Mussolini – The Untold Story

“Mussolini: The Untold Story” (7 x 60′, HD, 1985).

Starring Academy Award-winner George C. Scott as Benito Mussolini. Telecast on NBC in U.S. in November 1985 and in more than 100 countries. The balanced story spans “Il Duce’s” beginnings in 1922 when he gathered power through his Black Shirt militia in Italy and winds its way through his many military and political accomplishments and failures. Unlike other filmed accounts of the man, this version equally focuses on him as a dedicated husband, devoted father, and passionate lover. It ends with his and his mistress’ demise at the hands of an angry mob on a roadside near Milan in 1945. Also stars Academy Award-winner Lee Grant, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Raul Julia, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Downey, Jr., and Virginia Madsen as his mistress. The script was written by Stirling Silliphant (Academy Award for “In the Heat of the Night”) and directed by Billy Graham (“21 Hours Over Munich”).

The Miracle Worker

“The Miracle Worker” (1 x 90′, SD, 1979).

Starring Patty Duke Astin as Annie Sullivan and Melissa Gilbert (“Little House on the Prairie”) as her pupil Helen Keller. Telecast on NBC, it won an Emmy Award for best movie of 1979. The original theatrical film starred Duke as Helen Keller, the blind, deaf mute child whose world was as savage as it was pitiful; she won the Academy Award for that performance. This production’s teleplay is by William Gibson and based on his classic play “The Miracle Worker”. Both the play and the two films have been shown in virtually every country of the world.

The Visitor

1979 (108 min)

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Wealthy Atlanta basketball team owner Raymond Armstead (Lance Henrikson) is dating widow Barbara Collins (Joanne Nail) and seemingly in love with her, but he is really on assignment for a mysterious syndicate of rich men trying to gain power through the evil manipulation of a genetic alien force that is carried in Barbara’s womb. Both Raymond and the smart-mouthed and uncannily talented pre-teen daughter of Collins, Katie (Paige Conner), want marriage and a new baby to be born, with this baby carrying forth the power that Katie is starting to show. An older man appears from another world (John Houston) and intervenes as the force of good that this power potentially has, trying to stop Katie from using her powers for evil and to take her back to a place where the goodness of children can thrive.

Stars Paige Conner, Mel Ferrer, John Huston, Glenn Ford, Sam Peckinpah, Shelley Winters, Lance Henriksen, Franco Nero, Jack Dorsey, Steve Somers, Hsio Ho Chao, JA Townsend, Johnny Popwell, Lou Walker, Calvin Embry, Weal Bortz, Walter Gordon, Betty Turner and directed by Michael
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Porky’s

Porky’s (1983)

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Genie Awards
Year       Result       Award                                   Category/Recipient(s)

1983       Won      Golden Reel Award         Harold Greenberg,Melvin Simon
1983  Nominated         Genie                    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role/Doug McGrath

Set in 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to help a buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.

Stars Kaki Hunter, Nancy Parsons, Alex Karras, Susan Clark, Kim Cattrall, Scott Colomby and directed by Bob Clark

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The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man (1980)

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A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.

Stars Peter O´Toole, Steve Railsback, Allen Garfield, Barbara Hershey, Alex Rocco, Sharon Farrell and directed by Richard Rush

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Beyond The Door

1974 (99 min)

Jessica Barrett is a young mother in San Francisco. Her family and friends begin to notice odd behavior around the time she falls pregnant with her third child. As the strangeness intensifies, Jessica begins to display signs of demonic possession including spinning her head all the way around and projectile vomiting. Dimitri, a lover from her past, shows up claiming to be able to help her, but it turns out he is in league with the entity possessing her, and is aiding the birth of her child, now said to be the Antichrist, in exchange for the thing saving his life years before. The film ends with the entity turning on Dimitri, and suggesting all events were done for its own amusement. The entity then kills Dimitri, leaves Jessica’s body, and the child is stillborn.
Stars Juliet Mills, Gabriele Lavia, Richard Johnson, Elisabeth Turner, Nino Segurini, and directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis, Robert Barrett

Scream of Stone (‘Le Cri De La Roche’)

Starring Donald Sutherland and directed by Werner Herzog

Scream of Stone is a 1991 film directed by Werner Herzog about a climbing expedition on Cerro Torre. The film was shot on location at Cerro Torre, with several scenes filmed close to the summit.

The script was written principally by longtime Herzog production designer Walter Saxer, based on an idea from mountaineer Reinhold Messner, who Herzog had worked with in his documentary The Dark Glow of the Mountains.

A meeting of two world famous climbers, one is an experienced mountaineer the other a free climber, and a journalist results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the free climber) wouldn’t survive a day on a ‘real’ climbing expedition, although he is the world’s best free climber.

They plan to climb ‘El Toro’, Pantagonia, South America, a very difficult mountain, especially due to the extreme weather conditions. The rivalry among the two men results eventually in the death of their common friend and the stealing of Roger’s girlfriend (Katrina) by Martin.

In the end the rivalry results in a ‘climb against time’ in which Martin and Roger both climb a side of the mountain to reach the top first. But they’re in for a surprise… The movie contains more ‘back to the real world’ climbing
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Game of Seduction (Une Femme Fidele)

“Charles is wealthy, a French venture capitalist in the 1830s; he’s also an aristocratic assassin, prompting duels for political, monetary, and sexual gain. At his aunt’s, he meets Madame Mathilde LeRoi, a virtuous and beautiful woman, and he determines to seduce her. Along the way, his lust and game playing give way to love. One of his partners in crime and seduction, a decadent marquise, determines to break Mathilde’s spell over Charles, sending her a forged letter that begins a spiral of tragedy.”

Biography of Sylvia Kristel:

“Sylvia Kristel first came to international attention in the early 1970s with Emmanuelle (1974) for director Just Jaeckin.Included in her credits are a long list of European films including the film Julia (1974), in which she played the lead. In 1979, she came to Hollywood, appearing in The Concorde… Airport ’79 (1979) for producer Jennings Lang, who also featured her in the comedy film The Nude Bomb (1980). However, this was all a prelude to the most successful film in Kristel’s career — Private Lessons (1981)which grossed over $50,000,000 worldwide.  Sylvia Kristel died at age 60 of cancer in her sleep on October 18, 2012.”

Biography of Claude Renior, Famed Cinematographer:

Distinguished, versatile French cinematographer Claude Renoir was best known for his lyrical use of color and lighting to create sensuous, moving, and unforgettable images.
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Available in 1080p HD

The remarkable career of the movie industry’s most admired and influential special-effects auteur, the legendary Ray Harryhausen, is the subject of Gilles Penso’s definitive documentary Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan. Leaving no doubt as to Harryhausen’s seminal influence on modern-day special effects, the documentary features enlightening and entertaining interviews with the man himself, Randy Cook, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Phil Tippet, Terry Gilliam, Dennis Muren, John Landis, Guillermo Del Toro, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and many more. These filmmakers, who today push the boundaries of special effects movie-making, pay tribute to the grandfather of Stop Motion animation and films such as ‘The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms’, ‘It Came From Beneath The Sea’, ‘The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad’, ‘Mysterious Island’, ‘Jason And The Argonauts’ and ‘The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad’ – the films that enthralled them as children and inspired them to become filmmakers in their own right.

The interviews are combined with archival footage and contemporary clips plus the added delight of behind-the-scenes footage, stills and original drawings plus recently discovered unseen takes of tests and experiments. The filmmakers were granted unprecedented access to film all aspects of The Ray Harryhausen Collection including models, artwork
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Blood and Sand

“Blood and Sand” stars a ravishing Sharon Stone in a memorable pre-“Basic Instinct” vamp role. A despondent Gallardo runs away and meets Lady Dona Sol (played by Stone), a beautiful, rich lady, who offers him a job to work her fields. However, Gallardo insists on becoming a superstar in bull fighting in his country. Turmoil and tragedy ensue as the triangle unfolds…

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Mrs. Caldicot’s Cabbage War

(NTSC, PAL, SD)

Starring Pauline Collins (“Shirley Valentine”), John Alderton, Paul Freeman. After the death of her bullying hustand, downtrodden housewife reforms the Twilight Years Rest Home where she has been exiled by her money-grabbing son. Worldwide except TV rights in Canada, where it was recently broadcast to rave reviews on TV Ontario.

The Wild Geese

(HD)

One of the all-time classic action films.  Crack paratroopers – all former Special Forces – reunite to free a man who can alter Africa’s destiny, 1978, 133 minutes.  Stars Richad Burton & Roger Moore.  Director Andres McLaglen.   (UK production, theatrical release U.S., rest of world 1980.)

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Ashanti

(HD)

A doctor searches  wild African plains for his kidnapped, enslaved wife.  Stars Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Omar Sharif, William Holden.  1979, 118 minutes (UK production; theatrical release U.S., rest of world 1980)

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Zulu Dawn

(HD)

The epic true story recounting the British defeat of the Zulu army in 1879 Africa.  Stars Burt Lancaster, Bob Hoskins, Peter O’Toole, 1979, 113 minutes.  (UK production; theatrical release U.S., rest of world 1980.)

©2004 VICTORY FILMS S.A. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Production Stills:

The Paul Naschy Collection

BoPaul is proud to distribute a collection of films starring and directed by Paul Naschy. Often called the Spanish Lon Chaney, Paul Naschy (born Jacinto Molina Alvarez in 1934) had a long and enduring career in cinema. Naschy frequently wrote the scripts for the films he appeared in, and with INQUISITION, made in 1976, he added directing to his impressive curriculum vitale.

Hellraiser IV: Bloodline

(HD, SD versions available – available in 4K UHD)

A 22nd century scientist tries to reverse the Lament Configuation.  Theatrically released 4th film in the famed Clive Barker-driven series.  86 minutes, Miramax theatrical release in U.S. in 1996.  (NTSC & PAL)

Production Still Gallery:

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