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A magnificent obsession, a film channel documentary disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title magnificent obsession. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with helen falling in. Due to his philanthropy and his wife helens accident, she jane wyman has very little money. Sirk sometimes claimed that the story was based distantly on the greek legend of alcestis. The z channel launched in 1974 as californias first paytv service, showing two movies a week, and. Provided to youtube by universal music group magnificent obsession steven curtis chapman declaration. There are also lots of clips, as well as recollections about the making of those films.
Jul 17, 2008 for high quality, click link above view count. A widowed woman finds herself more and more tangled up in the life of the jetsetting man indirectly responsible for her husbands death. When magnificent obsession was released in 1954, the director had already been working in hollywood for a decade, figuring out how to take the studios preference for kitsch, craziness and trashiness, as sirk once described this films material, and turn it into something nearer to art. That story alone is incredible but the tragic ending is the real showstopper and makes this wildly compelling. Released by decca records in 1954 dl 8078 containing music from magnificent obsession 1954.
A documentary on the z channel, one of the first pay. Bob, jetting across the lake at very high speeds, flips his boat. A magnificent obsession 2004 film complet en francais. It includes interviews with robert altman, quentin tarantino, james woods, jim jarmusch, alexander payne and a number of other filmmakers and critics who attest to z channels lasting impact.
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