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Watership Down (Clam) [VHS]

Watership Down (Clam) [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: John Hurt , Richard Briers , Michael Graham Cox , John Bennett , Ralph Richardson
Much like Richard Adams's wonderful novel, this animated tale of wandering rabbits is not meant for small children. It is, however, rich storytelling, populated with very real individuals inhabiting a very real world. The animation is problematic, sometimes appearing out of proportion or just subpar; but it seems to stem from an attempt at realism, something distinguishing the film's characters from previous, cutesy, animated animals. A band of rabbits illegally leave their warren after a prophecy of doom from a runt named Fiver (Richard Briers). In search of a place safe from humans and predators, they face all kinds of dangers, including a warren that has made a sick bargain with humankind, and a warren that is basically a fascist state. Allegories aside, Down is engaging and satisfying, and pulls off the same amazing trick that the novel did--you'll forget that this is a story about rabbits. --Keith Simanton
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Pretty in Pink [VHS]

Pretty in Pink [VHS]

Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Molly Ringwald , Jon Cryer , Harry Dean Stanton , Annie Potts , James Spader
Director: Howard Deutch
The era of Molly Ringwald's profitable collaboration with writer-producer-director John Hughes (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club) was at its peak with this 1986 film (directed by Howard Deutch but in every sense part of the developing Hughes empire). Ringwald plays a high school girl on the budget side of the tracks, living with her warm and loving father (Harry Dean Stanton) and usually accompanied by her insecure best friend (Jon Cryer). When a wealthy but well-meaning boy (Andrew McCarthy) asks her out, her perspective is overturned and Cryer's character is threatened. As was the case in the mid-'80s, Hughes (who wrote the script and produced the film) brought his special feel for the cross-currents of adolescent life to this story. In its very commercial way, it is an honest, entertaining piece about growing pains. The attractive supporting cast (many of whom are much better known now) does a terrific job, and Ringwald and Cryer have excellent chemistry. --Tom Keogh
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55 Days at Peking [VHS]

55 Days at Peking [VHS]

Rated: Unrated
Staring: Charlton Heston , Ava Gardner , David Niven , Flora Robson , John Ireland
Director: Andrew Marton , Guy Green , Nicholas Ray

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Nicholas & Alexandra [VHS]

Nicholas & Alexandra [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Michael Jayston , Janet Suzman , Roderic Noble , Ania Marson , Lynne Frederick
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

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Man of La Mancha [VHS]

Man of La Mancha [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Peter O'Toole , Sophia Loren , James Coco , Harry Andrews , John Castle
Director: Arthur Hiller
It's hard to imagine a finer Don Quixote than Peter O'Toole, who's spent most of his career with a slightly mad, dreaming look in his marvelous eyes. O'Toole's suitability for the role is tested by the Broadway treatment of Man of La Mancha, the film version of the hit stage musical. Everybody knows "The Impossible Dream," that indomitable hymn to, well, quixotic questing, and it is indeed the best of the Spanish-inflected songs. Despite the location shooting in Italy, Love Story director Arthur Hiller can't elude the stagey concept (in which Cervantes, imprisoned by the Inquisition, acts out the tale of Don Quixote for his fellow prisoners). James Coco, as Sancho Panza, is overshadowed by the film's irresistible Dulcinea: Sophia Loren, at her mature peak. (Her singing, alas, is not as ripe as her beautiful self.) If you love Cervantes for his earthy ironies, this movie will seem a curious slice of inspirational shtick. --Robert Horton
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Helen of Troy [VHS]

Helen of Troy [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Stanley Baker , Rossana Podestà , Brigitte Bardot , Jacques Sernas , Cedric Hardwicke
Director: Robert Wise
Homer's Illiad surges to the screen in Helen Of Troy, from the '50s heyday of big-screen spectaculars. Robert Wise (Westside Story, The Sound Of Music) directs this lavish epic capturing some 30,000 people on screen at a then huge cost of $6 million.
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Ruling Class [VHS]

Ruling Class [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Peter O'Toole , Alastair Sim , Arthur Lowe , Harry Andrews , Coral Browne
Director: Peter Medak

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Battle of Britain [VHS]

Battle of Britain [VHS]

Rated: G (General Audience)
Staring: Harry Andrews , Michael Caine , Trevor Howard , Curd Jürgens , Ian McShane
There's something about this film that's so irresistible, despite its grandiose manipulation. Maybe because it recounts the greatest air battle in history, achieving the greatest aerial battle in film history. Maybe because it has such a terrific cast (Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Curt Jurgens, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Patrick, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Robert Shaw, Patrick Wymark, and Edward Fox). Maybe because it's so technically well-made, thanks to the Bond team of producer Harry Saltzman and director Guy Hamilton and the great cinematographer Freddie Young. Or maybe because there is something truly riveting about watching the British kick the Nazis back to Germany. --Bill Desowitz
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The Bastard: Part 1 of the Kent Family Chronicles [VHS]

The Bastard: Part 1 of the Kent Family Chronicles [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Andrew Stevens , Tom Bosley , Kim Cattrall , Buddy Ebsen , Lorne Greene
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Based on John Jakes' best-selling American Bicentennial series. An impoverished young man, Philip Kent and his mother Marie (Patricia Neal) seek to establish his birthright as the son of an English nobleman. But their efforts are thwarted and they flee to colonial America. Seeking a new identity in the land of upportunity, Kent comes in contact with the great figures of the American Revolution, and must choose between an aristocratic English woman (Olivia Hussey) and a spirited American girl (Kim Cattrall) in this fascinating and compelling story set against one of the most exciting periods of American history.
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Story of Jacob & Joseph [VHS]

Story of Jacob & Joseph [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Keith Michell , Tony Lo Bianco , Colleen Dewhurst , Herschel Bernardi , Harry Andrews
Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis

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