Nino Rota
Series
Language
English
Description
"Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants...
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family which tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
3) Amarcord
Series
Criterion collection volume 4
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Edition
Special edition; widescreen version.
Language
Italiano
Description
Federico Fellini satirizes his youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals in this portrait of provincial Italy during the Fascist period.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Director Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version of Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, an iconic box-office record shattering adaptation, stars seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting as Romeo and fifteen-year-old Olivia Hussey as Juliet. The raw talent of these leads capture the youth and innocence of the legendary characters like never before in what has gone down in history as one of the most profitable film adaptations of Shakespeare ever produced. Winner of...
5) 8 1/2
Series
Criterion collection volume 140
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Italiano
Description
Fellini's autobiographically-inspired film about a famous film director (Guido Anselmi) who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film, and retreats into his memories and fantasies.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Petruchio, a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona, journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There he meets Katharina, a self-willed shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase before he successfully circumvents her attempts to avoid marriage. After a honeymoon of mutual insults, Kate helps Petruchio win a wager that he has the most obedient wife. But has Kate found a better way to dominate her husband?