The Great Animation Studios: The Fleischer Studios (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
The Great Animation Studios: The Fleischer Studios (DVD)
They gave us the first rotoscoping and cartoon/live action hybrid in 1914, the first long form animation in 1935 and over forty other major animation innovations. Featuring such favorites as Popeye, Betty Boop and Superman, this collection from the Great Animation Studios series covers the early great studio of the Fleischer Brothers.NR"
Director: Max Fleischer|Dave Fleischer
VeggieTales: Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed (VHS)
The Veggie Kids learn an important lesson about the truth when they start a rumor about Larry-Boy`s butler Alfred. Can Larry-Boy stop the rumor before it`s too late? An entertaining, computer-generated lesson for the whole family.NR"
Election (DVD) Sensormatic Director Alexander (CITIZEN RUTH) Payne`s second film, based on the novel by Jim Perotta, takes the scandal and mudslinging associated with presidential elections and transposes them to a high school election for student co...
Director Alexander (CITIZEN RUTH) Payne`s second film, based on the novel by Jim Perotta, takes the scandal and mudslinging associated with presidential elections and transposes them to a high school election for student council president in Nebraska- with impossibly sharp, satirical results. Matthew Broderick, in a reversal of FERRIS BUELLER, plays Jim McAllister, a teacher who will stop at nothing to prevent perfect Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon), who is running unopposed, from winning the election. Jim, who bears a personal grudge against Tracy, goads a popular but dim football player (Chris Klein) into running against her. This spurs on a series of strange events (both madcap and surprisingly sexual), which add up to an uncommonly funny high school film for adults. Performances are great all-around, and Payne uses shifting narration and a series of freeze frames to give the film a rich and layered feel.
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Director: Alexander Payne
ACTORS: Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik
Chasing Papi (DVD)
CHASING PAPI, from first-time director Linda Mendoza, is a light-hearted romp with Latin flair. Tomas (Eduardo Verastegui) is every woman`s dream--successful, smart, attractive, sensitive, and sexy. In short, he`s a catch, and a hunk. Unfortunately, his one major flaw is that he is in love with three very different women, none of who knows about each other. Sexy, sassy CiCi (Sofia Vergara) is a cocktail waitress in Miami, bookish attorney Lorena (Roselyn Sanchez) lives in Chicago, and classy New Yorker Patricia is a diplomat`s daughter and a momma`s girl. In deference to their respective horoscopes, all three women plan surprise visits to their beau. Of course, they all descend upon his Los Angeles home at the same time, much to Tomas` shock. To make matters worse, CiCi is unknowingly in possession of a bag of counterfeit cash, leading to more confusion and hijinx that includes gangsters and the FBI. Ultimately, the film is as much about women asserting their independence and discovering their strengths as it is about male/female relationships. This first contemporary big studio comedy to target the growing Hispanic-American audience, CHASING PAPI`s cast is a veritable who`s who of Hispanic pop culture.PG"
Director: Linda Mendoza
Saturday Night Live - 25 Years of Laughs (DVD) 25th Anniversary Edition All the best that SNL had and has to offer is here in one feature length special. All your favorite SNL cast members return for the 25th anniversary of televisions most hillarious, and irreverent weekly variet...
All the best that SNL had and has to offer is here in one feature length special. All your favorite SNL cast members return for the 25th anniversary of televisions most hillarious, and irreverent weekly variety show. Special guests include Linda Hamilton, Alec Baldwin, David Bowie, Jerry Sienfeld and many more. Musical guests include Elvis Costello and the Beastie Boys.
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ACTORS: Dan Aykroyd, Dana Carvey, Chevy Chase, Billy Crystal, Jane Curtin