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ACE IN THE HOLE
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Also known as The Big Carnival, this mercilessly cynical Billy Wilder picture stars Kirk Douglas as a bitter reporter who exploits the "human interest story" of a man trapped in a collapsed mine, turning it into a media circus for his own personal gain. It doesn't take much to figure out what the film is saying (more like shouting) about American culture. An Oscar nominee for Best Story and the winner of the International Award at the 1951 Venice Film Festival. With Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, and Porter Hall. Billy Wilder---USA---1951---111 mins.
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BEN-HUR (50TH ANNIVERSARY ULTIMATE COLLECTOR'S EDITION)
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Winner of 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Charlton Heston), and Best Music Score (Miklos Rozsa). This is an epic spectacle concerning a prince of Judea who incurs the wrath of the Roman Empire, filmed previously in a similarly massive 1925 feature. The famous chariot race required a year of film preparation and lasts nearly 20 minutes. "The most tasteful and visually exciting film spectacle yet produced by an American company" (Albert Johnson, Film Quarterly).
William Wyler---USA---1959---212 mins.
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BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE
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This insightful portrait of small-town American life focuses on three WWII servicemen as they try to pick up the threads of their lives after returning home.
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BIG COUNTRY (PECK)
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Gregory Peck is the retired sea captain who comes to marry Carroll Baker, but is instead thrown into a battle against Burl Ives and his sons over water rights. Ives won an Oscar as the patriarch; Charlton Heston delivers a strong performance as the ranch foreman. A brilliant musical score by Jerome Moross. William Wyler---USA---1958---166 mins.
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CARRIE (OLIVIER)
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Laurence Olivier and Jennifer Jones star in this story of a middle-aged man who risks his marriage and wealth for the love of young beauty. Based on Theodore Dreiser's famous novel, Sister Carrie. "Graced by one of Olivier's finest screen performances" (Pauline Kael). William Wyler---USA---1952---118 mins.
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CHILDREN'S HOUR
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Lillian Hellman's classic play about two teachers who are accused of lesbianism by a student receives powerful treatment from stars Shirley MacLaine, Audrey Hepburn and James Garner. William Wyler adapted the play previously in 1936's These Three. William Wyler---USA---1961---107 mins.
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COLLECTOR
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This mod adaptation of the John Fowles novel by veteran director Wyler is an effective psychological thriller about a psychotic butterfly collector, played by Terence Stamp, who kidnaps an art student (Samantha Eggar) and keeps her as a human specimen. Eggar won a Golden Globe and was Oscar-nominated for her William Wyler---USA---1965---119 mins.
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COUNSELLOR AT LAW
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John Barrymore stars as a Jewish lawyer from humble origins who finds himself oppressed by his materialistic wife and criticized by his mother for turning his back on his roots. When a scandal threatens his career, the personal and professional pressures lead the lawyer to consider suicide. Bebe Daniels co-stars as the faithful secretary who may offer him salvation. Pauline Kael wrote that this comedy-drama shows Barrymore at his best in "one of the few screen roles that reveal his measure as an actor." Also starring Melvyn William Wyler---USA---1933---82 mins.
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DEAD END (BOGART)
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Humphrey Bogart is the young man who has grown up knowing only one kind of law--his own. Sylvia Sidney is the sensitive young woman who falls for touchy but tender Joel McCrea in this tense film, set on New York's turbulent Lower William Wyler---USA---1937---92 mins.
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DESPERATE HOURS
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Based on Joseph Hayes' novel and the Broadway play, an all-star cast of Humphrey Bogart, Frederic March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott and Gig Young star in this tour-de-force inspired by actual events. Bogart is an escaped con who has nothing to lose. March is a suburban Everyman who has everything to lose--his family is held hostage by Bogart. As The Desperate Hours tick by, the two men square off in a battle of wills and cunning that tightens into a fear-drenched finale. William Wyler---USA---1955---112 mins.
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DETECTIVE STORY
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Based on Sidney Kingsley's play, this 1951 classic shows an event filled day at a single police precinct. Detective James MacLeod is not afraid to use strong armed tactics on criminals and witnesses alike to bring about justice. However, his personal code is becoming twisted as he stumbles upon the case of an abortion doctor whom he discovers performed a procedure on his own wife. When he discovers who the father is, the film races towards the climax of the couple's intense personal conflict. William Wyler---USA---1951---103 mins.
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DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER
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This DVD includes an in-depth look at one of the most meticulous craftsman of Hollywood's golden age as well as an early example of his work. Directed by William Wyler (Aviva Slesin, 1986, 60 mins.) covers the career of the director of The Best Years of Our Lives, Mrs. Miniver, Ben-Hur and other classics, with Audrey Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Bette Davis, Barbra Streisand and others sharing their memories of the man and his films. The Love Trap (Wyler, 1929, 71 mins.) stars Laura La Plante in a light-hearted far ce about a plucky chorus girl who marries into a snooty society family. This film has both sound and silent scenes. Aviva Slesin/William Wyler---USA---1986/1929---131 mins.
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DODSWORTH
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Sam Dodsworth, a recently retired industrialist, sets off to Europe with his young wife, Fran. In Paris, Fran's yearning for romance leads her into an open flirtation with an attractive gentleman. Tormented by his wife's actions, Dodsworth begins a search for the happiness which seems to have eluded him. With Walter Huston, Mary Astor, Ruth Chatterton and David Niven. Digitally William Wyler---USA---1936---101 mins.
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FIGHTING LADY ( USS YORKTOWN )
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Director William Wyler (who had the rank of Lieutenant Colonel during the war) made three of the best flag-waving documentaries of the WWII era: Memphis Belle, Thunderbolt, and this Academy Award-winning feature. Followin g the action on board a Navy aircraft carrier, the film is narrated by Robert William Wyler---USA---1944---60 mins.
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FRIENDLY PERSUASION
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Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire and Anthony Perkins star in William Wyler's classic film treatment of Jessamyn West's novel about a Quaker family who has their pacifist beliefs put to the test as the violence of the Civil War intrudes upon their lives. Nominated for six Academy Awards and winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. William Wyler---USA---1956---138 mins.
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FUNNY GIRL
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Barbra Streisand made her Oscar-winning film debut in this screen biography of entertainer Fanny Brice. She sings, dances and roller-skates her way to the top of the show business ladder. There is no doubt about it, a star is born, so please don't rain on her parade. With Omar Sharif, Anne Francis, Kay Medford, and Walter Pidgeon. "Her singing and her acting seem to spring from the same place, although there's nothing monotonous or predictable about either of them...It's a cross between confidence and vulnerability that's hard for an actress to pull off, but Streisand hits the note perfectly" (Stephanie William Wyler---USA---1968---147 mins.
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GOOD FAIRY, THE
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Preston Sturges wrote the screenplay for this delightful romantic comedy, based on a play by Ferenc Molnar. Margaret Sullavan stars as a young woman who leaves a girls' orphanage to take a job as a movie theater usherette. Millionaire Frank Morgan pursues her, but she fends him off by claiming to be married. Herbert Marshall is the unsuspecting fellow passed off as her husband, and Sullavan uses her influence over Morgan to help him in his career. "...enlivened by Sturges's wicked sophistication and sardonic digs at class pretensions...Sullavan's blend of determination and vulnerability is incandescent" (Ted Shen, Chicago Reader). William Wyler---USA---1935---97 mins.
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HEIRESS, THE
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William Wyler directed Olivia de Havilland and an all-star cast in this Oscar-winning classic. De Havilland is the homely, awkward girl who falls in love with the dashing fortune hunter. With brilliant performances by Montgomery Clift and Ralph Richardson, musical score by Aaron Copeland. Based on Washington Square by Henry James. William Wyler---USA---1949---115 mins.
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HOLLYWOOD SCREEN LEGENDS SET
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A host of Hollywood greats, including Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and Montgomery Clift, appear in three classic films from the early 1950s. A Place in the Sun (George Stevens, 1951, 121 mins.) is based on Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. Clift stars as a poor boy driven by the lure of wealth, with his success threatened by complications from his simultaneous affairs with a factory girl and a socialite. Elizabeth Taylor co-stars. Roman Holiday (William Wyler, 1953, 118 mins.) is a classic Hollywood love story starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, about a rebellious princess who runs away to discover the joys of independent living and embarks on a romance with a reporter. Finally, To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955, 106 mins.) is a suspenseful but light-hearted George Stevens/William Wyler/Alfred Hitchcock---USA---1951-1955---345 mins.
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JEZEBEL (DAVIS/FONDA)
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Bette Davis won an Oscar for her performance as the tempestuous Southern belle who manipulates the men in her life. Her engagement to Henry Fonda is broken off due to her insensitivity, and when he returns married, her ruthless jealousy explodes. William Wyler---USA---1938---105 mins.
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