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de niro and grodin at their best

Midnight Run on DVD (1988)
Starring: Yaphet Kotto, Tracey Walter, Joe Pantoliano
Director: Martin Brest
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Director Martin Brest, of Going in Style and Beverly Hills Cop fame, was in charge of Midnight Run. Robert De Niro stars as Jack Walsh, a hard-bitten bounty hunter offered $100,000 to bring in embezzler Jonathan Mardukas (Charles Grodin). Handcuffed to the wimpy Mardukas, Walsh assumes that the ..read more »
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just has everything! classic

The Shawshank Redemption on DVD (1994)
Starring: James Whitmore, Morgan Freeman, Mark Rolston
Director: Frank Darabont
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In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis Red Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most ..read more »
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both thrilling and touching from start to end

Leon on DVD (1994)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Peter Appel, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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English language thriller from Luc Besson, the director of 'Nikita'. Gary Oldman plays Norman Stansfield, a psychotic government official whose actions provide the catalyst for murder on the New York streets. When a young girl named Mathilda (Natalie Portman) witnesses her family being gunned down ..read more »
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two of the best in one of the best westerns ever.so sorry to hear about newman,really sad.

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid on DVD (1969)
Starring: Ted Cassidy, Strother Martin, Paul Newman
Director: George Roy Hill
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Opening with a silent movie of Butch Cassidy's Hole in the Wall Gang, George Roy Hill's comically elegiac Western chronicles the mostly true tale of the outlaws' last months. Witty pals Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (Robert Redford) join the Gang in successfully robbing yet another train with ..read more »
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newman at his best,sad

Cool Hand Luke on DVD (1967)
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Director: Stuart Rosenberg
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Paul Newman was nominated for an Oscar and George Kennedy received one for his work in this allegorical prison drama. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to a stretch on a southern chain gang after he's arrested for drunkenly decapitating parking meters. While the avowed ambition of the captain ..read more »
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just awsome,especially having watched it in the cinema,mindblowing!

Saving Private Ryan on DVD (1998)
Starring: Ted Danson, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diese
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg's Oscar winning, epic, World War 2 drama is set against the backdrop of the Normandy landings. A squad of American soldiers, led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), receive top-level instructions to undertake an unusual mission: to rescue Private James Ryan (Matt Damon), whose ..read more »
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brilliant adventure

The Man Who Would Be King on DVD (1975)
Starring: Doghmi Larbi, Sean Connery, Christopher Plummer
Director: John Huston
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A late-career masterpiece from legendary director/adventurer Huston and adapted from a Rudyard Kipling story, it stars Sir Sean and Michael Caine as a pair of opportunistic Victorian chappies scheming to take over a remote middle-eastern kingdom, with Saeed Jaffrey and Christopher Plummer rounding ..read more »
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best of the lot

The Terminator on DVD (1985)
Starring: Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Director: James Cameron
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Endlessly imitated, The Terminator made the reputation of cowriter/director James Cameron -- who would go on to make 1997's titanic Titanic -- and solidified the stardom of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The movie begins in a post-apocalyptic 2029, when Los Angeles has been largely reduced to rubble and is ..read more »
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just brilliant,why did they have to spoil it with the last three?

Star Wars Trilogy (4 discs) (1977)
Starring: Harrison Ford, David Prowse, Kenny Baker
Director: Irvin Kershner, George Lucas, Richard Marquand
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The first three Star Wars films reworked as creator George Lucas had intended. Using state of the art technology, Lucas and his team cleaned up the prints, updated the special effects and added new footage. Originally released before 'Episode I' the films have been renamed to fit in with Lucas's ..read more »
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a bit weird but very watchable

The Fisher King on DVD (1991)
Starring: Amanda Plummer, Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Terry Gilliam directed this adaptation of Richard LaGravenese's mystical (and mythical) tale of redemption in the hard-time town of New York City. Jeff Bridges is shock radio DJ Jack Lucas, whose low opinion of humanity lends itself well to his radio talk show, where the enmity rubs off on his ..read more »
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