Ennio Morricone
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Directed by Enzo G. Castellari (The inglorious bastards), Cold eyes of fear is a stylish giallo in the form of a home invasion thriller, laced with hallucinatory imagery and backed with an edgy score by legendary composer Ennio Morricone. An ex-con abducts the nephew of the judge who put him behind bars, and holds the nephew and his beautiful companion (Giovanna Ralli) hostage in their home. But the criminal's carefully-planned revenge runs off the...
Publisher
Audiovisiva
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Italiano
Description
Boston, Massachusetts, 1920. Two Italians, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were sentenced to death, the only crime they were guilty of was of being anarchists. The whole world stood up, the people crowded into the town squares, not just the lives of two men were at stake but also the beliefs which they represented. Millions of voices in many languages were raised in protest. They sought justice for Sacco and Vanzetti, but nothing could save...
Series
Criterion collection volume 249
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
Français
Description
Dramatizes the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately...
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003], c1969
Language
English
Description
A plains drifter cowboy single-handedly rescues a local nun from a gang of attackers. After meeting a band of Mexican revolutionaries, who are resisting the French occupation of Mexico, the cowboy and Sister Sara decide to join forces with the freedom fighters and set off on a deadly mission to capture the enemy's garrison. But along the way the soft spoken hero discovers that the nun is not what she seems
9) The mission
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
An epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield the Guarani South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires
10) Hamlet
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the remote desert of New Mexico, “The Manhattan Project” is materializing – the World War II effort to build the atomic bomb. **Oscar**-winner Paul Newman (*Hud*, *Nobody’s Fool*) stars as General Leslie Groves, the military man in charge of a massive project that will produce two weapons: “Fat Man” and “Little Boy.” Nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"A singular, powerful experience."...
12) Burn!
Publisher
Distributed by Sony Home Entertainement
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Sir William Walker is sent to secure a plantation at a Portuguese colony. While there he befriends Jose and Teddy, and plants the seeds of revolution in their heads. Years later he must go back and stop the revolution that he helped begin
13) Mission to Mars
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
NASA launches a Mars Recovery Mission to investigate and bring back survivors from the first manned mission to Mars which has mysteriously disappeared.
14) Days of heaven
Language
English
Description
A moving story about two men who love the same woman. A fugitive from the slums of Chicago finds himself pitted against a shy, rich Texan for the love of Abby.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive Daisy race toward the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Daisy to justice. Losing their lead on the blizzard, they seek refuge at Minnie's, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie's, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our travelers come...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Through colleagues' accounts and computer animated recreations of his work, this documentary explores the genius of the Dutch graphic artist. Learn about the man behind the intricate and mysterious designs and his sources of inspiration for them.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Italiano
Description
Irena is a mysterious Ukrainian woman with a secret who works her way into the lives of an Italian, affluent young family. She stops at nothing to become the couple's trusted maid and beloved nanny to their fragile young daughter. But deep cracks underneath Irena's dedication soon become apparent as her horrific past and chilling obsession are revealed
Language
English
Formats
Description
A restored version of the spaghetti western tale of greed, revenge and epic warfare. Three ruthless outlaws avidly search for a treasure chest containing Civil War gold. The secret of its location is parceled out among them so they know that they will remain alive until the treasure is found. Then it is likely that each of them will try to kill the others.
19) Duck you sucker
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Juan Miranda (Steiger) is a cigar-chomping, salt-of-the-earth peasant with a Robin Hood heart. John Mallory (Coburn) is a dynamite-tossing Irish revolutionary who has fled to Mexico to practice his skills. Together, they're a devilishly volatile mix of anti-establishment philosophies and violent tendencies as they attempt to liberate political prisoners, defend their compatriots against a well-equipped militia and risk their lives on a train filled...