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Ernest Borgnine--A Celebration II
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The Bodyguard's Cure ( La Cura del gorilla ) ( The Gorilla Cure ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Italy ]The Bodyguard's Cure ( La Cura del gorilla ) ( The Gorilla Cure ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Italy ]
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One of Ernie's best movies of the 2000s. An aging Hollywood star is brought to Italy to promote the video game version of one of his old movies and is assigned a bodyguard with a severe split personality disorder. Ernie gets to sing "Puttin' On The Ritz" and Claudio Bisio is excellent as the 'gorilla'. Italian with English subtitles.
The Revengers ( Los Vengadores ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Belgium ]The Revengers ( Los Vengadores ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Belgium ]
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Ever dream of a western version of "The Dirty Dozen" with the stars of "The Wild Bunch"? Your dreams have come true with this 1972 movie, written by the co-scriptwriter of "The Poseidon Adventure". William Holden, Susan Hayward, Woody Strode and Ernie as 'Hoop', the grungiest, flea-bitten old coot of his entire career!
Red & White: Gone with the WestRed & White: Gone with the West
Excellent documentary hosted and narrated by Ernie, detailing how the west was won for some and lost for most of the Native American people. Among the special features is Ernie receiving the 2006 Jules Verne Lifetime Achievement Award in Paris from Christopher Lee and "Wild Bunch" co-star Bo Hopkins.
Barn RedBarn Red
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One of Ernest's recent movies--and one of his best: here as an elderly farmer trying to keep his farm from land developers and the IRS, with some unexpected help....
Torpedo Run [VHS]Torpedo Run [VHS]
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When it comes to submarine pictures, nothing can top "Das Boot". But this 1958 wartime actioner is full of great special effects and performances from Ernie (wearing the same uniform he would wear for years on "McHale's Navy"), Glenn Ford and Dean Jones.
Crossed SwordsCrossed Swords
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From the makers of 1973's "The Three Musketeers", Ernie and another great cast are put through their swashbucking paces, based on Mark Twain's "The Prince and The Pauper": Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Mark Lester, Rex Harrison, David Hemmings, George C. Scott and Charlton Heston as Henry VIII.
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectMr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
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Very funny 2007 all-star documentary feature directed by John Landis, celebrating the career of Don Rickles. Hear Clint Eastwood, Sidney Poitier, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal and Robert DeNiro, among others, tell their stories including Ernie's tale of performing with him in "The Odd Couple" on stage.
Vera CruzVera Cruz
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Ernie and Charles Bronson head up Burt Lancaster's band of hoodlums and proceed to give Gary Cooper a hard time looking for gold in Mexico -- an early action spectacular from director Robert Aldrich.
Love Leads The WayLove Leads The Way
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Rare Disney drama, based on the true story of the first 'seeing eye' dog and the events leading to a landmark court case with Ernest and Ralph Bellamy going toe to toe as opposing lawyers. Also with Timothy Bottoms, Eva Marie Saint and Patricia Neal, from the director of "Marty", Delbert Mann.
The AdventurersThe Adventurers
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Harold Robbins' potboiler is given full "Gone With The Wind" treatment -- a guilty pleasure to nearly everyone who sees it! Also starring Candice Bergen, Olivia De Havilland, John Ireland and Charles Aznavour.
Love by AppointmentLove by Appointment
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Not as raunchy as it sounds, this is a rare romantic lead for Ernie, in a part that would have been played by the likes of Yves Montand or Jean Gabin--beautiful European locations, fine performances.
The Simpsons - The Complete Fifth SeasonThe Simpsons - The Complete Fifth Season
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Probably his most famous guest role on a tv show: in the episode "Boy Scoutz In The Hood" Ernie goes rafting with Bart, Homer and co. Some great movie references as well as a song from Ernie.
When Time Ran OutWhen Time Ran Out
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The movie that ended the 1970s disaster movie era, from the man that started it, Irwin Allen and a great cast: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Red Buttons, Burgess Meredith, James Franciscus, Edward Albert, Valentina Cortese - legend has it that Paul Newman used his salary from this movie to start "Newman's Own", so it wasn't a total disaster after all.
BarabbasBarabbas
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Coming at the end of Hollywood's biblical movie era, this one's more character driven with a great cast (Anthony Quinn, Jack Palance, Vittorio Gassman, Katy Jurado, Arthur Kennedy) and featuring glorious Sharon Tate in her first movie as a prominant Roman in the arena scenes
Badlanders [VHS]Badlanders [VHS]
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Rollicking '50s western--more a 'buddy picture' than anything else--with Alan Ladd and beautiful Katy Jurado.
Spirit of the Season [VHS]Spirit of the Season [VHS]
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Low key, small scale Christmas movie with grandfather Ernest telling tales of today and 2000 years earlier. This 1994 production is the definition of 'a feel good movie' -- no "Miracle On 34th St.", but pretty good.
An All Dogs Christmas CarolAn All Dogs Christmas Carol
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In 1956 Ernie made his first musical "The Best Things In Life Are Free" and didn't star in another until two "All Dogs" sequels in the late 90s: this is the best of them & he belts the songs out well!
The Dirty Dozen Double Feature (The Dirty Dozen - The Deadly Mission / The Dirty Dozen - The Fatal Mission)The Dirty Dozen Double Feature (The Dirty Dozen - The Deadly Mission / The Dirty Dozen - The Fatal Mission)
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Following 1985's "Dirty Dozen--The Next Mission", MGM made two more made for tv sequels, "Dirty Dozen-The Deadly Mission" amd "Dirty Dozen-The Fatal Mission", both with Telly Savalas in charge and Ernie as General Worden. If you saw the first movie, you know what you're in for, but Robert Aldrich is sorely missed here.
JubalJubal
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Western rehash of Shakespeare's "Othello" with Ernest a jealous rancher, Rod Steiger his devious manager and Glenn Ford the cowpoke who gets caught in the middle.
The Trail to Hope RoseThe Trail to Hope Rose
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Very traditional western with solid performances from Lou Diamond Phillips and Lee Majors--and you can't beat that ending!
BASEketballBASEketball
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Ernest stars with Matt and Trey from "South Park"--sadly they didn't write this 1998 movie. Also starring Robert Vaughn, Jenny McCarthy and Robert Stack--magnificently funny in one of his last roles, sending up his work on the tv series "Unsolved Mysteries". Ernie sings Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" at one stage, so you've been warned.
A Bullet for SandovalA Bullet for Sandoval
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Ernest Borgnine 'sexiest man alive'? You'd swear he was in this spaghetti western, never more trim and tanned and dressed in sartorial splendour as the enraged father who is bound to get that bullet -- or is he? Not that great (compared to other Italian westerns of the era) but certainly a change of pace.
McHale's Navy (1997)McHale's Navy (1997)
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With all the explosions, missiles, satellites and terrorists in this surreal sequel/remake, you know Ernest will ask "Hey, how's my old boat going?" -- and he does! Tom Arnold, Tim Curry, Bruce Campbell and Debra Messing also star.
Goober in a NutshellGoober in a Nutshell by George Lindsey
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Ernie writes the introduction to George Lindsey's candid and funny book, highlighting his life as 'Goober' on the classic tv series "The Andy Griffith Show"--and details why he has very good reason to consider him his best friend.
Book of Movie ListsBook of Movie Lists by Gabe Essoe
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Ernie also writes the foreword to this 1981 movie trivia book -- a summary of his career and how he started (a story on how to smile during a photo shoot will one day be a Hollywood classic!)
Threads of Glory: 200 Years of America in Words & MusicThreads of Glory: 200 Years of America in Words & Music
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The title says it all--from 1776 to 1976, with performances from Henry Fonda, Burt Lancaster, Jonathan Winters, Forrest Tucker, Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Walter Pidgeon, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, John Forsythe, Anne Baxter, Lloyd Nolan, Lorne Greene and featues Ernie as Harry S. Truman.
HustleHustle
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Ernie's final film for director Robert Aldrich has him playing Burt Reynolds' captain in this gritty 1975 tale of crime and retribution. Great cast (Catherine Deneuve, Eddie Albert, Ben Johnson, Eileen Brennan, Paul Winfield), solid performances.
Demetrius and the GladiatorsDemetrius and the Gladiators
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This sequel to "The Robe" has Ernie in charge of the Gladiators, cracking the whip and yelling orders to Victor Mature to keep his mind off Susan Hayward.
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories [Region 2]Sir John Mills' Moving Memories [Region 2]
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The title says it all--the home movies of a great 70 year career, hosted by Sir John himself. Included are the two pictures he made with Ernie, "Chuka" and one based on a classic play, filmed in Sydney in the late '50s: "Summer of The Seventeenth Doll" with Anne Baxter and Angela Lansbury
Fire (1977) [VHS]Fire (1977) [VHS]
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Originally cast as the fire chief in "The Towering Inferno", Ernie finally got the lead in his own Irwin Allen disaster movie--this an all star one made for tv toward the end of that '70s movie cycle. Also with Vera Miles, Patty Duke, Alex Cord and Lloyd Nolan.
Johnny Guitar [Region 2]Johnny Guitar [Region 2]
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The classic Joan Crawford western, also starring Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge and Ward Bond, has not been released on dvd in the US - if you have a multi-region player, try this Region 2 version in the meantime.
The Stranger Wore a GunThe Stranger Wore a Gun
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Filmed and originally released in 3D, an excellent Randolph Scott western and another movie in which you can see both Ernie and Lee Marvin again as menacing henchmen (who end up the same way most menacing henchmen end up in westerns!)
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. TaggartOutlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
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You don't see too many movies written by Mickey Rooney - this all-star western is the only one to date, with Ernie playing a wily sheriff.
The American HoboThe American Hobo
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A documentary narrated by Ernie on the history of riding the rails, the life of the hobo from the early days of railway travel, highlighting the era during the Great Depression of the 1930s and those who survived.
United Artists Best Picture Collection (Marty / West Side Story / The Apartment / Tom Jones)United Artists Best Picture Collection (Marty / West Side Story / The Apartment / Tom Jones)
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Unbeatable collection of Academy Award Best Picture winners from United Artists: as well as "Marty", Billy Wilder's "The Apartment" with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, Robert Wise's "West Side Story" with Natalie Wood and Russ Tamblyn and the director's cut of "Tom Jones" with Albert Finney, Dame Edith Evans and Hugh Griffith. (Sadly 'WSS' is not widescreen)
Happiness is Sharing.Happiness is Sharing. by Ralph (Editor) Luedtke
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Snowflakes in September: Stories About God's Mysterious WaysSnowflakes in September: Stories About God's Mysterious Ways by Corrie ten Boom
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