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Cinderella
Released in DVD by @ (15 February, 1950)
Starring: Ilene Woods and James MacDonald (II)
Disney's adaptation of the beloved fairy tale became a classic in its own right, thanks to some memorable tunes (including "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," and the title song) and some endearingly cute comic relief. We all know the story--the wicked stepmother and stepsisters simply won't have it, this uppity Cinderella thinking she's going to a ball designed to find the handsome prince an appropriate sweetheart, but perseverance, animal buddies, and a well-timed entrance by a fairy godmother make sure things turn out all right. There are a few striking sequences of pure animation--for example, Cinderella is reflected in bubbles drifting through the air--and the design is rich and evocative throughout. It's a simple story padded here agreeably with comic business, particularly Cinderella's rodent pals (dressed up conspicuously like the dwarf sidekicks of another famous Disney heroine) and their misadventures with a wretched cat named Lucifer. There's also much harrumphing and exposition spouting by the King and the Grand Duke. It's a much simpler and more graceful work than the more frenetically paced animated films of today, which makes it simultaneously quaint and highly gratifying. --David Kronke
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One of my all time favorites--Bippity Boopity BooI can still clearly recall watching this movie in the theatre with my mother. I was enchanted immediately and never wanted it to end! I recenltly bought this for my daughter and she loves it too!!! This is a definite classic and DO NOT Miss!!! Talk about feeling like a kid again!
Disney's Cinderella Needs a SpeciaL Special Edition DVD!Cinderella is one of my favorite fairytales and one of my favorite Disney movies. I wish Disney would hurry up and get it out on a special edition DVD with lots of extra bonus features just like they did with their special edition DVDs for Snow White and Beauty and the Beast!
bippity boppity boo!!!!I love this cartoon this is my favorite Walt Disney classic you know the story so therefore I don't need to explain this cartoon this is so beautifully done Cinderella is also beautiful and she has her 3 friends the mice who helps her get ready for the ball and she haves a good time and she meets her Prince Charming and she wins him at the end because she is able to fit the glass slipper!!!!!! I think that Walt Disney did a wonderful job with this film and it definitely is a Masterpiece!!!!!
The Prisoner - Set 1: Arrival/ Free for All/ Dance of the Dead
Released in DVD by A & E Home Video (31 October, 2000)
Starring: Patrick McGoohan
If a top-level spy decided he didn't want to be a spy anymore, could he just walk into HQ and hand in his resignation? With all that classified knowledge in his head, would they let him become a civilian again? The answer, according to the 1960s British TV series The Prisoner, is no. In fact, instead of receiving a gold watch for his years of faithful service, our hero (played by Patrick McGoohan) is followed home and knocked unconscious. When he awakens, he finds himself in a picturesque village where everyone is known by number. But where is it? Why was he brought here? And, most important, how does he leave?
As we learn in "Arrival," Number 6 can't leave. The Village's "citizens" might dress colorfully and stroll around its manicured gardens while a band plays bouncy Strauss marches, but the place is actually a prison. Surveillance is near total, and if all else fails, there's always the large, mysterious white ball that subdues potential escapees by temporarily smothering them. Who runs the Village? An ever-changing Number 2, who wants to know why Number 6 resigned. If he'd only cooperate, he's told, life can be made very pleasant. "I've resigned," he fumes. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own." So sets the stage for the ultimate battle of wills: Number 6's struggle to retain his privacy, sanity, and individuality against the array of psychological and physical methods the Village uses to break him.
"Free for All" sees the Village gripped with campaign fever (it's a "democracy," Number 6 is told, though he retains a healthy skepticism). He's encouraged to run for the job of Number 2 against the incumbent, but what's the point? And why is the Village so keen to have a defiant troublemaker like Number 6 take the reins of power? In "Dance of the Dead," Number 2 stages an elaborate costume ball that turns into a nightmarish courtroom scene--and guess who's on trial?
An allegory of the conflict between person and society, individuality and conformity, and freedom and slavery, The Prisoner asks more questions than it answers, and that can be a maddening experience for viewers who like their TV neat and tidy. McGoohan (Braveheart, Escape from Alcatraz) also created, wrote, and directed much of the show, yet it's his screen presence that sets its tone. His terse body language, sardonic half-smile, and simmering anger at his imprisonment are used to maximum effect in scripts that emphasize strict word economy and witty repartee.
So does he ever escape? And does he ever find out who Number 1 is? "Questions are a burden to others," the Village saying goes. "Answers, a prison for oneself." Besides, only 14 more episodes until all is revealed. Or is it? --Steve Landau
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classic british tv seriesOne of the best television series from a golden era of British television and cinema, The Prisoner formed out of actor Patrick McGoohan's reluctance to continue with his Dangerman series, which he felt had gone its distance.
The Prisoner is one of the most surreal shows of that period: only The Avengers can match its oddball features, but that one had a lighter touch. The Prisoner takes aim at the conflict between society's and the individual's interests, and the result is continually thought-provoking and crafted to resemble a continuous suite of Magritte paintings.
"I am not a number, I'm a free man!"Back in 1967, an allegorical television show emerged that has yet to be topped by any other English television series. The show: The Prisoner. Starring Patrick McGoohan, he plays the role of No. 6, a former secret service agent who resigned for unknown reasons and then finds himself knocked unconscious and trapped in a seemingly peaceful place called "the Village." Each episode features a new No. 2 (with a few exceptions), who watches his every move and strives to find out why he resigned. The only superior is the unseen No. 1, the supposed ruler of the Village. The only other characters that reoccur are The Supervisor (also called Controller), played by Peter Stanwick, and The Butler, played by Angelo Muscat.
In "Arrival," we first get a glimpse of the Village and of The Prisoner's plight. He tries hard to escape, but the Village has a lethal enforcer called "Rover," which is generally a weather balloon with a mind of its own. There isn't much to analyze in this episode, however there are a few things to analyze that reoccur throughout the show that I will talk about later.
In "Free For All," The Prisoner decides to run for Number 2's position in hopes meeting Number 1. This is one of my favorites as it portrays a supposedly free democratic election as being filled with corruption and deceit. HIGHLY recommend watching this.
In "Dance of the Dead," they attempt mind-manipulation on him to find out why he resigned. In here, they use females (even a female cat) to persuade him to cough up what he knows. Even the Number 2 featured here is female.
The Prisoner's name is never mentioned. Patrick McGoohan probably wanted us to believe that you or me could be he. After all, we're prisoners in the social order, aren't we? Rover could also be compared to government oppression, as we get a glimpse of Rover endangering one of the townspeople out of spite. And why is The Prisoner numbered 6? Why not 5, 55, 100, and so on? McGoohan once said that it's the only number when flipped upside down, it becomes something else... and that's what I believe No. 6 to be. More than just a number. He's a man, and we all strive to become more than just a "unit in society." It is also been conjectured that 6 means the "sign of the beast," but it's also been argued that it means "equilibrium" or "great strength." Whatever the case is, I believe that it's meant to portray that No. 6 is not just any ordinary human being.
The show uses the North Portmeiron Hotel of North Wales as its set and the visuals and the beauty of the place is used to great effect. This is truly a great show. The acting is quite good and the writing is top notch. This isn't just a tv show. It's a milestone.
I particularly like this fan-preferred order that A&E brought us, but I'll get to that in a later article. I highly suggest purchasing and watching this phenomenal series, but get it in the boxed set.
OUTSTANDINGI love this British TV show. It doesn't seem as old as it is. ARRIVAL is a real mind blower.
Casper - Special Edition (Full Screen)
Released in DVD by Universal Studios (23 September, 2003)
Starring: Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty, and Eric Idle
This 1995 family film tries to put a fun spin on the story of a paranormalist and widower (Bill Pullman) who moves into a new house with his daughter (Christina Ricci) and meets up with the ghost of a dead little boy. Based on the comic book about Casper the friendly ghost, the film is a dreary series of awkward interactions between live actors and computer effects, and you can almost see Pullman and Ricci reconsidering the project while on camera. A few cameo appearances from uncredited stars help things a bit. But there's no way, based on this film, that one could have guessed that its director, Brad Silberling, would go on to make the exceptional drama City of Angels. --Tom Keogh
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This is a Cute Movie!I remember watching this and thinking it was a pretty cute movie and I think Bill Pullman (Spaceballs) and Christina Ricci (The Addams Family) were very good. Though I enjoyed this movie I'm not sure if I would really want to watch it again but it is definitely a sweet movie to buy for the kids.
Brad Silberling did a great JORBBBBBB!!!this movie is a good movie.when i was a kid i use to basically watched this movie every single dang diddley day. this was the only good casper movie not the 2nd one or casper meets wendy or whatever casper movie they made. if you havent seen this movie ill tell you why its so good. its about a guy and his daughter who move every where. they move to a castle and its haunted by a boy ghost and his ghostly uncles. the boy ghost is friendly but his uncles arent. then the girl tries to make casper back to a real boy. i know it probably sounds corny but trust me......its good
a wonderful moviethis is a wonderful movie,in these days of worthless junk siberling and spielberg have created a classic for our times,this is not supposed to be shakespeare or a literary high drama.. its a movie about a gentle and caring soul and very well done. they managed to capture casper as i rememmber from the sixtes, like how they got "superman the movie" and the recent "spider man" they caught on film what i rememmber perfectly from the comic books from so long ago. casper is beautifully done movie with great visuals ( i thought the sequence where casper says to kat " can i keep you " was remarkable with absolutly beautifull music by james horner to perfectly augment the scene, and the scene with bill pullman saying goobye to his long lost wife could not have been done better if more movies were made like this our world be all the better for it , again an absolutly beautifully done wonderous movie for our time and we all should be gratefull for it
Casper - Special Edition Casper (Widescreen)
Released in DVD by Universal Studios (23 September, 2003)
Starring: Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty, and Eric Idle
This 1995 family film tries to put a fun spin on the story of a paranormalist and widower (Bill Pullman) who moves into a new house with his daughter (Christina Ricci) and meets up with the ghost of a dead little boy. Based on the comic book about Casper the friendly ghost, the film is a dreary series of awkward interactions between live actors and computer effects, and you can almost see Pullman and Ricci reconsidering the project while on camera. A few cameo appearances from uncredited stars help things a bit. But there's no way, based on this film, that one could have guessed that its director, Brad Silberling, would go on to make the exceptional drama City of Angels. --Tom Keogh
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This is a Cute Movie!I remember watching this and thinking it was a pretty cute movie and I think Bill Pullman (Spaceballs) and Christina Ricci (The Addams Family) were very good. Though I enjoyed this movie I'm not sure if I would really want to watch it again but it is definitely a sweet movie to buy for the kids.
Brad Silberling did a great JORBBBBBB!!!this movie is a good movie.when i was a kid i use to basically watched this movie every single dang diddley day. this was the only good casper movie not the 2nd one or casper meets wendy or whatever casper movie they made. if you havent seen this movie ill tell you why its so good. its about a guy and his daughter who move every where. they move to a castle and its haunted by a boy ghost and his ghostly uncles. the boy ghost is friendly but his uncles arent. then the girl tries to make casper back to a real boy. i know it probably sounds corny but trust me......its good
a wonderful moviethis is a wonderful movie,in these days of worthless junk siberling and spielberg have created a classic for our times,this is not supposed to be shakespeare or a literary high drama.. its a movie about a gentle and caring soul and very well done. they managed to capture casper as i rememmber from the sixtes, like how they got "superman the movie" and the recent "spider man" they caught on film what i rememmber perfectly from the comic books from so long ago. casper is beautifully done movie with great visuals ( i thought the sequence where casper says to kat " can i keep you " was remarkable with absolutly beautifull music by james horner to perfectly augment the scene, and the scene with bill pullman saying goobye to his long lost wife could not have been done better if more movies were made like this our world be all the better for it , again an absolutly beautifully done wonderous movie for our time and we all should be gratefull for it
On the Town
Released in DVD by Warner Studios (02 May, 2000)
Starring: Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra
New York, New York--it's a helluva town; the Bronx is up and the Battery's down; the people ride in a hole in the ground.... Well, you get the idea. Those lyrics (by Betty Comden and Adolph Green), set to Leonard Bernstein's music, have made On the Town a permanent part of the psychological landscape of New York City. The story (inspired by Jerome Robbins's ballet Fancy Free) is pretty slight: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin play sailors with 24 hours' leave to take their bite out of the Big Apple. When they meet, and then lose, this month's Miss Turnstiles (Vera-Ellen), they scour the town in search of her, bumping into a lady anthropologist (Ann Miller) along the way. Shot mostly in the studio, but with location exteriors all over town, from Coney Island to the Statue of Liberty to Central Park, this 1949 gem was the first of three great musicals codirected by Kelly and Stanley Donen, followed by Singin' in the Rain (1952) and the underrated It's Always Fair Weather (1955). --Jim Emerson
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Wow! What a movie!I actually haven't seen the whole thing, but I couldn't stop myself from writing a review! I've looked for it everywhere, but I can't find it! From what I saw of it, I know it is a wonderful movie. The "New York, New York" sequence at the start really gets you into it! I loved it, it's definitely one of a kind. I reccomened to everyone who likes Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra, who are both great in this movie. Of course it's hard to forget Vera Ellen, who is very talented and beautiful in this movie. I wish someday to see the rest of it, and I am going to keep looking for it everywhere. Watch it now!
New York, New York......It's a wonderful town! And a wonderful movie as well. One of the best of Gene Kelly's career (part of the three year stretch that produced 'Singin' In the Rain' and 'An American in Paris'), this movie has everything. Singing, dancing, and comedy. Ann Miller shines in her "Prehistoric Man" number, one of the best to showcase her talents. And Gene Kelly, well, he's Gene Kelly.
Do I really have to elaborate on that. The cast also includes the comedy of Jules Munshin and Betty Garrett, the dancing talents of the lovely Vera Ellen, and, of course, the riot-inducing crooning of a pre Rat Pack Frank Sinatra. The plot (three sailors on a twenty-four hour leave) is somewhat thin, but the musical numbers more than make up for that. I've never seen or heard the original play, but I understand they cut quite a few of the original numbers out and changed some others. Chalk it up to politics of the time and the strict Hays Office. It doesn't undermine the spectacular peformances that are given in this movie. Definitely one of the gems of MGM.
Do I really have to elaborate on that. The cast also includes the comedy of Jules Munshin and Betty Garrett, the dancing talents of the lovely Vera Ellen, and, of course, the riot-inducing crooning of a pre Rat Pack Frank Sinatra. The plot (three sailors on a twenty-four hour leave) is somewhat thin, but the musical numbers more than make up for that. I've never seen or heard the original play, but I understand they cut quite a few of the original numbers out and changed some others. Chalk it up to politics of the time and the strict Hays Office. It doesn't undermine the spectacular peformances that are given in this movie. Definitely one of the gems of MGM.
Music, dancing, fun, laughter, and more Music!!!This is an absolute must-see. Being a Gene Kelly fan it was easy for me to like, but my friend who has seen very little of old movies also thought that it is an automatic classic!
Rock & Roll High School
Released in DVD by Lumivision (27 April, 1999)
Starring: P.J. Soles and Vincent Van Patten
"Do your parents know you're Ramones?" With those withering words, Miss Togar (Mary Woronov), the uptight neofascist principal of Vince Lombardi High School, addresses the four mop-haired, leather-jacketed members of America's first and most famous punk band. And you know it won't be long before the Ramones's jackhammer riffs are blaring through the public address system at maximum volume, the kids are running--not walking--wild in the hallways (without passes!), and Miss Togar's gulag is re-christened "Rock 'n' Roll High School." Then, in keeping with the outrageously nihilistic animus of punk, the high school students and the Ramones just blow the place to smithereens. It's a crowd- pleasing, fantasy-fulfillment climax that combines the apocalyptic finale of Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point with the explosive conclusion of Alice Cooper's "School's Out." Rock 'n' Roll High School is a blast, a goofy and liberating salute to the rebel spirit behind the teen rock 'n' roll movies of the 1950s, which always pitted the kids' insatiable appetite for fun against the adults' fear-based authoritarianism. The film is emblematic of the disarmingly silly, tongue-in-cheek humor of the youth-oriented B-pictures cranked out in the '50s and '60s by renowned low-budget exploitation mogul Roger Corman (who gave many a hungry young filmmaker, including the creators of this film, their start in the biz), and of the noisy, anarchic energy of '70s punk rock, as personified by the inimitable Ramones. In the words of the maestros' beach-blanket-buzz-saw title anthem, this movie is "Fun, fun, oh baby, fun, fun..." The digital video disc offers audio commentary by the filmmakers, including director Alan Arkush, a Leonard Maltin interview with Corman, and some audio outtakes of the Ramones. --Jim Emerson
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Oh Joey!!!I have loved this movie since being the age of four, since then it has been crimped hair and leather jackets all the way. I was a playground punk at the age of five, and by the age of six my whole family called me Riff.
This movie has been the frame of my life, from the first time i saw it I have been in love with Joey. I am now in High School, and none of my friends are familiar with The Ramones, yet I am still hopelessly devoted to them.
If you dont like the Ramones, you will after you have watched the movie. If you do like them, watching this will make you like them even more! It's funny, kinda cool and the music rocks!!! It tells the story of Riff Randall, the Ramones' number one fan, who will go to any lengths to defend them, AND MEET THEM!
This movie has been the frame of my life, from the first time i saw it I have been in love with Joey. I am now in High School, and none of my friends are familiar with The Ramones, yet I am still hopelessly devoted to them.
If you dont like the Ramones, you will after you have watched the movie. If you do like them, watching this will make you like them even more! It's funny, kinda cool and the music rocks!!! It tells the story of Riff Randall, the Ramones' number one fan, who will go to any lengths to defend them, AND MEET THEM!
Just Sit back and enjoyThis movie is great, it's got the ramones in concert (Blitzkreig Bop, California Sun, Teenage Lobotomy, Pinhead, and She's the one live) And it's funny and creative and a school gets blown up. Just lay down and watch it and you'll feel better.
BEST MOVIE EVERThis is the best movie ever...ever...ever....it has the best music and even though the plot is stupid the movie is still very good...watch it!!
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Released in DVD by New Concorde Home Video (28 August, 2001)
Starring: P.J. Soles and Vincent Van Patten
"Do your parents know you're Ramones?" With those withering words, Miss Togar (Mary Woronov), the uptight neofascist principal of Vince Lombardi High School, addresses the four mop-haired, leather-jacketed members of America's first and most famous punk band. And you know it won't be long before the Ramones's jackhammer riffs are blaring through the public address system at maximum volume, the kids are running--not walking--wild in the hallways (without passes!), and Miss Togar's gulag is re-christened "Rock 'n' Roll High School." Then, in keeping with the outrageously nihilistic animus of punk, the high school students and the Ramones just blow the place to smithereens. It's a crowd- pleasing, fantasy-fulfillment climax that combines the apocalyptic finale of Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point with the explosive conclusion of Alice Cooper's "School's Out." Rock 'n' Roll High School is a blast, a goofy and liberating salute to the rebel spirit behind the teen rock & roll movies of the 1950s, which always pitted the kids' insatiable appetite for fun against the adults' fear-based authoritarianism. The film is emblematic of the disarmingly silly, tongue-in-cheek humor of the youth-oriented B-pictures cranked out in the '50s and '60s by renowned low-budget exploitation mogul Roger Corman (who gave many a hungry young filmmaker, including the creators of this film, their start in the biz), and of the noisy, anarchic energy of '70s punk rock, as personified by the inimitable Ramones. In the words of the maestros' beach-blanket-buzz-saw title anthem, this movie is "Fun, fun, oh baby, fun, fun..." --Jim Emerson
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Oh Joey!!!I have loved this movie since being the age of four, since then it has been crimped hair and leather jackets all the way. I was a playground punk at the age of five, and by the age of six my whole family called me Riff.
This movie has been the frame of my life, from the first time i saw it I have been in love with Joey. I am now in High School, and none of my friends are familiar with The Ramones, yet I am still hopelessly devoted to them.
If you dont like the Ramones, you will after you have watched the movie. If you do like them, watching this will make you like them even more! It's funny, kinda cool and the music rocks!!! It tells the story of Riff Randall, the Ramones' number one fan, who will go to any lengths to defend them, AND MEET THEM!
This movie has been the frame of my life, from the first time i saw it I have been in love with Joey. I am now in High School, and none of my friends are familiar with The Ramones, yet I am still hopelessly devoted to them.
If you dont like the Ramones, you will after you have watched the movie. If you do like them, watching this will make you like them even more! It's funny, kinda cool and the music rocks!!! It tells the story of Riff Randall, the Ramones' number one fan, who will go to any lengths to defend them, AND MEET THEM!
Just Sit back and enjoyThis movie is great, it's got the ramones in concert (Blitzkreig Bop, California Sun, Teenage Lobotomy, Pinhead, and She's the one live) And it's funny and creative and a school gets blown up. Just lay down and watch it and you'll feel better.
BEST MOVIE EVERThis is the best movie ever...ever...ever....it has the best music and even though the plot is stupid the movie is still very good...watch it!!
The Stunt Man (Limited Edition)
Released in DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment (25 February, 2003)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, and Barbara Hershey
The "lost" sleeper hit of 1980 has since become one of the most revered cult movies of all time, largely due to its bawdy, irreverent story about the art and artifice of filmmaking and an outrageously clever performance by Peter O'Toole. As megalomaniacal film director Eli Cross, O'Toole plays a larger-than-life figure whose ability to manipulate reality is like a power-trip narcotic. The focus of his latest mind game is a fugitive (Steve Railsback) recruited to replace a stuntman killed during a recent on-set accident. In return for protective sanctuary, the fugitive takes a crash course in stunt work but soon discovers that he's the paranoid player in a game he can't control, with the dictatorial director making up the rules. Or is he? The Stunt Man is a game of its own, played through the fantasy of filmmaking, and half the fun of watching the movie comes from sharing the stuntman's paranoid confusion. Barbara Hershey has a smart, sexy supporting role as a lead actress who won't submit to her director's seemingly devious behavior; but it's clearly O'Toole who steals the show. Director Richard Rush adds to the movie's maverick appeal--in a career plagued by struggles against the mainstream studio system, Rush hasn't made a better movie before or since. The Stunt Man clearly represents the potential of his neglected talent. --Jeff Shannon
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Lost Classic!Most films that rely heavily on stunts don't provide much of interest in between the airbag falls and vehicle pile-ups - Hooper, Cannonball Run, The Blues Brothers and their ilk being prime examples, and even the revered likes of Bullitt tend to sag a bit when the protagonists get out of the car. Fortunately this overlooked gem manages to mix stops-out stunt sequences with a borderline-pretentious paranoia plot to cover all bases with ease. Jobbing greenhorn Steve Railsback gets a job in the stunt team of Peter O'Toole's director's World War One action romance, falls for the leading lady, has his every waking moment interrupted by O'Toole on an ace crane-mounted director's chair, and finally takes on the escape from a sinking car stunt that killed his predecessor. There's plenty of elementary-grade symbolism thrown at it (O'Toole's messianic character is called Eli Cross, in true ramming-the-point-home style), and the whole "What is reality after all? Eh? Think about it" ethos of the film won't impress everyone, but it's all done with a light touch, and you really won't see anything like this anywhere else, and the set-pieces, particularly the rooftop gun battle and aerial dogfight, are brilliantly staged.
An excellent lost sleeper hit.When a fugitive on the run turns actor (Steve Railsback) ends up in a movie set control by a Christ-Like Hollywood Director (Oscar-Winner:Peter O'Toole), who become the man's mentor. Which the hollywood director sheltered the fugitive from a sherrif (Alex Rocco). While the fugitive starts to fall in love with a famous attractive actress (Barbara Hershey).
Directed by Richard Rush (Color of Night, Psych-Out) made a standout, outragerous, dark comedy. Which is unique and it's offers something different for everyone. Winning Performances by Railsback, O'Toole and Hershey. DVD's has an good anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an fine Dolby Digital 5.1 Expanded Surround Sound. DVD Extras has an induction by the Director, Trailers, Two Deleted Scenes and more. This film recieve three Oscar nominations, which are:Best Actor-O'Toole, Best Adapted Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus and Director:Rush, and Best Director. This is a marvelous and unique exercise in meta-cinematic manipulation. This is a great film, which makes Reality and Make-Believe blur. Grade:A.
the BEST camerawork !This is the only movie , which I had to watch 7 times in 2 days . In Russia . Few weeks before I had been send to Afghanistan . As professional photographer , published writer ... one of the best camera work , espesialy first few minutes of the movie .
Here is a Vietnam Vet ... He still running ... He has no idea , what he is running from ... He get mixed up in a moovie making bisness , just by exident . And here is the movie ... he still running ... but now it is a part of the script . At same time we have a love story , run away story ... too many stories . I love this movie for exellent acting ang GREAT camerawork !
Here is a Vietnam Vet ... He still running ... He has no idea , what he is running from ... He get mixed up in a moovie making bisness , just by exident . And here is the movie ... he still running ... but now it is a part of the script . At same time we have a love story , run away story ... too many stories . I love this movie for exellent acting ang GREAT camerawork !
The Stunt Man
Released in DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment (20 November, 2001)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, and Barbara Hershey
The "lost" sleeper hit of 1980 has since become one of the most revered cult movies of all time, largely due to its bawdy, irreverent story about the art and artifice of filmmaking and an outrageously clever performance by Peter O'Toole. As megalomaniacal film director Eli Cross, O'Toole plays a larger-than-life figure whose ability to manipulate reality is like a power-trip narcotic. The focus of his latest mind game is a fugitive (Steve Railsback) recruited to replace a stuntman killed during a recent on-set accident. In return for protective sanctuary, the fugitive takes a crash course in stunt work but soon discovers that he's the paranoid player in a game he can't control, with the dictatorial director making up the rules. Or is he? The Stunt Man is a game of its own, played through the fantasy of filmmaking, and half the fun of watching the movie comes from sharing the stuntman's paranoid confusion. Barbara Hershey has a smart, sexy supporting role as a lead actress who won't submit to her director's seemingly devious behavior; but it's clearly O'Toole who steals the show. Director Richard Rush adds to the movie's maverick appeal--in a career plagued by struggles against the mainstream studio system, Rush hasn't made a better movie before or since. The Stunt Man clearly represents the potential of his neglected talent. --Jeff Shannon
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Lost Classic!Most films that rely heavily on stunts don't provide much of interest in between the airbag falls and vehicle pile-ups - Hooper, Cannonball Run, The Blues Brothers and their ilk being prime examples, and even the revered likes of Bullitt tend to sag a bit when the protagonists get out of the car. Fortunately this overlooked gem manages to mix stops-out stunt sequences with a borderline-pretentious paranoia plot to cover all bases with ease. Jobbing greenhorn Steve Railsback gets a job in the stunt team of Peter O'Toole's director's World War One action romance, falls for the leading lady, has his every waking moment interrupted by O'Toole on an ace crane-mounted director's chair, and finally takes on the escape from a sinking car stunt that killed his predecessor. There's plenty of elementary-grade symbolism thrown at it (O'Toole's messianic character is called Eli Cross, in true ramming-the-point-home style), and the whole "What is reality after all? Eh? Think about it" ethos of the film won't impress everyone, but it's all done with a light touch, and you really won't see anything like this anywhere else, and the set-pieces, particularly the rooftop gun battle and aerial dogfight, are brilliantly staged.
An excellent lost sleeper hit.When a fugitive on the run turns actor (Steve Railsback) ends up in a movie set control by a Christ-Like Hollywood Director (Oscar-Winner:Peter O'Toole), who become the man's mentor. Which the hollywood director sheltered the fugitive from a sherrif (Alex Rocco). While the fugitive starts to fall in love with a famous attractive actress (Barbara Hershey).
Directed by Richard Rush (Color of Night, Psych-Out) made a standout, outragerous, dark comedy. Which is unique and it's offers something different for everyone. Winning Performances by Railsback, O'Toole and Hershey. DVD's has an good anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an fine Dolby Digital 5.1 Expanded Surround Sound. DVD Extras has an induction by the Director, Trailers, Two Deleted Scenes and more. This film recieve three Oscar nominations, which are:Best Actor-O'Toole, Best Adapted Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus and Director:Rush, and Best Director. This is a marvelous and unique exercise in meta-cinematic manipulation. This is a great film, which makes Reality and Make-Believe blur. Grade:A.
the BEST camerawork !This is the only movie , which I had to watch 7 times in 2 days . In Russia . Few weeks before I had been send to Afghanistan . As professional photographer , published writer ... one of the best camera work , espesialy first few minutes of the movie .
Here is a Vietnam Vet ... He still running ... He has no idea , what he is running from ... He get mixed up in a moovie making bisness , just by exident . And here is the movie ... he still running ... but now it is a part of the script . At same time we have a love story , run away story ... too many stories . I love this movie for exellent acting ang GREAT camerawork !
Here is a Vietnam Vet ... He still running ... He has no idea , what he is running from ... He get mixed up in a moovie making bisness , just by exident . And here is the movie ... he still running ... but now it is a part of the script . At same time we have a love story , run away story ... too many stories . I love this movie for exellent acting ang GREAT camerawork !
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Released in DVD by Miramax Home Entertainment (04 February, 2003)
Starring: Andy Garcia and Christopher Walken
After a foolproof scam turns sour, Jimmy the Saint (a soulful but miscast Andy Garcia, who mainly acts with his hair) and his hard-bitten crew must put their various sordid affairs in order before facing their final bloody curtain call. It's not nearly as clever as it thinks it is, but this terminally wise-ass (and extremely violent) caper flick is still one of the better post-Tarantino crime opuses, with some sharp dialogue, a scenery-chewing Christopher Walken (as a paraplegic archcriminal), and unhinged performances by Treat Williams and the obsequious Steve Buscemi that must be seen to be (dis)believed. Neophyte scripter Scott Rosenberg would later pen hipper-than-thou scripts for Beautiful Girls, Con Air, and Armageddon, while director Gary Fleder moved on to the somewhat more reputable Kiss the Girls. The tongue-twisting title is from a Warren Zevon song. --Andrew Wright
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dillo's reviews from down underWow!! One not to be missed. Highly underated in all areas, direction, production, script and acting. Now how could anyone not like a film with two of the best actresses of recent times giving 100%- I refer to Fairuza Balk and Gabrielle Anwar. Top them off with a wonderful effort from Andy Garcia and Steve Buscemi and this really is a collectable, in whatever format you can grab hold of. One of the top 20 films in my collection of over 3500.
Jimmy the Saint RulesWow, this is probably the best gangster flick nobody knows.Andy Garcia,and Christopher Walken are fantastic.This is better than King of NewYork and Untouchables!Please watch this band of misfits try to get right before mobster Walken Fixes them all.Boat drinks, anyone?
They had me fooled until the very end.This is a really good movie for those of you whom enjoy a
movie that makes you think. The plot twist at the very end and
leaves you thinking about it long after the movie is over.
movie that makes you think. The plot twist at the very end and
leaves you thinking about it long after the movie is over.