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First Descent (Widescreen Edition)

Actors: Shawn Farmer, Terje Haakonsen, Nick Perata, Shaun White, Hannah Teter
ASIN : B000E0WJKK
Sales Rank : 5945
Director : Kemp Curly, Kevin Harrison
Brand : Universal
Studio : Universal Studios
Region Code : 1
Format : AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0025192844928
UPC : 025192844928
Release Date : December 21, 2006
Publisher : Universal Studios
Manufacturer : Universal Studios
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Label : Universal Studios
Running Time : 110

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Follow five snowboarding icons (Shaun White, Hannah Teter, Terje Haakonsen, Shawn Farmer and Nick Perata) on this epic Alaskan journey as they ride the most challenging and dangerous mountains on the planet. Featuring some of the most jaw-dropping snowboard footage ever caught on film, this incredible motion picture tracks the rebellious, inspiring and sometimes controversial evolution of snowboarding from an underground American movement to a full-fledged global phenomenon.

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Talk about good timing (and shrewd marketing): the release of First Descent, a thrilling documentary about the snowboarding phenomenon, exactly coincided with the 2006 Winter Olympics, where some of the very same athletes featured in the film mined gold and glory on the slopes near Turin, Italy. But while Shaun White and Hannah Teeter both won gold medals in the halfpipe as the U.S. dominated the Olympic competition, those two young stars (along with three other snowboarding "legends") are seen in a far different environment in producer-directors Kevin Harrison and Kemp Curley's 111-minute film, tackling some dauntingly long, steep runs in the mountains of Valdez, Alaska, where avalanches, crevasses, and other hazards await as they search for "first descents" (i.e., places no snowboarder has been before) in that pristine, forbidding environment. As advertised, the footage is, well, awesome, as all five riders catch huge air on some of the gnarliest runs in the world; Norwegian Terje Haakonsen's final plunge from a 7,000 foot peak with a 60 degree drop must be seen to be believed. Elsewhere, First Descent chronicles the evolution of the snowboarding phenomenon, from its humble emergence in the 1970s, when the sport was derided by traditional skiers, to its extraordinary popularity in the '90s and beyond, when the X Games and Olympics telecasts brought it into living rooms across America, Europe, and Japan. Profiles of the individual athletes are included as well, but it's the Alaska footage--where, in the words of 'boarder Shawn Farmer, they "pinned it to the wall and threw down"--that's the principal attraction here. Nearly an hour's worth of extra features will add to the appeal of the film, which features narration by former Black Flag-bearer Henry Rollins and music by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh. --Sam Graham

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2008 Olympics: Beijing 2008 Highlights - The Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Actor: Beijing 2008: Games of the Xxix Olympiad
ASIN : B001DM37UY
Sales Rank : 8920
Brand : Team Marketing
Studio : Ten Mayflower
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Feature : Relive the drama and excitement; All the incredible performances and athletic achievements; Official Olympic DVD from NBC Sports; Special bonus chapters featuring gold medal performances of Olympic Champions.
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0611863704532
UPC : 611863704532
Release Date : December 30, 2008
Publisher : Ten Mayflower
Manufacturer : Ten Mayflower
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Label : Ten Mayflower
Running Time : 180

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Here's a Special Edition DVD that captures the most dramatic and exciting moments from the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, the competition was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Ten thousand five hundred athletes competed in 302 events in 28 sports. The 2008 Summer Olympics did bring athletes from around the world together as they competed for the bronze, silver and gold medals. More importantly, television coverage united citizens from all nations, who rooted for their own countrymen as well as the world's best athletes. These games were the first to be produced and broadcast entirely in high definition, and did garner upwards of four billion viewers. This exclusive highlights DVD features the greatest athletes in the world, united in the most important competition of their lifetimes.

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NFL Films - Denver Broncos - The Complete History

Actors: John Elway, Mike Shanahan, Rod Smith
ASIN : B000GYI34A
Sales Rank : 20949
Brand : Team Marketing
Studio : Warner Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Feature : Officially Licensed; Highest Quality Recording
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0012569830578
UPC : 012569830578
Release Date : December 07, 2006
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
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Label : Warner Home Video
Running Time : 373

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Two minutes to go...the metal rafters of mile high resonate with the fury of 76,000 wild BRONCOMANIACS...Elway takes the snap and the glorious history of the Denver Broncos starts yet another chapter. For the first time, nearly 50 years of Denver Broncos football is presented in the 2-DVD set "The Complete History of the Denver Broncos". NFL Films takes you inside the Broncos with ELWAY, ALZADO, SHANAHAN, and the ugliest socks in the history of football. You'll see the breathtaking comebacks, meet the royalty of orange and blue, and relive the glory of the two-time Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos. With one of professional sports' greatest franchises, anything can happen. Don't miss out on the action!

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Stargaze HD: Universal Beauty [Blu-ray]

Actor: HDScape
ASIN : B0018LX9ZI
Sales Rank : 7139
Director : HDScape
Brand : Ryko Distribution
Studio : DVD International
Region Code : 0
Format : Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Binding : Blu-ray
EAN : 0647715601223
UPC : 647715601223
Number Of Discs : 1
Release Date : December 29, 2008
Publisher : DVD International
Manufacturer : DVD International
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Label : DVD International
Running Time : 63

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StarGaze HD brings the beauty and majesty of the Universe to your HD Home Theatre. Journey beyond the stars with images from the Hubble Space Telescope Spitzer Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. With over an hour of astounding images set to ambient music StarGaze HD will quickly become a favorite in your Blu-ray collection.

Music By Opus 27 in Dolby® TrueHD 5.1
Video: 1080p

HDScape: Advancing the Art of HD

HDScape is the leading producer of High Definition discs that turn your Plasma, LCD, CRT or DLP HDTV home theater system into a work of art.

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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

Actor: HDScape
ASIN : B000BTH4K4
Sales Rank : 2312
Director : Robert Greenwald
Studio : Brave New Films
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Full length, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0859835001016
UPC : 859835001016
Release Date : December 15, 2005
Publisher : Brave New Films
Manufacturer : Brave New Films
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Label : Brave New Films
Running Time : 95

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Everyone has seen Wal-Mart's lavish television commercials, but have you ever wondered why Wal-Mart spends so much money trying to convince you it cares about your family, your community, and even its own employees? What is it hiding?

WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price takes you behind the glitz and into the real lives of workers and their families, business owners and their communities, in an extraordinary journey that will challenge the way you think, feel... and shop.

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Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi (2 Pack)

Actors: Ted Koppel, Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Pope John Paul II, Dan Rather
ASIN : B00003CXAY
Sales Rank : 3293
Director : Godfrey Reggio
Studio : MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780792853442
ISBN : 079285344X
UPC : 027616880338
Release Date : December 17, 2002
Publisher : MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer : MGM (Video & DVD)
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Label : MGM (Video & DVD)
Running Time : 184

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Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 09/21/2004 Run time: 184 minutes

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Koyaanisqatsi
First-time filmmaker Godfrey Reggio's experimental documentary from 1983--shot mostly in the desert Southwest and New York City on a tiny budget with no script, then attracting the support of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas and enlisting the indispensable musical contribution of Philip Glass--delighted college students on the midnight circuit and fans of minimalism for many years. Meanwhile, its techniques, merging cinematographer Ron Fricke's time-lapse shots (alternately peripatetic and hyperspeed) with Glass's reiterative music (from the meditative to the orgiastic)--as well as its ecology-minded imagery--crept into the consciousness of popular culture. The influence of Koyaanisqatsi, or "life out of balance," has by now become unmistakable in television advertisements, music videos, and, of course, similar movies such as Fricke's own Chronos and Craig McCourry's Apogee. Reggio shot a sequel, Powaqqatsi (1988), and completed the trilogy with Naqoyqatsi (2002). Koyaanisqatsi provides the uninitiated the chance to see where it all started--along with an intense audiovisual rush.

Powaqqatsi
Powaqqatsi (1988), or "life in transformation," is the second part of a trilogy of experimental documentaries whose titles derive from Hopi compound nouns. The now legendary Koyaanisqatsi (1983), or "life out of balance," was the first. Naqoyqatsi (2002), or "life in war," was the third. Powaqqatsi finds director Godfrey Reggio somewhat more directly polemical than before, and his major collaborator, the composer Philip Glass, stretching to embrace world music. Reggio reuses techniques familiar from the previous film (slow motion, time-lapse, superposition) to dramatize the effects of the so-called First World on the Third: displacement, pollution, alienation. But he spends as much time beautifully depicting what various cultures have lost--cooperative living, a sense of joy in labor, and religious values--as he does confronting viewers with trains, airliners, coal cars, and loneliness. What had been a more or less peaceful, slow-moving, spiritually fulfilling rural existence for these "silent" people (all we hear is music and sound effects) becomes a crowded, suffocating, accelerating industrial urban hell, from Peru to Pakistan. Reggio frames Powaqqatsi with a telling image: the Serra Pelada gold mines, where thousands of men, their clothes and skin imbued with the earth they're moving, carry wet bags up steep slopes in a Sisyphean effort to provide wealth for their employers. While Glass juxtaposes his strangely joyful music, which includes the voices of South American children, a number of these men carry one of their exhausted comrades out of the pit, his head back and arms outstretched--one more sacrifice to Caesar. Nevertheless, Reggio, a former member of the Christian Brothers, seems to maintain hope for renewal. --Robert Burns Neveldine

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HD Moods Aquarium [blu-ray]

Actors: Ted Koppel, Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Pope John Paul II, Dan Rather
ASIN : B001CVS6BQ
Sales Rank : 10994
Brand : TOPICS Entertainment
Studio : Topics Entertainment
Model : 60324
Format : CD-ROM
Binding : CD-ROM
EAN : 0781735603246
UPC : 781735603246
Publisher : Topics Entertainment
Manufacturer : Topics Entertainment
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Imagine aquarium scenes so lifelike and captivating, it s as if the fish are actually swimming in your television set! With soothing scenery and calming music, HD Moods Aquarium will help you relax and unwind from a hectic day. Featuring three unique saltwater scenes showcasing the stunning and beautiful fish from a tropical reef, it s perfect for people who want the relaxing qualities of a tropical aquarium, but don t want the hassle of taking care of one. And, it s great as background scenery and sounds for a party any time of year!

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National Geographic - Incredible Human Machine

Actors: Ted Koppel, Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Pope John Paul II, Dan Rather
ASIN : B000XA5K0C
Sales Rank : 4701
Director : National Geographic
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : Nat'l Geographic Vid
Region Code : 0
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0883929001156
UPC : 883929001156
Release Date : December 15, 2008
Publisher : Nat'l Geographic Vid
Manufacturer : Nat'l Geographic Vid
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Running Time : 96

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National Geographic takes you and your family on a truly fascinating journey through the wondrous inner world of The Incredible Human Machine. Year: 1975 Director: Irwin Rosten

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The human body is an amazing machine with complicated systems for sensing, adapting, reproducing, regenerating, and thinking and this 1975 scientific exploration provides an in-depth look at how the various systems of the body work. This voyage through one typical day begins with an exploration of the body's largest organ, the skin, and its amazing regenerative powers and function as both protective armor and heat regulator. The journey continues with a look at all the senses and includes both a look at how those senses are utilized in a typical day and an internal view via computer generated models and actual inside-the-body footage obtained by special mini-cameras and camera pills of how the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth work. Next the film explores the heart, blood, muscles, bones, joints, reproductive system, and brain. A multitude of specialized doctors and research scientists present contemporary developments in stem cell research, cell reproduction, and understanding the brain and perform real-life medical procedures including the implantation of extracellular matrix (or ECM) tissue to aid in joint regeneration and an intricate brain surgery to remove a cancerous tumor while preserving the patient's ability to speak. The footage is graphic, intense, and fascinating. Especially enlightening is the discussion of aging in which the cell regeneration that happens constantly in the body is compared to a series of photocopies in which each generation of copies looses resolution and becomes increasingly imperfect. From its power plant to its copying, security, and reproductive systems, the human body is a complex machine that is only just beginning to be understood thanks to extensive research and scientific programs like this. --Tami Horiuchi

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The History Channel Presents Engineering an Empire - The Complete Series (Collector's Edition)

Actor: Engineer An Empire
ASIN : B000S0GYNO
Sales Rank : 5991
Director : Mark Cannon
Studio : A&E HOME VIDEO
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0733961775358
UPC : 733961775358
Release Date : December 25, 2007
Publisher : A&E HOME VIDEO
Manufacturer : A&E HOME VIDEO
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Label : A&E HOME VIDEO
Running Time : 748

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The Parthenon. Chichén Itzá. The Pyramids. Their scale, complexity, and sheer beauty stand as permanent reminders of the indomitable strength and ingenuity of the human spirit.

ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE: THE COLLECTOR S EDITION circles the globe to re-examine history s most magnificent civilizations by surveying the architectural and engineering triumphs they left behind. Beginning more than five-thousand years ago with the mind-boggling construction feats of the ancient Egyptians, the 14 documentaries--including two feature-length specials--in this collection revive the spectacular glory of the past, from the great temples of Greece to the majestic and mysterious Tenochtitlan. Cutting-edge CGI graphics and stunning location footage reanimate the ancient streets of such cities as Carthage and Rome, while expert interview trace the rise of each empire and the technological achievements that paved the way for their gravity-defying masterpieces.

Hosted by Peter Weller, ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE: THE COLLECTOR S EDITION unites each riveting moment of this critically-acclaimed and Emmy Award-winning series to reveal the innovation and infrastructure behind the world s most dazzling empires.

DVD Features: Season 1 Behind-the-Scenes Featurette; Egypt Featurettes Inside Look , From The Director s Chair , and Everything You Wanted To Know About Egypt ; Rome Behind-the-Scenes Featurette

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