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MAS*H - Martinis and Medicine Complete Collection

Actors: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Gary Burghoff, Larry Linville
ASIN : B000HT3P5Q
Sales Rank : 2047
Brand : Twentieth Century Fox
Studio : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0024543383055
UPC : 024543383055
Number Of Discs : 36
Release Date : December 07, 2006
Publisher : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Label : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Running Time : 6695

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Disc 1-3: M*A*S*H Season 1

Disc 4-6: M*A*S*H Season 2

Disc 7-9: M*A*S*H Season 3

Disc 10-12: M*A*S*H Season 4

Disc 13-15: M*A*S*H Season 5

Disc 16-18: M*A*S*H Season 6

Disc 19-21: M*A*S*H Season 7

Disc 22-24: M*A*S*H Season 8

Disc 25-27: M*A*S*H Season 9

Disc 28-30: M*A*S*H Season 10

Disc 31-33: M*A*S*H Season 11

Disc 34: M*A*S*H (The Movie)

Disc 35: M*A*S*H: Televisions Serious Sit-Com Bloopers My Favorite M*A*S*H Cast Interviews Last Day of Filming Jocularity PSA's Saxophone Promo Just the FAQs - Game

Disc 36: M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion Fan Base Memories of M*A*S*H Script from never made episode

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This M*A*S*H-tastic 36-disc collection is one for the television time capsule. It contains all 11 seasons of this multi-Emmy Award-winning series, PLUS Robert Altman's 1970 iconoclastic anti-war classic, PLUS two discs of special features, including two reunion specials and a series retrospective episode of A&E's Biography. As with the individual season sets, there are no new episode commentaries, a major disappointment. But M*A*S*H-ophiles will enjoy this set's other bonus features, including emotional behind-the-scenes footage of the filming of the last half-hour episode, "As Time Goes By," the inevitable bloopers, interviews with cast members as well as fans about their favorite episodes, a segment about the series' "Jocularity," a parade of PSAs (cut down on salt to avoid heart disease), and the text of an unproduced script penned by Alda for an episode titled, "Hawkeye on the Double." All of this material (except for a commemorative booklet) is available elsewhere in different configurations, but this space-saving (albeit ungainly packaged) box set collects them all under one tent.

Adapted for television by legendary comedy writer Larry Gelbart, the series has long since supplanted Altman's film in the public's consciousness. Life and death at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War doesn't seem like ripe fodder for a comedy series, but M*A*S*H masterfully balanced laughter and tears (less so in its later, more preachy seasons). It often does play better without a laugh track (a viewing option for all episodes). During its run, M*A*S*H survived several delicate operations, including the departure of Gelbart after season 4 and the loss of core ensemble members McLean Stevenson as Col. Henry Blake and Wayne Rogers as Trapper John (after season 3), Larry Linville as Frank Burns (after season 5) and Gary Burghoff (a veteran of the original film) as Radar (after season 8). The show thrived with the introduction of some new blood, Henry Morgan as "regular Army" Col. Potter and Mike Farrell as compassionate BJ (season 4) and David Ogden Stiers as elitist Charles Emerson Winchester III (season 6).

M*A*S*H was honored with the prestigious Peabody Award "for the depth of its humor and the manner in which comedy is used to lift the spirit and, as well, to offer a profound statement on the nature of war." This was a sitcom that did not always leave you laughing, as witness the classic season 3 episode "Abyssinia, Henry." And throughout its run, M*A*S*H broke the sitcom mold with several episodes, including "The Interview" (season 4), in which Clete Roberts interviews the staff of the 4077th, "Point of View" (season 7), subjectively seen through the eyes of a wounded soldier and "Life Time" (season 8), which unfolds in real time. M*A*S*H boasted one of television's greatest ensembles, fully embodied characters who each became icons, most notably Alan Alda, who served with distinction as Hawkeye, the series' soul and conscience. But a special salute to Loretta Switt, whose Margaret Houlihan went from "Hot Lips" to nobody's pushover. From the "Pilot" to the feature-length finale, "Goodbye, Farewell & Amen," still the most-watched episode in history, this essential (but not so much if you bought the individual season sets) collection honors one of television's greatest half-hours. --Donald Liebenson

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Black Hawk Down (3-Disc Deluxe Edition)

Actors: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner
ASIN : B00008YLV2
Sales Rank : 7739
Director : Ridley Scott
Brand : Sony
Studio : Sony Pictures
Region Code : 99
Format : Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780767897242
ISBN : 0767897242
UPC : 043396092884
Release Date : December 03, 2003
Publisher : Sony Pictures
Manufacturer : Sony Pictures
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Label : Sony Pictures
Running Time : 144

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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 08/28/2007 Run time: 144 minutes Rating: R

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Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down conveys the raw, chaotic urgency of ground-force battle in a worst-case scenario. With exacting detail, the film re-creates the American siege of the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993, when a 45-minute mission turned into a 16-hour ordeal of bloody urban warfare. Helicopter-borne U.S. Rangers were assigned to capture key lieutenants of Somali warlord Muhammad Farrah Aidid, but when two Black Hawk choppers were felled by rocket-propelled grenades, the U.S. soldiers were forced to fend for themselves in the battle-torn streets of Mogadishu, attacked from all sides by armed Aidid supporters. Based on author Mark Bowden's bestselling account of the battle, Scott's riveting, action-packed film follows a sharp ensemble cast in some of the most authentic battle sequences ever filmed. The loss of 18 soldiers turned American opinion against further involvement in Somalia, but Black Hawk Down makes it clear that the men involved were undeniably heroic. --Jeff Shannon

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Warner Bros. and the Homefront Collection (Irving Berlin's This Is the Army / Thank Your Lucky Stars / Hollywood Canteen)

Actors: Irving Berlin, George Murphy, Ronald Reagan, Joan Leslie, Bette Davis
ASIN : B001D7T44C
Sales Rank : 7224
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : Warner Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0085391188247
UPC : 085391188247
Release Date : December 11, 2008
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
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Label : Warner Home Video
Running Time : 376

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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008

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"War is pretty grim business," an officer states in This is the Army, one of three (literally) star-spangled World War II-era musicals included in this rousing set. "Sometimes a song or a smile is just as vital to an army as food." It was also essential to those on the homefront, and Warner Bros. obliged with these proudly patriotic extravaganzas in which the studios' A-list talents sing, dance, poke fun at themselves, and most important, offer their heartfelt support of the soldiers fighting overseas. Boy, as the ads for That's Entertainment once proclaimed, do we need it now. "Wherever you go, our hearts go with you," Bette Davis movingly states at the end of Hollywood Canteen (1944), a salute to the famed club she co-founded where soldiers mingle with the movies' best and brightest, who entertain and serve as the wait staff. Robert Hutton stars as a wide-eyed soldier with a mad crush on Joan Leslie. At the club, a "Reaganized" Jane Wyman shows him the ropes, Barbara Stanwyck serves him food, and Paul Henreid dispenses romantic advice to his lovelorn buddy, while onstage the likes of Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, Roy Rogers and Trigger, and others perform. Cantor gets the good sport medal for Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943), in which he portrays himself as an egomaniacal ham as well as an aspiring entertainer whose resemblance to the real Cantor has stymied his career. The heart of the film is a benefit show. If you've always wanted to see Bette Davis or Errol Flynn sing and dance, then "That's What You Jolly Well Get" (just one of the showstopping numbers). Great comic character actors abound, including Edward Everett Horton and chubby cheeked S.Z. Sakall, who, in one cute bit, intimidates tough guy Humphrey Bogart. Michael Curtiz's This is the Army, the top-grossing film of 1942, is a class act all the way, with an Oscar-winning score and great Irving Berlin tunes, including Kate Smith's defining performance of "God Bless America" (Berlin himself makes a rare screen appearance to sing, "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning"). George Murphy and Ronald Reagan front the cast as father and son soldiers, who, in World Wars I and II, respectively, mount morale-building stage shows. Each disc replicates an old fashioned night at the movies, complete with coming attraction, newsreel, vintage short subjects, and classic cartoons. The This is the Army disc contains a 45-min. documentary about Warner Bros.' war effort narrated by Steven Spielberg, and delightful, all-too-brief commentary by Joan Leslie, who is in all three films (the bulk of the detailed and incisive commentary is by U.S.C. professor Dr. Drew Casper). Whether as tribute to "the Greatest Generation" or as nostalgia for vintage movie buffs, this collection is a (Yankee doodle) dandy! --Donald Liebenson

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British War Collection (The Cruel Sea/The Ship That Died of Shame/Went the Day Well?/The Dam Busters/The Colditz Story)

Actors: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Mills
ASIN : B00076YPBM
Sales Rank : 13281
Director : Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden, Charles Frend, Guy Hamilton, Michael Anderson
Studio : Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Black & White, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0013131279597
UPC : 013131279597
Release Date : December 22, 2005
Publisher : Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer : Starz / Anchor Bay
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Label : Starz / Anchor Bay
Running Time : 535

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Experience all the explosive drama of a nation at war by land, sea and air. The five classic films in this collection – starring such screen legends as Michael Redgrave, Richard Attenborough, John Mills, Jack Hawkins, Stanley Baker, Robert Shaw and more – are now presented uncut and fully restored, depicting the men and women of Great Britain at their most compassionate and courageous. These are British war movies’ finest hours.

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BBC History of World War II

Actor: BBC History of World War II
ASIN : B0009941E8
Sales Rank : 13770
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : BBC Warner
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781419809026
ISBN : 1419809024
UPC : 794051224125
Release Date : December 19, 2005
Publisher : BBC Warner
Manufacturer : BBC Warner
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Label : BBC Warner
Running Time : 1800

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How could a political party as fundamentally evil and overtly racist as the Nazis come to power? Why was Japan, known for its admirable treatment of POWs in WWI, responsible for such grim atrocities in the Second World War? This comprehensive collection not only examines the details of the conflict (the Battle of Moscow, the campaign against German U-boats, the RAF bomber offensive), but digs deeper to attempt to answer the questions that still haunt us. Through startling archive footage and eyewitness testimony, this 12-disc set offers a unique perspective and true understanding of what actually happened.

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Documentaries:Battle of the Atlantic includes a 50-minute documentary on merchant seamenHorror in the East includes a 50-minute documentary on the Indian Army and a 60-minute documentary on Burma
Featurette:D-Day: Reflections of Courage includes a 20-minute making-of featurette
Introduction:Award-winning writer, filmmaker and Creative Director of BBC History Laurence Rees provides introduction and closing words to collection
Other:D-Day: Reflections of Courage includes 30 minutes of eyewitness accounts Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State includes six follow-up discussions hosted by award-winning journalist Linda Ellerbee

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With 30 hours of programming in 10 volumes and three full-length bonus programs, the BBC History of World War II goes beyond even The World at War for its depth of scope, its breadth of analyses, and the high quality of its production values. This ambitious project by producer Laurence Rees, which also features a collector's booklet, is full of startling archival footage and illuminating eyewitness interviews that bring to life some of the most monumental events from the most monumental war in human history.

The focus on this set is clearly the war in Europe (only one disc, Horror in the East, is dedicated to the war with Japan) as told from an even-handed British perspective: interviews with German citizens make it understandable how Hitler appealed to a shattered and defeated nation, for example, and the The Road to War scrutinizes how a British government was caught unprepared for a re-armed Germany bent on domination. The collection is filled with poignantly fascinating moments, such as when an aging American veteran revisits the Omaha Beach he stormed on D-Day, and meets the elderly German who, as a teenager, was defending that section of the beach with his machine gun, or footage of Hitler's early political speeches, raging promises of things to come.

Roughly chronologically arranged, the set starts with The Nazis: A Warning from History, and works its way through all facets of the war, including the legacy of the Holocaust. (Some of the titles were previously released as single DVDs.) The presentation is particularly impressive. Each series has its own style: Dunkirk is a drama-documentary structured like a miniseries and reenactments are deftly interwoven with archival footage in a convincing motif. In War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin, German and Russian veterans recall with chilling candor their particular universe of battle, and rare color combat footage combined with newly declassified Soviet documents offer new perspectives on the subject. The collection succeeds brilliantly in making it clear to a modern-day viewer what it was really like to live through those times.

For the war buff, the history enthusiast, the educator, or someone looking for a gift for any of the above, the BBC History of World War II is a title to consider. Even dedicated viewers of the History Channel will find something new and fascinating here. --Dan Vancini

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America: Stories of War 36 DVD Collection

Actors: James Cagney, Claudette Colbert, Ronald Reagan, Richard Arlen, Randolph Scott
ASIN : B001D98U4K
Sales Rank : 39905
Director : Various
Brand : America
Studio : Mill Creek Entertainment
Region Code : 0
Format : Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0683904506504
UPC : 683904506504
Release Date : December 14, 2008
Publisher : Mill Creek Entertainment
Manufacturer : Mill Creek Entertainment
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Label : Mill Creek Entertainment
Running Time : 10200

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This incredible collection from Mill Creek Entertainment contains over 170 hours of documentaries and feature films that capture America at war. The Civil War, World War I, World War II, The Korean War and the Vietnam Conflict are all presented here in this amazing collector's set.

Over 100 hours of content is documentary-based, with a portion of this being exclusively produced for Mill Creek Entertainment. You'll have actual combat footage, rare interviews, battle re-enactments and rare photos that will appeal to your favorite history buff.

In addition, this 36 DVD set includes Mill Creek Entertainment's popular Combat Classics 50 Movie Pack which contains over 70 hours of feature war films.

This entire set comes packaged in a very unique collectable tin that comes shaped in the form of an ammo box. This package is sure to make this a popular gift item.

Films Included:

1. Adventures of Tartu, The
2. Aerial Gunner
3. Battle of Blood Island
4. Battle of El Alamein, The
5. Battle of the Eagles
6. Big Lift, The
7. Black Brigade
8. Blood on the Sun
9. Bombs over Burma
10. British Intelligence
11. Bushwhackers, The
12. Commandos
13. Corregidor
14. Dawn Express, The
15. Desert Commandos
16. Drums In the Deep South
17. Eagle in a Cage
18. Go For Broke!
19. Gung Ho!
20. Hearts in Bondage
21. Hell in Normandy
22. Hitler's S.S.
23. Identity Unknown
24. Immortal Battalion, The
25. Iron Angel
26. Kansas Pacific
27. Lady from Chungking, The
28. Last Chance, The
29. Marines are Coming, The
30. Mark of the Hawk, The
31. Minesweeper
32. Mutiny
33. Navy Way, The
34. One of our Aircraft is Missing
35. Outpost in Morocco
36. Pacific Inferno
37. Proud and the Damned, The
38. Spitfire
39. Steel Claw, The
40. Submarine Alert
41. Submarine Base
42. Sundown
43. Then There Were Three
44. They Raid By Night
45. This is the Army
46. Three Came Home
47. Torch, The
48. War Devils
49. War Head
50. Yellowneck

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Victory at Sea

Actor: Richard Rogers
ASIN : B000A2XC7Q
Sales Rank : 7956
Brand : Victory
Studio : Mill Creek Entertainment
Region Code : 0
Format : Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Full length, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0683904504081
UPC : 683904504081
Release Date : December 01, 2005
Publisher : Mill Creek Entertainment
Manufacturer : Mill Creek Entertainment
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Label : Mill Creek Entertainment
Running Time : 780

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Victory at Sea, a 26-episode series on World War II, represented one of the most ambitious documentary undertakings of early network television.

The series premiered on the last Sunday of October 1952, and subsequent episodes played each Sunday afternoon through May 1953. Each half-hour installment dealt with some aspect of World War II naval warfare and highlighted each of the sea war's major campaigns. That drama was enhanced by the program's sententious voice-over narration and by Richard Rogers's stirring musical score.

Features:

Design for War

The Pacific Boils Over

Sealing the Breach

Midway is East

Mediterranean Mosaic

Guadalcanal

Rings Around Rabaul

Marenstrum

Sea and Sand

Beneath the Southern Cross

The Magnetic North

Conquest of Micronesia

Melanesian Nightmare

Roman Renaissance

D-Day

Killers and the Kill

The Turkey Shoot

Two if by Sea

The Battle for Leyte Gulf

Return of the Allies

Full Fathom Five

The Fate of Europe

Target Suribachi

The Road to Mandalay

Suicide for Glory

Design for Peace

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Warner Bros. and the Homefront Collection (Irving Berlin's This Is the Army / Thank Your Lucky Stars / Hollywood Canteen)

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WWII 60th Anniversary Collection (The Guns of Navarone/From Here to Eternity/The Bridge on the River Kwai) (Includes Collectible Scrapbook)

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WWII 60th Anniversary Collection (The Guns of Navarone/From Here to Eternity/The Bridge on the River Kwai) (Includes Collectible Scrapbook)

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