Veronica Guerin (DVD)
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Director: Joel Schumacher
ACTORS: Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciaran Hinds, Brenda Fricker
Blink (DVD)
Blind since she was child, Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) experiences a miracle--a dead woman`s eyes have been donated to her, allowing Emma to see again. But before she`s had the opportunity to grow accustomed to her blurry vision, she witnesses a brutal murder. Working with a handsome detective (Aidan Quinn), she tries to help the police locate the murderer before the murderer locates her. Director Michael Apted (COAL MINER`S DAUGHTER and GORILLAS IN THE MIST) has always been concerned about creating stronger, more complicated female characters in mainstream films, and with BLINK he has succeeded. In more than 200 films with blind characters, blind men have danced, taken photographs, and performed rescues, while blind women have usually been terrified, hapless victims; Emma, as played by Stowe, breaks with that tradition. In her first major role after LAST OF THE MOHICANS, Stowe bristles as an independent woman who has long taken care of herself and doesn`t want to be protected by the police.R"
Director: Michael Apted
ACTORS: Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar, Peter Friedman
Searching for Wooden Watermelons (VHS)
Set in the small Texas town of Beaumont, this tender drama focuses on a young woman who is forced to make one of life`s most difficult decisions. Jude Farnie (Wendy English) is a twenty-five year old college student who still lives at home with her mother and grandmother. Close to receiving yet another degree, Jude finally faces up to the fact that she`s remaining in school to avoid starting a life of her very own. The trouble is, Jude is cursed with the ability to see sides from every angle, which keeps her living out the same routine day after day. Directed by Bryan Goldsworthy from a semi-autobiographical script by English, SEARCHING FOR WOODEN WATERMELON paints an honest portrait of a truly conflicted female protagonist.NR"
Director: Bryan Goldsworthy
ACTORS: Wendy English, Chad Safar, Dixie Tucker
An Evening With Lewis Grizzard (DVD)
Author, columnist and comedian, Lewis Grizzard--who passed away in 1994--drawls his way through a number of subjects including his trip to the Soviet Union, Baptist preachers, overly happy newscasters and his own heart surgery. This classic performance is considered to be one of his most notable and hilarious ever.NR"
Gigantor - Boxed Set Two: Episodes 27-52 (DVD)
This ground-breaking animated television series made its first appearance in the mid-sixties, giving America one of its first looks at the captivating style of Japanese animation. The first of many friendly giant robots, Gigantor featured a new and distinctive look filled with a cinematic sensibility and unusual camera angles that captivated his audience. Controlled via remote control by Jimmy Sparks, the son of the man who created Gigantor, Jimmy sent the huge fighting machine into battle, defending the Earth against a never-ending assault by hostile aliens and enemy robots. This second volume of the collection features episodes 27 through 52 of the original series and were all remastered and supervised by creator Fred Ladd.NR"
