Digitally remastered 35th Anniversary two CD reissue of the 1971 soundtrack by Ennio Moricone to the Sergio Leone film Giu' La Testa (Duck You Sucker!). Disc One features... read more

Digitally remastered 35th Anniversary two CD reissue of the 1971 soundtrack by Ennio Moricone to the Sergio Leone film Giu' La Testa (Duck You Sucker!). Disc One features the original 11 stereo tracks that appeared on the original release features film versions and alternate takes of tracks. Cinevox. 2006. (hide)

1900 is one of Bernardo Bertolucci's adventures in epic filmmaking that never found the reception he had hoped for. Originally more than six hours long, it was chopped... read more

1900 is one of Bernardo Bertolucci's adventures in epic filmmaking that never found the reception he had hoped for. Originally more than six hours long, it was chopped down to four hours for its U.S. release and as a result looked, well, choppy. Eventually, he restored it to five hours--but one wonders at all the effort on behalf of this alternately muddled and stunning story. The film, with a decidedly socialist agenda, examines two lives that begin the same year in rural Italy: the weak-willed son of the aristocracy (Robert De Niro) and the hardy, courageous son of peasants (Gerard Depardieu). They grow up as best friends on the same estate, until class differences pull them apart and then the era's fascist politics divide them for good. Despite strong performances by both leads, as well as Sterling Hayden, Donald Sutherland, Dominique Sanda, and Burt Lancaster, this one is strictly for Bertolucci's most avid fans. --Marshall Fine (hide)