The Whale God - DVD

One of the best Biblical epics of all time, based on a best-selling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. It tells the story of a Roman, played by Burton, who was in charge of the Crucifixion of Christ and who later is converted to Christianity. The first movie to be filmed in Cinema Scope. Academy Award Nominations 4, including Best Picture, Best Actor-Richard Burton. Academy Awards Best (Color) Costume Design, Best (Color) Art Direction-Set Decoration. Director Henry Koster Starring Richard Burton, Dean Jagger, Jean Simmons, Richard Boone, Michael Rennie, Special Features Widescreen - 2.35 Audio DTS Master Audio 5.1 - English Dolby Surround 4.0 - English Mono - French Subtitles - English, French, Spanish Optional Additional Material Additional Footage - Introduction by Martin Scorsese Audio Commentary - Film Composer David Newman and Film Historians Jon Burlingame, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman Runtime 135 Minutes.

Moby Dick, the timeless tale of obsession and revenge based on the classic novel by Herman Melville, is brought to the screen by famed director John Huston (The African Queen, Chinatown, The Asphalt Jungle) from a screenplay co-written by Huston and Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes). Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird, Spellbound, Roman Holiday) plays the embittered and scarred Captain Ahab, a man hellbent on hunting down and killing the great white whale responsible for the loss of his leg. Richard Basehart (TV's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Fourteen Hours, Decision Before Dawn) is Ishmael, a green hand who joins the Pequod unaware of the true dangers that lie ahead. The supporting cast includes Orson Welles (Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, The Lady from Shanghai), Leo Genn (Quo Vadis, The Snake Pit, Ten Little Indians) and James Robertson Justice (The Guns of Navarone, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Murder She Said) with photography by Oswald Morris (Fiddler on the Roof, The Man Who Would Be King, Oliver!). This features both the newly colorized version as well as the original muted color edition.

From John Frankenheimer, the acclaimed director of The Manchurian Candidate, Seven Days in May, Seconds and Ronin, comes this action-packed WWII masterpiece starring screen legend Burt Lancaster (Run Silent Run Deep, Elmer Gantry, The Professionals). Paris, August 1944 with the Allied army closing in on German commander and art fanatic Colonel Franz Von Waldheim (Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasons), he decides to steal a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. But when a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche (Lancaster), a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost. Calling upon his vast arsenal of skills, Labiche unleashes a torrent of devastation and destruction loosened rails, shattered tracks and head-on collisions in an impassioned, suspense-filled quest for justice, retribution and revenge. Featuring a top-notch score by Maurice Jarre (Doctor Zhivago) and a wonderful supporting performance by screen icon Jeanne Moreau (Diary of a Chambermaid), The Train was the fourth of five collaborations between filmmaker Frankenheimer and star Lancaster.