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1) Stagecoach

Series

Criterion collection volume 516

Publisher

Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

2010.

Edition

[Special edition].

Physical Desc

2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.

Language

English

Description

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A group of passengers with nothing in common is stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.

2) Walkabout

Series

Criterion collection volume 10

Publisher

The Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

[2010]

Edition

Widescreen version ; Special edition.

Physical Desc

2 videodiscs (DVD) (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.

Language

English

Description

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A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to exist in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece. Along the way, they met a young aborigine on his 'walkabout,' a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone.

3) Three outlaw samurai: Sanbiki no samurai

Series

Criterion collection volume 596

Publisher

The Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

[2012]

Edition

Widescreen version.

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (DVD) (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)

Language

日本語

Description

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An offshoot of a Japanese television series of the same name, "Three outlaw samurai" is a classic in its own right. A wandering, seen-it-all ronin becomes entangled in the dangerous business of two other samurai hired to execute a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt magistrate. With remarkable storytelling economy and thrilling action scenes, it's an expertly mounted tale of revenge and loyalty.

4) Magnificent obsession

Series

Criterion collection volume 457

Publisher

Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

2008.

Edition

[Second-disc special edition].

Physical Desc

2 videodiscs (DVD) (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

Description

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Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from a rescue team. They have to use the town's only resuscitator. At that same moment the beloved, local doctor has a heart attack and dies while waiting for the life-saving device. When Bob learns about the doctor's secret - to give selflessley and in secret - he decides to give it a try. He alienates the doctor's widow, Helen, with whom Bob has now fallen in love....

5) Lord of the flies

Series

Criterion collection volume 43
Classic collection

Publisher

Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

[1999]

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

Description

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Thirty English schoolboys are stranded on an uncharted island at the start of the "next" war. With no adults present, they quickly turn into savages.

6) El norte: The north

Series

Criterion collection volume 458

Publisher

Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

2008.

Edition

Director-approved special edition.

Physical Desc

2 videodiscs (DVD) (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages ; 19 cm)

Language

Español

Description

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El norte: Enrique and Rosa are brother and sister Mayan Indian peasants, living in the mountains of Guatemala. When the village attempts to organize for better treatment, Enrique and Rosa are forced to flee as the Guatemalan army is sent in to punish the townspeople. Receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant, they make their way to Los Angeles, hoping to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants. The...

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1) Stagecoach

2) Walkabout

3) Three outlaw samurai: Sanbiki no samurai

4) Magnificent obsession

5) Lord of the flies

6) El norte: The north

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