Author: Alex Fisch

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T

Young Bart Collins, lulled to sleep by the monotony of his piano lessons, dreams of a castle ruled by his piano teacher, the eccentric Dr. Teriwilliker. Dr. T is determined to prove that his “Happy Fingers Method” of teaching piano is the best method in the world. Having banished all other musical instruments to the dungeon, Dr. T lures 500 reluctant little boys to perform in a colossal concert on the grandest grand piano ever built. In his effort to escape, Bart comes in contact with some of the strangest characters imaginable – Siamese twins on roller skates, a human drum and the most memorable villian since the “Grinch”. Filled with surreal landscapes and tongue-twisting rhymes, for which Dr. Seuss is famous, this is a movie children and their parents will love to watch again and again. THE 5000 FINGERS OF DR. T is fantasy entertainment at its best.

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Classic story of British POWs in a World War II Japanese prison camp who are forced to build a bridge, which an escapee is determined to prevent from being completed. Winner of 7 Oscars, including Best Picture!

The Searchers

Ford’s classic tale of a Civil War veteran in search of his niece who was kidnapped by Indians. An all-time great western!

Vertigo

A retired San Francisco detective whose acrophobia resulted in a comrade’s death is hired to trail a familiar woman and finds himself falling in love with her. Classic Hitchcock thriller!

Strangers on a Train

A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder.

Stalag 17

Comedy/drama about POWs in a German prison camp during WWII trying to survive as well as deal with a potential spy in their midst.

Creature From The Black Lagoon

Classic creature feature about an Amazon expedition that encounters a half-human, half-fish monster.

The Defiant Ones

First rate look at race relations as they affect two convicts chained together and on the lam. Oscar nominations for all four stars and Best Picture!

Rashomon

A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accounts of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema—and a commanding new star by the name of Toshiro Mifune—to the Western world.
Rashomon was restored by the Academy Film Archive, the National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. Funding provided by Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation and The Film Foundation.

The Night of the Hunter

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed, is truly a standalone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear, The Friends of Eddie Coyle) as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters (A Place in the Sun, The Diary of Anne Frank) are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic – also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish (Intolerance, Duel in the Sun) and writer James Agee, is cinema’s quirkiest rendering of the battle between good and evil.

Anatomy of a Murder

Otto Preminger’s acclaimed account of the courtroom battle waged by a small- town attorney in the defense of an Army lieutenant accused of murdering his wife’s assailant. Several Oscar nominations including Best Picture!

The Natural

The uncanny ability of a middle-aged baseball player rockets a major-league team toward the 1939 pennant. Great cast in a fine story!