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The Triumph of Love

Making only a partial transition from stage to screen is Clare Peploe's 2001 version of The Triumph of Love, a classic example of Restoration comedy by French playwright Pierre Marivaux. While the film faithfully follows Marivaux's plot and script, it also maintains a jarring residue of staginess, creating the curious feeling of a story stuck somewhere between a sprawling 18th century French country estate and a modern theatre. Holding these two worlds together is the charismatic performance of Mira Sorvino who, as the Princess, feels that her rule is a sham, as her throne was inherited from a father that deposed the proper king. When she learns that Agis (Jay Rodan), the son of that ruler, is alive and in hiding, she searches for and finally spies him bathing in the woods, and is immediately smitten. Determined to return the rightful heir to power by marrying him, she and her maid Corine (Rachael Stirling) disguise themselves as young men to circumvent the philosophers who guard Agis and poison his mind against all emotions and all women, especially the princess herself. The Princess decides that to best overcome Agis' preconceptions and win his love, she must employ every ounce of her intellect, charm and energy to simultaneously woo him, as well his proud philosopher guardians Hermocrates (Ben Kingsley) and Leontine (Fiona Shaw). Sorvino relies on her considerable talent and her winning grin to keep all of the balls of this theatrical juggling act in the air, and in doing so manages to envelope the audience in the breathless, confident, honor-driven world she creates.

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        Steven Spielberg presents: Taken

A glorious mini-series! The idea to depart from a well known historical event - the Roswell case in 1947 - and to relate this to the story of three families, spanning more than three generations and more than 50 years of American history, is simply great.

 

Tucker - The Man and His Dream

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Christian Slater, Dean Stockwell, Lloyd Bridges
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer: George Lucas

                                     Color, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Dolby

The story of Preston Tucker, the visionary underdog who revolutionized car design in the late 1940s. Excellent soundtrack by Joe Jackson. Coincidentally, director Francis Ford Coppola owns one of the few Tuckers left in existence (only 50 models were made).

 

                 Martin Scorsese'sTaxi Driver Special Edition

With Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Harvey Kietel, Peter Boyle, Cybil Shepherd.

One of the most vivid and powerful films of all time.

This new special edition DVD is superb, containing a 90 minute documentary on the making of the film that includes interviews with many of the cast and crew (Scorsese, De Niro, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks, Paul Schraeder, makeup man Dick Smith, and Elmer Bernstein, standing in for Herrmann). Highly recommended!

 

           Three Kings

An underrated film! If you haven't seen Three Kings then you'd better hop to it. This film tells a great story of the children of the media who must ultimately face the fact that war is not the romantic adventure they tought it was. This film has some great camera work, direction, and story.

 

The Thomas Crown Affair

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Faye Dunaway, Denis Leary
Director: John McTiernan

                    Region 1 encoding
                    Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen

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                                     The Taxman

Starring: Joe Pantoliano, Robert Townsend, Wade Dominguez, Elizabeth Berkley
Director: Avi Nesher

                            NTSC format
                            Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC

Time After Time

Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen
Director: Nicholas Meyer

      NTSC format
      Color, Dolby, HiFi Sound, Closed-captioned, Surround Sound, Digital Sound, NTSC

H. G. Wells follows Jack the Ripper in a time machine from 19th century England to San Francisco. Suspenseful storyline. Good performance by Steenburgen as the modern damsel  who befriends Wells. Malcolm McDowell is utterly superb. Good score by Miklos Rozsa.

 

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