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In a dusty, underpopulated California resort town, naive southern waif Pinky Rose (Carrie’s Sissy Spacek) idolizes and befriends her fellow nurse, the would-be sophisticate “thoroughly modern” Millie Lammoreaux (The Shining’s Shelley Duvall). When Millie takes Pinky in as her roommate, Pinky’s hero worship evolves into something far stranger and more sinister than either could have anticipated. Featuring brilliant performances from Spacek and Duvall, this dreamlike masterpiece from Robert Altman (Short Cuts) careens from the humorous to the chilling to the surreal, resulting in one of the most unusual and compelling films of the 1970s.

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Ten of the world's most creative and celebrated directors were each asked to choose a piece of opera music and present a visual interpretation of it with complete artistic freedom. The music features some of the world's finest opera singers, including a priceless recording of the legendary Enrico Caruso.

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Brewster McCloud (Bud Cort) lives deep within the cavernous underground of the Houston Astrodome, but his dreams rise much higher. He aims to fly. Not in a plane. But with strapped-on wings he’s designing – encouraged by a mysterious woman (Sally Kellerman) who may be his guardian angel. But Brewster McCloud, Robert Altman’s wild, anarchic cult fave, isn’t about dreams as much as it is about the highs and lows of humanity. It’s a serial-killer mystery. A frenetic car-chase flick. A crazy circus-finale comedy. Shelley Duvall debuts as the tour guide whose seduction of Brewster may lead to his undoing. Ah, love. The thing that at once shapes and unravels us. The thing that may or may not give us wings.

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Buffalo Bill Cody tries to be the Wild West legend his promoter creates for show business.

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The Disciples of James Dean, a small-town James Dean fan club, reunite at the Woolworth's five and dime in McCarthy, Texas, on the twentieth anniversary of Dean's death. Shop owner Juanita welcomes the two members still in town, Sissy and Mona, and as the others arrive — including the mysterious Joanne — the group spends one long, hot day unraveling mysteries, revisiting old events, and reconciling the truths of the past twenty years.

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The Disciples of James Dean, a small-town James Dean fan club, reunite at the Woolworth's five and dime in McCarthy, Texas, on the twentieth anniversary of Dean's death. Shop owner Juanita welcomes the two members still in town, Sissy and Mona, and as the others arrive — including the mysterious Joanne — the group spends one long, hot day unraveling mysteries, revisiting old events, and reconciling the truths of the past twenty years.

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The Disciples of James Dean — a fan club devoted to the late actor — reunite on the anniversary of his death and look back over their lives, in the present and in flashbacks, as the truths behind their complicated lives come out, including who the mysterious Joanne really is and the real story behind Mona's son, James Dean Junior.

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A clean-cut teenager is drawn into gang life and delinquency after falling in with the wrong crowd.

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May is waiting for her boyfriend at a run-down motel when an old flame shows up, threatening to undo her fresh start and pull her back into the life she was running from.

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He knew the law, but he forgot the rules: Never get involved with a client. And never put your family in danger. Legendary director Robert Altman (The Long Goodbye, Thieves Like Us) helms this thriller based on a John Grisham (The Chamber) original story. Kenneth Branagh (Valkyrie), Robert Downey Jr. (Less Than Zero), Daryl Hannah (Summer Lovers), Tom Berenger (Shattered), Famke Janssen (Deep Rising) and Robert Duvall (True Confessions) star in this complex mystery thriller. Step into the courtly world of Savannah's top-tier law firms. Meet one of the brightest young stars of the bar, Rick Magruder (Branagh). And witness how his obsession with a beautiful, mysterious client (Embeth Davidtz, Feast of July), stalked by her deranged father, plunges him into a world of terrifying intrigue and deadly deceit. As a hurricane bears down on the city, Rick finds himself locked in a battle without a judge or jury—only an executioner. Beautifully shot by Changwei Gu (Farewell My Concubine) with a rousing score by Mark Isham (Billy Bathgate).

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Import Blu-Ray/Region A Pressing... The Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay, Gosford Park is a whodunit as only director Robert Altman could do it. As a hunting party gathers at the country estate, no one is aware that before the weekend is over, someone will be murdered - twice! The police are baffled but the all-seeing, all-hearing servants know that almost everyone had a motive. This critically-acclaimed murder mystery features a who's who of celebrated actors. With a diverse cast of characters - all with something to hide - it'll keep you guessing right to the surprising end. Gosford Park proves that murder can be such an inconvenience.

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TEA AT FOUR. DINNER AT EIGHT. MURDER AT MIDNIGHT. In 2001, Robert Altman (MASH, The Long Goodbye) took the unexpected step into Agatha Christie territory with Gosford Park, a murder-mystery whodunit set in an English country house starring a host of British acting greats and with an Oscar-winning screenplay by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. It would become a huge success with audiences and critics alike. Set in 1932, the action unfolds during a weekend shooting party hosted by Sir William McArdle (Alan Bates), and his wife Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas) at his estate, Gosford Park. Among the guests are friends, relatives, the actor and composer Ivor Novello (Jeremy Northam), and an American film producer (Bob Balaban). When Sir William is found murdered in the library, everyone – and their servants – becomes a suspect. Also starring Charles Dance, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith, Emily Watson and many more, Altman produced another masterpiece deserving to be ranked alongside Nashville and Short Cuts as one his finest forays into ensemble drama. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand new 2K restoration from a 4K scan, carried out by Arrow films exclusively for this release, supervised and approved by director of photography Andrew Dunn High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by director Robert Altman, production designer Stephen Altman and producer David Levy Audio commentary by writer-producer Julian Fellowes Brand-new audio commentary by critics Geoff Andrew and David Thompson (author of Altman on Altman) Introduction by critic Geoff Andrew Brand new cast and crew interviews recorded exclusively for this release The Making of Gosford Park archive featurette Keeping Gosford Park Authentic archive featurette Q&A Session with Altman and the cast Fifteen deleted scenes with optional Altman commentary Trailer Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Sheila O’Malley and an archive interview with Robert Altman

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The early seventies were a period of remarkable activity for Robert Altman, producing masterpiece after masterpiece. At the time he came to make Images, MASH and McCabe & Mrs. Miller were behind him, with The Long Goodbye, California Split and Nashville still to come. Originally conceived in the mid-sixties, Images concerns a pregnant children’s author (Susannah York, who won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival) whose husband (Rene Auberjonois) may or may not be having an affair. While on vacation in Ireland, her mental state becomes increasingly unstable resulting in paranoia, hallucinations and visions of a doppelgänger. Scored by an Oscar-nominated John Williams, with “sounds” by Stomu Yamash'ta (The Man Who Fell to Earth), Images also boasts the remarkable cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond (Close Encounters of the Third Kind). SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand-new 4K restoration from the original negative, produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original English mono audio (uncompressed LPCM) soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Audio commentary by Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger Scene-select commentary by writer-director Robert Altman Interview with Robert Altman Brand new interview with actor Cathryn Harrison An appreciation by musician and author Stephen Thrower Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Carmen Gray and an extract from Altman on Altman

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Returning to the city of his birth for inspiration, legendary maverick director Robert Altman helms an evocative, bullet-riddled tribute to the music and movies of his youth in Kansas City, a Depression-era gangster flick as only he could make one. Blondie O’Hara (Jennifer Jason Leigh) resorts to desperate measures when her low-level hood husband Johnny (Dermot Mulroney) gets caught trying to steal from Seldom Seen (Harry Belafonte), a local crime boss operating out of jazz haunt The Hey-Hey Club. Out on a limb, Blondie kidnaps laudanum-addled socialite Carolyn (Miranda Richardson), hoping her influential politician husband can pull the right strings and get Johnny out of Seldom Seen’s clutches. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and featuring a remarkable soundtrack performed live by some of the best players in contemporary jazz, one of Altman’s most underrated and idiosyncratic films finally makes its long-awaited Blu-ray™ debut. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation Original 2.0 and 5.1 DTS-HD MA audio English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by director Robert Altman Newly filmed appreciation by critic Geoff Andrew Gare, Trains et Déraillement, a 2007 visual essay by French critic Luc Lagier, plus short introduction to the film narrated by Lagier Robert Altman Goes to the Heart of America and Kansas City: The Music, two 1996 promotional featurettes including interviews with cast and crew Electronic press kit interviews with Altman, Leigh, Richardson, Belafonte and musician Joshua Redman, plus behind-the-scenes footage Four theatrical trailers TV spots Image gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jennifer Dionisio FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing by Dr Nicolas Pillai, original press kit notes and an excerpt from Altman on Altman

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Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe meets a fun couple in 1970s Los Angeles.

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The staff of a Korean War mobile field hospital rely on humor to preserve their sanity amid the horror of war.

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Disc 1 contains McCabe & Mrs. Miller in 4K Ultra HD (the set's Blu-ray copy of the film, with the special features, is on Disc 2). Gambler John McCabe rides into Presbyterian Church, a raw mining town in the Pacific Northwest, and joins forces with sharp-witted Cockney madam Constance Miller to give the miners a first-class brothel. Their little empire thrives — until a powerful mining company decides to buy them out, and sends gunmen when McCabe refuses to sell at their price.

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This unorthodox dream western by Robert Altman stars Warren Beatty as an enterprising gambler and Julie Christie as a bordello madam, both newcomers to the raw Pacific Northwest mining town of Presbyterian Church, who join forces to provide the miners with a superior kind of whorehouse experience. The appearance of representatives of a powerful mining company with interests of its own, however, threatens to be the undoing of their plans — a film of fascinating flawed characters, Vilmos Zsigmond's evocative cinematography, and a soundtrack of overlapping dialogue and haunting Leonard Cohen songs that deglamorized and revitalized the most American of genres.

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Robert Altman's cornerstone of 1970s American moviemaking offers a panoramic view of the country's political and cultural landscapes, set in its music capital. Nashville interweaves the stories of twenty-four characters — from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress — into a tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical. Many cast members wrote their own songs and performed them live on location, lending the film another layer of quirky authenticity, as Altman gets to the heart of American life via its eccentric byways in a grand, rollicking triumph that barrels toward an unforgettable conclusion.

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Robert Altman's cornerstone of 1970s American moviemaking offers a panoramic view of the country's political and cultural landscapes, set in its music capital. Nashville interweaves the stories of twenty-four characters — from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress — into a tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical. Many cast members wrote their own songs and performed them live on location, lending the film another layer of quirky authenticity, as Altman gets to the heart of American life via its eccentric byways in a grand, rollicking triumph that barrels toward an unforgettable conclusion.

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O.C. and Stiggs are two sharp teenagers waging a personal vendetta against their middle-class neighbour Mr. Schwab after his insurance company cancels O.C.'s grandfather's retirement policy. Created by Ted Mann and Tod Carroll for National Lampoon - the magazine that paved the way for Animal House - the characters were brought to the screen by Robert Altman in a blazing satire of 1980s America. Precursors to screen delinquents like Wayne and Garth and Beavis and Butt-Head, the pair have been called "cooler than Ferris, as savage as the Heathers" (Hunter Stephenson). Shot with a visual anarchy to match its acerbic script, the film features a sensational cast including Jane Curtin, Paul Dooley, Jon Cryer, Dennis Hopper and Melvin Van Peebles, and makes its US Blu-ray debut.

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Griffin Mill, a slick Hollywood studio executive, spends his days hearing pitches and worrying that a younger rival is moving in on his job. When he starts receiving threatening postcards from a screenwriter he once rejected, he tracks down the man he believes is responsible and, in a confrontation outside a movie theater, kills him. Mill then has to dodge a police investigation, take up with the dead writer's girlfriend, and keep his career afloat — while the threats continue.

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Director Robert Altman brings E.C. Segar's beloved comic strip/cartoon character to life in this fun musical that's a delight for kids of all ages. Robin Williams stars as Popeye, who arrives in the seaside town of Sweethaven and is soon competing with the brutish Bluto (Paul L. Smith) for the hand of Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall). With Paul Dooley and Ray Walston. Songs include Harry Nilsson's "I Yam What I Yam," "Blow Me Down," and more, plus Williams' cover of 1933's "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man." 114 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.

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Disc 1 contains the feature film on 4K UHD; all bonus features are on the included Blu-ray disc. Robin Williams makes his big-screen debut as Popeye, the anvil-armed sailor, who rows into the harbor town of Sweethaven in search of his long-lost father. There he falls for the devoted Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall), adopts the foundling Swee' Pea, and makes an enemy of the hulking Bluto, in Robert Altman's musical live-action take on the classic comic strip.

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Adapting nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver, Robert Altman's film follows twenty-two characters in contemporary Los Angeles — among them a waitress, a jazz singer, a pool cleaner, a phone-sex operator, makeup artists, police officers and fishermen — whose lives overlap and intersect over a few days, each of them struggling to find solace and meaning in everyday life.

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Frances Austen, a rich and solitary widow, befriends a young man who never speaks and lets him move into her apartment, but her fixation on keeping him there twists the arrangement into something dangerous.

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Disc 2 (the Blu-ray disc of the set) contains the film in 1080p with both audio commentaries — a new commentary by film historian Nathaniel Thompson and the archival commentary by director Robert Altman — plus the set's video extras: a new interview with screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury, an archival interview with actor Keith Carradine, and the theatrical trailer. In 1930s Mississippi, convicted murderer Bowie breaks out of prison alongside fellow inmates Chicamaw and T-Dub, and the three set off on a string of bank robberies across the South. While hiding out with relatives and accomplices, Bowie falls for young Keechie, and the two start dreaming of a quiet, lawful life together. But the gang's growing notoriety brings the law ever closer, and each new robbery makes escape less likely. Altman's crime drama follows the young lovers as their plans collapse toward a violent end.

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Disc 1 (the 4K UHD disc of the set) contains the film in 2160p with HDR10 and both audio commentaries — a new commentary by film historian Nathaniel Thompson and the archival commentary by director Robert Altman. The set's video extras (interviews and trailer) are on the Blu-ray disc. In 1930s Mississippi, convicted murderer Bowie breaks out of prison alongside fellow inmates Chicamaw and T-Dub, and the three set off on a string of bank robberies across the South. While hiding out with relatives and accomplices, Bowie falls for young Keechie, and the two start dreaming of a quiet, lawful life together. But the gang's growing notoriety brings the law ever closer, and each new robbery makes escape less likely. Altman's crime drama follows the young lovers as their plans collapse toward a violent end.

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The familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is widened here to give equal weight to his brother Theo, the art dealer who helped support him, and the film also offers a look at the real locations Vincent painted.

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Chuck Workman is best known for creating unforgettable Oscar montage sequences and for his award-winning documentaries. In What is Cinema? he demonstrates his command of cinematic language, creating a visual essay out of clips from films that pushed the boundaries of the art form and gave us ideas of what the future might hold.