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Based on the syndicated comic strip of Aaron MacGruder, one of only a few African American cartoonists and arguably the most successful, this animated show appeared on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. MacGruder satirizes race relations and contemporary culture in a dry, cynical way that pulls no punches, and generates a great deal of controversy along the way. The show follows protagonist Huey, a 10-year-old revolutionary-in-t raining, and Riley, his 8-year-old brother and future gangsta. The boys have been moved from their home on Chicago's South Side to the suburban "boondocks" to live with their grandfather, where they get into trouble and comment freely upon the idiosyncracies to put it mildly of the white people in whose culture they are now immersed. In season one, Huey and Riley... Less

The trials and tribulations of President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) continue in this seventh season of the popular drama series. The life of his backroom staff and family fall under as much scrutiny as the man himself, offering a fascinating glimpse at what life as the President of the United States could be like. This time out the race to replace Bartlet heats up, with Senator Arnold Vinick (Alan Alda) and Congressman Mathew Vincente (Jimmy Smits) vying to take over at the Oval Office. Also included is a special episode titled "The Debate," which originally aired live on NBC. Having won countless Emmy Awards, THE WEST WING is a firm favorite with American TV audiences.

Transgressing the seemingly rock-solid boundaries of regular television programming, THE SHIELD refuses the strictures of black-and-white depictions of clear-cut moral dilemmas in favor of an ambiguity that will challenge even the most jaded viewers. Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis, THE COMMISH) leads the elite Strike Team in the fictional L.A. district of Farmington. He employs dubious but effective crime fighting methods as a tough, successful, but corrupt cop. The other detectives and cops on the force disapprove of the Team's methods, to say the least, while the precinct head, Captain David Aceveda (Benito Martinez), is just as corrupt as Mackey, but his political aspirations lead him into a campaign to end the detective's career. The stoic, upright Detective Claudette Wyms (CCH... Less

All 24 episodes of the fourth season of what is arguably the greatest science fiction series in television history. This seven-disc gift set chronicles Special Agents Mulder and Scully as they try to explain the unexplainable. Some of the important episodes from this fourth X-FILES season include "Leonard Betts," "Sanguinarium," "El Mundo'" and "Memento Mori." Loaded with insights from the show's creators and producers such as Chris Carter, James Wong, Vince Gilligan, and Frank Spotnitz. Starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as the subdued FBI agents.

The comic duo encounter problems in the west as they attempt to deliver a deed to a late prospector's daughter. Academy Award Nominations: Best Score.

With the dramatic crime thriller RIFIFI, blacklisted American director Jules Dassin returned to the cinema triumphantly. In addition to directing, Dassin co-wrote the script and appeared (under the name Perlo Vita) as Cesar the Italian safecracker. Cesar is one of the gang formed by the gaunt Tony (Jean Sevais), who has just returned to Paris from prison. The others are family man Jo (Carl M hner) and the ebullient Mario (Robert Manuel). The four men plan a jewelry heist and the almost 30-minute long robbery scene at the center of the film has become one of the cinema's classic sequences. They break into an upstairs apartment, tie up the couple who live there, and smash through the floor carefully collecting the debris in an umbrella. Then, they lower themselves into the jewelry store,... Less

This set includes all 16 episodes of the eighth and final season of the crime comedy series MONK. The season kicks off with a dose of nostalgia, as the titular obsessive compulsive detective is forced to investigate a star from his favorite childhood sitcom after an attempt is made on her life.

This sumptuously filmed documentary series from Ken Burns explores the origins of America's national parks, from their genesis in the mid-1800s to the present. It features archival photographs, personal memories, more than 40 interviews, and gorgeous cinematography of such locales as Acadia, the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone.

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Based on Jean Redon's novel LES YEUX SANS VISAGE, French director Georges Franju's gloomy, atmospheric horror film EYES WITHOUT A FACE is a masterpiece of cinematic poetry. After his daughter Christiane (Edith Scob) becomes horribly disfigured in a car accident of which he was the cause, guilt-ridden plastic surgeon Doctor Genessier (Pierre Brasseur) grows obsessed with perfecting the reconstruction of her once-beautiful, but now-ravaged, face. With the help of his sadistic nurse Louise (Alida Valli), Genessier kidnaps young girls and brings them back to his isolated manse for grisly medical procedures that graft the victims' living skins onto that of his daughter's. Often compared to Jean Cocteau's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the film's nightmarish power springs from the surrealistic beauty of... Less