The '60s

Starring:Josh Hamilton, Julia Stiles, Jerry O'Connell, Jeremy Sisto, Jordana Brewster, Leonard Roberts, Bill Smitrovich, Annie Corley, Donovan Leitch, David Alan Grier, Cliff Gorman, April Mills, Charles S. Dutton, Marc Blucas, Jenna Byrne, Carnie Wilson, John Meier, David Denman, Ronald William Lawrence, Michael Emanuel
Director: Mark Piznarski
Studio: Lions Gate
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Tackling an entire decade--and a turbulent one at that--within a three-hour movie is a challenge, and while The '60s is frequently entertaining, it unfortunately is not completely up to the task. Following the lives of four young people, three from a white suburban family with parents out of The Wonder Years and one African American from the South, the characters are forced into one-dimensional clichés; they are their personas to the nth degree. Katie (Julia Stiles), the pretty young blond, is the lost hippie; Brian (Jerry O'Connell), the former high school football player, is the gung-ho-turned-disgruntled Vietnam solider; Michael (Josh Hamilton) exemplifies the political activist; and Emmet (Leonard Roberts), the only representative of the entire black movement of the '60s, plays first the pacifist who effects change through nonviolent means and then the Black Panther, and then he finally returns to his nonviolent ways. Yet, despite the trite characters and slow beginning, the movie picks up pace as each becomes involved in his or her own story. They become strangely compelling, to the point where you are sorry when the story switches to another character because you want to see more.

An eclectic shooting style--a mixture of archival footage, seamlessly spliced with shots of the miniseries in black and white, which then becomes color--effectively places the characters in the '60s context. You can believe that these folks were at the Democratic Convention in Chicago or the Watts riots or Woodstock. Yet, sometimes a break is needed: the film is unrelenting in presenting crisis after crisis with no respite, making one wonder if there were any quiet, simple, or nice moments in the entire decade. The sentimental soundtrack plays continuously, helping set the appropriate tone and the frenetic atmosphere of the movie. For those who lived through the '60s, this miniseries provides a nostalgic look back at the various movements and a general feel of the time, especially with the proliferation of film clips that aren't oft repeated (we've all seen the moon landing ad nauseam, but footage of Abbie Hoffman or Dylan playing the club scene in the East Village is refreshing). And for those born after this period, this miniseries makes the decade look like a frenzied, troubled mess that we can be grateful we had the good fortune to miss. --Jenny Brown

Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Live Performances of the 50s, 60s and 70s
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Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Live Performances of the 50s, 60s and 70s
Starring: Jerry Lee Lewis
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ASIN: B000OLHGXY
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Description

Time Life is proud to offer the first-ever career-spanning collection of 19 unforgettable live performances from the '50s through the '70s by Jerry Lee Lewis. This includes his greatest hits such as, "Breathless," "Great Balls of Fire," and "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On." The bonus material includes one of the most comprehensive and revealing interviews with Jerry Lee Lewis. Track Listings: Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On You Win Again Great Balls of Fire Breathless High School Confidential I'm on Fire Your Cheatin' Heart Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano? Me and Bobby McGee Lewis Boogie Ferriday Medley: Has Anybody Seen My Gal? In a Shany in Old Shanty Town Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Jerry Lee Lewis interviewed in the orginal Sun Studio [Bonus] High School Confidential trailer [Bonus]

Customer Reviews:

The First and Last Rock and Roller.......2007-06-27

While the performances are few, the 1964 London Granada set captured here are easily worth the price of the DVD. Jerry shows there that he really was at the heart of R&R in a way that Presley never approached.

Essential.......2007-06-13

Ok this is a great DVD with some great performances and a interview from Jerry Lee in 1993 at Sun records.Plenty of highlights best for me is Lewis boogie in the section with Jerry Lee's cousin Mickey Gilley who was a country superstar at the time.It is interesting to see the different years including the first Steve Allen performance of Whole lotta shakin'.The quality is as good as you can get from I guess the sources they used with some Jerry Lee fan's on forums saying they could have used the master of the 1964 Granada show.If you want to see a discussion on that there is one on the new Jerry Lee Lewis forum.I can't put a link here but if you go to Wikipedia Jerry Lee Lewis page there is a link there.You can see some screenshots of this DVD taken from my pc on that forum.I would have given this 5 out of 5 but although it is interesting to see the Duey Phillips show it is lip synched (one of the few times JLL has done that) so I would have preferred to see another late sixties performance instead.I would recommend this DVD as it is great to see one of the greatest performers in action especially if you have not been able to see his first performance on tv or just like to see the Killer at work!
IAN

THE MEMPHIS SKYROCKET IN HIS PRIME.......2007-06-08

Great overview of thirty years of Jerry Lee Lewis' career. Of all the ten rock 'n' roll pioneers, only Chuck Berry and Lewis kept the fire going. This DVD is divided into three decades. We get Jerry on the Steve Allen Show tearing up "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," but the follow up of "Great Balls of Fire" on the Steve Allen Show isn't here. The next two cuts, "You Win Again" and "Great Balls of Fire" are not live, but lip-synched on the great Dewey Phillips Pop Show TV Show. Any glimpse of Dewey Phillips is worth the trip. Before Imus, before Wolfman Jack, there was Dewey Phillips playing black artists in the early fifties in the segregated deep south.

The final cut from the 1950's is from Dick Clark's first Saturday night Bandstand Show. Jerry Lee cuts through "Breathless." The teenyboppers in the audience are more focused in trying to clap in time. It's quite a struggle for them, poor dears.

The 1960's segment is live and primitive. Jerry Lee back in England a few years after he was booted out. He is more gutsy and gritty and frenetic on this Granada Concert Special than at any other time in his career. The crowd is really into it, to the point of grabbing Jerry Lee and holding on while Jerry Lee Lewis is wailing and tearing up the piano. Some music critics believe that Jerry Lee Lewis' frantic, inciting performances in England and Germany in the early 1960's were the genesis of Punk Music. Let's face it, no one was performing with equal fervor at the time. Elvis had been neutralized, Chuck Berry was doing time, and Little Richard couldn't decide if he was gay or straight, or whether he should continue the evil path of the Devil's music or become a minister. Eventually, Little Richard became a panelist on Hollywood Squares. So, Jerry Lee Lewis was the only rock 'n'roll pioneer who lived what he believed, and paid the heavy price. In case you've forgotten why preachers preached against his music, why radio stations literally banned his records, and why Dick Clark went into hiding when the road got rough, watch the 1960's segment of this DVD. Clear evidence that Jerry Lee Lewis has the devil in him and he has to come out.

The 1970's finds Jerry Lee more sedate, singing his substantial country hits live on Ralph Emery's Pop Goes The Country. There is even a duet with his double first cousin, Mickey Gilley, who Jerry leaves in the musical dust.

As a bonus, there is a chopped up interview from 1993. Time-Life should have just kept the interview intact. But since it is a "bonus," no points lost, but Colin Escott usually has higher standards.

If Ken Burns ever wakes up and does a series on the History of Rock 'n' Roll, he would have to use much of what is on this DVD. But you don't have to wait for Ken Burns to wake up. You can see it now!

FERIDAY GREATNESS.......2007-05-31

THIS TIME LIFE RELEASE IS GREAT.INCLUDES FULL PERFORMANCES FROM:
THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW 1957
DEWEY PHILLIPS POP SHOW 1957
THE 1964 GRANADA UK SHOW-COMPLETE PERFORMANCE,CHAOTIC,BUT PURE JOY,
POP GOES THE COUNTRY-70'S PERFORMANCES FROM THE RALPH EMERY SHOW,INCLUDING A GREAT SESSION WITH COUSIN MICKEY GILLEY.
BONUS INCLUDES AN INTERVIEW WITH JERRY FROM THE SUN STUDIO IN MEMPHIS,AND THE TRAILER FOR "HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL"
THIS RELEASE IS WHAT FANS HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF,COMPLETE PERFORMANCES,GOOD SOUND.
THE MUSIC ARCHIVES ARE FULL OF GREAT STUFF,THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET IT OUT IS TO SUPPORT RELEASES LIKE THIS---THANK YOU TIME LIFE-MORE PLEASE.

Moments to Remember: The Golden Hits of the '50s and '60s Live

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Moments to Remember: The Golden Hits of the '50s and '60s Live
Starring: Various Artists
Manufacturer: Shout Factory
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ASIN: B000I0QL8M
Release Date: 2006-10-03

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PERSONAL OPINION1.......2007-03-15

BEING A COLLECTOR OF THE GOLDEN OLDIES (VIDEO) THIS ONE IS A KEEPER AS WELL AS ALL THE DO-WOP SERIES..fRANKIE LANE BEING AS OLD AS HE IS WITH HEALTH AND AGE PROBLEMS SINGS AN OLD MELODY THIS ONE PROFORMANCES COULD BE HIS LAST...HAD TO HAVE IT.... THE BEGINNING OF DO WOP / ROCK N ROLL IS ENDING.
GET WHAT YA CAN........

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Great 60's Music Performed Live
The 60's Rock Experience is really far-out and groovy man!
Cheesy at times
Fun PBS Special but....
The phoney appalause track turns these perfromances to Junk.

The '60s Rock Experience Live
Starring: Various Artists
Manufacturer: Shout! Factory
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ASIN: B000BTD926
Release Date: 2006-01-24

Description

The '60s Rock Experience Live

'60s Rock anthems recorded live ... from the hit PBS pledge show!

While the 1960s recedes further into history with each passing year, the music that came out of the decade remains enormously popular. That is plain to see—and hear—on PBS' The '60s Rock Experience Live. This new installment of the smash MY MUSIC concert series contains nearly 2½ hours of the most stirring, personal and yet universal songs ever written.

Program Listing

1. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) - Roger McGuinn
2. Easy To Be Hard - Chuck Negron formerly of Three Dog Night
3. One - Chuck Negron
4. Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves
5. Go Now! - classic clip
6. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - Eric Burdon & The Animals
7. The House Of The Rising Sun - Eric Burdon & The Animals
8. San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) -Scott McKenzie
9. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
10. Piece Of My Heart - classic clip
11. Along Comes Mary - The Association
12. Let's Live For Today -The Grass Roots starring Rob Grill
13. Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots starring Rob Grill
14. Down On The Corner/Bad Moon Rising - classic clips
15. Nights In White Satin - classic clip
16. Purple Haze - classic clip
17. Light My Fire - classic clip
18. Magic Carpet Ride - John Kay & Steppenwolf
19. Born To Be Wild - John Kay & Steppenwolf
20. We Shall Overcome - classic clip

Bonus Performances:

21. The Pusher - John Kay & Steppenwolf
22. It's My Life - Eric Burdon & The Animals
23. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star - Roger McGuinn
24. Mr. Tambourine Man - Roger McGuinn
25. Eli's Coming - Chuck Negron
26. I'd Wait A Million Years - The Grass Roots starring Rob Grill
27. Jimmy Mack - Martha Reeves
28. Never My Love - The Association
29. We've Been Asking Questions - Scott McKenzie

Customer Reviews:

Great 60's Music Performed Live.......2007-05-20

This DVD is a must have for any 60's music fan. It is really great to see Roger McGuinn of The Byrds, Rob Grill of The Grass Roots, John Kay of Steppenwolf, Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night, and Scott MacKenzie still performing and going strong today. Also includes clips of some other great performing artists.

The 60's Rock Experience is really far-out and groovy man!.......2007-04-06

One of the best features of this DVD is that it shows the complete music video from beginning to end without interruptions. I really hate it when they switch to an interview with the band in the middle of the song, and this does NOT happen on this DVD.

If you want to "take a trip without leaving the farm", then this DVD is for you! It's great to hear those old songs again and you get to see what the groups look like now and then. I am really impressed with this DVD.

Take it from an "Old Hippie", if I liked it then you will too!

Dan

Cheesy at times.......2006-03-19

The good parts are choppy and along with the many comments on the fake applause: check out Let's Live For Today and Midnight Confesseions by The Grass Roots starring Rob Grill, the lead singer is not even playing the bass guitar. It is so obvious.

Fun PBS Special but...........2006-03-10

My experience with the PBS concert series has always been a good to great one. Unfortunately, this is the first one I have been slightly disappointed with. This December 9th, 2004 event definitely does not compare with others such as the many Soul, Doo Wop and Pop events. I expected the 60's Rock Experience reunion to be one of my favorites but I must agree with the last reviewer that the "fake or canned" applause is annoying. Below is my observation:

Pros
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* Audio: 5 stars (excluding the older footage); 5.1 audio
* Video: 4.5 stars (only due to the stage lighting; clarity is fine on new performances)
* 142 min. long with 29 songs/performances (old and new).
* Good mix of Rock, Folk Rock and Pop artists. Good line-up.
Cons
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* Fake applause. One example is Scott McKenzie's performance of "San Francisco. A wonderful performance ruined by this annoying "canned" crowd cheer. Same goes for Martha Reeves performance (Rock Experience??) and Eric Burdon. It's not as evident on the pre-taped performance of "Whiter Shade of Pale" by Gary Brooker and Procol Harum.
* Mixed results on old footage. Some pretty good (The Doors), some rare but severely chopped (The original Moody Blues with Denny Laine on lead vocals singing "Go Now") and some just poor.

Still a fun DVD just to see these artists on a nationally televised event. Some voices have aged well (i.e.: Rob Grill, Chuck Negron) and others have suffered slightly but still a good time.

The phoney appalause track turns these perfromances to Junk........2006-03-04

The fake appaluse track used about every 30 seconds totally ruins the limited authentic feel this collection offers (Plus it is the exact same track used over and over to boot). You can clearly see shots of the lame middle aged crowd sitting quietly through the performances, while a three second appaluse and cheer track plays at just the right emotional point in each song, but done with way too much cheese. The applause at the end of the songs are real, but throughout the songs when the crowds are shown there is no one clapping or whistling and it actaully looks awkward at times. It's just really annoying like the fake applause on the sitcom "That 70's Show".

A couple of the performances are actually decent such as the lead off with McGuinn. Most are cheesey and only feature one of the original band members.

They actually want $120 (as a pledge for PBS) for this utterly stupid release, but even paying $18 is insane.

LAME CANNED APPLAUSE/CHEER TRACK OVER AND OVER = LAME AS LAME CAN BE.

Johnny's Favorite Moments - The Best of the 60s & 70s

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ASIN: B000LMPMQ4
Release Date: 2006-12-01

Legends of Country: Classic Hits from the '50s, '60s & '70s

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Legends of Country: Classic Hits from the '50s, '60s & '70s
Starring: Various Artists
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ASIN: B000NHHE0O
Release Date: 2007-06-05

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Felt cheated by U.S. version
Excellent Series, but...........
Ambitious quasi sci-fi/spy series offers the goods....
Classic British TV
International Espionage accented with Fun!

The Champions - Set One
Starring: Champions
Manufacturer: A&E
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ASIN: B0009WLVIO
Release Date: 2004-05-25

Product Description

PULLED FROM THE WRECKAGE OF A PLANE CRASH BY THE MYSTERIOUS PEOPLE OF A LOST TIBETAN CIVILIZATION, THE CHAMPIONS FIND THEM SELVES TRANSFORMED INTO ULTRA AGENTS WITH FANTASTIC, SUPERHUMAN POWERS.

Customer Reviews:

Felt cheated by U.S. version.......2007-06-21

The U.S. version, brought to us by A&E, has only 15 episodes on it. Thanks to another reviewer, I found the Special Edition on the British Amazon site, and purchased it as well, and have been enjoying all the episodes, the special "movie" with two episodes blended together, and a reunion among the three main stars of the series, Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt--the first time in decades.

If you aren't sure of your DVD player's capabilities of playing a Region 2 DVD, though, you might want to stick with the American version. On your computer, however, most DVD programs will allow you to change the region code up to 4 times, and that is how I've been watching mine, although I do have a region-free player as well. The difference in price is nominal (about $15) and there are so many more perks with the Special Edition.

Excellent Series, but..................2007-03-27

This short lived yet popular series is still hyped up about in many countries. Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt are 3 agents of a Swiss based think tank "Nemesis". When their plane coming back from their mission in China (in the opening episode) is shot down, they are left for dead in Tibet, until they are taken by a mysterious old man to a strange room and are miraculously cured. That's really an understatement, they are also endowed with physical and mental powers beyond comprehension for 1968 (when it aired). Told to keep their powers and the existence of the old man a secret, they take care of the enemy agents and get back to home base, mission successful and go on from there, much to the chagrin of their supervisor played by Anthony Nicholls. Originally an ITC product in England, when released here, it only aired as a summer replacement series in 1968 and aired only 10 episodes of the 30 made. Then in 1983, 2 episodes (which we never saw, 1 of which being the first) were sandwiched together into a feature length story called Legend of The Champions to try to again offer it to our continent (a tad late). Since then it has never been around until 2004 when this set was released by A&E video here and another company there, but their company released both halves and a complete set which you can still get from "Marketplace Clients" on Amazon UK. However in July of last year, another manufacturer in England reissued a more complete set which includes the 30 episodes, behind the scenes goodies and "Legend" as well. I have just purchased a dvd player that can player overseas discs through this Amazon and my copy of the Complete Champions just shipped today. My advice, get a multi region capable player and this recent vintage (the one on Amazon UK that is) set. As of when mine shipped, I paid roughly $53 after currency conversion (including shipping) which is what you will probably pay for this set (shown above) here. Get the complete deal and enjoy it.

Ambitious quasi sci-fi/spy series offers the goods...........2006-08-11

Yet another fine series from Britain's ITC stable, "The Champions," despite the comic book premise, was an imaginative and fairly well done series extolling the exploits of three superhuman agents who received their extraordinary physical and mental powers from a lost tribe of people in Tibet. 30 episodes were made in all and the series made its debut in the USA in 1968.

The Champions, thematically, is in the same sci-fi/spy vein as 'The Avengers," but taken a little more seriously than the Emma Peel episodes produced around the same time(also available in a "Megaset"), by the three leads: Stuart Damon, William Gaunt, and Alexandra Bastedo.

While this set thru A&E is decent, I recommend purchasing the Network DVD set available via AmazonUK and in Region 2 encoding. This is the set to buy replete with director and actor interviews, PDFs of publicity materials, a feature film, commentaries, trailers, and the actors' screentest footage, among several other outstanding extras.

Classic British TV.......2006-07-03

I watched the Champions when it aired on US TV more than twenty years ago. The quality of the show truly struck me. Here was a spy thriller with the twist that the agents had been endowed with more than human powers. There were no supervillains, but simply evil men. The plots had more incommon with Mission Impossible than the Wild Wild West. The super powers were low keyed and the episode usually focused on a single ability, such as being able to see in the dark or the ability to remain under water for six to nine minutes.

International Espionage accented with Fun!.......2005-09-29

This set represents the first 15 episodes of a 30-episode total of the series, THE CHAMPIONS. Stuart Damon (fresh from being Prince Charming to Leslie Ann Warren's Cinderella, and who went on to soap opera fame), Alexandra Bastedo, and William Gaunt (you'll know this BBC actor when you see him) play agents of Nemesis, an international organization of trouble-shooters based in Geneva. They are on a mission in Red China when their plane crashes in the Himalayas. Rescued from death by an unknown & anonymous group of people, they are endowed with special powers of strength & psychic abilities that must be kept secret, even from their boss Tremayne.

The tone of the series is similar in nature to The Saint (Roger Moore's), Dr. Who, and The Avengers; this is not surprising considering that Dennis Spooner & Brian Clemens were driving forces in all four series. (Terry Nation wrote several of the episodes.) The twist on this show is the increased abilities, with the emphasis on the psychic/paranormal skills, which makes it a cross between standard espionage and science-fiction. Although the late 60's wardrobe, hair styles, and dialogue are a bit dated, the series is set in the Cold War. Nemesis is a top-secret agency that can only be called in by other agencies. NATO enters in to a lot of the plots; bad guys are trying to manipulate the world. The trio tackle that which cannot be done, and do the amazing - all to the bafflement of their boss who hasn't got a clue as to how they manage it all.

The show is good, clean, enjoyable fun. Damon is Craig Sterling, the brash American with a ready smile. Gaunt is Richard Barrett, the sober Brit with dry humour. Bastedo is Sharon Macready, the lovely female operative who can take out any bad guy on her own without getting her hair mussed or appearing less than frail. They balance well, taking turns pulling each other out of dangerous situations.

If you have ever been a fan of Dr. Who, The Saint, The Avengers, The Protectors, or The Persuaders, you are in for a treat. I had seen two episodes (poor VHS copies) prior to the release of this 4 disc DVD set. The quality of the transfers on these discs is outstanding. I only hope A&E sees fit to release the rest of the series - and SOON!

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$80.00!!!
See it today!
Something major was missing!
40 dollars

The '60s
Starring: Josh Hamilton , Julia Stiles , Jerry O'Connell , Jeremy Sisto , and Jordana Brewster
Director: Mark Piznarski
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The '60s: Original NBC Motion Picture Soundtrack
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ASIN: 6305408998
Release Date: 1999-06-22

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Tackling an entire decade--and a turbulent one at that--within a three-hour movie is a challenge, and while The '60s is frequently entertaining, it unfortunately is not completely up to the task. Following the lives of four young people, three from a white suburban family with parents out of The Wonder Years and one African American from the South, the characters are forced into one-dimensional clichés; they are their personas to the nth degree. Katie (Julia Stiles), the pretty young blond, is the lost hippie; Brian (Jerry O'Connell), the former high school football player, is the gung-ho-turned-disgruntled Vietnam solider; Michael (Josh Hamilton) exemplifies the political activist; and Emmet (Leonard Roberts), the only representative of the entire black movement of the '60s, plays first the pacifist who effects change through nonviolent means and then the Black Panther, and then he finally returns to his nonviolent ways. Yet, despite the trite characters and slow beginning, the movie picks up pace as each becomes involved in his or her own story. They become strangely compelling, to the point where you are sorry when the story switches to another character because you want to see more.

Customer Reviews:

Not Complete.......2007-07-05

I saw this when it originally aired on TV, and there was a scene (right before the 7 minutes in heaven scene) that showed the family watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. What happened to it? It was cut out of the DVD and VHS versions!! The Beatles were a HUGE part of the 60's and should be included!!!! This is a butchered edition!!!!

$80.00!!!.......2007-06-29

I saw this movie a long time ago on televison & I liked it. But there is no way I'm paying $80.00 for it. Come on people!!!

See it today!.......2006-06-18

This is absolutely one of my most favorite movies of all time. I can watch it over and over. It has a great cast & really makes you feel like you were there. I have also seen 'The 70's' and I wish NBC would do all the decades from last century.

Something major was missing!.......2006-02-14

This was a reasonably good movie, with one huge flaw: it completely ignored the musical and cultural force that virtually shaped the whole decade. I'm referring to the Fab Four -- the Beatles. They're not even mentioned in the entire movie! The only justification I can provide is that there must have been some legal problems in obtaining permissions for songs, images, etc. Whether you are a Beatle fan or not, you must admit that they were a driving force for change (both musical and social) for the '60s generation. Otherwise, the movie was good (especially Katie & Sara, my two favorite characters).

40 dollars.......2005-08-01

I think the price for this movie is tacky, its ok but I have seen it in the bargan bins and some stores, I buy a lot of stuff from amazon but the price for this movie is way too much for what you get

The Best of the 60s (Bonnie and Clyde/Bullitt/Cool Hand Luke/The Wild Bunch - The Director's Cut)

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I've seen them all at least a

The Best of the 60s (Bonnie and Clyde/Bullitt/Cool Hand Luke/The Wild Bunch - The Director's Cut)
Starring: Steve McQueen , Robert Vaughn , Jacqueline Bisset , Don Gordon , and Robert Duvall
Director: Peter Yates , Sam Peckinpah , and Stuart Rosenberg
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ASIN: B00011ZBJ8
Release Date: 2003-12-02

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I've seen them all at least a .......2007-01-11

dozen times.

You should too.

Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s

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"CUTTING EDGE" COMEDIANS NOT CUTTING ENOUGH FOR ME
Total disappointment
An Amazing Lineup

Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
Starring: George Carlin, Mort Sahl Richard Pryor
Manufacturer: Passport Entertainment
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The Best of The Tonight Show - Stand-Up Comedians (2 Discs)
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ASIN: B000MQ554I
Release Date: 2007-04-10

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In the late 1950s, a fresh, unconventional style of standup comedy emerged in sharp contrast to the standard "Take my wife, please" approach. It tackled such previously taboo subjects as sex, religion, drugs, and politics, and ushered in an avant-garde era of comedy that was decidedly more cerebral, satirical, and improvisational than before. Practitioners of this new art form included JONATHAN WINTERS, BILL COSBY, BOB NEWHART, SHELLEY BERMAN, and, later, RICHARD PRYOR, GEORGE CARLIN, THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS, STEVE MARTIN, ANDY KAUFMAN, and LILY TOMLIN, just to name a few.

Here are many of the maverick comedians who took those big risks years ago and paved the way for today's current crop of outrageous, in-your-face comics. Many of these rare television performances have not been seen in 30 or 40 years.

CARL REINER & MEL BROOKS (1966) JACKIE MASON (1961) BOB NEWHART (1966) SHELLEY BERMAN (1966) BILL COSBY (1965) JONATHAN WINTERS (1961) SMOTHERS BROTHERS (1974) STEVE MARTIN (1977) ROWAN & MARTIN (1964) LILY TOMLIN (1975) GEORGE CARLIN (1967 & 1975) RICHARD PRYOR (1967 & 1974) ANDY KAUFMAN (1977) HENDRA & ULLETT (1966) BILLY CRYSTAL (1976) JAY LENO (1978) DAVID LETTERMAN (1979)

BONUS: Comedian Commercials

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"CUTTING EDGE" COMEDIANS NOT CUTTING ENOUGH FOR ME.......2007-06-27

When I read about this DVD on Amazon I thought it would be a great compilation of some of the greatest comedians of yesteryear. Maybe I expected too much from clips that were made in the sixties and seventies, when broadcast regulations bolstered censorship rulings. George Carlin and Richard Pryor in particular, appeared bland and flat.

I guess for me the interesting thing about this DVD was witnessing the transformation some of today's most raucous and rebellious comedians made. Still, overall I was disappointed.

Total disappointment.......2007-06-18

Cutting edge comedians, without their cutting edge material. What a letdown... only the safest routines, with completely inane commentary ("One thing is certain. We all like to laugh." How profound.)

Don't waste your money.

An Amazing Lineup.......2007-04-10

What a fascinating "lineup" spanning decades of standup! Great fun to see some of the early standup work of Newhart, Sahl, Cambridge, etc. And the early-and-later appearances of Carlin and Pryor are nothing short of astonishing. They start as clean-cut, fairly conventional comics in suit and tie, then, when they let their hair down (literally), it's like they've become entirely different people. Never saw a lot of the color appearances with Andy Kaufman and Lily Tomlin. Very cool. Bonus of commercials with comedians is fun, too.

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Stock Cars of the 50's & 60's
Starring: Stock Cars of 50s & 60s
Manufacturer: Topics Entertainment
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Stock Cars of the 50 s & 60 s
Real American cars that define horsepower.

Roar around the track with the intense action and unbelievable racing footage of America s classic racers then join the winners and gorgeous beauty queens in victory lane in this 4-DVD set. Watch out for the biggest pileup in auto racing history in Stock Cars Grow Up: 1952-1962, where superchargers and action race shots of souped up jalopies rule the day.
Unbelievable racing footage of heavy steel on brutal tracks dominates Stock Car Memories: Darlington-Southern 500 1955, 1956. Witness Daytona's transition from beach track to speedway in Stock Car Memories: Daytona 500 1958, 1959, with unique footage of measured mile racing. You won't believe it when you see an Impala drag race against a Cesna airplane in Chevy Comparisons! Return to an era when engine blocks were heavy, helmets were light, and racing was about one thing: getting high octane steel across the finish line first in America's Classic Auto Racing.

Stock Cars Grow Up: 1952-1962
In "Race to Live" it's all about feeling the thunder of action race shots from around the country. Unbelievable crashes from the 1960s tumble across the screen. Tour the track from the pits to the gorgeous gals at the requisite beauty contest!
The biggest pileup in automotive history where 68 cars start but only 26 finish is on "Glory Road," where superchargers and fuel injectors soup up jalopies to 145 m.p.h.! Take a tour of the modified Sportsman class at Daytona, backyard bombs from '30s, and every make and model of Studebaker.
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Stock Car Memories: Darlington-Southern 500 1955, 1956
Enjoy the raw action of the halcyon years of stock cars in action-packed Southern 500s from 1955 and1956. Includes certification, gorgeous beauty queens, pit areas, and unbelievable racing footage. Don't miss the famous Kierhaefer Chrysler 300s blasting along at 120 m.p.h. The brutal track takes its toll on big heavy cars with Chevy, then Ford, taking the checkered flag.
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Stock Car Memories: Daytona 500 1958, 1959
The year is 1958 in Speed in the Sun, where all makes of cars race the NASCAR measured mile at speeds of up to 140 m.p.h. Continue with the Grand National for convertibles the last convertible race ever held on the beach. Unique racing footage in From Sand to Speedway shows Daytona's transition from an old highway and beach track to the new asphalt track designed for speeds of 200 m.p.h.! A demolished 56 T-Bird shows the danger is real in measured mile sand racing in 1959, where the driver would have died if not for a seat belt and modern auto design." Tense footage of racing on the new asphalt track shows Fireball Roberts able to qualify at 145 m.p.h.!
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Chevy Comparisons
Two episodes, Duel in the Desert 1962 and Decision at Daytona 1963 spotlight Chevy-sponsored test footage of the Chevy II, Rambler, Valiant, Falcon, Comet, Fairlane, Galaxie, Impala, Fury, and Corvair and even trucks. Do not miss the drag race between an Impala and a Cesna airplane or the Corvair pulling 33 tons! Watch these vehicles put to the absolute limit in torture tests. Also catch bizarre racing in and out of driveways on a suburban street.
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