Mandy (1952) - little known British drama directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Phyllis Calvert, Terence Morgan, Mandy Miller and Jack Hawkins

Rating 7.3/10
Runtime: 93 min
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
Directed by: Alexander Mackendrick
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045654/

Cast

Phyllis Calvert … Christine
Terence Morgan … Harry
Mandy Miller … Mandy
Jack Hawkins … Searle
Godfrey Tearle … Mr. Garland
Marjorie Fielding … Mrs. Garland
Nancy Price … Jane Ellis
Edward Chapman … Ackland

Description:Born deaf, and in time becoming dumb, this is the story of Mandy, a child whose parents have mixed feelings as how to maintain her future, that is until mother and daughter meet the ever-enthusiastic Searle. Enrolling in his school for the deaf, with methods of lip-reading and with the use of objects to learn to use speech, this is a highly sensitive and optimistic story of how a family has to learn to cope with disability, the stigma of isolation and the courage to step into the unknown.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.97 GB, 3020 Kbps, 24 fps, 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 165
Audio : 128 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


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

The man in the white suit (1951) - classic British satire/comedy directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker

Rating 7.3/10
Runtime: 85 min
Language: English
Country: UK
Directed by: Alexander Mackendrick
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044876/

Cast

Alec Guinness ... Sidney Stratton
Joan Greenwood ... Daphne Birnley
Cecil Parker ... Alan Birnley
Michael Gough ... Michael Corland
Ernest Thesiger ... Sir John Kierlaw
Howard Marion-Crawford ... Cranford
Henry Mollison ... Hoskins
Vida Hope ... Bertha
Patric Doonan ... Frank

Description: The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...

Screens:

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.92 GB, 3223 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 788x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 152
Audio : 137 MB, 224 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


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

Ladykillers (1955) - Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker and Peter Sellers in classic British comedy

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 91 min
Language: English
Country: UK
Directed by: Alexander Mackendrick
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048281/

Cast

Alec Guinness ... Professor Marcus
Cecil Parker ... Claude (a.k.a. 'Major Courtney')
Herbert Lom ... Louis (a.k.a. 'Mr. Harvey')
Peter Sellers ... Harry (a.k.a. 'Mr. Robinson')
Danny Green ... One-Round (a.k.a. 'Mr. Lawson')
Jack Warner ... The Superintendent
Katie Johnson ... Mrs. Wilberforce
Philip Stainton ... The Sergeant
Frankie Howerd ... The Barrow boy

Description: A gang of five diverse oddball criminal types rent a two room apartment in an isolated house on a London cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow with three pet parrots. The group's mastermind, Professor Marcus, tells her a cover story that they are members of an amateur string quintet and would like to use the rooms to hone their musical skills. In reality, they are plotting to rob a bank and plan to use Mrs. Wilberforce's naiveté and her Victorian sensibilities to their advantage.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/284410512/L_ki__llers.part7.rar
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Video and audio information:

Video : 607 MB, 977 Kbps, 25.0 fps, 576*352 (16:9), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4
Audio : 91 MB, 147 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = Lame MP3


Subtitles (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Polish) + sample (6.2MB )

http://rapidshare.com/files/304003891/Lady_kil_lers_subs_sample.rar


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Sweet smell of success (1957) - classic film noir drama directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Susan Harrison

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 96 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Alexander Mackendrick
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051036

Cast

Burt Lancaster ... J.J. Hunsecker
Tony Curtis ... Sidney Falco
Susan Harrison ... Susan Hunsecker
Martin Milner ... Steve Dallas (as Marty Milner)
Sam Levene ... Frank D' Angelo
Barbara Nichols ... Rita
Jeff Donnell ... Sally
Joe Frisco ... Herbie Temple
Emile Meyer ... Lt. Harry Kello
Edith Atwater ... Mary
The Chico Hamilton Quintet ... Themselves

Description: J.J. Hunsecker, the most powerful newspaper columnist in New York, is determined to prevent his sister from marrying Steve Dallas, a jazz musician. He therefore covertly employs Sidney Falco, a sleazy and unscrupulous press agent, to break up the affair by any means possible...

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Also a set of extras included:

* Mackendrick: The man who walked away - documentary featuring interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill and others (1986, 44:40 min)
* James Wong Howe: Cinematographer - documentary about the Oscar-winning director of photography, featuring lighting tutorials (1973, 21:50 min)
* James Mangold on Alexander Mackendrick - documentary featuring director James Mangold who studied under Alexander Mackendrick in the early eighties, as an undergrad at Cal Arts (2011, 24:52 min)
* Neal Gabler on Winchell - documentary featuring an American journalist, writer and film critic Neal Gabler talking about a syndicated American fast-talking gossip columnist and radio broadcaster Walter Winchell, on which J.J. Hunsecker's character was loosely based (2011, 28:57 min)
* Theatrical trailer - (3:06 min)


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.01 GB, 3045 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 960*576 (1.66:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 114
Audio : 133/133 MB (main/commentary), 192/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1 channel, 0x2000 = AC3/AC3, CBR/CBR


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


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English and other is commentary by film scholar James Naremore. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)