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Jacob's Ladder (1990)

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From Beyond The Grave (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Sausages Again?

Prince Of Tides, The (1991) -- (Movie Clip) I Enjoy Hating Her!

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Jacob's Ladder (1990)

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The Big Chill - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for The Big Chill (1983), starring Kevin Kline, JoBeth Williams, William Hurt, Glenn Close, and Jeff Goldblum. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

The Lavender Hill Mob - Movie Posters

Here are a few original movie posters for the British comedy The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), starring Alec Guiness and Stanley Holloway.

The Man in the White Suit - Movie Poster

Here is the 1-sheet movie poster from the American release of the British film The Man in the White Suit (1951), starring Alec Guiness. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Death Race 2000 - Pressbook

Here is the campaign book (pressbook) for Roger Corman's Death Race 2000 (1975). Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.

Videos

From Beyond The Grave (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Sausages Again? First sketch of the home life of Ian Bannen as downtrodden London middle manager Lowe, who bought shoelaces from the will-be villain, in the second segment (titled An Act Of Kindness) of the horror anthology, carrying little weight with his wife (Diana Dors as Mabel) or son (John O'Farrell), the first feature from the later Hollywood-based prolific TV director Kevin Connor, in From Beyond The Grave, 1973, from stories by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.

Prince Of Tides, The (1991) -- (Movie Clip) I Enjoy Hating Her! From his narrated family history prologue of his South Carolina coastal childhood, from the original Pat Conroy novel, Nick Nolte as Tom Wingo with his daughters (Lindsay Wray, Maggie Collier, Brandlyn Whitaker) and wife Sallie (Blythe Danner), director and co-star Barbra Streisand shooting on location in Beaufort, in The Prince Of Tides, 1991.

Come To The Stable (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Sisters From France Jumped by director Henry Koster from the idyllic village where they first arrived, the sisters (Loretta Young and Celeste Holm as Margaret and Scolastica), seeking land for their school, appear in the offices of a New England bishop (Basil Ruysdael), received by his aide (Regis Toomey), in Come To The Stable, 1949.

World Apart, A (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Be Cheerful Opening sequence featuring Barbara Hershey, Jeroen Krabbe and young Jodhi May (as "Molly") who, as Shawn Slovo, grew up to write the autobiographical screenplay, from director Chris Menges' A World Apart, 1988.

Super Cops, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Instruments Of Death Opening featuring news footage of the real life heroes (David Greenberg, Robert Hantz), director Gordon Parks introduces leads Ron Leibman and David Selby taking their oath, in The Super Cops, 1974.

Panic In Needle Park, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I've Been In Jail Eight Times Helen (Kitty Winn), released from a Manhattan hospital after treatment following a botched illicit abortion, is mostly pleased to find Bobby (a charming Al Pacino, in his first movie lead role), her boyfriend’s dealer, waiting, in director Jerry Schatzberg’s gritty The Panic In Needle Park, 1971

Panic In Needle Park, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Hank's A Burglar Easily winning-over otherwise untethered Helen (Kitty Winn) with his street-smarts, Upper West Side heroin dealer Bobby (Al Pacino) introduces addict friends (Warren Finnerty as Sammy), and “brother” Hank (Richard Bright), in The Panic In Needle Park, 1971, screenplay by Joan Didion and husband John Gregory Dunne.

Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968) -- (Movie Clip) It's Like A Sea Of Blood From the top, the airplane in the red sky which Quentin Tarantino lifted for Kill Bill: Vol. 1, we meet the pilot and first officer and flight attendant (Hiroyuki Nishimoto, Teruo Yoshida, Tomomi Sato), the politician, his aide and wife (Eizo Kitamura, Nobuo Kaneko, Yuko Kusonoki) and briefly the American war widow (Kathy Horan), as going gets weird real fast, in Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell, 1968.

Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Exercise Caution, Credits The killer (Hideo Ko) has tricked the first officer and flight attendant (Teruo Yoshida, Tomomi Sato) and taken the plane, but has nothing to do with weird events and reports on the radio, leading to the credits and wild music by Shunsuke Kikuchi, in director Hajime Sato’s celebrated Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell, 1968.

Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Be Unmasked! The scientist Saga (Masaya Takahashi) foresees doom, on top of the social already predicted social breakdown, after the plane crash and the space monster vampire attack, confirmed when the corporate lackey Tokuyasu (Nobuo Kaneko, with Yuko Kusonoki his wife) turns on the senator (Eizo Kitamura), whom he’s already softened with liquor, in Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell, 1968.

Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968) -- (Movie Clip) I Know Nothing About That Mano the senator and Tokuyasu (Eizo Kitamura, Nobuo Kaneko) after the plane crash are realizing the killer-guy (Hideo Ko) must be the assassin in the news, so he snatches Miss Asakura (Tomomi Sato) and tries for a getaway, until they find the flying saucer-thing, and bigger trouble, in Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell, 1968.

Eating Raoul (1982) -- (Movie Clip) Open, The Barrier Between Food And Sex Never to be mistaken for any other movie, co-writer, director and star Paul Bartel’s opening to Eating Raoul, 1982, though the title song is borrowed, a near-standard from 1930 by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields, performed by Jonathan Beres, with Bartel, Lynn Hobart, Richard Paul and the unfortunate Mark Woods in the first scene, the narration not credited.

World Is Not Enough, The (1999) -- (Original Trailer) Trailer for the third Pierce Brosnan-James Bond feature, directed by Michael Apted, the 19th feature in the Eon Productions series, with Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Judi Dench as “M” and Desmond Llewelyn in his final appearance as “Q.”

Private Parts (1972) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer from MGM for the most offbeat horror-thriller Private Parts, 1972, from director Paul Bartel, and shot by future director Andrew Davis, at the King Edward Hotel in Downtown LA.

Gandhi (1982) -- (Original Trailer) Eight Academy Awards® including Best Picture went to Gandhi (1982), the true story of the man who freed India from colonial rule through non-violent protest.

Hugo (2011) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for Martin Scorsese's acclaimed feature based on the Caldecott Award-winning book by Brian Selznick, featuring Asa Butterfield in the title role, with Ben Kingsley, Chlöe Grace Moretz, Ray Winstone and Jude Law, Hugo, 2011.

Braveheart (1995) -- (Original Trailer) Trailer for the Academy Award winner for Best Picture of 1995, Mel Gibson starring, and directing only his second feature, Braveheart.

Ode To Billy Joe (1976) -- (Original Trailer) Theatrical trailer for the 1976 box office hit Ode To Billy Joe, starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O’Connor, directed by Max Baer Jr., often cited as the first major feature named-for and based-on a popular song.

Dreamgirls -- (2006) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for director Bill Condon's 2006 hit, based on the Broadway musical by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen, starring Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Beyoncè, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls.

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) -- (Original Trailer) With disco, insects, electronics, general demonic bedlam and terrific talent on both sides of the camera, the original trailer for the almost universally denounced sequel, Exorcist II:The Heretic, 1977, directed by John Boorman.

Life Is Beautiful (1998) -- Original Trailer Original trailer for director, co-writer and Academy Award-winning star Roberto Benigni’s tragic comedy of the Holocaust, Life Is Beautiful, 1998.

Chariots Of Fire - (Original Trailer) Committed British runners strive for the 1924 Olympics in the Academy Award-winning Best Picture Chariots Of Fire (1981).

Big Bad Mama - (Original Trailer) Bad luck forces a woman and her daughters into crime in Big Bad Mama (1974) starring Angie Dickinson and William Shatner.

Grand Theft Auto - (Original Trailer) Director, star and co-writer Ron Howard explains his romantic comedy...with car crashes, Grand Theft Auto (1977).

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