Best Actor Collection [5 Discs]Best Actor Collection [5 Discs]

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DVD FEATURES:
  • Region: 1
  • Number of Discs: 5
  • Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.55:1
  • Audio: Dolby Digital Surround
AWARDS
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  •     Won Best Actor - 1987 (Michael Douglas)
  •     Won Best Actor - 1974 (Art Carney)
  •     Won Best Actor - 1970 (George C. Scott)
  •     Won Best Director - 1970 (Franklin J. Schaffner)
  •     Won Best Editing - 1970 (Hugh S. Fowler)
  •     Won Best Original Screenplay - 1970 (Edmund H. North, Francis Ford Coppola)
  •     Won Best Picture - 1970 (Frank McCarthy)
  •     Won Best Sound - 1970 (Don Bassman, Douglas Williams)
  •     Won Best Actor - 1956 (Yul Brynner)
  •     Won Best Color Art Direction - 1956 (Paul S. Fox, John De Cuir, Walter Scott, Lyle Wheeler)
  •     Won Best Musical Score - 1956 (Ken Darby, Alfred Newman)
  •     Won Best Sound - 1956 (Carl Faulkner)
  •     Won Best Actor - 1928- (Warner Baxter)
  •     Nominated Best Original Screenplay - 1974 (Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld)
  •     Nominated Best Art Direction - 1970 (Pierre-Louis Thevenet, Antonio Mateos, Gil Parrondo, Urie McCleary)
  •     Nominated Best Cinematography - 1970 (Fred Koenekamp)
  •     Nominated Best Original Score - 1970 (Jerry Goldsmith)
  •     Nominated Best Visual Effects - 1970 (Alex C. Weldon)
  •     Nominated Best Actress - 1956 (Deborah Kerr)
  •     Nominated Best Color Cinematography - 1956 (Leon Shamroy)
  •     Nominated Best Director - 1956 (Walter Lang)
  •     Nominated Best Picture - 1956 (Charles Brackett)
  •     Nominated Best Cinematography - 1928- (Arthur Edeson)
  •     Nominated Best Director - 1928- (Irving Cummings)
  •     Nominated Best Picture - 1928-
  •     Nominated Best Screenplay - 1928- (Tom Barry)
  • American Film Institute
  •     Won 100 Greatest American Movies - 1998
  • Directors Guild of America
  •     Won Best Director - 1970 (Franklin J. Schaffner)
  •     Nominated Best Director - 1956 (Walter Lang)
  • Film Daily
  •     Won 10 Best Films - 1928
  • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
  •     Won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comed - 1987 (Michael Douglas)
  •     Won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comed - 1974 (Art Carney)
  •     Won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - 1970 (George C. Scott)
  •     Won Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com - 1956 (Deborah Kerr)
  •     Won Best Picture - Musical or Comedy - 1956
  •     Nominated Best Picture - Musical or Comedy - 1974
  •     Nominated Best Director - 1970 (Franklin J. Schaffner)
  •     Nominated Best Picture - Drama - 1970
  •     Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comed - 1956 (Yul Brynner)
  •     Nominated Motion Picture Promoting International Understanding - 1956
  • National Board of Review
  •     Won Best Actor - 1987 (Michael Douglas)
  •     Won Best Actor - 1970 (George C. Scott)
  •     Won Best Picture - 1970
  •     Won Best Actor - 1956 (Yul Brynner)
  •     Nominated Best Picture - 1987
  •     Nominated Best Picture - 1974
  •     Nominated Best Picture - 1956
  • National Society of Film Critics
  •     Won Best Actor - 1970 (George C. Scott)
  • New York Film Critics Circle
  •     Won Best Actor - 1970 (George C. Scott)
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REVIEWS:
  • More a criticism of the Reagan years than an homage (consistent with Oliver Stone's politics), Wall Street will nonetheless be remembered as synonymous with the 1980s and their skewed priorities. The film introduced a mass audience to the underhanded dealings and pressure cooker environment of the financial world, netting Michael Douglas an Oscar for his portrayal of the larger-than-life Gordon Gekko, a character who entered the zeitgeist as a symbol of sheer amoral greed, even to those who hadn't seen the film. It's also one of Stone's least fussy films, and by focusing on the plot more than his usual cinematic gimmickry, Stone makes it easy for the layman to navigate stock market lingo and follow the esoteric dramas that unfold in the daily lives of brokers. With almost every character tainted by the lust for wealth, Martin Sheen emerges as the only antidote to the contagious disease of corruption, in the role of a blue-collar machinist and father to the story's central character, Charlie Sheen's Bud Fox. It may be a rather obvious animal metaphor, but if Fox is, indeed, sly, he's at least a prouder, more redeemable creature than Gekko, a slithering lizard who will do anything to prosper. Daryl Hannah, who has made a career of playing oddball misfits, is miscast as a snobbish gold digger, but the rest of the cast effectively personalizes a world full of false loyalty, nervous trust, and merciless usury. A satisfying morality play, Wall Street is one of Stone's most popular films. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi
  • Patton ranks as one of the screen's greatest biopics, much as George C. Scott's work in the title role is often considered one of the towering performances in screen history. Scott, and the film overall, benefit from an uncommonly intelligent script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, an odd yet fortuitous pairing of seemingly dissimilar writing styles. Despite a nearly three-hour running time, the film focuses on only a small portion of Patton's career, beginning with his North Africa campaign and continuing to the conclusion of World War II. There are only a few compromises with history -- for example, Patton wears the uniform of a four-star general, a higher rank than was appropriate, at the rousing speech to his troops that begins the movie. The scene, though, is taken almost word-for-word from a speech that Patton delivered on June 4, 1944. It's just one example of the verisimilitude that gives the film its superb texture. Patton also benefits from outstanding tech credits, particularly Fred Koenekamp's cinematography and Jerry Goldsmith's orchestral score. Overall, the film won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor. Scott refused his award, which the Academy kept for him in case he later changed his mind. He didn't. ~ Richard Gilliam, Rovi
  • Paul Mazursky's bittersweet film on the cross-country odyssey of man nearing the end of life sometimes crosses the line into sentimentality, but it features an Academy Award-winning performance by Art Carney in what is likely his finest role. Septuagenarian widower Harry (Carney) decides to visit friends and relatives across America after learning that his New York City apartment building is about to be razed. As he touches on these links with his past, he is sobered by the changes time has wrought. As with the handicapped, there is often a degree of dishonesty in presenting aged people as the central characters of a film or dramatic work. Incapable of initiating significant action, they usually serve as symbolic lightning rods for the filmmakers' guilt, reminding the rest of us what punishment they are forced to absorb at our hands. To some extent, this is the case with Mazursky's film, which rather than exploring Harry's relationships with his wife, children, and friends, makes him seem like a nice man who a number of unhappy and ungrateful people have failed to appreciate. This somehow rings false. The truest and most moving part of the film is the first section, which offers a window on both the tentative relationships and painful isolation of old age. Carney gives a miraculous performance as the retired schoolteacher, slightly bewildered by novel experiences, yet always sensible and resilient. Ellen Burstyn is also excellent as his unhappy daughter, as is Geraldine Fitzgerald as a former lover. The strong cast includes Larry Hagman, Cliff De Young, Herbert Berghof, Melanie Mayron, and Josh Mostel. ~ Michael Costello, Rovi
  • The King and I typifies the elaborate Broadway musical adaptations with which Hollywood studios often tried to fight the advance of television of 1950s. Shot in an extreme widescreen version of CinemaScope to counter the smallness of the TV screen, the film offers equally grand set design, costumes, and cinematography. The songs and performances are equally impressive: Yul Brynner won an Oscar for his career-best performance as the King of Siam; and Deborah Kerr's singing was dubbed by the capable Marni Nixon, who had been responsible for Natalie Wood's singing voice in West Side Story and Audrey Hepburn's in My Fair Lady. Based on the book Anna and the King of Siam, the story has been filmed at least three times: as the 1946 drama Anna and the King of Siam; as an animated musical of the same name, in 1999; and the non-musical Anna and the King, also from that same year. ~ Brendon Hanley, Rovi

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