Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and tries to commit suicide. After a few setbacks and while he is trying to electrocute himself with a lamp, the door bell rings. An odd man in a leather coat asks if there are any odd jobs that he can perform. Arthur hires the man to kill him. The next day his wife returns, but the man he hired is still trying to kill him…

The Odd Job - 1978 - Peter Medak_REPACK_576p_qlx.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 28 min
Size: 	2.03 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1024x552 
Aspect ratio:  	1.85:1
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BPP: 	0.212
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AAC LC @ 128 kb/s
#2:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 256 kb/s (Interview with Director Peter Medak)

https://nitro.download/view/9DD79DF3CF223CF/The_Odd_Job_-_1978_-_Peter_Medak_REPACK_576p_qlx.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English

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Vladimir Nabokov, widely considered one of the world’s greatest writers for such works as _Lolita_, was also a remarkable professor at Cornell University. Here, Plummer portrays the witty Nabokov, providing an entertaining and insightful lecture upon “Metamorphosis,” Kafka’s bizarre story about a man who wakes up one morning to discover he has turned into a giant bug.

Nabokov on Kafka.avi

General
Container:	AVI
Runtime:	28mn 23s
Size:	194 MiB
Video
Codec:	XviD
Resolution:	512x384
Aspect ratio:	4:3
Frame rate:	29.970 fps
Bit rate:	750 kb/s
Audio
English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/22B1A343D09D955/Nabokov_on_Kafka.avi

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

The post Peter Medak – Nabokov on Kafka (1989) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Patrick Duffy, Cindy Pickett and Brian Keith star in this atmospheric and eerie TV movie from 1982 based on the book by horror author John Saul.

Spoiler free synopsis:
“The little coastal town of Clark’s Harbour seems like the perfect place for psychiatrist Brad Russell and his wife to get a little peace and spend more time with each other. But the locals don’t seem very friendly and every time a storm rolls in another mysterious death occurs…”

1.01GB | 1h 30m | 640×480 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/67040EEB3BA137B/Cry_for_the_Strangers_(1982).mkv

Language(s):,English
Subtitles:None

The post Peter Medak – Cry for the Strangers (1982) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter’s voice and stare into the eyes of death and emotional trauma with a humor that hides their pain.

2.68GB | 1h 46m | 956×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/0209E6F3E08D5D0/A_Day_in_the_Death_of_Joe_Egg_(1972)_–_Peter_Medak.mkv

Language:English+commentary
Subtitles:English, Russian (muxed)

The post Peter Medak – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972) first appeared on Cinema of the World.