Easy Rider (DVD) Special Edition A landmark in film history, EASY RIDER blew the studio doors open for more young directors than any film before or since, helping to create the wide-open climate that would lead to the production of many outstanding fil...
A landmark in film history, EASY RIDER blew the studio doors open for more young directors than any film before or since, helping to create the wide-open climate that would lead to the production of many outstanding films in the 1970s. As its director, Dennis Hopper is usually given the lion`s share of credit for the film`s success, but the revelations of time suggest that the contributions of the late Terry Southern and, to some degree, Jack Nicholson have endowed the film with much of its residual power.
Starring Peter Fonda as Wyatt (alias Captain America) and Hopper as Billy, it traces the hippie duo`s adventures as they mount their seriously chopped hogs on a journey to find the real America en route to Mardi Gras. In Arizona, they visit a commune whose members are having a tough time, and in a small Texas town they`re jailed for joining a parade. But they`re quickly sprung by an ACLU lawyer, the quirky, hard-drinking George Hanson (Jack Nicholson), who accepts their offer to join them on the trip to New Orleans, eager to visit the best whorehouse in the South. EASY RIDER accurately reflects the tensions and hostilities of the period, Laszlo Kovacs`s photography is superb, Nicholson is exceptional in his breakthrough role--and the startling, stunning ending is a shocker.
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Director: Dennis Hopper
ACTORS: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Phil Spector
The Great Dictator (DVD) 2-Disc Set Charlie Chaplin has a dual role in this film, his first with dialogue. He plays a sweet-natured Jewish barber and a murderous Hitler-type dictator with such satirical impact that it counterbalanced the oratory of Adolf Hitle...
Charlie Chaplin has a dual role in this film, his first with dialogue. He plays a sweet-natured Jewish barber and a murderous Hitler-type dictator with such satirical impact that it counterbalanced the oratory of Adolf Hitler. Particularly delectable comic scenes are Hynkel`s balletic pas de deux with a globe, and a cream cake fight between Hynkel and Napoloni, the dictator of Bacteria.
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Director: Charlie Chaplin
ACTORS: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell
The Kingston High (DVD)
THE KINGSTON HIGH is a coming-of-age comedy set in an urban high school.R"
Monty Python Live! (DVD)
This collector`s edition is a Python lover`s dream come true, as it includes three of the legendary British comedy troupes most famous live performances--1972`s MONTY PYTHON LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL and 1998`s reunion performance MONTY PYTHON LIVE AT ASPEN. In addition, the rarely seen tribute documentary, 20 YEARS OF PYTHON: PARROT SKETCH NOT INCLUDED, is contained. Hosted by Steve Martin, the program features some of the group`s most famous and quoted clips.NR"
ACTORS: Monty Python Cast
The South Shaolin Master II (DVD)
This action-packed martial arts film starring You Gin Gok, (Rock N` Roll Cop) and Lou Wai Man takes place in the mid-nineteenth century where opium traders battle Chinese goverment appointees.NR"
