I Want to Live! (DVD)
The electrifying Oscar-winning performance by Susan Hayward forms the foundation for the film noir classic I WANT TO LIVE! Hayward plays Barbara Graham, the real-life occasional prostitute and full-time con artist and perjurer who was charged with a murder she claimed she didnt commit and became the first woman to be executed in the state of California. Based on news articles by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ed Montgomery and letters from the actual Barbara Graham, the film chronicles the year or so before the murder of a wealthy widow and shows Grahams involvement with con artists Emmett Perkins (Philip Coolidge) and Jack Santo (Lou Krugman), who are also charged with the crime. After trying to break free of the underworld by marrying drug addict Henry Graham (Wesley Lau) and having a child with him, the spunky, good-natured but desperate Barbara leaves Henry and goes back to setting up gambling rings and ripping people off. Its not long before she and her partners, Emmett and Jack, are arrested for murder, though the film cleverly never shows the actual crime. What follows is a harrowing tale with Graham angrily, then desperately, proclaiming her innocence as she is put through the justice system. With an amazing jazz score by Johnny Mandel and director Robert Wises quick pacing and frenetic vignettes, I WANT TO LIVE! is a gripping, tense melodrama.NR"
Director: Robert Wise
ACTORS: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Theodore Bikel, Virginia Vincent, Wesley Lau
Dragstrip Girl (VHS)
Mark Dacasos stars in this film, part of Showtime`s Rebel Highway series, a remake of the 1957 B-movie classic. Dacasos is Johnny, a young Latino prone to drag racing who works as a valet during the day and has dreams of climbing the social ladder and beginning a professional career. However, when he meets Laura (Gregson Wagner), a rich white girl who drives a T-bird and likes to play bad, they begin a tumultuous relationship that could jeopardize his future.NR"
Director: Mary Lambert
ACTORS: Mark Dacasos, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Raymond Cruz, Traci Lords
Nothing But Trouble (DVD)
In the strange burg of Valkenvania, a monstrous small-town judge (Dan Aykroyd) hangs passersby for speeding and conducts his court from a mansion situated on a toxic dump site. When his bungling deputy (John Candy) brings in a couple of New York yuppies (Chevy Chase and Demi Moore), his twisted joy is gruesome to behold. The hapless duo try to flee -- only to run into several life-threatening pitfalls and traps in the process. Aykroyd plays several parts.PG-13"
Director: Dan Aykroyd
ACTORS: John Candy, Demi Moore, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd
Hardware Wars (DVD) Director`s Cut; Collector`s Edition The classic award-winning spoof of the space opera STAR WARS gets a digital nip-and-tuck--just like its theatrical progenitor. Rebel forces led by Fluke Starbucker, Ham Salad, Princess Anne Droid, an...
The classic award-winning spoof of the space opera STAR WARS gets a digital nip-and-tuck--just like its theatrical progenitor. Rebel forces led by Fluke Starbucker, Ham Salad, Princess Anne Droid, and the irrepressible blue Wookie Monster battle the evil Darph Nader and his squadrons of flying kitchen appliances.
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Director: Ernie Fosselius
ACTORS: Frank Robertson, Scott Mathews, Jeff Hale, Cindy Furgatch, Bob Knickerbocker
Dead Men Don`t Wear Plaid (DVD) Widescreen Martin plays the role of Rigby Reardon, an inept private eye who comes to the aid of a wealthy and beautiful heiress. The film is cleverly interspliced with clips from classic detective films of the past.
Martin plays the role of Rigby Reardon, an inept private eye who comes to the aid of a wealthy and beautiful heiress. The film is cleverly interspliced with clips from classic detective films of the past.
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Director: Carl Reiner
ACTORS: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Reni Santoni, Carl Reiner
