In a gripping tale of moral and spiritual redemption a heartless crook picks up a street-wise orphan to sell in a black market adoption ring. Posing as a relief worker in war-torn Bosnia the callous Sharkey (Bob Hoskins) befriends Vlado a tough 9-year-old who mistakes the man for his meal-ticket out of the shattered region. As this unlikely pair struggles to escape a country where evil flourishes at every turn a crook becomes a hero and a discarded child finds a future. With the touching emotion of Welcome to Sarajevo discover how friendship and even family can be found in the most unexpected places.
Boxset Contains Titles: 1. Caught In The Draft 2. Louisiana Purchase 3. Star Spangled Rhythm 4. The Ghost Breakers 5. Where There's Life 6. Sorrowful Jones
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Both a classic documentary and a vital pop-cultural artefact, DA Pennebakers portrait of Bob Dylan in Dont Look Back captures the seminal singer-songwriter on the cusp of his transformation from folk prophet to rock trendsetter. Shot during Dylans 1965 British concert tour, Dont Look Back employs an edgy vérité style that was, and is, a snug fit with the artists own consciously rough-hewn persona. Its handheld black-and-white images and often-gritty London backdrops suggest cinematic extensions of the archetypal monochrome portraits that graced Dylans career-making, early-60s album jackets. Pennebakers access to the famously private troubadour lets us witness Dylans shifting moods as he performs, relaxes with his entourage (including then lover Joan Baez, road manager Bob Neuwirth and poker-faced manager Albert Grossman) and jousts with other musicians (notably Animals alumnus Alan Price and Scottish folksinger Donovan), fans and press. Its a measure of the filmmakers acuity that the conversations are often as gripping as Dylans solo performances. Grossmans machinations with British promoters, Baezs hip serenity, a grizzled British journalists surrender to the fact of Dylans artistry and the artists own taunting dismissal of a clueless sycophant are all absorbing. With the exception of the studio recording of "Subterranean Homesick Blues", the live performances are constrained by crude audio gear. Their urgency, however, is timeless, as is Pennebakers film, a legitimate cornerstone for any serious rock video collection. --Sam Sutherland
Jammin': The Story of Bob Marley & Reggae (2 Discs)
Ronnie Jackson is a baby photographer with aspirations for more exciting work. He is studying to be a detective like the guy in the office next door. Mistakenly hired by Baroness Carlotta Montay to track down the Baron who's been kidnapped and to protect a highly prized map Ronnie tangles with crooks and winds up on death row.
Tracklisting:DVD 1 - The Peace Persuasion:1. Introduction2. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood Sweat & Tears3. Fingertips - Stevie Wonder4. Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan5. You Really Got Me - The Kinks6. Baby Let Me Take You Home - The Animals7. Sunshine Of Your Love - The Cream8. Iko Iko - Grateful Dead9. Back Door Man - The Doors10. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show11. Tears On My Pillow - Sha Na Na12. What Have They Done To My Song Ma - Melanie13. Quite Rightly So - Procol Harum14. Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo - Johnny Winter15. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds16. Happy Jack - The Who17. Albatross - Fleetwood Mac18. The Peace Persuasion - The Peace GenerationDVD 2 - The First Step Is The Hardest:1. Introduction2. The Wind Cries Mary - Jimmy Hendrix3. You Wear It Well - Rod Stewart4. Black Night - Deep Purple5. Vincent - Don McLean6. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown7. Black Crow Flying - Joni Mitchell8. Help Me - Van Morrison9. Someday Soon - Judy Collins10. See Emily Play - Pink Floyd11. White Room - The Cream12. On The Road Again - Canned Heat13. Mellow Yellow - Donavan14. Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac15. You're A Lady - Peter Skellern16. Almost Sorry - Blood Sweat & Tears17. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - The Temptations18. The First Step Is The Hardest - The Peace GenerationDVD 3 - The Glory Of Happiness:1. Introduction2. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum3. School's Out (For Summer) - Alice Cooper4. A Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin5. The Weight - The All Star Band Featuring Levon Helm & Rick Danko6. Respect - Aretha Franklin7. Paranoid - Black Sabbath8. Delta Lady - Leon Russell9. Crossroads - The Cream10. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel11. Daydream - Lovin' Spoonful12. River Deep Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner13. Inner Crisis - Blood Sweat & Tears14. Five To One - The Doors15. Brand New Key - Melanie16. Stranger Blues - Johnny Winter17. Playing In The Band - Grateful Dead18. The Glory Of Happyness - The Peace Generation
1. Gamed 2. After You3. After AllRecorded Live in USA 1990
In My Favorite Brunette we witness Bob Hope's own unique brand of film comedy as he teams up with the great screen beauty Dorothy Lamour (who later co-starred with him in many of the classic Road To... movies along with Bing Crosby). Co-starring Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr. Hope romps through this yarn playing a bumbling photographer turned private eye and finds himself involved with a spy caper the mob and a dangerous brunette.
Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway and featuring a terrific cast of Hollywood greats The Sun Also Rises finally arrives on DVD. American news correspondent Jake Barnes (Tyrone Power) relocates to Paris after receiving serious injuries during WWI which have rendered him impotent. Barnes links up with several other lost souls including the lavicious Lady Brett Ashley (Ava Gardner) and drunkard Mike Campbell (Errol Flynn). In their search for new thrills Barnes and his coh
Ronnie Dobbs (David Cross) is in trouble on a nightly basis. A small town redneck with a pea sized brain, Ronnie finds a way to get locked up and then spins yarns to his friends about his experiences. One person who sees something in Ronnie's stories is Terry Twillstein (Bob Odenkirk), a TV info-mercial director who needs a subject to rejuvinate his career. In the process, he makes a reality TV star out of good ol' boy Ronnie, whose only goal is to earn the love of Kayla (Nikki Cox). This white trash comedy is based on a character created for US television's MR. SHOW and features many cast members from the same comedy sketch series.
Based on Bruce Chatwin's award-winning novel, On the Black Hill is an evocative depiction of the life of a rural farming family, set in the beautiful Welsh border country. Starring Bob Peck (Jurassic Park, Edge of Darkness) and Gemma Jones (Bridget Jones Diary, Radiator) as an embittered married couple, the film charts their efforts to raise identical twin brothers in the turbulent early years of the 20th century. Sharing a unique bond, the brothers journey through eight decades of life, death and hardship together, all the while tied to the land on which they were raised. Featuring stunning photography and steeped in authentic rural imagery, On the Black Hill has been described as one of the best British films of the 1980s. Extras/Episodes: Newly filmed interview with director Andrew Grieve Fully illustrated booklet Cast and Crew: Director: Andrew Grieve (Poirot, Horatio Hornblower, Wire in the Blood) Cast: Bob Peck, Gemma Jones, Mike Gwilym, Robert Gwilym Awards and Reviews: Winner of the Golden Seashell for Best Film at the 1988 San Sebastian International Film Festival A film of integrity, insight and beauty' (Observer) Oddly neglected since its release, this spare, sensitive adaptation of Bruce Chatwin's novel is one of the best British films of its decade' (Sight & Sound) Our countryside hasn't looked this ravishingly lovely since Far From the Madding Crowd' Time Out
With a title like Chopper Chicks in Zombietown, you'd be excused from any great expectations here--but you'd also be missing out on one of trash-cinema's great pleasures: catching one of Hollywoood's A-list in their pre-fame days. In this case, the catch is Billy Bob Thornton, in a brief appearance as one of the Chopper Chicks' ex-husbands. It may be a guilty pleasure, but seeing this good 'ol boy playing dumb-as-a-doorknob long before Sling Blade (or A Simple Plan) and paying his dues is still, however strangely, gratifying. As for the film itself, Chopper Chicks is no Hell Comes to Frogtown, but it comes with all of the Troma hallmarks. The requisite beheadings and low-grade effects are all present and correct, along with the so-bad-it's-really-bad dialogue (except for the occasional so-bad-it's-good one-liner). The acting is wooden, the story negligible (cycle sluts come to town, kill zombies, save a schoolbus full of blind kids), and even the appearances by Thornton and original MTV (US) VJ Martha Quinn provide only occasional relief. The DVD extras include a photo gallery of screen-stills and the original trailer. --Randy Silver
Ladies and Gentlemen The Rolling Stones! Experience all as we examine The Stones on stage; this DVD features performance footage spanning some of their most productive years. With the finest footage and the cream of the critics including: Rare footage of the band in action over the past 30 years interview with Keith Altham music journalist and the most successful independent rock agent in the world from the early 70s to his retirement in 1993 interview with Dick Taylor original Stones guitarist; then bass player before leaving to join The Pretty Things commentary from legendary broadcaster and music journalist Bob Harris.
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