD set [4/2003] 6 disks for $114.99 includes "Butley" [1974] directed by Harold Pinter, written by Simon Gray, starring Alan Bates; "The Iceman Cometh" [1973] on 2 disks directed by John Frankenheimer, based on the play by Eugene O'Neill, starring Lee Marvin, Fredric March & Robert Ryan; "Luther" [1973] written by Edward Anhalt, based on the John Osborne play, starring Stacy Keach; "The Maids" [1975] co-written & directed by Christopher Miles, bssed on the Jean Genet play "Les Bonnes" starring Glenda Jackson & Susannah York; and "Rhinoceros" [1974] based on the Eugène Ionesco play, starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder & Karen Black |
 | "Collection Two" [2003]
Kino Video widescreen color DVD set [7/2003] 5 disks for $107.99 includes "A Delicate Balance" [1973] directed by Tony Richardson, written by Edward Albee, starring Katharine Hepburn & Paul Scofield; "The Homecoming" [1973] directed by Peter Hall, written by Harold Pinter, starring Ian Holm; "In Celebration" [1975] directed by Lindsay Anderson, written by David Storey, starring Alan Bates; "The Man In The Glass Booth" [1975] directed by Arthur Hiller, adapted by Edward Anhalt, based on the play by Robert Shaw, starring Maximilian Schell {Oscar nom}; and "Three Sisters" [1970] based on the 1900 Anton Chekhov play, co-directed by & starring Laurence Olivier, co-starring Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi & Alan Bates |
 | "Collection Three" [2003]
Kino Video widescreen color DVD set [11/2003] 4 disks for $80.99 includes "Galileo" [1975] co-written & directed by Joseph Losey, adapted from the Bertolt Brecht play, starring Topol; "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris" [1975] directed by Denis Héroux, co-written by Eric Blau, co-written by & starring Jacques Brel; "Lost In The Stars" [1974] based on the Kurt Weill-Maxwell Anderson musical play adapted from the Alan Paton novel, starring Brock Peters; and "Philadelphia, Here I Come!" [1975] written by Brian Friel |
"Annie Hall"
[Rollins-Joffe/United Artists April 1977]
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One of Woody's masterpieces, the essential film about relationships in the 1970s. Co-written & directed by & starring Woody Allen; co-written by Marshall Brickman; also starring Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts & Carol Kane; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress & Best Original Script; also won 5 BAFTA Awards, DGA, 3 NSFC, & WGA awards MGM/UA widescreen color DVD [7/2000] for $16.99 MGM/UA color VHS [1/94] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb |
"Bill and Coo" [Republic Pictures March 1948]
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After years of unavailability, this cinematic wonder is now available on DVD, with 14 other films, a compilation of the truly weird and special. (Full details on the DVD 5-disk set are at bottom of page.)
A true oddity: A cast of performing animals (mostly birds) in the tale of a town beset by a mean crow. Major sequences include a circus and a terrible fire. The characters display human traits – how did they do that? – and Love Triumphs In The End. A treasure, charming and astonishing. Presented by Ken Murray, co-written & directed by Dean Reisner; filmed in TruColor; won Honorary Oscar for 'artistry & patience'.
Passport b&w/color DVD compilation [11/2007] 5 disks for $17.99 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"Blade Runner" [Ladd Company June 1982]
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Directed by Ridley Scott, from a novel by Philip K. Dick; starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh & Daryl Hannah; music by Vangelis; won Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, listed on National Film Registry in 1993; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Warner Collector's Edition widescreen color on Blu-ray [12/2007] 5 disks for $24.99 Warner Final Cut Special Edition widescreen color DVD [12/2007] 2 disks for $10.99 Warner Director's Cut DVD [3/97] for $11.99 Warner Director's Cut VHS [11/99] out of prodn/many used Atlantic soundtrack CD [6/94] for $11.98 Warner orchestral version CD [10/90] for $11.98 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 "Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner" book by Paul M. Sammon HarperCollins 9x6 pb [7/96] for $11.53 |
more details (synopsis, books & sequels, posters, games, music, links) on
Magic Lantern's "Blade Runner" 1982 Movie Page
"Cutter's Way" [United Artists 1981]
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The poetic cinematography, the acting, and the music are superb. The murder mystery is merely background for the existential mess of life in post-Vietnam America and the savagely heroic resolution in the last frame.
Directed by Ivan Passer, starring Jeff Bridges [Cutter], John Heard [Bone], Lisa Eichhorn, Ann Dusenberry & Stephen Elliott; music by Jack Nitzsche
MGM/UA widescreen DVD [7/2001] for $17.98 MGM/UA color VHS [6/91] for $19.98 full credits from IMDb based on the 1976 novel "Cutter & Bone" by Newton Thornburg Serpents Tail 7¾x5 pb [7/2001] for $11.20 |
"Do The Right Thing"
[40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks June 1989]
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Possibly inspired by Akira Kurosawa's "Do-desu-ka-den" [1970] {below}, this is the tale of a blighted neighborhood in Spike Lee's home turf of Brooklyn. There is actually a moment, ignored or missed by most reviewers, where 'the right thing' gets done – look for it. Written & directed by Spike Lee; starring Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, John Turturro, Rosie Perez & Samuel L. Jackson, with Spike Lee as 'Mookie' Universal Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2009] for $18.99 20th Anniversary Edition DVD [6/2009] for $13.99 Universal letterbox color DVD [7/98] for $17.99 Universal widescreen color DVD [2/2001] 2 discs for $28.99 Universal color VHS [1/2000] out of prodn/many used Sony original score CD [9/89] for $11.98 full credits from IMDb Cambridge Univ Press critical text 9x6 pb for $25.19 |
"Do-desu-ka-den"
[Toho Japan Oct 1970; U.S.A. June 1971]
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The tale is simple but involving, and was perhaps the inspiration for Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" [1989] {above}. Co-writer/director Akira Kurosawa's first color film, with a rich pallette; Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
Home Vision color VHS [11/95] with English subtitles for $29.95 full credits from IMDb |
"Easy Rider" [Columbia Pictures July 1969]
 | Two long-haired bikers cross America and meet unusual people, including a drunken lawyer played by Jack Nicholson; filmed in California, Arizona & Louisiana, and around Taos, Madrid & Santa Fe in New Mexico.
Co-written & directed by Dennis Hopper; co-written by Peter Fonda & Terry Southern; starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson & Karen Black; Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor [JN] & Best Original Script; added to National Film Registry (1998)
Sony Pictures widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2009] for $24.99 Columbia/TriStar 35th Anniv DVD [9/2004] 2 disks for $23.96 Columbia/TriStar DVD [3/2004] for $10.99 Columbia/TriStar VHS [10/99] out of prodn/many used Columbia/TriStar widescreen VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used Hip-O remastered soundtrack CD [3/2004] 2 disks for $26.99 MCA soundtrack CD [6/2000] for $9.98 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia novelization: NAL pb [12/69] out of print/used screenplay: BFI pb [11/96] out of print/used |
purchase 'Easy Rider' posters at AllPosters.com
more details (synopsis, books, posters, links) on
Magic Lantern's "Easy Rider" 1969 Movie Page
"Frida" [Oct 2002]
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Outstanding! A movie that is very moving, as well as an accurate biography.
Directed by Julie Taymor; based on the book by Hayden Herrera; starring Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Roger Rees & Patricia Reyes; won Oscars for Best Original Score, Best Makeup; nominations for Best Actress (SH), Best Art Direction, Best Original Song, Best Costumes (Julie Taymor deserved a nomination for Best Director); also won 1 of 4 BAFTA noms; 2 SAG noms, listed on AFI Best 10 Films of 2002 Miramax widescreen DVD [6/2003] 2 disks for $14.99 Buena Vista VHS [6/2003] out of stock/used Buena Vista VHS w/Spanish subtitles [6/2003] for $14.99 Universal soundtrack CD [10/2002] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb official movie website • official Miramax movie website (English or Spanish) |
see the Frida Kahlo Art Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
"Fritz The Cat" [Polygram 1972]
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Two animated features based on Robert Crumb's dangerously subversive counter-culture comic strip. The first (and only) major-studio X-rated cartoon features.
Produced & directed by Ralph Bakshi MGM/UA color widescreen DVD [12/2001] for $10.99 full credits from IMDb sequel "Nine Lives of Fritz The Cat" [1974] MGM/UA widescreen color DVD [12/2001] for $17.98 full credits from IMDb |
"The Gods Must Be Crazy"
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A Kalahari bushman finds a Coke bottle dropped from the sky, but the new technological wonder disrupts his tribe, and so Xixo sets out to return the bottle to the gods. In the sequel, Xixo chases after a fast-moving truck where his children are accidental stowaways. Produced, written & directed by Jamie Uys; starring N!xao as Xixo combo DVD with both "TGMBC I" & "TGMBC II" Columbia/TriStar widescreen DVD [2/2004] 2 disks for $20.97 "TGMBC" [1980; US release 1984] Fox VHS [9/90] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb sequel "The Gods Must Be Crazy II" [1989] Col/TriStar VHS [1/93] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
"Greed"
silent film masterpiece [M.G.M. Dec 1924]
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A San Francisco dentist woos and marries his best friend's girl. She wins the lottery and her jealous ex-boyfriend turns the dentist in for having no license to practice.
This legendary 'lost film' was delivered at ten hours length; the studio forced Stroheim to make drastic cuts; he cut it down to four hours. The displeased studio then took control and released a 2-hour & 20-minute version, which failed at the box office. The excised negatives and exposed film were destroyed, perhaps as late as the 1950s. The Turner restoration makes use of still photos & historical script continuity.
Co-written & directed by Erich von Stroheim; based on the novel "McTeague"; starring Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller, Tempe Pigott, Sylvia Ashton, Chester Conklin & Joan Standing; listed on the National Film Registry in 1991
not available on DVD; Turner 4-hr restoration [9/98] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • entry about the film at Wikipedia |
von Stroheim's "Greed" 1924 Movie Page
"Harold and Maude" classic cult comedy [1972]
The irrepressible, anything-for-a-thrill septuagenarian Maude's spirit rekindles a morose young man who loves to fashion fake suicides
to get attention.
Directed by Hal Ashby; music by Cat Stevens; starring Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack,
Charles Tyner, Ellen Geer, Eric Christmas, G. Wood, Judy Engles, Shari Summers, Tom Skerritt & Susan Madigan
"If I Had A Million" [Paramount Dec 1932]
 | An unusual 'anthology' film from Paramount, with seven directors; based on the 1931 novel "Windfall" by Robert Hardy Andrews; an episodic delight, finally available on DVD: A dying millionaire gives money away to strangers chosen from the phone book. (Likely inspiration for the tv show 'The Millionaire'.)
Norman Taurog directed the "Prologue" & "Epilogue" segments; James Cruze directed the "Death Cell" segment; H. Bruce Humberstone directed the "The Forger" segment; Ernst Lubitsch directed the "The Clerk" segment; Norman Z. McLeod directed the "China Shop" & "Road Hogs" segments; Stephen Roberts directed the "Violet" & "Grandma" segments; William A. Seiter directed the "Three Marines" segment; starring Richard Bennett; ensemble cast includes Gary Cooper, Frances Dee, W.C. Fields, Roscoe Karns, Charles Laughton, Jack Oakie, George Raft, Gene Raymond, May Robson & Charlie Ruggles
The DVD is offered for sale at Movies Unlimited (6/2009) but darned if I can find a new link at Amazon! Nostalgia Home Video DVD [2/2007] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
Neil Young's "Journey Through The Past"
[New Line Cinema Nov 1972]
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Fans of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young will of course love it; the visuals are astounding and the music is just plain great: non-objective art from a team of rock artists at the top of their form
Directed by Neil Young (as Bernard Shakey); cinematography by David Myers; featuring David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills & Neil Young DVD & Blu-ray disks finally available on "Neil Young Archives, Volume 1" [2009] {here} W.E.A. Records audio CD [11/95] out of prodn/rare Reprise vinyl LP [1972] 2 disks - out of prodn/rare full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • album entry at Wikipedia |
"King of Hearts" aka "Le Roi de Coeur"
[France Dec 1966, USA June 1967]
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The inmates of an insane asylum get loose, but they may be more sane than the outside world. A delightful, surreal, farcical anti-war fairytale. Directed by Philippe de Broca; starring Alan Bates & Geneviève Bujold; aka "Le Roi de Coeur"
MGM/UA letterbox DVD [4/2001] with Eng/Span/Fr subtitles out of prodn/used MGM/UA widescreen VHS [11/2001] with English subtitles out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Lemonade Joe: A Horse Opera"
[Czechoslovakia 1964, USA 1967]
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I remember this hilarious spoof of the old cowboy silents as being a silent film, perhaps because it was filmed in Czech, with subtitles. The hero, a teetotaling salesman for Kolaloca, wears spotless white even after climbing down a chimney, the bad guys wear black – all the cliches. The creators got it right. Co-written & directed by Oldrich Lipsky
Facets Video b&w DVD [4/2006] for $26.99 Facets Video b&w VHS [3/2002] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"The Madwoman of Chaillot"
[Commonwealth United 1969]
 | This adaptation of Jean Giraudoux's play pits the dotty team of Kate Hepburn, Giulietta Masina, Edith Evans & Margaret Leighton, with help from Danny Kaye and ingenues Richard Chamberlain & Nannete Newman, against titans of the international business world Charles Boyer, Yul Brynner, Oskar Homolka, Paul Henreid, & Donald Pleasance
Directed by Bryan Forbes, and the soundtrack by Michael J. Lewis is especially fine DVD/Blu-ray not available; Warner color VHS video [4/93] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Putney Swope" [Herald/Cinema V July 1969]
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Outrageous is the only word for this jaw-dropper of a satire on the advertising world. The main movie is black-and-white, with color commercials that you will not believe. The bite is still fierce even after almost 40 years.
Written & directed by Robert Downey Sr.; starring Arnold Johnson Rhino Video b&w/color DVD [5/2001] for $17.96 Rhino Video b&w/color VHS [2/95] for $14.95 full credits from IMDb |
Godfrey Reggio's 'Qatsi Trilogy'
IMDb listing •
official website •
Wikipedia
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"Koyaanisqatsi" [1983] / "Powaqqatsi" [1988] DVD 2-pack
Co-written & directed by Godfrey Reggio; music by Philip Glass MGM/UA widescreen DVD [9/2002] 2 disks for $22.49 "Naqoyqatsi: Life Is War" [Miramax/Qatsi Oct 2002]
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more details (synopses, books, posters, music, links) on the
Godfrey Reggio's 'Qatsi Trilogy' Page
"The Red Balloon"
aka "Le Ballon Rouge" [France 1956]
 | Written & directed by Albert Lamorisse; starring Pascal Lamorisse; won the Oscar for Best Screenplay even though there is not one word of dialogue in the film; won BAFTA Special Award
Janus Films & Criterion color DVD [4/2008] for $10.49 Home Vision color VHS [3/96] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb children's book by Albert Lamorisse Doubleday YA 12x8¼ pb [8/78] for $9.71 Doubleday YA 12x8¾ hardcover [8/67] for $11.53 1989 stage musical: book & lyrics by Anthony Clark (music by Mark Vibrans) TCG/Oberon 8¼x5 pb [4/2000] for $16.95 Nick Hern Books hardcover [5/97] out of print/used |
"Whistle Down The Wind" [Rank Orgn. 1961]
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Hayley Mills (barely 14 at time of filming) and two younger siblings discover a man hiding in the barn and think him to be the returned Jesus Christ. Based on Mary Hayley Bell's 1959 novel; made into a 1998 musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber. A stunning film that received four BAFTA nominations. Directed by Bryan Forbes; also starring Bernard Lee & Alan Bates
not available on Region 1 DVD; b&w VHS out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Gigot" [Seven Arts Sept 1962]
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Gleason steps out of his 'Great One' persona to portray a mute janitor in Paris, France where the movie was filmed. Pathos, heroism, and slapstick, very Chaplin-esque.
Directed by Gene Kelly; script by John Patrick & Jackie Gleason; starring Jackie Gleason, with Katherine Kath; Oscar nomination for the music video/DVD/Blu-ray and soundtrack CD not available; full credits at IMDb |
Books & Compilations
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"The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of: Hidden Treasures, Neglected Classics & Hits From By-Gone Eras" [1996] by David N. Meyer St. Martin's Griffin 8¼x5½ pb [12/96] for $11.16 Tandem Library hardcover [7/2003] for $23.90 |
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"Great Movies You've Probably Missed: Videos You've Got To Rent!" [2002] by Ardis Sillick & Michael McCormick Carroll & Graf 8¼x5½ pb [4/2002] for $14.00 |
 | "The 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen" [2003] by Richard Crouse (host of Reel To Real on the Independent Film Channel) E.C.W. Press 8¾x7 pb [9/2003] for $14.00 |
 | "Never Coming To A Theater Near You: A Celebration of A Certain Kind of Movie" [2004] by Kenneth Turan (film critic at the Los Angeles Times since 1991) PublicAffairs bargain-priced 8x5½ pb [11/2005] for $3.34 [sic] PublicAffairs 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2004] for $25.00 |
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"The Complete Idiot's Guide To Classic Movies" [2006] by Lee Pfeiffer
Alpha Books 9x7¼ pb [11/2006] out of print/used thumbnail critiques of over 350 movies from the Silent Era thru 1969, with indexes, appendices, quotes & other lists; movies covered range across "The Birth of A Nation" [1915], "Intolerance" [1916], "Greed" [1924], "The Maltese Falcon" [1941], "The African Queen" [1951], "The Seven Samurai" [1954], "The 400 Blows" [1959], "The Magnificent Seven" [1960], "2001: A Space Odyssey" [1968], "Easy Rider" [1969], and "The Wild Bunch" [1969] |
 | "Weird Cinema: 15 Freaky Flicks, 1938-1968" [2007]
Passport b&w/color DVD compilation [11/2007] 5 disks for $17.99 includes "The Terror of Tiny Town" [1938]: the first (and only) all-midget Western movie; "Child Bride" [1938]; "Hitler: Dead or Alive" [1942]; Oscar-winner "Bill and Coo" [1948]; "Chained For Life" [1951]; "Glen or Glenda" [1953] directed by & starring Ed Wood; "Mesa of Lost Women" [1953] starring Jackie Coogan; "The Killer Shrews" [1959]; "Teenagers From Outer Space" [1959]; "Night Tide" [1961] starring Dennis Hopper & Luana Anders; "Carnival of Souls" [1962]; "Wild Guitar" [1962]; "The Sadist" [1963]; "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians" [1964]; and "Spider Baby" [1968] starring Lon Chaney Jr. & Mantan Moreland |
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"1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 5th Anniversary Edition" [orig 2004, rev 2008] Edited by Stephen Jay Schneider Barron's Educational Series 8¼x6¾ hardcover [10/2008] for $23.10 Cassell Illustrated 8½x6¼ pb [9/2004] out of print/used |
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"America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide To The Landmark Movies In The National Film Registry" [2009] by Daniel Eagan Continuum Publng Group 9¾x7 pb [10/2009] for $17.96 Continuum Publng Group 10x7¼ hardcover [9/2009] for $97.06 |
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"Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies: A Film Critic's Year-Long  Quest To Find The Worst Movie Ever Made" [2010] by Michael Adams, Foreword by George A. Romero Kindle Edition from HarperCollins e-books [1/2010] for $8.79 HarperCollins/It Books 8x5¼ pb [1/2010] for $10.07 |
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