The Conversation is regarded as one of Francis Ford Coppolas greatest films. Two-time Academy Award winner Gene Hackman (Unforgiven The French Connection) plays a paranoid & personally-secretive surveillance expert who has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered. This tense thriller makes some remarkably advanced arguments about technologys role in society that still resonate today. In addition to Apocalypse Now The Coversation was Coppolas only other film to win the prestigious Palme d Or at Cannes. Special

Features: Collectible Booklet The Conversation on The Conversation –

Includes:: First Reviews of the Movie After its Release in 1974 Over 5.5 Hours of Bonus

Material: Never-Before-Seen Archival Audio of Director Francis Ford Coppola Dictating the Original Script Audio Commentary with Francis Ford Coppola Audio Commentary with Supervising Editor Walter Murch Never-Before-Seen Interview with Francis Ford Coppola & Composer David Shire Never-Before-Seen Archival Screen Tests Archival On-set Interview with Gene Hackman





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The Cook serves up gourmet masterpieces in a beautiful restaurant. The thief holds his tyrannical court in the restaurant terrorising all around him. His wife has a dangerous & illicit passion. Her lover is having the riskiest affair of his life. Peter Greenaway's notorious film is a modern day revenger's tragedy spiked with comedy starring Michael Gambon Helen Mirren & Tim Roth. ...

Bernie Lootz (William H Macy) is an unlucky guy. Everything he touches turns bad. However his ill fortune is actually the one thing he depends upon to do his job to the best of his abilities; Bernie Lootz is the best 'cooler' in town. Working in one of Las Vegas' few remaining golden-era Casinos Bernie is employed by the ruthless Shelly (Alec Baldwin in an Oscar nominated role) to end the winning streak of anyone whose luck is on the up. But life in the bad luck lane has taken its toll & after working for Shelly for years Bernie has decided to move on. Then he meets the hard-bitten Natalie (Maria Bello) & life takes a turn for the better. But as his fortunes change so does his ability to 'cool' a winning streak & soon an unhappy Shelly decides to make sure that Bernie never feels happiness again... Part hard-edged thriller part well-observed comedy this unique & unconventional tale of love luck money & revenge features powerhouse performances from some of Hollywood's finest stars & is one of the year's best films. ...

Academy Award winner Hilary Swank (Boys Dont Cry) leads an all-star cast in this electrifying journey that puts you in the middle of the most spectacular film adventure. Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart Erin Brockovich) has made a terrifying discovery: the Earths inner core has stopped rotating. Now the planets electromagnetic field is deteriorating & within months Earth will be destroyed. One hope exists: to send Keyes & an elite team of scientists in a subterranean vessel to the center of the Earth. As mankinds fate hangs in the balance the scientists & the ships crew must do the unthinkable
- detonate a nuclear device to reactivate the Earths core. Co-starring Delroy Lindo (Ransom) Emmy Award winner Stanley Tucci & Academy Award nominee Alfre Woodard.
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The Core Academy award winner Hilary Swank leads an all-star cast in this electrifying journey that puts you in the middle of the most spectacular film adventure. Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart Erin Brockovich) has made a terrifying discovery: the Earth's inner core has stopped rotating. Now the planet's electromagnetic field is deteriorating & within months Earth will be destroyed. One hope exists: to send an elite team of scientists in a subterranean vessel to the centre on the Earth. As mankind's fate hangs in the balance the scientists & the ship's crew must do the unthinkable
- detonate a nuclear device to reactivate the Earth's core. Deep Impact When a couple of young astronomers discover an enormous comet on course to collide with earth the countdown to doomsday begins & the human race embarks on the fight for survival. Mimi Leder (The Peacemaker Pay It Forward) directs an all-star cast including Robert Duvall Tea Leoni Elijah Wood Vanessa Regrave Maximilian Schell & Morgan Freeman guiding them through a powerful fusion of heart-stopping excitement stunning special effects & touching storylines. Now including brand new exclusive features Deep Impact the smash hit which captivated audiences world-wide & amasses a huge box office makes it's impact felt in a truly unforgettable way.
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Import from the Netherlands which plays in English. Every city in America has a corner. To parents it's a place their children should avoid. To cops it's the front line on what has become known as the war on drugs. But to the addicts who go there it's the most vital piece of real estate in their desperate day-to-day lives. The Corner is based on the nonfiction book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by Baltimore-based journalists David Simon & Ed Burns. It presents the world of Fayette Street in West Baltimore using real names & real events. Acclaimed actor Charles S. Dutton who grew up on the same East Baltimore streets directs the miniseries which chronicles the cycle of a year at the corner through the lives of 15-year-old De Andre Mc Cullough his mother Fran & father Gary along with the lives of their friends their enemies & their neighbors. Often at the forefront sometimes in the background but always present in their lives is the world of illicit drugs
- heroin & cocaine
- the need that fuels the business & the business that fuels the need. In this powerful tense drama of personal struggle while the story progresses each episode focuses on a character or characters as they fight for survival in an inner city where even the buildings they live in are clinging to life. The Corner evolves changes challenges & transforms as it builds towards an ending that is so powerful & revealing it could only be real. 6 one-hour episodes on 2 Discs!

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When the owners of the Lotus Cat Food Company
- who manufacture an exotic high-priced type of kitty chow
- run short of cash

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In the forties the studios of Hollywood's Poverty Row used Bela Lugosi to lure audiences into theatres. The dark promise of Lugosi's name never ceased to pack them in. Lugosi made nine pictures for Sam Katzman & Monogram. The Corpse Vanishes (1942) might be the best. Bela's a scientist (aided by a sinister dwarf) who used the bodily fluids of virgin brides in his attempts to keep his ancient wife alive. ...

Bill Cosby brings his special comic genius to the role of Cliff Huxtable a warm family man who along with his lovely wife Clair handles his family of five kids with a combination of warmth humanity & humour. Cliff & Clair's love for the kids is matched only by their wisdom in dealing with the youngsters' clever schemes to achieve adolescent independence. ...