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Earthbound (1981)

Running Time: 1:34:38

Language: English

Quality Rating: B-/C+

Letterboxed

No Subtitles

Directed By: James L. Conway

Starring: Burl Ives, Christopher Connelly and Meredith MacRae

Originally meant to be the pilot for a new TV series that would follow the adventures of a family of aliens trapped on Earth and the Earthlings that they live with. This pilot opens with a boy and his grandfather struggling to keep their hotel in business. When a UFO passes over the town and crashes nearby, the pair decide to stay home while the rest of the townspeople go investigate. Shortly afterwards, an alien family staggers out of the woods asking for protection from both the mob of civillians and the government agents searching for them. Granddad and grandson agree, disguising the aliens as humans and teaching them how to blend in on Earth.


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Eat and Run (1986)

Running Time: 1:23:15

Language: English

Quality Rating: B

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By: Christopher Hart

Starring: Ron Silver, Sharon Schlarth, Pat Ryan, John J. Fleming, Derek Murcott, Robert Silver

Sci-fi spoof about a 400 pound alien who comes to Earth and finds he has developed a taste for Italian. Italian people, that is. Ron Silver stars as the cop who eventually manages to catch the alien, only to have the lenient judge let him go free.


 

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Eat the Document (1972)

Running Time: 00:52:06 plus extras

Language: English

Quality Rating: C/D

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By: Bob Dylan

Starring: Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, John Lennon, Johnny Cash

Eat the Document is a documentary film about Bob Dylan's legendary 1966 tour of Europe with The Band. This was the tour on which Dylan was booed for "going electric".

This film was originally intended to be a concert film for television, but was re-edited by Dylan to include backstage footage, private jam sessions, and sight-seeing in the cities of the tour. Presented without narration, it is a rather incomprehensible film, but it does capture the hectic and tedious feeling of the life of a musician on the road. A definate "must-see" for hardcore fans of Bob Dylan, his work, and his history.

Also included on this disc are some other Dylan related items:

  • Cab ride with John Lennon and Bob Dylan - running time 21:06, quality: D

  • Footage from a television special (late 60's?) with a very young Bob Dylan playing two solo tunes, and one duet with Johnny Cash. Running time 8:12, quality: C/D

  • Studio outtake footage with Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash - running time 3:20, quality: D

  • Television news special about Dylan and his career, with interviews (post-Live Aid) - running time: 18:43, quality: C

  • Plus about 20 minutes of home-made concert footage (low quality).


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Edge of the Axe (1988)

Running Time: 1:31:00

Language: English

Quality Rating: C-

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By: José Ramón Larraz

Starring: Javier Elorrieta, Barton Faulks, José Frade, Fred Holliday, Christine Marie Laine, Christina Lane, Page Mosely, Jack Taylor

Also Known As: Al filo del hacha

A demented axe murderer terrorizes a town while the authorities stumble about trying to identify the killer. An adequate amount of blood, though nudity is at a minimum in this one.


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Eighty Blocks From Tiffany's (1979)

Running Time: 1:06:39

Language: English

Quality Rating: B/C

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By: Gary Weis

Also Known As: 80 Blocks From Tiffany's

An authentic documentary about life on the streets in the late 70's with realistic interviews with gang members from New York. This film shows many sides of the predominatly Puerto Rican community of the South Bronx including. reformed gang members, current gang members, the police, and the community leaders who try and reach out to them.

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El Cantante workprint (2006)

Running Time: 1:56:10

Language: English

Quality Rating: B

Letterboxed

Time-coded and watermarked, No Subtitles

Directed By: Leon Ichaso

Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony

Also Known As: Who Killed Hector Lavoe?

El Cantante follows the rise and fall of salsa singer Hector Lavoe, who found quick success but allowed himself to become a victim of drugs and alcohol until all was lost. Real-life couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony star as the ill-fated singer and his wife. This workprint version of the film runs longer than the USA release of the film, though we haven't compared the two to document the differences. This print has full end credits and has an on-screen timer.

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El Diablo workprint (2003)

Running Time: 2:01:41

Language: English

Quality Rating: C/D

Letterboxed

No Subtitles, other text on screen

Directed By: F. Gary Gray

Starring: Vin Diesel

Also Known As: A Man Apart; This Man's Dominion

This is an early version of the theatrical release A Man Apart, before the video game company that created Diablo threatened the film studio with a lawsuit if the name wasn't changed. Vin Diesel convincingly stars as a man who is torn apart inside by the death of his wife. This version of the film is a workprint, before the Diablo references were removed, and the quality isn't the greatest. There is text on the screen throughout the film.

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Election workprint (1999)

Running Time: 1:33:04

Language: English

Quality Rating: C

Letterboxed

No Subtitles

Directed By: Alexander Payne

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Phil Reeves

Chaos ensues during high-school presidential elections, tempers and personalities clash. Teacher Matthew Broderick finds himself in the middle of it all. This workprint version of the film runs a little shorter than the released version, and has no ending credits.

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Elves (1990)

Running Time: 1:29:16

Language: English

Quality Rating: B

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By: Jeffrey Mandel

Starring: Dan Haggerty, Julie Austin, Deanna Lund, Borah Silver

This film has elves (well, one elf), secret Nazi experiments, and Dan Haggerty as an ex-cop turned mall Santa. Put aside all those other Christmas classics and have your own holiday marathon with this bad boy.


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Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1971)

Running Time: 27:11 (B&W version), 1:11:46 (Tinted version)

Language: German (B&W version); Japanese (Tinted version)

Quality Rating: C (B&W version), C/D (Tinted version)

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By: Shuji Terayama

Starring: Tarô Apollo, Mitsufumi Hashimoto, Maya Kaba, Keiko Niitaka

Also Known As: Tomato Ketchup Kôtei; Tomato Kecchappu Kôtei

Japanese cult film about a society in which children overthrow their parents and attempt to take control and form a new colony. Their plans don't work so well and chaos ensues. Two versions of the film are included here, on one disc. The German language version which runs 27 minutes and is in black & white, and the Japanese language version which runs 72 minutes and is color tinted.


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Encounter with the Unknown (1973)

Running Time: 1:30:50

Language: English

Quality Rating: B

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By: Harry Thomason

Starring: Rod Serling, Gene Ross, Rosie Holotik

Rod Serling hosts this trilogy of paranormal stories which are promoted as true. The first segment is about a witch who places a curse on those responsible for the death of her son; the second is about a hole in the earth and what lives inside the hole; and the third tale is a rehashing of the story about a man who picks up a hitch-hiker and later finds out she's been dead for years.


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Ernesto (1979)

Running Time: 1:34:52

Language: Italian

Quality Rating: B-

Letterboxed

English Subtitles

Directed By: Salvatore Samperi

Starring: Virna Lisi, Concha Velasco, Michele Placido, Turi Ferro, Martin Halm. Lara Wendel

Ernesto is the priviliged, seventeen year old boy who has deserted his family and found work at the office of a trading company. One day he is approached by a young stablehand at work who has sexual intentions, and they agree to meet. Ernesto explores his curiosity and starts having sex with the man frequently. But after an overwhelming heterosexual experience with a prostitute, he decides to avoid any further contact with the man. He quits his job and concentrates on studying the violin, and meets a young musician named Emilio. The two boys start an intense friendship that is troubled by jealousy and possessiveness. When Emilio introduces Ernesto to his twin sister Rachele, Ernesto becomes confused - does he want the brother or the sister (both played by Maladolescenza's Lara Wendel)?


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Erotic Kill uncut (1973)

Running Time: 1:44:50

Language: French

Quality Rating: B

Letterboxed

No Subtitles

Directed By: Jess Franco

Starring: Lina Romay, Jack Taylor, Alice Arno, Monica Swinn, Jesus Franco

Also Known As: Bare Breasted Countess; The Black Countess; La Comtesse aux seins nus; La Comtesse noire; Female Vampire; Insatiable Lust; Jacula; The Last Thrill; The Loves of Irina; Sicarius - the Midnight Party; Yacula; Lusternde Vampire Im Spermaraush; Les Avaleuses

70's Euro-sleeze by Jess Franco features a beautiful vampire who requires blood, as well as sperm, to survive. This version of the film is the uncut hard version which is seldom seen. Many versions of this film exist, but this one runs the longest and is the most complete version youll find.


Essene (1972)

Running Time: 1:26:12

Language: English

Quality Rating: C-

Full Screen, Black & White

No Subtitles

Directed By: Frederick Wiseman

Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational priorities of the community. In the Order, where the focus of life is the relationship of individual work and worship to the community as a whole, the brethren must cope with the same issues that arise in any community: rules, work, worship, values, love, and play.


Etruscan Kills Again, The

See The Dead are Alive


Evictors, The (1979)

Running Time: 1:28:27

Language: English

Quality Rating: C/C+

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By:

Starring: Charles B. Pierce

Also Known As: Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper, Sue Ane Langdon, Dennis Fimple

City folk purchase an abandoned farm house and encounter all sorts of problems. Somewhat slow at times, but some good performances and excellent score, as well as a twist ending.


Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain

See Samhain


Evil Dead 2 - Behind-the-scenes

See Behind-the-scenes collection


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Evil Dead II workprint (1991)

Running Time: 36:00 plus bonus

Language: English

Quality Rating: B

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By: Sam Raimi

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie DePaiva, Ted Raimi

Also Known As: Evil Dead 2; Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn

Installment number two in the Sam Raimi Evil Dead trilogy, this one has our hero Ash battling demons while trapped in a cabin in the woods. This workprint version of the film is incomplete - many effects are missing, and the workprint footage only runs 36 minutes. As an added bonus, 70 minutes of "behind-the-scenes" footage is also included on the disc, including setting up and shooting several scenes, makeup applications, and so on.

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Evolution of Snuff, The

See Confessions of a Blue Movie Star


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Executioner's Song, The (1982)

Running Time: 2:14:28 plus bonus feature

Language: English

Quality Rating: B

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By: Lawrence Schiller

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach, Steven Keats

Based on the true story of murderer Gary Gilmore, who was released from prison after serving a long sentence and went on to murder two men. He was sentenced to death for the latter crimes, and pleaded for the execution to be carried out. Disc includes a documentary program about the real Gary Gilmore.


Exorcist (Turkish)

See Seytan


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Explosive Generation, The (1961)

Running Time: 1:28:15

Language: English

Quality Rating: B-/C+

Full Screen, Black & White

No Subtitles

Directed By: Buzz Kulik

Starring: William Shatner, Patty McCormack, Lee Kinsolving, Billy Gray, Arch Johnson, Jocelyn Brando, Beau Bridges

Pre-Star Trek William Shatner plays a high school teacher who dares to discuss sex with his students, much to the dismay of school officials as well as the parents. Will the student's support for their teacher be enough to prevent the PTA from forcing his termination?

 


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Eyeball (1975)

Running Time: 1:26:29

Language: English (dubbed)

Quality Rating: B

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By: Umberto Lenzi

Starring: Martine Brochard, John Richardson, Ines Pellegrini, Andrés Mejuto, Mirta Miller

Also Known As: Labyrinth des Schreckens; The Devil's Eye; The Eye; The Secret Killer; Wide-Eyed in the Dark; Gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro; El ojo en la oscuridad

A busload of stereotypical American tourists on vacation in Spain find a killer among them - a killer who wears a red raincoat and takes an eye from each of his victims.


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Eyes Wide Shut unedited version (1999)

Running Time: 159 minutes

Language: English

Quality Rating: A

Full Screen

No Subtitles

Directed By: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman

Also Known As: EWS

Dr. William Harford plunges into an erotic foray that threatens his marriage, and may even ensnare him in a lurid murder mystery, after his wife's admission of sexual longings. As the story sweeps from doubt and fear to self-discovery and reconciliation, Kubrick orchestrates it with masterful flourishes.

This version of the film in unreleased in United States. The images which would have given the film an NC-17 rating are included here, without the computer generated objects as in the US versions.

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