Best Picture Academy Award Winners (5-Film Collection) [DVD]

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THE ENGLISH PATIENT: Winner of 9 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Director (Anthony Minghella) and Best Supporting Actress (Juliette Binoche), THE ENGLISH PATIENT is a "fiercely romantic" (THE NEW YORK TIMES) epic where love knows no boundaries. During World War II, a mysterious stranger (Ralph Fiennes) is cared for by British allies unaware of his dangerous past. Yet, as the mystery of his identity is revealed, an incredible tale of passion, intrigue and adventure unfolds. Also starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth and Willem Dafoe, this powerful motion picture is an experience you will never forget. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE: Love is the only inspiration in this witty, sexy smash starring Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow among an all-star Academy Award®-winning cast including Judi Dench, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth and Ben Affleck. When Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer s block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola (Paltrow) starts the words flowing like never before! There are just two things he ll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else, she s successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will s latest production! Triumphant winner of 7 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is "a visual treat" (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) that will leave you hungry for more. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN: Acclaimed filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen deliver their most gripping and ambitious film yet in this sizzling and supercharged action- thriller. When a man stumbles on a bloody crime scene, a pickup truck loaded with heroin, and two million dollars in irresistible cash, his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of violence. Not even west Texas law can contain it. Based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy, and featuring an acclaimed cast led by Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and a tour-de-force performance from Javier Bardem, this gritty game of cat and mouse will take you to the edge of your seat and beyond right up to its heart-stopping final act. CHICAGO: Winner of 6 Academy Awards®, Chicago is a dazzling spectacle cheered by audiences and critics alike! At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and spotlight seeking Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger) both find themselves sharing space on Chicago s famed Murderess Row! They also share Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), the town s slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends. But in Chicago, there s only room for one legend! CRASH: This compelling urban thriller tracks the volatile intersection of a multiethnic cast of characters struggling to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another s lives. In the gray area between black and white, victim and aggressor, during the next 36 hours, they will all collide.