The Funeral

Starring:Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio Del Toro, Gretchen Mol, John Ventimiglia, Paul Hipp, Victor Argo, Gian DiDonna, Dmitri Prachenko, Paul Perri, Gregory Perrelli, Joey Hannon, Robert Miano, Frank John Hughes, Andrew Fiscella, Anthony Alessandro, Robert W. Castle
Director: Abel Ferrara
Studio: Live / Artisan
Product Type: DVD

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In this period family drama set in the Depression-era world of organized crime, director Abel Ferrara (King of New York, Bad Lieutenant) weaves a dark and impressive morality tale of revenge and family loyalty. Christopher Walken plays Ray Tempio, a low-level mobster who with his unstable younger brother Chez (played by Chris Penn) plots revenge for a rival mob's assassination of their younger brother. As they contend with their families--Ray's wife, Jeanette (Annabella Sciorra), who pleads with Ray to forego avenging his brother's death, and Clara (Isabella Rossellini), who has to cope with the unraveling and increasingly paranoid Chez--the struggle between family loyalty and the insatiable drive of revenge leads to tragic consequences. This is a raw, stark, and affecting film with fine ensemble acting and powerful direction from one of the independent film world's most original voices. --Robert Lane
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Academy Award (r) winner Christopher Walken (Pulp Fiction, Batman Returns), Chris Penn (Mulholland Falls) and Isabella Rossellini (Death Becomes Her) star in this critically acclaimed tour de force of underworld betrayal and explosive retribution from celebrated director Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant). New York City, the 1930's, a powerful crime family is caught in crossfire between union organizers and brutal corporate bosses. Against this turbulent backdrop, the family's three street-hardened brothers and the women they love are about to be plunged into a deadly confrontation with their enemies, with each other, and with their own dark heritage of violence, madness and murder. Ignited by the unforgettable performances of its brilliant ensemble cast, The Funeral is a provocative, unflinching crime-action thriller The New York Times applauds as "Hot-blooded, broodingly well-acted!" Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Isabella Rossellini

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Phantasm is a classic !

Interesting but not scary

you play a good game, boy...

phantastic philm!

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Phantasm
Starring: David Arntzen , Michael Baldwin , Reggie Bannister , Bill Cone , and Lynn Eastman
Director: Don Coscarelli
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ASIN: B000MV8ABS
Release Date: 2007-04-10

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Jody is the kind of guy that every 1970s teen looked up to. He's in his early 20s, has a cool car, splendid '70s hair, leather jacket, plays guitar and (naturally) snags all the girls. His little brother, Mike, in particular, admires him and emulates him at every turn. Things start to go astray, however, when the two brothers and their friend Reggie attend a funeral for a friend. Mike notices a tall man working at the funeral home; in the course of his snooping, he sees the tall man put a loaded coffin into the back of a hearse as easily as if it was a shoebox. Jody doesn't believe his little brother's stories, though, until he brings home the tall man's severed finger, still wriggling in what appears to be French's mustard. From there, the film picks up a terrific momentum that doesn't let up until the sequel-ripe twist ending.

Phantasm was one of the first horror movies to break the unspoken rule that victims were supposed to scream, fall down, and cower until they were killed. Instead, Mike and Jody are resourceful and smart, aggressively pursuing the evil inside the funeral home with a shotgun and Colt pistol. Furthermore, the script has a great deal of character development, especially in the relationship between the two brothers. The film even has a surprisingly glossy look, despite its low-budget origins, and little outright gore (except for the infamous steel spheres that drill into victims' heads). This drive-in favorite was a big success at the time of its release, and spawned three sequels. Little wonder; it includes an inventive story, likable characters, a runaway pace, and, of course, evil dwarves cloaked in Army blankets. The end result is one of the better horror films of the late 1970s. Hot-rod fans take note: Jody drives a Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda, the pinnacle of 1960s muscle cars, rounding out his status as a Cool Guy. --Jerry Renshaw

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The Original Classic From The Director Of THE BEASTMASTER and BUBBA HO-TEP Michael Baldwin and Bill Thornbury star in the shocker that started it all, in which two brothers discover that their local mortuary hides a legion of hooded killer dwarf creatures, a flying drill-ball, and the demonic mortician known as The Tall Man (an iconic performance by Angus Scrimm) who enslaves the souls of the damned. More than 25 years later, it remains unlike any fright film you've ever seen. Reggie Bannister co-stars in the heart-stopping classic from writer/director Don Coscarelli that launched the most uniquely chilling series in horror history and is still hailed as one of the scariest movies of all time. Experience PHANTASM again, now featuring frightening extras never before seen in America! Features:Widescreen Presentation TV Spots Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Don Coscarelli and Stars Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm and Bill Thronbury Deleted Scences, Also on DVD PHANTASM Trailer, PHANTASM III Trailer PHANTASM: Behind-the-Scences, PHANTASM: Actors Having a Ball Phantasmagoria, 1979 PHANTASM Interview, 1988 Fangoria TV Commerical

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Phantasm is a classic !.......2007-07-04

Phantasm is a classic! I loved this film. I wish they could add the footage from Phantasm 4 with all those deleted/left out scenes and put it back in the first!! That would be awesome!

Interesting but not scary.......2007-06-19

Plot: A kid on a bike, his brother and a funeral home. Then a tall man whos turnin people into some kind of demons or slaves. It had somewhat of an atmosphere to it but this wasnt that great. I mean it was boring, long, and the ending made no sense at all. Low budget dosent have to mean bad but this one was close to it. It kept me watchin till the end hoping something good would happen but it ultimately disapointed. They 'overdid' the music. I was watchin the scenes and it was that continuous loud score playing over and over. I guess it was for the 70s but far from the best horror movie.

you play a good game, boy..........2007-06-01

Oh, the fond memories of watching an old, worn-out, crackling VHS tape of dubious origin, in a dark garage-turned-creepy-livingroom, on an aging TV. This remains one of the scariest and coolest horror films I've ever seen, despite some issues with effects.

One of my major horror movie gripes has to do with the color and consistency of blood--I know that's a relatively minor quibble to some, but to me it's an important aspect. The blood in this movie is too red and has the opaque appearance of latex paint. The yellow fluid that the Tall Man bleeds also has this quality. My circle has always referred to it as "banana pudding". But, this is one of the few films wherein the blood thing doesn't take me out of the moment at all.

The first sentinel sphere death scene is dramatic, and the Tall Man is nothing short of iconic. Sound and silence are used to great effect, and the score is awesome. The film also captures a unique period in history, the strange transition from the '70s to the '80s, which adds to the bizarre atmosphere. Goofy hairstyles, characteristic over-the-top slasher effects and a dash of self-effacing camp. Fun!

I'm glad to see this released on DVD, finally, and with lots of great extras. What a treat! It's a shame it took so long. The last time I saw this film, I was about 13, and was afraid that, like so many other half-forgotten old favorites, it wouldn't stand up to the test of time. Well, glad to say I was proven wrong. So horribly wrong.

Phantasm is just a cool, fun, undeniably creepy film that captures a unique snapshot of a particular era in the history of horror movies, and certainly deserves a place on anybody's shelf. Cock your quad-barrel shotgun and bust out the banana pudding, it's time to break some balls.

phantastic philm!.......2007-05-14

OK so now that I've annoyed you with really bad phonetic jokes....for the brave few willing to get past that obvious mark of bad taste....phantasm is a truly unique addition to any horror fans library. i remember first seeing the film many years ago and the starkness and eerie quite of the mausoleum is something that has always stayed with me. the flying orbs are a great vehicle for terror. If you are new to Don Coscarelli's movies I hope this will encourage you to check out the sequels to Phantasm and of course the mighty Bubba-Hotep! (Long live the king!) The movie has a great balance of drama and good old 70's cheese (not over the top in my opinion....just enough to make you sit back and smile). After all when was the last time an aging ice cream vendor with pattern baldness was a hero!!? All kidding aside though, as a pretty avid horror movie junkie, and a fan that looks for really good horror films that continue to stand the test of time....this is one of them!

David Lynch Forever.......2007-05-13

This book is a mixture of interviews and an overview of Mr. Lynch's career. I'll be the first to admit that he's not the best at interviews. He gives none of the magic of hios movies away. Which I for one think is a good thing.
Out of all the books on the subject, this is the best.

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"Harold and Maude, a Cerebral Love Affair"
Harold and Maude timeless, naughty and quirky...

Harold and Maude
Starring: Harvey Brumfield , Eric Christmas , Bud Cort , Cyril Cusack , and Gordon Devol
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Release Date: 2000-06-27

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Black comedies don't come much blacker than this cult favorite from 1972, and they don't come much funnier, either. It seemed that director Hal Ashby was the perfect choice to mine a mother lode of eccentricity from the original script by Colin Higgins, about the unlikely romance between a death-obsessed 19-year-old named Harold (Bud Cort) and a life-loving 79-year-old widow named Maude (Ruth Gordon). They meet at a funeral, and Maude finds something oddly appealing about Harold, urging him to "reach out" and grab life by the lapels as opposed to dwelling morbidly on mortality. Harold grows fond of the old gal--she's a lot more fun than the girls his mother desperately matches him up with--and together they make Harold & Maude one of the sweetest and most unconventional love stories ever made. Much of the earlier humor arises from Harold's outrageous suicide fantasies, played out as a kind of twisted parlor game to mortify his mother, who's grown immune to her strange son's antics. Gradually, however, the film's clever humor shifts to a brighter outlook and finally arrives at a point where Harold is truly happy to be alive. Featuring soundtrack songs by Cat Stevens, this comedy certainly won't appeal to all tastes (it was a box-office flop when first released), but if you're on its quirky wavelength, it might just strike you as one of the funniest movies you've ever seen. --Jeff Shannon

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one more person willing to love this film.......2007-06-27

Ok, so like 272 people have had wonderful things to say about this film and what more could I possibly add to the discussion? This movie has over the years fed my soul and "reason to be". It is a beautiful reminder that after all the education and family and work stuff there are still other reasons to remain here. To choose to live. As imperfect as it all is. As sad as our mortality can make us. Life has an aspect to it that is so rich, so lovely, so enchanting, so alluring, that, provided we are capable to slowing down long enough to take a good look at it, can be loved and embraced and followed, like a moth following a candle. Finding yourself wasn't just a sixties slogan, it had to do with letting go of those things we think are important, so that we might truly begin to embrace those things that are essential to happines and to life. Harold and Maude is about all that and more. And as Forest Gump once said, "That's all I have to say about that."

Best movie ever........2007-06-24

The more I watch this film the better it gets, so many subtleties. I bought a copy for my brother to show it to his teenage kids.

TOP 100 MOVIES OF DANY LYNEN.......2007-06-23

THIS MOVIE IS HEART MOVING, AND TEACHES A VALUBLE LESSON IN THE GAME OF LIFE!

"Harold and Maude, a Cerebral Love Affair" .......2007-06-11

This is a terrific movie and has been one of my favorites since I first saw it on VHS late last century. Now it is available upon DVD which means it has a very good quality picture reproduction from the celluloid original upon which it was originally recorded and the audio is as good as it was in the theatre. I just need to acquire the audio components upon which to listen to this movie so I can visually and aurally go back in time, also I can watch it over & over and not have to worry about tape degradation. Amazon.com made acquiring this movie a very good and most cost effective endeavor for me; I will be a customer for the rest of my life and encourage friends of mine to shop @ Amazon.com.

Harold and Maude timeless, naughty and quirky..........2007-05-28

Harold and Maude is a movie that brings to light an assortment of social and familial issues. Both actors do an outstanding job of portraying their characters in pure form. Love this movie!

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Great film, interesting commentary
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Terrible!
Heartwarming
Probably the best movie I've seen in the last year...

Garden State
Starring: Zach Braff , Christopher Carley , Amy Ferguson , Jill Flint , and Gary Gilbert
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ASIN: B00005JNC2
Release Date: 2004-12-28

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Writer/Director Zach Braff delivers an Oscar®-worthy performance (CBS-TV Chicago) opposite a wacky and endearing (Newsweek) Natalie Portman in this quirky, coming-of-age comedy. Twentysomething, emotionally detached Andrew Large Largeman (Braff) hasn t been home to New Jersey in nine years. Now, as Large attempts to re-connect with a variety of odd acquaintances including his father he decides to risk getting high on the most potent and unpredictable drug there is life! Co-starring Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm and Method Man, Garden State is marvelous fun (Rolling Stone)

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Zach Braff (from the TV show Scrubs) stars in his writing/directing debut, Garden State--normally a doomed act of hubris, but Braff pulls it off with unassuming charm. An emotionally numb actor in L.A., Andrew (Braff) comes back to New Jersey after nine years away for his mother's funeral. Andrew avoids his bitter father (Ian Holm, The Sweet Hereafter) and joins old friends (including the superb Peter Sarsgaard, Boys Don't Cry) in a round of parties. Along the way he meets a girl (Natalie Portman, Beautiful Girls) with demons of her own; bit by bit the two offer each other a little healing. Plotwise, Garden State is familiar stuff, a cross between The Graduate and a Meg Ryan movie, but Braff has an eye for goofy but resonant visual images, an ear for lively dialogue, and a great cast. The result is surprisingly fresh and funny. --Bret Fetzer

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Great film, interesting commentary.......2007-07-02

In addition to enjoying this film immensely, one of the things I like about DVDs is the addition of commentary. On this DVD, I found it interesting to learn how Director Zach Braff used different brands of film (Kodak or Fuji) in different homes to get a "cooler" or "warmer" feel. Little details like that make the picture even more enjoyable on repeated viewings.

Quirky love story with panache.......2007-06-06

This is a triumph for Zach Braff who directed, wrote, and also stars as Andrew Largeman who finds that love beats the holy heck out of lithium and assorted drugs bizarrely prescribed by his unfeeling father who just happens to be a shrink. Ladies and gentleman never let your father be your shrink.

I was quite taken with Natalie Portman who plays Sam who turns out to be Large's true love, and such a kinky, quirky, beautiful true love she is. Portman eschews beauty in every scene but manages to be cute and sweet and very emotionally evolved, which I liked. She is of course beautiful and brilliant as everybody knows, but here she tries something different. She strives to be ordinary and slight but with great emotive power. Nice performance.

The sound track which reminded this old guy of something from Simon and Garfunkel, and in fact there is a Simon and Garfunkel tune on it, was the sort of sweet, nostalgia-producing, alternative rock kind of sweet angst sound that lets you know that this is what youth is all about.

Largeman, wanna-be and somewhat successful/somewhat failed actor out on loan, comes home from the big city to rural New Jersey because his mother has died, unaccountable in a bathtub--which can happen if you are a paraplegic. He deals with a childhood tragedy and acquired guilt, meets his old buds, including Mark (Peter Sarsgaard) who is a full time slacker and part time dreamer and consummate doper. Largeman unveils his sidecar mobile--the only thing willed from his grandfather's estate--with its white star on combat green, and tools around town, parties a little and meets quirky Samantha who likes to tell lies as a kind of way to deal with the world. I knew a girl like that, only she knew when she was lying--if somebody caught her. Sam figures it's a tick like Tourette's, and anyway her lies are harmless.

The movie is sweet and mildly comedic with some original shtick, and at times a bit of a tear-jerker. More than anything it's a touching love story, which I can never resist. And, yes, it's very New Jersey like Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi, although no songs by them on the track--not to mention Elizabeth Shue who was a classmate of Braff's in high school.

See this for Zach Braff who put a lot of his emotional life into the film and deserves the accolades he's received.

Terrible!.......2007-06-04

YUCK! I could not make it through the entire 1 hour 45 minutes. After the first hour, I had to stop watching. It was SO bad. It's one of those movies with VERY little plot. I kept thinking that it would get better. . . but it never did. . . . and finally, I just couldn't take it anymore. If you're interested in death, drugs and dysfunctional families, then . . . by all means. . . rent/buy this movie. . . otherwise, Stay Away!

Heartwarming.......2007-05-31

Garden state is an excellent heartwarming film. Zach Braff and Natalie Portman's performances are superb. The cinematography and directing are excellent. The soundtrack is also great (Academy Award Winner for Best Soundtrack). It's a movie that should be viewed more than once to truly appreciate it.

Probably the best movie I've seen in the last year..........2007-04-02

After hearing some buzz & seeing a couple of stellar reviews I decided to rent this movie. I didn't know what to expect, but thought it would be a light romantic comedy and mildly entertaining. Instead I found it alternately heartbreaking and hilarious. I was moved to tears several times, and to side-splitting laughter throughout. It's a wonderfully entertaining and heartwarming film.

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Depicts the world of Autism!
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Rain Man
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Rain Man (Special Edition)
Starring: Tom Cruise , Andrew Dougherty , Dolan Dougherty , John-Michael Dougherty , and Marshall Dougherty
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Rain Man is the kind of touching drama that Oscars are made for--and, sure enough, the film took Academy honors for best picture, director, screenplay, and actor (Dustin Hoffman) in 1988. Hoffman plays Raymond, an autistic savant whose late father has left him $3 million in a trust. This gets the attention of his materialistic younger brother, a hot-shot LA car dealer named Charlie (Tom Cruise) who wasn't even aware of Raymond's existence until he read his estranged father's will. Charlie picks up Raymond and takes him on a cross-country journey that becomes a voyage of discovery for Charlie, and, perhaps, for Raymond, too. Rain Man will either captivate you or irritate you (Raymond's sputtering of repetitious phrases is enough to drive anyone crazy), but it is obviously a labor of love for those involved. Hoffman had been attached to the film for many years, as various directors and writers came and went, but his persistence eventually paid off--kind of like Raymond in Las Vegas. Look for director Barry Levinson in a cameo as a psychiatrist near the end of the film. --Jim Emerson

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Dustin Hoffman is a 'triumph (People) in an Oscar(r)-winning* role, and Tom Cruiseis 'terrific (ABC Radio) in a film that's fascinating, touching and full of smart surprises (Newsweek)! Charlie Babbitt (Cruise) has just discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond (Hoffman) and is now taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? From his refusal to drive on major highways to a four minutes to Wapner meltdown at an Oklahoma farmhouse, Raymond first pushes hot-headed Charlie to the limits of his patience and then pulls him completely out of his self-centered world! But what began as an unsentimental journey for the Babbitt brothers becomes much more than the distance between two placesit's a connection between two vastly different people and a poignant, profound and powerful film (Joel Siegel, ABC-TV)! *1988: Actor

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Depicts the world of Autism!.......2007-05-20

Very distinct and never attempted story line. In most part of the movie Dustin Hoffman lived as an autistic character, but some places he overacted. Everything was fine in the movie, but the only concern is, would Tom Cruise show the same affection, to his brother, if he was not good at numbers,instead behaved more like a regular autistic patient?

Tom started liking Dustin, only after he came to know that Dustin had some extraordinary number skills, which helped him in clearing his debts. This clearly sheds the light on Tom's selfishness. Any how almost all the people in the world, try to make fortune out of others, so his demeanor doesn't surprise me.

The story, character selection and the screenplay make it a definitely a worth watching movie!

Mixed Metaphors.......2007-04-14

The first thing that pleased me about this purchase was the new cover, synchronously both the same but not the same as the original. Gone was the huge tree-lined drive of the institution from which Charlie was springing his autistic brother, and in its stead appeared a country road underfoot and a beautiful blue sky towering above them, stretching forever and ever.
The Internet is overloaded with reviews of the movie Rain Man that have missed the main point of the movie, but the Special Edition of the movie will at the very least have put paid to most of them. Just watch the featurette. It lasts only a few minutes but explains all that had hitherto been missing from those tens of thousands of words.
I remember watching the movie on its release and reading in the acknowledgements mention of the role that the autistic society of America played. Yet only concentrating on this and the fact that Hoffman won the Oscar for his role as the autistic Ray (not Cruise who played his brother Charlie) has led many to falsely assume this movie is about Raymond, and thus autism. The producer sets this sidetrack straight in the featurette when he states that the movie is not about Raymond but Charlie, as he is the one who changes.
Films communicate their stories through the metaphors they contain. Once you can understand the metaphors, you can understand the movie. By realizing that autism is the vehicle and Charlie's change is the tenor, we can finally get the story's meaning the right way around.
To confirm this fact, Tom Cruise comments that Charlie learns to live life again through his brother, Raymond, who is autistic, and that Charlie is an "emotional autistic". Most films' appeal is a character with strong emotions who changes. Although Charlie changes, Ray is not emotional and does not change. But it was Hoffman who won the Oscar for Best Actor, not Cruise, and he had even suggested that Ray be autistic for the final shooting script. The subject is Charlie's change which we measure by Ray's lack of one. The main metaphor is autism, more than the car or even the journey. Ray's immutability is the yardstick that allows us to savor all the more Charlie's transformation into a feeling human being.
The final word from the featurette must go to Hoffman as he made the movie such a major part of himself and vice versa. He spells out his own heart by explaining that, when we meet people whose lives are touched by autism, we can't help but to be affected by them. And we hope that if we could just give them enough love they might somehow be released from their condition. The movie wanted the audience to somehow feel the same way.
Charlie has to travel the breadth of America to find out that, though that's impossible, trying to do so can help us heal ourselves. And finally, returning to the box cover, another often missed facet of the movie is also made clear - from the puff of sand when Charlie u-turns at the news of his father's death, through the dead roses, dried up pool, then the rain that weeps into it like tears, the background also transmogrifies as the sky expands in ever deeper shades of blue, love blooming in the gorgeous greening, and the high point, the fountains shooting high into the sky outside the casino hotel after Charlie's new family, Ray and Suzanna are all reunited.

CLASSIC! ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREATS!.......2007-03-27

I must say I wanted to hate this film after they robber Hoffman of an Oscar for Tootsie. I still think it was harder for Hoffman to pull off playing a woman,but this is another great film and a incredible acting job for Hoffman. Cruise does an excellent job as the self-centered brother too. This should not be missed! DVD 2 disc edition is excellent.

Rain Man.......2007-03-08

I have been looking for this movie for a long time. My daughter and I love it. It was my niece who told me to go online to Amazon, so I am very greatful to her, because I never thought to do it. I gave it to my daughter, and she was really happy.
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A Good Movie.......2007-02-12

I purchased this movie because my son had just finished reading "The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night", and he made comments about the boys math skills. I suggested he watch Rain Man, it has funny moments and interesting look at how someone's life can change. After watching it again I got much more out of it.

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Nostalgic look at friendship
The Big Chill - No Whimpering, It's Definitely a Bang
enjoyable, but frankly my dear, id rather be in secaucus
Baby Boomers Never Grow Up

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Starring: Tom Berenger , Glenn Close , Jeff Goldblum , William Hurt , and Kevin Kline
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
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Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 big-budget variation on John Sayles's The Return of the Secaucus Seven finds a cluster of old college radicals--who have since gone on to sundry professions and various degrees of materialism--reuniting over the death of a friend. Both playful and thoughtful, the film represents Kasdan (Body Heat) at his most astute. The attractive cast meshes perfectly into a group of characters for which a former closeness is out of synch with their current lives, yet their warmth is enviable and inviting. The script may be a bit too glib, with many one-liners, but it is still a perfectly designed story with telling irony and no little passion. --Tom Keogh

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All time best!.......2007-05-14

I first saw this movie when I was in College and fell in love with it. the story line was so great and makes me what to call my friends after watching it. I would recomment it to everyone.

Nostalgic look at friendship.......2007-01-17

I love The Big Chill. The first time I saw it I was just a teen and thought how great it would be to grow up and be so close with such a great group of friends. Now, 20 years later, I am drawn to the movie every so often as a reminder of how great it is to have long-lasting friendships and all the drama that goes along with that (good and bad).

The soundtrack is like a character all its own in this movie, as fully deserving as all other characters for all the air time it gets.

Because of some drug use in the movie, it's doubtful you'll find this played on TV much (without a lot of editing any way). That's one of the reasons I had to buy it--to have the full movie in all its glory.

The Big Chill - No Whimpering, It's Definitely a Bang.......2006-08-15

Very high on my list.

All star cast: Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldbloom, William Hurt, Tom Berenger, JoBeth Williams, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly. Kevin Costner is uncredited for his role...sssh, those in the know...those who don't know, try to find him in the movie.

I just adore this movie. Witty, intelligent, the dialogs are marvelous, and the comments quotable:

"I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex."
"Ah, come on. Nothing's more important than sex."
"Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization?"

"It doesn't always happen the first time."
"That's not what they told us in high school."

"Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can't come."

"He went out with a bang, not a whimper."

Great music selections as well. It's a must see!

enjoyable, but frankly my dear, id rather be in secaucus.......2006-06-04

i managed to miss this: one of those generational impact movies, and never caught up to it until now. it is difficult to remember that all the cliches were NOT cliches when this movie was released, but i was able to watch it and just enjoy the crisp acting by all 8 stars. and of course there IS that soundtrack. still, the movie ripped off "the return of the secaucus 7", and tho i havent seen that in a long time, my guess is id prefer it on a more core level.

Baby Boomers Never Grow Up.......2006-04-05

The children of the 1960's stayed children and trapped in a yearning for the idealism of youth. Just like that 80's TV seroes "30-something" it really makes you be glad that your youth wasn't wasted after all. Watching this film as a now 30-something makes me convinced: how the mighty have fallen when their youth was blessed with too much of a good time too soon. While those who had it rough in their barely 20's, reaped the rewards of a character fortified.

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FUNNY AND SO TRUE
Pleased
Great Movie, good service
crowd pleaser
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The First Wives Club
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley , Philip Bosco , Stockard Channing , Stephen Collins , and Jennifer Dundas
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ASIN: 6305182051
Release Date: 1998-12-01

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Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, and Diane Keaton prove that revenge is a dish best served cold. Former college buddies, they reunite at the funeral of a dear friend who took a swan dive onto Fifth Avenue. All three discover they share the same unhappy history of husbands who dove into middle-age by dumping them for trophy wives. Forming a warring triumvirate, they decide to get even, and along the way remind themselves of long-forgotten capabilities. The action gets a little too "wacky" at times, but the gals are great. Portraying an aging actress, Hawn is sometimes a little too flamboyant, but there is much fun to be had in her flashiness, especially when she pokes fun at Tinseltown and her persona. Instead of her usual brashness, Midler stretches herself and shows us a woman who is not just unhappy, but also deeply sorrowful. Not that she isn't quick with a wisecrack, but her expressive face alone tells the story of her marriage. As the repressed and guilt-ridden spouse of a self- involved ad executive, Keaton finds her anger, and her voice, when her psychiatrist (Marcia Gay Harden) oversteps ethical boundaries. Watching Keaton grow from an ineffectual homemaker into a powerful businessperson reminds us that it has been far too long since she has done a comedy. Director Hugh Wilson smartly chose supporting players who each brought something unique to the film. However, he does not maintain the first hour's effervescent humor throughout the film, as the ending is weakened by a softening of the wives' resolve. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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FUNNY AND SO TRUE.......2007-05-14

WONDERFUL MOVIE. THE CAST IS JUST GREAT. IT IS TOUCHING AND FUNNY. THERE ARE SOME SAD THINGS AS WELL. OVER ALL GREAT.

Pleased.......2007-05-14

I received my dvd in about a week and it came in brand new condition.

Great Movie, good service.......2007-04-09

Overall this is a fun movie, would not recommend it to the newly divorced, unless the divorce was your idea. However, there is a lot of hope embedded in the movie as well as female empowerment. Not crazy about the revenge attitude, however, love the line by Ivana Trump, success is the best revenge. Not a good movie for Stockard Channing fans, she only has a very small part at the beginning of the movie and is basically just a catalist to get the three main characters together. Good movie, fun and enjoyable, but again not for the newly divorced.

crowd pleaser.......2007-03-08

This is just a good movies about divorcees and life.. and the little lessons on revenge.

:0) .......2006-07-23

I love and admire this movie its a make you wanna feel good movie if your going through braking up or the D word..
even if your not going through it its still enjoyable, fun and entertaining.....

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Simply the most wonderful film of all-time!
Brilliant!
Just Beatling along (Inspired by "The Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles)
Girl saves boy
Definitely not a Fiasco

Elizabethtown (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Orlando Bloom , Kirsten Dunst , Susan Sarandon , Alec Baldwin , and Bruce McGill
Director: Cameron Crowe
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ASIN: B000CNESJO
Release Date: 2006-02-07

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Elizabethtown has all of the elements of a great Cameron Crowe movie, but none of the Cameron Crowe vision that made Almost Famous work. It's mostly a series of sweet moments, each capped with the right song at the right time; in fact, the soundtrack is the real star of the movie, and the right song is all there is to piece together a film that is much less than the sum of its parts.

From the start of Elizabethtown, big contrasts are evoked: death and life, success and failure are side by side, so we're told. When the movie starts, Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is experiencing failure and death in spades: the shoe he spent eight years designing for Mercury (a thinly-veiled copy of Nike) has been recalled, costing his company $972 million dollars. On the verge of a suicide attempt, he learns his father has died, and Drew flies to Kentucky to retrieve the body to Oregon for cremation. On the red-eye to Louisville he meets Claire Colburn (Kirsten Dunst), a perky flight att'ndant with a charming flair for cute lines ("I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember," she chirps). Once in Elizabethtown, Drew tries to plan a memorial while dealing with relatives who have their own agenda in addition to his manic family back in Oregon, all while facing the reality that in a few days he'll be known nationally as one of his industry's most legendary failures. Yet still he manages to connect with Claire on an all-night cell phone conversation--complete with the requisite watching of the sunrise--and to strike up a furtive romance.

So we now have death and life side by side. But despite these dramatic shifts, what sets up to be a roller coaster ride of a film flattens out to a milquetoast middle ground with no real life of its own. Drew Baylor has suffered two tragic personal losses in the course of one day, but you wouldn't know it from Bloom's lethargic performance. There's not much to Claire either. Her whole character is made up mostly of cutesy quotable lines and mysterious little smirks. In the end, Elizabethtown is a film that doesn't know what it wants to be, and unfortunately there's no payoff, other than a few memorable lines and a great soundtrack. --Dan Vancini

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From Oscar winner Cameron Crowe comes "a potent blend of rock 'n' roll and classic romantic comedy." Orlando Bloom stars as Drew Baylor, a hot-shot designer whose life becomes completely unraveled when he loses his father and his job on one fateful day. En route to Elizabethtown to visit his family, Drew meets Claire (Kirsten Dunst). She's beautiful, unstoppably positive, and just the gal to guide Drew on his journey back home and to teach him what it means to live and love along the way. Set against the backdrop of an incredible soundtrack, ELIZABETHTOWN is "an amazing trip of love, loss and laughter."

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Simply the most wonderful film of all-time!.......2007-06-16

Everyone has a film that comes along once in a lifetime and forever endears itself to their heart. For myself, Elizabethtown was that film. No longer do I have to defend my favourite film selections against comparisons with the golden era classics such as Casablanca and Breakfast At Tiffany's, Elizabethtown in my opinion for it's time is the equal of both. Although director Cameron Crowe's past films include my previous all-time favourite Jerry Maguire, I believe he has raised the bar with Elizabethtown. If ever a movie is to be made from one of my novels, then Cameron Crowe would be the man I would want calling the shots. From it's eclectic yet refreshingly beautiful soundtrack, to the raw emotional presentation of life that exists around us, Elizabethtown rises above. Kirsten Dunst is fabulous as the unstoppably positive airline hostess Claire and although Orlando Bloom starred in bigger blockbusters such as the Lord Of The Rings trilogy and the Pirates Of The Carribean films, I hope he holds the role of Drew Baylor as one of the finest performances of his career. Throw in a talented support cast of Susan Sarandon, Jessica Biel, Bruce McGill and Alec Baldwin and you have a highly enjoyable movie. I could spend the rest of my life waiting for a film to top Cameron Crowe's loveable walk through Louisville, Kentucky only to be disappointed when all others fail to compare. So it's safe to say I'll leave Elizabethtown in a class of its own, as a stand alone masterpiece!

Brilliant! .......2007-06-15

When I first heard about this movie, I thought I would hate it because it was "about death" but the reality is that this is a movie that celebrates life. I know. That's an incredibly cliche opening line, but when I saw this film, I was mesmerized by it. I recently watched it again with a friend who'd never seen it, and she had the same reaction I did. It was simply an amazing movie. I've read the reviews here, and all I can say is some of you have seen a completely different film than I did. Having lost my father at a stressful period in my life, so much of this movie struck me as true--the family members you don't know, the overwhelming number of decisions and plans that must be made, and the sudden realization that the grieving doesn't truly begin until the funeral is over. Orlando Bloom played this perfectly.

I found nothing confusing about the subplots, which to me weren't really sub, but part of the overall plot. I thought the actors, especially Orlando Bloom as Drew Baylor, were perfect. Bloom's portrayal of a man on the edge, a man making the decision to end his life, and oddly and in great and giddy underscore to the career ending opening of the film, FAILING, is absolutely enchanting. He so beautifully shows us a man so completely overwhelmed by events that he doesn't know what to do, and yet he has to step up and take care of things because there is no one else to do it. So what does he do? He copes...which is just what he thought he couldn't do!

The scene where the truth of his father's death is finally a reality to him is touching and well done. It was the kind of scene that could easily be "over the top" but Cameron Crowe and Orlando Bloom somehow managed to avoid that and give us honesty and depth instead.

Kirsten Dunst was also a delight. Her character, Claire Colburn has such a positive approach to life that it seems at odds with Bloom's character's negativity, but it is this that makes it work. She's so positive, and so determined to cheer him up, that her being there for him seem completely natural. They're growing relationship becomes more and more a lifeline to both characters making the audience realize there are similarities beneath the surface.

The ending is brilliant. The road trip was a perfect way to bring this film to an emotional close. It put Drew Baylor in touch with life, with himself, with his father, and with the world, shifting things into perspective and making the eventual choice he has to make obvious to him and to the audience.

The music was inspired and inspiring! I bought volume one of the soundtrack and I fully intend to go back and buy every other related CD. All in all, this film is going on my list of all time favorites. I'll watch it again and again.

The only thing wrong with the DVD is the lack of extra scenes. Why we got more of Rusty's Learning to Listen rather than more of these amazing characters is a bit perplexing.

Just Beatling along (Inspired by "The Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles).......2007-06-10

This long and winding film
That was hard to endure
It just wasn't that great
I've seen better before
It'll make you shed a tear
It may make you snore

The hyped but ugly shoe
That the world laughed away
That left Drew unemployed
Wasting all those years
And then his father died
Left him with no tears

Many times he'd sketched alone
The shoe that was his pride
By Friday everyone'll know
That his career was fried

But still he wandered back
To the place he'd called home
He'd left there once before
A long, long time ago
On route he met a girl
Too perky to ignore

And then she led him back
In a long winding plot
She taught him to enjoy
What he before had not
She taught him how to feel
The things that he'd forgot

Many times Orlando bloomed
While Kirsten wore a smirk
Many scenes just went too long
As with that Baldwin jerk

Why did I watch this one?
As if I were inspired
In truth it was the fact
That I was just too darn tired
To get up from my chair
With the effort required

Amanda Richards, June 9, 2007

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Girl saves boy.......2007-05-22

A portrayal of one man (Bloom) questioning his will to live after a major work failure. He goes through the motions of life and is "saved" by an angel (Dunst works up in the air) as she extends her compassion for his situation and employs her charm and feminine creativity, and waits for his spark for life to return.

Definitely not a Fiasco.......2007-05-14

Reading previous reviews, one who has not yet viewed "Elizabethtown" may be tempted to, well, not see it. I would have to say that most of the previous viewers had good points, but did not stand back and take a good look at the movie and appreciate how truly wonderful it was.
I saw this movie in the theater. And I loved it! I haven't seen any earlier Cameron Crowe (yeah, yeah, I know), but if anything was to convince me, this sure would.
"Elizabethtown" is the story of Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom), inventor of the Spasmotica shoe. The Spasmotica is not a failure; it is a fiasco. He is fired by Phil, then goes home and assembles a device with which he intends to kill himself. Shortly before he does, however, his sister (Judy Greer, who is absolutley wonderful in her part) calls to say that his dad has died.
Drew must now go to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, to settle everything. He goes by plane, where he meets flight attendant Claire Colburn (Kirsten Dunst, with a funny Southern accent). And, yes, romance does follow.
This movie has so much in it. It might sound depressing, but I would call it sweet melancholy. And there are so many funny moments in it. Oh, and the music! The music is, in a word, phenomenal. Also included in the movie: a beautiful tap dance scene, a great "Free Bird" moment, and a road trip(!!). Let's just say, the movie is worth watching to get to the road trip scenes.
Overall, this is a feel-good movie. I agree with another reviewer in saying that there are some unresolved themes, but unless you have heard that said, you really don't notice it.
NOTE: This is one of my favorite movies ever, so perhaps I'm partial. See it anyway.

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Romantic light comedy
British humor is wonderful
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Four Weddings
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
Starring: Hugh Grant , James Fleet , Simon Callow , John Hannah , and Kristin Scott Thomas
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ASIN: B00000JRTX
Release Date: 1999-09-07

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A surprise hit and one of the highest grossing films ever to come out of Great Britain, this effortlessly enchanting romantic comedy finds confirmed bachelor Hugh Grant (Nine Months) attending weddings with his single friends as they all lament not being able to commit. Grant keeps running into an attractive American (Andie MacDowell) at these festivities and begins a long-running affair with her, even as he attends her own wedding, the funeral of one of his best friends, and his own pending nuptials. Featuring a spirited supporting cast including Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient) as the acerbic friend quietly in love with Grant, this touching and funny film with a mischievous sense of humor and some truly heartbreaking moments is destined to become one of the classic romantic comedies of all time. --Robert Lane

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The champagne is flowingand so is the funin this "delightful and sly" (Roger Ebert) romantic comedy about two people who belong together but just can't seem to tie the knot. Ushering in two Academy AwardÂ(r) nominations*, and starring Hugh Grant (Notting Hill), Andie MacDowell (Michael) and a superb ensemble cast that includes OscarÂ(r) nominee** Kristin Scott Thomas, Four Weddings and a Funeral is truly "a very special occasion" (Rolling Stone)! Charlie (Grant) is always the best man but never the groom. Determined to avoid even a hint of commitment, this handsome English gentleman is notoriously late to every wedding. But today he's in for a real surprise because not only did he forget the ring...but he also just caught a glimpse of the girl of his dreams (MacDowell)! "Elegant, festive and very, very funny" (The New York Times), Four Weddings and a Funeral is engaging entertainment from beginning to end. *1994: Best Picture, Original Screenplay **1996: Actress, The English Patient

Customer Reviews:

Romantic light comedy.......2007-06-01

The real life locations in which this film is set are outstanding from start to finish, a veritable travelogue of "secret" Great Britain. Many moments work well, especially when the characters begin to show their personalities. Hugh Grant is good (cast as a character that resembles himself) in this film and Andie McDowell was never lovelier. We wish she would appear in more first rate films. The supporting cast is really an ensemble cast and they all do their work very well. The cameo of Rowan Atkinson the bumbling vicar is so good. Father Son and Holy Goat indeed! Holy Spigot, too. What fun. The tender eulogy by John Hannah is one of two of the best eulogies in all of cinema history, the other being in "Waking Ned Divine". The scene in the rain is also lovely. This movie wears well upon re-watching.

British humor is wonderful.......2007-05-08

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I love Hugh Grant and thought that his character was perfect. It is a great romantic comedy and an excellent addition to anyone who enjoys this genre.

SUPERFICIAL AT BEST.......2007-02-06

Nice visually but superficial. Parading the usual Hollywood values
"Sleeping around is a positive thing". "self centeredness" also very positive. Funnily enough the funeral was the best part of the movie and john Hannah's eulogy the highpoint of the film. I like Andie MacDowell But her role was pretty much confined to looking pretty and sensitive. Hugh Grant just bumbled. I am not sure it deserves even a 2.

Four Weddings.......2007-01-27

Not listed in the main list of actors, this is John Hannah's first film. I love the supporting actors more than the main two. Highlight includes John Hannah doing a poetry reading of Auden at the funeral, very touching and moving.

Film.......2007-01-03

One of the best films of the past decade. Wonderful English humor and a love story that keeps you wondering until the very end. Highly recommned if you like your humor edgy and smart.

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Toby sure can pick 'em can't he ???
Well Worth Your Time
Toby Keith
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Broken Bridges
Starring: Toby Keith , Kelly Preston , Lindsey Haun , Tess Harper , and Katie Finneran
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ASIN: B000JLTRKO
Release Date: 2007-01-09

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Broken Bridges, starring country superstar Toby Keith, is the Country Music Channel's debut entry into the world of feature films. Though it plays more like a televised movie of the week--complete with an opaque plot, much tears, and a happy ending--Broken Bridges is a guilty pleasure, thanks in large part to the surprising likeability (though not believability) of Keith. The tall singer plays Bo Price, a struggling musician who heads back to his small hometown for his younger brother's funeral. There, he runs into his high-school sweetheart Angela Dalton (Kelly Preston) and her teenage daughter Dixie (Lindsey Haun, daughter of Air Supply guitarist Jimmy Haun). It comes as no surprise to the viewer that Dixie is Bo's child--a daughter he never knew he had. Though she doesn't share her father's gruff personality, she did inherit his musical aptitude and stage presence. While Burt Reynolds chews up the scenery as Angela's father, Tess Harper--playing his wife--doesn't get much to do other than look worried. Look for BeBe Winans and Willie Nelson to make guest appearances as themselves. As for Bo and Angela? She makes a feeble attempt to resist her ex's charms by laying down the law. "I came out here to lay down the ground rules," she tells him. "Don't speak to my parents. Don't speak to Angela. And don't speak to me." Rules, of course, are meant to be broken, especially in feel-good movies such as this. --Jae-Ha Kim

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In this bittersweet story about family, love and redemption, the death of a loved one brings fading country music star Bo Price (Toby Keith) back to his hometown where he is reunited with his childhood sweetheart (Kelly Preston) and meets his 16-year-old daughter for the first time. Can Bo mend the bridges that were broken when he up and left his home and loved ones for fame and fortune?

Customer Reviews:

Toby sure can pick 'em can't he ???.......2007-06-15

Toby Keith's first foray into acting is an unqualified success. With a great story and a great cast of actors, Toby couldn't miss on this one. CMT must have been smiling from ear to ear when this premiered. A superstar doing a movie.... and it's good too ??? Toby admittedly, played it close to home, as a country music star, playing a country music star, but it's written so well I didn't care. Kelly Preston is, as always, a solid, steady quality actress, who is easily likable in any role she chooses to play. Lindsey Haun is a find. Cute, talented and believable as the daughter not too happy with her family situation. Burt Reynolds is still an actor with star power, although this isn't a big role for him.
All in all I was very pleased with this movie, give it a chance and I think you will be too.

Well Worth Your Time.......2007-06-15

This was one of the most meaningful movies I have ever seen. It touched my heart. I highly recommend this movie for all audiences. It is definitely a movie the entire family should watch together.

Toby Keith.......2007-06-12

Who doesn't love Toby!!!!! Even my daughter watche this with me. A must have for every Toby lover. I watch it over and over.

see below.......2007-06-11

Toby Keith (Covel) is my second cousin. I thought he did a very good job at his first attempt being an actor. He looks almost exactly like his Father, Jr. Covel, when Jr. was about 14. I hope all his reviews are good, and I wish him well. I have never met him. But maybe someday. I know he will be sweet like all the Covel men.

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imaginary.......2007-06-09

well, my review well the DVD has not turned up therefore i am having difficulty coming up with an appropriate review, but your lucky as out of all the movies i've bought from amazon this is yhe only one to go astray i previously rented this movie from blockbuster so i new i liked the movie it is a little weak in the story line but i like the songs

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Scary & twisted as hell I loved it!
another solid anthology film
Tales from the Hood
Horror in African American and White
DA HOOD MEETS HELL

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ASIN: 6305047502
Release Date: 1998-08-25

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Revenge/horror motif played out again and again and again, but this time with racial implications. Three drug-dealing thugs look for a stash in a funeral parlor and get the grand tour from Mr. Simms, the truly creepy mortician. As they pass the open caskets, Simms relates gruesome stories about the occupants' deaths to the increasingly restless young men. Each one of them falls to the vengeance of the supernatural theme, and it gets truly old. Nothing original is introduced, except that most of the stories take place in an urban setting. Produced by Spike Lee in an attempt to prove that bad horror doesn't discriminate, either. --Keith Simanton

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Scary & twisted as hell I loved it!.......2007-05-19

I seen this movie years back I can't remember what the whole movie was specifically about but I know it was so scary twisted and bizarre this movie really was. About a 3 african american gang members who hear this guys sick twisted stories about a kids voodoo drawing of a monster who is david allen grier as the violent abusive monster then crooked white cops beating on an (i think an innocent or crooked african american) african american and desecrating his grave and him coming back from the dead to get his revenge and last a killer who is in prison and is being completly tortured by some machine that takes him back to his gang life to see and talk to the people me murdered. This was a bizarre twisted movie especially at the end it was kinda funny too. I recommend this to any one who is into sick twisted horror with out of control swearing too.

another solid anthology film.......2007-02-22

The anthology horror film is a rare thing these days, and in the 1990s there were a few that came out. This was one of them. I wish I saw it in the theater but when you see this kind of horror film, it isn't common for a movie of this kind to really stand out like this one did.

Tales from the Hood, is not only a good movie overall and frightening in its overall wrap around story but the segements were just as scary. The basis for the film were about three gangbangers looking for their drugs, and they took out a rival gang member who eventually becomes one of the stories in the film.

Edgar Allan Poe if he was alive would be proud of this film in some ways, because the story that the dead or dying gang member was in was about consequences of his actions. They put him in a dark room and he was forced to see the ghosts of all the people he killed. The eeriest part of that segment had to be where they had a little kid walk in covered in blood. Frightening.

It is a film like this I could imagine author Joseph Armstead drawing some of his inspirations, especially from that particular segment. That segment is titled HARDCORE CONVERT. There were three other segments too in there. Voodoo, Slavery, Torment, and Crooked cops created the landscape of horror in this one.

Horror as a genre these days did lose its social concious, mainly the focus of the genre was about trying to get a little tail -- which was the focus more on the 1980s horror seeing how much skin they could show. This follows the tradition of the films Black Sabbath, the House that Dripped Blood (little known fact this is Robert Bloch's baby,) Creepshow and Creepshow 2, and Tales from the Darkside: The Movie. If these segments were extremely chilling on film, I would loved to see how they turned out on paper.

Kudos to George Arthur Cundieff for writing and directing this one, especially since he's more noted for doing things like House Party 2 or the Chappell show. Not many people would remember him for this film, but those of us who also write horror -- this film was actually my homework for wanting to do anthology books and stories.

For as funny some say this movie is, for as how funny it was it had a cerebral aspect to it too. That was why I remembered Hardcore Convert so much because that was the most serious of the segments.

Tales from the Hood.......2006-11-28

I loved this movie I have watched several time and am currently letting my brother and his wife watch it.

Horror in African American and White.......2006-01-06

While this film hasn't won any Oscars it's important viewing for some. Yes the tales within are moralistic but sorley needed at the time the film was released. The most important of the tales is the story of the gangbanger who becomes a victim of his own violence. Laying on the ground bleeding and dying, the young brother is offered a chance at redemption and salvation. He is placed in a facility for behavioral modification. He finds himself placed in a cell next to a white supremist skin head. The skinhead taunts the young brother and basically tells him that he likes him. Why? Because he's doing the supremists job for him. He's killing other black youths that the skin head wants to get rid of any way. After that the gangbanger is forced to watch images of dead African Americans who have been shot, lynched, and beaten to death. Some by the KKK and some by black on black crime. The scenes are very graphic. The last treatment for this criminal is sensory deprevation. His mind feeds on itself and produces images of the people that he has killed either accidentally or purposely. He refuses to be turned and give up his violent ways. The doctor that tries to modify his behavior is really an angel who is trying to get him to heaven but the gangbanger is too blinded by hatred and violence to see it. The scene returns back to the street where the punk still lies. The gang members that shot him shoot him again. He dies and goes exactly where you think he goes. To hell.

There is quite a bit of foul language and lots of violence in the film but that's what our young people go to the movies for these days. I've got to believe that at least one young person got the message here. Hopefully, not just the black kids but all the others too. I applaud this films efforts even if it's not the most wonderful film in all of film making history. One more important note. There was still time for the gangbanger to repent and go to heaven even though he had killed many and was dying himself. As long as there is life, there is a chance to change. Even the thief that was being crucified on the cross next to Jesus was welcomed into heaven that very day. It doesn't matter what you've done as long as you repent and accept the gift He's given!

Not suitable for those 13 years or younger.

DA HOOD MEETS HELL .......2005-11-21

Damn! this move was sick n twisted... jus da way a "Horror" Film gotta be."Tales from the hood" brings you that Deep erie mindset in each of the stories. The stories overall are just twisted , the horror is gruesome. One story brings you da Racism of inner city cops towards african americans that ends in well a horrific revenge of da agez. Another story that bring you the KKK racism of a powerfull white man too the black community that ends in a "Weird/Twisted way". Aswell as a Child abuse story between a step father and his step son. Which is a little boring but the end makes it all worth while. Then theres one of da best of the stories, in which a tough-talking "Gangsta" is strapped to a table by a sinister doctor and shown hellish visions of the consequences of his lifestyle. where he gets to chose to turn away from his wrongfull ways or keep the "Gansta mentallity" which ends on a strong shocking note. Overall this movies got everything of a "Good Horror Flick" Except the things that make it stand out is all the story topics which are big subjects in our society except that Horror twist to them makes it so much more fun.

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