Best in Show

Starring:Carrie Aizley, Lewis Arquette, Bob Balaban, Jehshua Barnes, Jay Brazeau, Dany Canino, Jennifer Coolidge, Patrick Cranshaw, Colin Cunningham, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Don Lake, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Stephen E. Miller, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Will Sasso, Scott Williamson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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Christopher Guest, the man behind Waiting for Guffman, turns his comic eye on another little world that takes itself a bit too seriously: the world of competitive dog shows. Best in Show follows a clutch of dog owners as they prepare and preen their dogs to win a national competition. They include the yuppie pair (Parker Posey and Michael Hitchcock) who fear they've traumatized their Weimaraner by having sex in front of him; a suburban husband and wife (Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara) with a terrier and a long history of previous lovers on the wife's part; the Southern owner of a bloodhound (Guest himself) with aspirations as a ventriloquist; and many more. Following the same "mockumentary" format of Spinal Tap and Guffman, Best in Show takes in some of the dog show officials, the manager of a nearby hotel that allows dogs to stay there, and the commentators of the competition (a particularly knockout comic turn by Fred Willard as an oafish announcer). The movie manages to paint an affectionate portrait of its quirky characters without ever losing sight of the ridiculousness of their obsessive world. Almost all of the scenes were created through improvisation. While lacking the overall focus of a written script, Best in Show captures hilarious and absurd aspects of human behavior that could never be written down. The movie's success is a testament to both the talent of the actors and Guest's discerning eye. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

Awful.......2007-06-14

Save your money. Unless you're a dog freak there's nothing here but the opportunity to see some usually-funny actors embarrass themselves by attempting improvised humour. Funny actors aren't necessarily funny people as this film repeatedly proves.

What does the smell of victory smells like to you -- just don't step in it........2007-05-28

I always thought that comedies are usually the easiest films to write which possibly explains why we have so many. Yet, 'Best in Show' is somewhat different compared to the comedies presented to us here. Directed again by Guest was for a large part improvised according to the film's documentary and is quite different from today's standards. This story is mainly about The Mayflower Kennel Dog Show which is like the Super Bowl of dog shoes; and in documentary style this film showcases the incredibly over-the-top preparations the dog owners take part in for this show.

The film constantly cuts from interviews with these zany characters to actual interactive footage shot while on their way to the dog show. All in documentary style that a person who is uneducated about the film can easily mistake for a genuine documentary. This film contains an all-star cast that includes actors who really know how to act and that capture the essence of each scene. This film is lined with scene after scene of hilarious bits focusing upon these characters and the manner in which they handle their canines like minor deities.

Guest also takes part as one of the major characters of course and plays Harlan Pepper; a fishing-store owner who travels to the Kennel Dog Show in his Winnebago in hopes of capturing the championship. He is just one of the many developed and layered characters that is fun to watch. Other characters include Parker Posey as a sexually deprived nagging wife who becomes insane with anger after losing her dog's toy. Eugene Levy plays the part of terribly jealous husband born with two left feet to Catherine O'Hara who plays his wife who cannot stop running into men she slept with in the past. Other characters include Michael McKean who plays a homosexual dog owner who steals the movie away from the others when sharing scenes with his male companion during the film's many interview sequences. Fred Willard who takes the art of improvisation to new heights as the dog's shows color commentator is quite funny.

As far as breaking new ground is concerned, this film does not. Aforesaid, it is unconventional and different from others but in the end is a different film with regular results. This film does contain elements that most films do not such as richly textured characters and great acting, but at it's heart cannot break free from the monotonous tone a documentary usually brings with it. Even though it is a mock documentary that does not take itself seriously, it still is a bit over-the-top. Resulting in a different and unconventional film that will best be viewed by fans and new ones--like my self.

Silly silly human race.......2007-05-22

If you can laugh at the absolute absurdness of human behavior,dont look any further than Christopher Guest and company. Not only here,but ANY of the classics Guest has created (WITH THE UNFORTUNATE EXCEPTION OF THE HORRID"FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION". Christopher missed the mark big time with that one.)
Anywho...Best in Show,Mighty Wind,Spinal Tap...!!!! Start the DELICIOUS insanity!!!

Best In Show.......2007-05-21

If you have ever watched the Westminister dog show on tv then you will recognize what this movie is about. From the begining to the end you can't help but laugh at some of the crazyness and funny things that go on before and behind the dog show competation. Everything the owners go through just to make sure their dog is the one to take home the trophy for best dog in show is almost like the real dog show. Where others go real exreme measures to get their dog to win. I couldn't stop laughing throught his fuuny and cute movie and you will also.

Two paws up: Sit, Speak, Stay for Best in Show.......2007-05-15

There is no gray area here--you either love this movie or hate it. It's by far one of my all-time favorites, so know that this review is heavily biased towards a "two paws up." If you catch yourself inexplicably watching those dog shows on TV, if you love your dog more than most humans and if you are entertained by those actors from great movies such as "A Mighty Wind" or "Waiting for Guffman," you'll be all over this movie. From shih tzus to standard poodles, from two left feet (literally) to a missing "Busy Bee," you'll be laughing out loud or, you'll be swearing at me for loving this movie....but, I figure that just means you aren't a lover of canines and witty, understated humor.

Christopher Guest Collection (A Mighty Wind / Best in Show / Waiting for Guffman)

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You either love it or hate it----and I love it
i've talked about brittish comedy at its best but now here's american comedy at its best
great films, poor packaging
Three great movies, but what's so special about the price?
Fantastic Movies, Terrible Presentation

Christopher Guest Collection (A Mighty Wind / Best in Show / Waiting for Guffman)
Starring: Christopher Guest
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Release Date: 2003-09-23

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A Mighty Wind
There's A Mighty Wind a-blowin', along with the gales of laughter you'll get from Christopher Guest's third exercise in brilliant "mockumentary." After tackling small-town theatricals in Waiting for Guffman and obsessive dog-show contestants in Best in Show, Guest and his reliable stable of repertory players (including Fred Willard, Parker Posey, and Bob Balaban) apply their improvisational genius to a latter-day reunion of fictional '60s-era folk singers, a comedic goldmine that Guest first explored 30 years earlier on The National Lampoon Radio Hour. Collaborating with costar and cowriter Eugene Levy (who gives the film's funniest performance), Guest is so delicate in his satirical approach that the laughs aren't always obvious, and the subtlety can be as wistful (as in Catherine O'Hara's performance as Levy's auto-harpist partner) as it is hilarious. Some may wish for more blatant comedy, but that would compromise the genuine affection that Guest & Co. have for the music they're spoofing. --Jeff Shannon

Best in Show
Christopher Guest, the man behind Waiting for Guffman, turns his comic eye on another little world that takes itself a bit too seriously: the world of competitive dog shows. Best in Show follows a clutch of dog owners as they prepare and preen their dogs to win a national competition. They include the yuppie pair (Parker Posey and Michael Hitchcock) who fear they've traumatized their Weimaraner by having sex in front of him; a suburban husband and wife (Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara) with a terrier and a long history of previous lovers on the wife's part; the Southern owner of a bloodhound (Guest himself) with aspirations as a ventriloquist; and many more. Following the same "mockumentary" format of Spinal Tap and Guffman, Best in Show takes in some of the dog show officials, the manager of a nearby hotel that allows dogs to stay there, and the commentators of the competition (a particularly knockout comic turn by Fred Willard as an oafish announcer). The movie manages to paint an affectionate portrait of its quirky characters without ever losing sight of the ridiculousness of their obsessive world. Almost all of the scenes were created through improvisation. While lacking the overall focus of a written script, Best in Show captures hilarious and absurd aspects of human behavior that could never be written down. The movie's success is a testament to both the talent of the actors and Guest's discerning eye. --Bret Fetzer

Waiting for Guffman
One of the funniest films in many a moon was hiding at art house theaters in 1998. Former Saturday Night Live comedian and Spinal Tap member Christopher Guest creates the ultimate parody of small-town dramatics, Waiting for Guffman. Corky St. Claire (Guest), an overwhelming drama director hiding out in Blaine, Missouri, thinks he has found the vehicle to put him back on Broadway: the city's 150th anniversary play, Red, White, and Blaine. As rehearsals start, we learn of the town's history ("the stool capital of the world") including a brush with a UFO. The mockumentary follows the various townsfolk wishing for stardom: Parker Posey as a Dairy Queen clerk, Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard as stage-struck travel agents, Matthew Keeslar as the town's bad boy, and Eugene Levy (who cowrote the film with Guest) as a dentist who dreams of glory on the stage. The film is a hoot from beginning to end, and be sure to watch the closing credits. Fans of Guest's deft dry humor should not miss his other parody of the entertainment world, The Big Picture (Kevin Bacon as a student filmmaker who goes to Hollywood). --Doug Thomas

Description

A MIGHTY WIND: Documentary-style Comedy. Christopher Guest follows up his acclaimed ensemble comedies Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman with a docu-comedy about three folk groups from the 60s who reunite for a memorial concert in New York City following the death of a legendary folk manager. BEST IN SHOW: The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. WAITING FOR GUFFMAN: A town of Blaine, Missouri is preparing for celebrations of its 150th anniversary. Corky St.Clair, an off-off-off-off-off-Broadway director is putting together an amateur theater show about the town's history, starring a local dentist, a couple of travel agents, a Dairy Queen waitress, and a car repairman. He invites a Broadway theater critic Mr. Guffman to see the opening night of the show

Customer Reviews:

You either love it or hate it----and I love it.......2007-01-03

I admit to an unexplained fondness for clever parody and satire. These three films by Christopher Guest fall right into my slot. Each highlights a different form of unwarranted self-importance, but rarely crosses the line of easy insults or demeaning caricature. The realism is ----well, very real (although it doesn't go to 11 as in an earlier semi-related film).

All the characters are clearly drawn from real life. Although employing many of the same actors in diverse roles, the films allow each individual improv performer to shine a unique light that fully illuminates the target subjects. My two 20-ish daugthers and I often quote from these films. The biting wit is timeless. Outstanding talent, craftsmanship, and creativity forms the heart of all these stories. Very, very funny stuff.

i've talked about brittish comedy at its best but now here's american comedy at its best.......2006-08-18

great and hillarious!!! a mighty wind, best in show, waiting for guffman...i have watched theses movies countless times and it still shockes me how funny and side splitting these perfectly hillarious movies are!!!

a must get for everyone out there!!!

great films, poor packaging.......2005-02-04

The DVDs are great. They have lots of great extras, including commentary on additional scenes, insightful commentary in general, cast bios, etc. I was disappointed in the packaging -- flimsy cardboard and are smaller than more traditional packages.

I received these as a gift, and I think that as a gift, they are great.

I have watched these films over and over again and enjoy them each time. The acting is incredible and it amazes me that it's improvised -- the actors make it look so easy, which means it must be difficult! In A Mighty Wind, all the actors sing and play their own instruments, with some learning just for this film. Great dedication to their artform.

Three great movies, but what's so special about the price?.......2004-01-12

I'm tempted to dock one star mainly because you'd actually pay LESS buying them separately than in this "special" package. ($14.99 each for Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, $23.76 for Mighty Wind = $53.74). The three-fer costs over $55. What gives? Well, I suppose you save something on shipping.

Regardless, these three films are easily worth the money at either price.

Fantastic Movies, Terrible Presentation.......2004-01-09

Boo, Warner Brothers!!!

You've taken three amazing movies and packaged them terribly.

I was extremely excited to have received this "box set" for Christmas, until I unwrapped it. It's three seperate loose DVDs with no box to tie them all together. And to add insult to injury, all of the DVDs are encased in the old-school type packaging with the cheap cardboard cover and black "snap" latch.

Very disappointing. Warner Brothers SUCKS! They really need to work on how they showcase their work on DVD in the future. They could take a real hint from New Line which always releases their best films with pride and flair.

As far as the movies go, they are amazing and packed with extras. It's just sad that they would call this a collection and not treat it as such.

Madeline (7 Pack)
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as described...wonderful for kids!

Madeline (7 Pack)

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Includes: 1. Madeline's Adventures - The Pirates / The Gypsies 2.Madeline's Dog Stories - Madeline and The Dog Show / Madeline's Rescue 3.Madeline: The Star - Madeline In Hollywood / Madelin and The Soccer Star 4.Madeline - The Best Episodes Ever - Madeline at the Ballet/Madeline in New York (Vol. 1) 5.Madeline - The Best Episodes Ever - Madeline and the 40 Thieves/Madeline and the New House (Vol. 2) 6.Madeline's Christmas/Madeline and the Toy Factory 7.Madeline's Winter Vacation / Madeline in London

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as described...wonderful for kids!.......2007-01-09

No problems at all do business was a pleasure! However, I have since found these at half the price. Shop around, but it was still a good deal and an easy transaction.

Christopher Guest 3-Pack (A Mighty Wind / Waiting for Guffman / Best in Show)

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Best of Guest!!
Mockumentary classics

Christopher Guest 3-Pack (A Mighty Wind / Waiting for Guffman / Best in Show)
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Release Date: 2005-03-01

Customer Reviews:

Best of Guest!!.......2006-08-18

Of Christopher Guest's mockumentaries, "Best in Show" is definitely the best. The characters and story gel in a perfect comic concoction. "Best in Show" is very different than "Waiting for Guffman" (the first film in the Guest trilogy), although it brings back many of the same actors. While Guffman has a cruel streak in it, "Best in Show" is a little kinder to the characters it skewers -- without losing the laughs.

The third film in the trilogy (A Mighty Wind) departs from the formula quite a bit. More of a bittersweet drama, "Wind" is just not that funny.

If you are Jonesing for a mockumentary fix, search for "G-Sale" -- a quirky comedy very much in the Christopher Guest vein. It got a lot of great reviews and was even labeled "the movie Christopher Guest should have made instead of A Mighty Wind."

Mockumentary classics.......2005-01-18

The Christopher Guest mockumentaries are, with half-sibling production "This is Spinal Tap," some of the most unique and hilarious comedies out there. "Waiting for Guffman" and "Mighty Wind" are unalloyed excellence, while "Best in Show" limps in places. But all three are entertaining and enjoyable.

"Waiting for Guffman" introduces us to the quirky but proud town of Blaine Missouri, the Stool Capital of the world and a pre-Roswell UFO landing site. Disillusioned writer Corky St. Claire sees the perfect vehicle to get back to Broadway: The town's anniversary celebration, which will now host a musical called "Red White and Blaine." Among the actors: A dentist who dreams of stardom, a husband-and-wife team, and a Dairy Queen clerk. The stakes are upped when Corky is told that they might end up on Broadway, if Mr. Guffman likes the performance...

Who is "Best in Show"? Hard to say. At a major dog show things start going wrong. Among the contestants: A yuppie couple who think they scarred their dog with their Kama Sutra sex, a rather dull ventriloquist hick with a bloodhound, a bored bubblebrain trophy wife with a poodle, a gay couple, and a guy with two left feet (literally) who is haunted by his wife's colorful past. As they arrive at a hotel for the competition, human neuroses threaten to derail the dogs...

"A Mighty Wind" is blowing through the folk music world. Guest gets himself back on track with this film. The great folk music icon Irving Steinbloom has just passed away, and his son Jonathan wants to pay tribute to his daddy with a special memorial concert. To do that, he calls together various quirky groups (and ex-groups) for one last concert: aging ex-lovers Mitch and Mickey, odd Folksmen, and the color-coordinated "New Main Street Singers." Let the show begin...

"Waiting" is absolutely hysterical, brimming over with quirky jokes and likable weird characters. "Mighty Wind," while not as good as "Guffman," is nevertheless quite engaging and full of giggle moments. Both are affectionate even as they poke fun at their subjects (small towns/musicals and folk music), like the pal who is a goofball even though you like him for his oddities. "Best," however, stumbles a bit. The stereotypes go over the top at times, and jokes become a little repetitive (like the ex-boyfriend-in-every-town joke). It's still amusing, just not up to Guest's usual standards.

Fans of those kooky rockers in "Spinal Tap" will eat up the Christopher Guest collection. Funny, weird, occasionally a little deranged, these three mockumentaries are definitely keepers.

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A generally good B comedy
A waste of talent, sadly
HAL ROACH'S FINAL COMEDY FILM AS PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR

Road Show
Starring: Adolphe Menjou , Carole Landis , John Hubbard , Charles Butterworth , and Patsy Kelly
Director: Hal Roach
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ASIN: B0001UZZPO
Release Date: 2004-05-18

Description

It's a laughfest from start to finish as an elusive, rich bachelor wiggles off the hook on his wedding day for the umpteenth time by begging insanity, but his strong-willed bride calls his bluff and has him committed to the loony bin! He manages to escape with another inmate and joins a traveling carnival, only to fall in love with the leggy owner and get involved in one slapstick mishap after another! From producer/director Hal Roach (Topper) and featuring songs by Hoagy Carmichael

Customer Reviews:

A generally good B comedy.......2005-07-12

Road Show is far from Hal Roach's best, but nowhere near his worst either. Oddly, Adolph Menjou is the mediocrity in this film, the rest of the cast holds up pretty well.

The highlight of this film is 'The Charioteers,' a nearly forgotten African American ensemble from the 30's and 40's singing several songs including "Calliope Jane." The DVD audio transfer of the song from the film is better than any I've heard off old Columbia '78's.

Shemp Howard makes a cameo.

A waste of talent, sadly.......2004-11-15

ROAD SHOW (1941) was one of the last films personally directed by Hal Roach (according to the credits, he had the help of Gordon Douglas, late of the Our Gang series, and Hal Roach, Jr.). It's a rather trifling waste of a lot of very appealing vintage talent.

John Hubbard is a rich, handsome young man who leaves a variety of lovely young ladies waiting at the alter. When he feigns mental illness to get out of marrying his latest conquest, the golddigger has him committed to a mental institution, but he escapes with the help of Colonel Caraway ("Of the caraway seeds fortune"), a crackpot who has invented a camera that takes blank pictures. Our two erstwhile nutcases hide out in a carnival run by the beautiful Carole Landis and her sidekick, the not so beautiful but much funnier Patsy Kelly. The cops, the golddigger, and some stray tramps are all after our heroes, for various reasons.

The above plot is supposed to hold an audience's interest for 85 minutes, but don't count on it. Hoagy Carmichael contributes some songs, but "Stardust" these ain't. A black rhythm group called the Charioteers sing most of the numbers, and they're great, but the songs are so sparse they sing each one a couple of times, and frankly, four black men singing a number called "Yum Yum" only reminds me of "Uncle George", the sideshow wild man, who chased the Little Rascals while yelling "Yum! Yum! Eat `em up!" in THE KID FROM BORNEO, a much better (and shorter) picture.

Adolphe Menjou plays Colonel Caraway, and his character is the best thing in the picture, not totally insane but a few playing cards short of a deck. Patsy Kelly is funny, and so is Willie Best, Negro comic who plays a very nervous lion-taming assistant. On the other hand, why on earth did Roach sign Shemp Howard and Johnny Arthur for the picture, and then give them such slight parts, amounting to little more than cameos? And why is Hubbard such a dull leading man? When Landis spends much of the picture resisting his "charms", we can totally empathize with her feelings. (Although Shemp is only in one scene, you'll get a laugh out of him: his character's name is "Moe"!) Harry Langdon was one of the screenwriters, and when Hubbard dons tights and goes out reluctantly to do a circus act, you're going to be reminded of THE STRONG MAN, and you're going to think, "Oh, boy!" and oh, boy, are you going to be disappointed with the lameness of the bit.

ROAD SHOW is an okay picture; I mean, it doesn't stink. But Roach clearly intended it to be an "A" rather than a "B" movie, and with a better script and wiser use of talent, he might've achieved that. (Image has just released this film on DVD; it's a good print and transfer, some scratches, nothing major, no extras.)

HAL ROACH'S FINAL COMEDY FILM AS PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR.......2004-05-02

As World War Two was just beginning to rage in Europe, Hal Roach saw the writing on the wall and was bringing his brilliant career as a comedic producer and director to a close. He had been producing and directing comedies since he "discovered" Harold Lloyd in 1915, but--with European markets gone (and his plans for a producing alliance with Benito Mussolini's State-owned Cinecietta studios literally gone up in smoke) he went to the gate one final time for the comedy gem ROAD SHOW, and then prepared to join the war effort as an officer and turn his "Lot O'Fun" over to the Signal Corps to use for the production of Military training films. Practically all of the (mostly) unbilled but very familiar faces who graced the Charley Chase, Thelma Todd, Laurel and Hardy, and Our Gang Comedies over the preceeding decade made one final appearance under the maestro's direction, and the result was a very funny ninety minutes of escapist joy. Headlined by veteran actor Adolphe Menjou (in what must rank as his most far-out role as an escapee from a mental institution!) and featuring Roach matinee star John Hubbard paired with leggy Carole Landis (star of 1941's TOPPER RETURNS and the 1939 classic ONE MILLION B.C.) the film combines the wacky world of the traveling carnival (aided by Patsy Kelly and Willie Best!) with the romantic tale of a man who wants to marry but always manages to wriggle off the hook at the last moment--even during the wedding! He plays nuts during the actual ceremony, but the would-be bride calls his bluff and orders him institutionalized. He escapes with Menjou, joins the carnival--and Roach and his stable of comedy character actors take it from there. By the end of the picture, rich John has bought Carole the best carnival ever known, and, finally, he's headed down the aisle--as a stubborn Indian would-be suitor chases after a very reluctant Patsy Kelly. A final look at a world about to vanish behind the smoke of Pearl Harbor; a glimpse back at the slapstick joy of Hal Roach which pulled the world through a Great Depression. You'll love ROAD SHOW from Hal Roach Studios via Image Entertainment!

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One of the worst films I've seen in awhile

Road Show
Starring: Florence Bates , Willie Best , Charles Butterworth , Lane Chandler , and Shemp Howard
Director: Gordon M. Douglas , and Hal Roach
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ASIN: B000JU8HD8
Release Date: 2006-12-26

Product Description

A rich playboy commits himself to a lunatic asylum to escape marrying a gold-digging beauty.

Customer Reviews:

One of the worst films I've seen in awhile.......2007-04-07

I really thought that it was impossible for a film starring Adolphe Menjou to be this bad. Menjou was capable of ably playing a variety of characters from villain to tarnished hero, and he was also very able at playing comedy. However, even the talented Menjou cannot save this film. The plot is that young wealthy playboy Drogo Gaines (John Hubbard) gets cold feet on his wedding day, and decides to pretend he is insane. His jilted bride retaliates by having him committed. In the asylum, Gaines meets Carleton Carroway (Adolphe Menjou), and together the two escape and join a traveling carnival. In time, and through a series of comic misadventures, Gaines falls for Penguin Moore (Carole Landis), the beautiful leader of the carnival.

The problem is that besides Menjou, the players are just not that talented, and the jokes are just not that funny. Also, neither the overall plot nor the mismatched romance is very compelling. Cut down to 20 minutes or so, this might have been an OK 1940's comic short, but at 70 minutes it just seems to drag on forever. Hal Roach was capable of much funnier stuff. I would definitely pass on this one.

Charlie Rose with Christopher Guest; Ed Viesturs (May 12, 2003)

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Charlie Rose with Christopher Guest; Ed Viesturs (May 12, 2003)

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Release Date: 2006-11-02

Description

Charlie Rose interviews Christopher Guest, director, writer and star of the film The Mighty Wind, about a disbanded folk music group's reunion for a benefit concert.Also, the mountain climber Ed Viesturs discusses his sport, his quest to summit the world's 14 tallest peaks, and his new book, Ed Viesturs on the 8,000 Meter Giants: Himalayan Quest.

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Improv Geniuses are Best in Show

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Improv Geniuses are Best in Show.......2006-11-01

The whole family enjoyed this charming and funny 2000 mockumentary about the dog show world, culminating in the Mayflower Kennel Club show in Philadelphia (modeled after the Westminster Dog Show in New York). I watched it again with the commentary on and then watched the extra scenes, which I almost never sit still for on a DVD.

The most remarkable part is that the dialogue is improvised by the actors--director (and star) Christopher Guest and co-writer (and star) Eugene Levy wrote the story. During the shooting, each scene was explained to the actors who then improvised the dialogue. The technique gives the "mockumentary" a very realistic feel. Comedian Fred Willard has an amazing part as the "dumb as a hammer" TV commentator, who in one scene quizzes the dog show's director on the relationship between Mayflower and Philadelphia (a no brainer, he calls it, but then goes on to report that Columbus didn't actually pilot the Mayflower into Philadelphia, but to somewhere in the West Indies). Catherine O'Hara and many other actors from improvisational troupes also do a great job. Highly recommended to dog lovers and others.

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The Marionette
Starring: Sky McDougall , Ben Affan / Nieghbor , Mary Grace , Arielle Green , and Meg Wozniak
Director: Nicolas J. , and Bill Rodd
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Kids & Family | Genres | DVD | Video
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4 TIMES AWARD WINNING FILM
FILM WITH NO WORDS SPEAKS VOLUMES TO AUDIANCES IN EVERY LANGUAGE
Bigger than Life, Precious and Heart-Warming!
story of true friendship!
His Marionette is a friend to treasure, and a friend without strings is a friend forever.

ASIN: B000P8FRLY

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4 TIMES AWARD WINNING FILM WITH NO WORDS SPEAKS VOLUMES TO AUDIANCES IN EVERY LANGUAGE - Spanning all generations, cultures and viewers of every description, THE MARIONETTE is a masterpiece of movement, music and storytelling that takes audiences on a journey of self-discovery and imagination... The Marionette is understated elegance in storytelling the simple, clean sets, crisp production values and multi-level messages, it will reach into each viewer and let them reach that place inside where the child within still resides. The Marionette has all the elements of success, great storylines, great talent, great directing and a superb message for people of all ages and cultures. So lean back, relax and get set to be amused, amazed and charmed by the newest friend in your life..... THE MARIONETTE.

AKC Eukanuba 2005 National Championships - Where the Country's Top Dogs Compete

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AKC Eukanuba 2005 National Championships - Where the Country's Top Dogs Compete

Manufacturer: Discovery Communications, Inc.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
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AKC Eukanuba National Championship, held January 15-16, 2005

ASIN: B000K22OUW

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Get ready for the nation's premier dog show event as host Ron Reagan, dog show veteran Lee Arnold, renowned judge Edd Biven and over 3,000 canines and their owners converge on Tampa, Florida for the culmination of the 2004 dog show season the AKC Eukanuba National Championship, held January 15-16, 2005. Seven groups of purebred dogs including the Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, Toy, Non-Sporting and Herding groups strut, step and show their stuff over the course of the two-day tournament in the hopes of being named "Best in Show" and taking home the $50,000 grand prize. Throughout the event, enjoy special profiles of owners, handlers and dogs, and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at what it takes to truly compete in this upper echelon world of canine competition.

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