HABLA CON ELLA (2002)
TALK TO HER

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

After a chance encounter at a theater, two men, Benigno (Javier Cámara) and Marco (Darío Grandinetti), meet at a private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia (Rosario Flores), Marco's girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession, has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma, Alicia (Leonor Watling), a young ballet student. The lives of the four characters will flow in all directions, past, present and future, dragging all of them towards an unsuspected destiny.

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, Best Original Screenplay and Best Director

Won 1, Best Original Screenplay

DVD Special Features:

None

í ÁTAME! (1990)
TIE ME UP, TIE ME DOWN

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Ricky (Antonio Banderas) is released from a mental hospital, and knows exactly what he wants to do. He hunts down Marina (Victoria Abril), a porn film star he once had sex with, and tries to convince here to be his wife. She is a bit reluctant, so he ties her up... Will this approach endear him to her?

No Academy Award Nominations

DVD Special Features:

Pedro Almodóvar interviews Antonio Banderas

Madrid Premiere party

CARNE TRÉMULA (1997)
LIVE FLESH

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Pizza delivery man Victor(Liberto Rabal) is having an argument with Elena(Francesca Neri), whom he met a few days ago, but she was on heroin then and doesn't want to hear about him. Reacting to the noise, two cops, young David (Javier Bardem) and older Sancho (José Sancho), arrive at the scene, the gun accidentally goes off.. Four years later David is a wheelchair basketball star, he's married to Elena, Victor is released out of prison and their destinies begin to cross again.

No Academy Award Nominations

DVD Special Features:

None

POSSESSED (1947)

Directed by Curtis Bernhardt

A dazed woman (Joan Crawford) walks the streets of Los Angeles looking for a man named David. After collapsing in a diner, she's taken to the psychiatric ward of a nearby hospital. Flashbacks reveal her obsession for David as a result of borderline personality disorder which had lead to murder.

Nominated for 1 Academy Award, Best Actress

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WINGS (1927)

THE FIRST WINNER OF THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE

Directed by William A. Wellman

Jack (Charles 'Buddy' Rogers) works on his sports car and dreams of flying. His neighbor Mary (Clara Bow) is in love with him but he seems not to notice, having been smitten by the fair Sylvia (Jobyna Ralston), but he can't see that Sylvia has eyes only for David (Richard Arlen). The distant drums of war beckon, and Jack and David train to be pilots in the American Expeditionary Corp. Their rivalry soon evolves into camaraderie as they do aerial battle with the Germans in the skies over France. Meanwhile Mary has joined the Women's Motor Corp and despairs that Jack doesn't notice her.

Nominated/Won 2 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Engineering Effects

Wings is the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture

DVD Special Features:

None

MALCOLM X (1992)

Directed by Spike Lee

Biography of Malcolm X, the famous African American leader. Played by Denzel Washington, born Malcolm Little, his father (a minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. He changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz and stops his anti-white teachings, as he realises the error of his mistakes. He is later on assasinated and dies a Muslim Martyr.

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, Best Actor and Best Costume Design

DVD Special Features:

Feature length Commentary by director, Spike Lee, Cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, Editor Barry Alexander Brown and Costume Designer Ruth Carter

The Making of Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary

1972 Feature Length Documentary: Malcolm X

Deleted Scenes

LOVE STORY (1970)

Directed by Arthur Hiller

Harvard Law student/hockey jock, Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'neal) meets Radcliffe music wonk, Jennifer Cavalleri (Ally MacGraw) When the couple decide to get married, Oliver's father (Oliver Barrett III) threatens to disinherit him from the family will, leaving Oliver and Jennifer to start their marriage at rock-bottom. Jennifer and her dad (Phil Cavalleri) do what they can to bring father and son back together, but the two prefer to remain at war with one another. Years go by, and the young couple attempt to have children, only to discover that she is dying....

Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score

Won 1, Best Original Score

DVD Special Features:

Love Story: A Classic Remembered

Feature Length Commentary by Director, Arthur Hiller