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Amazon Asks the Actors: What's an Essential DVD From Your Career?

Weird ScienceWeird Science. WEEEEEEEEIIIRD SCIIIIIIENCE.

--Robert Downey Jr.


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Amazon Asks the Actors: What's an Essential DVD From Your Career?

CrashCrash would be the one that would benefit mankind more than anything else.
--Terrence Howard

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What are Essentials?

Essentials, chosen by Amazon editors and writers, are the most significant DVDs from a genre, actor or director. They may not always be "the best," but rather a representative sampling. If you're interested in diving into a particular genre, or would like to explore the diverse career of someone you admire, then Essentials is for you. Browse our store and save up to 30% on the ultimate library-building guide.

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Peter Bogdanovich
We asked legendary director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show) his thoughts on our Essentials list for him. Read our interview in which he shares behind-the-scenes anecdotes from his essential films.


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Amazon Asks the Actors: What's an Essential DVD From Your Career?

Dangerous LiaisonsI think one of the great characters was the Marquise De Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons. Truthfully every movie, even the ones that weren't so much fun, have informed me tremendously. And each one represents some real learning experience of some sort. It's a great luxury to be an actor to be able to explore so many landscapes of human behavior.
--Glenn Close

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Amazon Asks the Actors: What's an Essential DVD From Your Career?

The AmateursI will go with The Amateurs, a movie that is very rarely known or seen. So many things have to come together for a movie to succeed financially, critically, box office-wise; this movie really got put up on the shelf. It's out on DVD now, so go check it out--it might make you laugh.
--Jeff Bridges

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Amazon Asks the Directors: What's an Essential DVD From Your Career?

AraratArarat is probably my essential. It's a film where I'm dealing with my own history as an Armenian. It's probably the most unwieldy film I've ever made. It's certainly not the "best" movie I've made, but it's the most important I've made.
--Atom Egoyan