The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Tomas, 1988)
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Gandhi [DVD](1982) DVD An epic masterpiece that won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actor and Director. Ben Kingsley turns in a commanding performance as Mahatma Gandhi, spiritual leader of the people of India, a peaceful man who taught tolerance and non-violence in frenzied times. Richard Attenborough directs. Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, and Martin Sheen. 190 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; filmographies; newsreel footage; interview; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailer.
The River [DVD](1984) DVD The endless struggle of man versus the land is the theme for this rural drama, with Sissy Spacek and Mel Gibson as a farm couple who must face floods and a government bureaucracy in order to save their crops. Scott Glenn co-stars. 124 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: Spanish; biographies; theatrical trailer.
My Beautiful Laundrette [DVD](1985) DVD A Pakistani youth living in London starts working for his businessman uncle and is given a laundromat that he, along with his English male lover, renovates into a neighborhood landmark. Director Stephen Frears' offbeat, seriocomic look at modern British society stars Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis, Saeed Jaffrey. 93 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; theatrical trailer.
A Room With A View [DVD](1986) DVD A delightful tale of Victorian romance and British conceit, concerning the interwoven lives and loves of a group of English tourists on holiday in Italy and their reunion back home. Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands and Daniel Day-Lewis star. Oscar-winning adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel from Ismail Merchant and James Ivory. 117 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary; interviews; biographies; photo gallery; more. Two-disc set.
Stars And Bars [VHS](1988) VHS Witty ``culture clash'' comedy stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a British art dealer who must negotiate the purchase of a valuable Renoir from a bizarre backwoods Georgia family. With Martha Plimpton, Joan Cusack and Harry Dean Stanton. 94 min. Manufacturer: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. This tape is previously viewed. Box condition: B. Tape appearance: B. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
My Left Foot [DVD](1989) DVD The acclaimed true story of Christy Brown, an Irish artist and writer who refused to let the cerebral palsy that crippled him since birth make him a prisoner of his own body. Daniel Day-Lewis earned an Academy Award as Brown, as did co-star Brenda Fricker. With Ray McAnally, Hugh O'Connor. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: French, Spanish; featurettes; photo gallery.
The Last Of The Mohicans [VHS](1992) VHS The American wilderness of the 1750s is the setting for director/co-scripter Michael Mann's grand adaptation of the James Fenimore Cooper adventure classic. Daniel Day-Lewis stars as frontier scout Hawkeye, defending a band of British settlers from attack during the French and Indian Wars. With Madeleine Stowe, Wes Studi, Russell Means. 114 min. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
The Last Of The Mohicans [DVD](1992) DVD The American wilderness of the 1750s is the setting for director/co-scripter Michael Mann's grand adaptation of the James Fenimore Cooper adventure classic. Daniel Day-Lewis stars as frontier scout Hawkeye, defending a band of British settlers from attack during the French and Indian Wars. With Madeleine Stowe, Wes Studi, Russell Means. 114 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; interactive menus; scene access.
In The Name Of The Father [DVD](1993) DVD Intense, true-life account of Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis), a rebellious young Belfast native who, along with several members of his family, is wrongly convicted for the 1974 IRA bombing of an English pub. Conlon spends 15 difficult years in prison--many in a cell with his estranged father (Pete Postlethwaite)--before a crusading lawyer (Emma Thompson) has his case reviewed in court. Directed and co-scripted by Jim Sheridan ("My Left Foot"). 133 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: Spanish; biographies.
The Age Of Innocence [DVD](1993) DVD Set against the backdrop of New York society of the 1870s, Martin Scorsese's lavish filming of Edith Wharton's classic novel stars Daniel Day-Lewis as an aristocrat lawyer who questions his wedding plans when he falls for fiancee Winona Ryder's cousin, the Countess Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer), an American fleeing her disastrous marriage to a European nobleman. 138 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai; filmographies; theatrical trailers.
The Crucible [DVD](1996) DVD Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for director Nicholas Hytner's acclaimed adaptation of his allegorical drama set during the Salem Witch Trials in 17th-century Massachusetts. A young girl's spurning by her married lover leads to accusations of witchcraft, and soon an entire village is gripped in a fever of hysteria, bigotry and fear. Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Joan Allen, and Paul Scofield star. 123 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; "making of" featurette; interviews; theatrical trailer.
The Boxer (DTS) [DVD](1997) DVD Turning his attention again to the ongoing turmoil in Northern Ireland, director/co-writer Jim Sheridan ("In the Name of the Father") reteams with star Daniel Day-Lewis for this compelling story of an amateur fighter and ex-IRA member who returns to his Belfast home after 14 years in prison. Looking to resume his ring career--and his romance with married ex-lover Emily Watson--Day-Lewis' plans to reopen the local gym as a boxing club for Catholic and Protestant boys rouses the anger of IRA headliners. Brian Cox, Gerard McSorley also star. 114 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, DTS 5.0.
The Boxer [VHS](1997) VHS Turning his attention again to the ongoing turmoil in Northern Ireland, director/co-writer Jim Sheridan ("In the Name of the Father") reteams with star Daniel Day-Lewis for this compelling story of an amateur fighter and ex-IRA member who returns to his Belfast home after 14 years in prison. Looking to resume his ring career--and his romance with married ex-lover Emily Watson--Day-Lewis' plans to reopen the local gym as a boxing club for Catholic and Protestant boys rouses the anger of IRA hardliners. Brian Cox, Gerard McSorley also star. 114 min. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
The Boxer [DVD](1997) DVD Turning his attention again to the ongoing turmoil in Northern Ireland, director/co-writer Jim Sheridan ("In the Name of the Father") reteams with star Daniel Day-Lewis for this compelling story of an amateur fighter and ex-IRA member who returns to his Belfast home after 14 years in prison. Looking to resume his ring career--and his romance with married ex-lover Emily Watson--Day-Lewis' plans to reopen the local gym as a boxing club for Catholic and Protestant boys rouses the anger of IRA headliners. 114 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.0, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: Spanish; audio commentary; documentary; biographies; deleted scenes; production notes; theatrical trailer; alternate ending.
Gangs Of New York [DVD](2002) DVD Ethnic animosity, gang wars and street violence aren't a recent New York City development, as seen in Martin Scorsese's sprawling historical saga. Set in the strife-torn Five Points neighborhood of 1860s Manhattan, the film follows Irish-American Leonardo DiCaprio as he works his way into the confidence of anti-immigrant gang leader Daniel Day-Lewis--who killed DiCaprio's father 20 years earlier--in order to gain revenge. Cameron Diaz, Liam Neeson, Henry Thomas and Jim Broadbent also star. 167 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1; audio commentary by Scorsese; featurettes; documentary; music video; theatrical trailers; more. Two-disc set.
The Ballad Of Jack And Rose [DVD](2005) DVD Jack (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an idealistic, aging hippie who lives on what's left of a secluded island commune with his 16-year-old daughter, Rose (Camilla Belle). Feeling it's time to change their routine and isolated existence, Jack asks his girlfriend (Catherine Keener) and her teenage sons (Ryan McDonald, Paul Dano) to move in with them, causing Rose to worry that she's losing her father and the only life she's ever known. With Jason Lee, Susanna Thompson, Jena Malone, and Beau Bridges. 112 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, Spanish.
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