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Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
Brian Raftery - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999 - arguably the most groundbreaking year in American cinematic history.In 1999, Hollywood as we know it exploded: Fight Club. The Matrix. Office Space. Election. The Blair Witch Project.... |
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The Movies
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Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Brad Pitt
Format: DVD
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"'Fight Club' pulls you in, challenges your prejudices, rocks your world and leaves you laughing" (Rolling Stone). Brad Pitt ("12 Monkeys", "Seven"), Edward Norton ("Primal Fear," "American History X") and Helena Bonham Carter ("Mighty Aphrodite," "A Room With A View") turn in powerful... |
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The Matrix
Keanu Reeves - Warner Home Video
Format: DVD
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What if virtual reality wasn't just for fun, but was being used to imprison you? That's the dilemma that faces mild-mannered computer jockey Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) in The Matrix. It's the year 1999, and Anderson (hacker alias: Neo) works in a cubicle, manning a computer and doing... |
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Office Space - Special Edition with Flair (Widescreen Edition)
Mike Judge - 20th Century Fox
Format: DVD
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A self-serving boss, petty annoyances and unbroken monotony dishearten a computer programmer and his co-workers. Written and directed by Mike Judge.
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Election
Matthew Broderick - Paramount
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Reese Witherspoon plays Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter determined to be president of Carver High's student body. Popular teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) decides to derail Tracy's obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate. Mr. M. never imagines... |
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The Blair Witch Project
Heather Donahue - Lionsgate
Format: DVD
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Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Leonard. A spooky documentary leads to unimaginable terror for three film students lost in the Maryland woods. This innovative and highly acclaimed horror film set a new standard for cinematic chills! 1999/color-b&w/87 min/R/fullscreen.... |
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Being John Malkovich (Criterion Collection) (1999)
John Malkovich - Criterion Collection
Format: DVD
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While too many movies suffer the fate of creative bankruptcy, Being John Malkovich is a refreshing study in contrast, so bracingly original that you'll want to send director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman a thank-you note for restoring your faith in the enchantment of film.... |
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The Sixth Sense (Collectors Edition Series)
M Night Shyamalan - HOLLYWOOD PICTURES
Format: DVD
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Hollywood superstar Bruce Willis (ARMAGEDDON, THE SIEGE) brings a powerful presence to an edge-of-your-seat thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (Oscar(R) -nominee for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director) that critics are calling one of the greatest... |
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Ewan McGregor - 20th Century Fox
Format: DVD
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Of Disc Two's cornucopia of bonus features, the most notable are the seven deleted scenes and a long documentary. The deleted scenes, which are all interesting enough to watch at least once, can be viewed individually or as a group along with discussions of why they were cut. These... |
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American Beauty
Sam Mendes - Paramount
Format: DVD
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Noted theater director Sam Mendes, who was responsible for the acclaimed 1998 revival of Cabaret and Nicole Kidman's turn in The Blue Room, made his motion picture debut with this film about the dark side of an American family, and about the nature and price of beauty in a culture obsessed... |
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The Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola - Paramount
Format: DVD
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Sofia Coppola demonstrates the sensitivity and emotional depth that this material demands. Surely the pain of youth and public criticism found its way into her directorial voice; in the story of four sisters who self-destruct under the steady erosion of their youthful ideals, one can clearly... |
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Boys Don't Cry
~ Hilary Swank - Fox Searchlight Pictures
Format: DVD
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This fascinating story was based on real-life events (as documented in The Brandon Teena Story) that occurred in 1993 and ended in tragedy: Brandon's rape and murder by two of his supposed friends. Despite this horrible outcome, however, in the hands of director Kimberly Peirce... |
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The Best Man
Malcolm D. Lee - Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD
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Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) is a commitment-shy writer and the best man at the wedding of Lance (Morris Chestnut) and Mia (Monica Calhoun) . Unfortunately for Harper, the timing couldn't be worse. His new book is coming out and it chronicles his college life with his friends in a less... |
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Three Kings (2000)
Mark Wahlberg - Warner Home Video
Format: DVD
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A confident hybrid of M*A*S*H, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Dr. Strangelove, Three Kings is one of the most seriously funny war movies ever made. Improving the premise of Kelly's Heroes with scathing intelligence, it explores the odd connection between war and consumerism in the age of Humvees... |
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Magnolia
Philip Seymour Hoffman - New Line Home Video
Format: DVD
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An imposing tapestry about the mysterious workings of fate and coincidence and the need for interconnection and love. The stories of a dozen characters intertwine as they embark on a moral odyssey during one day in their tumultuous lives.
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But I'm a Cheerleader
Jammie Babbit - Lions Gate
Format: DVD
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In this comedy/romance, Megan is a naive teenager sent to rehab camp when her stritlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.
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10 Things I Hate About You
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Touchstone Home Entertainment
Format: DVD
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The classic comedy that launched the careers of Academy Award winner Heath Ledger (2008, Best Supporting Actor, THE DARK KNIGHT) and Julia Stiles celebrates its ten-year high school reunion with 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU: THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. This special edition is packed with... |
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The iron giant
Allison Abbate; Des McAnuff; Tim McCanlies; Brad Bird; Pete Townshend; All authors - Warner Home Video
Format: DVD
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Hogarth Hughes just rescued an enormous robot that fell from the stars to Earth. Now young Hogarth has one very big friend and an even bigger problem: how do you keep a 50-foot-tall, steel-eating giant a secret? |
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Galaxy Quest (1999)
Dean Parisot - Dreamworks Video
Format: DVD
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You don't have to be a Star Trek fan to enjoy Galaxy Quest, but it certainly helps. A knowingly affectionate tribute to Trek and any other science fiction TV series of the 1960s and beyond, this crowd-pleasing comedy offers in-jokes at warp speed, hitting the bull's-eye for anyone... |
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The Mummy Ultimate Collection
Brendan Fraser - Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD
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Embark on the ultimate action adventure that spans continents and explores ancient history with The Mummy Ultimate Collection including the films The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and The Scorpion King. Follow the exhilarating journeys and exploits of daring... |
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Run Lola Run (1999)
Tom Tykwer - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD
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Lola Rennt (original title). It's difficult to create a film that's fast paced, exciting, and aesthetically appealing without diluting its dialogue. Run Lola Run, directed and written by Tom Tykwer, is an enchanting... |
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American Pie
Jason Biggs - Universal
Format: DVD video
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Follows the hapless adventures of four "unlucky in love" high school friends as they gear up for the prom. |
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Eyes wide shut
Stanley Kubrick - Warner Home Video
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A wife's admission of unfulfilled sexual longings plunges Dr. William Harford, a New Yorker, into an erotic odyssey that could destroy his marriage and ensnare him in a lurid murder mystery. |
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The Insider
Michael Mann - Touchstone Home Video
Format: DVD video
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As the urgency of the story increases, so does the film's palpable sense of paranoia, inviting favorable comparison to All the President's Men. While Pacino downplays the theatrical excess that plagued him in previous roles, Crow is superb as a man who retains his tortured integrity... |
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