Friday, July 4, 2008

Anatomy of a murder (1959) - classic court drama directed by Otto Preminger, starring James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, Arthur O'Connell, Kathryn Grant and George C. Scott,

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 161 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Otto Preminger
IMDb Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0052561

Cast

James Stewart ... Paul Biegler
Lee Remick ... Laura Manion
Ben Gazzara ... Lt. Frederick Manion
Arthur O'Connell ... Parnell Emmett McCarthy
Eve Arden ... Maida Rutledge
Kathryn Grant ... Mary Pilant
George C. Scott ... Claude Dancer

Description: Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband's story, the local paper has reported that the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped. Manion is defended by Paul Biegler (James Stewart), a humble small-town lawyer and recently deposed district attorney. During the course of interviews, Biegler discovers that Manion is violently possessive and jealous, and also that his wife has a reputation for flirting with other men. Biegler realizes that the prosecution will try to make the court believe that Laura had been drunk and was picked up by the bartender and then her husband killed him and beat her up when he discovered they had been together. Manion pleads "not guilty" and Biegler, who knows that his case is weak, tries to find evidence that will save Manion.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/bjzv52ys


Video and audio information:

Video : 5.86 GB, 5221 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x552 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 257/515/92 MB (main/surround upmix/commentary), 224/448/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/6/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC/AC3/AAC, CBR/CBR/VBR

Subtitles, posters and screenshots (to be added later)

Sunday, June 29, 2008

The postman always rings twice (1946) - John Garfield, Lana Turner in classic film noir

Rating 8.2/10
Runtime: 113 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Tay Garnett
IMDb Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0038854/

Cast

Lana Turner ... Cora Smith
John Garfield ... Frank Chambers
Cecil Kellaway ... Nick Smith
Hume Cronyn ... Arthur Keats
Leon Ames ... Kyle Sackett
Audrey Totter ... Madge Gorland
Alan Reed ... Ezra Liam Kennedy
Jeff York ... Blair

Description: A drifter hitches a ride from the local District Attorney to an 'out of the way' restaurant/gas station owned by a man and his beautiful wife. They fall in love and together they plot the murder of her husband. Based on an original story by author James M. Cain. Although the sex scenes were watered down to conform to industry standards, the movie was still considered shocking for its time.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 666 MB, 1717 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 576*416 (4:3), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4,
Audio : 32 MB, 82 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = MPEG Layer-3