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National Geographic - Moksgm'ol: The Quest for the Spirit Bear (2012) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Sept. 30, 2014

The Tsimshian people believe in the legend of Moksgm'ol - the spirit of the rainforest. It is said that Creator, the Raven, decided to create a reminder of when the world was once covered with ice and snow. To do this, he was said to fly among the black and brown bear people and turn every tenth one white. He decreed that these bears would live in peace and harmony forever. Until the turn of the century, Moksgm'ol lived in virtual isolation, known only to the Tsimshian people. As change began to invade the untouched rainforests of British Columbia, the secret of Moksgm'ol slowly became known. Most settlers that inhabited the north coast one hundred years ago, laughed at the idea of a 'spirit' bear and although a white pelt would show up occasionally at fur trading posts, it was commonly believed to be a misplaced polar bear. To one, however, the thought of the polar bear being twenty three hundred kilometers away from its known range was too far of a stretch. W.T. Hornaday, a naturalist from the New York Zoological Society, launched an investigation to discover the secrets of Moksgm'ol, the spirit of the rainforest.

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BBC: Life Story - The Full Circle (2014) Movies

Posted by Polik88 at Jan. 3, 2015

In this highlights programme compiled from the recent Life Story series, David Attenborough brings us the universal story that unites each of us with every animal on the planet, the story of the greatest of all adventures - the journey through life. For each stage of life we see the most spectacular, beautiful or dramatic stories from the Life Story series.

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Treasures From American Film Archives (4 Volumes) [12 DVD9s] (2000-2009) Movies

Posted by mook45 at Feb. 13, 2010

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Walt Disney Treasures Mickey Mouse In Living Colour Volume 2 1939-1995 (2005) Movies

Posted by angus77 at Oct. 20, 2014

Walt Disney Treasures Mickey Mouse In Living Colour Volume 2 1939-1995 (2005)
2xDVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 4:3 720x576 VBR 25.0 fps | 255 mn | 14.26 GB
Audio: English AC-3 Stereo @ 192 kbps | Subtitles: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic
Extras: Menu, Cartoons Selection, Bonus Features | Genre: Animation, For Children, Comedy | Country: USA

Disney's most recognizable animated character is again the subject of his own 2-disc Limited Edition Walt Disney Treasures tin. This makes the third time, with previous Treasures releases already exploring Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts of color and black & white varieties. Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume Two picks up where the first color volume left off.

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Midwinter Night's Dream (2004) Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Dec. 30, 2010

Serbian director Goran Paskaljevic prefaced a screening of Midwinter Night’s Dream by saying that it is “perhaps my only film without humor.” A modest statement, if also accurate considering its dismal subject of post-war, post-Milosevic Serbia, but so much of Paskaljevic’s humor comes from his humanism, something Midwinter Night’s Dream is severely not lacking in. The story begins with Lazar returning to the home of his mother who has died during his absence only to find it occupied by Jasna and her autistic daughter, Jovana. Initially intending to kick the family out, he decides to let them stay on and he becomes a surrogate father figure while re-acclimating himself to his new environment.

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AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa (1943-1993) [ReUp] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at June 2, 2012

The creator of such timeless masterpieces as Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and High and Low, Akira Kurosawa is one of the most influential and beloved filmmakers who ever lived—and for many the greatest artist the medium has known. Now, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth, the Criterion Collection is proud to present this deluxe box set celebrating his astonishing career. Featuring twenty-five of the films he made over the course of his fifty years in movies—from samurai epics to postwar noirs to Shakespeare adaptations—AK 100 is the most complete set of his works ever released in this country, and includes four rare films that have never been available on DVD.

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AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa (1943-1993) [Repost] Movies

Posted by ETRU at Nov. 5, 2014

The creator of such timeless masterpieces as Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and High and Low, Akira Kurosawa is one of the most influential and beloved filmmakers who ever lived - and for many the greatest artist the medium has known. Now, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth, the Criterion Collection is proud to present this deluxe box set celebrating his astonishing career. Featuring twenty-five of the films he made over the course of his fifty years in movies - from samurai epics to postwar noirs to Shakespeare adaptations - AK 100 is the most complete set of his works ever released in this country, and includes four rare films that have never been available on DVD.

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Aelita (1924) Movies

Posted by Someonelse at April 22, 2016

Aelita (1924)
A Film by Yakov Protazanov
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 4:3 | Cover | 01:20:50 | 4,56 Gb
Two Musical Scores AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps with English intertitles
Subs: French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Slovenian,
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy

This is called the first Soviet science fiction film because of its "futuristic" sets on Mars, although most of it takes place in Moscow. The movie is set at the beginning of the NEP (New Economic Policy) in December, 1921. A mysterious radio message is beamed around the world, and among the engineers who receive it are Los, the hero, and his colleague Spiridonov. Los is an individualist dreamer. Aelita is the daughter of Tuskub, the ruler of a totalitarian state on Mars in which the working classe are put into cold storage when they are not needed. With a telescope, Aelita is able to watch Los. As if by telepathy, Los obsesses about being watched by her…..

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X-Files, Season 1 Movies

Posted by Hrast at Dec. 21, 2008

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Tomu Uchida: Miyamoto Musashi 1 – Zen and sword (1961) Movies

Posted by mal11lam at Feb. 1, 2010

The title character, Takezo (later renamed MM), is a fierce beast who lives for fighting and war. The opening of the film sees him crawling in the mud and around slain soldiers to find the young lad who joined him in battle. Takezo mourns that "there'll be no more wars, and what shall I do ?".
The pair are sheltered by a woman and her daughter, who live by stealing from dead soldiers. All four are on the run, as Takezo has in fact deserted. And when Takezo is in turn deserted by the other three, be becomes an outlaw, killing to escape capture.

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