Hugo Pool

Hugo Pool


Starring:Alyssa Milano, Mark Boone Junior, Malcolm McDowell, Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Patrick Dempsey, Sean Glenn, Bert Remsen, Kevin Dornan, Michael Mazzola, Richard Lewis (II), Chuck Barris, Jim Shield, Ann Magnuson, Eddie Perez, Lora Gómez Eastwood, Pablo Ferro, Helen Hewitt Garb, Domingo Ambriz
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Studio: Wellspring Media, in
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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There's a fine line between quirky and gimmicky; at times Hugo Pool can't decide whether to be a cute comedy or a mawkish melodrama. Alyssa Milano is Hugo, the owner-operator of a pool company. She has a staggering 44 pools to service in one day, so she shanghais her gambling-addicted mom (Cathy Moriarty), a drug-whacked director (Robert Downey Jr.), and a new client, who happens to be an ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) sufferer (Patrick Dempsey), to help her. Hugo's under an or-else deadline to fill a mobster's (Richard Lewis) pool, so she dispatches her alcoholic junkie dad (Malcolm McDowell) to fetch Colorado River water in a tank truck and bring it back. He picks up a strange hitchhiker (Sean Penn) and becomes obsessed with his shoes; meanwhile, a romance blooms between Hugo and the new client. Of course, Milano is the only sane one in this melange of weirdoes. McDowell channels both Jimmy Durante and Wallace Beery in a bizarre role, Sean Penn is inexplicable, and a rough-looking Downey Jr. sports an indeterminate accent (imagine if Inspector Clouseau was from, say, Romania). Fans of eccentric comedies and offbeat characters (and Alyssa Milano) may enjoy this, while others may find it a little contrived and tedious. --Jerry Renshaw
Hugo Pool
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The cast makes the film good
  • Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'
  • Alyssa makes you yank your yanker
  • great movie!!
  • Alyssa makes it what it is
 Hugo Pool
Starring: Alyssa Milano , Mark Boone Junior , Malcolm McDowell , Sean Penn , and Robert Downey Jr.
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00000JS6L
Release Date: 1999-09-28

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There's a fine line between quirky and gimmicky; at times Hugo Pool can't decide whether to be a cute comedy or a mawkish melodrama. Alyssa Milano is Hugo, the owner-operator of a pool company. She has a staggering 44 pools to service in one day, so she shanghais her gambling-addicted mom (Cathy Moriarty), a drug-whacked director (Robert Downey Jr.), and a new client, who happens to be an ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) sufferer (Patrick Dempsey), to help her. Hugo's under an or-else deadline to fill a mobster's (Richard Lewis) pool, so she dispatches her alcoholic junkie dad (Malcolm McDowell) to fetch Colorado River water in a tank truck and bring it back. He picks up a strange hitchhiker (Sean Penn) and becomes obsessed with his shoes; meanwhile, a romance blooms between Hugo and the new client. Of course, Milano is the only sane one in this melange of weirdoes. McDowell channels both Jimmy Durante and Wallace Beery in a bizarre role, Sean Penn is inexplicable, and a rough-looking Downey Jr. sports an indeterminate accent (imagine if Inspector Clouseau was from, say, Romania). Fans of eccentric comedies and offbeat characters (and Alyssa Milano) may enjoy this, while others may find it a little contrived and tedious. --Jerry Renshaw

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The cast makes the film good.......2006-08-10

Hugo is Alyssa Milano, a pool cleaner. It's a day in her life where she has to put water in a gangster's pool (Richard Lewis) or she's going to be killed. She also has lots of other customers to take care of. So she gets her odd parents (Cathy Moriarty & Malcolm McDowell) to help her. There are other strange characters in this movie. The plot is weird yet I found this bizarre film charming due to the people in it.

4 out of 5 stars Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'.......2004-08-23

And I guess it is.

But really, this is more affecting than off-putting as some of the reviews below have suggested.

The title of the film refers to the lovely Alyssa Milano, who owns a pool-cleaning business. Robert Downey, Jr., Malcom McDowell, Richard Lewis, Cathy Moriarty, and Patrick Dempsey also star in the film.

I found the film fresh, refreshing, and a mild surprise. You'd expect a film where one of the principal characters is dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) to perhaps lapse into deep maudlin territory, but it doesn't. Instead, the thread of other stories, all revolving around an effort to fill mobster Lewis' pool in the middle of a drought, balance each other out to lend a sense of lightness and humor to the enterprise.

It's a fun film to watch. Unlike other reviewers, I wasn't put off by Penn's or Downey's performances. I thought they were fine. In a movie such as this, you don't expect slavish adherence to some 'truth' as you might demand from a factual work. The movie is more of a flight of fancy, and it's enjoyable as such.

Another thing to comment on is the wonderful cinemaphotography. The lush, vibrant colors go well with the over-all tone of the movie.

Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Alyssa makes you yank your yanker.......2004-05-31

She is pretyy pretty pretty and wears plenty of skimpy clothes here, a masterpiece of b-film cinema.

5 out of 5 stars great movie!!.......2004-02-15

Hugo Pool is a GREAT movie i think...Any Alyssa Milano fan would love this movie! shes cute and her acting is great in it! even if u dont like Alyssa this movie is good movie for people who like drama, romance and comedy! highly recommend buying it!!

4 out of 5 stars Alyssa makes it what it is.......2004-01-12

Hugo Pool to me didnt seem to have a definate story line to it. I do love the movie though, simply because the lovely Alyssa Milano is in it. Without Alyssa the movie wouldnt be as good as it is.
I enjoyed Cathy Moriarty's character.
I did also feel for Patrick Dempsey's character to.
Hugo Pool
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The cast makes the film good
  • Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'
  • Alyssa makes you yank your yanker
  • great movie!!
  • Alyssa makes it what it is
 Hugo Pool
Starring: Alyssa Milano , Mark Boone Junior , Malcolm McDowell , Sean Penn , and Robert Downey Jr.
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Manufacturer: Wellspring Media
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000JGWD50
Release Date: 2006-12-26

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There's a fine line between quirky and gimmicky; at times Hugo Pool can't decide whether to be a cute comedy or a mawkish melodrama. Alyssa Milano is Hugo, the owner-operator of a pool company. She has a staggering 44 pools to service in one day, so she shanghais her gambling-addicted mom (Cathy Moriarty), a drug-whacked director (Robert Downey Jr.), and a new client, who happens to be an ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) sufferer (Patrick Dempsey), to help her. Hugo's under an or-else deadline to fill a mobster's (Richard Lewis) pool, so she dispatches her alcoholic junkie dad (Malcolm McDowell) to fetch Colorado River water in a tank truck and bring it back. He picks up a strange hitchhiker (Sean Penn) and becomes obsessed with his shoes; meanwhile, a romance blooms between Hugo and the new client. Of course, Milano is the only sane one in this melange of weirdoes. McDowell channels both Jimmy Durante and Wallace Beery in a bizarre role, Sean Penn is inexplicable, and a rough-looking Downey Jr. sports an indeterminate accent (imagine if Inspector Clouseau was from, say, Romania). Fans of eccentric comedies and offbeat characters (and Alyssa Milano) may enjoy this, while others may find it a little contrived and tedious. --Jerry Renshaw

Description

Patrick Dempsey of Grey's Anatomy stars in this hilarious comedy about a young pool cleaner (Alyssa Milano). In the course of one day, she manages to clean 44 pools, while dealing with eccentric and dangerous clients. She also helps her parents grown up and still manages to find time to fall in love.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The cast makes the film good.......2006-08-10

Hugo is Alyssa Milano, a pool cleaner. It's a day in her life where she has to put water in a gangster's pool (Richard Lewis) or she's going to be killed. She also has lots of other customers to take care of. So she gets her odd parents (Cathy Moriarty & Malcolm McDowell) to help her. There are other strange characters in this movie. The plot is weird yet I found this bizarre film charming due to the people in it.

4 out of 5 stars Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'.......2004-08-23

And I guess it is.

But really, this is more affecting than off-putting as some of the reviews below have suggested.

The title of the film refers to the lovely Alyssa Milano, who owns a pool-cleaning business. Robert Downey, Jr., Malcom McDowell, Richard Lewis, Cathy Moriarty, and Patrick Dempsey also star in the film.

I found the film fresh, refreshing, and a mild surprise. You'd expect a film where one of the principal characters is dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) to perhaps lapse into deep maudlin territory, but it doesn't. Instead, the thread of other stories, all revolving around an effort to fill mobster Lewis' pool in the middle of a drought, balance each other out to lend a sense of lightness and humor to the enterprise.

It's a fun film to watch. Unlike other reviewers, I wasn't put off by Penn's or Downey's performances. I thought they were fine. In a movie such as this, you don't expect slavish adherence to some 'truth' as you might demand from a factual work. The movie is more of a flight of fancy, and it's enjoyable as such.

Another thing to comment on is the wonderful cinemaphotography. The lush, vibrant colors go well with the over-all tone of the movie.

Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Alyssa makes you yank your yanker.......2004-05-31

She is pretyy pretty pretty and wears plenty of skimpy clothes here, a masterpiece of b-film cinema.

5 out of 5 stars great movie!!.......2004-02-15

Hugo Pool is a GREAT movie i think...Any Alyssa Milano fan would love this movie! shes cute and her acting is great in it! even if u dont like Alyssa this movie is good movie for people who like drama, romance and comedy! highly recommend buying it!!

4 out of 5 stars Alyssa makes it what it is.......2004-01-12

Hugo Pool to me didnt seem to have a definate story line to it. I do love the movie though, simply because the lovely Alyssa Milano is in it. Without Alyssa the movie wouldnt be as good as it is.
I enjoyed Cathy Moriarty's character.
I did also feel for Patrick Dempsey's character to.
Hugo Pool
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The cast makes the film good
  • Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'
  • Alyssa makes you yank your yanker
  • great movie!!
  • Alyssa makes it what it is
 Hugo Pool
Starring: Alyssa Milano , Mark Boone Junior , Malcolm McDowell , Sean Penn , and Robert Downey Jr.
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Manufacturer: Genius Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000GBEWOI
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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There's a fine line between quirky and gimmicky; at times Hugo Pool can't decide whether to be a cute comedy or a mawkish melodrama. Alyssa Milano is Hugo, the owner-operator of a pool company. She has a staggering 44 pools to service in one day, so she shanghais her gambling-addicted mom (Cathy Moriarty), a drug-whacked director (Robert Downey Jr.), and a new client, who happens to be an ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) sufferer (Patrick Dempsey), to help her. Hugo's under an or-else deadline to fill a mobster's (Richard Lewis) pool, so she dispatches her alcoholic junkie dad (Malcolm McDowell) to fetch Colorado River water in a tank truck and bring it back. He picks up a strange hitchhiker (Sean Penn) and becomes obsessed with his shoes; meanwhile, a romance blooms between Hugo and the new client. Of course, Milano is the only sane one in this melange of weirdoes. McDowell channels both Jimmy Durante and Wallace Beery in a bizarre role, Sean Penn is inexplicable, and a rough-looking Downey Jr. sports an indeterminate accent (imagine if Inspector Clouseau was from, say, Romania). Fans of eccentric comedies and offbeat characters (and Alyssa Milano) may enjoy this, while others may find it a little contrived and tedious. --Jerry Renshaw

Description

Hugo Pool is a quirky tale of a Los Angeles pool cleaner (Alyssa Milano stars as Hugo Dugay) who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's Disease.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The cast makes the film good.......2006-08-10

Hugo is Alyssa Milano, a pool cleaner. It's a day in her life where she has to put water in a gangster's pool (Richard Lewis) or she's going to be killed. She also has lots of other customers to take care of. So she gets her odd parents (Cathy Moriarty & Malcolm McDowell) to help her. There are other strange characters in this movie. The plot is weird yet I found this bizarre film charming due to the people in it.

4 out of 5 stars Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'.......2004-08-23

And I guess it is.

But really, this is more affecting than off-putting as some of the reviews below have suggested.

The title of the film refers to the lovely Alyssa Milano, who owns a pool-cleaning business. Robert Downey, Jr., Malcom McDowell, Richard Lewis, Cathy Moriarty, and Patrick Dempsey also star in the film.

I found the film fresh, refreshing, and a mild surprise. You'd expect a film where one of the principal characters is dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) to perhaps lapse into deep maudlin territory, but it doesn't. Instead, the thread of other stories, all revolving around an effort to fill mobster Lewis' pool in the middle of a drought, balance each other out to lend a sense of lightness and humor to the enterprise.

It's a fun film to watch. Unlike other reviewers, I wasn't put off by Penn's or Downey's performances. I thought they were fine. In a movie such as this, you don't expect slavish adherence to some 'truth' as you might demand from a factual work. The movie is more of a flight of fancy, and it's enjoyable as such.

Another thing to comment on is the wonderful cinemaphotography. The lush, vibrant colors go well with the over-all tone of the movie.

Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Alyssa makes you yank your yanker.......2004-05-31

She is pretyy pretty pretty and wears plenty of skimpy clothes here, a masterpiece of b-film cinema.

5 out of 5 stars great movie!!.......2004-02-15

Hugo Pool is a GREAT movie i think...Any Alyssa Milano fan would love this movie! shes cute and her acting is great in it! even if u dont like Alyssa this movie is good movie for people who like drama, romance and comedy! highly recommend buying it!!

4 out of 5 stars Alyssa makes it what it is.......2004-01-12

Hugo Pool to me didnt seem to have a definate story line to it. I do love the movie though, simply because the lovely Alyssa Milano is in it. Without Alyssa the movie wouldnt be as good as it is.
I enjoyed Cathy Moriarty's character.
I did also feel for Patrick Dempsey's character to.
Hugo Pool
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The cast makes the film good
  • Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'
  • Alyssa makes you yank your yanker
  • great movie!!
  • Alyssa makes it what it is
 Hugo Pool
Starring: Alyssa Milano , Mark Boone Junior , Malcolm McDowell , Sean Penn , and Robert Downey Jr.
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00007KFN8

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There's a fine line between quirky and gimmicky; at times Hugo Pool can't decide whether to be a cute comedy or a mawkish melodrama. Alyssa Milano is Hugo, the owner-operator of a pool company. She has a staggering 44 pools to service in one day, so she shanghais her gambling-addicted mom (Cathy Moriarty), a drug-whacked director (Robert Downey Jr.), and a new client, who happens to be an ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) sufferer (Patrick Dempsey), to help her. Hugo's under an or-else deadline to fill a mobster's (Richard Lewis) pool, so she dispatches her alcoholic junkie dad (Malcolm McDowell) to fetch Colorado River water in a tank truck and bring it back. He picks up a strange hitchhiker (Sean Penn) and becomes obsessed with his shoes; meanwhile, a romance blooms between Hugo and the new client. Of course, Milano is the only sane one in this melange of weirdoes. McDowell channels both Jimmy Durante and Wallace Beery in a bizarre role, Sean Penn is inexplicable, and a rough-looking Downey Jr. sports an indeterminate accent (imagine if Inspector Clouseau was from, say, Romania). Fans of eccentric comedies and offbeat characters (and Alyssa Milano) may enjoy this, while others may find it a little contrived and tedious. --Jerry Renshaw

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The cast makes the film good.......2006-08-10

Hugo is Alyssa Milano, a pool cleaner. It's a day in her life where she has to put water in a gangster's pool (Richard Lewis) or she's going to be killed. She also has lots of other customers to take care of. So she gets her odd parents (Cathy Moriarty & Malcolm McDowell) to help her. There are other strange characters in this movie. The plot is weird yet I found this bizarre film charming due to the people in it.

4 out of 5 stars Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'.......2004-08-23

And I guess it is.

But really, this is more affecting than off-putting as some of the reviews below have suggested.

The title of the film refers to the lovely Alyssa Milano, who owns a pool-cleaning business. Robert Downey, Jr., Malcom McDowell, Richard Lewis, Cathy Moriarty, and Patrick Dempsey also star in the film.

I found the film fresh, refreshing, and a mild surprise. You'd expect a film where one of the principal characters is dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) to perhaps lapse into deep maudlin territory, but it doesn't. Instead, the thread of other stories, all revolving around an effort to fill mobster Lewis' pool in the middle of a drought, balance each other out to lend a sense of lightness and humor to the enterprise.

It's a fun film to watch. Unlike other reviewers, I wasn't put off by Penn's or Downey's performances. I thought they were fine. In a movie such as this, you don't expect slavish adherence to some 'truth' as you might demand from a factual work. The movie is more of a flight of fancy, and it's enjoyable as such.

Another thing to comment on is the wonderful cinemaphotography. The lush, vibrant colors go well with the over-all tone of the movie.

Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Alyssa makes you yank your yanker.......2004-05-31

She is pretyy pretty pretty and wears plenty of skimpy clothes here, a masterpiece of b-film cinema.

5 out of 5 stars great movie!!.......2004-02-15

Hugo Pool is a GREAT movie i think...Any Alyssa Milano fan would love this movie! shes cute and her acting is great in it! even if u dont like Alyssa this movie is good movie for people who like drama, romance and comedy! highly recommend buying it!!

4 out of 5 stars Alyssa makes it what it is.......2004-01-12

Hugo Pool to me didnt seem to have a definate story line to it. I do love the movie though, simply because the lovely Alyssa Milano is in it. Without Alyssa the movie wouldnt be as good as it is.
I enjoyed Cathy Moriarty's character.
I did also feel for Patrick Dempsey's character to.
Hugo Pool [Region 2]
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The cast makes the film good
  • Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'
  • Alyssa makes you yank your yanker
  • great movie!!
  • Alyssa makes it what it is
 Hugo Pool [Region 2]
Starring: Alyssa Milano , Mark Boone Junior , Malcolm McDowell , Sean Penn , and Robert Downey Jr.
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Magnuson, AnnMagnuson, Ann | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
McDowell, MalcolmMcDowell, Malcolm | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Milano, AlyssaMilano, Alyssa | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Moriarty, CathyMoriarty, Cathy | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Penn, SeanPenn, Sean | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Remsen, BertRemsen, Bert | ( R ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
( H )( H ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
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ASIN: B0000AM781

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There's a fine line between quirky and gimmicky; at times Hugo Pool can't decide whether to be a cute comedy or a mawkish melodrama. Alyssa Milano is Hugo, the owner-operator of a pool company. She has a staggering 44 pools to service in one day, so she shanghais her gambling-addicted mom (Cathy Moriarty), a drug-whacked director (Robert Downey Jr.), and a new client, who happens to be an ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) sufferer (Patrick Dempsey), to help her. Hugo's under an or-else deadline to fill a mobster's (Richard Lewis) pool, so she dispatches her alcoholic junkie dad (Malcolm McDowell) to fetch Colorado River water in a tank truck and bring it back. He picks up a strange hitchhiker (Sean Penn) and becomes obsessed with his shoes; meanwhile, a romance blooms between Hugo and the new client. Of course, Milano is the only sane one in this melange of weirdoes. McDowell channels both Jimmy Durante and Wallace Beery in a bizarre role, Sean Penn is inexplicable, and a rough-looking Downey Jr. sports an indeterminate accent (imagine if Inspector Clouseau was from, say, Romania). Fans of eccentric comedies and offbeat characters (and Alyssa Milano) may enjoy this, while others may find it a little contrived and tedious. --Jerry Renshaw

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The cast makes the film good.......2006-08-10

Hugo is Alyssa Milano, a pool cleaner. It's a day in her life where she has to put water in a gangster's pool (Richard Lewis) or she's going to be killed. She also has lots of other customers to take care of. So she gets her odd parents (Cathy Moriarty & Malcolm McDowell) to help her. There are other strange characters in this movie. The plot is weird yet I found this bizarre film charming due to the people in it.

4 out of 5 stars Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'.......2004-08-23

And I guess it is.

But really, this is more affecting than off-putting as some of the reviews below have suggested.

The title of the film refers to the lovely Alyssa Milano, who owns a pool-cleaning business. Robert Downey, Jr., Malcom McDowell, Richard Lewis, Cathy Moriarty, and Patrick Dempsey also star in the film.

I found the film fresh, refreshing, and a mild surprise. You'd expect a film where one of the principal characters is dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) to perhaps lapse into deep maudlin territory, but it doesn't. Instead, the thread of other stories, all revolving around an effort to fill mobster Lewis' pool in the middle of a drought, balance each other out to lend a sense of lightness and humor to the enterprise.

It's a fun film to watch. Unlike other reviewers, I wasn't put off by Penn's or Downey's performances. I thought they were fine. In a movie such as this, you don't expect slavish adherence to some 'truth' as you might demand from a factual work. The movie is more of a flight of fancy, and it's enjoyable as such.

Another thing to comment on is the wonderful cinemaphotography. The lush, vibrant colors go well with the over-all tone of the movie.

Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Alyssa makes you yank your yanker.......2004-05-31

She is pretyy pretty pretty and wears plenty of skimpy clothes here, a masterpiece of b-film cinema.

5 out of 5 stars great movie!!.......2004-02-15

Hugo Pool is a GREAT movie i think...Any Alyssa Milano fan would love this movie! shes cute and her acting is great in it! even if u dont like Alyssa this movie is good movie for people who like drama, romance and comedy! highly recommend buying it!!

4 out of 5 stars Alyssa makes it what it is.......2004-01-12

Hugo Pool to me didnt seem to have a definate story line to it. I do love the movie though, simply because the lovely Alyssa Milano is in it. Without Alyssa the movie wouldnt be as good as it is.
I enjoyed Cathy Moriarty's character.
I did also feel for Patrick Dempsey's character to.

DVD:

  1. Josie and the Pussycats (PG-13 Version)
  2. Bill Maher - Victory Begins at Home
  3. Walking and Talking
  4. Madea's Family Reunion
  5. The Woman in Red
  6. Black Knight
  7. Girl From Rio
  8. WhiteBoyz
  9. Victor/Victoria (1995 Broadway Production)
  10. Young Doctors In Love

DVD List

DVD

DVD

Search for Heaven

Rivalries: The Tradition of Georgia vs. Florida

Passion & Romance: Double or Nothing (REGION 1) (NTSC)

DVD: Dark Descent

Der Fuchs von Paris