Betty Blue (Unrated Director's Cut)

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Sex and sunlight are on ample display in Betty Blue, director Jean-Jacques Beineix's passionate look at mad love. (Every French director is contractually required to make at least one movie about l'amour fou.) It begins at the seashore, where handyman and failed novelist Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade) has his life electrified by Betty, a woman whose sense of abandon frequently tips over into the pathological. This was the role that introduced gap-toothed, voluptuous Beatrice Dalle to the world, and neither Dalle nor the world has ever quite recovered. Traces of Beineix's preciousDiva are still present, though this is a darker and more memorable ride, especially in the three-hour "version integrale" that restores an hour of footage. Its copious nude scenes are a drawing card, but stick around for the age-old alchemy of life translated into art. Gabriel Yared's score is a favorite of movie-soundtrack mavens, especially its haunting piano theme. --Robert Horton
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Zorg lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time. Until Betty walks into his life, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. When Betty's wild manners start to get out of control, Zorg is forced to watch the woman he loves slowly go insane. Featuring French Superstars Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle. From Jean-Jacques Beineix, the acclaimed director of the cult art house favorite, Diva. The sexy cult classic is now available from the first time on DVD and it's the unrated director's cut! Academy Award® nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Urban Cowboy
Starring: Brooke Alderson , Sheryl Briedel , Barry Corbin , Steve Chambers , and Charlie Daniels Director: James Bridges Manufacturer: Paramount ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005JKVA Release Date: 2002-10-08 |
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John Travolta traded in disco duds for a cowboy hat in this corny love story about a working man who breaks up with his girlfriend (Debra Winger), then plays out their relationship's turmoil inside a huge honky-tonk called Gilley's. The story essentially parallels Travolta's prior hit film, Saturday Night Fever, in its blend of ordinary life, incomplete relationships, and personal pride channeled into niche stardom at a neighborhood club. But for all its regional flavor, Urban Cowboy never enjoys the immediacy and urgency of Fever, and after awhile you can't help but feel bemused by the macho silliness of ongoing "mechanical bull" competitions (basically a faux rodeo device only brave men can master at great chiropractic risk). The Travolta-Winger relationship is pure soap, as well. But this film really is a kind of time-capsule piece on a lot of levels--notably Travolta's career and late '70s Western kitsch--and while it's silly, it's certainly not disagreeable. --Tom Keogh
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Betty Grable Collection, Vol. 1 (My Blue Heaven / The Dolly Sisters / Moon Over Miami / Down Argentine Way)
Starring: Don Ameche , Betty Grable , Robert Cummings , Carole Landis , and Jack Haley Director: Walter Lang , Henry Koster , and Irving Cummings Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000EXDS7A Release Date: 2006-06-13 |
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Disk 1: MY BLUE HEAVEN Disk 2: THE DOLLY SISTERS Disk 3: MOON OVER MIAMI Disk 4: DOWN ARGENTINE WAY
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Betty Blue (Unrated Director's Cut)
Starring: Jean-Hugues Anglade , Béatrice Dalle , Gérard Darmon , Consuelo De Haviland , and Clémentine Célarié Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix Manufacturer: Sony Pictures ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002TSZH4 Release Date: 2004-10-12 |
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Sex and sunlight are on ample display in Betty Blue, director Jean-Jacques Beineix's passionate look at mad love. (Every French director is contractually required to make at least one movie about l'amour fou.) It begins at the seashore, where handyman and failed novelist Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade) has his life electrified by Betty, a woman whose sense of abandon frequently tips over into the pathological. This was the role that introduced gap-toothed, voluptuous Beatrice Dalle to the world, and neither Dalle nor the world has ever quite recovered. Traces of Beineix's preciousDiva are still present, though this is a darker and more memorable ride, especially in the three-hour "version integrale" that restores an hour of footage. Its copious nude scenes are a drawing card, but stick around for the age-old alchemy of life translated into art. Gabriel Yared's score is a favorite of movie-soundtrack mavens, especially its haunting piano theme. --Robert HortonDescription
Zorg lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time. Until Betty walks into his life, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. When Betty's wild manners start to get out of control, Zorg is forced to watch the woman he loves slowly go insane. Featuring French Superstars Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle. From Jean-Jacques Beineix, the acclaimed director of the cult art house favorite, Diva. The sexy cult classic is now available from the first time on DVD and it's the unrated director's cut! Academy Award® nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
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My Blue Heaven
Starring: Betty Grable , Dan Dailey , David Wayne , Jane Wyatt , and Mitzi Gaynor Director: Henry Koster Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000EXDSAM Release Date: 2006-06-13 |
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Charlie Rose with Betty Friedan; P.D. James; Francine Prose (May 19, 2000)
Manufacturer: Charlie Rose ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B000IMVPCC Release Date: 2006-09-18 |
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Betty Friedan, author of the1963 book, The Feminine Mystique and considered by many to be the mother of the modern feminist movement, on her new autobiography, In Life So Far: A Memoir, in which she looks back on her childhood, her marriage, her family life and her career. Then, P.D. James, one of Britain's most prolific mystery writers, on her new autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography, which is part diary, part memoir covering one year of her life. Later, novelist, critic and satirist Francine Prose talks about her latest novel, Blue Angel.
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Women In Revolt
Starring: Candy Darling , Jackie Curtis , Holly Woodlawn , Jonathan Kramer , and Michael Sklar Director: Paul Morrissey Manufacturer: Image Entertainment ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: 6305186669 Release Date: 1998-11-24 |
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Women in Revolt
Starring: Candy Darling , Jackie Curtis , Holly Woodlawn , Jonathan Kramer , and Michael Sklar Director: Paul Morrissey Manufacturer: Image Entertainment ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000BC8T32 Release Date: 2005-12-13 |
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Take a walk on the wild side with three girls from different walks of life -- and they've all got man problems! High-society dame Candy, frigid middle-class matron Jackie, and gutter nymphomaniac Holly are inspired by the fashionable Women's Lib movement to get organized as PIG (Politically Involved Girls) and give up men. However, their attempts to go lesbian and build new careers only lead to exploitation and abandonment in this outrageous, gender-bending cult comedy from director Paul Morrissey.
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37°2 le matin
ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B000E7ZJ0K |
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Zorg is a handyman working at in France, maintaining and looking after the bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time. One day Betty walks into his life, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. After a dispute with Zorg's boss they leave and Betty manages to get a job at a restaurant. She persuades Zorg to try and get one of his books published but it is rejected which makes Betty fly into a rage. Suddenly Betty's wild manners starts to get out of control. Zorg sees the woman he loves slowly going insane. Can his love prevail even if it comes to the worst?
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Betty Blue [Region 2]
Starring: Jean-Hugues Anglade , Béatrice Dalle , Gérard Darmon , Consuelo De Haviland , and Clémentine Célarié Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000056CTB |
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Sex and sunlight are on ample display in Betty Blue, director Jean-Jacques Beineix's passionate look at mad love. (Every French director is contractually required to make at least one movie about l'amour fou.) It begins at the seashore, where handyman and failed novelist Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade) has his life electrified by Betty, a woman whose sense of abandon frequently tips over into the pathological. This was the role that introduced gap-toothed, voluptuous Beatrice Dalle to the world, and neither Dalle nor the world has ever quite recovered. Traces of Beineix's preciousDiva are still present, though this is a darker and more memorable ride, especially in the three-hour "version integrale" that restores an hour of footage. Its copious nude scenes are a drawing card, but stick around for the age-old alchemy of life translated into art. Gabriel Yared's score is a favorite of movie-soundtrack mavens, especially its haunting piano theme. --Robert Horton
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Betty Blue (Uncut) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Dual Reg.2/4 Import - Australia ]
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B000B5LI3W |
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Australia released, PAL/Dual Region 2/4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages: o English (subtitles) o English (Mono) o French (Mono) Synopsis: Zorg is a handyman working in France, maintaining and looking after a collection of beach bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time. One day Betty walks into his life, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. Suddenly, Bettys wild manners start to get out of control. Zorg sees the woman he loves slowly going insane. When their relationship turns to the worst, can his love prevail? Jean-Jacques Beineix's Betty Blue stars B?atrice Dalle as the title character, a mentally unbalanced woman who becomes involved with Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a repairman who is working on a novel. Betty is a free-spirited, sexually aggressive woman who loosens up the lonely Zorg. The two engage in a variety of sexual encounters, and grow more passionate toward each other. Betty finds Zorg's book and is aggressively supportive. Her instability starts to catch up with the couple after she murders Zurg's boss, and burns down the house they were sharing. They try one last fresh start, but Betty may be too far gone. Special Features: o Special Edition o Trailer(s) o UncutDVD:
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