DVD: Alec Guinness

DVD: Alec Guinness

DVD:

Alec Guinness

William Holden, Jack Hawkins

Sony Pictures, 2000

Excellent Movie, Excellent DVD
First of all, this is a fantastic movie about British POWs building a bridge in 1940s Burma for the Japanese. The dvd is an excellent anamorphic transfer of the movie in its original 2.55:1 format, and the picture is incredibly clear. The price now stands on Amazon ...

Lawrence of Arabia (Single Disc Edition)

John Dimech, José Ferrer

Columbia Pictures, 2002

Warning, but it's still a great movie.
A great movie. One of the all time best. We all know that! Even all the Ebert wannabees that clog these pgs know that. This 'Collector's Ed' has the intermission 20 mins into the second disc! I realize there are tech reasons for this. I think so anyway. It's still a ...

Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)

Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006

Restoring hope
I was born in April of 1972. My earliest memory is of the Bicentennial celebrations. I seem to remember watching people playing around with fireworks at our neighbor's house. But I'm not 100% sure these memories are accurate. The first memory I know for sure is ...

Scrooge

Albert Finney, Alec Guinness

Paramount, 2003

December the 25th!
This is one of my favorite movies of all time, period! I have always been perplexed as to why - when folks speak of great Christmas movies, Albert Finney's Scrooge is rarely - or never mentioned. I have concluded that there are still hordes of people who love Christmas ...

A Handful of Dust

James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas

Hbo Home Video, 2004

If "Requiem for a Dream" were a period peice film ...
I will admit, I was not a fan of this film during the first fifteen minutes when it nearly went into the "Period Film Sleeping Bag" category, but after you get through this first hump (which is to wean out the naysayers) this is a very disturbing and thoughtful film. ...

Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Omar Sharif, Julie Christie

Turner Home Ent, 2001

Dr. Zhivago
Great story telling. So much story to follow, so much history to learn and wonder about how the human race can survive so much.

Murder by Death

Peter Falk, Alec Guinness

Sony Pictures, 2001

personal top #10
If you haven't had the chance to see it then trust me and please buy it! Laughs are assured!!

Lawrence of Arabia (Collector's Edition, 2 discs) - DVD

Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness

Columbia Tri/Star, 2008

Warning, but it's still a great movie.
A great movie. One of the all time best. We all know that! Even all the Ebert wannabees that clog these pgs know that. This 'Collector's Ed' has the intermission 20 mins into the second disc! I realize there are tech reasons for this. I think so anyway. It's still a ...

The Fall Of The Roman Empire (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (The Miriam Collection)

Sophia Loren, Alec Guinness

Genius Products (TVN), 2008

Solid historical epic on 2nd century Rome.
A very enjoyable movie with good period detail and enough history to be well above the typical sword and sandal movie.

Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)

Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006

This one a long time have I watched
I remember going to see THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK for the first time in 1980. I was 5 years old. I remember hearing the voice of Yoda and exclaiming, "That's Grover!" (i.e. Sesame Street). And it was (Frank Oz). THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK has always been my favorite ...

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston

Acorn Media, 2004

Still Mesmerizing
I was concerned this wouldn't hold up to my memories of it having first watched it as a teenager when it made a powerful impression on me. And it did seem a little slow moving at first and hard to follow as we spend a lot of time talking about characters who we don't ...

Cromwell

Richard Harris, Alec Guinness

Sony Pictures, 2003

History the way it should be taught in schools
In my opinion this is one of the best things Richard Harris ever did, and that is saying a lot. This area of English history is not as well known by Americans as Queen Elizabeth R, Henry the VIII, and others, but it is a part of English history that is taught well in ...

The Alec Guinness Collection (Kind Hearts and Coronets / The Lavender Hill Mob / The Ladykillers / The Man in ...

Dennis Price, Alec Guinness

Starz / Anchor Bay, 2002

Anyone who appreciates great comedy will treasure these.
No vulgarity, no nudity, just some of the cleverest stories with fine performances from all concerned. The remakes never work. Hard to improve on perfection.

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Dennis Price, Alec Guinness

Starz / Anchor Bay, 2002

Dry, Droll, And Unspeakably Funny--In The Most Polite Way Possible
The English seem to have a gift for "black comedy"--and nowhere is that gift on better display than in the 1949 KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, a film that finds Alec Guiness playing eight members of the D'Ascoyne family and Dennis Price as the black sheep of the family who ...

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Film Collection (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2-Disc Special Edition / ...

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton

Warner Home Video, 2006

Powerful
I bought this collection primarily because I was curious about The Sandpiper. I'm a big fan of Big Sur, CA, and this movie is filmed there--right down to a scene at the Nepenthe. The story is odd, but the scenery is worth the price of this collection. I was more ...