Annie Hall (Blu-Ray) (1977) - Winner of four Oscars (Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and Actress), Woody Allen's bittersweet comedy was loosely based on his real-life relationship with actress Diane Keaton. The film follows the rocky romance between neurotic comedian Alvy Singer (Allen) and the ditzy Annie Hall (Keaton) from New York to California and back while providing hilarious glimpses into the characters' pasts. With Tony Roberts, Paul Simon, Carol Kane, Shelley Duvall; look for Jeff Goldblum and Sigourney Weaver. 94 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English DTS HD mono Master Audio, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish.
The Apartment (Blu-Ray) (1960) - Billy Wilder's acerbic look at corporate life stars Jack Lemmon as an ambitious insurance clerk desperate to get ahead at work. While trying to romance beautiful elevator operator Shirley MacLaine, he starts letting his married managers use his bachelor pad for their trysts in order to advance his career. But his plan backfires when he discovers that boss Fred MacMurray is romancing MacLaine. With Jack Kruschen. Winner of five Oscar, including Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay. 125 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English DTS HD mono Master Audio, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary; featurettes; theatrical trailer.
Manhattan (Blu-Ray) (1979) - Woody Allen's hilarious and poignant look at modern relationships, set against Gershwin music and the splendid backdrop of the Big Apple. He's a TV writer, divorced from his lesbian ex-wife (Meryl Streep), dating a teenage girl (Mariel Hemingway), and in love with his married best friend's girl (Diane Keaton). 96 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English DTS HD mono Master Audio, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish.
Notorious (Blu-Ray) (1946) - Superlative Hitchcock thriller of espionage, deception and thwarted love. Ingrid Bergman, daughter of a war criminal, is persuaded by U.S. agents to marry Claude Rains, head of a Nazi spy ring in Brazil... much to the distress of agent Cary Grant, who's fallen in love with her. Leopoldine Konstantin co-stars. 102 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English DTS HD mono Master Audio; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; "making of" featurette; 1948 radio broadcast version with Joseph Cotten and Ingrid Bergman; interviews; theatrical trailer; more.
Rebecca (Blu-Ray) (1940) - For his first American film (which later went on to win the Best Picture Oscar), Alfred Hitchcock was hired by producer David O. Selznick to adapt Daphne du Maurier's haunting novel. Joan Fontaine stars as the new wife of brooding Laurence Olivier who moves into his mansion and is forced to live in the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca. With Judith Anderson, George Sanders. 131 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English DTS HD mono Master Audio; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; "making of" featurette; featurettes; screen tests; radio plays; interviews; theatrical trailer.
Spellbound (Blu-Ray) (1945) - The "prison of the mind" is explored in this Hitchcock classic set in a private asylum. Gregory Peck is the new head doctor who is suppressing a dark secret, and Ingrid Bergman is the psychiatrist whose love may be his only cure. Features an amazing dream sequence developed by Hitch and artist Salvador Dali. 111 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English DTS HD mono Master Audio; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; featurettes; 1948 radio broadcast version; interview; theatrical trailer.
Tall Story (Remastered) (19XX) - Jane Fonda's screen debut finds her playing a man-seeking coed who woos college basketball phenom Anthony Perkins. Complications arise when the basketball team goes against a Russian squad, and gamblers want to get in on the action. High-spirited farce also stars Ray Walston, Anne Jackson, and Van Williams. 89 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
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