Shout! Factory (Firm)
41) The Chosen
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Set in the Brooklyn of the 1940s, the film elucidates the friendship between two young Jews of differing factions. Danny is Hassidic, while Reuven is a Zionist. Though separated ideologically, the boys find a common bond through their love of stickball.. Based on a novel by Chaim Potok, The Chosen has become an annual Hannukah-season TV attraction in many cities; years after its release, the film served as the basis for a short-lived Broadway musical.....
42) Tomorrow
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Framed in flashback, the film explores the personal reasons that a semi-literate farmer is the lone jury holdout in the guilty verdict for a young killer on trial. We learn in a gradually unfolding fashion that the boy is the son of a woman with whom the farmer had had an intense personal involvement some twenty years earlier. However, their relationship was damaged by the woman's family, who come looking to bring her back home..
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Karchy Jonas was born in Hungary and immigrated to Cleveland in the early 1960s, where he felt adrift in a strange sea of American culture. At home, his stern father insists that he adhere to traditional Hungarian ways. Karchy's only respite is the rock & roll he adores. A year before he arrived, flashy, failed disc jockey Billy Magic rolled into town and became the host of the High School Hall of Fame contest, something that Karchy decides he must...
44) Alan and Naomi
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Alan is a typically streetwise Brooklyn teenager of the 1940s. Naomi is a French-Jewish refugee of Nazi oppression, recently moved into the apartment above Alan's. Ever since witnessing the murder of her father, Naomi has remained in a catatonic state. Alan's well-meaning efforts to help the girl at first seem to do more harm than good.. But eventually the boy's sincerity and hitherto untapped compassion win out, and the two young people form a strong,...
45) The Very Edge
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Tracey is pregnant and happily married to Lawrence, an architect. She has few cares in the world until the day a maniac breaks into the house, rapes her, and ultimately causes her to miscarry. Tracey falls to pieces and is so affected by the encounter she finds men repulsive, including her husband. Her attitude does not soften with time, and sooner rather than later, her husband takes up with his secretary. But in the meantime, the Scotland Yard detective...
46) Class of 1984
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Andrew Norris is a new teacher in an inner city high school that is like nothing he has ever seen before. This school is so dangerous that the students have to go through a metal detector at the front door and almost everything is run by a punk posse lead by a delinquent named Peter Stegman. Soon, Norris and Stegman clash and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business..
47) The Stunt Man
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Running from the law, Vietnam vet Cameron stumbles on a movie shoot just in time to interfere with a staged accident, causing the stunt man's death. Rather than turn Cameron in, director Eli Cross makes him an offer he can't refuse: replace the dead stunt man in return for safe harbor. Despite objections about Cameron's inexperience, Eli keeps him on, figuring that a vet will add an extra charge of realism to the World War I opus that he's filming.....
48) Heartland
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A woman arrives at the property of a reclusive Scottish famer to work as his housekeeper. Paid near-starvation wages, she continues working day and night, hoping to use her savings to ensure a bright future for her 10-year-old daughter.. Touched by her diligence, the farmer slowly falls in love with the woman, and after seeing her and her child through the torturous Wyoming winter, he marries her - but their union gets off to a shaky start and threatens...
49) Kit Carson
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The legendary frontiersman Kit Carson and his two pals are attacked by Indians. They manage to escape unscatched and make their way to Fort Bridger, where Captain John "Frontier" Fremont hires Carson to guide a wagon train westward. The plot thickens when both Carson and Fremont fall in love with pretty Dolores Murphy, but all misunderstandings and rivalries are forgotten as the two heroes fight shoulder to shoulder against another Indian attack.....
50) Seize the Day
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The time is the success-driven '50s; Tommy Wilhelm is a middle-aged man who has just lost his salesman's job. Margaret, his wife, is on the verge of divorce and fully intends to take him to the cleaners whether he has an income or not. Doctor Adler, Tommy's judgmental father, cannot abide having a failure in the family and refuses to lend his son a single penny.. In desperation, Tommy heads to New York City, where his old wheeler-dealer pal Dr. Tamkin...
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Independent film director Nick Reve (Steve Buscemi) is making his first feature. Everything that can go wrong does: the rebellious catering crew refuses to replace spoiled milk, his actors are flakey and getting an unspoiled take is nearly impossible. Tension between lead actress Nicole (Catherine Keener) and actor Chad (James LeGros), who have just slept together, contributes to the many problems on set. As money and time run out, Nick struggles...
52) Traveller
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A clan of Irish-American con artists live in a secluded compound and have their own time-honored customs. Pat returns to the hideout for the funeral of his father, who irked the clan by marrying an outsider. Because his mother is not Irish, the compound's boss, Jack Costello, tells him that he's no longer welcome; but Bokky takes the younger man under his wing and teaches him the clan's trade.. Bokky specializes in cheating homeowners by charging...
53) Miss Firecracker
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Carnelle Scott is best-known in her hometown of Yazoo City, MS, for her unrepentant promiscuity. An orphan taken in by her genteel relatives, she idolizes her older cousin, Elain Rutledge, a former Fourth of July "Miss Firecracker" contest winner who is taking time out from her life as a pampered wife in Atlanta to give a speech on "My Life as a Beauty" at this year's pageant.. Determined to follow in Elain's footsteps, Carnelle puts a damper on her...
54) Dreamscape
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The US President is about to be assassinated in a dream where there is no morning after. Only one man can save him -- a man who must plunge himself into the President's horrendous nightmare. Alex Gardner is a psychically gifted young man recruited to help Dr Paul Novotny and the beautiful Dr Jane DeVries in an experiment to help patients disturbed by menacing nocturnal illusions.. But corrupt high ranking government official Bob Blair has darker plans...
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Penelope Spheeris' THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION was perceived as shocking and outrageous at the time of its original release in 1981 and its two follow-up films were no less extraordinary and revealing. Today, museums and educational institutions around the world present them as a historically significant works of art. Featuring some of the most influential and innovative musicians and groups of all time – Germs, Black Flag, X, Fear, Circle...
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On Sesame Street, you can count on your friends and count with them, too! Join Elmo, Abby, Cookie Monster, and more as they sing, play, and laugh their way from one to twenty. Learning numbers has never been more fun, or more furry! Animations, songs, and other favorite moments from recent seasons make counting as easy as, well, one, two, three! Learning numbers along with little ones are Elvis Costello who wants to count to ten but is missing an...
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Holidays are a special time to celebrate and spend with the people you love! Learn all about holidays with everyone's favorite furry friends, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, and more! With over two hours of songs, stories, and specials, little ones will have the best time singing, learning, and laughing along with their pals from Sesame Street. Featuring songs with Grammy Award winners Andersen .Paak and Leon Bridges.