Age of E: Complete Set (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
Age of E: Complete Set (DVD)
A survey and exploration of nontraditional methods of healing mind, body, and spirit, THE AGE OF E examines three different facets of these healing practices. Host Lois Larimore presents three separate documentaries on alternative healing arts, self discover techniques, and spiritualities. See individual titles (AGE OF E: HEALING ARTS, JOURNEY TO SELF KNOWLEDGE, and THE SPIRITUAL LIFE) for details.NR"
Peter Jennings Reporting - In Search of America (DVD) 2-Disc Set Longtime news anchor Peter Jennings hosts this fascinating exploration of American cultural identity. Traveling across the country, Jennings interviews Americans from all walks of life for their thoughts on the national char...
Longtime news anchor Peter Jennings hosts this fascinating exploration of American cultural identity. Traveling across the country, Jennings interviews Americans from all walks of life for their thoughts on the national character while examining the history of the principles established by the founding fathers.
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Dark Victory (DVD)
Bette Davis soars in this superb, soapy starring vehicle, chauffeur-driven by director Edmund Goulding (THE GREAT LIE, GRAND HOTEL). A flighty, energetic socialite with a passion for champagne and country living, Judith (Davis) won`t admit there`s something wrong with her vision until she almost dies in a horse jumping accident. When a handsome doctor (George Brent) examines her, he discovers a rare and incurable brain disease. They fall in love and get married, determined to make every last moment count, aware that she might pass on at any time. A batch of familiar faces helps make these last few months as happy as possible: Geraldine Fitzgerald, terrific as Judith`s friend and secretary; Humphrey Bogart, sporting an occasional Irish brogue as a horse trainer; and Ronald Reagan, slurring up a storm as Judith`s boozy pal. Although the men acquit themselves nicely, the film belongs to the women, and Davis and Fitzgerald are both first-rate in this typically tough and lovely Warner Brothers tear-jerker.NR"
Director: Edmund Goulding
ACTORS: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan
Secret Ballot (DVD)
Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Babak Payami (ONE MORE DAY) looks at the problems of bringing democracy to Iran in this political and cultural satire, which could almost be called neo-surrealist in tone. The film begins with a ballot box being dropped from an airplane onto a desert island off the coast of Iran, terrifying a soldier stationed there who thinks it`s a bomb. Another soldier (Cyris Abidi) has orders to accompany the arriving agent who will collect the votes, and he`s shocked to realize his charge is an educated, freethinking young woman (Nassim Abidi) from the city. During their long, argumentative day together, the pair run up against all sorts of reactions to this strange new electoral procedure, from fear, to jubilation, to utter indifference. Payami, working from an idea by Moshen Makhmalbaf (KANDAHAR), lets the action unfold in long takes, allowing Abidi to develop her character as more than just a symbol of progress as she patiently deals with the suspicious (and occasionally overexcited) island populace. A cautiously hopeful tale of democracy entering a restrictive society, SECRET BALLOT also serves as a sly commentary on the unconquerable cultural divide between Western and Middle-Eastern ways of thinking.NR"
Director: Babak Payami
Albert Lee - Country Legend (DVD)
Albert Lee, one of the greatest hot country guitarists discusses the history and development of country and rockabilly guitar, demonstrates his renowned rhythm guitar style and b-bender licks, discusses his influences and demonstrates the licks and solos that were an early influence on him, and demonstrates his remarkable lead guitar technique with special demonstrations of both his flat picking and hybrid picking techniques.NR"
