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List Price: $14.98Price: $9.99You Save: $4.99 (33%)Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (Widescreen Edition)
Actors: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Edward Woodall
ASIN : B0001HLVS2
Sales Rank : 3303
Director : Peter Weir
Brand : Twentieth Century Fox
Studio : 20th Century Fox
Region Code : 1
Format : Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0024543114215
UPC : 024543114215
Release Date : December 20, 2004
Publisher : 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer : 20th Century Fox
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Label : 20th Century Fox
Running Time : 138
DescriptionWhen a sudden attack by a French warship inflicts casualities and severe damage upon his vessel, Captain "Lucky" Jack Aubrey (Crowe) of the British Royal Navy is torn between duty and friendship as he embarks on a thrilling, high-stakes chase across two oceans to intercept and capture the enemy at any cost. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture! Amazon.com essential videoIn the capable hands of director Peter Weir, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a seafaring adventure like no other, impeccably authentic, dynamically cast, and thrilling enough to give any classic swashbuckler a run for its money. In adapting two of Patrick O'Brian's enormously popular novels about British naval hero Capt. Jack Aubrey, Weir and cowriter John Collee have changed the timeframe from the British/American war of 1812 to the British/French opposition of 1805, where the HMS Surprise, under Aubrey's confident command, is patrolling the South Atlantic in pursuit of the Acheron, a French warship with the strategic advantage of greater size, speed, and artillery. Russell Crowe is outstanding as Aubrey, firm and fiercely loyal, focused on his prey even if it means locking horns with his friend and ship's surgeon, played by Crowe's A Beautiful Mind costar Paul Bettany. Employing a seamless combination of carefully matched ocean footage, detailed models, full-scale ships, and CGI enhancements, Weir pays exacting attention to every nautical detail, while maintaining a very human story of honor, warfare, and survival under wretched conditions. Raging storms and hull-shattering battles provide pulse-pounding action, and a visit to the Galapagos Islands lends a note of otherworldly wonder, adding yet another layer of historical perspective to this splendidly epic adventure. --Jeff Shannon
Reviews for the Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (Widescreen Edition)
List Price: $14.94Price: $9.99You Save: $4.95 (33%)Ice Castles
Actors: Lynn-Holly Johnson, Robby Benson, Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Skerritt, Jennifer Warren
ASIN : B000059XTL
Sales Rank : 3175
Director : Donald Wrye
Brand : Team Marketing
Studio : Sony Pictures
Region Code : 99
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780767864008
ISBN : 076786400X
UPC : 043396062023
Release Date : December 01, 2001
Publisher : Sony Pictures
Manufacturer : Sony Pictures
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Sony Pictures
Running Time : 108
Product DescriptionA young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those who love her can she prove to the world -- and herself -- that she still has the potential to realize her dreams. Amazon.comNot half-bad, this lightly engaging, potboiler romance concerns an ice skater (Lynn-Holly Johnson) who loses her vision in an accident but goes on to excel on the ice with the support of the guy (Robby Benson) who loves her. When she takes up with some rich schmuck, however, intertwining problems in her work and in love throw a shadow over everything. Nice performances, nice skating--the whole thing is a pleasant distraction. --Tom Keogh
Reviews for the Ice Castles
List Price: $9.98Price: $8.99You Save: $0.99 (10%)The Truman Show (Special Collector's Edition)
Actors: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone
ASIN : B0009UC7QQ
Sales Rank : 3372
Director : Peter Weir
Brand : Paramount
Studio : Paramount
Region Code : 1
Format : Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781415713136
ISBN : 1415713138
UPC : 097360309140
Release Date : December 23, 2005
Publisher : Paramount
Manufacturer : Paramount
Label : Paramount
Running Time : 103
Product DescriptionTruman burbank has lived his entire life in a storybook community called seahaven. But what he doesnt know is that this too-perfect world is really a giant soundstage his friends and loved ones are actors and he is the subject of the worlds most popular live tv show. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/01/2007 Starring: Jim Carrey Noah Emmerich Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg Amazon.com essential videoThe whole world is watching--literally--every time Truman Burbank makes the slightest move. Unbeknownst to him, in this hauntingly funny film by Peter Weir, his entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows--including his mother, his wife, and his best friend--is really an actor, paid to be part of his life. In this intriguing and surprisingly touching 1998 film, writer Andrew Niccol imagines an ultimate kind of celebrity, then sees it brought to life with comic intensity and emotional honesty by Jim Carrey in what may be the performance of his career. Carrey has exceptional support from Laura Linney and Ed Harris, but it's his show, in a portrayal that demonstrates just what kind of range Carrey is capable of. --Marshall Fine
Reviews for the The Truman Show (Special Collector's Edition)
List Price: $29.95Price: $20.99You Save: $8.96 (30%)The Partridge Family - The Complete First Season
Actors: Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce, Suzanne Crough
ASIN : B0007V6IWQ
Sales Rank : 1305
Director : Alan Rafkin, Bob Claver, Claudio Guzmán, E.W. Swackhamer, Earl Bellamy
Brand : Sony
Studio : Sony Pictures
Region Code : 99
Format : Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781404958708
ISBN : 1404958703
UPC : 043396056565
Release Date : December 03, 2005
Publisher : Sony Pictures
Manufacturer : Sony Pictures
Availability : Usually ships in 9 to 12 days
Label : Sony Pictures
Running Time : 655
DescriptionIt's TV's favorite family of rock ' 'rollers, who hit the road in their groovy bus and turn the world on to the catchy pop songs such as "I Think I Love You," "I Woke Up In Love This Morning," and "Somebody Wants to Love You." The Partridge Family's six members feature mom Shirley (Shirley Jones) and her five kids: Keith (David Cassidy, who is also Jones' real-life stepson), Laurie (Susan Dey), Danny (Danny Bonaduce), Tracy (Suzanne Crough), and Chris (Jeremy Gelbwaks). And who can forget the Partridge's frequently exasperated manager, Reuben Kincaid (Dave Madden), who would become an important member of their family whether he liked it or not? The show debuted in September of 1970 and made a teen idol of David Cassidy, selling millions of records along the way. They may have parked that bus a long time ago but The Partridge Family is still making fans happy. Amazon.comLike a groovy Family von Trapp, The Partridge Family arrived in 1970 with matching velvet outfits and wholesomeness bursting from every pore. Watching it now, you expect little more than kitsch--but the show, though certainly a sitcom representation of the world, is curiously fresh and appealing. This sheer likeability comes partly from the cast--Shirley Jones (The Music Man) looks foxy in miniskirts while still being the cool mom everyone wishes they had; teen idol David Cassidy is unexpectedly engaging as an actor (his charisma is all the more apparent when another teen idol, Bobby Sherman, makes a wooden appearance); and Danny Bonaduce's child-star rise sprang not from cuteness but his genuine comic timing. It doesn't hurt that many of the troubles the characters faced--swelled heads, rivalry, groupies (!)--were undoubtedly problems the actors were facing as their show became a hit. Sure, there are utterly ridiculous episodes, such as when Danny is tutoring a mob boss's girlfriend about the stock market and the gangster, not knowing Danny is only 10 years old, gets jealous--but most episodes feature ordinary show business conflicts or straightforward family issues, like how the kids cope when their mother starts dating or how teenager Laurie (Susan Dey, who later went on to L.A. Law) feels ugly when she gets braces. This simplicity, combined with some classic vaudeville-style humor, proves surprisingly durable. Plus, the list of guest stars ranges from Ray Bolger (best known as the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz) to a young Richard Pryor, as well as other soon-to-be-famous folk like Charlie's Angels' Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith and a pre-Star Wars Mark Hamill. The first season collection includes a bonus CD with four of the Partridge Family's actual radio hits; their sound, a fusion of the Monkees and the Mamas and the Papas, is pure pop sugar (created by a host of Brill Building songwriters like Neil Sedaka). If the Mondrian-inspired paint job on the Partridge Family bus gives you childhood flashbacks, you'll happily regress when you watch this box set. --Bret Fetzer
Reviews for the The Partridge Family - The Complete First Season
List Price: $39.98Price: $31.99You Save: $7.99 (20%)Miss Marple - 3 Feature Length Mysteries (The Body in the Library / A Murder Is Announced / A Pocketful of Rye)
Actors: James Warwick, Francesca Annis, Reece Dinsdale, Arthur Cox, Joan Hickson
ASIN : B000068UE9
Sales Rank : 6241
Director : David Giles, Guy Slater, John A. Davis, Silvio Narizzano
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : BBC Warner
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0794051168924
UPC : 794051168924
Release Date : December 27, 2002
Publisher : BBC Warner
Manufacturer : BBC Warner
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : BBC Warner
Running Time : 421
DescriptionThe beloved dowager detective Miss Marple (Joan Hickson) unravels three of Agatha Christie's most popular brainteasers: A Murder Is Announced, A Pocketful of Rye and the series premiere, The Body in the Library. Amazon.comIn the hands of Agatha Christie, the murder mystery is like a sonata crossed with a magic trick--an intricate formal structure that depends on ingenious misdirection. On top of that, the movies made from her novels are an opportunity for great British character actors to languish in icy disdain, insinuating glances, arch humor, and trembling suggestions of guilt. This set gathers together three fine BBC productions, starting with The Body in the Library (in which a blond stranger's corpse turns up in a British squire's house), A Murder Is Announced) (in which a supposed parlor game has fatal consequences), and A Pocketful of Rye (in which a nursery rhyme becomes a recipe for a series of poisonings). All star Joan Hickson as Christie's much-loved elderly sleuth, Miss Marple. The way Hickson's eyes light up at the mention of mysterious death makes her seem like a delightfully dotty old ghoul; she hovers at the periphery of investigations, noticing the telling details that police inspectors overlook. The productions lay out plot threads and clues with surgical precision, while the actors play stock characters with exquisite relish. --Bret Fetzer
Reviews for the Miss Marple - 3 Feature Length Mysteries (The Body in the Library / A Murder Is Announced / A Pocketful of Rye)
New Price: $3.49The Apartment
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Abbott, Edie Adams
ASIN : B00003CX8V
Sales Rank : 5071
Director : Billy Wilder
Studio : MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780792850083
ISBN : 0792850084
UPC : 027616862686
Release Date : December 19, 2001
Publisher : MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer : MGM (Video & DVD)
Label : MGM (Video & DVD)
Running Time : 125
DescriptionWinner* of five 1960 Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Picture, The Apartment is legendary writer/director Billy Wilder at his scathing, satirical best, and one of "the finest comedies Hollywood has turned out" (Newsweek). C.C. "Bud" Baxter (Jack Lemmon) knows the way to success in business...it's through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hideaway for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions. But when Bud lends the key to big boss J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray), he not only advances his career, but his own love life as well. For Sheldrake's mistress is the lovely Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), elevator girl and angel of Bud's dreams. Convinced that he is the only man for Fran, Bud must makethe most important executive decision of his career: lose the girl...or his job. *1960: Director, Story and Screenplay, Editing, Art Direction (B&W) Amazon.com essential videoRomance at its most anti-romantic--that is the Billy Wilder stamp of genius, and this Best Picture Academy Award winner from 1960 is no exception. Set in a decidedly unsavory world of corporate climbing and philandering, the great filmmaker's trenchant, witty satire-melodrama takes the office politics of a corporation and plays them out in the apartment of lonely clerk C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon). By lending out his digs to the higher-ups for nightly extramarital flings with their secretaries, Baxter has managed to ascend the business ladder faster than even he imagined. The story turns even uglier, though, when Baxter's crush on the building's melancholy elevator operator (Shirley MacLaine) runs up against her long-standing affair with the big boss (a superbly smarmy Fred MacMurray). The situation comes to a head when she tries to commit suicide in Baxter's apartment. Not the happiest or cleanest of scenarios, and one that earned the famously caustic and cynically humored Wilder his share of outraged responses, but looking at it now, it is a funny, startlingly clear-eyed vision of urban emptiness and is unfailingly understanding of the crazy decisions our hearts sometimes make. Lemmon and MacLaine are ideally matched, and while everyone cites Wilder's Some Like It Hot closing line "Nobody's perfect" as his best, MacLaine's no-nonsense final words--"Shut up and deal"--are every bit as memorable. Wilder won three Oscars for The Apartment, for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay (cowritten with longtime collaborator I.A.L. Diamond). --Robert Abele
Reviews for the The Apartment
List Price: $9.98Price: $8.99You Save: $0.99 (10%)Saturday Night Live - Christmas
Actors: Christopher Guest, Robert Smigel
ASIN : B0000C2IUO
Sales Rank : 13834
Director : Christopher Guest, Robert Smigel, Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Albert Brooks
Brand : Lions Gate
Studio : Lions Gate
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0031398818328
UPC : 031398818328
Release Date : December 28, 2003
Publisher : Lions Gate
Manufacturer : Lions Gate
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Lions Gate
Running Time : 90
Product DescriptionStudio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 10/03/2006 Amazon.comThe best Christmas material from two-and-a-half decades of Saturday Night Live is collected in this video, which gets off to a raucous start by presenting Chevy Chase's (literally) unbalanced rendition of President Gerald Ford decorating the White House Christmas tree. A number of memorable Christmas satires appear, including Eddie Murphy's spoof of Mr. Rodgers, Ana Gasteyer appearing in the "Martha Stewart Topless Christmas Special," and even Adam Sandler's "Hanukkah Song." Some of the best material is from the show's early freewheeling years: a classic bit with guest Candice Bergen, playing an uptight newswoman, being suitably offended while interviewing an irresponsible and utterly sleazy toy manufacturer (Dan Ackroyd); John Belushi doing a silent yet brilliant turn as a hard-drinking department store Santa; and the entire original cast taking part in an elaborate (by the show's early standards) production number. Also appearing in the video compilation are cast members Bill Murray, Jane Curtin, Phil Hartman, Mike Myers, and Dana Carvey, as well as guests Steve Martin, Danny DeVito, Paul Simon, William Shatner, and Alec Baldwin (who visits the NPR ladies to deliver a wickedly deadpan talk about his Christmas balls). Saturday Night Live has been notoriously uneven over the years, but this video is a full stocking of consistently inspired writing and performances. --Robert J. McNamara
Reviews for the Saturday Night Live - Christmas
List Price: $19.98Price: $15.99You Save: $3.99 (20%)Friendly Persuasion
Actors: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton
ASIN : B00004XMV9
Sales Rank : 2866
Director : William Wyler
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : Warner Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0085391669326
UPC : 085391669326
Release Date : December 05, 2000
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Warner Home Video
Running Time : 137
DescriptionFor two years the Civil War has been elsewhere. Now Confederate forces are nearby, looting and burning. It is time to fight back, Jess Birdwell's neighbors insist. Yet Birdwell, a Quaker, knows there must be a better way to settle things. Year: 1956 Director: William Wyler Starring: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire
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List Price: $14.99Price: $11.99You Save: $3 (20%)Con Air
Actors: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Nick Chinlund
ASIN : 6304806434
Sales Rank : 4570
Director : Simon West
Brand : CON
Studio : Buena Vista Pictures
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9786304806432
ISBN : 1558908293
UPC : 717951000262
Release Date : December 25, 1998
Publisher : Buena Vista Pictures
Manufacturer : Buena Vista Pictures
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Label : Buena Vista Pictures
Running Time : 115
DescriptionFrom the hit-making producer of THE ROCK and CRIMSON TIDE comes the hard-hitting blockbuster CON AIR, starring Academy Award(R)-winner Nicolas Cage (LEAVING LAS VEGAS, Best Actor,1995), John Cusack (GROSSE POINTE BLANK), and John Malkovich (IN THE LINE OF FIRE)! A prison parolee (Cage) -- on his way to freedom -- faces impossible odds when the maximum security transport plane he's on is skyjacked by the most vicious criminals in the country ... led by the infamous murderer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (Malkovich)! Buckle up and hang on tight as explosive high-flying action soars to new heights ... and delivers high-caliber motion picture entertainment! Amazon.comCon Air is proof that the slick, absurdly overblown action formula of Hollywood mega-producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Days of Thunder, The Rock, Crimson Tide) lives on, even after Simpson's druggy death. (Read Charles Fleming's exposé, High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess, for more about that.) Nicolas Cage, sporting a disconcerting mane of hair, is a wrongly convicted prisoner on a transport plane with a bunch of infamously psychopathic criminals, including head creep Cyrus the Virus (John Malkovich), black militant Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames), and serial killer Garland Greene (Steve Buscemi, making the most of his pallid, rodent-like qualities). Naturally, the convicts take over the plane; meanwhile, on the ground, a U.S. marshal (John Cusack) and a DEA agent (Colm Meaney) try to figure out what to do. As is the postmodern way, the movie displays a self-consciously ironic awareness that its story and characters are really just excuses for a high-tech cinematic thrill ride. Best idea: the filmmakers persuaded the owners of the legendary Sands Hotel in Las Vegas to let them help out with the structure's demolition by crashing their plane into it. --Jim Emerson
Reviews for the Con Air
List Price: $129.99Price: $119.99You Save: $10 (8%)The Brady Bunch - The Complete Series (Seasons 1-5 + Shag Carpet Cover)
Actors: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick
ASIN : B000MGBSEY
Sales Rank : 8807
Brand : Paramount
Studio : Paramount
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0097361240640
UPC : 097361240640
Release Date : December 03, 2007
Publisher : Paramount
Manufacturer : Paramount
Label : Paramount
Running Time : 2980
Product DescriptionAll 117 funny & heartwarming episodes from all 5 seasons. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/03/2007 Run time: 2980 minutes
Reviews for the The Brady Bunch - The Complete Series (Seasons 1-5 + Shag Carpet Cover)
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