To Protect and Kill Two-Fer: La Scorta & How to Kill a Judge

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Product Description LA SCORTA Winner Of Five Italian Oscars Including Best Director - Ricky Tognazzi Sicily, 1992: When a high-profile judge and his bodyguard are brutally murdered, four reluctant young cops are assigned as `La Scorta' - Italian for `the escorts' - to protect the replacement prosecutor from Mafia assassins. But in a country where high level corruption and sudden violence are a way of life, the squad quickly find themselves outnumbered, outgunned and desperately out of time. Even if they can survive the daily threat of car bombs and ambushes, will personal conflicts and backroom betrayals blow apart the nation's most unlikely team of heroes? Claudio Amendola (in his breakout performance) and Enrico Lo Verso star in this white-knuckle thriller from writer/director Ricky Tognazzi featuring a pounding score by Ennio Morricone and based on a true story of uncommon courage. HOW TO KILL A JUDGEIn The Tradition Of Z and INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION - Now On DVD For The First Time Ever In America! International superstar Franco Nero (of DJANGO and DIE HARD 2 fame) stars as Giacomo Solaris, a director whose latest film depicts a prominent Sicilian judge as being on the Mafia's payroll. But when the actual judge is found murdered, Solaris begins his own investigation. Has the Mob found a way to corrupt the nation's top prosecutors? Should Solaris' movie bear some responsibility for the killing? Or will a string of brutal assassinations lead to the most shocking conspiracy of all? Françoise Fabian (BELLE DE JOUR, MADAME CLAUDE) co-stars in this provocative thriller from controversial writer/director Damiano Damiani (CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN, A BULLET FOR THE GENERAL) that features a searing score by Riz Ortolani (MONDO CANE, KILL BILL) and stands as a startling reflection of Italy's infamous decade of political violence. Review "A HIGH-OCTANE THRILLER!" -- Moving Pictures (LA SCORTA) "POWERFUL AND EXPLOSIVE!" -- Film Four (LA SCORTA) "POWERFUL... A Later Day UNTOUCHABLES!" -- FHM (LA SCORTA)