Orson Welles Movies on DVD

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Black Magic    DVD   (1949)
Genre: Historical & War

Costume drama stars Orson Welles as the infamous 18th-century hypnotist and charlatan Cagliostro, following his misadventures as he honed his gifts at mesmerism to pursue revenge against the nobleman who killed his parents, and to exert his influence over the court of Louis XVI of France. Akim Tamiroff, Valentina Cortese, Frank Latimore co-star. 105 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English.

Item #: D60397
 

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Chimes At Midnight    DVD   (1966)
Genre: Drama

Considered Orson Welles' final masterpiece, this powerful and poignant epic was inspired by Shakespeare's plays "Henry IV," "Henry V," "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Richard II." Welles stars as the boisterous Falstaff, surrogate father to Prince Hal (Keith Baxter), who shuns Falstaff's friendship when he ascends to the throne of his real father, Henry IV. With Jeanne Moreau, John Gielgud. AKA: "Falstaff." 115 min. Soundtrack: English.

Item #: D25097
 

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Citizen Kane (70th Anniversary Edition) (Ultimate Collector's Edition)    DVD   (1941)
Genre: Drama

Director/co-writer/star Orson Welles' landmark debut film, a sweeping chronicle of the rise and fall of fictitious newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane and the mystery surrounding his dying word, is recognized as one of the greatest and most innovative movies of all time. The "Mercury Players" cast includes Dorothy Comingore, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, and Ruth Warrick. 119 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary; newsreel footage; interviews; photo gallery; documentary "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" (1995); more. <>

Item #: D07197
 

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Compulsion    DVD   (1959)
Genre: Drama

A graphic and emotionally gripping courtroom drama, based on the Leopold-Loeb murder case of the 1920s. Orson Welles stars as the Clarence Darrow-like attorney charged with defending well-to-do New York youths Bradford Dillman and Dean Stockwell in a senseless "thrill killing." With E.G. Marshall, Diane Varsi. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish.

Item #: D68135
 

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David And Goliath    DVD   (1960)
Genre: Religious

Colorful and exciting Biblical adventure about the legend of David and his fierce fight with the giant Philistine Goliath. Orson Welles turns in a magnetic performance as King Saul, who awards the hand of his daughter, Merab, to David after he kills the giant. With Ivo Payer and Eleanora Rossi Drago. 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.

Item #: D71119
 

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F For Fake (Criterion Collection)   DVD   (1973)
Genre: Drama

Orson Welles used discarded documentary footage to put together a delightful look at deception of all sorts. The question of "what is real?" is posed to a panel of experts, while famous fakers such as Howard Hughes "biographer" Clifford Irving and art forger Elmyr de Hory are profiled, and Welles himself offers commentary on the subject. 88 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; documentaries; interview; theatrical trailer. Two-disc set.

Item #: D73712
 

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Ferry To Hong Kong    DVD   (1959)
Genre: Action & Adventure

After one bar brawl too many, Mark Conrad (Curt Jurgens) is kicked out of Hong Kong and sent to Macao on a ferry captained by his bitter enemy (Orson Welles). But an error with his papers prevents Conrad from going ashore, leaving him trapped on the boat. Will a dangerous typhoon and an encounter with ruthless pirates turn the drunken "man without a country" into a hero? Classic sea adventure also stars Sylvia Syms. 104 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; photo gallery.

Item #: D57923
 

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Get To Know Your Rabbit    DVD   (1972)
Genre: Comedy

Brian DePalma directed this offbeat tale of a young executive (Tom Smothers) who becomes so disenchanted with corporate life that he quits his job to become a tap-dancing magician. Studying under the tutelage of a veteran prestidigitator (Orson Welles), Smothers soon becomes an unlikely role model for disillusioned businessmen everywhere. Katharine Ross, John Astin co-star. 92 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailer.

Item #: D56476
 

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It's All True (1942/1993)    DVD 
Genre: Drama

After being lost for over 50 years, an hour of Orson Welles' legendary unfinished film "Four Men on a Raft" was resurrected and put together here with a documentary on the ill-fated project. Intended as part of a multi-part study of Brazil called "It's All True," "Raft" chronicles the two-month raft journey taken by four fishermen from Brazil's Northeast coast to Rio, where they pleaded for social benefits for their people. 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English. NOTE: This Title is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.

Item #: D61818
 

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Jane Eyre    DVD   (1944)
Genre: Drama

This darkly romantic filming of Charlotte Bronte's classic Victorian novel stars Joan Fontaine as a spinsterish governess who takes a position on a remote estate in the Yorkshire moors and falls in love with the manor's brooding master (Orson Welles). Features an unforgettable Bernard Herrmann score and eerie photography. With Margaret O'Brien and Peggy Ann Garner; look for an uncredited Elizabeth Taylor. 96 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; featurettes; storyboards; audio commentary; isolated music score; theatrical trailer.

Item #: D52703
 

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Mr. Arkadin (Criterion Collection)   DVD   (1955)
Genre: Drama

An American hustler (Robert Arden) is hired by the title tycoon (Orson Welles) to research the past that amnesia has robbed him of. But as the con man digs deeper into Mr. Arkadin's sordid life, he realizes his own life is in jeopardy. Rarely seen "Citizen Kane"-like thriller, written and directed by Welles, also stars Michael Redgrave, Akim Tamiroff, Patricia Medina. Three different versions of the film are featured in this three-disc collection. AKA: "Confidential Report." 3 1/3 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; alternate scenes; outtakes; interviews; photo gallery; more.

Item #: D51806
 

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Orson Welles' Don Quixote    DVD   (1992)
Genre: Drama

In 1955, Orson Welles began work on a never-completed dream project, an adaptation of Cervantes' classic tale of the addle-pated would-be knight. Nearly four decades later, Spanish filmmaker Jess Franco, who worked with Welles as an assistant director, cobbled surviving footage with new soundtracks to create this tribute to Welles' vision, which finds Don Quixote (Francisco Reiguera) and sidekick Sancho Panza (Akim Tamiroff) battling foes both real and imagined in 1600s and, later, 20th-century Spain. 115 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Item #: D80170
 

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Orson Welles: The Paris Interview    DVD 
Genre: Documentary

You've read plenty of reviewers and scholars analyzing it, and heard plenty from friends who are cineastes--but what did the man who made it think of "Citizen Kane"? This fascinating 1960 interview with Orson Welles (conducted in a Paris hotel room) also includes the movie master's thoughts on acting and directing. A rare glimpse of the inner workings of the genius that was Welles! 53 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.

Item #: D04208
 

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The Magnificent Ambersons    DVD   (1942)
Genre: Drama

Orson Welles' second film is a daring study of the decline of a wealthy family in the late 19th-century Midwest and the relationship between an arrogant son and his family's matriarch. Initially ill-received and edited at RKO's insistence, the film has gone on to become a landmark drama. Based on Booth Tarkington's novel; Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, Dolores Costello, and Agnes Moorehead star. 88 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish, French.

Item #: D07198
 

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The Stranger (1946)/Cause For Alarm!    DVD   (1951)
Genre: Mystery

Two classic entries in the film noir genre include "The Stranger," a suspenseful cat-and-mouse thriller that features director/star Orson Welles as an escaped Nazi war criminal living as a teacher in a small Connecticut college town, with Edward G. Robinson as a federal agent tracking him down. The final chase scene in an old clock tower is a classic; with Loretta Young. Followed by, "Cause for Alarm!," a tense drama starring Loretta Young as a woman framed by her insane husband for murder when he suspects her of infidelity. Also stars Barry Sullivan. 168 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Item #: D14560
 

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The Stranger    DVD   (1946)
Genre: Mystery

Suspenseful cat-and-mouse thriller features director/star Orson Welles as an escaped Nazi war criminal living as a teacher in a small Connecticut college town, with Edward G. Robinson as a federal agent tracking him down. The final chase scene in an old clock tower is a classic; with Loretta Young. 95 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; biographies; filmographies; photo gallery.

Item #: D11631
 

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The Tartars    DVD   (1961)
Genre: Action & Adventure

The banks of the Volga threaten to run red in this elaborate Italian-lensed costume actioner, as Viking chief Victor Mature's slaying of a Russian Tartar leader causes Tartar overlord Orson Welles to up the ante by taking the Norseman's wife (Liana Orfei) as a plaything for the troops. Bella Cortez, Luciana Morin co-star; Richard Thorpe directs. 83 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Item #: D59189
 

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The Trial (Widescreen Version)   DVD   (1962)
Genre: Drama

Director/writer Orson Welles took what was once considered an unfilmable novel by Franz Kafka and created a nightmarish vision of a simple clerk (Anthony Perkins) who is inexplicably abducted and charged with an unknown crime by a labyrinthine bureaucracy. Welles co-stars as Perkins' defense advocate; with Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider. 118 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.

Item #: D52131
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The Trial    DVD   (1962)
Genre: Drama

Director/writer Orson Welles took what was once considered an unfilmable novel by Franz Kafka and created a nightmarish vision of a simple clerk (Anthony Perkins) who is inexplicably abducted and charged with an unknown crime by a labyrinthine bureaucracy. Welles co-stars as Perkins' defense advocate; with Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider. 120 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; theatrical trailer. Plays All Regions.

Item #: D19558
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Tomorrow Is Forever    DVD   (1946)
Genre: Drama

Scarred and disabled in battle in World War I, American soldier Orson Welles goes into hiding in Austria while wife Claudette Colbert, assuming her husband is dead, remarries factory owner George Brent. Eventually, Welles is hired by Brent and returns to America to find his wife and the son he never knew. Moving melodrama also stars Richard Long and Natalie Wood (in her first credited screen role). 104 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

Item #: D27999
 

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Touch Of Evil (50th Anniversary Edition)    DVD   (1958)
Genre: Mystery

Orson Welles' twisting cinematic gem of style and suspense is set in a seedy Mexican border town, where a murder investigation puts newly married Mexican narcotics cop Charlton Heston at odds with corrupt U.S. lawman Welles. Janet Leigh, Akim Tamiroff, Joseph Calleia, and Marlene Dietrich also star. This 50th anniversary two-disc set includes the restored 1998 re-release version of the film featuring the editing and musical alterations Welles suggested in a 58-page memo to the studio, as well as the original theatrical cut and a special "preview version" of the film. 111 min./96 min./109 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary with Heston, Leigh, more; featurette; theatrical trailer.

Item #: D20947
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Touch Of Evil    DVD   (1958)
Genre: Mystery

Orson Welles' twisting cinematic gem of style and suspense is set in a seedy Mexican border town, where a murder investigation puts newly married Mexican narcotics cop Charlton Heston at odds with corrupt U.S. lawman Welles. Janet Leigh, Akim Tamiroff, Joseph Calleia, and Marlene Dietrich also star. This restored 1998 re-release version of the film features the editing and musical alterations Welles suggested in a 58-page memo to the studio. 111 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; Welles' memo; biographies; theatrical trailer.

Item #: D18734
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