DVD: Paul Scofield

DVD: Paul Scofield

DVD:

Paul Scofield

Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller

Sony Pictures, 1999

Sir Thomas for for Senate
"If a statesmen foresakes with private conscience for the sake of public office, he leads his county to a short route to chaos." Thomas More to Cardinal Wolsey regarding granting an unlaw divorce to King Henry VIII from his barren wife. How great a country would ...

Hamlet

Mel Gibson, Glenn Close

Warner Home Video, 2004

Champagne for the eyes
After seeing Olivier's version of Hamlet, I was interested in seeing this version of Hamlet. Admittedly, Mel Gibson was one-hundred percent of my impulse to see this film. I don't usually follow actors when choosing movies; I trust directors more than I trust actors in ...

The Crucible

Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder

20th Century Fox, 2004

Thanks for the DVD!
Ordered this to show my American Lit class. The DVD was in great condition and arrived on time! Thanks!

Scorpio

Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

a "must see" for Delon fans
Though the plot is somewhat muddled, locations change at a dizzying speed between Washington, Vienna, and Paris, has some improbable situations, and occasionally stilted dialogue, it's highly entertaining, and has an excellent cast, especially Alain Delon. He's ...

The Crucible
Joan Allen, Ken Cheeseman

20th Century Fox, 2008

Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 08/05/2008 Run time: 124 minutes Rating: Pg13

Quiz Show

John Turturro, Rob Morrow

Walt Disney Video, 1999

TIP OF THE ICEBERG
Considering the quality of this film, one would think that it should have won more awards,more acclaim. One factor might have been that anyone under the age of 46 in 1994 would have had little or no recollection of the television scandals which "broke" in 1959. ...

The Train

Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield

MGM (Video & DVD), 1999

A First-Rate WW2 Action/Thriller
Shadow Watcher Nobody Drowns in Mineral Lake Directed by John Frankenheimer, THE TRAIN (1964) is a nail-biting thriller starring Burt Lancaster as the leader of the French Resistance who, with his small group of men, must stop a Nazi train that is removing France's ...

A Man for All Seasons (Special Edition)

Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller

Sony Pictures, 2007

Sir Thomas for for Senate
"If a statesmen foresakes with private conscience for the sake of public office, he leads his county to a short route to chaos." Thomas More to Cardinal Wolsey regarding granting an unlaw divorce to King Henry VIII from his barren wife. How great a country would ...

Carve Her Name with Pride

Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield

United Artists, 2008

Virginia McKenna in the performance of her career
Virginia McKenna ("A Town Like Alice", "Born Free") gives the performance of her career in CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE, a spellbinding and dramatic true-life account of one woman's heroic actions during the darkest days of World War II. Young English widow Violette ...

Animal Farm

Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm

Lions Gate, 2000

Animal Farm
My ninth grade students are required to read Animal Farm. This was a great movie to show upon completion of the book. They enjoyed pointing out the subtle differences (there weren't that many) between the movie and the book. TNT has a website that accompanies the ...

Quiz Show/Phenomenon
John Turturro, Rob Morrow

Walt Disney Video, 2002

Phenomenon - English/French DVD Hollywood favorite John Travolta (SWORDFISH, PULP FICTION) stars in this acclaimed, uplifting story of an ordinary man transformed by extraordinary events! On the night of his 37th birthday, George Malley (Travolta) is knocked to the ground by a mysterious, blinding light and suddenly develops amazing mental ...

Henry V (Cliffs Notes Version)

Christian Bale, Brian Blessed

MGM (Video & DVD), 2007

An enduring Masterpiece by a genius director and actor
It is difficult to sum up the power of a genius such as Kenneth Branagh. One thing that he accomplishes is that he speaks the immortal lines of Shakespeare with such gentleness and clarity that we Americans can understand him, and even young people, or people not ...

Bartleby

Paul Scofield, John McEnery

Image Entertainment, 2003

Eerily Successful
This shot at one of Melville's best known stories is both a startling short film and on target as to it source. Moved to that banal modern London that Prince Charles is always grumbling about, it turns those plain buildings and awful alleys into the sort of wierd ...

Robinson in Space

Paul Scofield

Facets, 2005

From DeFoe's Legacy to Orwell's Prophecy
This cerebral made-for-Brit-TV documentary is a travelogue of England as seen through the eyes of one who is sort of touring with the ghost of Robinson Crusoe, following the cities and villages that Daniel Defoe had either lived in or set his stories in. It's ...

Kurosawa

Sam Shepard, Akira Kurosawa

Wellspring, 2002

A look into the life and working habit of Kurosawa
There are two parts to this DVD: the main part that tells of the life story of Kurosawa and highlights of his filmography, and the bonus materials that consist of interviews with actors, producers, cinematographer, sound techinicians, and others involved in making ...