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This revelatory film brings together Dylan’s Newport Folk Festival performances under one roof. The 1963 and ‘64 footage demonstrates how riveting the immensely charismatic Dylan could be, commanding a stage and a rapt audience all by himself. Timeless anthems such as "Talkin' World War III Blues,” “Who Killed Davey Moore?,” and “ Only a Pawn in Their Game” retain all their bite, while more poetic songs including “Chimes of Freedom,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,” and “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” still enchant with their freshness and lyricism.

A video tour of America's most amazing castles, including many of Newport's mansions

In this collection of footage taken from four consecutive years of the Newport Folk Festival, director Murray Lerner's lens focuses on a wide ranging variety of folk acts as they shepherd the beloved musical genre through some of its most crucial years. From the down home tunes of Son House and Mississippi John Hurt to the high profile folk of Peter, Paul and Mary and performances by such legends as Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan, Lerner's revealing concert film lovingly traces the aesthetic evolution of one of America's most distinct musical styles.

Frank Black, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering step up to the stage of Newport, Rhode Island's Atlantic to offer acoustic versions of twenty-two classic Pixies tunes in this concert captured live in August of 2005. Featured songs include "Bone Machine," "Monkey Gone to Heaven," "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)," "Gouge Away," "Nimrod's Son," and "Where is My Mind."

One of the most welcome offshoots of the folk revival of the early 1960s was a renewed interest in rural blues styles; suddenly, a generation of superb blues artists whose music had been all but ignored for years found a new audience, with a handful going on to successful new careers. Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 is comprised of footage shot by noted archivist and producer Alan Lomax during the 1966 Newport Folk Festival.

A young man freshly graduated from Yale (Anthony Edwards) moves to Rhode Island and finds himself with a strange power: the ability to create mild electric shocks through his hands. He begins to make friends around the community, and tries to help those around him by healing several minor sicknesses.

Painstakingly detailed yet tantalizing in its ambiguity, Reversal of Fortune dramatizes the real-life case of Claus von Bulow. Von Bulow (portrayed by Jeremy Irons in an Academy Award-winning performance) is an aristocratic European emigré who was convicted of the attempted murder of his wife, New York socialite Sunny von Bulow (Glenn Close), who plunged into a coma from which she has never awakened.

Wind is set in the world of competitive yacht racing, where a young sailor (Matthew Modine) is intent on winning the America's Cup, as well as regaining the affections of his ex-girlfriend (Jennifer Grey). As the film opens, Modine chooses to race the America's Cup instead of staying with Grey. She leaves him and his team loses the race, leaving him devastated. Modine tracks Grey down, finding her with a new boyfriend, who happens to be an engineer. He persuades her and her new boyfriend to help him build a new yacht, which he plans on using in his pursuit to regain the America's Cup.

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