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Dark Shadows - V. 2 (VHS)
Episodes 6-10, in which Barnabas stalks women through the foggy streets of Collinsport and is smitten by the lovely young Maggie.NR"
ACTORS: Jonathan Frid
Adolf & Eva (DVD)
When Adolf Hitler rose to power he picked one woman to be his mistress, a simple seventeen year-old girl from Munich named Eva Braun. Little has been known about their relationship, but this documentary examines the unique relationship they had together. Featuring Eva Braun`s home movies and interviews with people who knew them as a couple, the intimacy they shared is revealed for the first time.NR"
Quadrophenia (DVD)
Set in 1964; Produced and released in 1979.
After essentially inventing the rock opera format, The Who followed the cult favorite TOMMY and numerous aborted rock-opera projects with the album QUADROPHENIA. This film version, directed by Franc Roddam, illuminated the feelings of disillusionment and confusion evident in songs such as Love Reign O`er Me, Dr. Jimmy, The Real Me, and Bellboy.
The film follows the bitter battle between the Mods and the Rockers, two rival biker gangs. The story is seen through the eyes of Jimmy Cooper (Phil Daniels), an angry young man whose hatred of authority and mediocrity is matched only by his passion for rhythm and blues music. When the Mods and Rockers both arrive in Brighton on holiday a riot breaks out, landing Jimmy in prison with Ace (Sting in his acting debut), the idolized leader of the Mods. Jimmy returns to London where his parents kick him out and he loses his job. He then discovers Ace is working as a bootlicking bellboy, leaving Jimmy confused and enraged. He hijacks a scooter and rides to the cliff tops that act as a highly symbolic backdrop for the film`s bleak conclusion.R"
Director: Franc Roddam
ACTORS: Phil Daniels, Sting, Mark Wingett, Philip Davis, Ray Winstone
Westworld (DVD)
Michael Crichton`s directorial debut, WESTWORLD is the direct precursor to JURASSIC PARK as the story of a technological amusement park gone out of control, with tourists becoming victims. For $1,000 a day, patrons can visit high-tech recreations of historically based mythical settings controlled by lifelike androids and synthetic environments: a Roman world that recreates tales of ancient Rome; a medieval world that recreates the legends of the Middle Ages; and Westworld, which recreates the myth of the classic Western. Two Chicago businessmen, Martin (Richard Benjamin) and Blane (James Brolin), spend their vacation in Westworld, where they live out their fantasies of the Old West mythology: chaotic barroom brawls, random love with beautiful prostitutes, and a violent jailbreak during which they shoot the local sheriff. But the complex technology that supports these fabricated worlds develops complicated syndromes faster than the scientists behind the scenes can resolve them. Soon the entire resort breaks down into chaos, and the androids turn hostile on the visiting tourists. WESTWORLD is both a retread on classic science fiction themes and a precocious critique of the false values and artificiality of the encroaching mass culture.PG"
Director: Michael Crichton
ACTORS: Yul Brynner, James Brolin, Norman Bartold, Alan Oppenheimer, Victoria Shaw
Perceval (VHS)
Director Eric Rohmer`s stylized look at the Middle Ages combines music and theater to bring forth an original work based on a 12th century book by Christian de Troyes.NR"
Director: Eric Rohmer
