American Pop Classics (Firm)
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"In one of the most legendary horrror films of all time, a group of people are trapped in a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania while roaming packs of zombies have risen from the dead and are now out for flesh! This grainy, gory, low-budget favorite, directed by George A. Romero, revolutionized the genre--its influence now visible on nearly every horror film made since" -- Container.
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Little Shop of Horrors is the insane story of lonely florist Seymour (Jonathan Haze) and his hungry plant, Audrey. Seymour will go to great lengths to make sure Audrey is fed and happy. With a cast that includes Dick Miller, Jackie Joseph, and a young Jack Nicholson as a dental patient, director Roger Corman and screenwriter Charles Griffith give us a comic horror masterpiece for the ages!
3) D.O.A
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When a California businessman shows up at the San Francisco police station to report a murder, the police captain asks him who was murdered. His reply: 'I was.' So begins the tale of a man who is poisoned at a dark jazz club and, with only hours left to live, is determined to find out who poisoned him and why.
4) Charade
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A woman, about to divorce her husband, finds that he has been murdered after converting all of their fortune into cash. Numerous people are searching for the money, which he apparently stole, and everyone assumes she must know where the money is hidden.
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Walter Burns, editor of a major Chicago newspaper, is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife, Hildy to an insurance salesman, but not without a fight. The crafty editor uses every trick in his fedora to get Hildy to write one last big story about murderer Earl Williams and the inept Sheriff Hartwell. The plot snowballs as Williams' friend Molly Malloy, the crooked mayor, and his mother get tied up in Walter's web.
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Royal wedding: A musical set during Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Philip Mountbatten. A brother-sister dance team go to London and get caught up in romance.
Pied Piper of Hamelin: The famous children's fairy tale is retold with warmth and understanding as the mysterious ratcatcher comes to the town of Hamelin and promises to rid the town of its unwelcome guests for a price.
Wild guitar: Bud Eagle leaves rural South Dakota on his motor scooter...
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American Pop Classics
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[2014]
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English
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Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice against the Mexican-American workers, who struck to attain wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses. In the end, the greatest victory for the workers and their families is the realization that prejudice and poor treatment are conditions that are not always imposed by outside forces.
10) Metropolis
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"In this influential silent classic, set in a sprawling city of the future, a workers' uprising threatens to destroy the metropolis. In the 21st century, society has been divided into two classes- the lowly workers who live underground , and they wealthy ruling class who indulge in a decadent existence in the towering skyscrapers above. Until one day, when a member of the ruling class, lured below ground by an attractive female worker, is horrified...
11) Dressed to kill
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2012
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English
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When Dr. Watson's friend is found dead after buying a musical box at an auction, Holmes' investigation leads him to a ruthless woman willing to kill for the remaining two boxes. The last of fourteen films based on Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his loal friend Dr. Watson starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
12) A dog's life
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American Pop Classics
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[2016]
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A man tries to succeed in a big city with his dog as a companion.
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American Pop Classics
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[2009]
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English
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A stubborn farmer stuck in the past rules his farm and his family with an iron fist, but his unwillingness to move with the times almost causes him to lose everything in this 1940s dustbowl drama. As the story takes an unexpected turn, he is forced to relent and give in to his daughters' wishes to introduce new farming methods and join the local 4-H club.
18) The great Rupert
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American Pop Classics
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2010.
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English
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The tale of Rupert, a trained squirrel, who unknowingly helps a family of vaudeville performers who are down on their luck.