Visit With E.Y. Yip Harburg, A: A Musical Life In Concert (VHS) @ discount dvd online store
Visit With E.Y. Yip Harburg, A: A Musical Life In Concert (VHS)
This candid, very personal biography -- part of the MUSICAL LIFE IN CONCERT series -- focuses on the great American lyricist E.Y. Yip Harburg. The Lower East Sider was highly successful in the worlds of the stage and the screen, writing for BLOOMER GIRL, JAMAICA, and even THE WIZARD OF OZ. This hour-long look at the great composer`s life intersperses anecdotes and discussions with friends with some rare musical clips of his some of his 500 songs.NR"
The Missing Gun (VHS)
In Lu Chuan`s THE MISSING GUN, Ma Shan (Jiang Wen), a small-town policeman, wakes up one morning to discover that his gun is missing. Since firearms are rare in rural China, this is a serious offense, and Ma Shan must find the weapon as quick as possible. During his search, events take a sinister turn when his first love turns up dead, and the bullet appears to be from his gun.NR"
Director: Lu Chuan
ACTORS: Jiang Wen, Ning Jing, Wu Yujuan
Burnt by the Sun (DVD)
In 1936, Sergei Petrovich Kotov, his wife Marussia and daughter Nadia take refuge in the countryside. But the arrival of a mysterious man shatters their hopes for a peaceful existence. At first, Mitia, who once was Marussia`s lover, seems charming-- he`s handsome, plays the piano, and easily wins Nadia`s affections. Gradually, however, it becomes clear that Mitia`s visit may have terrible repercussions for the innocent family.A retired soldier decorated for his efforts during the Bolshevik revolution enjoys his life in the country with his young wife and dazzling little daughter until their idyllic peace is rippled by the arrival of a man from their past who, unknown to them, is an agent for the Secret Police. Nikita Mikhalkov`s powerful portrait of viciousness during the Stalin era won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.R"
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Brother`s Keeper (DVD)
This acclaimed documentary explores the odd world of the four elderly Ward brothers--disheveled, illiterate farmers who have lived their entire lives in a dilapidated two room shack. When William Ward dies in the bed that he shared with his brother Delbert, police officers become suspicious. Citing motives ranging from sex crime to euthanasia, they arrest Delbert for murder, penetrating the isolated, antiquated world that left the boys forgotten eccentrics for so many years. As the hazy case against Delbert is investigated and brought to trial, the previously distant population of their idyllic New York town, Munnsville, warmly embrace the remaining Ward brothers, rallying in small town solidarity against the seemingly corrupt urban authorities. Though the film`s raison d`jtre is the murder case, the Ward brothers` existence forms the riveting and intriguing crux of the film. Using their nearly unparalleled ability to gain the trust and affection of their subjects, Berlinger and Sinofsky open up a stunningly rich and complex world. This is anthropology at its most haunting; an in-depth look into an untouched slice of Americana that succeeds, as only the best documentary can, in capturing lives that are far too strange, beautiful, and elusive to be imagined.R"
Director: Joe Berlinger|Bruce Sinofsky
Thoroughly Modern Millie (DVD)
This characteristically spectacular Ross Hunter musical production, a parody of the films of the 1920s, stars Julie Andrews as the eager young Millie Dillmount. She arrives in New York City in the 1920s intent on a job as a secretary with a rich, handsome, eligible boss. Deciding to adopt the appearance of a flapper, she has her hair bobbed. At a women`s hotel run by Mrs. Meers (Beatrice Lillie), who also runs a white slavery ring, she meets the beautiful, naive Miss Dorothy (Mary Tyler Moore). Millie does get a job with a handsome boss, Trevor Graydon (John Gavin), but he has eyes only for Miss Dorothy, and Millie is forced to make do with Jimmy Smith (James Fox), a paper-clip salesman. After they`ve returned to the hotel from attending a party at the Long Island estate of wealthy Muzzy van Hossmere (Carol Channing), Millie finds that Miss Dorothy has disappeared. When she and Jimmy detect the scent of opium in Mrs. Meers`s room, they realize she has a sideline. The valiant Jimmy must go in drag to uncover the whereabouts of the white slavers` hideout. The cast and crew perform admirably in this light farce that is almost too sweet for its own good.NR"
Director: George Roy Hill
ACTORS: Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, John Gavin, Beatrice Lillie
