What`s Up Doc? (DVD)
Trouble seems to follow know-it-all Judy Maxwell (Barbra Streisand) wherever she goes. This time it takes the form of Howard Bannister (Ryan ONeal), a musicologist attending a convention where he`s competing for a grant that will allow him to study the musical properties of certain igneous rocks. Judy pursues Howard despite his protests, and his overbearing fiancie, Eunice Burns (Madeline Kahn), begins to question his motives. To make matters more confusing, there are four identical plaid overnight cases circulating through the Bristol Hotel: one contains diamonds and jewelry, another holds top-secret government files, a third is filled with Judys clothes, and the fourth, Howards rocks. As the hotel detective tries to steal the case of jewelry, an agent hunts the man who holds the secret papers, while the last two suitcases naturally find their way into the wrong hands in this caper-of-errors. After a sidesplitting chase through the streets of San Francisco, the entire mess gets sorted out in the courtroom of a tense judge who just happens to know Judy all too well. Madeline Kahns film debut, this madcap adventure is directed by Peter Bogdanovich (PAPER MOON, MASK).G"
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
In Love and War (DVD)
In this period romance based on Agnes von Kurowsky`s diary account of her brief liaison with a young Ernest Hemingway, the future novelist is injured while working for the Red Cross in Italy in WWI. Upon entering the hospital, the brash American falls in love with Agnes, his saintly nurse, and vows to make her love him in return. Adapted from the 1989 novel, Hemingway in Love and War, the film chronicles the events upon which Hemingway based his own novel, the 1929 masterpiece A Farewell to Arms. PG-13"
Director: Richard Attenborough
ACTORS: Sandra Bullock, Chris O`Donnell, Mackenzie Astin
American Heart (DVD)
When a convict gets out of jail the last thing he needs to think about is taking care of someone else. But his son`s goal is to have a family again, and he`s determined to make it work.R"
Director: Martin Bell
ACTORS: Jeff Bridges, Edward Furlong
Elizabeth R (DVD) 4-Disc Boxed Set A masterful dramatization of the 45-year reign of Elizabeth I produced by the BBC. Nine hour-long episodes chronicle the British monarch`s affairs of state and affairs of the heart. Beginning with her ascendance to th...
A masterful dramatization of the 45-year reign of Elizabeth I produced by the BBC. Nine hour-long episodes chronicle the British monarch`s affairs of state and affairs of the heart. Beginning with her ascendance to the throne, Elizabeth I challenged the status quo, not least by her refusal to marry. Heavily researched and gloriously designed, ELIZABETH R is considered by many to be the most factual representation of the life of this truly unique queen.
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ACTORS: Glenda Jackson
Punch (DVD)
A pretty, yet troubled teenaged girl named Ariel (Sonja Bennett) finds an outlet for her flaring temper and misguided anger in boxing. PUNCH is a story of rage and redemption in the tradition of GIRLFIGHT (2000) and KNOCKOUT (2000).R"
Director: Guy Bennett
ACTORS: Michael Riley, Sonja Bennett, Vincent Gale
