Race to Freedom - The Story of the Underground Railroad (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
Race to Freedom - The Story of the Underground Railroad (DVD)
Tim Reid and Glynn Turman star as two of a group of four black slaves who decide to escape the plantation where they work and start out on a dangerous journey for Canada. Fortunately, the four discover the Underground Railroad, the famous network of whites and free blacks who shelter, feed, and help fleeing slaves evade authority. Set just before the Civil War, RACE TO FREEDOM is a thoughtful and moving family drama that offers a compelling picture of what an earlier, divided America was like and what many had to do to survive.NR"
Director: Don McBrearty
ACTORS: Tim Reid, Glynn Turman, Dawnn Lewis, Courtney B. Vance, Janet Bailey
Judy Berlin (DVD) Special Edition A wonderful first film from writer/director Mendelsohn, JUDY BERLIN concerns a day in the life in Babylon, Long Island. A revolving cast of characters reflect upon their existences, including a failed movie director, an...
A wonderful first film from writer/director Mendelsohn, JUDY BERLIN concerns a day in the life in Babylon, Long Island. A revolving cast of characters reflect upon their existences, including a failed movie director, an aspiring actress, a confused elementary school principal, a depressed teacher, and a housewife who is struggling with her sanity. When an extended solar eclipse settles on the town, the surreal atmosphere gives each individual time to reflect on the choices they`ve made up to that point. An intelligent, sensitive treatment of suburbia, JUDY BERLIN won Mendelsohn the Best Director award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.
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Director: Eric Mendelsohn
ACTORS: Barbara Barrie, Madeline Kahn, Edie Falco, Bob Dishy, Carlin Glynn
Diamond of Jeru (DVD)
Attempting to spice up their dull marriage, an American couple (Keith Carradine and Paris Jefferson) travel to Borneo where they seek adventure and a mysterious diamond. Their plan goes awry immediately when their tour guide (Billy Zane) is a rugged and handsome gentleman who exchanges long glances and mounting flirtation with the feminine half of his tour. The husband, not blind to the sexual tension, talks his wife into venturing out alone in search of a local chieftain, Jeru, who possesses the elusive rare diamond. The search proves dangerous and the tour guide must provide assistance for the couple to survive in the jungle.
Veteran filmmakers Dick Lowry and Ian Barry combine their talents in this exciting and sensuous adventure. Based on a short story by Louis L`Amour and originally broadcast on the USA Network.NR"
Director: Ian Barry|Dick Lowry
ACTORS: Billy Zane, Keith Carradine, Paris Jefferson, Wi Kuki Kaa
Bubble Boy (DVD)
BUBBLE BOY is a zany and lighthearted but irreverent road comedy from music video director Blair Hayes. Jake Gyllenhaal (OCTOBER SKY) stars as Jimmy Livingston, a young man born with an immune deficiency, who is forced to spend his life inside a sterile plastic bubble. His overprotective, fanatical right-wing Christian mother (Swoosie Kurtz) doesn`t let him have friends, and the only TV show she lets him watch is LAND OF THE LOST. The pretty girl next door, Chloe (Marley Shelton) visits him, and the two become friends. Because they can`t touch each other through his bubble, they keep their passions in check, but when Chloe goes to Niagara Falls to marry her creepy boyfriend, Jimmy builds a portable bubble and leaves home for the first time to stop her. BUBBLE BOY may offend some with its jokes involving religion and sex and physical deformity, but it`s clear that the filmmakers push the envelope, not simply to shock, but to make cogent points about tolerance. The film features surprisingly strong and funny supporting performances from Vern Troyer (Mini-Me from AUSTIN POWERS) and Fabio. In the lead role, Gyllenhaal projects such genuine wide-eyed sweetness that it`s impossible not to root for him.PG-13"
Director: Blair Hayes
And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story (VHS)
Based on Sonny Bono`s tell-all autobiography, the made-for-television film AND THE BEAT GOES ON: THE SONNY AND CHER STORY chronicles the marriage and musical partnership of the famous couple, from their rise to success to their eventual divorce. Renee Faia delivers an absolutely uncanny performance as Cher, perfectly capturing both the appearance and mannerisms of the larger-than-life diva. NR"
Director: David Burton Morris
ACTORS: Jay Underwood, Renee Faia, Christian Leffler, Jim Pirri, Bruce Nozick
