The Films of Paul Newman (1962) - DVD in Movies: Dramas

A series of touching and effective vignettes, AMERICAN GRAFFITI presents a powerful collage of youth on the brink of maturity during the innocence of pre-Kennedy-assassination America. The film, set in 1962, follows one night in the lives of several recently graduated high school students. The genial Steve (Ron Howard) prepares to leave for college the next day, and Laurie (Cindy Williams), his girlfriend, is upset by his departure. Laurie?s brother, Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), the class intellectual...

This double feature contains the documentary DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER along with an early Wyler film, previously unavailable on home video, THE LOVE TRAP, that was one of Hollywood's earliest pictures to use sound. DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER covers Wyler's career from its beginning when he worked on silent westerns to its zenith, when he made such films as ROMAN HOLIDAY and BEN-HUR. Using home movies, interviews with Wyler and stars such as Bette Davis, Sir Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck, Barbara...

Deep in the bombed-out streets of the Bronx lies Fort Apache, the local police station, in this hard-hitting drama that portrays the lives of two local cops working the beat in the worst precinct in New York. Paul Newman stars as Murphy, a loyal and ethical cop who has been working on the force for 18 years. He and his partner, Corelli (Ken Wahl), hit the streets every day, facing desperate and impoverished conditions with a combination of courage, responsibility, and gritty humor. Despite the hardships...