Thursday, January 1, 2015

Invasion of the body snatchers (1956) - another of classic 1950s sci-fi flicks directed by Don Siegel, starring Kevin MaCarthy and Dana Wynter

Rating 7.8/10
Runtime: 80 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Don Siegel
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049366/

Cast

Kevin McCarthy ... Dr. Miles J. Bennell
Dana Wynter ... Becky Driscoll
Larry Gates ... Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman
King Donovan ... Jack Belicec
Carolyn Jones ... Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
Jean Willes ... Nurse Sally Withers
Ralph Dumke ... Police Chief Nick Grivett
Virginia Christine ... Wilma Lentz

Description: Held by the police as a raving lunatic, Dr. Miles Bennell recounts to a psychiatrist the events that have turned his life upside down. He returned to his small town the previous Thursday, having been called back from a medical conference by his nurse, who was being flooded with patients. He arrives to find that most have canceled their appointments, but the few cases he does have all have the same story: someone close to them is acting strangely as if they had been replaced. Consulting some of his colleagues, he finds that these types of reports have been coming in all week and they conclude it must be some type of mass hysteria. However, when his friends Jack and Teddy Belicec show him a partly formed body they have uncovered in their home, he begins to realize that there may be some truth to the wild stories he has been hearing.

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Download link (torrent file):

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=47579910309606428632

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzph8sb3Hdu_bXVFNzdYU0JzOTQ


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.04 GB, 1849 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x514 (2:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 120
Audio : 259 MB, 448 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


Subtitles (English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Polish, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Dutch, Czech, Serbian, Hungarian, Arabic, Romanian, Slovenian), posters and screenshots included

Sunday, December 28, 2014

A man escaped AKA Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956) - classic French prison drama directed by Robert Bresson

Rating 8.1/10
Runtime: 100 min
Language: French/German
Country: France
Directed by: Robert Bresson
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049902/

Cast

François Leterrier ... Le lieutenant Fontaine
Charles Le Clainche ... François Jost
Maurice Beerblock ... Blanchet
Roland Monod ... Le pasteur Deleyris
Jacques Ertaud ... Orsini
Jean Paul Delhumeau ... Hebrard
Roger Treherne ... Terry
Jean Philippe Delamarre ... Le prisonnier 10

Description: French Resistance activist Andre Devigny is imprisoned by the Nazis, and devotes his waking hours to planning an elaborate escape. Then, on the same day, he is condemned to death, and given a new cellmate. Should he kill him, or risk revealing his plans to someone who may be a Gestapo informer?

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Download link (torrent file):

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=33957810679915210614

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzph8sb3Hdu_MFVmcUNiQ2dzVDg


Also included documentary from director Leo De Boer "De weg naar Bresson AKA The road to Bresson" (1984) - a tribute to the French director and screenwriter, and to his minimalist films about sensitive individuals (or even animals) trying unsuccessfully to survive in a cruel world. Weg Naar Bresson is divided into several segments with specific themes, such as "camera" or "theory," that are illustrated by film clips, and interviews with Bresson himself and also with acclaimed directors Andrei Tarkovsky, Louis Malle and Paul Schrader.


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.90 GB, 2705 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 120
Audio : 138 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


Subtitles (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, German, Portuguese-Brazilian, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Czech, Greek, Turkish), posters and screenshots included