Orson Welles
1) Citizen Kane
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Seventieth anniversary ultimate collector's edition
Language
English
Description
The story of an immensely weathly newspaper publisher, as he is remembered by his friends and former wife after his death.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
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Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"There have long been rumors of a lost cache of tapes containing private conversations between Orson Welles and his friend the director Henry Jaglom, recorded over regular lunches in the years before Welles died. The tapes, gathering dust in a garage, did indeed exist, and this book reveals for the first time what they contain. Here is Welles as he has never been seen before: talking intimately, disclosing personal secrets, reflecting on the highs...
9) Citizen Kane
Series
Criterion collection volume 1104
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the most dazzling debut feature in cinema history, twenty-five-year-old writer-producer-director-star Orson Welles synthesized the possibilities of sound-era filmmaking into what could be called the first truly modern movie. In telling the story of the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of a William Randolph Hearst-like newspaper magnate named Charles Foster Kane, Welles not only created the definitive portrait of American megalomania, he also...
10) Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Chuck Jones signature edition.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Orson Welles, Rikki Tikki Tavi is the story of a mongoose adopted by a British family. DVD includes Bonus Episode: Yankee Doodle Cricket.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
All his life the little chipmunk Glikko lived in a tiny cage. Then the far-flying carrier pigeon Pippo told him of the great north forest and its happy chipmunk inhabitants. In a flash, Glikko embarked on a perilous trek to reach the realm of his free-roaming kin. Along the way he overcomes terrible dangers in a thrilling odyssey that also imparts gentle lessons in self confidence and the joy of following your dream!
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A war has been waged for millennia on the planet Cybertron. The Autobots, led by the heroic Optimus Prime, prepare to make a daring attempt to retake their planet from the evil forces of Megatron and the Decepticons. But unknown to both sides, a menacing force is heading their way-- Unicron, a planet that devours everything in its path.
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his centenary - the enigma of his career as a Hollywood star, a Hollywood director (for some a Hollywood failure), and a crucially important independent filmmaker. Orson Welles's life was magical: a musical prodigy at age ten, a director of Shakespeare at fourteen, a painter at sixteen, a star of stage and radio at twenty, romances with some of the most beautiful women in the world, including...
16) Touch of evil
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Limited edition.
Language
English
Description
A narcotics officer and a corrupt cop are involved in a murder investigation in a small border town. Includes three versions of the film: the preview version, the theatrical version, and the reconstructed version.
17) Monsieur Verdoux
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
In this dark comedy first released during WWII, Henri Vedoux, played by Charlie Chaplin, supports his family by first marrying, and then killing wealthy widows. On another level the film is an indictment of war in which mass murder is legalized, celebrated and paraded. "Killing is the enterprise by which your system prospers, " Verdoux says. "As a mass killer, I am an amateur by comparison."
19) Touch of evil
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Fiftieth anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
A narcotics officer and a corrupt cop are involved in a murder investigation in a small border town. See all three versions of the film: the theatrical version, the preview version, and the restored version. Features include commentaries and featurettes.
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin.
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