Abbott & Costello Classic Comedies three-disc collector's set consists of oddments from the latter days of their career that have fallen into public domain; which means you don't get their best routines or classiest productions, and indeed find the double act doing fairly tired schtick as Costello is chubbily chicken-hearted and Abbott grumpily money-grubbing. Africa Screams is a 1949 safari parody, with Costello running away yelping from sundry alligators, gorillas (including a Kong-sized giant), cannibals ("Chief have sweet tooth for little fat man") and lions amid backlot jungles as Abbott competes with stock villains for a fortune in diamonds. Jack and the Beanstalk, from 1952, finds the duo attempting to sell themselves as children's entertainers in a Wizard of Oz-influenced fairytale book-ended by sepia modern-day segments. The magical story unfolds in wonderfully gruesome cheap colour with some of the worst musical numbers ever committed to film ("he's perpendicular-la-la") as Jack the Clod (Costello) and Mr Dinkelpuss the Butcher (Abbott) climb the beanstalk and plod around the Giant's lair until the story runs out. Possibly the most interesting item is the third disc, which offers an episode of the Colgate Comedy Hour (aka The Abbott and Costello Show) from the 1950s. It shows the pair doing live routines closer to their original vaudeville act than their film roles (including an amazingly cruel bit in which Abbott slaps Costello every time he says the word "tin"). A loose plot about Latin American intrigue, with Lou hired to stand in for an assassination target "El Presidente", makes room for speciality guest stars ranging from child xylophonist Baby Mistin to four starlets (including Jane Russell and Rhonda Fleming) harmonising on a "Happy Easter" medley. Best of all, and now funnier than the comedy, are original hard-sell ads for household products like "Ajax, the foaming action cleanser" and "Halo, the shampoo that glorifies your hair". --Kim Newman
Meet James Brown the ""hardest working man in show business "" whose energetic music made everyone feel good (just like they knew that they would). Ow! Includes performance footage rare photos and interviews.
Barclay James Harvest: Classic Meets Rock
Tracklist: 1. Introduction 2. Another Day 3. Everyday 4. Wasn't That A Mighty Storm 5. Only A Dream In Rio 6. Your Smiling Face 7. Jump Up Behind Me 8. Shower The People You Love With Love 9. Don t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 10. Line `Em Up 11 Handy Man 12. Little More Time With You 13. How Sweet It Is 14. Fire And Rain 15. (I've Got To) Stop Thinking Bout That 16. You've Got A Friend 17. Mexico 18. Up On The Roof 19. Not Fade Away 20. Dreamin A Dream
A look at the life and career of James Coburn featuring a collection of his movie trailers. James Coburn was an actor whose versatility allowed him to switch from drama to action or comedy with ease. Whether he was fighting evil geniuses seducing beautiful women or even psychoanalyzing the President of the United States - audiences could always depend on his considerable skills. With this rare collection of original theatrical trailers to Coburn's most memorable films you'll re-live the impressive career of one of the most understated - and underrated - actors in Hollywood history.Amongst the many performances featured the movies The Magnificent Seven The Great Escape Charade Our Man Flint Hard Contract Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Bite The Bullet Hard Times Midway and Cross of Iron are all included.
Liberty Stands Still: Though her finger has never been on the trigger, there are those who believe Liberty Wallace is guilty of murder. An international arms dealer, she sells to anyone who's got the connections and the cash... no questions asked. En route to a secret rendezvous to meet her lover, Liberty answers her mobile phone. The caller tells Liberty he has her in his sights and unless she does exactly as she's told, she'll die in a hail of bullets. Not only that, if her line goes dead, she'll detonate a bomb killing her and blowing a whole city block sky high. Powerless to stop time running out on her phone, the passing of each second takes her and countless innocent victims one step closer to oblivion...Natural Born Killers: Arguably the most controversial film of the 1990s. Quentin Tarantino's dark, perverse and mesmerising screenplay about Mickey and Mallory's brutal killing spree across America shocked and entertained alike. Previously banned.Gang Related: In the tense cop drama Gang Related, Divinci and Rodriguez are two street detectives with the perfect drug scam on the side. Divinci's beautiful girlfriend Cynthia lures the dealer into a fake deal: he hands over the money. A drive by bullet ensures that nobody finds out about the deal, the cops take the drugs back and start all over again. With Divinci and Rodriguez on the case these crimes are easy to solve... they're all gang related. But when the next deal turns out to be an undercover DEA agent, someone's got to go down for the crime, and all the usual suspects have alibis...
Roswell was just the beginning... During a routing transport exercise a group of prisoners overpower their guards and take them captive. But their well executed escape plan turns into something far more menacing. When they enter the supposedly peaceful town of Salena the prisoners and guards are faced with an alien threat far more powerful than anything imaginable!
In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. --Mark Walker
Various Artists - Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 [Spanish Imp.]
ATOM features Axel Hawkman King Sharkman and Lioness a set of rebellious teens with 'the coolest vehicles'. Their mission is to track down 100 of the worst criminals in the city while also bringing down evil crime lord Mr. Paine. The near future is wide wild lightning-paced and ultra tech. The Alpha Teens have been recruited by industrialist Mr. Lee and equipped with the coolest gear and vehicles imaginable. With exceptional physical skills they are the best of the best. They
People Are Alike All Over - Episode 25 When a space expedition crashes on Mars passenger Sam Conrad (Roddy McDowall) is terrified when he encounters Martians. To his initial relief they are human extremely friendly an apparently just like us... Valley of the Shadow - Episode 105 Philip Redfield (Ed Nelson) finds himself trapped in a small town where people can reverse time and do many other amazing things. He is determined to escape and share the town's secrets with the outside world. Black Leather Jackets - Episode 138 Three tough-looking men on motorcycles disrupt a peaceful suburb when they move in. Yet the neighbours could never imagine just how dangerous these men are. One bit of advice: don't drink the water...
Still performing despite his advancing years The Godfather of Soul is still as popular as he ever was. These two sensational shows capture him in his heyday performing his biggest hits before appreciative audiences in the contrasting settings of New York's legendary nightspot Studio 54 and a huge stadium gig in Atlanta Georgia. In recent years James Brown has staged a remarkable career comeback by anyone's standards. Remarkable as his latest live performances were James Brown was the height of his considerable powers when the two sensational performances featured on this DVD were filmed. Tracklisting 01: It's Too Funky In Here 02: Sex Machine 03: Try Me 04: Get On The Good Foot 05: It's A Man's Man's Man's World 06: Lost Someone 07: I Got The Feelin' 08: Cold Sweat 09: I Can't Stand Myself 10: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 11: Please Please Please 12: Jam 13: Get Up Offa That Thing 14: Prisoner Of Love 15: Got You (I Feel Good) 16: Georgia On My Mind
A young office worker learns that he is the son of a assassin and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
Pineapple Express / Step Brothers / Walk Hard / Forgetting Sarah Marshall
T-Rex: Dinosaurs are very much alive - at least in the mind of Ally Hayden. When a museum accident transports Ally on an adventure back in time to explore the terrain and territory of life-size dinosaurs she is thrust literally nose-to-nose with the largest and most realistic dinosaur ever to appear on a movie screen - the 20 foot tall 15-ton Tyrannosaurus Rex! Dream Is Alive: Walter Cronkite narrates this journey about the space shuttle. Share the astronauts' experience of working eating and sleeping in zero gravity. Look back at our magnificent earth witness an exciting satellite repair and the historic walk in space by an American woman. Blue Planet: Filmed in IMAX experience the forces of nature which affect our lives and see how we are changing our fragile world. Filmed by astronauts from five space shuttle missions this video gives the viewer an understanding of the forces affecting earth's fragile ecological balance through volcanoes hurricanes earthquakes and ultimately humankind.
The Godfather of Soul gives a pulsating non-stop concert appearance deftly captured on video in 1979. Body Heat Sex Machine Papa's Got A Brand New Bag I Can't Stand It - these and other classics of throbbing James Brown funk get the most energetic kind of treatment here with searing trumpet guttural sax rock-solid percussion syncopated guitar and shouting backup singers supporting the sweaty gyrating star through multiple costume changes. James also works out Georgia On My Mind and some of the other more nuanced numbers for which he is well-regarded. All in all a thrilling evening of funk from funks inventor the late great James Brown. Track List: 1. Intro 2. Get Up Offa That Thing 3. Body Heat 4. Try Me 5. Sex Machine 6. Georgia On My Mind 7. Please Please Please 8. Hindsight (a.k.a. Eyesight) 9. Can't Stand It 10. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 11. Jam
Two enchanting Christmas tales... - Silent Night - Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol
World War Two had ended in Europe but still raged across the wide Pacific. And in a string of armed encampments within the US indigenous Japanese Americans remained incarcerated in prison camps imprisoned for the duration solely on the basis of their ethnic origin. Racial hatred was rife against all ethnic Japanese an American phenomenon misdirected against their own in the wake of Pearl Harbour. All of this was still at a fever pitch when in June of 1945 two months before VJ Day James Cagney through the production company he owned with his brother William produced and starred in Blood on the Sun one of the most powerful films to try to explain exactly how the Japanese 'Co-Prosperity Sphere' came into mortal conflict with the United States. Based on historical fact this rivetting brutal action-packed motion picture traces the unintended unveiling of the dreaded Tanaka Plan for Japanese world domination of which the 'Co-Prosperity Sphere' was the outpictured faade. Cagney portrays an American reporter toiling in pre-war Japan who completely innocently is given for safekeeping a purloined copy of the secret plan by his newspaper buddy Wally Ford. The Japanese know Ford has uncovered their secret and are willing to perform any act - including murder - to prevent their true intentions from being revealed before they were ready to strike. A beautiful Japanese secret agent played by Sylvia Sidney is sent to romance and ensnare Cagney and every thuggish stop is pulled out to retrieve the plan and prevent him from surviving long enough to get it to the American Embassy and into the world press.
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