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James Stewart: The Signature Collection

The best part about these Warner Home Video Signature Collection DVD sets is that they allow fans of certain film stars to see not just the famous entries in their celebrity careers, but some of their notable missteps as well. In this Jimmy Stewart Signature Collection, there are notable classics missing. But with The Spirit of St. Louis and five other titles, this box set allows for those just getting around to approaching (or reassessing) his cumulative career to gander beyond the eponymous Mr...

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House of Sand (Casa de Areia) (2006)

Aurea is brought to the northern Brazilian town of Maranhao by her insane husband Vasco, who suffers from delusions that the barren land may be profitably farmed. A calamitous turn of events leaves Aurea, now pregnant, and her mother Maria alone in the desert in a house full of sand. They eventually find friendship and food through Massu, who lives at a quilombo (a self-sustaining society originally...

Genres: Art/Foreign and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 43 min.

Release Date: August 11th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for some graphic sexuality.

Distributors: Sony Pictures Releasing International, Sony Pictures Classics
Cast and Credits

Starring: Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Luis Melodia
Directed by: Andrucha Waddington
Produced by: Leonardo Monteiro de Barros, Pedro Guimaraes, Pedro Buarque de Hollanda

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Confetti (2006)

Mockumentary charts the journey of three couples as they battle it out to win the title of Most Original Wedding of the Year.

Genres: Comedy and Romance

Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.

Release Date: September 15th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for nudity and language.

Distributors: Fox Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Fox International
Cast and Credits

Starring: Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Jimmy Carr, Alison Steadman, Felicity Montagu
Directed by: Debbie Isitt
Produced by: David M. Thompson, Joe Oppenheimer (II), Oliver Edwards

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The Great New Wonderful (2006)

Five stories are woven together and told against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9/11 New York: Dr. Trabulous is an orthodox psychologist who utilizes his unique insights to unearth the buried rage of an ordinary man who has witnessed an office tragedy. Emme Keeler, the ruthless proprietor of The Great New Wonderful--a leading purveyor of pastries to the New York society set--struggles...

Genres: Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 28 min.

Release Date: June 23rd, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexuality.

Distributors: First Independent Pictures

Cast and Credits

Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Edie Falco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olympia Dukakis, Tom McCarthy
Produced by: Michael Nozik, Michael Hoffman, Amy Robinson

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