The Way the Crow Flies
In 1960s Canada, the McCarthys are an extraordinarily happy family--or seem to be. Jack is an officer in the Air Force, his wife Mimi is a model wife and mother, and their two kids are all they could wish. But underneath the bliss, there is trouble: Jack is charged with looking after a Russian defector scientist who turns out to be a brutal ex-Nazi, and little Madeleine's teacher is molesting her and several classmates. When one of her friends is murdered, the family begins to unravel as destructive secrets are hoarded and then gradually revealed at both domestic and government levels.
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After a rapid-fire montage of two groups of gangsters, one Japanese, the other ethnic Chinese, killing each other and everybody else on screen, DEAD OR ALIVE's story begins when a police officer announces, Round up everybody who looks (suspicious), even if they aren't Chinese. The Chinese have been living in Japan for centuries, but have never been accepted or integrated into Japanese society. This larger conflict underlies the blood and gore of the two gangs vying to make a big drug purchase from a mainland Chinese gang. When Jojima (Show Aikawa) an otherwise honest cop, needs money for an operation for his daughter, he gets a loan from the head of the Japanese gang, but when his partner kills the brother of the leader of the Chinese mafia, Ryuichi (Riki Rakeuchi), a blood feud begins between the two men.DEAD OR ALIVE's fast-paced cinematic presentation, black humor, tongue-in-cheek satire, and misogynist sadism set it apart from similar films by Takeshi Kitano. Director Takashi Miike's earlier film, AUDITION, is known for its stunning ending, but here he builds up to a parody of the big showdown that is so hysterically comic that, borrowing from Monty Python and DR. STRANGELOVE, it reaches absolutely apocalyptic proportions.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Additional Release Material: Interview - 1. Takashi Miike - Director TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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THE LITTLE COLONEL: In the post Civil War South, an embittered old southern gent (Lionel Barrymore) turns his back on his daughter (Evelyn Venable) when she marries the
wrong man.
Years later, the daughter returns with her husband and youn daughter (Shirley Temple), the latter of whom
manages to mend the broken family ties. She does this by charming him with several charming song and dance numbers, as well as her irresistible personality. DIMPLES: Shirley`s grandfather (Frank Morgan) is a charming oldster who supplements his income with a little pickpocketry. When grandpa is caught thieving from a wealthy lady, Shirley takes the blame and her honesty unexpectedly leads to a career in showbiz.LITTLEST REBEL: When Shirley`s Confederate father marches off to war, she is left minding the plantation and her ailing mother. Her father is eventually captured and it takes a visit to President Lincoln himself for Shirley to save the day.
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