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List Price: $39.95Price: $29.99You Save: $9.96 (25%)The Red Shoes - Criterion Collection
Actors: Albert Bassermann, Eric Berry, Irene Browne, Derek Elphinstone, Marius Goring
ASIN : B00000IPHT
Sales Rank : 5600
Director : Emeric Pressburger
Studio : Criterion
Region Code : 0
Format : Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0037429128220
UPC : 037429128220
Release Date : December 18, 1999
Publisher : Criterion
Manufacturer : Criterion
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Criterion
Running Time : 133
DescriptionA glorious Technicolor epic that influenced generations of filmmakers, artists, and aspiring ballerinas, The Red Shoes intricately weaves backstage life with the thrill of performance. A young ballerina (Moira Shearer) is torn between two forces: the composer who loves her (Marius Goring), and the impresario determined to fashion her into a great dancer (Anton Walbrook). Criterion is proud to present The Red Shoes in its DVD premiere. Amazon.comIt's been said that this 1948 classic has been responsible for the ballet lessons of more young girls than any other film. It's not hard to understand why: Michael Powell and Emerich Pressburger's dark fairy tale presents the ballet as an exquisite, magical work of art; but under the theatrics and glory is an all-consuming lifestyle with the power to destroy those who love it perhaps too much. Moira Shearer practically glows as Victoria "Vicky" Page, a young woman consumed by a will to dance who is accepted into the highly prestigious ballet company run by perfectionist Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook). Meanwhile, a gifted young composer, Julian Craster (Marius Goring), is brought on board as an orchestra coach, and later conductor and composer of the ballet that will make Vicky's name: The Red Shoes, one of the most beautiful and dramatic dances ever captured on film. Professional and personal jealousies soon pull this creative team apart, however, and Vicky is torn between her love of Julian, her responsibility to Boris, and her need to dance. Powell and Pressburger recast Hans Christian Andersen's sad story as a modern romantic melodrama, highlighted by beautiful dances and shot, not as stage ballets, but rather as expressionist cinematic dramas on impossibly grand sets awash with bold color and beautifully captured in glorious Technicolor by cinematographer Jack Cardiff. It's a brilliant melding of dance and drama as Vicky's real life mirror's the tragic story she danced in the Red Shoes ballet. --Sean Axmaker
Reviews for the The Red Shoes - Criterion Collection
List Price: $49.99Price: $34.99You Save: $15 (30%)The Wild Wild West - The Fourth Season
Actors: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Dick Cangey, Whitey Hughes, Red West
ASIN : B00105307O
Sales Rank : 7890
Director : Alex Nicol, Bernard McEveety, Charles R. Rondeau, Herb Wallerstein, Irving J. Moore
Brand : Paramount
Studio : Paramount
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Restored, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0097368532144
UPC : 097368532144
Release Date : December 18, 2008
Publisher : Paramount
Manufacturer : Paramount
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Label : Paramount
Running Time : 1216
DescriptionJames West and Artemus Gordon are two agents of President Grant who take their splendidly appointed private train through the west to fight evil. Half science fiction and half western, the Artemus designs a series of interesting gadgets for James that would make Inspector Gadget proud. A light hearted adventure series. Amazon.comAt one uncharacteristically poignant point during Wild Wild West's final season, secret service agent James West raises a glass to toast "absent friends." That would be Artemis Gordon, West's resourceful sidekick and a master of disguise and the odd "diversion." Ross Martin, who portrayed Gordon, had suffered a heart attack and was missing in action for several episodes, so missed that it took several actors to fill his shoes: Charles Aidman as Jeremy Pike, William Scharlett (who early in the season portrays a villain in the episode, "The Night of the Gruesome Games") as Frank Harper, Pat Paulson, the hangdog mock-Presidential candidate on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, as the seemingly milquetoast Bosley Cranston in "The Night of the Camera," and Alan "The Skipper" Hale, Jr. as chemist Ned Brown in "The Night of the Sabatini Death," (which also features Jim Backus and contains a cute Gilligan’s Island in-joke at episode’s end). With or without Martin, this was a wild, wild season that offers genre-bending kicks in episodes that evoke James Bondian espionage, Jules Verne fantasy, bizarre Avengers-style villainy, and even The Phantom of the Opera. James and company are up against some entertainingly over-the-top megalomaniacs bent on world domination. Of course, the sun couldn’t set on the West without one last encounter with the series’ most popular villain, the "dictatorial, vain, short-tempered, and occasionally unreasonable" Dr. Loveless (Michael Dunn), who re-emerges yet again to pass judgment over those he professes to have wronged him in "The Night of Marguerite’s Revenge." Two of TV’s comedy icons, Harvey Koran and a pre-Mary Tyler Moore Show Ted Knight, play it straight as formidable foes in "The Night of the Big Blackmail" and "The Night of the Kraken," respectively. "The Night of the Winged Terror," the series’ only two-parter, is an effective creep show featuring a hypnotizing bulging-brained adversary. Conrad, as one character compliments him, is "better than ever," whether dispatching goons (he performed all his own stunts) or romancing the ladies ("He said something about showing the big dipper to the daughter of the Lithuanian ambassador," Artemis explains West’s absence in "Big Blackmail"). While there are signs that the series was poised to jump the shark, it is too bad it ended before further encounters with Professor Montague, who is introduced in "The Night of the Janis" as the Q-like creator of such nifty gadgets as a harmonica gun. --Donald Liebenson
Reviews for the The Wild Wild West - The Fourth Season
List Price: $49.98Price: $23.49You Save: $26.49 (53%)Waking the Dead - The Complete Season 1 and Pilot Episode
Actors: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Claire Goose, Holly Aird
ASIN : B000GW8U4A
Sales Rank : 3689
Director : Edward Bennett, Gary Love, Martin Hutchings, Robert Del Maestro, Robert Knights
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : BBC Warner
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0794051270023
UPC : 794051270023
Release Date : December 24, 2006
Publisher : BBC Warner
Manufacturer : BBC Warner
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : BBC Warner
Running Time : 567
DescriptionThe Cold Case Unit, led by quick-tempered, no-nonsense copper DS Boyd (Trevor Eve), have assembled to re-examine "unsolvable" crimes with cutting-edge detection techniques. But the pressure is on for this mix of forensics, psychology and detective investigation to yield results.
Reviews for the Waking the Dead - The Complete Season 1 and Pilot Episode
List Price: $12.98Price: $11.49You Save: $1.49 (11%)Doctor Detroit
Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon, Lydia Lei, T.K. Carter
ASIN : B0009X768M
Sales Rank : 15739
Director : Michael Pressman
Brand : Universal
Studio : Universal Studios
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781417002450
ISBN : 141700245X
UPC : 025192491528
Release Date : December 13, 2005
Publisher : Universal Studios
Manufacturer : Universal Studios
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Universal Studios
Running Time : 91
Product DescriptionA timid college professor conned into posing as a flamboyant pimp finds himself enjoying his new occupation on the streets. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/13/2005 Starring: Donna Dixon Dan Aykroyd Run time: 91 minutes Rating: R Director: Michael Pressman
Reviews for the Doctor Detroit
List Price: $14.94Price: $10.99You Save: $3.95 (26%)In the Line of Fire (Special Edition)
Actors: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole
ASIN : B000055Y0Y
Sales Rank : 4364
Director : Wolfgang Petersen
Brand : Sony
Studio : Sony Pictures
Region Code : 99
Format : Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780767848787
ISBN : 0767848780
UPC : 043396523173
Release Date : December 27, 2001
Publisher : Sony Pictures
Manufacturer : Sony Pictures
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Sony Pictures
Running Time : 128
Product DescriptionA veteran secret sevice agent haunted by his failure to protect john f. Kennedy from assassination gets a chance to redeem himself thirty years later when a brilliant psychopath threatens to kill the current president. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 08/23/2005 Starring: Clint Eastwood John Malkovich Run time: 127 minutes Rating: R Amazon.com essential videoThis smart, tautly directed thriller from Wolfgang Petersen is about the cat-and-mouse games between a Secret Service agent named Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and the brilliant, psychopathic assassin (John Malkovich) who's itching to get the President in his cross hairs. The back-story--Horrigan is haunted by his inability to prevent John Kennedy's assassination (Eastwood is computer-generated into archival footage)--is more than a little hokey, but the plotting itself is smartly, even ingeniously, constructed. Petersen manages a viselike grip on the tension and Eastwood even gets to deliver an ever-more-timely lecture on the diminished nature of the office of President. Eastwood's as gruff and as infuriating to the by-the-book Powers That Be as ever, and Malkovich oozes delightful menace. Renee Russo capably costars as a colleague with whom Horrigan gets friendly. --David Kronke
Reviews for the In the Line of Fire (Special Edition)
List Price: $29.95Price: $21.99You Save: $7.96 (27%)21 Jump Street - The Complete First Season
Actor: Peter DeLuise
ASIN : B0002F6B2E
Sales Rank : 9410
Director : Peter DeLuise, Daniel Attias, Steve Beers (II), James A. Contner, Zale Dalen
Brand : 21 jumpstreet Seasons 1-4
Studio : Fox Network
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0013131280494
UPC : 013131280494
Number Of Discs : 4
Release Date : December 26, 2004
Publisher : Fox Network
Manufacturer : Fox Network
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Fox Network
Running Time : 585
DescriptionIt all begins here, as baby-faced rookie Officer Tom Hanson (Johnny Depp) is assigned to an elite squad of young undercover cops - Judy Hoffs (Holly Robinson Peete), Doug Penhall (Peter DeLuise) and Harry Truman Ioki (Dustin Nguyen) - to infiltrate high schools and fight crime. Frederic Forrest and Steven Williams co-star in this classic first season that also features such guest stars as Jason Priestley, Josh Brolin, David Paymer, Sherilyn Fenn and Blair Underwood in what became Fox’s first runaway hit and remains one of the coolest cop shows in TV history! 21 JUMP STREET - SEASON ONE includes all 13 explosive episodes - including the rarely seen two-part premiere - and is now packed with extras that include all-new interviews with stars Holly Robinson Peete, Dustin Nguyen, Steven Williams and series co- creator Stephen J. Cannell and an exclusive audio commentary with star Peter DeLuise. Amazon.comBest known today as the series that helped launch Johnny Depp to stardom, Stephen J. Cannell's 21 Jump Street was also one of the first hit programs for the fledgling Fox network, a status that lasted for most of its five-year run (1987-91), thanks to its engaging mix of youth culture and police drama. As outlined in the pilot, Depp's baby-faced Ofc. Tom Hanson is transferred to the special Jump Street division, a unit that utilized young cops to infiltrate juvenile crime. Unlike many of Fox's youth-oriented shows of the period (i.e., Beverly Hills 90210), Jump Street took its stories seriously, and addressed numerous social issues in its episodes; though some of the fashions and slang seem dated, the program remains entertaining decades later. The Jump Street set compiles all 13 episodes of the debut season, including the two-part pilot; the solid extras feature commentary by co-star Peter DeLuise, as well as interviews with fellow Jump Street officers Dustin Nguyen, Holly Robinson Peete, and Steven Williams (whose Captain Fuller replaced Frederic Forrest's Jenko halfway through the first season), as well as the prolific Cannell. --Paul Gaita
Reviews for the 21 Jump Street - The Complete First Season
List Price: $59.95Price: $41.99You Save: $17.96 (30%)Forever Knight - The Trilogy, Part 2 (1994 - 1995)
Actors: Geraint Wyn Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, John Kapelos, Deborah Duchene
ASIN : B0006D3HE2
Sales Rank : 1757
Brand : Sony
Studio : Sony Pictures
Region Code : 99
Format : Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781404971530
ISBN : 140497153X
UPC : 043396094741
Release Date : December 04, 2005
Publisher : Sony Pictures
Manufacturer : Sony Pictures
Availability : Usually ships in 9 to 13 days
Label : Sony Pictures
Running Time : 1148
Product DescriptionStudio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 06/28/2005 Run time: 1148 minutes Rating: Nr Amazon.comColumbia TriStar surprised a lot of Forever Knight fans by releasing the second season of the cult supernatural series on DVD, despite underwhelming sales of the first-season set; what's even more exciting about this six-disc box for longtime followers are its supplemental features, which include commentary by star Geraint Wyn Davies and series co-creator James Parriott. Overall, the second season is marked by change, both in front of and behind the camera: vampire detective Nick Knight's former master and nemesis, LaCroix (Nigel Bennett), takes a more active role in the series, and offers a direct threat to Nick's desire to become mortal again, while Nick's lengthy past is explored more deeply in flashbacks. Gary Farmer's Captain Stonetree is gone, having been replaced by Natsuko Ohama as Captain Cohen-–however, she too would leave the show by season's end, as would Gary Kapelos (Nick's partner, Schanke), and Deborah Duchene (Janette Ducharme). What didn't deviate from the first season was the abundance of exciting and imaginative stories--highlights from season 2 include "Stranger Than Fiction," in which Nick falls for an Ann Rice-like writer; "Father's Day," which partners LaCroix with the Mob; the return of Jack the Ripper in "Bad Blood"; and "Baby Baby," one of two second-season episodes directed (quite well) by Wyn Davies. Extras include Wyn Davies and Parriott providing commentary for two episodes ("Blood Money" and "Killer Instinct"), while Nigel Bennett goes it alone for a pair ("A More Permanent Hell" and "Curiouser and Curiouser"). Parriott and Wyn Davies also appear in a 20-minute featurette (titled, appropriately enough, "About the Show"), and a brief segment in which they answer questions posited by series devotees. In short, season 2 has plenty for FK aficionados to (ahem) sink their teeth into. --Paul Gaita
Reviews for the Forever Knight - The Trilogy, Part 2 (1994 - 1995)
List Price: $14.98Price: $10.99You Save: $3.99 (27%)The Man Who Cried
Actors: Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Oleg Yankovsky, Claudia Lander-Duke, Danny Scheinman
ASIN : B00005R87R
Sales Rank : 11421
Director : Sally Potter
Brand : Universal
Studio : Universal Studios
Region Code : 1
Format : Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780783262666
ISBN : 0783262663
UPC : 025192147524
Release Date : December 02, 2002
Publisher : Universal Studios
Manufacturer : Universal Studios
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Universal Studios
Running Time : 100
Product DescriptionThe sexy story of four intriguing strangers whose diverse lives intersect and erupt into the ultimate fight for survival. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/02/2003 Starring: Johnny Depp Christina Ricci Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R Director: Sally Potter Amazon.comFans of the testudinate pace and art-house vibe of writer-director Sally Potter's other works (Orlando, The Tango Lesson) will likely enjoy The Man Who Cried. Fegele (Christina Ricci) is a Russian Jew separated from her father as a child. Raised as "Susie" by an English family, she makes her way to Paris, where although the city's multiculturalism is vibrant, the Nazis are already on the rise and the secret of her origin becomes increasingly dangerous. The cast of The Man Who Cried is excellent; Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, John Turturro, and Harry Dean Stanton all do fine jobs in what could have easily degenerated into an accentfest. Depp and Ricci do very well with minimal dialogue--both go through the entire movie almost without speaking. The film moves at a leisurely pace and is beautifully shot. Not a film to show to a roomful of action movie fans, but it's well suited to people who like their films a little more European in flavor. --Ali Davis
Reviews for the The Man Who Cried
List Price: $14.96Price: $8.99You Save: $5.97 (40%)Above the Rim
Actors: Duane Martin, León, Tupac Shakur, Leon, David Bailey
ASIN : B00005JLG1
Sales Rank : 6887
Director : Jeff Pollack
Brand : Team Marketing
Studio : New Line Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Feature : Classic DVD; Exclusive interviews, highlights, and behind the scenes coverage; DVD's main menu allow you to jump directly to the action; Presented in full-screen digital video
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780780641150
ISBN : 0780641159
UPC : 794043613524
Release Date : December 01, 2004
Publisher : New Line Home Video
Manufacturer : New Line Home Video
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : New Line Home Video
Running Time : 96
DescriptionA hot prospect threatens his college career by playing in a high stakes street basketball tournament. Starring Duane Martin, Tupac Shakur and Marlon Wayans. Year: 1994 Director: Jeff Pollack Starring: Duane Martin Leon, Tupac Shakur, Marlon Wayans Amazon.comThis rousing basketball drama centers around Tommy "Shep" Sheppard (Leon), a former high school basketball star now haunted by the accidental death of his best friend, and Kyle Watson (Duane Martin), an arrogant high school player in danger of slipping into crime. Though Shep avoids commitment in his life as a security guard, his attraction to Kyle's mother (Tonya Pinkins) draws him out of his protective shell--but Kyle is more interested in mentorship from Shep's gangster brother Birdie (Tupac Shakur). Above the Rim is melodramatic but played with grit and energy by a solid cast, particularly Shakur. Writer-director Jeff Pollack keeps the story moving and gives the characters enough spin to rescue them from being clichés; the result is engaging despite its formulas. Also featuring Bernie Mac and Marlon Wayans. --Bret Fetzer
Reviews for the Above the Rim
List Price: $39.98Price: $31.99You Save: $7.99 (20%)The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries - Season One
Actors: Gary Springer, Edith Atwater, Phillip R. Allen, Jack Kelly, Clyde Lucas (II)
ASIN : B0007CNY54
Sales Rank : 11622
Director : Jack Arnold, Don McDougall, Joseph Pevney, Stuart Margolin, Keith J. Atkinson
Brand : Universal
Studio : Universal Studios
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Closed-captioned
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781417046249
ISBN : 1417046244
UPC : 025192742125
Release Date : December 22, 2005
Publisher : Universal Studios
Manufacturer : Universal Studios
Label : Universal Studios
Running Time : 682
DescriptionFollow the clues to mystery, adventure and thrills as Season One of the The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries comes to DVD for the first time ever! Teen sensations Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin star as brave super-sleuths in 14 spooky episodes loaded with spellbinding action and smash-hit pop songs, including Shaun Cassidy’s #1 hit "Da Doo Ron Ron." Inspired by the hugely popular books and with an amazing lineup of guest stars, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Mark Harmon, Bob Crane, Rick Nelson and more, it’s no surprise that The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries is an open-and-shut case for fun! Amazon.comThe Hardy Boys Mysteries and The Nancy Drew Mysteries began in 1977 as separate series alternating in the same time slot on ABC. Early the following year, the casts combined, and in the fall of 1978 the Nancy Drew thread was dropped and The Hardy Boys Mysteries continued on alone. This Season One boxed set captures the twin-series idea at its most ambitious, with adolescent brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, created by author Franklin W. Dixon, sleuthing for clues one week and Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew investigating crimes the next. Actually, as fans of the books know, Dixon and Keene were both pen names used by Edward Stratemeyer when he created those characters in 1927. Just as the young detectives have been updated in print every so often to accommodate successive generations of readers, so too did the TV show present Joe (Shaun Cassidy, brother of David Cassidy of The Partridge Family), Frank (Parker Stevenson), and Nancy (Pamela Sue Martin) as thoroughly 1970s kids. The boys are outfitted with motorcycles, Joe enjoys a retro-pop singing career, and Nancy has a certain freedom of movement only the hippest of dads in a permissive age would allow. Hardy Boys finds the always-amicable siblings following in the footsteps of their father, Fenton (Edmund Gilbert), a private detective, as they untangle capers that take them from haunted houses to Hawaii. The Hardy episodes make for brisk, family viewing, much better than the bubblegum reputation that built up, undeservedly, around the series. Slightly less interesting are the Nancy Drew programs (despite a more entertaining supporting cast), but only because the heroine is less focused and distractingly man-crazy, and the storylines are less exotic. An emphasis on the supernatural and science-fiction themes lends a Scooby-Doo vibe to several programs in both series, though the best stories are the ones with straightforward, meat-and-potatoes detective work. Among the directors on either series are Jack Arnold (The Creature from the Black Lagoon), Winrich Kolbe (Star Trek: The Next Generation), and actors Vince Edwards and Stuart Margolin. --Tom Keogh The Hardy Boys Mysteries and The Nancy Drew Mysteries Trivia
• Jamie Lee Curtis and Robert Englund, who played the biker couple Mary and Gar in an episode of this series, started acting in horror films during this era.
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