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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

The fugitive kind (1960) - lesser known drama directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani and Maureen Stapleton

Rating 7.1/10
Runtime: 122 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052832/

Cast

Marlon Brando ... Valentine Xavier
Joanne Woodward ... Carol Cutrere
Anna Magnani ... Lady Torrance
Maureen Stapleton ... Vee Talbot
Victor Jory ... Jabe Torrance
R.G. Armstrong ... Sheriff Jordan Talbot
Virgilia Chew ... Nurse Porter

Description: Having been in and out of trouble with the law from his fast living, Valentine Xavier, a drifter and musician who played primarily in New Orleans, decides to turn over a new leaf when he reaches Two Rivers County in the American deep south. With the help of the sheriff's wife Vee Talbot, Xavier is able to get a job as a clerk at Torrance Mercantile in Vee knowing that Jabe Torrance will soon be coming home from the Memphis hospital, and will likely never be able to get out of bed in the apartment above the store on his own, leaving his wife, Lady Torrance, to run the store by herself. Xavier, in his trademark snakeskin jacket, exudes a masculine sexuality, which increases business at the store by all the admiring young women of the county now frequenting it. Who lets him know in no uncertain terms that she is interested is party girl Carol Cutrere, whose fast ways has had her banned from Two Rivers, period, plus a number of other businesses outside of the county line. The one female in the county openly stating that she is not interested is Lady, despite not loving or ever having loved hard and violent Jabe, she putting any past infidelity in search of happiness behind her. The interactions between Xavier and Lady lead to them once again striving for happiness in their lives, which is interrupted by many of the men, including Sheriff Jordan Talbot, looking out for Jabe's interests, they who, as a collective, have an equally violent outlook as the answer to life's problems...

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/acV4gT2uYr2

Video and audio information:

Video : 2.50 GB, 2934 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 960x576 (5:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 113 MB, 132 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 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-Brazilian, German, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Polish, Czech) posters and screenshots included

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Long day's journey into night (1962) - less known drama directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards and Dean Stockwell

Rating 7.6/10
Runtime: 171 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056196/

Cast

Katharine Hepburn ... Mary Tyrone
Ralph Richardson ... James Tyrone
Jason Robards ... Jamie Tyrone
Dean Stockwell ... Edmund Tyrone
Jeanne Barr ... Kathleen

Description: One day in the early twentieth century in the life of the outwardly "loving" yet dysfunctional Tyrone family - parents James and Mary, and their two surviving adult sons Jamie and Edmund - at their Connecticut seaside summer home is presented. Mary has recently been released from a sanatorium for addiction to morphine. She got hooked on it during the difficult pregnancy with Edmund. As such, she secretly blames him for her addiction. Although Mary is purportedly clean, the male members of the family can't help but believe that she is still getting her fixes when she is alone. Edmund, a mariner, also recently arrived home. They are all aware deep in their hearts that Edmund is suffering from consumption, and not a summer cold as they all say it is, as they await the official diagnosis. James, formerly an actor, is a spendthrift despite having money. He, however, is not unwilling to spend money on whiskey or get rich quick schemes, largely buying what ends up being worthless real estate. Jamie largely blames his father for not spending the money early in their illnesses for Mary and Edmund's health/medical problems. Otherwise, Jamie has largely been aimless in his life. He has followed in James' footsteps in becoming an actor solely because James gave him the opportunity, but places no effort in it as a career. In addition to these issues, all three male members of the family drink to excess. These family issues are played out as the long day turns into night...

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HaGQ77Rl4zJiWVQ0o0nTe5VNRld1ga8n

Video and audio information:

Video : 4.70 GB, 3946 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1022*576 (16:9), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 163 MB, 132 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR

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

Monday, August 31, 2020

Fail-safe (1964) - classic thriller from director Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Dan O'Herlihy, Frank Overton and Edward Binns

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 112 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/

Cast

Henry Fonda ... The President Dan O'Herlihy ... Gen. Black
Walter Matthau ... Dr. Groeteschele
Frank Overton ... Gen. Bogan
Edward Binns ... Col. Grady
Fritz Weaver ... Col. Cascio

Description: When the United States Air Force's elaborate fail-safe systems fail, a squadron of nuclear-armed bombers crosses the Bering Strait into the USSR to attack. No one is quite sure why it happened but it's left to the President of the United States to try and find a solution with his Soviet counterpart. For some, like political scientist Professor Groetschele, the situation presents opportunities. He argues that they should not dwell on the morality of the attack and simply accept that it has happened. On that basis, he argues in favor of an all-out nuclear attack against the Soviet Union as the only sure way to ensure the survival of American culture and beliefs. The President sees it differently and works with the Soviets to stop the American bombers before they reach their target. When that fails, the President sees only one possible way to prevent global thermo-nuclear war...

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/7u4wseut

Video and audio information:

Video : 4.27 GB, 5455 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x576 (16:9), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 144
Audio : 359/64 MB (main/commentary), 448/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channel, 0x55 = AC3/AAC, CBR/VBR

Subtitles (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese 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, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Finnish) posters and screenshots included

Dual audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by director Sidney Lumet. 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)

Sunday, April 17, 2016

The pawnbroker (1964) - classic drama from director Sidney Lumet, starring Rod Steiger

Rating 7.8/10
Runtime: 116 min
Language: English/Spanish/German
Country: USA
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059575/

Cast

Rod Steiger ... Sol Nazerman
Geraldine Fitzgerald ... Marilyn Birchfield
Brock Peters ... Rodriguez
Jaime Sánchez ... Jesus Ortiz
Thelma Oliver ... Ortiz' Girl
Marketa Kimbrell ... Tessie
Baruch Lumet ... Mendel
Juano Hernandez ... Mr. Smith

Description: In a poor neighborhood of New York, the bitter and lonely Jewish pawnbroker Sol Nazerman is a survivor from Auschwitz that has no emotions or feelings. Sol lost his dearest family and friends in the war and his faith in God and belief in mankind. Now he only cares for money and is haunted by daydreams, actually flashbacks from the period of the concentration camp. Sol's assistant is the ambitious Latino Jesus Ortiz, who wants to learn with Sol how to run a business of his own. When Sol realizes that the obscure laundry business he has with the powerful gangster Rodriguez comes also from brothels, Sol recalls the fate of his beloved wife in the concentration camp and has a nervous breakdown. His attitude leads Jesus Ortiz to tragedy and Sol finds a way to cry.

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzph8sb3Hdu_Mi1xOW1oWTIwV3M

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=01466042794852075692

Video and audio information:

Video : 2.2 GB, 2719 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x560 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 130
Audio : 371 MB, 448 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR

Subtitles (English, Spanish, French, Turkish, Serbian, Greek, Portuguese-Brazilian, Czech) posters and screenshots included

Saturday, March 14, 2015

The hill (1965) - war prison drama starring Sean Connery in one of his finest roles ever directed by Sidney Lumet

Rating 7.9/10
Runtime: 123 min
Language: English
Country: UK
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059274/

Cast

Sean Connery ... Joe Roberts
Harry Andrews ... R.S.M. Wilson
Ian Bannen ... Harris
Alfred Lynch ... George Stevens
Ossie Davis ... Jacko King
Roy Kinnear ... Monty Bartlett
Jack Watson ... Jock McGrath
Ian Hendry ... Staff Sergeant Williams
Michael Redgrave ... The Medical Officer

Description: WWII, in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert. Prisoners are persecuted by Staff Sergeant Williams, who made them climb again and again, under the heavy sun, an artificial hill built right in the middle of the camp. Harris is a more human and compassionate guard, but the chief, S.M. Wilson, refuses to disown his subordinate Williams. One day, five new prisoners arrive. Each of them will deal in a different way with the authority and Williams' ferocity.

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

https://fastupload.io/ShpYm7gDHNxc2g4/file

Video and audio information:

Video : 2.33 GB, 2706 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 720x480 (16:9), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 120
Audio : 169/169 MB (main/French), 192/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR/CBR

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

Dual audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is French dubbing. 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 or French dubbing on Track 2)

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Murder on the Orient Express (1974) - film adaptation of Agatha Christie novel

Rating 7.3/10
Runtime: 122 min
Language: English
Country: UK
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071877/

Cast

Albert Finney ... Hercule Poirot
Lauren Bacall ... Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard
Martin Balsam ... Signor Bianchi
Ingrid Bergman ... Greta Ohlsson
Jacqueline Bisset ... Countess Andrenyi
Jean-Pierre Cassel ... Pierre Paul Michel
Sean Connery ... Colonel Arbuthnot
John Gielgud ... Mr. Beddoes
Wendy Hiller ... Princess Dragomiroff
Anthony Perkins ... Hector Willard MacQueen
Vanessa Redgrave ... Mary Debenham
Rachel Roberts ... Hildegarde Schmidt
Richard Widmark ... Mr. Ratchett
Michael York ... Count Andrenyi

Description: The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot boards the Orient Express. One of the passengers requests his protection, but Poirot declines. The next day the passenger is found dead in his compartment and Poirot is asked to solve the case. The train is forced to stop due to a snow drift blocking the tracks. This gives him a few hours to figure out the murderer's identity before the local police take over the investigation. During his investigation, Poirot discovers that many of the passengers have some connection to a 5 year old case where an infant was kidnapped and murdered in which the mastermind escaped prosecution. This lead to the death (during childbirth) of the mother and the suicide of her father. This could be the vital clue to crack the case, but can he do it in time?

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

12 angry men (1957) - classic court drama directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, Ed Binns, Ed Begley and Jack Warden

Rating 9.0/10
Runtime: 96 min
Language: Englishbr /> Country: USA
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/

Cast

Martin Balsam ... Juror #1
John Fiedler ... Juror #2
Lee J. Cobb ... Juror #3
E.G. Marshall ... Juror #4
Jack Klugman ... Juror #5
Ed Binns ... Juror #6
Jack Warden ... Juror #7
Henry Fonda ... Juror #8
Joseph Sweeney ... Juror #9
Ed Begley ... Juror #10
George Voskovec ... Juror #11
Robert Webber ... Juror #12

Description: A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Puerto Rican boy accused in the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. They come from different walks of life - the foreman, Juror No.1 is an energetic and accommodating football coach, Juror No. 2 is a quiet but curious bank clerk, Juror No.3 is an energetic and stubborn businessman, Juror No. 4 is a respected and critical broker, Juror No. 5 is a young Baltimore Orioles fan, Juror No. 6 is a tough house painter, Juror No.7 is a loud and fast-talking salesman, Juror No.8 is a quiet architect, Juror No. 9 is an intelligent and observant old man, Juror No. 10 is a loud and obnoxious garage owner, Juror No. 11 is an East European watchmaker nd finally Juror No. 12 is an energetic advertising agent who loves to crack jokes. Action takes place in a small room, on a hot summer day, and the case appears to be open-and-shut - the defendant has a weak alibi; a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene. Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis, played by Henry Fonda) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis' bases his vote moreso for the sake of discussion after all, the jurors must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. As the deliberations unfold, the story quickly becomes a study of the jurors' complex personalities (which range from wise, bright and empathetic to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless), preconceptions, backgrounds and interactions. That provides the backdrop to Mr. Davis' attempts in convincing the other jurors that a "not guilty" verdict might be appropriate.

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/7wvm4CFVRrm

Also a set of extras included:

* 12 Angry Men: From TV to the Big Screen - in this video interview, film scholar Vance Kepley discusses the history of 12 Angry Men, and specifically its evolution from teleplay to feature film. The interview was recorded exclusively for Criterion in 2011 at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison. In English, not subtitled (2011, 25:33 mins)
* Lumet on Lumet - four different interviews with director Sidney Lumet edited together for him to tell his story from his early acting days, the importance of working on television, how he got into directing and then getting the chance to work on 12 Angry Men. In English, not subtitled (2011, 22:58 mins)
* On Boris Kaufman - cinematographer John Bailey discusses the legacy and visual style of cinematographer Boris Kaufman (12 Angry Men, On the waterfront), filmmaker Dziga Vertov's younger brother. In English, not subtitled (2011, 38:21 mins).
* Reflections on Sidney - a new interview with the director's close friend and collaborator Walter Bernstein. In English, not subtitled (2011, 9:28 mins)
* Introduction by Ron Simon - an introduction to a movie by producer, writer and curator at the Paley Center for Media, Ron Simon. In English, not subtitled (2011, 14:04 mins)
* On Reginald Rose - Ron Simon takes a look at the legacy and importance of Reginald Rose, the writer of 12 Angry Men. In English, not subtitled (2011, 14:59 mins)
* Tragedy on a temporary town - Sidney Lumet's movie, which was written by Reginald Rose and first aired as part of The Alcoa Hour on NBC on February 19, 1956. In English, not subtitled (1998, 55:11 mins,)

Video and audio information:

Video : 2.25 GB, 3352 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 960x572 (5:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 132/55 MB (main/commentary), 192/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1 channel, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR

Subtitles (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian, German, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Polish, Korean, Chinese 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, Portuguese-Brazilian, Italian, German, Turkish, Polish, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Hebrew, Arabic, Tamil, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Indonesian) posters and screenshots included

Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English and other is commentary by film Historian Drew Casper. 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)