Here you can find the largest product selection
DVD DVD by Type, Actors & Actresses, American Film Institute Series, Art House & International DVD, Awards, Blu-ray, Boxed Sets, Classical Music DVD Deals, Custom Stores, Decade, DVD Blowouts, Featured Stores, Format, HD DVD, MPAA Rating, Original Language, Picture Format, Promotion, Region, Special Editions, Universal Media Discs DVD > Classics
at bargain prices.
We make it our business to bring you best deals and savings on every item.
All orders from this site will be processed and shipped by Amazon.com.
2001: A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray] Warner Brothers Warner Home Video A space mission that could reveal mans destiny is jeopardized by a malfunctioning shipboard computer A dazzling journey that tops them all -- and showed the way for other effects-packed films that followed When Stanley Kubrick recruited Arthur C Clarke to collaborate on the proverbial intelligent science fiction film its a safe bet neither the maverick auteur nor the great science fiction writer knew they would virtually redefine the parameters of the cinema experience A daring experiment in unconventional narrative inspired by Clarkes short story The Sentinel 2001 is a visual tone poem barely 40 minutes of dialogue in a 139-minute film that charts a phenomenal history of human evolution From the dawn-of-man discovery of crude but deadly tools in the films opening sequence to the journey of the spaceship Discovery and metaphysical birth of the star child at films end Kubricks vision is meticulous and precise In keeping with the directors underlying theme of dehumanization by technology the notorious seemingly omniscient computer HAL 9000 has more warmth and personality than the human astronauts it supposedly is serving The director also leaves the meaning of the black rectangular alien monoliths open for discussion This theme in part is what makes 2001 a film like no other though dated now that its postmillennial space exploration has proven optimistic compared to reality Still the film is timelessly provocative in its pioneering exploration of inner- and outer-space consciousness With spectacular painstakingly authentic special effects that have stood the test of time Kubricks film is nothing less than a cinematic milestone--puzzling provocative and perfect --Jeff Shannon Thriller: The Complete Series IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT Now available for the first time ever in any format experience the complete series hailed as the most frightening ever created for television Horror legend Boris Karloff em Frankenstein / em guides you through 67 unforgettable episodes of suspense murder and relentless terror featuring a stellar cast of stars from the golden age of TV These tales from the minds of such masterful writers as Edgar Allan Poe Robert Bloch em Psycho / em and Cornell Woolrich em Rear Window / em include a murderous cursed painting a supernatural mirror a demonic tailors suit and much more r / r / Now remastered and packed with hours of exclusive fascinating extras em Thriller / em is the ultimate must-have collection for any horror or classic television fan Featured stars include William Shatner Leslie Nielsen Mary Tyler Moore Elizabeth Montgomery Rip Torn Richard Chamberlain Cloris Leachman Alan Napier Batman Robert Vaughn The Man from U N C L E Werner Klemperer Hogans Heroes Russell Johnson Gilligans Island Donna Douglas The Beverly Hillbillies Richard Kiel Moonraker Marlo Thomas That Girl Edward Platt Get Smart Marion Ross Happy Days Tom Poston Newhart Natalie Schafer Gilligans Island Richard Long The Big Valley Ursula Andress Dr No and many more Image Entertainments 14-disc presentation of the acclaimed anthology series em Thriller / em is arguably among the most anticipated DVD releases for horror fans and vintage-TV aficionados alike Hosted by screen legend Boris Karloff who also appeared in five episodes of the series and aired on NBC from 1960 to 1962 em Thriller / em immediately earned a reputation as one of the most frightening programs ever broadcast on television--a legacy that endures some four decades after it left the airwaves Though it featured an all-star lineup both in front of and behind the camera--actors such as William Shatner Richard Chamberlain Rip Torn Leslie Nielsen Elizabeth Montgomery Warren Oates Robert Vaughn and Marlo Thomas were among its guest stars while directors included veterans like John Brahm em The Lodger / em John Newland em One Step Beyond / em and actor-directors Ida Lupino Paul Henreid and Ray Milland--the chills of em Thriller / em hinged on its stories em Psycho / em author Robert Bloch adapted several of his short tales for the series including one of its most nerve-jangling episodes The Cheaters about a pair of glasses that reveal terrifying truths to the wearer em Twilight Zone / em scribes Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont also contributed scripts while others were based on stories by Cornell Woolrich Edgar Allan Poe and em Conan / em creator Robert E Howard the latter provided the source material for Pigeons from Hell the episode widely regarded as the most terrifying of the series with Brandon De Wilde as a young man who encounters restless spirits and a unique monster in an abandoned Southern mansion Other standouts include Blochs The Grim Reaper about a cursed portrait that brings death to its owners including Shatner The Purple Room with Torn as the skeptical inheritor of a haunted house which viewers will immediately recognize as the Bates home from Alfred Hitchcocks em Psycho / em and La Strega with Ursula Andress as a young woman bedeviled by her sorceress aunt The 14-disc em Thriller The Complete Series / em offers all 67 episodes of the series each remastered and uncut for the first time since their original broadcast Some 50 hours of supplemental features have also been included chief among these are 24 hours of commentary tracks by em Thriller / em participants like directors Arthur Hiller and Ted Post and actors Richard Anderson and Beverly Washburn em Spider To Kill a Mockingbird (Collector's Edition) Universal Studios Universal Studios When a Southern white woman accuses a black man of rape the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion and no lawyer except Atticus Finch will def Ranked 34 on the American Film Institutes list of the 100 Greatest American Films To Kill a Mockingbird is quite simply one of the finest family-oriented dramas ever made A beautiful and deeply affecting adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee the film retains a timeless quality that transcends its historically dated subject matter racism in the Depression-era South and remains powerfully resonant in present-day America with its advocacy of tolerance justice integrity and loving responsible parenthood Its tempting to call this an important message movie that should be required viewing for children and adults alike but this riveting courtroom drama is anything but stodgy or pedantic As Atticus Finch the small-town Alabama lawyer and widower father of two Gregory Peck gives one of his finest performances with his impassioned defense of a black man Brock Peters wrongfully accused of the rape and assault of a young white woman While his children Scout Mary Badham and Jem Philip Alford learn the realities of racial prejudice and irrational hatred they also learn to overcome their fear of the unknown as personified by their mysterious mostly unseen neighbor Boo Radley Robert Duvall in his brilliant almost completely nonverbal screen debut What emerges from this evocative exquisitely filmed drama is a pure distillation of the themes of Harper Lees enduring novel a showcase for some of the finest American acting ever assembled in one film and a rare quality of humanitarian artistry including Horton Footes splendid screenplay and Elmer Bernsteins outstanding score that seems all but lost in the chaotic morass of modern cinema --Jeff Shannon The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition) Warner Brothers Warner Home Video During a tornado in rural Kansas a young girl is swept away to a magical land and embarks on a journey to see the Wizard who can help her return home When it was released during Hollywoods golden year of 1939 em The Wizard of Oz / em didnt start out as the perennial classic it has since become The film did respectable business but it wasnt until its debut on television that this family favorite saw its popularity soar And while em Oz / em s TV broadcasts are now controlled by media mogul Ted Turner who owns the rights the advent of home video has made this lively musical a mainstay in the staple diet of great American films Young Dorothy Gale Judy Garland her dog Toto and her three companions on the yellow brick road to Oz--the Tin Man Jack Haley the Cowardly Lion Bert Lahr and the Scarecrow Ray Bolger --have become pop-culture icons and central figures in the legacy of fantasy for children As the Wicked Witch who covets Dorothys enchanted ruby slippers Margaret Hamilton has had the singular honor of scaring the wits out of children for more than six decades The films still as fresh frightening and funny as it was when first released It may take some liberal detours from the original story by L Frank Baum but its loyal to the Baum legacy while charting its own course as a spectacular film Shot in glorious Technicolor befitting its dynamic production design Munchkinland alone is a psychedelic explosion of color and decor em The Wizard of Oz / em may not appeal to every taste as the years go by but its required viewing for kids of all ages em --Jeff Shannon / em On the discs / r The 2009 Wizard of Oz Two-Disc Special Edition DVD has the sharp 2005 restoration using Warners Ultra Resolution process and an accompanying featurette on how its done The technicians also discuss how the sound was remixed though that would have been more effective had it included surround-sound demonstrations the featurette is in 2 0 Other features include a commentary track by critic John Fricke supplemented by vintage cast interviews he offers a lot of trivia and debunks the myth that Shirley Temple was ever close to getting the Dorothy role profiles of nine cast members and clips of other movies they appeared in including Toto a lightly animated 10-minute storybook narrated by Angela Lansbury and the original mono track and a music-and-effects track New for 2009 is a sing-along track that you can turn on as you watch the movie or you can select from 10 numbers to sing along with karaoke-style subtitles The second disc has the Lansbury-hosted The Sound of Music (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition) Fox 20th Century Fox Julie Andrews in the heartwarming true story that has become a cinematic treasure Rodgers and Hammersteins The Sound of Music Julie Andrews is Maria the spirited young woman who leaves the convent and becomes a governess to the seven unruly charm and songs soon win the hearts of the children and their father but when Nazi Germany unites with Austria Maria is forced to attempt a daring escape with her new family When Julie Andrews sang The hills are alive with the sound of music from an Austrian mountaintop in 1965 the most beloved movie musical was born To be sure the adaptation of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein IIs Broadway hit has never been as universally acclaimed as say em Singin in the Rain / em Critics argue that the songs are saccharine even the songwriters regretted the line To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray and that the characters and plot lack the complexity that could make them more interesting Its not hard to know whom to root for when your choice is between cute kids and Nazis r align left cellpadding 6 cellspacing 0 tbody align center mg align top border 0 src http / / images amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ aplus/ charmian-carr gif / r / span class tiny Read our interview with r / Charmian Carr who played r / Liesl von Trapp in em The r / Sound of Music / em / span / / / tbody r It doesnt matter Audiences fell in love with the struggling novice Maria Andrews the dashing Captain von Trapp Christopher Plummer and yes the cute kids all based on a real-life World War II Austrian family Such songs as My Favorite Things Do Re Mi Climb Every Mountain and the title tune became part of the 20th century Zeitgeist In addition em The Sound of Music / em officially became a cult hit when audiences in London began giving it the em Rocky Horror Picture Show / em treatment attending showings dressed as their favorite characters and delivering choreographed comments and gestures along with the movie So why resist especially when the 40th Anniversary Edition is the best DVD yet / The DVDs / r / As if the direct involvement of Julie Andrews werent enough the 40th Anniversary Edition of em The Sound of Music / em is a must-have for fans because of the fond sense of nostalgia that will touch all but the worst cynics heart Andrews introduces both discs and contributes a commentary track on the film Its a joy to hear her speak about the film for example she explains how she solved her dislike for the lyrics of I Have Confidence and also heard are remarks by Christopher Plummer who at one point refers to his being 48 which if true would mean his comments were made in about 1975 Charmian Carr Liesl choreographer Dee Dee Wood and Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc Platinum Edition) BUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Awaken your senses to the majesty of SLEEPING BEAUTY Walt Disneys classic fairy tale See more than youve ever seen before through the magic of state-of-the-art technology and experience this groundbreaking film restored beyond its original brilliance in the way Walt envisioned it pristine beautiful utterly breathtaking SLEEPING BEAUTY will transform your home into a fantastic world your family will want to experience again and again r r In the original story Princess Aurora sleeps for 100 years before being awakened by a princes kiss In the Disney version Prince Philip comes to her rescue much sooner r George Bruns orchestral score which was nominated for an Academy Award expertly blended famous themes from Tchaikovskys ballet r With a budget that exceeded 6 million in 1959 this was Walt Disneys most lavish and expensive animated feature to date r Determined to make the characters as realistic as possible Disney had a live action film shot with actors posing as Sleeping Beauty the Prince and Maleficent for the animators to use r New York Times critic Bosley Crowther called the fight between Prince Philip and Maleficent the noisiest and scariest go-round he Disney has ever put into one of his films r All-New Digital Restoration With Enhanced Picture And Sound r All-New 5 1 Disney Enhanced Home Theater Surround Sound r All-New Once Upon A Dream Music Video Performed By HANNAH MONTANAS Emily Osment r Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough A Fully Immersive Virtual Tour r All-New Enhanced Dance Game With Help From Briar Roses Forest Friends You Can Learn How To Dance r Never-Before-Seen Alternate Opening r Deleted Songs r All-New Making Of SLEEPING BEAUTY Featurette r And Much Much More Disneys 1959 animated effort was the studios most ambitious to date a widescreen spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapting Tchaikovsky In the 14th century the malevolent Maleficent not dissimilar to the wicked Queen in Disneys Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her 16th birthday This of course would deny her a happily-ever-after with her true love Things almost but not quite turn out that way thanks to the assistance of some bubbly bumbling fairies named Flora Fauna and Merryweather Its not really all that much about the title character--how interesting can someone in the middle of a long nap be anyway Instead those fairies carry the day as well as of course good Prince Phillip whose battle with the malevolent Maleficent in the guise of a dragon has been co-opted by any number of animated films since See it in its original glory here And Malificents castle filled with warthogs and demonic imps in a macabre dance celebrating their evil ways manages a certain creepy grandeur -- David Kronke On the DVD / r Sleeping Beauty was the last and most lavish of Walt Disneys animated fairy tales He told the artists not to hurry and to give him a moving illustration The film required almost four and one-half years and one million finished drawings Instead of the 19th century storybook illustrations that had influenced the look of Snow White and Pinocchio the artists adapted the flattened perspective and jewel-like colors of 15th century French illuminated manuscripts The results remain unmatched for sheer visual opulence However Sleeping Beauty suffers from a weak story the vision of an ageless princess slumbering in a vine-shrouded tower was replaced with elements of Snow White and a boy-meets-girl musical The evil Maleficent and the three Good Fairies Flora Fauna and Merryweather dominate the film rather than Princess Aurora and Prince Philip Sleeping Beauty was originally released in 70mm and the Blu-ray edition restores the film to its original splendor Many earlier releases trimmed the wide-screen images and/ or muted the glowing palatte The Bonus DVD looks good on a flat screen monitor but it pales in comparison to the richness of the Blu-ray In addition to the commentaries Mary Poppins (45th Anniversary Special Edition) WALT DISNEY VIDEO Experience the extraordinary animation dazzling special effects and award-winning music of Walt Disneys em Mary Poppins / em in this restored and remastered 2-Disc 45th Anniversary Edition Join the practically perfect Mary Poppins Julie Andrews for a Jolly Holiday as she magically turns every chore into a game and every day into a whimsical adventure Along the way you ll be enchanted by unforgettable characters such as the multitalented chimney sweep Burt Dick Van Dyke Unpack Marys magical carpetbag full of bonus features including all-new bonus from the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Broadway production of em Mary Poppins / em You wont need a Spoonful Of Sugar to love every moment of this timeless Disney classic r / r / There is only one word that comes close to accurately describing the enchanting Mary Poppins and that term was coined by the movie itself supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Even at 2 hours and 20 minutes Disneys pioneering mixture of live action and animation based on the books by P L Travers still holds kids spellbound Julie Andrews won an Oscar as the worlds most magically idealized nanny practically perfect in every way and complete with lighter-than-air umbrella and Dick Van Dyke is her clownishly charming beau Bert the chimney sweep The songs are also terrific ranging from bright and cheery A Spoonful of Sugar to dark and cheery the Oscar-winning Chim Chim Cher-ee to touchingly melancholy Feed the Birds Many consider Mary Poppins to be the crowning achievement of Walt Disneys career--and it was the only one of his features to be nominated for a best picture Academy Award until Beauty and the Beast in 1991 --Jim Emerson r / r / span class h1 Stills from em Mary Poppins / em Click for larger image / / span r border 0 cellpadding 4 cellspacing 4 width 100 / / tbody align center valign top mg align left border 0 height 200 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ disney/ marypoppins/ MaryPoppins1 jpg style float left border 0 width 300 / r / / / mg align left border 0 height 200 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ disney/ marypoppins/ MaryPoppins2 jpg style float left border 0 width 300 / r / / mg align left border 0 height 200 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ disney/ marypoppins/ MaryPoppins3 jpg style float left border 0 width 300 / r / / / / align center valign top mg align left border 0 height 200 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ disney/ marypoppins/ MaryPoppins4 jpg style float left border 0 width 300 / r / / / style padding-left 60px mg align left border 0 height 300 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ disney/ marypoppins/ MaryPoppins6 jpg style float left width 200 / r / / Forbidden Planet [Blu-ray] Warner Home Video Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to Planet Altair-4 home to Dr Morbius Walter Pidgeon his daughter Anne Francis a dutiful robot named Robby and to a mysterious terror Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history Forbidden Planet is in a movie orbit all its own This 1956 pop adaptation of Shakespeares The Tempest is one of the best most influential science fiction movies ever made Its space explorers are the models for the crew of Star Trek s Enterprise and the films robot is clearly the prototype for Robby in Lost in Space Walter Pidgeon is the Prospero figure presiding over a paradisiacal world with his lovely young daughter and their servile droid When the crew of a spaceship lands on the planet they become aware of a sinister invisible force that threatens to destroy them Great special effects and a bizarre electronic score help make this movie as fresh imaginative and fun as it was when first released The Bridge on the River Kwai [Blu-ray] Sony Pictures Spectacularly produced and the winner of seven Academy Awards 1957 including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor Alec Guinness The Bridge on the River Kwai continues to be one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time Now for the first time on Blu-ray following an extensive all-new 4K digital restoration from the original negative with newly restored 5 1 audio experience director David Leans masterpiece as you never have before r Director David Leans masterful 1957 realization of Pierre Boulles novel remains a benchmark for war films and a deeply absorbing movie by any standard--like most of Leans canon The Bridge on the River Kwai achieves a richness in theme narrative and characterization that transcends genre r r The story centers on a Japanese prison camp isolated deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia where the remorseless Colonel Saito Sessue Hayakawa has been charged with building a vitally important railway bridge His clash of wills with a British prisoner the charismatic Colonel Nicholson Alec Guinness escalates into a duel of honor Nicholson defying his captors demands to win concessions for his troops How the two officers reach a compromise and Nicholson becomes obsessed with building that bridge provides the storys thematic spine the parallel movement of a team of commandos dispatched to stop the project led by a British major Jack Hawkins and guided by an American escapee William Holden supplies the storys suspense and forward momentum r r Shot on location in Sri Lanka Kwai moves with a careful even deliberate pace that survivors of latter-day high-concept blockbusters might find lulling--Lean doesnt pander to attention deficit disorders with an explosion every 15 minutes Instead he guides us toward the intersection of the two plots accruing remarkable character details through extraordinary performances Hayakawas cruel camp commander is gradually revealed as a victim of his own sense of honor Holdens callow opportunist proves heroic without softening his nihilistic edge and Guinness who won a Best Actor Oscar one of the productions seven wins disappears as only he can into Nicholsons brittle duty-driven delusional psychosis His final glimpse of self-knowledge remains an astonishing moment--story character and image coalescing with explosive impact r r Like Leans Lawrence of Arabia The Bridge on the River Kwai has been beautifully restored and released in a highly recommended widescreen version that preserves its original aspect ratio --Sam Sutherland span class h1 Stills from The Bridge on the River Kwai click for larger image / / span r border 0 cellpadding 4 width 100 cellspacing 4 align center valign top mg The Complete Metropolis [Blu-ray] Kino Video Fritz Langs Metropolis belongs to legend as much as to cinema Its a milestone of sci-fi and German expressionism Yet the story makes minimal sense and the theme belongs in a fortune cookie to experience the films pagan power you have to see the movie But for decades we couldnt not really--not with so many versions all incomplete often in public-domain prints like smudged photocopies This Murnau Foundation restoration changes all that Some shots scenes and subplots may be lost forever but intertitles indicate how they fit into the original continuity and the characters individual trajectories Most crucially the images are crisp vibrant and three-dimensional instead of murky and flattened The composite sequences the Tower of Babel a sea of lusting eyes have been restored to their hallucinatory ferocity And theres one moment when you can see a bead of sweat roll down a mans cheek--in medium long-shot --Richard T Jameson