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catalog PATHFINDER HOME ENTERTAINMENT vol.10 PATHFINDER Home Entertainment New Release HiTLer meeTs CHrisT Two men meet in a train station. One believes he's Hitler, the other, Christ. Pitted in a tireless debate, the defiant Hitler is incensed by his companion while Christ struggles to detect any trace of a human soul beneath Hitler's rock-solid layers of bile and hatred. As the friction escalates, Hitler's rage becomes all-consuming and Christ is forced to test his own endurance in his search to answer the question: Just how far does God's love extend? Cinequest Film Festival Solstice Film Festival Dark Comedy, 76 minutes, English CAT# PH-92299 - $24.98 Comrades in dreams "Comrades in Dreams" is a valentine to the cinema. Filmmaker Uli Gaulke embarks on a journey to celebrate the cinematic experience by exploring the most alternative, "independent" strain of cinema he can find. Gaulke interweaves stories spanning continents... from a traveling Indian tent cinema to a North Korean "film club," a Wyoming woman's dedication to her local cinema group to an open-air cinema in Burkina Faso. He captures a sense of the humanity that the fundamental act of "cinema" evokes in each of his characters. Berlin International Film Festival Solstice Film Festival Hot Docs Film Festival Documentary, 100 minutes, THe LAST madness Korean | French | Marathi | English Danilo stages a play about the last man with English subtitles. sentenced to death in Brazil. The play CAT# PH-92289 - $24.98 fails. Danilo has a nervous breakdown. This leads to Aline (Milena Toscano), a beautiful temptress who inspires him to recover his confidence. Aline helps Danilo realize what he must do. Remake the play with himself in the main role using mental patients in the supporting roles. Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival - Best Director Award Official selection: Rio International Film Festival São Paulo International Film Festival Brazilian Film Festival of Paris Brazilian Film Festival of Miami Thriller, 90 minutes, Portuguese with English subtitles CAT# PH-92279 - $24.98 THE STRANGE U MAKE A DREAM 4 ME The Strange is a bizarre film about things that occurs behind closed A gay slacker marries a Cambodian immigrant for money. When the doors. A couple have a standoff with a mime. A man faces a job money runs out, he marries another wife. And then another wife. Before interview that will traumatize him forever. A teenage girl shoots he knows it, he is married to nine women and will do anything to get her first snuff film. A photographer secretly takes pictures of beach rid of them. people with his disposable camera and frames them like they're his family. Justin Lin (Fast & Furious, Better Luck Tomorrow) co-directs this dark comedy. New Release JUmP “Jump” is the story of the oddest sport in America. For almost 100 years, thousands have gathered in Calaveras County to compete for length. The length of their leaping frog. The sport is “Frog Jumping”. It's not only real, it's been around since 1928. This bizarre story tracks down the origins of this American oddity, which was given birth by Mark Twain. Frog jockeys discuss the sweat and sacrifice they dedicate to this unique athletic passion. We follow triumph and defeat in what is perhaps the most unique American pastime. SPECIAL FEATURES: "Meet Emily Stenler" featurette • "Jumpin' Frog Jubilee" music video • "Red, Yellow, or Bull? a Grime Scene Investigation" featurette • Director's Statement • Trailer • Scene Selection Best Documentary: Thunderbird Film Festival • Myrtle Beach Film Festival • Ole Muddy Film Festival Official Selection: Jackson Hole Film Festival • Port Townsend Film Festival • New Hampshire Film Expo • Savannah Film Festival and much more... Documentary, 70 minutes, English CAT# PH-92269 - $24.98 PreTTY To THinK so Life is unexpectedly on the upswing when Hanna, an investment banker recently laid-off during the Internet bust of 2000, falls in love with Jiwon, a brash and successful attorney. Her world begins to crumble, however, when she discovers that one of Jiwon's clients is her childhood friend, Alex, and she must choose between Jiwon and Alex, with whom she shares a deep, tragic connection Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival San Francisco Int'l Asian AmericanFilm Festival Chicago Asian American Showcase Drama, 105 minutes, English CAT# PH-92259 - $24.98 New Release WesT 32nd "West 32nd" takes the cameras inside New York's gritty Korean underworld. After hustling his way onto a homicide case, an attorney finds himself thrust into a sordid world of hard realities and moral compromises after he is taken under the wing of a ruthless Korean gangster who knows no limits. This gutsy thriller stars John Cho (Star Trek). Crime Drama, 86 minutes, English CAT# PH-92179 - $24.98 FULL meTaL ViLLaGe The 2007 documentary Full Metal Village examines the lives of the residents of a small German village in the Schleswig-Holstein region, Wacken, in a series of interviews and visual tableaux as it prepares for the annual Wacken Open Air Festival. This multi-award winning film explores the relationship of the 1,800 resident townsfolk and the 70,000 heavy metal enthusiasts who appear annually. 57th Berlin International Film Festival, The 2007 Best Documentary at the Guild of German Art House Cinemas, The 2006 Best Documentary at the Hessian Film Award, The 2007 Max Ophüls Award at the Max Ophüls Festival. 16 x 9 Anamorphic video, Documentary, 90 minutes, German with English, French, Spanish subtitles CAT# PH-92159 - $24.98 New Release BLood rain 1808... special investigator Wong Gyu is sent to an isolated island to solve a murder. As the lies and secrets grow as fast as the body count, Wong Gyu begins to understand the complexity of life on this island. The townspeople believe an evil spirit is responsible for their troubles, but as a rational man, Wong Gyu has no time for such superstitions. However, he is soon forced to re-evaluate his views as the gruesome murders don’t just rain, but pour. Thriller, 103 minutes, Korean with English Subtitles CAT# PH-92109 - $24.98 “Gratuitous bloodletting... and in your face gore” -beyondhollywood.com CarnaL UToPia When a professor quits the University and joins the fight against oppression, a young female student accompanies him, deeply in love with her mentor. The young woman dreams of being part of great events in this revolution to build a new Brazil, but spends most of her time alone, confined in a hideout. The professor is rarely there, occupied with revolutionary uprisings. One day, the professor brings a wounded militant to the hideout, whose face is covered in a hood to protect his identity. Slowly, the heated interaction between the young woman and the hooded man she is trapped with becomes intense and soon unbearable, much like the revolution itself. Thriller, 90 minutes, Portuguese with English subtitles CAT# PH-92139 - $24.98 New Release see YoU aFTer sCHooL A geek is transferred to a new high school where he reunites with an old friend who advises him to pick a fight on his first day so that kids will respect him. When the geek sees some bullies picking on a girl he likes, he seizes his opportunity, and picks a fight -- unfortunately with the toughest thug on campus. Afterschool, the geek and the deadly thug will throw fists, unless the geek can figure a way out of it. “See You After School” is the smash hit comedy that had South Koreans rolling in their seats. Comedy, 103 minutes, Korean with English Subtitles CAT# PH-92199 - $24.98 THe PeTer Pan FormULa Han-soo is only a high school student but he must grow up fast. A talented swimmer, he is under pressure to make the Olympic team. But that changes when his mom tries to kill herself and goes into a coma. After he fails to rob a liquor store to pay for his mother’s medical bills, he quits the swim team. In his mother’s suicide letter, she leaves his father’s address. Han-soo doesn’t have the courage to confront the father he has never met. Instead, he develops a sexual relationship with the woman next door. She is twice his age, but she is the only source of comfort in his chaotic life. 56th Berlin International Film Festival 2006 Sundance Film Festival Pusan International Film Festival Drama, 109 minutes, Korean w/ English subtitles CAT# PH-92239 - $24.98 TeaCHer's PeT In-young, a thirty year-old math teacher, falls in love with one of her seventeen year-old students, Lee Suk, since, in a twist of fate, the boy resembles her first love. He even shares the same name. Meanwhile, a cute young girl, also named In-young has a crush on a boy at her school... also named Lee Suk. When the teacher's first love reappears, the dilemma becomes even more complicated. Who is competing for the affections of whom? Who can it be said is truly in love? Romance Drama, 115 minutes, Korean with English subtitles CAT# PH-92229 - $24.98 New Release sHoPPinG For FanGs Two stories involving Asian-Americans intersect in this feature from co-directors Quentin Lee and Justin Lin (Fast and Furious, Better Luck Tomorrow). In the first story, Katherine is an unhappy young wife suffering blackouts. In the second story, Phil believes that he may be a turning into a werewolf. Phil and Katherine are on a collision course with revelations about their true natures. This dark indie comedy stars John Cho (Star Trek). “a jaunty dark comedy- fresh and engaging" -Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES “Smart, lively- a tenderhearted social satire" -Amy Taubin, THE VILLAGE VOICE Comedy, 90 minutes, English CAT# PH-92169 - $24.98 ForBidden QUesT Forbidden Quest focuses on the life of “The Indecent Scholar”.