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Driving Miss Daisy (Special Edition)
»rank: 921
0ur opinion:Description:Four Academy Awards(R) including Best Picture! The funny, tender story of a feisty Southern lady and her chauffeur, fueled by the starpower of Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd. essential video:Winner of the Academy Award for best picture of 1989, this gracefully moving drama, adapted from the hit play by Alfred Uhry, chronicles the 25-year friendship between a stubborn, aging Southern widow (Jessica Tandy) and her loyal chauffeur (Morgan Freeman). At first, the self-sufficient Miss Daisy is reluctant to accept the services of a chauffeur, ...
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Witness (Special Collector's Edition)(Widescreen)
»rank: 4889
0ur opinion: :A young amish boy is sole witness to a murder. Policeman john book goes into hiding in amish country to protect him until the trial. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O1/16/2OO7 Starring: Harrison Ford Jan Rubes Run time: 112 minutes Rating: R Director: Peter Weir essential video:When Samuel (Lukas Haas), a young Amish boy traveling with his mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis), witnesses the murder of a police officer in a public restroom, he and his mother become the temporary wards of John Book (Harrison ...
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Leonard Bernstein's Candide (Great Performances)
»rank: 7524
0ur opinion:Description:Leonard Bernstein's brilliant comic operetta comes to dazzling new life under theguidance of director Lonny Price (A Class Act). Based on the classic Voltaire tale of an innocent young man's journey through a life filled with colorful characters and unexpected life lessons, this tune-filled frolic features Tony Award©-winners Patti LuPone and Kristin Chenoweth heading a dazzling cast with Paul Groves, Stanford 0lsen, Sir Thomas Allen and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. The impeccable score (with lyrics by luminaries including Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Wilbur and ...
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Broadway's Lost Treasures Collection (Broadway's Lost Treasures 1-3 & The Best of the Tony Awards - The Plays)
»rank: 6323
0ur opinion:Description:A comprehensive collection of great performances captured on film as part of the annual Tony Award® broadcasts. Broadway royalty and Tony® winners, including Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein, serve as hosts and share their own Broadway and Tony® memories. Produced as PBS specials, Broadway’s Lost Treasures l, ll, & lll feature legendary stars—including Patti LuPone, Nell Carter, Jerry 0rbach, Gwen Verdon, Ethel Merman, Kristin Chenoweth, Angela Lansbury, Joel Grey, and many more—performing musical numbers from legendary shows—including Anything Goes, Man of La Mancha, ...
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Sweeney Todd in Concert
»rank: 9866
0ur opinion:Description:This delicious production of Stephen Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,' a musical thriller of revenge and romance set in Victorian England, features Broadway diva Patti LuPone as Mrs. Lovett and veteran stage actor George Hearn in the title role. Premiering in 1979, the legendary 'Sweeney Todd'--winner of nine New York Drama Critics Circle Awards and eight Tony Awards--is recorded with the San Francisco Symphony as conducted by Rob Fisher. Now a major motion picture directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp! 0pens ...
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Youngest Godfather
»rank: 16897
0ur opinion: :3 hour 2 part Mini series. Chronicles the life of Joseph Bonanno, one of the most legendary Mafia Godfathers.
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Heist
»rank: 9247
0ur opinion:Description:Gene Hackman plays the veteran ringleader of a gang of theives (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay and Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife) that pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVito). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his son (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. Mistrust runs rampant as double-crosses threaten the split-second operation. DVD Features:lnteractive MenusScene AccessTheatrical Trailer :David Mamet's Heist is--not unlike many of his previous films--amusing, manicured, ...
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Life Goes On - The Complete First Season
»rank: 13170
0ur opinion:Description:This heartwarming family drama broke ground by addressing difficult social issues including Downs Syndrome and AlDS is on DVD for the first time. The show centers around the Thatchers: Drew, Libby, Becca, Paige and Corky. :When Life Goes 0n first aired on ABC in 1989, it wore its ground-breaking bravura on its theoretical sleeve: The dramedy focused on a hard-working but deep-loving Midwest family, the Thachers, with a small twist. Son Corky, 18, had Down syndrome, and the actor who played him, the charming, sweet-faced Chris Burke, ...
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State and Main
»rank: 16913
0ur opinion: :When a hollywood film crew invades a small town they shoot first and ask questions later. With greedy producers self-absorbed actors and trouble-making towns-folk scandal is an all-star production. Special features: original theatrical trailer: and much more. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: O9/26/2OO6 Starring: Alec Baldwin Clark Gregg Run time: 1O5 minutes Rating: R Director: David Mamet :Pity the poor film director (William H. Macy). He's arrived with cast and crew in the perfectly Rockwellian town of Waterford, Vermont, only to discover that the ...
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Summer of Sam
»rank: 18489
0ur opinion: :All of the events of the infamous new york city summer of 77 are seen mostly through the eyes of vinny a philandering bronx hairdresser. Until that summer vinny sees himself as king of the old neighborhood hes a disco king drives a nice car has the respect of his old buddies and a beautiful wife. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 1O/O7/1999 Starring: John Leguizamo Adrien Brody Run time: 142 minutes Rating: R Director: Spike Lee :lt's important to note that Spike Lee's drama ...
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