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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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Jesus of Nazareth (3pc) [VHS]

Jesus of Nazareth (3pc) [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Robert Powell , Olivia Hussey , Laurence Olivier , James Mason , Anne Bancroft
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Originally made for TV in 1977, this in-depth (six hours plus) version of Jesus' life is so thorough that the first hour is devoted solely to the story of his birth. The film doesn't skimp on some of the other landmark events of this famous story either. Director Franco Zeffirelli gives more than 12 minutes screen time each to the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. Passages of the Bible are quoted verbatim, the locations have a Palestine-like authenticity, and, aside from some of the principals (Robert Powell as Jesus, Olivia Hussey as Mary, and Stacy Keach as Barabbas), many of the non-Roman characters are actually played by Semitic-looking actors. Zeffirelli diligently provides the sociopolitical background that gave rise to Jesus' following and the crisis in belief it caused for the people of Israel (and one or two Romans). While not graphic by today's standards, some of the scenes--baby boys being ripped from their mothers' arms and slaughtered, nails being driven into Jesus' hands--may disturb young and/or sensitive children. --Kimberly Heinrichs
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Zeppelin [VHS]

Zeppelin [VHS]

Rated: G (General Audience)
Staring: Michael York , Elke Sommer , Peter Carsten , Marius Goring , Anton Diffring
Director: Etienne Périer
In this 1971 film, fans of lighter-than-air transport are able to experience what it must have been like to operate a "zepp" in wartime. The effects and attention to detail will please even the most jaded aficionado of dirigibles. Unfortunately, the rest of the audience will find Zeppelin wanting. Neither Michael York nor Elke Sommer manages to be very convincing. While Sommer's Frau Altschul is mere window dressing, York seems torn between playing British spy Richter-Douglas as either an inexperienced bumbler or a Bond-like man of action (York's close-quarters combat with a radio operator seems strikingly similar to a fight sequence in From Russia with Love). Despite the problems, the film still somehow manages to satisfy at least 70 percent of the time. And how many recent films can you think of that feature action aboard a World War I zeppelin? --Mark Savary
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Romeo & Juliet (1968) [VHS]

Romeo & Juliet (1968) [VHS]

Rated: G (General Audience)
Staring: Leonard Whiting , Olivia Hussey , John McEnery , Milo O'Shea , Pat Heywood
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was unique in its day for casting kids in the play's pivotal roles of, well, kids. Seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting and 15-year-old Olivia Hussey play the titular pair, the Bard's star-crossed lovers who defy a running feud between their families in order to be together in love. Typically played on stage and in previous film productions by adult actors, the innocent look and rawness of Whiting and Hussey resonated at the time with a burgeoning youth movement from San Francisco to Prague. The tragic romance at the center of the story also clicked with anti-authority sentiments, but even without that, Zeffirelli scores points by validating the ideals and passions of strong-willed adolescents. Less successful are scenes requiring the actors to have a fuller grasp of the text, though the best thing going remains the unambiguous duel between Romeo and Tybalt (Michael York). Lavishly photographed by Pasquale de Santis on location in Italy, this Romeo and Juliet brought a different tone and dimension to a story that had become tiresome in reverential presentations. --Tom Keogh
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Murder on the Orient Express [VHS]

Murder on the Orient Express [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Albert Finney , Lauren Bacall , Martin Balsam , Ingrid Bergman , Jacqueline Bisset
Just the name "Orient Express" conjures images of a bygone era. Add an all-star cast (including Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, and Lauren Bacall, to name a few) and Agatha Christie's delicious plot and how can you go wrong? Particularly if you add in Albert Finney as Christie's delightfully persnickety sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Someone has knocked off nasty Richard Widmark on this train trip and, to Poirot's puzzlement, everyone seems to have a motive--just the setup for a terrific whodunit. Though it seems like an ensemble film, director Sidney Lumet gives each of his stars their own solo and each makes the most of it. Bergman went so far as to win an Oscar for her role. But the real scene-stealer is the ever-reliable Finney as the eccentric detective who never misses a trick. --Marshall Fine
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The Alamo - Thirteen Days To Glory [VHS]

The Alamo - Thirteen Days To Glory [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: James Arness , Brian Keith , Alec Baldwin , David Ogden Stiers , Jim Metzler
Director: Burt Kennedy

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The Return of the Musketeers [VHS]

The Return of the Musketeers [VHS]

Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring: Michael York , Oliver Reed , Frank Finlay , C. Thomas Howell , Kim Cattrall

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X Y & Zee [VHS]

X Y & Zee [VHS]

Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring: Elizabeth Taylor , Michael Caine , Susannah York , Margaret Leighton , John Standing
Director: Brian G. Hutton
The quintessence of '70s dreck, albeit with one and a half feet stuck in the '60s. Swinging London was already a faded memory in 1972 (and the spectacle of Dame Margaret Leighton in a see-through blouse did nothing to inspire nostalgia for it). More to the point, the consider-the-possibilities algebra of the title and the central casting of Liz Taylor as Zee, a game-playing virago of a wife, suggest a wishful revamp of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), without a Richard Burton to supply wit, grace, and feeling. Even Michael Caine, who plays Zee's feckless architect husband, seems to be coasting on rueful memories of Alfie (1965).

Out of bored habit more than passion, Caine erotically targets Susannah York, a vague country wife who may or may not be a widow. They begin an affair. Zee cottons on right away and does her utmost to play both ends against her full-figure-gal middle. Taylor's bitch-queen act lends a certain verve; she barges about the screen in a wardrobe of multicolored, tent-like horrors that suggest, oh, Genghis Khan in Arabia. It's a measure of the film's muddled sense of itself that Zee's early description of her rival--"a soulful slob [who'...
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Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken [VHS]

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken [VHS]

Rated: G (General Audience)
Staring: Gabrielle Anwar , Michael Schoeffling , Cliff Robertson , Dylan Kussman , Kathleen York
Director: Steve Miner
Rarely has a film inspired and captivated audiences quite like the real-life story of Sonora Webster. As a runaway orphan, Sonora (Gabrielle Anwar) gets a job doing cleanup work for Doc Carver's traveling stunt show. Her biggest wish is to become a star "diving girl," but her youth and inexperience stand in the way. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy determination finally convinces Doc (Cliff Robertson) to give her a break. Just when she appears on the brink of stardom, however, a twist of fate threatens to destroy her dream. With the help of a loving friend (Michael Schoeffling, MERMAIDS), Sonora faces her biggest challenge yet to prove to herself and the world that WILD HEARTS CAN'T BE BROKEN!
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Danielle Steel's The Ring [VHS]

Danielle Steel's The Ring [VHS]

Staring: Nastassja Kinski , Michael York , Rupert Penry-Jones , Carsten Norgaard , Tim DeKay
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Director: Armand Mastroianni Genre: Drama Movie Type: Melodrama Themes: Haunted By the Past Main Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Linda Lavin, Michael York, Jon Tenney, James B. Sikking Release Year: 1996 Country: US Run Time: 177 minutes Plot: In this drama, a German woman treasures a ring, the one tie she has left to her life before WWII. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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