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"Captain Corelli’s Mandolin"

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Length: 131 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for some violence, sexuality and language

Starring Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz, this drama is a story about love and war on a small Greek island. A beautiful young Greek woman named Pelagia (Cruz) lives with her father (John Hurt), the island’s physician. As World War II is beginning, she falls in love with a local fisherman named Mandras (Christian Bale), who leaves to fight the Italians. Soon a small Italian force, headed by Captain Corelli (Cage), arrives to occupy the island. The Italians like to sing opera and hang out at the beach with local prostitutes. Corelli is a skilled mandolin player, and he and Pelagia gradually fall in love. But things change drastically when the Italians surrender to the Allies and Germans take over the occupation of the island. Then Mandras returns to the island, and Pelagia and Corelli must make some important decisions.

Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Widescreen Anamorphic Format
  • Director's Commentary

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.


"Ghost World"

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Tagline: "Accentuate the negative."

Length: 111 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong language and some sexual content.

"Ghost World" is an offbeat comedy/drama about an unusual friendship between an alienated teenage girl and an eccentric middle-aged man. After Enid (Thora Birch) finishes her last year of high school, she has no plans for the future. She doesn’t get along well with her father at home, and she has to take a remedial art class from a depressing teacher (Illeana Douglas) in order to graduate. At first Enid spends most of her time hanging out with her friend Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), but then Enid befriends a strange loner named Seymour (Steve Buscemi), a middle-aged man who collects 78 rpm records. As her friendship with Seymour grows, Enid and Rebecca start to drift apart. But somehow her knowing Seymour has brought Enid to a place in her life where she no longer feels hopeless. Ninety-four percent of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes liked "Ghost World."

Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Widescreen

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

Additional Releases of Interest:

"Absolutely Fabulous - Series 4"

Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Full-Screen Format
  • Two-Disc Set
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Full-Screen Format
  • Documentary "Lana Turner: A Daughter's Memoir"
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "Being There" (1979)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Full-Screen Format
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "Klute" (1971)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Widescreen Anamorphic Format
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "The Last Metro" (1980)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Widescreen Letterbox Format
  • Production Notes
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "Saturday Night And Sunday Morning" (1961)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Widescreen
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

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