Legendary Actors (Volume 8) ( The Barbarian and the Geisha / Deadline - U.S.A. / Go Tell the Spartans ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - France ]

France released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Mono ), French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), French ( Mono ), French ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 3-DVD Set, Black & White, Box Set, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The Barbarian and the Geisha: Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha. Deadline - U.S.A.: Ed Hutcheson, tough editor of the New York Day, finds that the late owner's heirs are selling the crusading paper to a strictly commercial rival. At first he sees impending unemployment as an opportunity to win back his estranged wife Nora. But when a reporter, pursuing a lead on racketeer Rienzi, is badly beaten, Hutcheson is stung into a full-fledged crusade against the gangster, hoping Rienzi can be tied to a woman's murder...in the 3 issues before the end of The Day. Go Tell the Spartans: A unit of American military advisors in Vietnam prior to the major U.S. involvement find similarities between their helpless struggle against the Viet Cong and the doomed actions of a French unit at the same site a decade before in this bitter look at the beginnings of the Vietnam war. ...Legendary Actors (Volume 8) ( The Barbarian and the Geisha / Deadline - U.S.A. / Go Tell the Spartans )