INDOCHINE (1992)

Directed by Regis Wargnier

Indochina during the 30's. One of the largest rubber-tree plantations is owned by the French colonist Eliane (Catherine Denueve), a proud but imprudent woman. She lives with her father and her native adoptive daughter Camille (Linh Dan Pham). At an auction Eliane gets to know the young officer Jean-Baptiste (Vincent Perez); after a short affair she refuses to see him again. But in the meantime Camille falls deeply in love with the young man, so Eliane takes the necessary steps to cause a transposition of Jean-Baptiste onto a far island. Though Camille gets married to another guy she goes on a long journey throughout the country in order to find the man she loves.

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards including Best Foreign Film and Best Actress

Won 1, Best Foreign Film

DVD Special Features:

None

HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)

Directed by Howard Hawks

Screen adaptation of the Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur play "The Front Page" in which Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) has divorced Walter Burns (Cary Grant) and visits his office to tell him that she is engaged to another man and that they are going to get married the day after. Walter Burns can't let that happen and frames the other man, Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy), for a lot of stuff getting him into trouble all the time, while he tries to steer Hildy back into her old job as his employee (editor of his newspaper).

Hailed as one of the true gems of Hollywood's most prolific era.

No Academy Award Nominations

DVD Special Features:

Feature Length Audio Commentary by Film Critic and Author, Todd McCarthy

Four Exclusive Featurettes:

Cary Grant: Making Headlines
Rosalind Russell: The Inside Scoop
Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook
The Funny Pages

CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1990)

Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau

A dashing officer of the guard and romantic poet, Cyrano de Bergerac (Gerard Depardieu) falls in love with his cousin Roxane (Anne Brochet) without her knowing. His one fault in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapier-sharp wit, he believes that Roxane will reject him. He resorts to writing letters to her on behalf of one of his cadets, Christian (Vincent Perez), who is also in love with Roxane but just doesn't know how to tell her. She falls for the poetic charm of the letters but believes that they were written by Christian.

Nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Foreign Film, Best Actor, Best Costume Design, Best Art/Set Decoration and Best Makeup

Won 1, Best Costume Design

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THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE

Directed by Nicholas Hytner

The story of King George III (Nigel Hawthorne) of England's slide into insanity, and the political and royal back stabbing which results from his incapacitation. Despite being very amusing at times, this is a sad tale of medical practices in the later 1700s as well as an insight into life inside and around the royaly of the time

Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Art/Set Decoration

Won 1, Best Art/Set Decoration

DVD Special Features:

None