Jungle Man

Starring:Buster Crabbe, Charles Middleton, Sheila Darcy, Vince Barnett, Weldon Heyburn, Robert Carson, Paul Scott (IV), Floyd Shackelford, Hal Price
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Studio: Alpha Video
Product Type: DVD

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People actually like this dud of a movie. Give it a try.
A Cure for Cancer from the Amazon Jungle?
Medicine man
Interesting role for Sean Connery
Terrific!

Medicine Man
Starring: Sean Connery , Lorraine Bracco , José Wilker , Rodolfo De Alexandre , and Francisco Tsiren Tsere Rereme
Director: John McTiernan
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ASIN: 6305428506
Release Date: 1999-08-17

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Director John McTiernan (Die Hard) does an underwhelming job with this potentially interesting story of a research scientist (Sean Connery) who discovers a cure for cancer in the Brazilian rain forest, but then can't retrace his steps in creating the potion. Added pressure on his work is coming from developers burning down the forest, while an American bureaucrat (Lorraine Bracco), who holds the purse strings on the grant, has arrived to give him a bad time. The crucial chemistry between the stars just isn't there (Bracco can be hard to take at times), and, despite the added exotica of local witch doctors and seeing Connery swing through the trees, the elements just don't come together in this well-meaning but disappointing movie. --Tom Keogh

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Academy Award(R)-winning star Sean Connery (Best Supporting Actor, 1987 -- THE UNTOUCHABLES), reunites with action director John McTiernan (THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, DIE HARD) for another powerful collaboration in the heroic box office smash MEDICINE MAN! Screen favorite Connery plays Dr. Robert Campbell, a brilliant but unorthodox scientist racing against time in his bold research for a cure against cancer. Set deep in the forbidding Amazon rain forest, this action-packed hit follows Campbell hot on the trail of an amazing discovery -- but the eccentric recluse soon finds himself caught in the midst of an explosive adventure! Also starring Oscar(R)-nominee Lorraine Bracco (Best Supporting Actress, 1990 -- GOODFELLAS), MEDICINE MAN delivers unmatched entertainment with its spectacular mix of breathtaking scenery, captivating performances, and thrilling, nonstop excitement!

Customer Reviews:

People actually like this dud of a movie. Give it a try........2007-06-06

A king sized helping of irritating with a dollop of boring. I can't believe this movie is liked by so many people. It was mildly interesting as far as "old jaded scientist hates greenhorn until he starts liking her" formula movies go. But the chemistry between them bit! Which made the musical score really funny when you hear the first "triumphant" symphonic piece. You frown and say, "I don't get it, I thought they still hated each other...is this 'Gone with the Wind' drama because she likes the view from the ropes?" And Lorraine Bracco's character is soooo annoying. The fact that he wants her to return with him isn't even believable. Connery's okay, but a bad match for his style. I watched the whole thing though, and other people liked it. But, like one of the other reviewers wrote, I figured out the cure for cancer before the characters did. And so will you!

A Cure for Cancer from the Amazon Jungle?.......2007-05-17

An introspective scientist, Dr. Robert Campbell, lives in the Brazilian jungle. He is attempting to isolate a potion that will cure cancer. He thinks that he has it, but then he loses it. Chromatography keeps showing Peak 37 missing and, without this peak, the potions are useless. Will he ever re-discover the missing ingredient? There is also a race against time. Developers who are cutting down the jungle are getting closer and closer.

He lives among native Amazonians. At one time, there were 9 million of them. But now the Europeans' diseases have reduced the native population to only 200,000. At one time, he has a joust with the native medicine man. The encounter is hilarious.

Dr. Campbell is joined by Dr. Bronx, a scientist who had studied in such prestigious places as Cambridge. But she thinks that he is discriminating against her because of her gender. She also complains that he treats her as a 19 year-old graduate student seeking to develop a resume. At one point, she accuses him of scientific fraud. But in time their professional (and personal) relationships take a completely new turn.

Medicine man.......2007-03-19

I watched this movie at least 10 times, and thoroghly enjoy it every time. These 2 actors are fantastic together!

Interesting role for Sean Connery.......2007-03-14

This movie definitely put Sean Connery in a different light. He, at first, is not believable but as the movie gains speed, he is perfect for the role.

Terrific!.......2007-02-07

Sean Connery shines as does the cinematography. A terrifying story of what's happening to our enviornment. To think such a discovery could be made only to be destroyed by man isn't too far a stretch. The music is perfect and memorable. I've viewed it so many times I know the dialog...and I have the music memorized.

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A good movie for the family
Truly disappointing; leaves a bad taste
Family First - Always
Cute Movie
Swearing

The Family Man
Starring: Nicolas Cage , Téa Leoni , Don Cheadle , Jeremy Piven , and Saul Rubinek
Director: Brett Ratner
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ASIN: B00005JCCC
Release Date: 2001-07-17

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Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) is the quintessential Wall Street shark, scoring killer deals by day and shallow escort sex by night. His round-the-clock routine of empty luxuries is disturbed one lonely Christmas Eve when a gun-packing punk (Don Cheadle)--perhaps an angel of mercy--responds to an altruistic gesture from Jack by giving him "a glimpse" of the life he could have had. Could have, that is, if he had married the girlfriend (Téa Leoni) he'd abandoned 13 years earlier, raised two adorable children, worked in his father-in-law's retail tire outlet, and lived happily ever after in suburban New Jersey. Thrust into this "glimpse" of the path not taken, Jack's a single-malt man in a lite-brew world, wondering if he'll ever return to his "better" life of callous wealth and solitude--or if he even wants to.

Carp all you want about this derivative premise, with its marginal stereotypes and biased embrace of domestic bliss and dirty diapers. The simple fact is, The Family Man works like a charm. Under the assured direction of Brett Ratner (Rush Hour), this holiday crowd-pleaser offers comedy and chemistry in equal measure, making the hilarity of Jack's predicament a smooth catalyst for that rarest of movie romances: the marital love story. Leoni is Cage's perfect match as Jack's idealized but imperfect wife, and the movie's appeal largely derives from its awareness that any life has its pleasures and pains. While it only flirts with the dark desperation that makes It's a Wonderful Life a classic predecessor, The Family Man is an irresistible what-if fantasy, and even its debatable ending rides on a wave of genuine warmth and sentiment. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

A good movie for the family.......2007-06-06

This is an inspriation movie that helps you take pause in your life and consider possibility. Nicolas Cage has once again done an excellent job of taking the character and making them real. This is a movie that I share with my family and that we all enjoy and talk about. It's in my library and shall remain their for quite some time.

Truly disappointing; leaves a bad taste.......2007-03-26

This is the typical film that looks uplifting when you see it, but that when afterwards you start thinking about it, you realize how phony and manipulative it is. Here, Nicolas Cage is an arrogant yuppie businessman in Manhattan, who one day wakes up and finds himself in a paralell world, living a supposedly dreadful life in suburban New Jersey with his wife (her former girlfriend, in his previous life) and his (previously non existent) kids. The beautiful Tea Leoni, as the wife, deserved better than to be in this movie. The movie chastises the main character for not raising a family, yet the film shows family life as dreadful. The idea that Nicolas Cage had to sacrifice a family in order to get ahead in business is also phony. Most male yuppies are married; it's the women that usually have to made those sacrifices. Also, this movie is supposedly critical of heartless capitalism, yet it ends up celebrating it.

Family First - Always.......2007-03-19

"Don't screw up the best thing in your life just because you're a little unsure about who you are."

I don't know how many married guys can recall it, but I know the exact time I decided to finally take the plunge with my then-girlfriend (now my wife). It was about an hour after I watched Nicolas Cage's Family Man, a full-wonder story about a wealthy Wall Street guy, Jack, given a glimpse of the non-wealthy life he could have lived had he not gotten on a plane and be separated from his then-girlfriend almost 2 decades ago.

The transitional moments, from big-time dealer to small-time salesman, are hilarious. Used to waking up alone or with girls he just met, Jack wakes up with a wife and two kids and a dog jumping all over him. He rushes away to his sky-scraper to see his name - next to President - replaced by his junior. He tries to get into premium condo but the doorman doesn't recognize him and blocks his entrance. He struggles to change his baby son's, Josh, diapers. He has to ask his daugher, Annie, what the after-school S.O.Ps' are. He curses when his junior appears on TV shaking hands with a two corporate presidents whose merger his (ex-)company has arranged.

But then Jack learns - or discovers - the joy of loving and living in spite of financial want, in spite of the no-cushion savings, in spite of not having that suit which makes him "feel like a man" (but which requires taking out his kids' education fund). He misses his trappings of status but grows to love Kate, Annie and Josh more than anything in the world. The quote at the start, by Arnie his friend, captures Jack's seizing and holding on to a family he knows he loves without having to figure out entirely this new world he's been thrown into.

Sorrow beckons, though, when he realises he has to 'leave' this dream-like alternate reality which he started out hating but ended up cherishing. When the moment comes, it's full of dread, because he's back to his old super-wealthy but no-family life. He drives to the house belong to "him and Kate" but there's just a guy there who doesn't know any Kate. The real Kate is now a hot-shot lawyer, who's just packing up and about to transfer to Paris.

Final drama arrives when Jack rushes to the airport looking for Kate, and trying to stop her before she flies off. Remember we are already in the "real world" and Jack has stopped 'dreaming'.

He creates some commotion because Kate is already at the departure gate and about to board, and she keeps saying, "Jack, do you need closure?" which is probably what any woman would say if her boyfriend from 15 years ago, started pestering her about what "could have been". Kate then turns towards the gate and walks away. Jack is about to give up when he suddenly turns to Kate and desperately cries out to describe the alternate reality he's lived through with an alternate her:

"We have a house in Jersey. We have two kids, Annie and Josh. Annie's not much of a violin player, but she tries real hard. She's a little precocious, but that's only because she says what's on her mind. And when she smiles...

"And Josh, he has your eyes. He doesn't say much, but we know he's smart. He's always got his eyes open, he's always watching us. Sometimes you can look at him and you just know he's learning something new. It's like witnessing a miracle.

"The house is a mess but it's ours. After 122 more payments, it's going to be ours. And you, you're a non-profit lawyer. That's right, you're completely non-profit, but that doesn't seem to bother you.

"And we're in love. After 13 years of marriage we're still unbelievably in love. You won't even let me touch you until I've said it. I sing to you. Not all the time, but definitely on special occasions. We've dealt with our share of surprises and made a lot of sacrifices but we've stayed together.

"You see, you're a better person than I am. And it made me a better person to be around you. I don't know, maybe it was just all a dream. Maybe I went to bed one lonely night in December and I imagined it all. But I swear, nothing has ever felt more real.

"And if you get on that plane right now, it'll disappear forever. I know we could both go on with our lives and we'd both be fine, but I've seen what we could be like together. And I choose us."

Little did Cage & Co. know that six years later, there would be another movie with another husband, another wife and another two kids (plus another dog which looked like the dog in Family Man). This movie is also about family and getting a glimpse into a major What-If. Whilst Cage started out in a scenario he did enjoy and ended back in the same situation he later detested, the main character of this movie starts out being "tired with his life", but ends back in the same situation an entirely changed man, thoroughly grateful for the life he has (as opposed to the life he thought he had lost).

I'm talking about Adam Sandler's Click. But I won't ruin two movies at one go (smile), so I'll end with the theme which unites these two masterpieces: Family is first, the job is completely secondary. Never take for granted the ones who love you, no matter what riches beckon and no matter how attractive alternatives may appear to be.

Cute Movie.......2007-03-13

I LOVE movies and have an ever increasing, eclectic collection. This is a movie that I like to watch if I want to smile. It's a feel good movie I think, a nice family film. A man has a chance to explore one "what if" of his life, and he expereinces the ups and downs of family life. The older daughter is just the cutest and when she knows theres something different about him and assumes he's an alien and says welcome to Earth, so cute! I think the ending is a little strange but it's good that it's not a "perfect" predictable canned ending.

Swearing .......2007-03-09

With the title of family man I did not think they would put the "F" word in the movie. It would have been an excellent movie if it were swear free.

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Higher Definition on Low Quality
The Bigger they are. . . . The harder they . . . well, you know!
Great Movie, Great HD, why so few extras?
A Whole Lotta Story...Well Done
Great Movie

King Kong (HD-DVD)
Starring: Adrien Brody , Kyle Chandler , Thomas Kretschmann , Naomi Watts , and Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B000ICM5VW
Release Date: 2006-11-14

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Higher Definition on Low Quality.......2007-06-01

The WETA folks must have took the year off when they were working on King Kong because this movie looks horrible in HD. The compositing errors and weak green screen work are only highlighted by the HD DVD's quality.

The Bigger they are. . . . The harder they . . . well, you know!.......2007-04-22

This movie is good.... The people on the island were more interesting than anything. King Kong did look cool and a little sense of sadness with his face expression and everything. I bought the HD DVD because they said this movie was amazing on it! Well, I must say that this HD DVD rocks! The clarity and clearness of the picture. Uhm, wow! The color of the pictures so alive! Uhm, wow! Even lol Jack Black look pretty good on HD. Uhm, another wow is the Actors. If you love the movie KING KONG, but the HD, you won't be disappointed. Can we be honest for a moment? I dont even care for the movie, but HD is AWESOME when it comes to the Big Black Kong of this movie! BUY IT! Atleast just for the HD! I give HIGH props for the picture of the Definition of this movie!

Great Movie, Great HD, why so few extras?.......2007-04-11

I repeat why is are there so few extras. Universal has provided HD-DVDs with all the extras, until now. A truely perfect HD-DVD would contain all the extars from the past releases.

A Whole Lotta Story...Well Done.......2007-04-09

This one's a big movie! Three hours and eight minutes of a very watchable version of King Kong.

Excellent HD DVD video and audio (Dolby Digital Plus 5.1) transfer. Features Universal's "U Control" interactive content picture in picture and art gallery.

A great cast does an axcellent job all around! Excellent action...many locales. Great special effects, although a couple of the scenes are too computery to captivate through subsequent viewings.

I highly recommend this film; however, this film does contain a few scenes that are unsuitable for impressionable young children.

Great Movie.......2007-03-23

Great Movie. The picture quality of this HD DVD is unbelievable. I show scenes from it any time a friend comes over

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One of Rock's Best!
A Classic Comedy
Man's Favorite Sport?
Man's Favorite Sport
Man's Favorite Sport

Man's Favorite Sport?
Starring: Rock Hudson , Paula Prentiss , Maria Perschy , John McGiver , and Charlene Holt
Director: Howard Hawks
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ASIN: B00009IB1F
Release Date: 2003-07-01

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From legendary Hollywood director Howard Hawks, Man s Favorite Sport? features Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss in a hilarious fish-out-of-water tale The Film Daily applauded as simply delightful.

Roger Willoughby (Hudson) is happily employed as one of the world s great angling experts. Unfortunately, even his own boss doesn t know that Roger has never been fishing in his life. So when press agent Abigail Page (Prentiss) arranges for Roger to participate in her resort s upcoming fishing tournament, he s thrown into a panic. At the resort, he and Abby commence a crash course to turn him into a genuine outdoorsman only to have their plan riotously upset by a surprise visit from Roger s fianc e.

With a sparkling score by composer Henry Mancini, Man s Favorite Sport? is a comedy classic you ll fall for hook, line and sinker!

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Starring Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss

Music by Henry Mancini

Directed by Howard Hawks

Running time: 2 Hours 1 Minute

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One of Rock's Best!.......2007-06-08

One of the funniest Rock Hudson movies out. Add Paula Prentiss and the beauty of Maria Perschy and you can help but to have a good time.

A Classic Comedy.......2007-05-12

I love this movie and these two together. It is very funny all the way through. I had good memories of when I had seen it several years ago and decided I wanted to own it. I highly recommend it to others.

Man's Favorite Sport?.......2007-03-29

Classic Howard Hawks swrew ball comedy. Rock Hudson played Rock Hudson to the T while Paula P over did the character at times. The comic routines were entertaining with the rest of the supporting cast complemented the story.

Man's Favorite Sport.......2007-03-28

Great old time movie with Rock Hudson & Paula Prentiss. It's a great make you feel good movie. Simple plot, hilarious & subtle romance. Sit back, relax & enjoy.

Man's Favorite Sport.......2007-03-28

Man's Favorite Sport is a very funny movie starring Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss. It is an old style comedy about a universal sport, fishing. It
is a movie for all ages.

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A timeless classic
King Kong
If you thought Jurassic Park was a cool movie, you should check this out
King Kong with the Lord Of The Rings treatment
King Kong

King Kong (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Adrien Brody , Kyle Chandler , Thomas Kretschmann , Naomi Watts , and Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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ASIN: B00005JO20
Release Date: 2006-03-28

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Movies don't come any bigger than Peter Jackson's King Kong, a three-hour remake of the 1933 classic that marries breathtaking visual prowess with a surprising emotional depth. Expanding on the original story of the blonde beauty and the beast who falls for her, Jackson creates a movie spectacle that matches his Lord of the Rings films and even at times evokes their fantasy world while celebrating the glory of '30s Hollywood. Naomi Watts stars as Ann Darrow, a vaudeville actress down on her luck in Depression-era New York until manic filmmaker Carl Denham (a game but miscast Jack Black) entices her with a lead role. Dazzled by the genius of screenwriter Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody), Ann boards the tramp steamer S.S. Venture, which she--and most of the wary crew--believes is headed for Singapore. Denham, however, is in search of the mythic Skull Island, hoping to capture its wonders on film and make a fortune. What he didn't count on were some scary natives who find that the comely Darrow looks like prime sacrifice material for a mysterious giant creature....

There's no point in rehashing the entire plot, as every movie aficionado is more than familiar with the trajectory of King Kong; the challenge facing Jackson, his screenwriters, and the phenomenal visual-effects team was to breathe new life into an old, familiar story. To that degree, they achieve what could be best called a qualified success. Though they've assembled a crackerjack supporting cast, including Thomas Kretschmann as the Venture's hard-bitten captain and young Jamie Bell as a plucky crewman, the first third of the movie is rather labored, with too much minute detail given over to sumptuous re-creations of '30s New York and the unexciting initial leg of the Venture's sea voyage. However, once the film finds its way to Skull Island (which bears more than a passing resemblance to LOTR's Mordor), Kong turns into a dazzling movie triumph, by turns terrifying and awe-inspiring. The choreography and execution of the action set pieces--including one involving Kong and a trio of Tyrannosaurus Rexes, as well as another that could be charitably described as a bug-phobic's nightmare--is nothing short of landmark filmmaking, and a certain Mr. Spielberg should watch his back, as Kong trumps most anything that has come before it.

Despite the visual challenges of King Kong, the movie's most difficult hurdle is the budding romance between Ann and her simian soulmate. Happily, this is where Jackson unqualifiedly triumphs, as this unorthodox love story is tenderly and humorously drawn, by turns sympathetic and wondrous. Watts, whose accessibility balances out her almost otherworldly loveliness, works wonders with mere glances, and Andy Serkis, who digitally embodies Kong here much as he did Gollum in the LOTR films, breathes vibrant life into the giant star of the film without ever overplaying any emotions. The final, tragic act of the film, set mostly atop the Empire State Building, is where Kong earns its place in movie history as a work that celebrates both the technical and emotional heights that film can reach. --Mark Englehart

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Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) brings his sweeping cinematic vision to King Kong. Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody star in this spectacular film filled with heart-pounding action, terrifying creatures and groundbreaking special effects unlike anything you've seen before! Get ready for breathtaking action in this thrilling epic adventure about a legendary gorilla captured on a treacherous island and brought to civilization, where he faces the ultimate fight for survival. Experience the movie that critics are hailing as a "rousing, exciting cinematic adventure!" (Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood)

Customer Reviews:

A timeless classic.......2007-07-01

I grew up loving the early ape films King Kong (1933) and Mighty Joe Young (1949). King Kong is a classic retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story and the original was groundbreaking in its use of special effects. Remaking a classic will always attract harsh critics.

For me, a lover both of classic films and of modern science fiction, I place King Kong (2005) among the best films I have seen in years. In the cinema, this was a true spectacle to behold. The action and CGI special effects were astounding. Peter Jackson took a fairly sparse story and fleshed it out. I appreciated the longer back-story to the characters in New York prior to the sea voyage to Skull Island.

The exposure of themes relating to racism, animal and ecological abuse, and treatment of women was obvious, but not preachy. Despite this being an action film, these themes seemed to me as large as Kong was himself.

Jackson tweaked the storyline a bit and improved on the original. The introduction of the writer (Brody) as love interest instead of the ship captain made more sense and was simply a better story. With the original film, I was quite moved as a kid when Kong died. With this version, I was at least as moved or more as an adult. The relationship with Kong and Ann was portrayed better. I believed that they had made a bond with each other. The moment of Kong's demise is one of the most touching moments I have seen in a film in years.

Finally, James Newton Howard's soundtrack is quite moving, with beautiful, stirring melodies befitting this grand film. Worth listening to in its own right. I would have liked to watch the film with an isolated music score. Unfortunately, this was not included as an option on any edition so far.

Editions:
Two-Disc Special Edition (2006)
For the collector, this included the Production Diaries and several bonus features. A must-have if you love this film and want more background information.

3-Disc Deluxe Extended Edition (2006)
There is no overlap to what is on the 2-disc version, so this was a worthwhile second purchase for me. I enjoyed seeing the deleted scenes. The slightly longer (13 min.) version was intereresting to see. I especially wanted the audio commentary track. No regrets here for having bought both the 2-disc and 3-disc versions, because they each offered different material.

King Kong.......2007-06-12

King Kong Jack Black, Naomi Watts, Adrien Brady, Kyle Chandler
Peter Jackson
In the movie King Kong there is excitement, romance, it is daring, and very, very funny. It is about a women named Ann and she goes on an adventure with a director named Carl Denham which is played by Jack Black, an actor named Bruce Baxter and he is played by Kyle Chandler. There is also a writer named Jack who is played by Adrien Brady. Also, there is a huge crew that goes along with them. They are sailing to the lost and very dangerous island of Skull Island to film a movie. There they run into natives to Skull Island and the natives attack some of the crewmembers (the ones that got off of the boat). Thank goodness the rest of the crewmembers show up with their guns and scare the natives away. They then quickly run to the boat and start to sail away. Later on in the day when they are on the boat and they are almost out of site of that dreaded island the natives take Ann, she was in her room changing when she heard some weird noises coming from outside of her room. They swam back to the shore with her. The bizarre old lady that had like really possessed looking eyes chanted theses really weird words at Ann and the really eerie men in the tribe strung her up on this enormous pole and lowered her onto the other side of the colossal wall. The people began chanting these really weird words and a gigantic gorilla appeared. He ripped her down from the pole and took her away. The crewmembers came and crossed over the pole to save Ann.
I thought that this movie was really stupendous. The actors and actresses did an amazing job. In this film there are dinosaurs and you now what those dinosaurs looked real all right.
I would recommend this movie to anyone; even my 3-year-old cousin loves it. If you like movies that are romantic, exciting, daring and even funny then you will absolutely love this movie.

If you thought Jurassic Park was a cool movie, you should check this out.......2007-05-29

There are very few remakes that live up to the original's reputation and for many good reasons:

1. we already know, more or less, how the story goes.
2. the original is often an almost perfect film which explains why the movie is being remade: many fans could be suckered into seeing an inferior remake.

All great remakes not only must put a spin on the original story but they also must prove that a retelling of the story was necessary. Off the top of my head I can think of two films that meet this criteria: The Fly (1986) and The Thing (1982).

King Kong (2005) is also one of those rare remakes.

The most refreshing part of this movie is that there is an underlying and always present emotional dimension to this version which the 1933 version lacked. Unlike most movies today, the characters (especially Anne) are given plenty of time to develop so that we actually care about them when the action gets underway. The interpersonal relationships certainly have a greater depth than the original. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this movie is that there is an emotional relationship between Kong and Anne that, I'm thrilled to say, somehow works. I absolutely loved how they could share something as simple as sunset together and take just enough time to enjoy the wonder of it all.

The characters are more fluid, less one-dimensional, more nonchalant, and just plain better than the original's wooden actors ("say, I think I love you" as an example). When I say this, I include King Kong who is a surprisingly good actor (even if he is CGI). He's not portrayed as some misunderstood creature (like the horrible Godzilla remake) or a ruthless creature (King Kong 1933) but like we would expect: an animal. Nothing more, nothing less. At the end of the movie I discovered, to my utter astonishment, that I actually almost cried when the CGI creature was slipping off the Empire State Building. And I am a 23 year old, 230 pound, 6'3", adult male and I never cry at movies!

It's worth mentioning that this film contains some of the best CGI stuff to date and also, what have to be some of the most beautiful scenes in all cinematic history. I especially loved seeing New York City during the 1930s.

Technically the condensed 1933 version may be a "better" film but, of the two, I prefer this one. Go gorilla and get this king-sized monster movie.

King Kong with the Lord Of The Rings treatment.......2007-05-15

This movie has eccellent scenes that were added to it that was left on the cutting room floor . There were more spooky scenes with dinosaurs not on the first Peter Jackson King Kong version . I would have been able to sit through four hours in a theater .

King Kong.......2007-05-15

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Tucker - The Man and His Dream
Good but Flawed Movie
Tucker the Man
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Beep, beep, vroom, vrooooom...........

Tucker - The Man and His Dream
Starring: Jeff Bridges , Joan Allen , Martin Landau , Frederic Forrest , and Mako
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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ASIN: B00004Y62V
Release Date: 2000-10-24

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Director Francis Ford Coppola and executive producer George Lucas shared a strong desire to film the story of Preston Tucker, the man who revolutionized car design in the late 1940s, only to have his innovation squelched by the "big three" automakers in a legal battle between Tucker and powerful political lobbies. Coppola surely related to and sympathized with Tucker as a visionary underdog, and so this stylish, energetic film envisions "the man and his dream" in idealistic terms--an unabashed optimist (played by Jeff Bridges) who realizes his vision through blind faith and tenacity. Martin Landau gives a superb, heartbreaking performance as an associate who desperately wants to share Tucker's enthusiasm, but knows that corporate wolves are knocking at the door and will soon burst in with fangs bared. Joan Allen is equally good as Tucker's supportive wife, and the film's combination of dazzling costumes, production design, and the fabulous Tucker itself (of which only 50 models were made) creates an infectious atmosphere of postwar optimism. In the end, however, this fascinating film is much like Coppola himself: possessed of genius, blinded by ambition, and prone to create works of erratic brilliance. Don't take that as criticism, however; this is a sharp, underrated film about a dreamer whose dream was a worthy one, even if it only briefly came true. --Jeff Shannon

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Tucker - The Man and His Dream.......2007-05-07

This film is a great and very entertaining piece of American history about a man that never really got the kind of recognition that I feel he deserved. Done up in "epic" movie making form, it is a worthy item to have in you collection if you like and enjoy cars, or the history there of or both at the same time!
Well cast and excellently acted. A most enjoyable film indeed!

Good but Flawed Movie.......2007-04-05

Not many Americans knew much about Preston Tucker or his car before this movie came out. Since 1988 enough people became aware of both to send the value of the remaining Tucker 48's skyrocketing, assuring I'll never now own one!

This is an enjoyable movie for a car guy with numerous biographical details, good sets, costumes, and acting by Jeff Bridges that threatens to go just over the top. It's too bad that Coppola chose to beat the sterotypical "small guy with a big heart gets ground down by the big guy" horse. But good drama needs a protagonist and an antagonist, and that conspiratorical angle to be expected from Hollywood, USA. I learned a long time ago not to go to the movie theatre for a history lesson.

Fact is that Tucker tried too quickly to bring an underdeveloped product to market with an undercapitalized company. In only a few short years, much bigger companies with established product lines (Nash, Packard, Hudson, Kaiser, Studebaker, etc.) would all suffer the same fate his did.

Still, there were rumors this DVD was going out of print. Does that mean that a 20th anniversary edition is in the works?

Tucker the Man.......2007-01-28

Tucker The Man and His Dreams is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It reflex on the times and how hard it was for a person to get a head. Tucker was a man of his time and years ahead of the times.

I Highly recommend this Movie.......

The Dream Betrayed.......2006-12-16

The story of Preston Tucker is directed by Francis Ford Coppola, produced by Gerge Lucas and features an outstanding performance by Jeff Bridges as the inventor who dreamed too large in this wonderful American Dream.

After World War II, the automobile industry - in the guise of The Big Three - were poised to convert its manufacturing plants back to the soon-to-be burgeoning domestic market. Enter into the picture Preston Tucker, a successful inventor who had ideas to create an affordable, reliable and safe family automobile (yes, a revolutionary concept, even in the 1940s).

His "Tucker 48" auto included a rear-mounted, fuel-injected engine, disk brakes, seat belts and a padded dash, a front windshield that popped out during a severe crash, push-button controls and a third front headlight that turned while the driver was steering.

Seen as a threat to the marketing plans of the auto industry, Tucker's dream is destroyed in the hallowed halls of the federal government that winds it way through the senate chambers and stops at the desk of the president. Only 51 cars were produced.

Initially shot like the slick corporate promotional films of the 1950s to creatively present an overview of this buried history, Tucker: The Man and His Dream is a reminder how the power of influence & greed manipulates the marionette of business & government.

Beep, beep, vroom, vrooooom..................2006-11-28

I like this flick. It's corny and historically questionable; but I like it just the same. I like Jeff Bridges. He's corny. I guess I like corny things. I like his father, Lloyd Bridges(who isn't corny in this movie) as the nasty Senator who has a big hand in destroying Tucker's dream. Joan Allen is good as is that kid who sounds like Jack Nicholson, Christian Slater. The cars are nice looking too and slick like the film. The film utilized real, honest to goodness Tucker automobiles. The flick has a zippy, jazzy score by Joe Jackson, and that song, "Hold That Tiger," which is corny but fun. Don't get me wrong; it's a well made film by Francis Ford Coppola whose best creative days, unfortunately, came way too early in his career. Hey, life can really suck sometimes, especially when the evil forces of big business and Washington, D.C. are against you and your upstart, innovative, fledgling automobile company; and you just happen to be a loud mouthed, arrogant, self-proclaimed genius whose aim is to single handedly revolutionize the automobile business. If nothing else the film tells the story of an ambitious, enthusiastic guy who bit off more than he could chew by challenging some capitalist giants who gave him a capitalist bloody nose. P.S. The best scene is that creepy one in the airplane hangar with that creepy music and that creepy portrayal of Howard Hughes by some actor whose name I can't recall. Amen.

King Kong - Extended Cut (Three-Disc Deluxe Edition)

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Starring: Peter Jackson
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ASIN: B000H30B2C
Release Date: 2006-11-14

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The extended version of Peter Jackson's King Kong adds 13 minutes to the running time--fortunately those 13 minutes include two dynamic action scenes and no material has been added to the movie's belabored set-up, which tries to give depth to these quintessentially b-movie characters with a clumsy patchwork of melodrama and in-jokes. But once movie-maker Carl Denham (Jack Black, School of Rock) and his crew finally arrive at Skull Island, the movie kicks into gear with spectacular action, technical wizardry, and genuine feeling. Though Kong seems crafted to dazzle the eye on the giant screen, the overlong structure improves when you can take an intermission at will. At home, each scene can be approached on its own terms, be it the insanely choreographed battle between Kong and three T. Rexes or the subtle and multi-layered interplay between Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive) and Kong (played, through motion-capture technology, by Andy Serkis, who previously played the similarly animated Gollum in Jackson's Lord of the Rings). The addition of a rampaging ceratops and an underwater race with what the movie's crew dubbed a "piranhadon" not only add more eye candy, but provide some valuable moments of character development. But in the end, that's frosting on the cake; when the movie's weaknesses and strengths are weighed, the emotional power of the fantastical relationship between a woman and a giant ape is a real cinematic achievement. --Bret Fetzer

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A timeless classic.......2007-07-01

King Kong.......2007-06-12

If you thought Jurassic Park was a cool movie, you should check this out.......2007-05-29

King Kong with the Lord Of The Rings treatment.......2007-05-15

King Kong.......2007-05-15

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Dated classic from the Fifties
Scenes from a Marriage
OK period piece
.......Corporate America versus Middle America..... [1956 ]
The Compromises Demanded of Everyone

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Starring: Gregory Peck , Jennifer Jones , Fredric March , Marisa Pavan , and Lee J. Cobb
Director: Nunnally Johnson
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Release Date: 2005-08-09

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Gregory Peck plays a young New York executive who defies the wisdom of the corporate class by deciding his family is more important than the offer of a new job. Lots of melodrama, guilt, and a revelation about a wartime affair (told in flashback), but this well-oiled, good-looking 1956 film still holds up pretty well. Based on a novel by Sloan Wilson, the script and direction are by Nunnally Johnson (The Three Faces of Eve). --Tom Keogh

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Based on the novel by Sloan Wilson, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit stars Gregory Peck as a haunted New York executive whp defies convention and decides his family is more important than his career in this post-war melodrama scripted and directed by the celebrated Nunnally Johnson (The Three Faces of Eve).

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Dated classic from the Fifties.......2007-05-23

While this may have been a classic film from the 50s, it now appears rather dated in the acting and direction compared to the films of 2007. The film plods along slowly, and Gregory Peck does little to improve things with his standard stiff, wooden acting. The story may have been good on paper (and I'm sure the source material was excellent) but the film comes across very awkward, stiff, and melodramatic.

Scenes from a Marriage.......2007-05-22

For some reason, I didn't think I'd seen "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" before when I watched it last night. However, I readily remembered a number of scenes I seen many years ago. Most of the scenes were odd ones involving what I considered to be strange behavior or dialogue. The first one that comes up is the "biography" that the Gregory Peck character has to write for his executive job interview. He gets an hour by himself to write about himself and how he'll be an asset to the National Broadcasting Association (or whatever it's called). Off by himself, he is focussed on a difficult WWII flashback and comes up with three or four sentences that says, essentionally, "What a dumb idea; just hire me". I thought it was extremely lame but the head honcho, played rather absent-mindedly by Fredrick March, thought it was outstandingly original. Thus begins an akward job that doesn't seem to involve anything other than writing a speech for a medical convention. The whole executive staff seems to be involved with "The Speech". Peck's offering gets tossed which is what should have happened with his "biography" instead. Meanwhile, March has a confusing scene with his ex-wife about their 18 year old daughter in which the ex asks March to try and straighten her out. She says that if he doesn't at least try to do this, she'll never speak to him again. People are saying absolutes and accussations left and right in this movie. There is a lot of personal issues that come up but we never get to hear "The Speech". Maybe that's just as well; with so many contributors, it was probably a cure for insomnia. There's an excellent part played by Lee J. Cobb who, with Gregory Peck's performance, nearly saves the film. The ending is strong or else I would only have given this movie "3 Stars".

I mentioned having seen the movie before because those same scenes I mentioned had been in the back of my mind all these years (I just had it mixed up as to which Gregory Peck movie they were from). I guess it says a lot when so many scenes (and there were others as well) stay with you for so long. Maybe I was just confused by how such seemingly important people spent so much time doing nothing. This is a movie about business vs. family and the choices those seeking success need to make. It attempts to portray the pros and cons of both choices (office politics vs. unattentive children, for example) yet the way so many people over-react to the situations that come up alienated me from giving the movie's message more serious attention. Maybe you'll have better luck with it. At least you ought to get a kick out of the rich folk's interior decorator.

OK period piece.......2007-05-10

It is kind of an odd movie to have been made in the mid fifties. It's themes seem more like a movie made in the seventies: the horror of war, PTSD, impacts of infidelity, conflicts of career advancement vs. family obligations. The story is ahead of it's time and is enjoyable.
Though the production values are attractive, the script is meandering and some of the performances are melodramatic.
Overall a OK period piece.

.......Corporate America versus Middle America..... [1956 ].......2007-04-19

What will it be??... as Gregory Peck [Tom Rath] must decide for his future...he is a man of principle coupled with discipline learned from his military past, by which a 'flashback' pops out in his memory/bank while on his daily commute into NYC...how odd, these ne'er forgotten images ingrained, all of a sudden arise from one lil sighting; nonetheless, it shows the PTSD syndrome within those men who were locked in close combat, which images are now far removed from their present civilian daily rush of life...this one scene piqued my total interest in Sloane Wilson's adaptation from his book [bestseller] to the technicolor film production...Peck portrays a good man, devoted husband, observant father as this movie revolves around him for the most part; unfortunately, a very and much talented and beautiful woman [Jennifer Jones] is hardly noticed with mundane prose, too bad, because she and Peck had sultry chemistry in, "Duel in the Sun" previously...Frederick March [CEO] knows exactly the dilemma Peck wrestles with if he wants to come on board full knowing his 'other' life may become flotsam...Peck does the right thing for..Tom Rath...I won't spoil the ending for you...great book and a better film reproduction into PTSD and the personal ramifications that interweave Tom Rath's life after WW2 ends...SSGT CHRIS SARNO-USMC FMF

The Compromises Demanded of Everyone.......2007-02-21

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit concerns the inevitable compromises demanded of everyone while earning a living. Should we always tell our employer the brutal truth? Are we obligated to commit economic suicide? Alas, we all must compromise in the real world. The only real question is how far can we go before betraying our ultimate values. Tom Rath (Gregory Peck) is a WWII veteran trying to make it in the Big Apple. Should he dedicate his whole heart and soul to the company? Is there any room for Rath's family? Where must he draw the line? The only serious negative is that women are treated as stay-at-home moms. Still, this is a well done movie and worthy of your time and interest.

This movie will almost certainly resonate with those viewing it even in the distant future. Its central themes are eternally relevant. However, there is one scene that reminded me that The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a fictional account of the mid 1950s. Tom Rath is informed by his wife that they must purchase a new washing machine. It will cost $250.00. Please note that this is an era when a $10,000 income was considered to be far above average. This clothes cleaning appliance, for all practical purposes, would therefore retail at about $2,500 in our present era! Do we really want to return to the past? I don't think so.

David Thomson
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Fun trash
just avoid this movie
Fact or fiction...
Lightweight fun with gruesome deaths
Smart , entertaining action movie. Jon Voight makes this one a guilty pleasure

Anaconda
Starring: Jennifer Lopez , Ice Cube , Jon Voight , Eric Stoltz , and Jonathan Hyde
Director: Luis Llosa
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ASIN: 0767802497
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This giant-man-eating-snake-in-the-jungle thriller definitely scores points as a guilty pleasure, especially with Jon Voight hamming it up as the monster-poacher. He makes life miserable for a team of documentary filmmakers on the Amazon river. Anaconda is one of those movies that exists for no other reason than to give computer animators a chance to strut their stuff with a new digital beastie, and they don't disappoint. It's a lot of fun to watch the mega-snake scarf down its victims and--in the case of Voight--regurgitate 'em right back up again, all covered in gooey digestive juices. You might wonder why Eric Stoltz, who plays Dr. Steven Cale, showed up for a role that requires him to be off-screen for most of the movie, but hey--when it comes to big snake movies, you might as well put your brain on hold and sit back for the slimy ride. --Jeff Shannon

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Fun trash.......2007-02-22

A documentary film crew on the Amazon River finds itself shanghaied into a crazy river rat's (Jon Voight) quest to capture a giant anaconda. "Moby Dick," it ain't. But it is a lot of fun, with smart writing, some good thrills, decent special effects, and quirky performances. Voight, in particular, is hugely entertaining as he steps right up to the line between acting and mugging for the camera and remains precariously balanced there for the length of the film.

just avoid this movie.......2007-01-28

I don't know how more money Hollywood need to spend to understand that Jennifer Lopez can't act. She just can't - it looks horribly fake. Maybe she can sing, but not act.

This is a dreadful movie - there is not one aspect of it which deserves any sort of praise. I hated it when I saw it at the cinema and, having given it another chance, have not changed my opinion.

Laughable special effects, balsa-wood characters and a script written by someone who's just read 'How To Write A Movie Script In 10 Easy Steps' makes this, perhaps, the worst movie of all time (shame to you, Hollywood). These types of movie never cease to amaze me - all the characters know that there's a huge, man-eating snake in the water, so what do they do? They get in the water, of course!!

Fact or fiction..........2007-01-11

I saw this when it first came out at the movies. Decent entertainment if you don't confuse the behavior of REAL anaconda with the onscreen antics shown here. Good acting overall, some pretty hammy (Jon Voight) and some not acting at all (Ice Cube).For those looking to learn the habits of anacondas- watch National Geographic instead. For those looking to kill a few hours watching a no-brainer thats got a few thrills, a pretty leading lady and a easy to hate villian, than this just might be worth checking out.

Lightweight fun with gruesome deaths.......2006-09-02

The plot is thinner than a Kleenex, J-Lo attempts to play an (unusually gorgeous and well-dressed) aspiring film student who, with her tough-but-lovable assistant Ice Cube, somehow find themselves on a barge along with a few other ditzy Hollywood stereotypical characters, including an over-the-top Englishman, heading up some remarkably bug-free Amazon tributary to film a documentary.

As fate would have it, they happen upon Jon Voight's character (Jon Voight! Is that really him?!), who A) blows the other actors off the screen B) is a genuinely creepy psychotic presence. They "rescue" him from his stranded boat.

There are brief flashes of brilliance in this story, but they are paved over by the horsey acting from all parties excepting Mr. Voight and Mr. Cube. Jon Voight is terrific, and Ice Cube is playing himself. Who cast this mess? J-Lo's famous shape is displayed, nay, showcased, in at least half a dozen scenes. The movie is beautifully photographed, which makes the near-total lack of a believable story unfortunate, and the absurd ending, complete with the 100% anticipated surprise ending, leaves you yawning. By 2006 standards the special effects seem quaint.

Watch it for the cinematography and Jon Voight. And J-Lo's delectable corpus. Cute boobs and a sensational rear end, I must say.

Smart , entertaining action movie. Jon Voight makes this one a guilty pleasure.......2006-06-06

Anaconda is a smart, clever horror flick. A well-written script, a solid cast of actors and excellent cinematography make this film stand out so well that you overlook the cheesy CGI and rubber snakes.
Basically the story is about a documentary film crew looking to make a movie about a tribe in South America. On their journey down the river, a knowledgeable tracker slithers his way on board the ship. Using his knowledge of human psychology along with some clever divisive tactics, the manipulative man wraps his grip around the crew and begins to trick them into his quest to poach a giant snake. I like the use of an anaconda in this movie. The snake is great metaphor for what this guy does to the crew psychologically.
The bodies don't start dropping in this movie until about an hour into the film. But unlike other horror movies, you really don't care about the body count or some cheesy rubber and CGI snake. The real snake is already on the screen, and you'll want to see is if the surviving crewmembers can overcome this predator's psychological manipulation. When the two remaining members of the film crew finally do outwit him, he becomes snake food. A few minutes later, the big computer generated snake gets flame broiled like a whopper. At the end of the movie they find that lost tribe they were looking for and begin filming their documentary.
What surprised me about Anaconda is the amount of depth this film had for a horror movie. I came in expecting low-budget cheese, but was surprised to see symbolism and metaphors mixed amongst the blood and gore. The well-written script has solid characters and develops all of them. Using a small cast of characters allows the viewer to get to know everyone and allows all the characters to have depth and dimension.
The acting in this movie are extremely solid. Jennifer Lopez gives a strong performance here and Ice Cube shows growth as an actor. Owen Wilson is good here as comic relief. However, Jon Voight steals the movie as the deadly South American snake poacher. Voight disappears into his character with perfect delivery of a South American accent that makes you think he's someone else.
Anaconda is well worth the purchase price. Pick this one up along with both versions of Carrie. Just be sure to avoid the sequel Anacondas, that movie is garbage. I'm a Salli Richardson fan (sadly she's in this for rent money, or to pay an electric bill or something. :( ) and even I wouldn't touch that wretched mess with a ten-foot pole.

King Kong (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

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King Kong (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: Adrien Brody , Kyle Chandler , Thomas Kretschmann , Naomi Watts , and Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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ASIN: B000E97Y6K
Release Date: 2006-03-28

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Experience King Kong as never before in this exclusive 2-Disc Special Edition! See the larger-than-life film, plus, watch three-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson take you behind the scenes of this epic adventure. Thrilling, in-depth featurettes reveal the genius behind the creation of this timeless story.

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A timeless classic.......2007-07-01

King Kong.......2007-06-12

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