John Phillips
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English
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Following the dramatic finale of Season three, Oxford's finest are picking up the pieces of their personal and professional lives. DC Endeavour Morse awaits the result of his Sergeant's Exam, while DI Fred Thursday and his wife Win struggle to cope with their children flying the nest. Sam gone to the Army and the traumatized Joan, gone off to who knows where? There are even greater challenges still to face.
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English
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Prince Siegfried sees a swan on the lake who turns into the enchanted princess Odette. She can only be saved by the true love of another. This the Prince promises her, but he is tricked by a wicked magician who disguises his daughter as the swan-maiden. Siegfried and his love leap to their death thus destroying the evil power of the magician.
63) Julius Caesar
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English
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A studio performance of one of Handel's best known operas by the English National Opera. The Opera, a tale of love and power based on Shakespeare's play, was first performed in 1724 at the Haymarket Theatre in London using castrati singers in the heroes roles. This production follows modern practice in using women in these parts, and in particular, Dame Janet Baker creates the virtuoso role of Julius Caesar.
64) Brewster McCloud
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Brewster McCloud is a strange young man who lives under the roof of the Houston Astrodome and is secretly building a pair of giant wings. A ruthless killer is on the loose in Houston, and some of the city's richest and most illustrious citizens are among the victims. Is it the killer's bizarre trademark or merely a coincidence that each corpse is marked with bird droppings?
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Criterion collection volume 168
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English
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Concert film documenting the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967, with live performances, interviews, photos, and more.
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English
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Funny Car Summer has the look and feel of the era of its creation--during the good old days when racing was not a job but an avocation pursued by dedicated amateurs. The film follows Jim Dunn, an Orange County firefighter who took summers off to go racing, around the country with his family for the 1973 season. There are challenges on and off the track, legendary drag racing figures like Gene Snow, Billy Meyer, Linda Vaughn, and track announcer...
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English
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This gun for hire (1 hr., 21 min.): Double-crossed by his boss, a hit man vows revenge and finds himself involved with a sultry nightclub singer who has motives of her own.
The glass key (1 hr., 26 min.): A loyal right-hand man must endure gangsters, the police and the advances of his boss' fiancee as he searches for a killer.
Double indemnity (1 hr., 48 min.): An insurance salesman and an unhappy wife conspire to murder her husband and collect...
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"In " Warped Notions, " written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he's accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine's help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as...