WWI: The Complete Story - 100th Memorial Edition

Manufacturer: Warner Archive Collection Brand: Warner Archive Collection

Indonesia 1965. Revolution is in the air. Foreign journalists covering the feverish unrest are kept at arm’s length by the wary Sukarno government. But with the right contacts, you can get a real story. Australian reporter Guy Hamilton is after that kind of story, but he knows the mere telling of it will betray his source.Mel Gibson is Hamilton and Sigourney Weaver is an enigmatic embassy aide in that taut drama directed by Peter Weir (The Truman Show). In a gender-bending performance that won the Oscar®, New York and Los Angeles Film Critics Awards,* Linda Hunt plays a male photographer who sees with his conscience as well as his eyes. “This is what great acting is,” Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, “a magical transformation of one person into another.”*1983: Supporting ActressThis product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent Brand: TURNER HM ENTERTAINM Model: 883929373307

Falling Skies: The Complete Third Season (DVD)The war against an occupying alien force enters a volatile new phase in the third season of FALLING SKIES. Seven months have passed since the survivors of the 2nd Mass reached Charleston. Now elected to public office, Tom Mason (NOAH WYLE) has formed a tenuous alliance with a band of rebel skitters with Tom's son serves as the mediator between Mason and the rebel skitters. But the alliance may not be enough to overpower the enemy Espheni, whose forces are now being led by an even more sinister overlord. To complicate matters further, another race of aliens has just entered the battlefield. And Charleston also faces dangers from within its own walls. Recent battle losses have convinced Tom and the military that there may be a mole feeding strategic plans to the Espheni…]]>

Manufacturer: Kino Lorber films Brand: KINO INTERNATIONAL Model: 738329136123

Part fact, part fiction, Cast a Giant Shadow powerfully dramatizes Israel's heroic 1947-48 struggle for independence. Both realistic war story and passionate romance, it features an all-star cast including Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger and Angie Dickinson, as well as Yul Brynner, John Wayne and Frank Sinatra in notable supporting roles. After a brilliant career in the U.S. army, WWII hero and Jewish American Mickey Marcus (Douglas) is called to the new state of Israel to build an army capable of withstanding its Arab foes. Against the wishes of his wife (Dickinson), Mickey makes the journey and begins transforming a ragtag underground army into a first-class fighting machine. But as the threat of war looms, Mickey must also confront his growing attraction to beautiful activist Magda Simon (Berger). Directed by Melville Shavelson (The Five Pennies).

Manufacturer: BBC Home Entertainment Brand: Warner Manufacturing

This three-part political thriller follows the catastrophic chain of events leading up to World War I from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 to Britain s declaration of war on Germany 37 days later. This tense and gripping mini-series set among the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world s first global war. 37 Days unlocks the mystery of the war s origins, overturning assumptions about its inevitability, demonstrating that World War One was neither a chance happening nor was it a foregone conclusion.

Manufacturer: BBC Home Entertainment Brand: Warner Manufacturing Model: 883929435562

This two-part series tells the story of the three monarchs who reigned over Europe's Greatest powers at the outbreak of the First World War - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England. The emerging divisions and rivalries between the inter-related houses of Europe brought change, tragedy and personal humiliation. While it was war that delivered the final blow, this fascinating series shows how the rot had set in much earlier and how the European royals contributed tot heir demise. Monarchy, for centuries the prime form of governance in Europe, would be finished as a serious political force.

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Brand: TCFHE Model: 30531516

Gary Oldman, Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke and Keri Russell star in this thrilling next chapter of The Planet of the Apes. It is 2026, and humanity has been pushed to near extinction by a deadly virus. When a group of survivors desperate to find a new source of power travel into the woods near San Francisco, they discover a highly evolved community of intelligent apes led by Caesar (Andy Serkis). The two species form a fragile peace but dissention grows and the groups find themselves hurtling toward all-out war.

Manufacturer: Paramount Catalog Brand: Warner Manufacturing Model: 30179592

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