Collection George Pal
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| Byron Haskin - 1955 |
| Conquest of Space |
| Fantast. Anglo-saxon |
| Sortie le 23/05/2011 |
| Editeur: L'Atelier 13 |
Europe |
George Pal's now-quaint science fiction odyssey concerns a multi-national group on the first space flight to Mars. Pal pulls out all stops in the special effects department, creating "The Wheel" (a earth-orbiting circular space station), rocket launches into space, and a breathtaking near-collision with an asteroid. The film itself concerns the travails of the crew of the spaceship as they make their way to Mars. General Samuel T. Merritt (Walter Brooke) heads the team. Supporting him and along for the ride are his son, Captain Barney Merritt (Eric Fleming), Sergeant Mahony (Mickey Shaughnessy), Jackie Siegle (Phil Foster), and Imoto (Benson Fong). As the ship gets closer to their Martian quest, General Merritt cracks and tries to sabotage both the mission and the crew, babbling about the blasphemy of mankind trespassing upon God's domain. His son is forced to kill him and save the mission, whereupon the crew peacefully lands on the Martian surface and scouts out the terrain like a group of sightseers at Lourdes before returning to Earth |
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| Langues: Anglais |
| Sous-titres: Français, Anglais |
| Délai livraison: 24/48 heures - en stock |
| Prix: 21.50 € |
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| George Marshall - 1953 |
| Action |
| Sortie le 06/03/2008 |
| Editeur: Legend Films |
USA |
This highly fanciful but immensely entertaining biopic stars Tony Curtis as legendary magician/escape-artist Harry Houdini. Janet Leigh, Mrs. Tony Curtis at the time, co-stars as Houdini's wife Bess, while Angela Clarke is seen as Houdini's mother. The film follows Houdini's progress from sideshow entertainer to high-priced prestidigitator, and also touches upon his fascination with the occult--and his efforts to expose phony mediums. Philip Yordan's script (based on a book by Harold Kellock) suggests that virtually every portentous occasion in Houdini's life occurred on Halloween day, including his death from peritonitis in 1926. The facts of Houdini's life seldom get in the way of Yordan's story; while general audiences won't spot too many discrepancies, professional magicians tend to howl with laughter at some of the film's intentional boners. Example: In real life, Houdini's appendix was fatally ruptured by a punch to the stomach; in the film, he injures himself by accidentally bumping into one of his props, the sword-studded "Temple of Benares" trick--which hadn't yet been invented in 1926! Still, it's fun to watch Tony Curtis wriggle his way out of some of Houdini's most baffling escape routines (both Curtis and Janet Leigh were carefully instructed on the set by professional magicians, who swore the stars to secrecy concerning the tricks of the trade). |
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| Langues: Anglais |
| Délai livraison: 1/2 semaines |
| Prix: 12.5 € |
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| Byron Haskin - 1953 |
| The Naked Jungle |
| Action |
| Sortie le 09/05/2005 |
| Editeur: Paramount |
Europe-France |
Charlton Heston incarne le charismatique et méfiant propriétaiore d'une plantation dans la jungle sud américaine, traître et sauvage. Eleanor Parker interprète sa charmante fiancée rencontrée par correspondance. Il se montre prudent par rapport à la belle et talentueuse Parker, et se demande pourquoi elle a quitté l'Amérique pour l'austérité de la jungle. Bientôt ils sont tous deux menacés par l'avancée de milliards de fourmis tueuses qui tracent implacablement leur chemin à travers la jungle. |
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| Langues: Français, Anglais, Allemand, Espagnol, Italien |
| Sous-titres: Français, Anglais, Allemand, Italien, Espagnol |
| Délai livraison: 1/2 semaines |
| Prix: 22 € |
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| Byron Haskin - 1955 |
| Fantast. Anglo-saxon |
| Sortie le 19/10/2004 |
| Editeur: Paramount |
USA |
George Pal's now-quaint science fiction odyssey concerns a multi-national group on the first space flight to Mars. Pal pulls out all stops in the special effects department, creating "The Wheel" (a earth-orbiting circular space station), rocket launches into space, and a breathtaking near-collision with an asteroid. The film itself concerns the travails of the crew of the spaceship as they make their way to Mars. General Samuel T. Merritt (Walter Brooke) heads the team. Supporting him and along for the ride are his son, Captain Barney Merritt (Eric Fleming), Sergeant Mahony (Mickey Shaughnessy), Jackie Siegle (Phil Foster), and Imoto (Benson Fong). As the ship gets closer to their Martian quest, General Merritt cracks and tries to sabotage both the mission and the crew, babbling about the blasphemy of mankind trespassing upon God's domain. His son is forced to kill him and save the mission, whereupon the crew peacefully lands on the Martian surface and scouts out the terrain like a group of sightseers at Lourdes before returning to Earth |
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| Langues: Anglais |
| Sous-titres: Anglais |
| Délai livraison: 1/2 semaines |
| Prix: 12.70 € |
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| Robert Siodmak - 1952 |
| Action |
| Sortie le 01/06/2003 |
| Editeur: Warner Home Video |
USA |
Notorious raider of the eighteenth century sea lanes, Captain Vallo, a.k.a. The Crimson Pirate, and his band of buccaneers overtake a Spanish galleon filled with guns and ammunition. When he decides to sell the stolen arsenal to rebel leader El Libre on the island of Cobra, the representative of Spain, Baron Gruda, offers Vallo 50,000 florins if he will deliver El Libre instead. Vallo is soon caught between the Spanish, the rebellion, and even the mutiny of his own men. But having allen in love with El Libre's daughter Consuelo, Vallo gains back his crew's trust and leads the island of Cobra to freedom. |
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| Langues: Anglais |
| Sous-titres: Anglias, Français, Espagnol |
| Délai livraison: 1/2 semaines |
| Prix: 50 € |
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| George Pal - 1964 |
| Le cirque du Dr Lao |
| Horreur Anglo-saxon |
| Sortie le 03/10/2000 |
| Editeur: Warner Home Video |
USA |
Tony Randall has the showcase of a lifetime in the marvelous George Pal production The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao. We first see Randall as Dr. Lao, an enigmatic Chinese medicine-show impresario. The doctor brings his travelling show into the frontier town of Abalone, which is chafing under the oppression of land-hungry Clint Stark (Arthur O'Connell). Newspaper editor Ed Cunningham (John Ericson) is conducting a campaign of words against Stark, but he is no match for the land baron's money, power, and hulking henchmen. Nonetheless, Cunningham continues his crusade, all the while attempting to romance icy young widow Angela Benedict (Barbara Eden). All of this is observed with bemusement by Dr. Lao, who has already established himself as a man of many talents by alternating between pidgin-English and eloquent articulation, depending on the circumstances. Each of the townspeople--including the three already mentioned--learn a great many truths about themselves when they attend Dr. Lao's unusual circus. |
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| Langues: Anglais |
| Sous-titres: Anglais, Français |
| Délai livraison: 24/48 heures - en stock |
| Prix: 15.90 € |
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| George Pal - 1958 |
| Les aventures de Tom Pouce |
| Fantast. Anglo-saxon |
| Sortie le 03/10/2000 |
| Editeur: Warner Home Video |
USA |
Producer/animator/special-effect maven George Pal made his feature-film directorial bow with the colorful MGM musical fantasy Tom Thumb (the title of the film was spelled in lower case in the opening credits, and in all studio publicity material). Russ Tamblyn stars as the teeny-tiny titular protagonist, while veteran musicomedy favorite Jessie Mathews and stellar character actor Bernard Miles portray Tom's normal-sized parents. Journeying to the Village, Tom is pounced upon by villains Ivan (Terry-Thomas) and Tony (a corpulent Peter Sellers), who intend to exploit our 5 1/2-inch-tall hero. In-between his misadventures with the villains, Tom helps to expedite the romance between young forester Woody (Alan Young) and the magical Forest Queen (June Thorburn). Throughout, the special effects and oversized sets are first-rate, as are the "puppetoons" sequences featuring such delightful characters as The Yawning Man (voice by Stan Freberg). Written by several hands, the film's songs are hummable, if not particularly memorable. It is said that some children in the audience in 1958 were genuinely frightened by the more horrific aspects of the story (including the threatened execution of Tom's parents); it may be, however, that the adults were more scared than the kids. Incidentally, while most of Tom Thumb was filmed in MGM's London facilities, the special effects were produced in Hollywood, requiring Russ Tamblyn to do a lot of travelling |
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| Langues: Anglais, Français |
| Sous-titres: Anglais, Français |
| Délai livraison: 1/2 semaines |
| Prix: 15.90 € |
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