Ivan Moffat
Giant
Oscar-winner George Stevens ("Shane") won an Oscar for his direction of this legendary "stirring slice of Americana" (Variety) based on Edna Ferber's novel. Featuring an all-star cast including Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean, it's about a wealthy Texan who marries a strong-willed beautiful girl. Their adjustments to life on their ranch are interwoven with problems of Mexican workers and an ambitious young ranch hand who becomes an oil tycoon. One of the year's top box office releases! Recently selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 100 greatest American films of all time.
King Tut: Forgotten Treasure
King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered nearly intact, a miracle of archaeology. Most of the precious artifacts were safely kept out of sight in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo... until now. Ninety years after their salvage from the sand, the forgotten treasure of King Tut will finally be reconstituted at the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza. What will it tell us about the Pharaoh and the Egypt he ruled?
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is the powerful story of a Black September terrorist group attempting to blow up a Goodyear blimp hovering over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the President of the United States in attendance.
Helter i Telemark
The Norwegian resistance try to destroy a Nazi heavy water plant. Starring Kirk Douglas.
De kom til Cordura
Called "an impressive and important film" by Variety, They Came To Cordura was hailed by critics as "the most disturbing war picture since The Bridge on the River Kwai." A timeless story of courage and cowardice set against the backdrop of the 1916 war against Pancho Villa. The film stars Gary Cooper as Thomas Thorn, a career Army officer given the humiliating task of leading five Medal of Honor candidates to the military base of Cordura, Texas.
They Came to Cordura
Called "an impressive and important film" by Variety, They Came To Cordura was hailed by critics as "the most disturbing war picture since The Bridge on the River Kwai." A timeless story of courage and cowardice set against the backdrop of the 1916 war against Pancho Villa. The film stars Gary Cooper as Thomas Thorn, a career Army officer given the humiliating task of leading five Medal of Honor candidates to the military base of Cordura, Texas. Branded a coward during the battle, Thorn hopes to learn what these men, each of whom performed heroically under fire, possess which he lacks. But as the grueling journey through the desert progresses, the "heroes" panic, attempting murder, mutiny and rape as the quest for survival reveals their true characters. Rita Hayworth, in a dramatic departure from her glamour-girl roles, co-stars as the seventh member of the group, an American expatriate accused of aiding the Mexicans. At first contemptuous of Thorn, she gradually comes to appreciate his quiet integrity as he leads his mutinous charges through a desperate, action-packed odyssey. Filled with both exciting battle scenes and finely-tuned drama, their treacherous trek to the town of Cordura (which is also the Spanish word for courage) is a rugged and riveting tale of bravery far more enduring than the fleeting heroics of battle.
Giganten
En kvegeier i Texas, Bick Benedict, besøker en gård i Maryland for å kjøpe en verdifull hest. Der møter han eierens datter Leslie og blir forelsket i henne. De gifter seg straks og vender tilbake til ranchen hans. Historien om familien og rivaliseringen med cowboyen og (senere oljemagnaten) Jett Rink foregår over to generasjoner.
The Wayward Bus
Joan Collins, Jayne Mansfield and Dan Dailey star in this engaging drama based on a novel by John Steinbeck. Three strangers – a stripper (Mansfield), an alcoholic wife (Collins) and a traveling salesman (Dailey) – embark on a life-changing journey on a fateful bus ride. As the road presents challenges, each character faces his or her own shortcomings, not knowing where life will lead next.