The House of Yes

Starring:Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze Jr., GeneviÃ¨ve Bujold, Rachael Leigh Cook, David Love, John Connally, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon Johnson
Director: Mark Waters (VIII)
Studio: Miramax
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Parker Posey was the It Girl of independent film in early 1997, the year this film (along with three or four others in which she starred) all played at the Sundance Film Festival. This film was the toughest of the bunch to embrace, based as it was on a self-consciously quirky off-Broadway play about Thanksgiving at the home of a particularly strange family. Oldest son Josh Hamilton comes home from college for the holidays, with fiancÃ©e Tori Spelling in tow. What he hasn't told her is that his twin sister, Jackie-O (played by Posey), thinks she's Jackie Kennedy--or that he and Jackie-O have shared more than, shall we say, filial affection. Posey is wonderfully edgy and she and Hamilton spar with entertaining vigor, but you still have to cope with writer-director Mark Waters's pretentious script. --Marshall Fine
Description
This outrageous comedy was cheered for its edgy humor and hot young cast! All Marty (Josh Hamilton -- ALIVE) wants is a normal life, but nothing goes as planned when his fiancee (Tori Spelling -- SCREAM 2) meets his far-from-normal family. His beautiful but crazy twin sister, "Jackie-O" (Parker Posey -- DAZED AND CONFUSED), becomes dangerously jealous ... and their younger brother (Freddie Prinze, Jr. -- I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER) puts the moves on Marty's new love! Soon, Mother's hiding the kitchen knives ... but she can't hide the family's shockingly hilarious secrets! One of Hollywood's most talked about releases in years -- this offbeat motion picture is wild entertainment fun!

The House of Yes
Average customer rating:

should be called the house of no!!

Excellent Movie

House Of Cards

Hilarious dark comedy

Comedie Noir -- Done Right.

The House of Yes
Starring: Parker Posey , Josh Hamilton , Tori Spelling , Freddie Prinze Jr. , and Geneviève Bujold
Director: Mark Waters (VIII)
Manufacturer: Miramax
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ASIN: 6305428026
Release Date: 2000-01-18

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Parker Posey was the It Girl of independent film in early 1997, the year this film (along with three or four others in which she starred) all played at the Sundance Film Festival. This film was the toughest of the bunch to embrace, based as it was on a self-consciously quirky off-Broadway play about Thanksgiving at the home of a particularly strange family. Oldest son Josh Hamilton comes home from college for the holidays, with fiancée Tori Spelling in tow. What he hasn't told her is that his twin sister, Jackie-O (played by Posey), thinks she's Jackie Kennedy--or that he and Jackie-O have shared more than, shall we say, filial affection. Posey is wonderfully edgy and she and Hamilton spar with entertaining vigor, but you still have to cope with writer-director Mark Waters's pretentious script. --Marshall Fine

Description

This outrageous comedy was cheered for its edgy humor and hot young cast! All Marty (Josh Hamilton -- ALIVE) wants is a normal life, but nothing goes as planned when his fiancee (Tori Spelling -- SCREAM 2) meets his far-from-normal family. His beautiful but crazy twin sister, "Jackie-O" (Parker Posey -- DAZED AND CONFUSED), becomes dangerously jealous ... and their younger brother (Freddie Prinze, Jr. -- I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER) puts the moves on Marty's new love! Soon, Mother's hiding the kitchen knives ... but she can't hide the family's shockingly hilarious secrets! One of Hollywood's most talked about releases in years -- this offbeat motion picture is wild entertainment fun!

Customer Reviews:

should be called the house of no!!.......2007-03-09

this was gawdawful!! the characters strain to be eccentric. they try soooo hard to be interesting and odd that they, ironically, become forgettable. there is not one particular trait in any character that stands out. parker posey is supposed to emulate jackie kennedy. none of jackie's personality is reflected, nor are her mannerisms, nor does she get quoted. parker posey's character merely dresses like her. ooooohh! really pushing the boundaries! and then they seemingly throw in the incestous affair as the last resort bait to capture our attention, kind of like they have nothing else in their tackle box. what a waste of a great cast!! it's completely disappointing as a funny / entertaining movie, but it beats watching prime time tv.

Excellent Movie.......2007-01-10

This movie may not have the most exciting plot or location, but the razor sharp dialogue more than makes up for it! Quirky, intellegent, and funny.

House Of Cards.......2006-10-19

The House Of Yes (horrible title!) is a bizarre, dark comedy with much to like, and dislike - ultimately it feels like an interminable, one-gadget shaggy dog story.

The plot is loopy; suspension of disbelief is one thing, dumb is another. (Why is it that criminal insanity among society's elite seems somehow reasonable to audiences, and excuses shabby construction?)

A wealthy and oddly detached widow has raised her twins, (one male, one female), and their dimwitted half-brother, in an elegant, stately home. The woman is unapologetically vague about the fathers of these children, except to say they were definitely not her late husband. The twins are inappropriately close, even for twins. The girl, who may have killed the father, has an obsession with Jackie-O. The boy twin, attempting to flee this unholy dynamic, has brought his fiancee to "meet the family." The girl twin is pathologically threatened, causing her insanity to kick up a few notches.

This synopsis may sound far-fetched but it barely scratches the surface. Happily there are some splendid performances and snappy dialogue. Parker Posey is downright brilliant as Jackie-O, an extreme part she might easily have overdone. Posey gets many of the best lines and delivers them with a chilling combination of intelligence, madness, malice, and terror.

Tori Spelling is a pleasant surprise. As "the outsider" who wanders into an unsafe, horrific world, she adroitly brings a sweet rationality that is both much needed and overmatched. Also delightful to see Genevieve Bujold, whose smooth performance is so assured it almost makes this absurd environment seem believable. Freddie Prinze Jr. and Josh Hamilton struggle with two-dimensional roles.

The film suffers from "Glengarry Glen Ross Syndrome," it's based on a play, (Wendy MacLeod), action (such as it is) occurs in one setting, and it's entirely dialogue-driven. But in Glengarry Glen Ross you had memorable characters, an interesting situation, spellbinding dialogue, and Mamet did the film adaptation. In THOY you have cardboard characters, ridiculous situations, dialogue that ricochets between witty and ploddingly pompous, and director Mark Waters did the screen adaptation. To see how a great play becomes a great movie, get Sleuth or Deathrap.

Hilarious dark comedy.......2005-12-26

The was one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time. There were quite a few awkward chuckling moments, but a ton of hilarious, quick-witted dialog delivered extremely well by the actors involved. I love dark comedy, and I feel like this movie was dark enough to suite my tastes, but not so dark that I felt uncomfortable, which is a fine line. This isn't a laugh-out-loud movie (though I did laugh audibly), but more of a "He he" movie (if that makes sense)... I haven't seen/read the play, so I can't comment on how closely it matched or if it was what I expected, but I do want to see it performed now!!

Parker Posey does an amazing job as "Jackie-O" in this movie - it would have been pretty easy to be drastically over-the-top in this role, but Posey goes just over-the-top enough to play the role to a T. I thought Freddie Prince Jr. and Tori Spelling did a great job as well. Their roles didn't lend themselves to be done "well" (in a thespian sort of way), but they didn't take themselves too seriously, which made the characters funny. It was great to see them branch out.

Comedie Noir -- Done Right........2005-11-28

Every once in awhile a cast comes together which actually does justice to what was already a wonderfully comedie noir script. The House of Yes is exactly that movie.

To overly simplify the plotline, there once were two twins. They had a sexual (read: incestual) relationship. One decided to be normal and left for the big city. He came out closer to normal. The other decided to stay behind. She went crazy. Their younger brother is none-too-bright. Their mother doesn't know if all her children are from the same man.

When the male twin returns home with his new fiancee for Thanksgiving, everything falls apart. Oh, did I mention they have an obsession with the Kennedy's?

This is not a Sinbad-style gag movie. This is a dark, funny movie. The casting was perfect. Parker Posey portrays perfectly (absent alliteration) a semi-psychotic woman who evinces both lunacy and feline lethality. Josh Hamilton is all the more disturbing for the degree of normalcy he brings to the role of Marty. Freddie Prinze Jr. plays the part he was born to: a half-witted simpleton. Tori Spelling plays the part SHE was born to: a half-witted simpleton who is actually more clueless than Freddie. Genevieve Bujold tops it all off with her disinterested matriarch character who -- after examing the situation -- casually notes that ''Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to baste the turkey and hide the kitchen knives.''

I leave you with two sets of quotes that should give you a taste for the dialoge, and let me state for the record that there is not one word in this film that doesn't have a joke or hidden subtext to it. It may be the best-written movie ever.

- Brian

Quotes taken from the Internet Movie Database.

Genevieve Bujold: What's that gun doing there?
Parker Posey: It's not a gun. It's a camera.
Genevieve Bujold: It's a gun.
Parker Posey: It's a camera that looks like a gun.
Josh Hamilton: Relax, Mama, it isn't loaded.
Genevieve Bujold: How do you know?
Josh Hamilton: I checked.
Genevieve Bujold: What's it doing there?
Parker Posey: Being gunlike, gunesque, gunonic.
Genevieve Bujold: Where did it come from?
Parker Posey: God?

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Tori Spelling: I don't think you're insane.
Parker Posey: You don't?
Tori Spelling: No.
Parker Posey: You don't think I'm an eensie weensie bit insane?
Tori Spelling: I don't think you're insane. I think you're just spoiled.
Parker Posey: [exasperated] Oh please, if everyone around here is going to start telling the truth, I'm going to bed.

House of Yes - Live from the House of Blues

Average customer rating:

Solid performance... nice version of Awaken
THE GOOD
Am I missing something? Or is it Yes?
Best Live Yes DVD yet.
Excellent live performance in a small venue

House of Yes - Live from the House of Blues
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Release Date: 2004-11-30

Description

Captured in Las Vegas while touring in support of "The Ladder", "House Of Yes" captures a mix of Yes classics, along with more recent compositions. The Yes lineup for this show consists of: Jon Anderson (vocals), Steve Howe (guitars and vocals), Chris Squire (bass and vocals), Alan White (drums and vocals), Billy Sherwood (guitars and vocals), and Igor Khoroshev (keyboards and vocals).

Track Listing: Yours Is No Disgrace, Time And A Word, Homeworld (The Ladder), Perpetual Change, Lightning Strikes, The Messenger, Ritual-Nous Sommes du Soleil, And You And I, It Will Be A Good Day (The River), Face To Face, Awaken, Your Move/I've Seen All Good People, Cinema, Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Roundabout. (Plus additional bonus features.)

Customer Reviews:

Solid performance... nice version of Awaken.......2006-07-19

This is the DVD of the DirecTv "Freeview" broadcast of this concert. As was the case with that broadcast, this DVD does not include "Close To The Edge" nor "Hearts".

As one band member quipped, Igor does a better Rick than Rick; he shines on Awaken and the Ladder tracks in particular. Billy Sherwood helps fill out the sound/vocals throughout and thanks to him we get a nice version of the Grammy award-winning instrumental "Cinema" but he could have been higher in the mix. (There are some older gentlemen on stage who do their part and some of whom could use a bit of fashion advice!)

Included is a 5.1 studio remix of Homeworld and the sound is awesome. Unfortunately, though good, the sound for the concert itself is not quite up to this standard. The aspect is 16:9 not 4:3.

... small venue... enthusiastic crowd and solid overall performance. No problems with my copy. Highly recommended.

THE GOOD.......2006-02-25

Excellent live show that features some outstanding songs. Homeworld and Perpetual Change are awesome highlights. But, the real show stopper is the jaw-dropping rendition of Awaken- what a wonderful song and they do a great job performing this one. The Russian on keys is great- they should have kept him. Add this one to your collection.

Am I missing something? Or is it Yes?.......2006-01-03

I bought this DVD partly as a result of the extremely positive reviews here, but I have to admit that I'm very disappointed. I positively love Yes. I saw them live 3 times in the 1970s, but this doesn't sound like the band I knew. Yes combined technical proficiency with a hard rock "wall of sound" and passion. I hear no wall of sound and no passion here. It's like a classical string quartet performing Yes. It's like Yes turned into elevator music. Is it the absence of Rick Wakeman here? I noticed that visually the DVD focuses on Anderson, Howe, Squire, and White and not the two additional musicians. That's fine. But does the sound mix also leave them out and is that why this sounds hollow to me?

Best Live Yes DVD yet. .......2005-12-25

First of all I would like to suggest to those others who are having problems with their copy of this dvd playing in their dvd player, It's not the Disc it's your player, especially if you have a Carausel dvd player (one that plays more than one disc) Those kind of dvd players are notorious for freezing up and pixilating. Get a single disc player quickly. Then buy the House Of Yes dvd again and enjoy this most awesome Live YES DVD, The best one so far. It holds a special place for me because I was there and am seen in several video captures of the audience, as well as my rowdy cheers, which is really cool. Sorry to those of you who don't like the sound of audience excitement on cd's and dvd's, but it's a LIVE show for crying out loud, and i must say i do like to hear the excitement of enthusiastic fans on Live discs. Anyway that aside, The Concert Club they performed in is beautiful as Jon Anderson states in the show and has that Renaissance style theater feel. It is One of the coolest concert venues in Las Vegas. The camera work is great and The 5.1 surround sound mix is completely awesome. A must have for all YES fans. And I think many others agree as well. Again, For those of you having problems with the disc, Buy a new DVD player. Mine plays perfectly fine and It's the second one i've bought, because my first copy, which i bought the day it was released back in 2000 was stolen by some ungrateful thief. Just buy it there is nothing wrong with the discs and enjoy the awesome concert that is The House Of YES. Now if we can get YES to make a Live dvd of the entire "DRAMA" cd, that would be a most excellent treat, even though Jon Anderson doesn't sing on that album, it would be nice to hear his interpretation of those most excellent YES tunes that we never get to hear Live. Au Revoir!

Excellent live performance in a small venue.......2005-12-08

This in some ways out does other yes dvd performances as far as sound or playing quality goes. Excellent buy for the price. I wish it could have been longer but the performances are good..I really like the fact that they played perpetual change on it. The new material from the ladder is performed well as is the older material.

Average customer rating:

One of their best shows....sadly, disc does not play
Another Defective - I'm Re-Buying!
A Defective Gem
SOUNDS AS GOOD AS THE LIVE SHOW DID!
psssss

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Too often dismissed as dinosaurs of the progressive-rock movement of the 1970s, Yes aimed to revive their former glory with their 1999 album, The Ladder. Veteran producer Bruce Fairbairn specifically urged the band to return to the sound that made it famous--poetic lyrics, thickly layered fusion of guitar, bass, keyboards, and sophisticated melodic structures. Whether Yes achieved its goal is subject to debate, but die-hard Yes-philes will surely agree this is the finest video presentation of this enduring band and its music. The Dolby Digital 5.1-channel audio is exquisitely distinct, showcasing the seasoned musicianship of guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Alan White, and next generation Yes members Igor Khoroshev (replacing Rick Wakeman on keyboards) and Billy Sherwood (who later left the band) on guitar.

After 30 years as Yes frontman and vocalist, Jon Anderson leads in fine form. His mellow enthusiasm is genuine, and this 15-song set (recorded at the Las Vegas House of Blues club) catches the band on a very good night. Squire is a playful match to Howe's reliable precision, and the best of the new songs (particularly "Homeworld" [The Ladder]) are almost as good as the classics. And while the Bob Marley tribute song "The Messenger" is best forgotten, few could deny that Yes has indeed retained its vitality after all these years. In addition to interviews with all the band members (except White), impressive extra features on the DVD include a Dolby 5.1 version of the "Homeworld" album track, accompanied by computer-animated excerpts from the "Homeworld" CD-ROM game, and an HTML version of the Yesworld Web site. A conspicuous effort to attract a new generation of cyber-savvy fans? Perhaps, but if this terrific DVD is any indication, Yes needn't worry about passing into obscurity. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

One of their best shows....sadly, disc does not play.......2007-01-09

If you can ever get it to play, it is higly recommended. Perhaps their best live recording. I purchased mine through Amazon's "Used Seller" program. After I reported the issue and supplied them with my receipt, they never contacted me again.

Another Defective - I'm Re-Buying!.......2005-02-16

I saw this show the night before this taping when they played Phoenix's now-closed Union Hall. It truly was (and is) the best concert I have ever seen in my life, and I still get chills thinking about it. It was eerie when Jon Anderson played the little harp and coincidentally was illuminated in shadow on an adjacent wall like an angel - I wonder whether it was planned that way, but doubt it.

Like others, sadly, I bought this DVD when it first came out, and was disappointed that it stopped playing after just a few tries; what the heck is going on with these? It almost seems like the precursor of the limited time use discs you can get at stores where they are only good for a couple of days, as the disc surface reacts with air or something to make it unusable after a while. I now have DVD X-Copy, and will make a "back-up" copy as soon as I open the package on the new disc.

When I first got this DVD, I was initially just flat blown away by the quality of both the audio and the video, and then amazed that this was the exact same show I had seen in Phoenix - set list, order, timing, comments to the crowd, etc. I came to realize that the show I saw was the day (or two) before this taping and was the tune-up for the House of Blues show.

Buy this disc, as others have said, it may change your life. Make a back up copy if possible. That way you can do more than look at the box in the years to come!

A Defective Gem.......2004-09-22

A great DVD--A+....until it stops working! When is someone going to fix this and stop selling a defective product?

SOUNDS AS GOOD AS THE LIVE SHOW DID!.......2004-08-31

I loved this concert, the DVD captures it so well. And since I loved this DVD so much I repeatedly loaned it out to anyone who was curious. You always want to share YES. Well, the last time, it didn't come home. So now I'm buying a replacement. Why? Exceptional musicians give outstanding performances in this DVD. The feelings that were stirred in me at the actual concert come flooding back everytime I revisit through the video. Jon,Chris,Steve,Alan,Billy Sherwood and Igor. There are truly no words to describe the mastery of instruments,and the phenomenol voices of our four main pillars of musical strength. And if you're a YES fan, you may think twice about a Russian keyboardist (Igor Korechev)probably just filling in, or making do as the replacement for the dream maker Wakeman. Well, he does much more than fill in. He's perfection, and since he grew up a fan of the band you can tell he knows this is his chance to be part of the dream. The entire show is a masterpiece. In addition to the classic songs are a couple of 80's pieces(in which Sherwood shines as well), all done masterfully. But without hesitation I can say the new selections from the then current (1999)release "The Ladder" could easily have come from the 70's era. They wrote the songs for Ladder as a group, collaborating once again as they did in the days of yore. Beautiful! I could go on and on but I'll leave it at this, buy it, really take time to listen and it could change your life. A fantastic voyage for the eyes, ears and heart. I highly recommend headphones for musical intimacy. ... Remember, LIFE IS SHORT....MAKE FUN OF IT!

psssss.......2004-07-01

Yo he sido un gran fan de Yes hasta que escuché Tormato por primera vez, aunque no existiera ningún concierto completo de la banda grabado...hasta ahora. "The House of Yes" está perfectamente grabajo, tanto en terminos de claridad, mezcla de audio, brillo y presentación visual. Esta es tambien la única grabación oficial de Yes que incluye la formación de finales de los 90 formada por 6 músicos. con el guitarrista/vocalista Billy Sherwood, el cual sobra totalmente, mostrandose solamente en los nuevos temas que son bastante horribles, especialmente Lightening Striques. El nuevo teclista de la banda Igor Khoroshev pasa totalmente desapercibido. La lista de canciones es una inconsistente mezcla de los temas de siempre con una serie de blandenguerías más actuales, acompañado de los temas más rokeros que sepultaron el prestigio de Yes durante los 80 (Owner of a Lonely Heart, Cinema)

Charlie Rose with Byron Wien; Parker Posey; Anne Rice (October 23, 1997)

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Charlie Rose with Byron Wien; Parker Posey; Anne Rice (October 23, 1997)

Manufacturer: Charlie Rose
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Byron Wien of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter talks to Charlie about how Asian economies influenced the drop in the U. S. stock market today. Then, actress Parker Posey talks to Charlie about her career in independent films. She also tells Charlie about the film she stars in with Tori Spelling called, The House of Yes. Finally, Anne Rice discusses her 18th book that chronicles the relationship between a woman, a ghost and a violin. The novel is entitled, Violin.

Average customer rating:

should be called the house of no!!
Excellent Movie
House Of Cards
Hilarious dark comedy
Comedie Noir -- Done Right.

The House of Yes [Region 2]
Starring: Parker Posey , Josh Hamilton , Tori Spelling , Freddie Prinze Jr. , and Geneviève Bujold
Director: Mark Waters (VIII)
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