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Drunken Master (VHS/EP)
Though teenage Wong Fei Hong (Jackie Chan) is the son of a martial arts teacher, he`d much rather clown around and get in and out of trouble on the streets of Hong Kong than learn kung fu. When one of his pranks causes injury to the son of a powerful man, his father calls in a sadistic uncle to teach Fei Hung some self-discipline. The uncle specializes in a bizarre form of kung fu known as the Drunken Boxer, and after losing a fight with a local assassin who has been hired to kill his father, Fei Hung realizes that it may be worth learning. This martial arts classic was the second collaboration between Chan and director Yuen Woo Ping, fight choreographer for THE MATRIX and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.NR"
Director: Yuen Woo-ping
ACTORS: Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Casanova Wong
Samson - Biceps of Steel (DVD)
Samson, featuring Iron Maiden`s Bruce Dickinson, are captured live at London`s Rainbow Theatre in 1980.NR"
ACTORS: Samson, Bruce Dickinson
Housefly: An Everyday Monster (DVD)
One of the most vile, filthy, and annoying insects to ever annoy a human being, the common housefly is certainly not one of the more endearing varieties of its species. Whatever one may think of it, the housefly is actually a thoroughly remarkable animal, and here, thanks to some amazing macro-photography, it is possible to get closer than ever before to this disgusting winged creature. However, after seeing the remarkably close-up footage of flies going about their daily business battling reptiles, spiders, and fish contained here, one might be inclined to actually have some affection for them.NR"
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Live in New York City (DVD)
In 1999, Bruce Springsteen reunited with his beloved E Street Band and took off on a mammoth worldwide tour that featured rare performances of gems from his entire career, ending with a triumphant 10-night stand in New York City`s Madison Square Garden. This fabulously shot concert film captures songs from the brilliant final two nights, June 29 and July 1, 2000, in which Bruce and the E Streeters pulled out all the stops, tearing up the Garden with exhilarating versions of such old stand-bys as Prove It All Night and Born to Run as well as such rarer numbers as My Love Will Not Let You Down.
The show was organized around a killer song cycle of Youngstown / Murder Incorporated / Badlands / Out in the Street /and Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out. On this collection those songs are followed by the wonderful new Land of Hope and Dreams, which closed the show virtually every night, a powerful, optimistic song that would end with Bruce pogo-ing wildly, and a defiant American Skin, the controversial song Bruce wrote about the Amadou Diallo shooting (and people`s safety in general) that led some of New York`s Finest to boycott the shows.NR"
Director: Chris Hilson
The Source (DVD)
The story of three young men who defined the Beat Generation in the mid `40s through poetry and prose. Jack Kerouac (Depp), Allen Ginsburg (Turturro), and William S. Burroughs (Hopper) are the subject of this insightful documentary by Chuck Workman (SUPERSTAR: The Life And Times Of Andy Warhol) who utilizes interview footage, feature film and television clips, performances of fellow beat artists, and dramatized readings to further examine the story of these cultural icons.NR"
Director: Chuck Workman
