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Marlon Brando
Born 3 April 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska; died 1 July 2004, in Los Angeles, California
Wise words: "I'm one of those people who believes that if I'm very good in this life I'll go to France when I die."
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Brando trustees sue for leather jacket cash -
25 May 2010
-The trustees of Marlon Brando's estate have filed suit against a clothing company over the unlicensed use of the Brando name in the marketing of a new leather jacket range. -
-Brando Enterprises has filed a lawsuit against Joe's Jeans, seeking compensation for damages
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Coppola blasts Brando's bad reputation -
9 June 2009
-Late acting legend Marlon Brando was a misunderstood eccentric, according to Francis Ford Coppola, the director who knew him best.-
-Coppola cast Brando in two of his most famous roles as mafia boss Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather and Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse No
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Brando returns to the big screen -
19 May 2004
Veteran actor Marlon Brando is set to return to the big screen starring as himself in low-budget project "Brando and Brando".-Details of the £3 million movie were revealed during the Cannes film festival this week.-"Brando and Brando" tells the
Marlon Brando - what members say
review by Zamy from LONDON
19 July 2004
review by from London
Classic, unrivalled superhero epic 22 October 2004
review by Hurdlemagurdle from Scotland
Mesmerising.... 23 July 2004
Marlon Brando - filmography
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Naqoyqatsi
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Elton John, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando/ Elton John
Director: Godfrey Reggio
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In this cinematic concert, mesmerizing images are plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques. The result is a chronicle of the shift from a world organized by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology, the synthetic and the virtual. ..read more »
 
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The Score
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Angela Bassett, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando
Director: Frank Oz
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Professional thief Nick Wells (Robert De Niro) is considering giving up his life of crime when his old fence Max Baron (Marlon Brando) asks him to help steal a priceless sceptre from the city customs house. Nick agrees, treating it as the 'one last job' which will pay for his retirement, but ..read more »
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The Score - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Gary Farmer, Angela Bassett, Edward Norton
Director: Frank Oz
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Professional thief Nick Wells (Robert De Niro) is considering giving up his life of crime when his old fence Max Baron (Marlon Brando) asks him to help steal a priceless sceptre from the city customs house. Nick agrees, treating it as the 'one last job' which will pay for his retirement, but ..read more »
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Free Money
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Mira Sorvino
Director: Yves Simoneau
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Corrupt North Dakota prison warden The Swede (Marlon Brando) tricks a couple of none-too-bright loafers, Bud (Charlie Sheen) and Larry (Thomas Haden Church), into marrying his daughters and then proceeds to terrorise them with his random outbursts. Eager to get away from their maniacal father-in-..read more »
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The Brave
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Max Perlich, Elpidia Carrillo, Marshall Bell
Director: Johnny Depp
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Raphael (Johnny Depp, who also wrote and directed the film) and his family live in a small town just above the poverty line. The only way out of the situation seems to be by earning some fast money; which happens when Raphael meets monstrous snuff movie maker, McCarthy (Marlon Brando) and agrees to ..read more »
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The Island Of Dr Moreau
(1996)
Starring: Mark Dacascos, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk
Director: John Frankenheimer
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On a remote tropical island, Dr. Moreau has appointed himself ruler over a menagerie of genetic mutants fashioned in his gene-splicing chamber of horrors. The products of his misguided attempt to create a more pure human species, the man-beasts worship Moreau as their god and father and live by his ..read more »
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Don Juan DeMarco
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Rachel Ticotin, Bob Dishy, Faye Dunaway
Director: Jeremy Leven
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Marlon Brando plays a psychiatrist whose last case, that of Don Juan, is his most difficult. Don Juan (Johnny Depp) is the world's greatest lover, having seduced over 1000 women, and his amorous tales totally captivate the analyst, re-awakening passions which he thought had been lost forever.
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The Freshman
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Bruno Kirby, B.D. Wong
Director: Andrew Bergman
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In this farcical comedy, Matthew Broderick plays Clark Kellogg, an aspiring director who arrives in New York City to attend film school. However, moments after he arrives in the city, he's robbed by Victor Ray (Bruno Kirby), leaving him no money for the $700 in books required by his instructor, ..read more »
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A Dry White Season
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae
Director: Euzhan Palcy
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Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardeners son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realise his society is built on a pillar of ..read more »
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The Formula
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Marthe Keller, George C. Scott, Marlon Brando
Director: John G. Avildsen
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Political thriller directed by John G. Avildsen, starring George C. Scott and Marlon Brando. Detective Barney Caine (Scott) uncovers a formula that was devised by the Nazis in WW II to make gasoline from synthetic products, thereby eliminating the necessity for oil - and oil companies. When a major ..read more »
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Apocalypse Now Redux
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Albert Hall, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A new cut of the multi-million dollar Vietnam psychedelic epic, with director Francis Ford Coppola adding 55 minutes of deleted scenes. The Vietnam War rages and US Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent on a mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade American officer who has ..read more »
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Superman - Blu-ray
(1978)
Starring: Marc McClure, Terence Stamp, Trevor Howard
Director: Richard Donner
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A baby from the planet Krypton develops superhuman powers under Earth's yellow sun. As an adult (Christopher Reeve) he dons red cape and pants, and flies across the world doing good deeds, whilst also hiding behind the alias of mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent. Fellow journalist Lois Lane (Margot ..read more »
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Superman
(1978)
Starring: Trevor Howar, Marc McClure, Terence Stamp
Director: Richard Donner
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Richard Donner's big-budget blockbuster Superman: The Movie is an immensely entertaining recounting of the origin of the famous comic book character. Opening on Krypton (where Marlon Brando plays Superman's father), the film follows the Man of Steel (Christopher Reeve) as he's sent to Earth where ..read more »
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The Missouri Breaks
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Randy Quaid, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson
Director: Arthur Penn
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A rancher, a rustler, and a regulator face off in Arthur Penn's eccentric western. As a cover for their horse thievery, a gang of Montana rustlers, led by the laid-back Tom Logan (Jack Nicholson), buys a small farm adjacent to the ranch of their latest target/nemesis, Braxton (John McLiam). When ..read more »
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Last Tango in Paris
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: jean-Pierre Leaud, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Maria Schneider
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
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In Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial adult drama, a middle-aged American (Marlon Brando), whose wife has just committed suicide, meets a young French girl (Maria Schneider) when they both view an apartment in Paris at the same time. They begin a strange, anonymous sexual relationship in the empty ..read more »
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The Nightcomers
(1972)
Starring: Harry Andrews, Marlon Brando, Thora Hird
Director: Michael Winner
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Bly House, a turn-of-the-century English estate, provides young Miles and Flora with a home after they are orphaned. However, they only find out about the death of their parents through the gardener Peter Quint (Marlon Brando), who becomes a powerful father figure for them both. As the children ..read more »
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The Godfather
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Richard Conte, James Caan
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola's epic masterpiece features Marlon Brando in his Oscar winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleone's ..read more »
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The Night Of The Following Day
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Richard Boone, Rita Moreno, Marlon Brando
Director: Hubert Cornfield
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Marlon Brando stars as a ruthless kidnapper who, along with his two partners, abducts a young girl in Paris and takes her to a remote Normandy beach house owned by a drug-addicted air stewardess. The gang lie low while they await the delivery of the ransom money, but it is a long time coming and as ..read more »
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Burn
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Sal Marquez, Marlon Brando, Renato Salvatori
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
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British agent provocateur William Walker foments a slave uprising on a Caribbean island of Quemada in the 1840s and then installs his own leader, an illiterate sugar cane cutter. But, when the puppet leader learns that the new masters are no better than the old, Walker must return to the island to ..read more »
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Candy
(1968)
Starring: John Huston, Walter Matthau, Ringo Starr
Director: Christian Marquand, Richard Marquand
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Psychedelic sex comedy, adapted from the satirical novel by Terry Southern. Candy (Ewa Aulin) is a young woman dangerously attractive to older men, none of whom can resit making a fool of themselves trying to seduce her. On a journey of self-discovery she becomes embroiled with Richard Burton's ..read more »
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A Countess From Hong Kong
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Sydney Chaplin, Sophia Loren, Tippi Hedren
Director: Charlie Chaplin
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Romantic comedy and the last film directed by Charles Chaplin. An American diplomat (Marlon Brando) is heading for Hawaii from Hong Kong in order to attempt to patch things up with his estranged wife Martha (Tippi Hedren). His trip soon becomes eventful as he finds a Russian countess, a stowaway, ..read more »
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The Appaloosa
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, Anjanette Comer
Director: Sidney J. Furie
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Marlon Brando plays Matt Fletcher a bone-weary saddle trap, tired of life on the range who wants to settle down and breed horses. His dream is shattered when the prize Appaloosa stallion is stolen by a Mexican bandit.
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The Chase
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Miriam Hopkins, Jane Fonda, Martha Hyer
Director: Arthur Penn
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All hell breaks loose in a Texas town when an escaped convict heads home in Arthur Penn's Southern gothic melodrama. Appointed by local kingpin Val Rogers (E. G. Marshall), benevolent Sheriff Calder (Marlon Brando) manages to keep the peace in Tarl, but the situation starts to fester one Saturday ..read more »
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Morituri
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Marlon Brando
Director: Bernhard Wicki
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Marlon Brando stars in this adaptation of Werner Jeorg Kosa's novel. Set during World War II, an anti-Nazi pacifist on a German freighter (who is seemingly working for the British) turns out to be a double agent who is working for a German spy.
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Bedtime Story
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Dody Goodman, Shirley Jones, David Niven
Director: Ralph Levy
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A black comedy starring Marlon Brando, David Niven and Shirley Jones. The action takes place in a quiet but rich part of Southern France where Lawrence Jameson also know as 'The Prince' (David Niven) has been conning countless women out of their fortunes for years until the arrival of Freddy Benson ..read more »
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The Ugly American
(1963)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church
Director: George Englund
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Taken from a best-selling book, this is an uneven, politically tinged drama by George Englund that does not really follow the book that closely. Marlon Brando is Harrison Carter MacWhite, an ambassador to a Southeast Asian country that goes unnamed but stands in well for Vietnam. There is a growing ..read more »
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Mutiny On The Bounty
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Marlon Brando
Director: Lewis Milestone
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A remake of the classic 1935 film of a voyage from Portsmouth to the South Seas by The Bounty. Animosity grows between Captain Blythe (Trevor Howard) and Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando) during the voyage, reaching a climax when the ship arrives at the island of Tahiti.
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One Eyed Jacks
(1961)
Starring: Slim Pickens, Katy Jurado, Timothy Carey
Director: Marlon Brando
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Western bandit Kid Rio (Marlon Brando) is betrayed by his partner, Dad Longworth (Karl Malden). Escaping from prison, Rio learns that Longworth has become a wealthy and influential lawman. Rio thirsts for revenge, but bides his time, waiting for the right moment to strike. In the meantime, Rio ..read more »
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One Eyed Jacks - Blu-ray
(1961)
Starring: Slim Pickens, Katy Jurado, Timothy Carey
Director: Marlon Brando
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Marlon Brando directs and stars in this western tale of betrayal and revenge. Brando stars as Johnny Rio, a man betrayed by his best friend, Dad, and sentenced to serve five years in prison. On his release he seeks out his nemesis (now sheriff of Monterey) and seduces his step-daughter, leading the ..read more »
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The Fugitive Kind
(1959)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Victor Jory
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Adapted from Tennessee Williams' play 'Orpheus Descending', this US drama stars Marlon Brando as drifter Val Xavier. Arriving in a small town Val gets a job working for miserable shopkeeper Lady Torrance (Anna Magnani) and later begins an affair with her while her cruel husband Jabe (Victor Jory) ..read more »
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Due for release on 27th May 2013
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Sayonara
(1957)
Starring: Martha Scott, James Garner, Miyoshi Umeki
Director: Joshua Logan
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Nominated for 10 Oscars and winning 4, this is a beautifully portrayed film which depicts the racism on both sides at the time of a Korean conflict. Marlon Brando is an army major who falls for a Japanese dancer and faces fierce opposition from both the American and the Japanese authorities when he ..read more »
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Guys And Dolls
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: B. S. Pully, She, Vivian Blaine
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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A romantic gangster musical starring Frank Sinatra and a singing Marlon Brando. Nathan Detroit (Sinatra) is a New York gambler who needs $1000 in order to stage a big game during the Prohibition era. To get the money, he issues a typically enigmatic challenge to master gambler Sky Masterson (Brando)..read more »
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The Wild One
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Hugh Sanders, Petty Maley, Jay C. Flippen
Director: Laslo Benedek
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What are you rebelling against? asks someone. What've you got? responds surly, leather-jacketed motorcycle punk Marlon Brando. It comes as a disappointment to discover that The Wild One, the quintessential Brando rebel film, is at base a traditional misunderstood youth vs. the nasty system effort, ..read more »
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On The Waterfront - Blu-ray
(1954)
Starring: John Hamilton, Pat Hingle, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan directs this 1950s crime drama starring Marlon Brando. Ex-boxer Terry Malloy (Brando) becomes involved in corrupt dockside politics through his lawyer brother Charley (Rod Steiger), who works for gangster union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb). When Terry witnesses the murder of a ..read more »
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On The Waterfront
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: John Hamilton, Pat Hingle, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan directs this 1950s crime drama starring Marlon Brando. Ex-boxer Terry Malloy (Brando) becomes involved in corrupt dockside politics through his lawyer brother Charley (Rod Steiger), who works for gangster union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb). When Terry witnesses the murder of a ..read more »
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Viva Zapata
(1952)
Starring: Harold B. Gordon, Anthony Quinn, Lou Gilbert
Director: Elia Kazan
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Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Elia Kazan, this film follows the life of Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando) from his peasant upbringing, through his rise to power in the early 1900s, to his death. The film presents an interesting but fictionalized picture of ..read more »
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A Streetcar Named Desire
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Nick Dennis, Rudy Bond, Wright King
Director: Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan's screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams' successful Broadway play. Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) travels to New Orleans to visit her pregnant sister, Stella (Kim Hunter). Stella's husband, Stanley (Marlon Brando), resents Blanche's presence, and is unhappy when she begins seeing his ..read more »
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The Men
(1950)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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Wounded veterans struggle as they must survive in post-war America, faced with the everyday difficulties of being handicapped as well as the prejudice they face due to their condition.
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The Godfather Trilogy - Blu-ray
(4 discs)
Starring: Talia Shire, James Caan, Al Pacino
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Collection of all three movies of the award-winning trilogy 'The Godfather', directed and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola and based on the successful novel by Mario Puzo. Beginning with 'The Godfather' (1972), in late 1940s New York, Mafia 'Godfather' Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) gathers his ..read more »
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The D-Day Sixth Of June
on DVD
Starring: Robert Taylor, May Britt, Richard Todd
Director: Henry Koster, Edward Dmytryk
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In this electrifying film, Robert Taylor portrays Captain Brad Parker, an American officer on the front lines on June 6. 1944, D-Day, when 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes and 4,000 ships will come together to invade Normandy and determine the world's future. And since Parker and his commander (Richard ..read more »
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Marlon Brando facts
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... their exploits looks very tame today. The main interest is the performance of Marlon Brando in the title role. He certainly looks good in his leathers: a rather camp gay ...
