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The first feature film to emerge from Iraq after the American-led take-down of Saddam Hussein, Bhaman Ghobadi`s TURTLES CAN FLY is a profoundly moving reminder that war spares nobody--not even a child--in its horrid wake. Between the borders of Iran and Turkey, the residents of an Iraqi Kurdistan village wait anxiously for the violent arrival of the United States military. Satellite (Soran Ebrahim) is an ambitious adolescent who organizes the clearing of minefields and helps to install equipment that brings news from the outside world to his sheltered community. Meanwhile, three orphans are wandering aimlessly. Agrin (Avaz Latif) is intent on ditching the helpless three-year-old that she and her armless brother Henkov (Hirsh Feyssal) have been caring for. Henkov has the gift of premonition, yet unfortunately all of his visions point towards a tragic end. As the planes arrive and Saddam is removed from power once and for all, these innocent children must still confront the bleak reality that awaits them.Casting nonprofessional actors with actual war-inflicted handicaps and deformities, Ghobadi`s film breathes with an immediacy that makes it impossible to ignore. The heartbreaking performances of the children only add to the film`s power. In refusing to choose a political side and instead taking a humanitarian approach to the subject matter, Ghobadi has delivered a deeply touching condemnation of war that deserves to be seen by audiences all over the world.
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Franco Nero (DJANGO) stars as the title character in this unjustly forgotten spaghetti western from Italian auteur Enzo G. Castellari. Keoma, a half white, half Indian gunfighter, returns to his hometown only to find it overrun by a plague affecting much of the town. Unfortunately, the man running the town, Caldwell, will not let anyone out or any medical supplies in. After saving a beautiful woman (Karlatos) thought to be afflicted, Keoma sets about eradicating Caldwell and his men from his town. Stylish and brutal, director Castellari combines the conventions of the spaghetti western with the slow motion shootouts of Peckinpah, resulting in a wholly unique and entertaining movie.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35:1Audio: Mono - EnglishAdditional Release Materials: Audio Commentary - 1. Enzo G. Castellari - Director, Waylon Wahl - Journalist Interview - 1. Franco Nero - Star Trailers - 1. Theatrical TrailerInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Talent Bios
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When an ex-assassin refuses to kill a government official, he becomes the prime suspect when the target is killed and becomes a fugitive from the police and his former friends. From premier HK action director Lam (CITY ON FIRE, FULL CONTACT, MAXIMUM RISK).DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseChapter SearchTrailersFilmographiesOn/Off English Subtitles
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When Emma Kusters' husband, a low-level factory laborer, snaps on the job, killing his foreman and sacrificing his own body to the machinery, it leaves her alone and the focus of a feud between the liberals and conservatives of the German government. As the political battle heat up, Emma faces the intrusion of a hypocritical leftist couple who insinuates themselves into her life in order to make a political example of her personal loss. Fassbinder's satire of liberal Socialism and his critical view of the German political system in the film was so scathing and controversial that it was banned from the Berlin Film Festival.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseAdditional Release Material: Alternate EndingInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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Jack Palance gives a strong performance--in Spanish--in this stunningly photographed tale of an American in Mexico who is reunited with a lover from years ago. She is now married to a fisherman, who begins to believe that the child their child was actually fathered by foreigner.
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