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In the 1970s, the name James L. Brooks (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Terms of Endearment, The Simpsons) was synonymous with intelligent television comedy—his shows were insightful about work and love and always tapped into the zeitgeist. With his transition to film in the 1980s, he became a master Hollywood storyteller, and none of his films was more quintessentially Brooks than Broadcast News. This caustic inside look at the Washington news media stars Holly Hunter (Raising Arizona, The Piano), in her breakout role, as a feisty television producer torn between an ambitious yet dim anchorman (William Hurt) and her closest confidant, a cynical veteran reporter (Albert Brooks). Brooks’s witty, gently prophetic entertainment is a captivating transmission from an era in which ideas on love and media were rapidly changing.

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Based on a true story, Matthew Poncelet is the convicted killer of two teenage lovers, awaiting his sentence on Death Row in rural Louisiana. In response to his letter, the outspoken Sister Helen Prejean visits him in prison sworn to help him truthfully and spiritually prepare for his death by lethal injection after a recent appeal to reconsider his punishment was declined.

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Two Irish immigrants chase land, fortune, and love after fleeing to America in the 1890s.

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Disc 2 (Blu-ray) contains The Keep (1983), plus an audio commentary by film historian Matthew Asprey Gear, interviews with producer Gene Kirkwood, author F. Paul Wilson, VFX producer Peter Kuran, make-up effects designer Nick Maley, co-composer Johannes Schmoelling and actor Michael Carter, a still gallery, the original trailer and a TV spot. Romania, 1941: German troops occupy a remote mountain village and are warned away from an ornate, mysterious structure called the Keep. Two soldiers disobey, breaking in in search of treasure, and instead free an ancient evil that grows stronger with every victim it claims. As the casualties mount, Captain Klaus Woermann is told the only man who might be able to stop the demonic force is Dr. Theodore Cuza, an elderly Jewish historian imprisoned with his daughter in a concentration camp. Michael Mann's adaptation of F. Paul Wilson's best-selling novel pairs its supernatural horror with a Tangerine Dream score and special effects by Nick Maley, and stars Scott Glenn, Jürgen Prochnow, Alberta Watson and Ian McKellen. Long unavailable, the film makes its 4K UHD and Blu-ray debut in a new restoration from the original camera negative, with new interviews exploring its production history.

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Based on the novel by Pat Conroy, this riveting tale of suspense set in 1964 concerns a young cadet at a Southern military academy who is tasked with protecting the school's first black recruit. As the members of "the Ten"-a secret society within the academy-attempt to intimidate them, the men prove that friendship and honor can overcome prejudice and hatred. David Keith, Mark Breland, Robert Prosky, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton star. 102 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles: English.

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Based on the novel by Pat Conroy, this riveting tale of suspense set in 1964 concerns a young cadet at a Southern military academy who is tasked with protecting the school's first black recruit. As the members of "the Ten"-a secret society within the academy-attempt to intimidate them, the men prove that friendship and honor can overcome prejudice and hatred. David Keith, Mark Breland, Robert Prosky, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton star. 102 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English. Two-disc set.

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Frank, a cool-headed ex-con who fronts his life with a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, is the best safecracker in Chicago — but he wants out of the criminal life for good. One final diamond heist for the mob is supposed to buy him the straight future he has mapped out. When the fence who bankrolls the job double-crosses him, Frank learns that walking away is far harder than breaking into any vault. Michael Mann's first feature announced his signature style in a neon-lit, rain-slick portrait of a professional thief.