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January 29th, 2009
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An American in Paris
$22.61USD (Added: 2009-01-29, Released: 2009-03-31)WARNER HOME VIDEO
Gene Kelly does his patented Pal Joey bit as Jerry Mulligan, an opportunistic American painter living in Paris' "starving artists" colony. He is discovered by wealthy Milo Roberts (Nina Foch), who becomes Jerry's patroness in more ways than one. Meanwhile, Jerry plays hookey on this setup by romancing waif-like Lise Bouvier (Leslie Caron) -- who, unbeknownst to him, is the object of the affections of his close friend Henri (Georges Guetary), a popular nightclub performer. (
Cavalleria Rusticana/Highlights from Pagliacci
$33.58USD (Added: 2009-01-29, Released: 2009-02-24)BBC / OPUS ARTE
This stage opus by Giancarlo del Monaco combines two separate and ostensibly unrelated operas - Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci - into a single production, by virtue of their shared verismo style. Jesús López Cobos directs for the stage; Violeta Urmana, Dragana Jugovic and Marco di Felice co-star in the Cavalleria portion, while Vladimir Galouzine, MarÃa Bayo and Carlo Guelfi co-star in the Pagliacci segments. {$The
Frozen River
$33.53USD (Added: 2009-01-29, Released: 2009-02-10)SONY PICTURES
A desperate single mother living in upstate New York resorts to smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States as a means of making ends meet in first-time feature director/screenwriter Courtney Hunt's emotionally wrenching drama, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Ray Eddy is in an impossible position; it's two days before Christmas and her husband has suddenly disappeared with all of the family savings. Now, as the newly single mo
Gettysburg: The Battle and the Address Blu-ray
$19.54USD (Added: 2009-01-29, Released: 2009-04-07)DISCOVERY KIDS
Gigi
$22.61USD (Added: 2009-01-29, Released: 2009-03-31)WARNER HOME VIDEO
Leslie Caron plays Gigi, a young girl raised by two veteran Parisian courtesans (Hermione Gingold and Isabel Jeans) to be the mistress of wealthy young Gaston (Louis Jourdan). When Gaston falls in love with Gigi and asks her to be his wife, Jeans is appalled: never has anyone in their family ever stooped to anything so bourgeois as marriage! Weaving in and out of the story is Maurice Chevalier as an aging boulevardier who, years earlier, had been in love with Gingold's character. {$Che
La La La Human Steps: Amelia
$33.58USD (Added: 2009-01-29, Released: 2009-02-24)BBC / OPUS ARTE
Extended intertwining solos, complex partnering sequences, and remarkable speed combine to offer an award-winning meditation on the use of point technique in a powerful performance film that combines the restless grace of the dancer with the sensual lighting of André Turpin, a captivating minimalist setting, and an evocative score by composer David Lang - who combines violin, cello, piano, and vocals to striking effect. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Mars: The Quest for Life Blu-ray
$19.54USD (Added: 2009-01-29, Released: 2009-04-07)DISCOVERY KIDS
Not Easily Broken
$33.53USD (Added: 2009-01-29, Released: 2009-04-07)SONY PICTURES
Director Bill Duke steps behind the camera for this adaptation of the T.D. Jakes novel concerning a newly married couple that finds their union threatened by pressures involving faith, family, and finances. As the couple exchanges their vows, the minister lays a cord around them while uttering the blessing, "a threefold cord is not easily broken." Later, during their darkest hour, the minister's advice to always keep God at the center of their marriage could be the only thing that keeps this troubled
World's Biggest and Baddest Bugs Blu-ray
$19.54USD (Added: 2009-01-29, Released: 2009-04-07)DISCOVERY KIDS