Story Theatre (DVD)
Author Paul Sills has weaved together classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales into this innovative production that uses the actor`s imaginations instead of sets and costumes. This television adaptation stars Academy Award Nominated Actress Mildred Dunnock (BABY DOLL, DEATH OF A SALESMAN), David Clennon and Alvin Epstein.NR"
Director: Larry Arrick
ACTORS: Mildred Dunnock, David Clennon, Alivn Epstein
Love Songs (DVD)
A triptych of loosely interwoven love stories, LOVE SONGS`s theme is the resuscitation of faded love. Braugher`s piece of the trilogy, A Love Song for Dad, stars Gossett as a frustrated father whose son has bought in to the violence of the street, and who attempts to teach him that violence is not the answer. Gossett`s segment, A Love Song for Champ, stars Townsend as a boxer trying to make some fast cash to alleviate his money troubles. Finally, Townsend`s story, A Love Song for Jean and Ellis, stars Whitfield and Braugher as the title characters, a beautiful woman and a simple fruit vendor, respectively, who are surprised when they find that love can overcome appearances.NR"
Director: Andre Braugher|Louis Gossett|Robert Townsend
ACTORS: Lynn Whitfield, Rachael Crawford, Carl Gordon, Djanet Sears, Andre Braugher
Proof of Life (DVD)
Around the world, between 20,000 and 50,000 people are kidnapped each year. In Taylor Hackford`s suspense-filled adventure film, American businessman Peter Bowman (David Morse) is traveling in a Latin American country when a group of criminals take him as their hostage and hold him for ransom. The megacorporation he works for sends in an expert hostage negotiator, Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe), to settle on a ransom with the kidnappers, an antigovernment faction. Thorne earns the reluctant trust of Bowman`s wife, Alice (Meg Ryan), and begins trying to win Bowman`s freedom, but conflict with Bowman`s employers, missteps with the kidnappers, and Thorne`s growing attraction to Alice threaten to derail his efforts. Crowe and Ryan are excellent as thrown-together allies under pressure, and Morse`s descent from collected businessman to desperate hostage anchors the film. Watch for former NYPD BLUE sensation David Caruso as Crowe`s partner. PROOF OF LIFE is based on an article entitled Adventures in the Ransom Trade, written by William Prochnau, which was published in the May 1998 issue of Vanity Fair magazine.R"
Director: Taylor Hackford
ACTORS: Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, Pamela Reed, David Caruso
Inspector Morse - The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (DVD)
Morse is called in to examine a murder possibly tied to an exam cheating scam at Oxford University. When a deaf member of an examination board turns up dead, Morse has to tie together the clues -- and could the attractive Monica be involved in the pl...NR"
Director: Brian Parker
ACTORS: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Barbara Flynn, Clive Swift, Frederick Treves
My Blue Heaven (DVD)
Flamboyant mobster Vinnie (Steve Martin) is relocated by the Witness Protection Program from New York City to suburban California until it is time for him to testify against his former associates. But he quickly bores of life in middle-class America and starts up his own little racket. These shenanigans cause Vinnie to run afoul of the local authorities, which makes life difficult for the straitlaced FBI agent (Rick Moranis) assigned to protect him. Soon the agent is struggling to keep Vinnie out of the clutches of a tough-as-nails assistant D.A. (Joan Cusack) who wants to see him behind bars.PG-13"
Director: Herbert Ross
ACTORS: Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Carol Kane, Melanie Mayron
