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Friday, February 1, 2008

The day the earth stood still (1951) - classic sci-fi movie directed by Robert Wise, starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe and Sam Jaffe

Rating 7.7/10
Runtime: 92 min
Language: English/French/Hindi/Russian
Country: USA
Directed by: Robert Wise
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/

Cast

Michael Rennie ... Klaatu
Patricia Neal ... Helen Benson
Hugh Marlowe ... Tom Stevens
Sam Jaffe ... Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
Billy Gray ... Bobby Benson
Frances Bavier ... Mrs. Barley
Lock Martin ... Gort

Description: Travelling at mind-boggling speed, a gleaming unidentified flying object zooming in from boundless deep space penetrates the Earth's atmosphere, landing smoothly in Cold War Washington, D.C. Encircled by large yet feeble military forces, the peaceful intergalactic ambassador, Klaatu, emerges from the mysterious vessel accompanied by the silently dangerous robot of incomprehensible power, Gort, only to witness firsthand the earthlings' hospitality. The sophisticated humanoid declares that he comes in peace; however, he needs to assemble the world's greatest minds to hear his merciful warning and a definitive ultimatum. Is Klaatu the messenger of humanity's doom?

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/ZE8Z5NvAXXS

Video and audio information:

Video : 1.87 GB, 2912 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 165
Audio : 295/74 MB (main/commentary/commentary), 448/112/112 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 6/2/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR/VBR

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, German, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Hebrew, Arabic) posters and screenshots included

Triple audio track information

This movie contains three audio tracks, first is original English and the others are commentary by directors Robert Wise and Nicholas Meyer and an analysis of the film's iconic score by Bernard Herrmann and its cultural impact, with historians John Morgan, Steven Smith, William Stromberg and Nick Redman. 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 and commentaries on Track 2 and 3)

Monday, January 28, 2008

Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles

Rating 8.6/10
Runtime: 114 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Orson Welles
IMDb Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0033467/

Cast

Orson Welles ... Charles Foster Kane
Joseph Cotten ... Jedediah Leland
Dorothy Comingore ... Susan Alexander Kane
Agnes Moorehead ... Mary Kane
Ruth Warrick ... Emily Monroe Norton Kane
Ray Collins ... James W. Gettys
Erskine Sanford ... Herbert Carter
Everett Sloane ... Mr. Bernstein
William Alland ... Jerry Thompson
Paul Stewart ... Raymond

Description: Multimillionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies alone in his extravagant mansion, Xanadu, speaking a single word: "Rosebud". In an attempt to figure out the meaning of this word, a reporter tracks down the people who worked and lived with Kane; they tell their stories in a series of flashbacks that reveal much about Kane's life but not enough to unlock the riddle of his dying breath.

Screens (to be posted later):

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.22 GB, 1529 Kbps, 25.0 fps, 592*432 (4:3), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4
Audio : 143 MB, 175 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = MPEG Layer-3

Friday, January 25, 2008

The seventh seal (Det sjunde inseglet) - Ingmar Bergman

Rating 8.4/10
Runtime: 97 min
Language: Swedish
Country: Sweden
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
IMDb Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0050976/

Cast

Max von Sydow ... Antonius Block
Bengt Ekerot ... Death
Gunnar Björnstrand ... Jöns, squire
Nils Poppe ... Jof
Bibi Andersson ... Mia, Jof's wife
Inga Gill ... Lisa, blacksmith's wife
Maud Hansson ... Witch
Inga Landgré ... Karin, Block's Wife

Description: A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. The knight challenges Death to a chess game for his life. The Knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.

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Download links

CD 1

http://rapidshare.com/files/399494600/Sev_S_eal_1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/399500437/Sev_S_eal_1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/399512042/Sev_S_eal_1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/399518409/Sev_S_eal_1.part4.rar

CD 2

http://rapidshare.com/files/399566354/Sev_S_eal_2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/399576771/Sev_S_eal_2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/399587089/Sev_S_eal_2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/399597284/Sev_S_eal_2.part4.rar

Video and audio information:

Video : 614 MB, 1610 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 704*528 (4:3), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4
Audio : 86 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3

English subtitles in sub/idx format + sample (12 MB)

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DUAL AUDIO TRACK

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original Swedish, and the second is English commentary. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks or you can use VirtualDub to get rid of any of audio tracks by following these steps:

1. Download Virtualdub from that WWW address:

http://www.virtualdub.org/download.html

2. Download your version, unzip the files, start the program by running VirtualDub.exe

3. From "File" tab choose "Open video file" and find your dual audio file on your HDD (or you can simply drag and drop movie file into program window)

4. If any warining window pops up, just click on "OK"

5. From "Video" tab choose "Direct stream copy" option (very important, do not miss that step)

6. From "Audio" tab choose which audio stream you want to use, usually main audio stream is Stream 1, and commentary is on Stream 2, but to be 100 % sure use preview option that VD provides by clicking on "Play" button on the butttom of program window when video file is loaded. Of course you can get rid of original audio and save the file with commentary that way too, just by choosing other stream

7. From "File" tab choose "Save AVI file", put movie name and choose destination folder and then click on OK. Program will start its job after no more than 2 minutes your only one audio track movie should be ready.

Monday, January 21, 2008

In a lonely place (1950) - classic film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy and Carl Benton Reid

Rating 7.9/10
Runtime: 94 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042593/

Cast

Humphrey Bogart ... Dixon Steele
Gloria Grahame ... Laurel Gray
Frank Lovejoy ... Det. Sgt. Brub Nicolai
Carl Benton Reid ... Capt. Lochner
Art Smith ... Agent Mel Lippman
Jeff Donnell ... Sylvia Nicolai
Martha Stewart ... Mildred Atkinson
Robert Warwick ... Charlie Waterman

Description: Screenwriter Dixon Steele, faced with the odious task of scripting a trashy bestseller, has hat-check girl Mildred Atkinson tell him the story in her own words. Later that night, Mildred is murdered and Steele is a prime suspect; his record of belligerence when angry and his macabre sense of humor tell against him. Fortunately, lovely neighbor Laurel Gray gives him an alibi. Laurel proves to be just what Steele needed, and their friendship ripens into love. Will suspicion, doubt, and Steele's inner demons come between them?

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/xHmXarP7kT5

Video and audio information:

Video : 2.26 GB, 3463 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 165
Audio : 129/75 MB (main/commentary), 192/112 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1 channel, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR

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, Portuguese-Brazilian, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Czech) 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 Dana Polan, author of the BFI Film Classics monograph on "In a Lonely Place". 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)

Friday, January 18, 2008

Federico Fellini Collection - La Strada (1954) with Anthony Quinn and Giulietta Masina

Rating 8.1/10
Runtime: 104 min
Language: Italian
Country: Italy
Directed by: Federico Fellini
IMDb Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0047528/

Cast

Anthony Quinn ... Zampano
Giulietta Masina ... Gelsomina
Richard Basehart ... Il 'Matto'- The 'Fool'
Aldo Silvani ... Il Signor Giraffa-Mr Giraffe
Marcella Rovere ... La Vedova-The Widow
Livia Venturini ... La Suorina-The Sister

Description: Gelsomina is sold by her very poor mother to Zampano, an itinerant strongman. She follows him on the road ("la strada") and helps him during his shows. Zampano ill treats her. She meets "The Fool", a funambulist. She feels like going with him, but he puts confusion in her mind by pointing out that perhaps Zampano is in fact in love with her ...

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.23 GB, 1635 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 640*480 (4:3), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4
Audio : 149 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x2000 = AC3

Subtitles (English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Czech, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish) + sample (11 MB)

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Monday, January 14, 2008

Vote for my next upload

Hi there :)

Some new post appeared on my blog, some fixes, adjustments and re-uploads still need to be done, but now I wanna ask you which one of movies listed beloww you want me to upload as next classic flix, you may vote until Thursday and movie of your choice will be posted on Friday afternoon

EDIT:

Hm, that was really close, with your votes circulating from "La Strada" to "Seventh Seal' to be a leader, but with 50 votes total, the winner is "La Strada" - 17 votes, only one better than Bergman`s classic

Thank you for you votes :)

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Paths of glory (1957) - classic war drama directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou and George Macready

Rating 8.4/10
Runtime: 88 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050825/

Cast

Kirk Douglas ... Col. Dax
Ralph Meeker ... Cpl. Philippe Paris
Adolphe Menjou ... Gen. George Broulard
George Macready ... Gen. Paul Mireau
Wayne Morris ... Lt. Roget
Richard Anderson ... Maj. Saint-Auban
Joe Turkel ... Pvt. Pierre Arnaud

Description: 1916. The trench warfare between the French and Germans on the battlefields of France results in little advancement of troops on either side - each advancement in tens of meters rather than kilometers - but in many casualties. Thus, the request by French General George Broulard to his subordinate General Paul Mireau to lead an attack to capture the Anthill, a key German held position which is just visible from the current French trench position, is generally regarded as futile. The request is largely one out of want for personal glory for the French military's upper echelon with little regard for the soldiers. Mireau hesitates in accepting the assignment until he learns that a prestigious promotion is on the line, one that is his regardless of success or failure. The regiment he assigns to carry out the attack is led by Colonel Dax, who has no other option but to obey orders despite both him and Mireau knowing the regiment's casualties would number over half without any guarantee of success. While Mireau's eyes are on his own personal gain, Dax is concerned both with carrying out the mission to the best of his ability while protecting his soldiers as a collective. What happens on the battlefield leads to a further rift in overall beliefs between Mireau and Dax in what is best for French society. What also results from the battle is a legal issue scapegoating three of Dax's soldiers, he who will protect his men to the best of his abilities against the cards stacked against them by the military elite.

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/mj9e5bL2JRF

Also a set of extras included:

* Audio interview with Stanley Kubrick - an illustrated audio interview with director Stanley Kubrick conducted by author Jeremy Bernstein in 1966. In this very short interview director Stanley Kubrick addresses the different obstacles the cast and crew had to overcome and the film's critical reception (2:18 min)
* Interview with Kirk Douglas - an interview with the legendary actor, from February 3, 1979, in which he discusses his career and work on Paths of Glory. At the end of the interview, Kirk Douglas also sings an old song he once performed with Burt Lancaster. (29:29 min)
* Interview with James B. Harris - a new video interview with the producer of Paths of Glory, James B. Harris, in which he discusses the production history of the film and his work with director Stanley Kubrick (21:09 min)
* Interview with Jan Harlan - an interview with director Stanley Kubrick's longtime executive producer, Jan Harlan (Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut) in which he discusses the filmmaker's legacy (9:08 min)
* Interview with Christiane Kubrick - in this interview, painter, singer, actress and Stanley Kubrick's wife from 1958 until his death in 1999, Christiane Kubrick, recalls her encounter with him and work on Paths of Glory (6:59 min)
* French WWI TV piece - a segment from the French news program JT Basse Normandie focusing on the tragedy involving corporal Theophile Maupas, which was used as a foundation for director Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory. Researcher Jacqueline Laisne addresses the tragic story (in French, subtitled, 3:12 min)

Video and audio information:

Video : 2.28 GB, 3622 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 794x480 (1.65:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 115
Audio : 385/42 MB (main/commentary), 609/60 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1 channel, 0x55 = FLAC/VORBIS, CBR/VBR

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

Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English and other is commentary by critic Gary Giddins. 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)

Seven samurai (1954) - Akira Kurosawa

Rating 8.8/10
Runtime: 207 min
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
IMDb Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0047478/

Cast

Takashi Shimura ... Kambei Shimada
Toshirô Mifune ... Kikuchiyo
Yoshio Inaba ... Gorobei Katayama
Seiji Miyaguchi ... Kyuzo
Minoru Chiaki ... Heihachi Hayashida
Daisuke Katô ... Shichiroji
Isao Kimura ... Katsushiro Okamoto
Keiko Tsushima ... Shino
Yukiko Shimazaki ... Rikichi's Wife
Kamatari Fujiwara ... Manzo, father of Shino
Yoshio Kosugi ... Mosuke

Description: A village is constantly attacked by well armed bandits. One day after an attack they seek the wisdom of an elder who tells them they cannot afford weapons, but they can find men with weapons, samurai, who will fight for them, if they find samurai who are in down on their luck and wondering where their next meal will come from. They find a very experienced samurai with a good heart who agrees to recruit their party for them. He selects five genuine samurai and one who is suspect but the seven return to the village to protect it from the forty plus bandits.

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Thursday, January 3, 2008

Hitchcock Collection - Blackmail (1929)

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 84 min
Language: English
Country: UK
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
IMDb Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0019702/

Cast

Anny Ondra ... Alice White
Sara Allgood ... Mrs. White
Charles Paton ... Mr. White
John Longden ... Det. Frank Webber
Donald Calthrop ... Tracy

Description: Alice White is the daughter of a shopkeeper in 1920's London. Her boyfriend, Frank Webber is a Scotland Yard detective who seems more interested in police work than in her. Frank takes Alice out one night, but she has secretly arranged to meet another man. Later that night Alice agrees to go back to his flat to see his studio. The man has other ideas and as he tries to rape Alice, she defends herself and kills him with a bread knife. When the body is discovered, Frank is assigned to the case, he quickly determines that Alice is the killer, but so has someone else and blackmail is threatened.

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Audio and video information:

Video : 760 MB, 1221 Kbps, 25.0 fps, 512*432 (5:4), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4
Audio : 139 MB, 224 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x2000 = AC3, CBR

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Sunset Boulevard (1950) - masterpiece film noir from director William Wyler starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson and Erich von Stroheim

Rating 8.7/10
Runtime: 110 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: William Wyler
IMDb Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0043014/

Cast

William Holden ... Joe Gillis
Gloria Swanson ... Norma Desmond
Erich von Stroheim ... Max von Mayerling
Nancy Olson ... Betty Schaefer
Fred Clark ... Sheldrake
Lloyd Gough ... Morino
Jack Webb ... Artie Green

Description: Joe Gillis, an unsuccessful screenplay writer, escapes the finance men who are trying to reclaim his car by driving into the garage of an old mansion on Sunset Boulevard. Assumed to be someone else, he is led by Max the butler to the mansion's owner, silent film star Norma Desmond. Wishing to make a comeback, she hires him to rewrite her "Salome" script, then falls in love with him. Joe moves into the mansion as a kept man. Secretly, Joe is collaborating with a pretty young screenplay editor, Betty Schaefer, on another idea. Though she is engaged to his best friend, Artie Green, an assistant director, Betty falls in love with Joe. When Betty finds out about Norma, she asks him to leave Norma for her, but Joe can't unsettle her life, too. He decides, instead, to leave Hollywood. As he is leaving, a crazed Norma tries to stop him.

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/i5y3xkg7

Also included a really nice set of extra material:

* "The making of Sunset Boulevard" - including interviews with Nancy Olson, Ed Sikov, film critic Andrew Sarris, Paramount producer A.C. Lyles and Glenn Close
* "Franz Waxman and the music of Sunset Boulevard"
* "The Noir side of Sunset Boulevard" by Joseph Wambaugh
* "Edith Head: The Paramount Years" - documentary of the famed costume designer
* Hollywood location map
* "Paramount in the 50s" - featurette about studio's successes in 1950s
* "Mad about the boy: A portrait of William Holden"
* "Recording Sunset Boulevard"
* "Stories of Sunset Boulevard"
* "Sunset Boulevard: The beginning" - featurette detailing pre-production of movie
* "Sunset Boulevard becomes a classic"
* "The city of Sunset Boulevard"
* "Behind the Gates: The Lot"
* "Two sides of Ms Swanson"
* Original theatrical trailer
* Shooting script (PDF file)

Video and audio information:

Video : 3.19 GB, 4145 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 786x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 177/70 MB (main/commentary) , 224/89 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/AAC, CBR/VBR

Subtitles (English, Spanish, French, Brazilian-Portuguese, Portuguese, Chinese simplified, Danish, German, Estonian, Hungarian, Italian, Vietnamese closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Greek, Turkish, German, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Serbian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Arabic), posters and screenshots included

Dual audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by Ed Sikov, author of "On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder". 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, commentary on Track 2)