Protocol

Starring:Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus, Andre Gregory, Gail Strickland, Cliff De Young, Keith Szarabajka, Ed Begley Jr., James Staley, Kenneth Mars, Jean Smart, Maria O'Brien, Joel Brooks, Grainger Hines, Kenneth McMillan, Richard Hamilton, Mary Carver, Jack Ross Obney, Kathleen York, Georganne LaPiere
Director: Herbert Ross
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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Goldie Hawn "is golden in her best role since Private Benjamin" (CBS-TV) as a Washington waitress who joins the state department, sending global diplomacy into a tailspin. Year: 1984 Director: Herbert Ross Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus

Customer Reviews:

Needs a widescrren release.......2006-01-15

WB needs to rerelease this in widescreen. It ain't right to release widescreen filmed movies on dvd in Full screen only

one of those decent 80's comedies.......2003-09-09

Protocol is one of those movies that you can watch one day and find humoress but then not remember much about it for a long time this is like most 80's comedies. Goldie Hawn puts up a great preformance and you got to love Goldie Hawn after all she is kate hudson's mom and man is Kate Hudson hot

Protocol.......2003-06-15

A great feel good movie. Except that the quality of the DVD. It flickers threw the first hour. I think they could have put more effort in the manufacturing.

Novacaine for the Brain.......2003-04-21

Protocol, Goldie Hawn's attempt at Ms. Smith Goes to Washington is a light and fluffy comedy requires little thought during this little comedy. There is a good girl (Hawn) and a bad woman (played by the under rated Gail Strickland) who decides to sacrifice Hawn for the sake of international affairs. The only "odd" bit of casting is that of Chris Sarandon who aside from looking (and acting) like a department store mannequin offers little to the story.

This may not be the best film that you will ever see, but on a rainy day, it beats watching golf or bass masters.

Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man).......2002-08-12

The 1984 movie Protocol comes from the school of political films such as Guarding Tess and Dave. These films all strip Washington politics to the bare bones and allow gentle satire and wit to rub elbows with the American political machine.

As a comedy, Protocol does have its moments, though Dave garners the most laughs. As a demonstration of pure acting ability, stick with Guarding Tess. Why then should someone plunk hard-earned bucks down on a movie such as Protocol?

Goldie Hawn is a cultural icon and gives any movie she appears in some basic worth. Buck Henry, who is known for early Saturday Night Live appearances, directing Heaven Can Wait, and the screenplay for the Owl and the Pussycat, wrote the screenplay for Protocol. Herbert Ross, who directed The Goodbye Girl, sits in the director's chair. Most importantly, those who fondly remember any of the above mentioned names will appreciate the blast from the past that Protocol represents.

Without giving away too much of the film's surprises, Goldie plays a ditzy character who finds herself doing the right thing at the wrong time. In this particular case, she inadvertently saves the life of a visiting Arab political figure. Apparent gratitude from the U.S. government eventually lands Hawn's character a position on the White House's protocol team. There, Goldie finds herself to be basically a pawn. In her own abnormal fashion, Goldie proves that pawns can, in fact, win the game.

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Goldie Hawn brings her charm and joy-buzzer appeal to two hilarious comedies. She's Judy Benjamin, make that Private Benjamin, who finds the U.S. Army doesn't quite offer the country-club atmosphere she expected. Oscar nominations went to Hawn (for 1980 Best Actress), costar Eileen Brennan (Supporting Actress) and Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller (Original Screenplay). And ditzy cocktail waitress Sunny Davis (Hawn) finds that diplomatic immunity is not a vaccination as she brings uncommon sense to Washington and upends the rules of Protocol. Politics were never so much fun!

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wonderful to watch.......2007-03-09

Hillarious to watch. Goldie is a wonderful actress and these movies are sooooooooooooooooooo funny, i nearly wet myself laughing.

So Cute!.......2006-06-26

The item was just what we ordered -- good quality.
I had forgotten how cute these two movies are! We purchased them to watch before our daughter leaves for basic training after joining the military!

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The Fourth Protocol [Import]
Director: John MacKenzie
Manufacturer: LW Editora
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Scripted by Frederick Forsyth from his own novel, The Fourth Protocol is a fact-based spy thriller. The titular protocol is a secret agreement between America, Britain and Russia to cease smuggling nuclear weapons into their respective countries. This figures into the schemes of several rogue spies, who hope to destroy NATO by embarking on just such a smuggling endeavor. Russian agent Valeri Petrofsky (Pierce Brosnan) is ordered to stage a nuclear accident in England, then arrange the evidence to point to the Americans. British intelligence agent John Preston (Michael Caine) begins wondering why such nuclear-weapon components like lithium are showing up in the unlikeliest places. Ignored by his superiors, who figure that Preston is merely an old-line anti-Commie paranoic, Preston gathers the clues that will enable him to find out who's behind the potential breaking of The Fourth Protocol.

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The Fourth Protocol
Starring: Michael Caine , Pierce Brosnan , Ned Beatty , Joanna Cassidy , and Julian Glover
Director: John Mackenzie
Manufacturer: Filmax
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages: o English (subtitles) o Portugese (subtitles) o Spanish (subtitles) o English (Dolby Digital 2.0) o Portugese (Dolby Digital 2.0) o Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0) Synopsis: Scripted by Frederick Forsyth from his own novel, The Fourth Protocol is a fact-based spy thriller. The titular protocol is a secret agreement between America, Britain and Russia to cease smuggling nuclear weapons into their respective countries. This figures into the schemes of several rogue spies, who hope to destroy NATO by embarking on just such a smuggling endeavor. Russian agent Valeri Petrofsky (Pierce Brosnan) is ordered to stage a nuclear accident in England, then arrange the evidence to point to the Americans. British intelligence agent John Preston (Michael Caine) begins wondering why such nuclear-weapon components like lithium are showing up in the unlikeliest places. Ignored by his superiors, who figure that Preston is merely an old-line anti-Commie paranoic, Preston gathers the clues that will enable him to find out who's behind the potential breaking of The Fourth Protocol. Special Features: o Interactive Menu o Making Of o Photo Gallery o Scene Access o Trailer(s)

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Don't rent THIS verision
Absorbing thriller!
DVD available in Region 2 of suspenseful thriller
Great Movie But no DVD
Why do British actors make the best movie spies?

The Fourth Protocol [Region 2]
Starring: Michael Caine , Pierce Brosnan , Ned Beatty , Joanna Cassidy , and Julian Glover
Director: John Mackenzie
ProductGroup: DVD
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Frederick Forsyth wrote the novel and screenplay for this story about a plot to stage an enormous nuclear accident in England, a catastrophe so large that its source can never be identified but will lead to assumptions that America is behind it. Michael Caine plays an aging intelligence agent who picks up clues that the ingredients for such an apocalypse are being smuggled piece-by-piece into the U.K.--but he cannot seem to get his superiors to care. Caine is outstanding in a role that seems tailor-made for him, and Pierce Brosnan is very good as the Russian agent working undercover in England to effect the planned tragedy. The film perfectly captures a spreading suspicion and resentment toward superpower adventurism, even though such sentiments are, in fact, being exploited by the bad guys. Caine, as always, suggests a man walking a narrow line through a gauntlet of moral compromises. --Tom Keogh

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Don't rent THIS verision.......2007-04-08

While this is a reasonably enjoyable bit of spy vs. spy escapism, the quality of this rental download is pathetic. I rented this film to watch on my laptop during a recent airline trip and frankly, I was a bit shocked. It's quite obviously been transferred from a twenty year old edited for TV analog video tape complete with choppy breaks for commercials and awful audio and video quality.

Amazon should really be embarrassed to offer (let alone charge money for) this version. This is certainly not what customers expect when they rent or purchase an Unbox Video. (Thankfully, it's the exception and not the rule)

Absorbing thriller!.......2006-07-26

A Russian pilot is disposed to reaffirm his noble patriotism setting off a nuclear weapon near an American base in U.K. Michael Caine will be the assigned officer in order to foil this brutal incident that would visibly alter the delicate terror' s equilibrium. In sum a pretty good spy thriller, where Pierce Brosnan reaffirmed his own style as a promissory actor, after his successful brief cameo in 1980 with The long good Friday. It's not mere casualty John Mackenzie had been the same director in both films.

Based on the famous novel of Frederick Forsyth (The day of the jackal)

DVD available in Region 2 of suspenseful thriller.......2006-01-19

In the 1960s Michael Caine appeared in a series of spy movies as Len Deighton's fictional cold war hero Harry Palmer. Then in 1986 Caine appeared again in much the same mold except in this instance, since it was based on a book by Frederick Forsyth, his character had a different name, even though in image and style he was very much a Palmer clone.
Forsyth has had a number of his works adapted into movies. In the 1970s we had such classics as THE ODESSA FILE and DAY OF THE JACKAL and even Christopher Walken fresh off his Oscar for THE DEER HUNTER appeared in 1980s DOGS OF WAR based on another bestseller. This mid-1980s entry is perhaps a little grittier in tone and more frightening in scope then the other movies mentioned and is ultimately fascinating as much for the picture it paints of the machinations of the intelligence community as for the intrigue played out on screen.
One needs to understand the political context in which this sly political thriller was written to appreciate it.
Today we are consumed with tackling terrorism but back in the 1980s the big threat was the Soviet Union and its nuclear arsenal. Indeed there were regular protests outside the American airbase of Greenham Common when people expressed their displeasure at the presence of cruise missiles.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this movie for today's audience is the appearance of a pre-007 Pierce Brosnan as a Russian spy. Having been forced to decline the role of James Bond in 1986 Brosnan instead appeared in this movie as one of the key villains of the piece - and what a nasty piece of work he is. Cold and emotionaless Brosnan's character obeys his orders without question and one wishes that he had played 007 more like this. In fact the plot of this movie bears more than a passing resemblance to the plot of the earlier 007 movie OCTOPUSSY though it is handled in a much more serious and plausible manner here.
As with that 1983 James Bond movie, here the KGB plans to explode a nuclear weapon close to an American airbase with the blame going to the United States. With the KGB smuggling in a weapon piece-by-piece the movie follows the plot of the book quite closely with British intelligence trying to track down the Russian agent after it intercepts materials used in the construction of an atomic weapon.
Playing the part of a Russian scientist assigned to put all the pieces together is the beautiful Joanna Cassidy. Her scenes with Brosnan allow the future 007 star to portray a truly ruthless killer for once.
The pace of the movie may prove to be a little too pedestrian for those who are used to the action thrillers of today. It is a more measured and (dare I say it) more intelligent approach to the thriller genre but it manages to ratchet up the suspense quite effectively and is well worth a look-see.
For DVD collectors with region-free players there is a DVD of this movie available in Region 2 (Europe) that also features a rather interesting making-of-featurette.

Great Movie But no DVD.......2005-08-16

I saw this movie when it first came out. Loved it. Why Why Why no one has put this to DVD i'll never know? I'll have to keep waiting I guess.

Why do British actors make the best movie spies?.......2004-07-01

After watching THE FOURTH PROTOCOL, I'm left wondering why British actors seem to make the most accomplished spies in releases for the Silver Screen, both big and small. In my mind, the top trio is Michael Caine (as Harry Palmer), Sean Connery (as "007"), and Alec Guinness (as George Smiley). Perhaps it's because, in real life, the UK's international spy agency, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), has so much more traditional panache than the Yanks' CIA. In MI6, martinis are no doubt "shaken, not stirred". It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the drink of choice in the Central Intelligence Agency is simply light beer.

Here, Michael Caine plays John Preston, a domestic Security Service (MI5) agent on the wrong side of his boss. After being banished to Ports and Harbours, Preston stumbles across evidence that the Soviets are smuggling an atomic bomb into the UK. And indeed they are, as part of a renegade plot by KGB Director Govershin (Alan North) to re-heat the Cold War during the days of détente in the late 1980s. Govershin's infiltrates his superagent, Valeri Petrofsky (Pierce Brosnan), who's assumed the English identity of James Ross, to co-ordinate assembly of the explosive device next to a U.S. air base that stores nuclear bombs. Detonation of the Red nuke will thus be blamed on American carelessness, causing stress on the Anglo-American alliance.

More than a decade after the collapse of the U.S.S.R, the plot of THE FOURTH PROTOCOL, which is above average in entertainment value, approaches being quaint, though the danger of a "suitcase nuke" remains real enough in today's world of pan-national terrorism. The real joy of the film is watching Caine's portrayal of the cheekily insubordinate Preston. (Cheekiness is what defines Caine's acting style and makes him so consistently engaging.)

Brosnan's Petrofsky/Ross is baby-faced and not much beyond just sullen. Pierce has yet to acquire the patina of age that makes him one of the better, though never the best, James Bonds. (Brosnan, sure and begorry, was born in the Republic of Ireland, and is decidedly not British. Perhaps his best spy role - and it was truly excellent - was as the Bond-gone-to-seed secret agent in THE TAILOR OF PANEMA.)

Also eminently watchable is Ian Richardson as the MI6 wallah who has more use for Preston than the latter's boss. (Richardson, if you recall, played the Soviet's mole in MI6 in the refreshingly intelligent TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER SPY, in which Alec Guinness debuted as superspy George Smiley, my most favorite of that actor's screen roles.) I'm always mesmerized by Richardson as his character of the moment swings from smooth charm to understated menace.

Michael Caine's ability to play a believable spook has evolved over a continuum from such of his early films as FUNERAL IN BERLIN and THE IPCRESS FILE to the relatively recent THE QUIET AMERICAN. Whereas Sean Connery has abandoned the genre, and the late great Alec Guinness limited his participation to TTSS and SMILEY'S PEOPLE, Caine continues to venture into the espionage shadow world and THE FOURTH PROTOCOL is a rewarding mission impossible from the past.

TCP/IP and UNIX Networking, 2 DVDs set. Includes TWO courses and TWO certifications for the price
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Great course, easy and productive training

TCP/IP and UNIX Networking, 2 DVDs set. Includes TWO courses and TWO certifications for the price
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It is great panoramic TCP/IP and general UNIX networking course. It takes you into Internet technologies, teaches all popular communication models, internet related protocols and provides you with wealth of commands. As advertised: the Certifications are included. The official UNIX Academy Certificates acknowledging the completion of this program will be sent to you. Amazon and CustomFlix are the only legal sellers outside UNIX Academy; no purchase from any other seller will be admitted for UNIX Academy Certifications.

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Great course, easy and productive training.......2006-09-07

I'm by no means technology professional but since I do video editing on OSX as a part of my daily routine (I do events and weddings) I have decided to learn more about UNIX and networking. It is my second review on "UNIX on DVD" series, the first one was on the "UNIX Essentials" DVD but I'll mention it later.

As far as my personal experience suggests, learning network technologies for a beginner represents enormous challenge and often it may be very discouraging as it is so comprehensive (initially I was overwhelmed just by the list of protocols! ), It implies familiarity with many details ( like one nice book suggested that I know already what is Ethernet or CSMA/CD ), and requires understanding of numerous concepts (or it is common to mention encapsulation and leave it up to you to figure it out) and so on. There are many, many books on the networking and TCP/IP but near all of them are notoriously difficult to penetrate. I was starting for four times read different books and eventually had realized that all of them implied some previous training. Not only that, but usually there's huge gap between theory you learn and the ability to apply that theory in practice (like many books teach some "general" stuff then go figure its relevance to your system). Not anymore.

This DVD course shows all the stuff in action. It teaches all the necessary concepts and closes the gaps with immediate examples, practical commands, on screen illustrations etc. I like the attention this course pays to physicality of the networking. This course takes a beginner into much revered advanced level, discusses sniffer, protocols, analyses commands output, shows how to read and understand the messages by some very easy to follow lessons.

It is a second DVD course I have from "UNIX on DVD" series, the first one is "UNIX Essentials and UNIX Core" and it is as much helpful and thoughtful. This networking course also is much refined technically as the sound and image are of much better quality, neither was much of problem before but this course is of notably higher technical quality. If you do the firsts steps in UNIX it would be my recommendation go through "UNIX Essentials and UNIX Core" DVD course first as this DVD concentrated as the title states "TCP/IP and UNIX Networking". Generally speaking, learning from Boris is a pleasure. I found his first course to be extremely helpful and purchased this one under that impression. Many people admire his DVDs as a very efficient shortcut into technologies and opportunity for jobs that would be hardly attainable otherwise. I have not been looking for an employment but there's no doubt the course fulfills the duty and generally speaking I The magic of his videos that he knows the precise path to put you on as he is aware on every point what may impose a difficulty and explains all the major ideas before you hit them.

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Don't rent THIS verision
Absorbing thriller!
DVD available in Region 2 of suspenseful thriller
Great Movie But no DVD
Why do British actors make the best movie spies?

The Fourth Protocol [Region 2]
Starring: Michael Caine , Pierce Brosnan , Ned Beatty , Joanna Cassidy , and Julian Glover
Director: John Mackenzie
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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