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Algernon is a gentlemen from a wealthy family. Algernon's close friend Jack, has a ward, Cecily. Both Algernon and Jack have created alter egos to make life more interesting. Algernon arrives for a weekend visit in the country posing as Earnest. Having heard of Earnest's misadventures, Cicely has developed an infatuation with the rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works famously on Cicely. Meanwhile, Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn, arrives for...
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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English
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A lazy, unemployed Southern Californian stoner who loves bowling gets mistaken for a millionaire with the same name. He's beaten up by men looking for money from the rich man's wife and gets drawn into the kidnapping of the millionaire's wife.
6) Date night
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English
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An ordinary couple is in the right place, on the wrong night. Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible, suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. But a case of mistaken identity sets off an outrageous chain of events involving small-time thieves, big-city mobsters, corrupt cops and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters' "date night" turns into a wild ride they'll never forget! --Container.
7) Bushwhacked
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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English
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A bumbling deliveryman is accused of murder when a get-rich scheme backfires. He flees for the woods where he is mistaken for a world famous scout leader. He ends up supervising six Ranger Scouts on their first overnight expedition.
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Two friends on vacation at their dilapidated mountain house are mistaken for murderous backwoods hillbillies by a group of obnoxious, preppy college kids. When one of the students is separated from the group, the boys try to lend a hand, but as the misunderstanding grows, so does the body count and the laughs.
10) Consequence
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HBO Video
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English
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Max Tyler is short on money, but he has a scheme. He fakes his death, claims the insurance and surgically alters his face to resemble his dead brothers' identity. Everything goes as plans, until he finds that his brother's charitable life wasn't what it seemed. Now Max finds himself crossed and double-crossed by his lover, his brother's best friend, and worst of all by his brother's enemies. All are out to kill him, but not until they have tortured...
12) Texas carnival
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Metro Goldwyn Mayer
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Remastered edition.
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English
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A down-and-out carnival sideshow team is mistaken for a pair of multimillionaires at a swank Texas resort hotel: a perfect plot for Miss Williams to display both her fine sense of comedy and gorgeous, bathing-suit-clad figure. Skelton is hilarious as a pseudo oil tycoon who can't roll a cigarette, walk in spurs or hold his liquor. His performance, a masterpiece of accurate exaggeration, is a wonderful reminder of why he ranks among the screen's greatest...
13) Hero
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
Edition
Full screen version.
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English
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Davis is ace reporter Gale Gayley, who literally falls into the story of a lifetime when she's a passenger on an airplane that crashes into a Chicago bridge. In the smoke and darkness, she's saved by a rude, foul-mouthed "hero", who promptly disappears into the night ... leaving only his shoe behind.
17) The Big Lebowski
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English
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Jeff 'The Dude' Lebowski doesn't want any complications in his life. He can't even be bothered with a job. But, in a case of mistaken identity, a couple of thugs break into his place and steal his rug. Now, The Dude must embark on a quest with his crazy bowling buddies to make things right and get that rug back. Their journey blends unforgettable characters, kidnapping, and White Russians.
18) The wrong man
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Widescreen version.
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English
Description
The first Hitchcock film based on a true story. A nightclub musician is falsely accused of a robbery, since he looks just like the real suspect.
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