Quitting (DVD)
Zhang Yang, the award-winning director of 1999`s SHOWER, recreates the powerful story of Chinese actor Jia Hongsheng in the fascinating and thought-provoking QUITTING. Jia was a modestly successful breakout Chinese star in the late 1980s and early 1990s, appearing in such films as SUMMER EXPECTATIONS and SILVER SNAKE MURDERS as well as the award-winning and controversial FROZEN. In 1992, Jia starred in a stage production of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, directed by Zhang, and was introduced to heroin--which he embraced wholeheartedly. The dementia that stemmed from his addiction resulted in a closed-off existence in which there was room only for the Beatles song Let It Be and little else.
QUITTING is not a documentary; Zhang brings back all the principals, who play themselves. Thus, when Jia`s parents retire early in order to move in with their son (and daughter) to take care of him, the pain and frustration is being relived for the screen scene by scene, making for an uncomfortable yet remarkable and original format in which to watch this family struggle to save a child yet again. This story of isolation and drugs is also a metaphor for what occurred during the cultural revolution in the 1980s and 1990s as Chinese youth experienced more of what the West has to offer, with all its bright high points and dark low valleys.R"
Director: Zhang Yang
Tragic Hero (DVD)
In this sequel to RICH AND FAMOUS, Yung has established himself as a powerful gang leader. He plans to kill his former boss (Chow Yun Fat) and winds up going on a killing spree with only one possible end. An intense gangster saga partially inspired by THE GODFATHER.NR"
Director: Taylor Wong
ACTORS: Yun-Fat Chow, Alex Man, Andy Lau, Danny Lee, Pauline Wong
Grateful Dead - View from the Vault Boxed Set (DVD) 3-DVD Boxed Set The VIEW FROM THE VAULT boxed set features the full live performances by the Grateful Dead from the Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (July 8, 1990), the RFK Stadium in Washington, DC (June 14, 1991), and...
The VIEW FROM THE VAULT boxed set features the full live performances by the Grateful Dead from the Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (July 8, 1990), the RFK Stadium in Washington, DC (June 14, 1991), and the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA (June 16, 1990). Plus, bonus performances filmed at the Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky (July 6, 1990), the RFK Stadium in Washington, DC (July 12, 1990), and the Shoreline Amphitheatre (October 3, 1987). See individual titles for further details.
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Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (DVD)
Six years after being presumed dead in a fire, and just as the town prepares to finally celebrate Halloween again, Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield to continue his reign of terror, pursued as ever by obsessed psychiatrist Dr. Loomis (Pleasance). The sixth in the long-running horror series.R"
Director: Joe Chappelle
ACTORS: Donald Pleasence, Mitchell Ryan, Marianne Hagan, Paul Rudd, Mariah O`Brien
Leprechaun (DVD)
After capturing a true leprechaun and stealing his pot of gold, Dan O`Grady thinks life is just great. Until the leprechaun wants his pot of gold back and becomes an Irishman`s nightmare.R"
Director: Mark Jones
ACTORS: Warwick Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Ken Olandt, Mark Holton, Robert Gorman
