Sam Kinison - Why Did We Laugh? (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
Sam Kinison - Why Did We Laugh? (DVD)
Outrageous, screaming, trenchcoated comedian Sam Kinison`s life and career are profiled in this insider`s biography featuring interviews with friends including Rodney Dangerfield, Dennis Miller, Beverly D`Angelo and Jay Leno. Includes rare footage of Kinison in his early days as an evangelical preacher as well as clips from his frequently taboo-breaking, often profane stand-up act, film appearances, and cable specials.NR"
Director: Larry Carroll
Dark Shadows - DVD Collection 9 (DVD) 4-Disc Set Originally a daytime soap opera, DARK SHADOWS garnered a huge cult following during its original 1966-1971 run and separated itself from its peers by dealing with increasingly bizarre and daring story lines. Covering episode...
Originally a daytime soap opera, DARK SHADOWS garnered a huge cult following during its original 1966-1971 run and separated itself from its peers by dealing with increasingly bizarre and daring story lines. Covering episodes 534-574 in the series, this 4-disc set continues the saga of Barnabus Collins, a 200-year-old vampire living on his family`s manor estate in Collinsport, Maine.
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ACTORS: Jonathan Frid, Joan Bennett, Louis Edmonds, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Nancy Barrett
Hood Rat (DVD)
Isaiah Washington and Ice-T star in this thriller as two men targeted by a mysterious killer possessed of supernatural powers. Bent on revenge, this dark power stalks its victims with the help of rodents, determined to strike terror into the hearts of anyone foolish enough to cross him.R"
ACTORS: Isaiah Washington, Ice-T
Nixon (DVD) Director`s Cut (Contains 28 min. of Additional Footage) Covers the period from 1960 to 1974; Produced and released in 1995.
Using a nonchronological narrative style ` la CITIZEN KANE (from which it quotes), Stone explores the fo...
Covers the period from 1960 to 1974; Produced and released in 1995.
Using a nonchronological narrative style ` la CITIZEN KANE (from which it quotes), Stone explores the former president`s strict Quaker childhood, his nascent political strivings in law school, and his strangely self-effacing courtship of wife Pat (Joan Allen). The contrasts of his character are revealed early, in the vicious campaign against Helen Gahagan Douglas and the oddly masochistic Checkers speech. His defeat at the hands of the hated and envied John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, followed by the loss of the 1962 California gubernatorial race, seems to signal the end of his career. Yet, although wholly lacking in charisma, he remains a brilliant political operator and seizes the opportunity provided by the backlash against the antiwar movement to take the presidency in 1968. It is only when safely in office, running far ahead in the polls for the 1972 presidential election, that his growing paranoia comes to full flower, triggering the tragedy of Watergate. Surprisingly, Stone evinces considerable compassion as he gives us a Nixon of tragic stature and nearly Shakespearean dimension in this powerfully moving film. Hopkins`s extraordinary performance is complemented by the star-studded cast.
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Director: Oliver Stone
ACTORS: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods, Powers Boothe, Bob Hoskins
Boxing Helena (DVD)
BOXING HELENA is the provocative, controversial story about a timid doctor`s obsession with a beautiful but unattainable woman and the grotesque lengths to which he goes in order to bring her into his life. Kim Basinger was originally slated to play the title role, which eventually went to Sherilyn Fenn (TWIN PEAKS`s Audrey Horne). This is the directorial debut from Jennifer Chambers Lynch, daughter of David Lynch and author of the bestselling TWIN PEAKS tie-in book THE DIARY OF LAURA PALMER.R"
Director: Jennifer Chambers Lynch
ACTORS: Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Bill Paxton, Art Garfunkel, Betsy Clark
