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Hijo de un sacerdote anglicano, a los 10 años llama la atención al interpretar a Bruto en la representación teatral de Julio César de William Shakespeare. Siete años más tarde interrumpe sus estudios en Oxford, para estudiar Arte Dramático en Londres. A finales de los años 20, debuta como actor de teatro y no tarda en convertirse en un gran especialista en Shakespeare. Durante la década de los treinta llega a ser una de las principales figuras de la compañía del famoso Old Vic Theatre, mientras desarrolla una carrera como actor de cine en varias películas británicas. Llega a Hollywood y se convierte en un actor de películas románticas debido a su Heathcliff de Cumbres Borrascosas dirigido por William Wyler y a su Max de Winter en Rebeca de Alfred Hitchcock. La II Guerra Mundial interrumpe esta ascendente trayectoria y le lleva a intervenir en diferentes películas de propaganda bélica, el documental Los conquistadores del aire de los hermanos Korda, la obra de ficción Lady Hamilton o Los invasores de Michael Powell. En 1944 dirige Enrique V, personal visión de la tragedia de Shakespeare y por la que consigue varios Óscar en 1946.. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00709] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts. Directors: Hayao Miyazaki, Kirk Wise Writer: Hayao Miyazaki Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino. Argumento Ilustración que representa a varios yōkai, similares a los espíritus que aparecen en la película. Chihiro y sus padres se están mudando a otra ciudad, un hecho que la niña encuentra molesto al no estar de acuerdo con el cambio, y no duda en demostrarlo con su falta de ánimo y mal humor. Durante el trayecto, su padre decide tomar un atajo para ahorrar tiempo, pero solo consiguen internarse en un bosque y encontrarse frente a un estrecho y extraño túnel. Sus padres deciden bajar del coche para explorarlo. Chihiro se niega, pero sus padres insisten en hacerlo. Al otro lado del túnel, la familia descubre un pueblo aparentemente abandonado que su padre razona es uno de los tantos parques de atracciones que se inauguraron y quebraron rápidamente años atrás en Japón. La familia decide recorrer el lugar con la finalidad de encontrar a alguien. En su recorrido encuentran puestos al aire libre donde se detienen a comer; sin embargo, al no encontrar quien los atienda, deciden tomar los alimentos servidos sin permiso alguno, razonando que al tener dinero para pagar pueden hacerlo. Chihiro decide alejarse para continuar investigando y se encuentra con un misterioso joven llamado Haku, quien le alerta que debe llevarse a sus padres y huir de allí antes que anochezca, lo que sucederá en pocos minutos.     Clasificación [ CM DVD 00098 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Man of Marble (Polish: Człowiek z marmuru) is a 1976 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It chronicles the fall from grace of a fictional heroic Polish bricklayer, Mateusz Birkut (played by Jerzy Radziwiłowicz), who became the Stakhanovite symbol of an over-achieving worker, in Nowa Huta, a new (real life) socialist city near Kraków. Agnieszka, played by Krystyna Janda in her first role, is a young filmmaker who is making her diploma film (a student graduation requirement) on Birkut, whose whereabouts seems to have been lost two decades later. The title refers to the propagandist marble statues made in Birkut's image. Agnieszka, is a young filmmaker who is making her film thesis on Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer elevated as a hero in a stunt to increase construction efficiency and brick quotas. However, he has since had a fall from grace of the Party and other officials. His current whereabouts seem to have been lost two decades later, and she attempts to piece together the details of his downfall. Agnieszka has difficulty making the film from archival sources and museum collections, but little work remains outside of official propaganda. Then Agnieszka goes to successful director Jerzy Burski, who recounts the details from the making of his unfinished film, Building Our Happiness. The truth behind the propaganda film comes to light, revealing how Birkut was selected as an example for demonstrating the progress and efficiency of a new industrial city Nowa Huta. Selected by Jodla, the local Party Secretary, Birkut’s fame spread from the bricklaying record of 30,000 bricks in one shift launched him to stardom. Burski does not divulge much about Birkut following his initial rise, but puts her in touch with a man who knew Birkut personally. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00746] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Working under the censorship of the Fascist Italian government, Visconti encountered problems with the production even before filming commenced. He had initially planned to adapt a story by Giovanni Verga, a renowned Italian realist writer and one of his greatest influences, but it was turned down almost immediately by the Fascist authorities due to its subject matter, which revolved around bandits. Around this time, Visconti uncovered a French translation of Cain’s novel which, famously, had been given to him by French director Jean Renoir while he was working in France in the 1930s.[citation needed] Visconti adapted the script with a group of men he selected from the Milanese magazine Cinema. The members of this group were talented filmmakers and writers and played a large role in the emerging neorealist movement: Mario Alicata, Gianni Puccini, Antonio Pietrangeli and Giuseppe De Santis. When Ossessione was completed and released in 1943, it was far from the innocent murder mystery the authorities had expected; after a few screenings in Rome and northern Italy, prompting outraged reactions from Fascist and Church authorities, the film was banned by the Fascist government reestablished in the German occupied part of Italy after the September 1943 armistice. Eventually the Fascists destroyed the film, but Visconti managed to keep a duplicate negative from which all existing prints have been made. After the war, Ossessione encountered more problems with mass distribution, this time in the United States. As a result of the wartime production schedule, Visconti had never obtained the rights to the novel and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer began production on another version of the film, directed by Tay Garnett (The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946), while the Fascist ban on Visconti’s work was still in effect. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00734] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire. Director: Gordon Parks Jr. Writer: Phillip Fenty (screenplay by) Stars: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier Argumento Super Fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison or his death. He decides to build an escape from the life by making his biggest deal yet, converting the coke to cash and running off to start a new life. The problem is that the Mob does not have a retirement plan and will give him a choice of staying and selling for them or dying if they find out his intentions.     Clasificación [ CM DVD 00099 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

A man becomes obsessed with vengeance when his soul mate marries another man. Director: Peter Kosminsky Writers: Emily Brontë (novel), Anne Devlin Stars: Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer. Argumento In 1801, Lockwood, a wealthy young man from the South of England, who is seeking peace and recuperation, rents Thrushcross Grange in Yorkshire. He visits his landlord, Heathcliff, who lives in a remote moorland farmhouse, Wuthering Heights. There Lockwood finds an odd assemblage: Heathcliff, who seems to be a gentleman, but his manners are uncouth; the reserved mistress of the house, who is in her mid-teens; and a young man, who seems to be a member of the family, yet dresses and speaks as if he is a servant. Snowed in, Lockwood is grudgingly allowed to stay and is shown to a bedchamber, where he notices books and graffiti left by a former inhabitant named Catherine. He falls asleep and has a nightmare, in which he sees the ghostly Catherine trying to enter through the window. He cries out in fear, rousing Heathcliff, who rushes into the room. Lockwood is convinced that what he saw was real. Heathcliff, believing Lockwood to be right, examines the window and opens it, hoping to allow Catherine's spirit to enter. When nothing happens, Heathcliff shows Lockwood to his own bedroom and returns to keep watch at the window.     Clasificación [ CM DVD 00102 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)  

Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. Director: David Lean Stars: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway. Argumento At a café on a railway station, housewife Laura Jesson meets doctor Alec Harvey. Although they are both already married, they gradually fall in love with each other. They continue to meet every Thursday in the small café, although they know that their love is impossible.     Clasificación [ CM DVD 00104 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister. Director: Douglas Sirk Writers: George Zuckerman (screenplay), Robert Wilder (based on the novel by) Stars: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack. Argumento Self-destructive, alcoholic nymphomaniac Marylee (Dorothy Malone) and her insecure, alcoholic playboy brother Kyle (Robert Stack) are the children of Texas oil baron Jasper Hadley (Robert Keith). Spoiled by their inherited wealth and crippled by their personal demons, neither is able to sustain a personal relationship. Problems ensue after Kyle's impulsive marriage to New York City executive secretary Lucy Moore (Lauren Bacall), who becomes a steadying influence to his life through the first few months after they meet. Kyle resumes drinking after being unsuccessful in fathering a baby. He turns against his childhood friend, Marylee's long-time infatuation, Mitch Wayne (Rock Hudson), a geologist for the oil company. Kyle's anger and depression grow after the death of his father, who admired Mitch but was disgusted with the behavior of his two heirs.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00105 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Cassie has a miserable job in a bar, is lonely and depressed. Her boyfriend left her when she told him that she's pregnant. After several failed suicide attempts, she'd given away her baby … See full summary » Director: Evelyn Purcell Writer: Beth Henley Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts, Mare Winningham | See full cast & crew » Cassie has a miserable job in a bar, is lonely and depressed. Her boyfriend left her when she told him that she's pregnant. After several failed suicide attempts, she'd given away her baby for adoption, and regrets it now. When a theater group from Los Angeles comes to the small town of Buckeye, she meets stage technician Riley. Discreetly he starts wooing her. She likes him very much, but still has feelings for her former boyfriend Billy, too.  Clasificación [ CM DVD 00657 Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Durante las guerras napoleónicas la fragata de su majestad Surprise, un quinta clase de 28 cañones, tiene órdenes de seguir al buque de guerra francés Acheron, mucho mayor, de 44 cañones y construido más recientemente, hasta las costas de Brasil. De forma imprevista el navío francés ataca al Surprise, al que causa considerables destrozos y algunas bajas. A pesar de que sus órdenes no lo contemplan, el capitán inglés Aubrey (Russell Crowe) emprende la persecución del "Acheron" bordeando el Cabo de Hornos y navegando hasta las Islas Galápagos. Allí los dos buques se enfrentarán de nuevo, y Aubrey y sus hombres lograrán la victoria usando una trampa camuflando el HMS Surprise como buque ballenero inglés, para atacar por sorpresa al navío francés (técnica tomada del mimetismo observado por Aubrey, en las islas Galápagos, en los ejemplares de insectos coleccionados por el Dr. Stephen Maturin, médico de su embarcación, aficionado a la botánica y la taxonomía). En la novela original el "Acheron" es la fragata norteamericana "USS Norfolk" (originalmente se sitúa la acción durante la guerra anglo-estadounidense de 1812), pero hubo que adaptar el guion a las exigencias del gusto estadounidense. Taylor, autor de una biografía del capitán Edward Pellew, lo considera una de las inspiraciones para la carrera y rasgos de ficción de Aubrey. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00745 Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)