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TITLEANNOTATIONAUTHORMEDIAIDTITLEID1000 EYES OF DR. MABUSE 1960Set in 1960, the film begins witha series of unsolved murders in a Berlin hotel. The modus operandi of the murderer is the same as that of long-dead megalomaniac Dr. Mabuse. Police detective Gert Frobe and amateur sleuths Peter Van Eyck and Dawn Addams suspect that the killer is a man who believes that he is the reincarnation of Mabuse. Could the culprit be secretive insurance salesman Werner Peters, or blind seer Wolfgang Preiss? The title refers to the hotel's sophisticated TV surveillance system--dozens of roving cameras and TV monitors, inspired (claimed Lang) by a sophisticated bugging method used by the Nazis during World War II. VID00546101 DALMATIANSA lovable litter of puppies, a chanting London setting and animation's mostflamboyant villainess all add upt to one of Disney's all-time greatest classics!WALT DISNEYVID0000639 STEPSThis classic British thriller was one of Alfred Hitchcock's first major international successes, and it introduced a number of the stylistic and thematic elements that became hallmarks of his later work. Richard Hannay (Robert Donat), a Canadian rancher on vacation in England, attends a music hall performance by "Mr. Memory" (Wylie Watson); in the midst of the show, shots ringout and Richard flees the theater. Moments later, a terrified woman (Lucie Mannheim) begs Richard to help her; back at his room, she tells him that she's a British spy whose life has been threatened by international agents waiting outside. Richard is certain that she's mad until she reappears at his door in the morning, near death with a knife in her back, a map in her hand, and muttering something about "39 Steps." Discovering that a group of thugs are indeed waiting outside, Richard slips away and takes the first train to the Scottish town on the dead woman's map. Richard learns that he's now wanted by the police for murder, and he must find a way to clear his name. He begins trying to do so with the help of a woman he meets en route, Pamela (Madeleine Carroll), who serves as his unwitting assistant, even after she tries to turn him in. HITCHCOCK, ALFRED VID0027440 YEAR OLD VIRGIN 2005Andy Stitzer (Carell) is a cheerfully geeky guy who is settling into middle age with his large collection of comic books, action figures, and collectable models. Andy works in an electronics store, and seems reasonably happy with his life. However, one dayhis friends and co-workers David (Paul Rudd), Jay (Romany Malco), and Cal (Seth Rogen) discover that Andy has a secret --due to his rather severe jitters around women, Andy is still a virgin. Andy's pals are appalled at this state of affairs, and set outto find a woman who'd be willing to get horizontal with him. After a number of disastrous dates, everyone thinks Andy has finally struck gold when he meets Trish (Catherine Keener), an attractive single mother who takes an immediate liking to him. What the other guys don't know is that Trish has just gotten out of a bad relationship, and has CARRELL, STEVE VID00656
informed Andy she isn't ready to be intimate with him just yet. ABILENE TOWNDan Mitchell (Randolph Scott) is the town marshal of Abilene, KS, in the turbulent years after the Civil War and the start of the big cattle drives out of Texas. The town is growing faster than a lot of citizens are prepared to deal with it, especially as homesteaders start moving in, fighting for space with the cattlemen. Dan has kept the peace, such as it is, by keeping the saloons, gambling, and guns on one side of Main Street and the shop-owners, farmers, women, and children on the other. He's also been walking a tightrope in his own life, conducting a sometimes turbulent romance with Rita (Ann Dvorak), a saloon singer and co-owner, while also not discouraging the attentions of Sherry Balder (Rhonda Fleming), the "nice girl" daughter of one of the town's leading businessmen, who would love to marry Dan if only he would settle down. A new wave of homesteaders is arriving, and the cattlemen, cowboys, and saloon owners want them driven out and the town kept wide open, fearing the homesteaders' religious beliefs andthe arrival of families, which means schools, building, and encroaching "respectability." Trouble breaks out and people are killed, with Dan caught in the middle. Using his guile and a good deal of bravery, and the unwitting help from the cowardly county sheriff (Edgar Buchanan), Dan manages to get the shop owners onto the side of the homesteaders, and plays a dangerous game of divide-and-conquer with the saloon-keepers and cowboys. A lot of destruction ensues and a seeming bloodbath is in the offing untilDan's plan takes hold, and the cowboys and saloon-keepers wipe each other out in a night of burning and killing. In the course of his trying to stay alive, Dan is able to finally decide whether he belongs more with Fleming or Dvorak, and, astonishingly for a Western of this era, chooses the latter.VID00333ABSOLUTION In Absolution, that establishment is the Catholic Boys School where Richard Burton teaches and dotes on one student (Dominic Guard) to an uncomfortable degree. That pagan force shows up as a bearded, Scottish drifter and theif (comedian Billy Connolly) who camps out in the countryside outside the school and ends up befriending Guard and leading the youth away from Burton and religion in general. Eventually, under Connolly's suggestion, Guard starts to tell Burton elaborate stories of sin during confession --tormenting the priest with information that, as a priest, Burton is not allowed to share with anyone else. Eventually, what started as a joke spirals out of control into a vortex of murder, madness, and a surprise ending that comes out of nowhere but remains a lot of fun nonetheless.BURTON, RICHARD VID00530ADDAMS FAMILYInspired more by the 1960s TV series than by the original Charles Addams New Yorker cartoons, The Addams Family proved to be one of the more VID00060
successful of the TV shows-cum-movies of the 1990s. In their usual against-the-grain fashion, the Addams Family seems to delight in the possibility that they're being hoodwinked-indeed, not even kidnapping or death threats dampen the Addams clan's joy of living (or should we say dying?). Rated PGADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES 1939Moriarty plots to steal the Crown Jewels, and also to confound Holmes by obliging the Great Detective to be in two places at once. Ida Lupino costars as an imperiled young woman who is seemingly plagued by an ancient family curse--a plot development that has been carefully stage-managed by the malevolent Moriarty. RATHBONE, BASIL VID00590ADVENTURES OF WINNIE POOHJOURNEY THROUGH THE 100 ACRE WOOD WITH THAT HUGGABLE BEAR OF VERY LITTLE BRAIN FOR A WONDERFUL TIME-FILLED WITH ADVENTURES, THOUGHTFUL SPOTS AND HONEY POTS!VID00150AFFAIR 1973THE AFFAIR is a lovely made-for-television movie that pairs real-life couple Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner. Wood gives a very authentic performance as Courtney Patterson, a singer-songwriter afflicted with polio, who falls in love with a handsome young lawyer (Wagner). VID00629AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT -PROBLEM AT SEAVID00048ALADDINRobin Williams's dizzying and hilarious voicing of the Genie is the main attraction of Aladdin. Aladdin begins his quest to defeat Jafar and win the hand of the princess, with the Genie's help. Monsters, Disney's trademark talking animals, and a flying carpet all figure into the ensuing adventures, but Williams' Genie, who can change into anything or anybody, steals the show as he launches into one crazed monologue after another, impersonating figures from Ed Sullivan to Elvis Presley. WALT DISNEYVID00063ALGIERS 1938star Charles Boyer never says "Come wizz me to zee Casbah"; as master criminal Pepe le Moko, he's already in the Casbah, a crook-controlled safe harbor which protects Pepe from the French authorities. Pepe's friendly enemy, police inspector Joseph Calleia, treats his pursuit of Pepe like a chess game, patiently waiting for his opponent to make that one wrong move. The ever-careful Pepe has the misfortune to fall hopelessly in love with tourist Hedy Lamarr (in her first American film). A combination of events, including the betrayal of Pepe by his castaway lover Sigrid Gurie and Hedy's tearful return to her ship when she is misinformed that Pepe is killed, lures the hero/villain into the open. Arrested by Calleia, Pepe begs for one last glance at his departing sweetheart. Algiers contrives to have Pepe shot while trying to escape.BOYER, CHARLES VID00511ALICE IN WONDERLANDA blend of fantasy, animation and music based on Lewis Carroll's immortal story.WALTDISNEYVID00007