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"REGION 1 ONLY" Films PART 1 - Well Worth Owning
Passion Fish [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Passion Fish [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £9.83
Both leads Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard are superb, with Mary nominated for Best Actress and John Sayles for his Best Screenplay. Up there with The Shawshank Redemption and Cinema Paradiso.
Killing Emmett Young [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Killing Emmett Young [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £0.85
Scott Wolf's diagnosed as dying, meets shady Gabriel Byrne who will organize a hit on him. Scott finds out that he's not dying but Tim Roth as killer doesn't know this. Top cast and story.
Sweet Liberty [1986] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Sweet Liberty [1986] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £5.14
Hollywood comes to hicktown to film Alan Alda's book on the American Revolution. They turn it into a youth-orientated lust fest. Very funny & charming - like Alda himself.
The Great Race [1965] (REGION 1) (NTSC)The Great Race [1965] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £10.24
Fabulous '66 classic beautifully restored. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon at his best, Peter Falk and the lovely Natalie Woods. Great Sunday watch.
One, Two, Three [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC)One, Two, Three [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £5.57
Cagney is sensational in this, his sarcastic dialogue spat out like a gattling gun. It plays beautifully on the Cold War Commy bashing and paranoia of the time. The incomparable Billy Wilder directed.
Mister Roberts [1955] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Mister Roberts [1955] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £10.25
Ship of fools! Cagney is maniacal, Lemmon scatty then determined (won an Oscar), Fonda is magisterial as always and William Powell sardonic and dry. A forgotten goody.
The Sunshine Boys [1976] (REGION 1) (NTSC)The Sunshine Boys [1976] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £4.64
Walter Matthau and George Burns are just brilliant as the feuding double-act the public loved, but who couldn't stand each other off screen. Matthau is pure genius at this. Very funny and touching.
Alice in Wonderland [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Alice in Wonderland [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £37.59
No less than the 3rd issue of Alice, this latest release (double only in the USA) is the best because the print is just breathtaking, second only to Snow White which is the best restoration ever!
Tom Thumb [1958] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Tom Thumb [1958] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
'58 and admittedly cheesy in places, but worth it for the dynamite duo of Terry Thomas and Peter Sellers as the bumbling bad guys. Buy it just to hear Terry say - I have an idea of unparalled genius!
Warner Legends Collection: Robin Hood/Yankee Doodle Dandy/Treasure of the Sierra Madre (REGION 1) (NTSC)Warner Legends Collection: Robin Hood/Yankee Doodle Dandy/Treasure of the Sierra Madre (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £20.01
Card wrap 2DVD sets of Adventures Of Robin Hood, Yankee Doodle Dandy and Treasure Of Sierra Madre. This US-only box bundles them with exclusive 4th disc of Warner Brothers 70-year history. Top value.
The Year My Voice Broke [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC)The Year My Voice Broke [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £544.95
In 60's smalltown Australia, Noah Taylor is in love with the irresistable Leone Carmen but her heart flutters for the school rugby star. Mines the same area as "Flirting" but is more bittersweet. Gem.
Stay Tuned [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Stay Tuned [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £3.71
Witty take on TV addiction. Sucked into a set via a demonic remote, we find that Hell is made of gross Game Shows and sicko spoofs like 3 Men and Rosemary's Baby! And The Boss isn't Bruce Springsteen!
The Best of Times [1986] (NTSC)The Best of Times [1986] (NTSC)
Buy used from: £3.71
Long forgotten '86 gem. Russell and Williams are charismatically great as the small town boys who replay a football game lost decades back when Williams literally dropped the ball! Warm-hearted.
Glengarry Glen Ross [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Glengarry Glen Ross [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £6.00
Available as a naff cheapy in the UK, this US-only double gives a great print and extras. A cast to die for and Jack Lemmon's career best (which is saying something), it's dark but brilliant.
Time After Time [1979] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Time After Time [1979] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £10.24
Jack the Ripper played by David Warner goes ahead in time on HG Wells' time machine (Malcom McDowell). HG gives pursuit, nabs Mary Steenburgen (they married in real life). Fun and strangely uplifting.
Shade [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Shade [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £1.48
Stallone, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton, Jamie Foxx, Stuart Townsend and Melanie Griffiths all star in this clever card-shark gambling flick - who out hustles who?
The Goodbye Girl [1977] (REGION 1) (NTSC)The Goodbye Girl [1977] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £7.44
Dreyfuss plays the struggling actor who has to play Hamlet as hunchback mumbler in a dire off-Broadway play. Falls for landlady. One of the first great romcoms. This movie is beloved in the States.
My Favorite Year [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC)My Favorite Year [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Probably everyone's favourite witty Peter O'Toole role. He's fabulous as Alan Swann, swashbucking star of old, now drunk and silly. Joseph Bologna as the TV show boss is a perfect foil. A Great movie.
The Incident [1989] (REGION 1) (NTSC)The Incident [1989] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £6.47
Matthau is stradled by a local judge with defending a no-hoper Nazi in a local POW camp charged with murder (a superbly cold Peter Firth), but maybe not all's as cut and dry as it seems...
The Indian in the Cupboard [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)The Indian in the Cupboard [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £5.93
A kid is given a wooden box with toys & figurines who magically come to life - one is a Iroquios Indian called Little Bear who isn't too pleased to meet another - the gun-slinging cowboy David Keith.
Smilla's Sense of Snow [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Smilla's Sense of Snow [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £4.64
Julia Ormond senses the loss of her 6-year neighbour (and recent friend) from a roof fall is something to do with Professor Richard Harris & his hospital. Enter Gabriel Byrne to help? Superb thriller.
Leap of Faith [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Leap of Faith [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £8.99
I love this. Liam Neeson is the conscientous town Sheriff facing Steve Martin and Debra Winger, the clever religious hustlers fleecing a town desperate for crops and hope after dry weather.
Echo Park [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Echo Park [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £6.62
Tom Hulce (criminally underused as an actor) and Susan Dey star in this dreamers film. All want to be actors or something better in Echo Park in LA near Hollywood. A rarely seen uplifting film.
Cross Creek [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Cross Creek [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £7.99
Mary Steenburgen decamps to backwater Florida town to "get her head together". The locals & their pace of life have a profound effect on her. Lesiurely, but serene, a rarely seen sweetheart of a film.
Man of the Year [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Man of the Year [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £1.99
Williams as Joe Ordinary goes up for and is elected President. Ballot paper dodginess brings in the wonderful Laura Linney. Not quite "Wag The Dog" but enough to make you think...because we don't....