Items Matching Tag 'Max von Sydow'

Conan The Barbarian (Blu-ray Details)
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the legendary warrior and hero, Conan the Barbarian. When his parents are killed by a band of brutal marauders and the gang's cold-blooded cult leader (James Earl Jones), the orphaned Conan endures a childhood of merciless slavery only to become a gladiator for the amusement of his captors. Eventually set free, Conan begins a dangerous, full-blooded quest to avenge...

The Exorcist (Blu-ray Details)
Controversial, haunting and popular from the moment it opened, William Friedkin's masterpiece "The Exorcist" now marks its historic Blu-ray premiere in a 2 disc Edition featuring stunning Hi-Def presentation of the original 1973 Theatrical Version and the 2000 Extended Director's Cut. The terrifying and realistic tale of an innocent girl inhabited by a terrifying entity, her mother's frantic...

Exorcist II: The Heretic (DVD Details)
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair) four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator (Richard Burton) and a hypnotic research specialist (Louise Fletcher) free her from its grasp? Employing production design and special effects that are dizzily exhilarating and a supporting cast (Max...

Robin Hood: Director's Cut (2010) (DVD Details)
Discover the untold story of the man behind the legend as Robin, a heroic warrior, turns outlaw when he assembles a band of skilled marauders to confront injustice and lead an uprising against a weak and corrupt English King. When the rebellious hero falls for the spirited Lady Marion, he must first save her village and then confront a growing storm of threats from near and afar if he is to win...

Flash Gordon: 30th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray Details)
Flash (Sam J Jones) is a football hero skyjacked aboard Dr Zarkov’s (Topol, Fiddler on the Roof) spaceship along with the beautiful Dale Arden (Melody Anderson). The threesome is drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo where they encounter Ming the Merciless (Max Von Sydow, Shutter Island, The Exorcist, The Seventh Seal) and together must foil his plot to destroy Earth. Also Timothy Dalton (Li...

The Best Intentions (DVD Details)
The Best Intentions is the story of a family and a bygone era played out against a backdrop of a Sweden stifled by a rigid class system and in the throws of a General Strike. Poverty stricken young Henrik (Samuel Fröler) meets a beautiful and vivacious upper class girl, Anna, (Pernilla August) who is adored by all, especially her father, the affectionate but ailing Johan (Max von Sydow). They fall...

Sleepless: Masters of Giallo (DVD Details)
In Dario Argento's SLEEPLESS insomniac detective Moretti (Max von Sydow) is called upon to investigate a series of murders which bear a remarkable resemblance to those committed 17 years earlier and attributed to a killer nicknamed "The Dwarf". Is the new spate of crimes being committed by the same culprit or a copycat killer? Aided by Giacomo, the son of one of the original murderer's victims,...

Hour Of The Wolf (UK) (DVD Details)
An artist is haunted by nightmares from the past and during the `hour of the wolf` - between midnight and dawn - talks to his wife about his tortured memories...

Intacto (UK) (DVD Details)
Intacto is an enigmatic Spanish thriller about four people, intertwined by destiny, who discover that luck is something they cannot afford to be without as they gamble with the highest stakes possible in a deadly game from which only one of them will emerge intact. Director Juna Carlos Fresnadillo`s film recieved four Goya awards.

Greatest Story Ever Told, The (UK) (DVD Details)
The Greatest Story Ever Told is director George Stevens` magnificent Biblical film, handled with reverence, artistic appreciation and admirable restraint. The story of Jesus of Nazareth (played by Max Von Sydow), from his humble birth to his crucifixion and ultimate resurrection. Lavishly produced at a cost of $20 million - an enormous amount for the time - and honoured with five 1965 Academy...

Minority Report (UK) (DVD Details)
The science-fiction thriller `Minority Report`, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is based on a short story by renowned writer Philip K. Dick. In the year 2054, in Washington, D.C., murder has been eliminated thanks to Precrime, a program that uses the visions of three psychics, called Pre-Cogs (an abbreviation for precognitive thinkers), to arrest and imprison would-be...