Patch Adams (DVD) Moratorium Tom Shadyac`s (ACE VENTURA) film tells the true story of Hunter Patch Adams (Robin Williams), an aspiring doctor in the 1970`s who attempted to treat his patients with a medicine that modern science had totally disregarded...
Tom Shadyac`s (ACE VENTURA) film tells the true story of Hunter Patch Adams (Robin Williams), an aspiring doctor in the 1970`s who attempted to treat his patients with a medicine that modern science had totally disregarded: humor. After a stint in a mental hospital where he discovers his need to help others, a young Patch enters medical school. There he develops his own methods of reaching patients as an antidote to the the pomposity he witnesses in his instructors and fellow students. While his patients and fellow staff members appreciate his approach, the powers-that-be frown upon his unschooled methods and attempt to prevent him from practicing. Philip Seymour Hoffman (MAGNOLIA) and Monica Potter (ALONG CAME A SPIDER) co-star in this crowd pleaser based on a book by Adams.
PG-13"
Director: Tom Shadyac
ACTORS: Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Peter Coyote
Todd Rundgren - The Desktop Collection and 2nd Wind Live Recording Sessions (DVD)
England`s pioneering, sometimes even experimental pop-rock superstar Todd Rundgren stars in this double feature. THE DESKTOP COLLECTION is a series of computer-generated experimental music videos including Change Myself and Our Friend the Brain. 2ND WIND LIVE RECORDING SESSIONS captures Rundgren performing during a live recording session at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. In addition to all the music, the superstar is also filmed opening up in personal interviews.NR"
ACTORS: Todd Rundgren
Abba - The Definitive Collection (DVD)
Uber-pop band Abba has inspired numerous pop culture creations--from the campy Australian movie MURIEL`S WEDDING to an international hit musical. This DEFINITIVE COLLECTION includes more than 3 dozen remastered music videos. All of their Top 10 hits are here, from Waterloo to Mamma Mia to The Winner Takes It All. So join Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn, and Anni-Frid--a dazzling blond quartet--on their journey through pop ascension.NR"
The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection (DVD) 8 Disc Set Contains all seven NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET films, digitally remastered and featuring original theatrical trailers and interviews. The DVD collection includes a bonus eighth disc titles THE NIGHTMARE SERIES ENCYCLOPEDIA. See ...
Contains all seven NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET films, digitally remastered and featuring original theatrical trailers and interviews. The DVD collection includes a bonus eighth disc titles THE NIGHTMARE SERIES ENCYCLOPEDIA. See individual titles for further details.
R"
Director: Wes Craven|Jack Sholder|Chuck Russell|Renny Harlin|Stephen Hopkins
ACTORS: Robert Englund
Hell`s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (DVD)
In 1960, accountant Richard Wayman and photographer Phyllis Vaughn started the Cleveland-based Highway Safety Foundation after amassing a sizeable collection of photos taken at auto crash sites and shooting an educational film, SIGNAL 30, which incorporated crash site footage. The Foundations film production wing, Safety Enterprises, went on to produce a number of now-legendary auto safety films (including WHEELS OF TRAGEDY and MECHANIZED DEATH) incorporating extremely grisly real-life imagery, which were shown to unsuspecting high school students across the United States in the 1960s and 70s. Bret Miller`s documentary takes a probing look into the strange story of the people who made these bizarre and haunting films. He includes interviews with genre experts such as educational film archivist Richard Prelinger and Something Weird Video`s Mike Vraney, as well as Earle Deems and John Domer--two of the men who worked on these compelling curiosities. While the subject matter is sensationalistic by nature, Miller`s approach is reverent, and, though the films have passed on into the land of pop cultural legend, one is never doubtful that those who made the films did so out of a well-intentioned sense of duty and purpose.NR"
Director: Bret Wood
