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Baltasar Kormakur's 101 REYKJAVIK is a crowd-pleasing comedy that gleefully takes the concept of family dysfunction to an outrageous new level. Hlynur (Hilmer Snaer Gudnason), an unmotivated Icelander with no interests other than watching porn and getting drunk, still lives at home with his sympathetic mother. He has a brief fling with the beautiful Hofy (Thrudur Vilhjalmsdottir), but is too numb to pursue it on any genuine level. The arrival of his mother's friend Lola (Victoria Abril) changes all of that, however. Lola, a flamenco dancer who oozes sexuality, has decided to spend the Christmas holiday at their house. But when Mom leaves to visit a relative on New Year's Eve, the subsequent celebration results in a seemingly unavoidable tryst between Hlynur and Lola. Nothing wrong with that, Hlynur figures; that is, until Mom returns and shares some news that puts a new twist on recent events, throwing Hlynur's life into even greater confusion.Kormakur's refreshing directorial debut, based loosely on a novel by Hallgrimur Helgason, deals with controversial issues in a lighthearted yet matter-of-fact way. Adding to the visual festivities is the film's soundtrack, a collaboration between Blur's Damon Albarn and ex-Sugarcubes member Einar Oorn Benediktsson, which cleverly reworks The Kinks' classic Lola in endlessly different fashions.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseLetterboxed - 1.85Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - IcelandicAdditional Release Material: TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: FilmographiesDVD-ROM Features: Web Links
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Abel Gance, master of large-scale historical epics, focuses on the murderous Italian clan of the Borgias in his renaissance saga LUCREZIA BORGIA. The three children of the corrupted Pope, Alexander VI (Roger Karl)--Cesar (Gabriel Gabrio), a power-hungry barbarian; Jean (Maurice Escande), a jaded, limp-wristed dandy; and the scheming, love-crazed Lucrezia (Edwige Feuillere)--treat 15th-century Rome as their personal debauched playground. When Niccolo Machiavelli (Aime Clariond) decides that savage Cesar is his ideal prince, he begins to influence the Borgia clan to aid a murderous play for domination, his complex scheme depending heavily upon whom Lucrezia chooses to wed. Meanwhile, the Borgia's power begins to slip as the family's increasing outrages are matched by the citizenry's rising disdain. A religious zealot, Savanarole (Antonin Artaud in a small but pivotal role), decries the Borgias' corruption and eventually leads a revolt against the Pope and his brood.The scandalous doings of the Borgias, replete with extravagant orgies, elaborate murders, poisonings, and rapes are compellingly detailed by Gance with his signature stylized editing and evocative cinematography. As in NAPOLEON and BEETHOVEN, Gance uses history as a springboard from which to construct elaborate cinematic visions of the rise and fall of charismatic leaders, doomed geniuses, and beautiful heroines.DVD Features:Region 0Full Frame - 1.33Single Side - Single LayerAudio: Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - FrenchInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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This Korean black comedy is the macabre story of a family who buys a rustic inn in the country. Unfortunately, once the customers start coming, every one of them ends up dying a mysterious death. Panicked, the family tries to cover up the horrible deaths, getting themselves in deeper to a mess that seems only to be getting worse.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseLetterboxedAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - KoreanAdditional Release Material: TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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Chow Yun Fat stars in this tale of a poet approaching death, and reminiscing on his romance with a girl at a young age.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital 5.0 - CantoneseAdditional Release Material: Trailer - 1. Original Trailer
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The sequel to EL TIGRE ENMASCARADO, LA MARCA DE SATANAS also stars Mexican Western star Luis Aguilar. The Zorro-like hero, the Masked Tiger, decides to stay in the town where his brother lived after solving the crime of his murder. But soon afterwards, a group of murderers tries to frame him for a series of crimes. Now, the hero has a new task before him, to catch the villains and prove his innocence. Like its predecessor, LA MARCA DE SATANAS features equal parts action and rancheras (Mexican country music) performance.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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