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Star Wars Trilogy

If we can agree there are only really three Star Wars movies (which we do), then Empire Strikes Back is the King, Numero Uno, Top Dog, Big Cheese, Jedi Master of them all.

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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Calamity Jane

This is really an undercover Lesbian movie, isn't it? Is that just me? My first Doris Day movie and still loving it. Don't we all know how it feels not to be the top girl?

Calamity Jane on DVD (1953)
Starring: Chubby Johnson, Philip Carey, Paul Harvey
Director: David Butler
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Doris Day looks no more like the real Calamity Jane than you or I do, but this 1953 film is intended as a lighthearted musical, not a historical tract. As portrayed by the freckled Ms. Day, Jane is a rootin', tootin' shootin' hoyden in the western town of Deadwood. When she isn't tearing up the ..read more »
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Wuthering Heights

It's got lots of weird Seventies angles happening and it's cheesy and dated, but OH! so heartfelt and raw and REAL.

Wuthering Heights on DVD (1970)
Starring: Ian Ogilvy, Anna Calder-Marshall, Judy Cornwell
Director: Robert Fuest
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1970 film version of Emily Bronte's classic novel, directed by Robert Fuest. Anna Calder-Marshall stars as the wild and beautiful Catherine, who forms a strong attachment to the mysterious foundling Heathcliff (Timothy Dalton) after he is taken in by her father (Harry Andrews). When Heathcliff ..read more »
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The Princess Bride

I'm not the first to secrete to this into a list and I won't be the last. And it's completely faithful to the great and original funnies of the book. NOT just for children!

The Princess Bride on DVD (1987)
Starring: Peter Falk, Peter Cook, Billy Crystal
Director: Rob Reiner
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Comical fantasy tale of beautiful princesses, foul villains and dashing heroes from director Rob Reiner. The Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright Penn) is saddened by the disappearance of her true-love Westley (Cary Elwes), and finds that she now has no choice but to become engaged to the evil Prince ..read more »
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The English Patient

A real and brilliant British epic award-winning movie of doomed love. The dress-ripping scene - gasp!

The English Patient on DVD (1996)
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Director: Anthony Minghella
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Anthony Minghella wrote and directed this award-winning adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel about a doomed and tragic romance set against the backdrop of World War II. In a field hospital in Italy, Hana (Juliette Binoche), a nurse from Canada, is caring for a pilot who was horribly burned in a ..read more »
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Mysterious Skin

Joseph Gordon Levitt just comes of age in this small but significant movie about damaged teenagehood.

Mysterious Skin on DVD (2004)
Starring: Brady Corbett, Michelle Trachtenberg, Elisabeth Shue
Director: Gregg Araki
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"The summer I was eight years old, five hours disappeared from my life. Five hours, lost, gone without a trace..." These are the words of Brian Lackey, a troubled 18-year-old, growing up in the stiflingly small town of Hutchinson, KS. Plagued by nightmares, Brian believes that he may have been the ..read more »
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12 Angry Men

How one man's passionate belief in the innocence of another changes the minds of eleven members of a jury. Fonda is utterly compelling.

12 Angry Men on DVD (1957)
Starring: E.G. Marshall, Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Adapted from Reginald Rose's television play, this film marked the directing debut of Sidney Lumet. At the end of a murder trial in New York City, the twelve jurors retire to consider the verdict. The man in the dock is a young Puerto Rican accused of killing his father, and eleven of the twelve ..read more »
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The Emerald Forest

The days before Charley Boorman rode a big bike around the world. This is his dad's best movie - tragic and timely, heartbreaking and beautiful.

The Emerald Forest on DVD (1985)
Starring: Charley Boorman, Meg Foster, Powers Boothe
Director: John Boorman
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The Emerald Forest is based on a true story, as related by Los Angeles Times correspondent Leonard Greenwood. Powers Boothe stars as Bill Markham, a US engineer working on a dam project in the Amazonian jungles. Bill's young son, Tomme (played by director John Boorman's son Charley Boorman) is ..read more »
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The gravel-soaked voice of Jean Reno, the sculpted beauty of Jean-Marc Barr, the determined quirkiness of Rosanna Arquette, the most stunning cinematography ever, haunting underwaterly music... Just dive in.

The Big Blue on DVD (1988)
Starring: Griffin Dunne, Sergio Castellitto, Valentina Vargas
Director: Luc Besson
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A visionary epic of obsession and beauty about Jacques Mayol, the handsome diver who is so at home in the water that he seems only half-human. Jacques' best friends are a family of playful porpoises and Enzo Molinari, his swaggering Italian diving rival. Jacques and Enzo grew up together in the ..read more »
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DiG!

Whether you have heard of the two bands whose stories form the heart of this movie is irrelevant. This is a wonderfully insightful and not a bit sad look inside the misguided nature and wasted talent of one great guitar player. And it has top tunes.

DiG! on DVD (2004)
Starring: The Dandy Warhols, Matt Hollywood, Joel Gion
Director: Ondi Timoner
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Music documentary about the tempestuous relationship between the underground indie bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Kindred spirits when they were starting out together, the documentary charts the breakdown in their relationship as The Dandy Warhols get propelled to chart ..read more »
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