Boa (Dol Dts)

Starring:Dean Cain, Elizabeth Lackey, Mark Sheppard, Dean Biasucci, Craig Wasson, Grand L. Bush, Richard Tanner, Amandah Reyne, Greg Collins (II), Garrison Hershberger, Dana Ashbrook, Robert Madrid, Chris Ufland, Christopher Michael, Marcus Aurelius, Daniel McCoy (II), Eric Gerleman, Ron Otis, Alex Williams (IV)
Director: Phillip J. Roth
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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scarlett
scarlett
Excellent Movie Adaptation of the Book
Interesting
Scarlett (you can't find this in movie rentals)Gone with the Wind Sequel.

Scarlett
Starring: Joanne Whalley , Timothy Dalton , Barbara Barrie , Stephen Collins , and Annabeth Gish
Director: John Erman
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ASIN: B00005N912
Release Date: 2001-09-18

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This soapy but highly watchable television "sequel" to Gone with the Wind, the most popular Hollywood movie ever made, has nothing to do with memories of a vanished antebellum South. But it does end up in Ireland, where the determined Scarlett O'Hara Butler (played with frosty passion by Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) turns hard times into an opportunity by buying the ancestral home of her family. Before that happens, however, Scarlett fights to win back the estranged Rhett Butler (manfully portrayed by Timothy Dalton), often seen in the company of other women, struggles for control over the homestead Tara, and gets caught in yet another compromising position with poor Ashley Wilkes (Stephen Collins). The troubles never stop (Scarlett's Ireland adventures land her in a heap of trouble from which only Rhett can save her), but this TV miniseries wisely keeps the focus on these captivating characters, their entangled histories, and the collective destiny that refuses to part them. The show also looks good: the location scenes in Ireland are particularly handsome, and there is something unaccountably satisfying about seeing Scarlett and Rhett walking through peaceful green hills. Enjoy. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

scarlett.......2007-06-13

I owned this movie twice before,I loaned it out and never got it back its a must have the original gone with the wind has nothing on scarlett

scarlett.......2007-05-31

I have this movie already, but wanted it in DVD. I received the DVD quicky and it ran well.

Excellent Movie Adaptation of the Book.......2007-05-31

This TV mini-series does justice to Alexandra Ripley's book, which is the continuation of the Rhett Butler and Scarlett love story.

Interesting.......2007-05-17

Don't watch this in the hope of seeing Gone with the Wind again because you aren't. It deviates from the book at the end but wraps the show up much more nicely than the book. I enjoyed the movie and seeing what finally happened to Scarlett and the way she moves from place to place trying to get Rhett back is very typical of her. If you watch this show, make sure you watch the filming of it as you'll understand more of what it's about. I liked it as it completed a bit of a mystery.

Scarlett (you can't find this in movie rentals)Gone with the Wind Sequel........2007-05-14

I love having this sequel to the Gone With the Wind Movie. I wish they would come out with a continuing sequel. Great fun to watch these movies back to back on a long wintery weekend.

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Get Some
Great depiction of boot camp.
Dehumanisation
Stanley Kubrick USMC
Awesome

Full Metal Jacket
Starring: Adam Baldwin , Bruce Boa , Tim Colceri , Vincent D'Onofrio , and Peter Edmund
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ASIN: B00005ATQF
Release Date: 2001-06-12

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Stanley Kubrick's 1987, penultimate film seemed to a lot of people to be contrived and out of touch with the '80s vogue for such intensely realistic portrayals of the Vietnam War as Platoon and The Deer Hunter. Certainly, Kubrick gave audiences plenty of reason to wonder why he made the film at all: essentially a two-part drama that begins on a Parris Island boot camp for rookie Marines and abruptly switches to Vietnam (actually shot on sound stages and locations near London), Full Metal Jacket comes across as a series of self-contained chapters in a story whose logical and thematic development is oblique at best. Then again, much the same was said about Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a masterwork both enthralled with and satiric about the future's role in the unfinished business of human evolution. In a way, Full Metal Jacket is the wholly grim counterpart of 2001. While the latter is a truly 1960s film, both wide-eyed and wary, about the intertwining of progress and isolation (ending in our redemption, finally, by death), Full Metal Jacket is a cynical, Reagan-era view of the 1960s' hunger for experience and consciousness that fulfilled itself in violence. Lee Ermey made film history as the Marine drill instructor whose ritualized debasement of men in the name of tribal uniformity creates its darkest angel in a murderous half-wit (Vincent D'Onofrio). Matthew Modine gives a smart and savvy performance as Private Joker, the clowning, military journalist who yearns to get away from the propaganda machine and know firsthand the horrific revelation of the front line. In Full Metal Jacket, depravity and fulfillment go hand in hand, and it's no wonder Kubrick kept his steely distance from the material to make the point. --Tom Keogh

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The story of an 18-year-old marine recruit named Private Joker - from his carnage-and-machismo boot camp to his climactic involvement in the heavy fighting in Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive.

Customer Reviews:

Get Some.......2007-05-14

"This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine." This is one of the greatest movies of all time. If you have Platoon and Apocolypse Now, you need to add this to your collection.

Great depiction of boot camp........2007-05-14

Having gone through Marine Corps boot camp, I'd have to say this movie pretty accurately covers the emotional shock of the whole experience. It's actually a a cult classic amongst Marines because it reminds us of the "hell" of our indoctrination to the Corps. That indoctrination in turn has made the Marine community an extremely cohesive brotherhood that lasts well past our time in the Corps. In fact, would any other Marines agree that this was actually a pretty light depiction of the mental stimulation that is boot camp?

On a side note. If you think that Lee Ermey was funny in his dark and nasty quips at the recruits, think of 3 drill instructors doing it at the same time. It's like the most hilarious comedy routine that you have ever seen with a dark twist; you laugh--you lose. Hilarity ensues.

Dehumanisation.......2007-05-10

"Full Metal Jacket" is a very effective movie about the training and war in Vietnam. Following the character Private Joker, the movie takes in the training of new recruits and their experiences in Vietnam.

The movie itself really is an illustration of the dehumanising effects of war and the training. Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann particularly illustrates this in his treatment of Private Pyle, (and, yes, Hartman has a lot of fun with Pyle's name). The dehumanising theme is continued in the Vietnam part of the movie, with the soldier's views on the locals being very much as objects. The movie does not simplify it, but looks at the complexities of the moral choices that face the soldiers in the movie.

Overall, the movie is a powerful look into the realities of war's effects on people. It is a hard movie to really "enjoy", but it is a very good film all the same. I have seen it a few times, and it has stuck in my memory for the way it addresses a very complicated and broad topic.

Stanley Kubrick USMC.......2007-04-17

Full metal jacket is a bright loud well made well acted brilliant look at the Vietnam war. The characters are unforgetable. The story is realistic and accurate. i like it better than Platoon and Apocalypse now. The boot camp part sets it apart and the Vietnam part is briliant.

Awesome.......2007-04-11

If you like Jar Head or Mail Call, you'll love this movie.
It's a raw, great commentary piece on the Vietnam War, seriously a must own!!!

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The Lost Generation
"THE LOST GENERATION":The post WW1 Upper crust who sought meaning to life.
Bill Murray's first dramatic role.
Surprise, a serious Bill Murry Movie
A meaningful film

The Razor's Edge
Starring: Bill Murray , Theresa Russell , Catherine Hicks , Denholm Elliott , and James Keach
Director: John Byrum
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ASIN: B000069HYF
Release Date: 2002-08-20

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The Lost Generation.......2007-06-19

This adaptation of Somerset Maugham's novel is probably the best movie ever made dealing with the WWI generation and their attempts to make sense of their lives after experiencing the horrific slaughter of that senseless, brutal conflict. Bill Murray is amazingly effective in the lead role, his first dramatic film appearance. Yet he still has that wise-guy, sly humor charm that shows through to good effect. Denholm Elliot, Theresa Russell and the rest of the cast are marvelous, as well. The cinematography is masterful, giving a very authentic period feel to the production. This one of the very few films I've ever seen that I never tire of watching.

"THE LOST GENERATION":The post WW1 Upper crust who sought meaning to life........2007-05-02

Much has been written and documented about what has now become known as "The Lost Generation".These were the the American upper crust who,being disillusioned after "The War to End All Wars",World War 1, struggled vehemently in many ways to find meaning to their lives upon returning to peacetime America.Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald,Ernest Heningway are among some of the most famous authors to write on the shallow and meaningless existence of their society, and Somerset Maugham did the same in his THE RAZOR'S EDGE.

This 1984 adaptation of Maugham's 1940's novel really captures the essence of the intense inner and outer struggles that the wealthy and privileged of that generation had to endure.Lots of hopes and expectations were radically altered in what seemed like an instant after the War,and either the rich retuned to what they had known before in their upper stations in society,a pampered,opulent,insular and quite predictable road, or they turned to an existential journey that frequently lead down the path to ultimate ruin due to alcohol and opium in Bohemian society of Paris, or to travel to Greece, India or Tibet to find "God".No matter which path was chosen,whether opting for life back in the comforts of American wealth ( eventually ruined at The Great Depression),or "mind-expanding"wandering from the streets to the Temples, each group found it treacherous to walk "the razor's edge" and survive it all.

Other reviewers have marvelously set forth the plot of Bill Murray's own adaptation of THE RAZOR'S EDGE (so I won't improve on their writings).No one could have played his character better. Too bad that the critics of 1984 did not see it that way ( much like the similar difficulties that Robin Williams and Adam Sandler first had in doing "serious roles").Murray KNEW and UNDERSTOOD Maugham's Larry and he performed the role to utter perfection.There is so much to commend Murray's rendition over the previous version,such as the outstanding cinematography, the Stanley Black musical score and the outstanding performances of Theresa Russel,Denholm Elliott and Catherine Hicks.....but most of all it is Murray's true understanding of the heart of the material and message that Maugham
intended.Could the film have been better? Probably only in the editing where vital scenes possibly were deleted in order to compact the film.But, even with that, this is a true masterpiece that seems to be appreciated so much more as the years go by (even by myself who was rather ambivilent about the film at the "know-it-all" age of then 29!!!).

Having since read Maugham's novel and learned so much more about this aimless and disheartened generation of dreamers,THE RAZOR'S EDGE has to be one of the finest expositions ever written or filmed on this subject. Anyone with an interest in "THE LOST GENERATION" will improve their knowledge vastly by watching Murray's THE RAZOR'S EDGE.

Other excellent companion films on "THE LOST GENERATION" would be THE MODERNS,THE GREAT GATSBY,SCOTT AND ZELDA, TOM AND VIV and A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY as well as the play THE VIOLET HOUR.

Bill Murray's first dramatic role........2007-03-09

Even though this is a modern adaptation of the novel, it was undervalued and under-rated when first released. I'm glad that this version as well as the original B&W (closer to the novel) are now available on DVD. 5 stars for Bill Murray taking the risk.

Surprise, a serious Bill Murry Movie.......2007-03-08

This is a movie set in the past and one that will surprise many people. We have a lead actor, who is best know as a commedian, acting in a serious movie and doing an extremely good job of it. Yes there is humor in it but there is humor in life. I didn't care for the original version of this movie but Bill made the difference in a big way.

A meaningful film.......2007-02-12

Bill Murray accompanied by a splendid cast in one of his earliest dramatic film roles. The story follows the lives of a group of friends from their youth to middle age. Mr. Murray plays the lead as Larry Darrel an individual on a journey of spirtual enlightenment. The film is a wonderful adaptation of the book "The Razor's Edge" by W. Somerset Maugham. While the film does depart slightly from the book, it is an excellent redition of this important literary work.

If you enjoyed the film "Cinderella Man" you will likely find this film equally inspiring. I hope you will try it and that you will find the time also to enjoy the book. Both are intelligent and satisfying works.

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These cuts are moronic.
Paramount, issue a legitimate DVD release
One of the rare cases of the movie being better than the book!
BEWARE: Hacked-up version
Ragtime is one of the greatest movies ever!

Ragtime
Starring: James Cagney , Brad Dourif , Moses Gunn , Elizabeth McGovern , and Kenneth McMillan
Director: Milos Forman
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ASIN: B0002WZTO8
Release Date: 2004-11-16

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Fact and fiction intertwine in Milos Forman's colorful kaleidoscope of E.L. Doctorow's sprawling novel of turn-of-the-century America. Anchored in the true story of the murder of architect Stanford White (Norman Mailer) by Harry Thaw (Robert Joy) over the affections of his wife Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern), Forman weaves a portrait of early 1900s America in a tapestry of intertwining fictional tales. The primary thread involves the proud black pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Howard Rollins) and his demand for justice when a racist fireman destroys his automobile, which escalates into a reign of terror by Walker and a band of revolutionaries. A secondary story involves an ambitious immigrant artist (Mandy Patinkin) whose primitive flipbooks send him on the road to creating early cinema. Centering all of these stories in one way or another is an upper-class family known simply as Father (James Olson), Mother (Mary Steenburgen), and Younger Brother (Brad Dourif). James Cagney came out of a twenty-year retirement to play the irascible Irish police commissioner, a character created for the film. Forman's biggest departure from Doctorow's novel, however, is his focus on Walker's story, cutting away the other threads to little more than asides in the final half of the picture, the primary dramatic weakness of an otherwise rich evocation of America's past. Randy Newman's lyrical score and Miroslav Ondricek's understated cinematography earned two of the film's eight Academy Awards nominations --Sean Axmaker

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Based on the popular novel by E.L. Doctorow, RAGTIME tells the story of four New York families at the turn of the 20th century. Starving immigrant artist, Tateh sets off to make his fortune in Hollywood, but along the way encounters showgirl Evelyn Nesbit who is at the center of a murder investigation. Meanwhile, an upper-class family finds their seemingly perfect existence ruined when black pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr. begins to romance a pregnant girl living in their home.

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These cuts are moronic........2007-05-18

What a stupid piece of vandalism to cut 40 minutes out of such a great picture! Fortunately the Region 2 version is complete, a good reason in itself to buy a multi-system DVD player.

Paramount, issue a legitimate DVD release.......2007-03-20

I can't overemphasize the level of disappointment I have at the hack censorship Paramount management has engaged in with the DVD release of Ragtime. How they got Milos Forman to participate in adding commentary to that blatant smear of his efforts is is beyond me.

Does the studio actually think that diluting the film to "reposition" it (ergo, move it from an R to a PG rating) is going to dramatically grow its appeal? The core market for this DVD is the universe of film fans old enough to fondly remember seeing the original theatrical release in the early 1980s -- but what the studio is offering them (as many reviews here clearly state) is unacceptable.

I want to see Elizabeth McGovern's entire performance, Paramount - so I went to the secondary wholesale market and purchased a new old stock VHS copy, which contains the FULL original release.

Or put another way, one less DVD sale for you.

Because yes, while it's your right as the copyright holder, I won't purchase censored goods.

One of the rare cases of the movie being better than the book!.......2007-03-17

I read the novel RAGTIME years ago and was rather underwhelmed possibly because of my prejudice at the time against books that mingle fiction with real historical characters and events - a literary style I have now come to accept and appreciate. Even so, the movie is much more enjoyable and emotionally moving than the novel. The sets and costumes look authentic, the acting is convincing and the film simply transports the viewer to the early 20th century. One caution, though the movie is rated PG, the version I saw on DVD had some scenes that would probably put it in the R category today and would definitely make it PG-13 though that rating did not exist in the early 1980's when the film was produced.

BEWARE: Hacked-up version.......2007-02-13

BEWARE: the VHS version is 156 minutes long - the DVD version is 115 minutes long. THEY DELETED 41 MINUTES FROM THIS.

The long version is worthy of 4.5 stars - this short version is useless.

Ragtime is one of the greatest movies ever!.......2007-01-19

The central theme still resonates with how America was, and is, in this classic turn-of-the-century period piece. Intertwining multiple storylines with know historical events gives the movie a real sense of being. The directing is brillant, the music even better and the acting is stupendous!!!

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For Fans of Campy Sci-Fi and Phillip K. Dick
Loved it!!!
Close to Phil Dicks vision, but not quite
AVOID THIS PRODUCT!!!!! NOT WIDE SCREEN!!!!
WONDERFUL ADAPTATION OF DICK'S SHORT STORY 'SECOND VARIETY' GETS THE MORBID & PARANOID ATMOSPHERE DOWN COLD

Screamers
Starring: Peter Weller , Roy Dupuis , Jennifer Rubin , Andrew Lauer , and Charles Edwin Powell
Director: Christian Duguay
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Release Date: 1998-07-29

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For Fans of Campy Sci-Fi and Phillip K. Dick.......2007-03-29

Filmed in the Montreal area during that period of time in the 90s when it was economically advantageous to shoot movies in Quebec, Screamers is a loose adaptation of Philip K. Dick's short story "Second Variety". It is a throw-back to the days when campy sci-fi was still a marketable genre, it feels more late 80s than mid 90s. Peter Weller is seems to fit comfortably into this genre with just enough over-acting to not compromise his integrity.

Personally, I really loved the scenes that involved the screamers themselves: mechanical devices reminiscent of rats sporting razor sharp saw-blades in their heads. They are programmed to eliminate the "enemy" in this post apocalyptic setting, but, in the tradition of all great sci-fi, SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG(spoken in classic, cinematic threateningly low voice). All to say that many will end up with severed limbs.

Definately a fun movie to watch, despite its lacking somewhat in the second act. It turns out that two of my wife's cousins were extras in the final act of the movie when dozens of "davids" come marching out of the compound. Makes the whole thing that much more enjoyable for me.

Scott

Loved it!!!.......2007-03-14

I loved this movie for it's sci-fi purity and simplicity. There's military, space, AI, mystery, suspense, nukes, drama, sexual tension, love... I'm planning to read more of the works from the writer that wrote the story the movie is based on. This is a classic sci-fi movie. Add it to your collection and get ready to watch it every 2 or 3 months.

Close to Phil Dicks vision, but not quite.......2007-02-04

I have collected books written by Philip K. Dick for as long as I can remember, including over 100 of his short stories in the original publication edtion going back to 1952. I've got all movies related to him, inluding Barjo, which is really pretty good, as an aside. Even the Valis opera on CD which is kind of strange.

Anyway, this movie, as said elsewhere, is a very good B-movie. There are no A-list actors here, mediocre special effects and some dropped threads in the story line here and there. But in general is the kind of movie I expect to be shown on a Saturday afternoon scary movie matinee.

Don't watch this expecting a high intensity movie. There are parts that are slow, but for the most part it moves along in a fairly steady pace keeping you interested in it long enough to finish your popcorn.

The ending is expected and nothing is really a surprise. Almost looks like a grad school film project, but nothing wrong with that, look at Halloween and THX 1138.

So, neither 1 nor 5 stars, but in the middle. Find it used, well worth 5 bucks.

AVOID THIS PRODUCT!!!!! NOT WIDE SCREEN!!!!.......2007-01-08

AVOID THIS PRODUCT!!!!

IT IS NOT WIDESCREEN AS ADVERTIZED!!!!

I have ordered and returned this product 3 times. It is not widescreen. There is no option to for viewing it as widescreen. Amazon has no explanation for the mistake and unfortunately they will not correct the web page. This leads to an interesting question. Why does Mr. Leach state in his review that the disk offers a widescreen option when it doesn't? Either Amazon is massively screwing up the order or he is not reviewing this actual disk from Amazon. If that's the case, he should not be providing a review on it.

WONDERFUL ADAPTATION OF DICK'S SHORT STORY 'SECOND VARIETY' GETS THE MORBID & PARANOID ATMOSPHERE DOWN COLD.......2006-10-26

FIRST OFF: ALL SCI-FI GETS THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT FROM ME

I must admit that this type of film, gritty futuristic sci-fi set on another planet, would have to be horrid for me to not like it. Nevertheless, I do believe that, objectively speaking, 'Screamers', based on the short story 'Second Variety' by Philip K. Dick, is an excellent and worthwhile film.

***---> $20 MILLION FOR A B-FILM?

It seems rather amazing that by 1995, a 20-million dollar budget would only produce a 'B film' which the critics have referred to as "budget challenged"! I do agree that more effort should have been made to create the setting for this film, but would that really have made it more effective? 'Screamers' still manages to create a rather chilling atmosphere where it feels like something horrible is about to happen, but we don't quite know what. The world of 'Screamers' seems real enough and the bleakness seems totally appropriate to the subject. Nevertheless, there is something in 'Screamers' that seems like it was filmed with the least amount of scenery, and whatever was on hand was adapted to fit the story. Maybe this is true and maybe not. In any event, the film still works and does not feel like it is suffering from a lack of anything, specifically, that a bigger budget would have bought.

***---> IN A NUTSHELL [there may be plot spoilers below]

Here we have a planet that was exploited for a new form of energy which fizzled out as it generated an immense, toxic, radioactive waste as a by-product of its production. Two factions collided over the issue and it is now 20 years later. The year is 2078 and there is little left of the planet Sirius 6B, once a real garden spot, we are told. A lone soldier comes to the alliance bunker where Marshall Joseph Hendricksson [Peter Weller] is commanding, with a message which seems to offer a peaceful solution to the war that has ravaged the planet. From here the story goes on the road, a kind of trek that we have seen in the 'Wizard of Oz'. Marshall Hendricksson departs from the bunker with one new arrival in search of his N.E.B.s counterpart to sort out the meaning of the peace offering.

--- ON THE WAY --- EXPOSITION AS WE HIKE TOWARD THE NEB's BUNKER

Everything you will ever want to know about the situation on Sirius 6B and more is delivered via a thinly-disguised expository lump. This comes in the form of Hendricksson telling the new arrival, 'Ace' [Andrew Lauer], who he has taken with him on the trek, everything WE need to know in order to better understand this rather meandering tale. On the way to meet with his NEBs counterpart, the Marshall and Ace find a little boy who appears to be orphaned, several NEBs stragglers, and an attractive black marketeer [Jennifer Rubin]. All of these people have a distinct and vital role in the story, and little is as it seems.

--- AND OF COURSE THERE ARE SCREAMERS!!!!!

These screamers are the real deal here and we never really know what is happening with them and what motivates them because the Alliance that created them, represented here by Marshall Hendricksson, doesn't know either. We do know that they are evolving and upgrading themselves in many rather scary ways and that nobody is safe as long as they are in the same universe as human beings.

And there lies the heart of the story -- the Screamers. Just what is their significance to the human race????? After you see the film you will know!

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When life was on a much slower pace!
Good to see if you're a Bourne Fan
Great movie
A VERY ACTUAL MOVIE
For a spy drama as well as action

The Bourne Identity (TV Miniseries)
Starring: Richard Chamberlain , Jaclyn Smith , Anthony Quayle , Donald Moffat , and Yorgo Voyagis
Director: Roger Young
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ASIN: B00006AG8D
Release Date: 2002-08-27

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Though not as briskly exciting as the 2002 theatrical release, this earlier TV adaptation of Robert Ludlum's bestseller has distinct advantages over its big-screen counterpart. It's far more loyal to Ludlum's serpentine plot, boasts greater latitude of geography and character development (allowing Richard Chamberlain's fine performance in the title role), and rises above TV limitations to achieve a big-budget look and feel. Suffering from amnesia and forced to piece together his past as a world-class assassin, Jason Bourne (Chamberlain) enlists the aid of a Canadian economist (Jaclyn Smith), and this pairing of '80s miniseries mainstays remains consistently intelligent, well paced, and altogether respectable. Chamberlain and Smith have adequate chemistry (albeit somewhat shallow), and their dangerous adventure--and eventual romance--is played out against a dozen European locations. Incorporating more of Ludlum's interwoven subplots, this ambitious Bourne is a globetrotter's delight, with a spy-thriller identity all its own. --Jeff Shannon

Description

He goes by the name of Jason Bourne. Shot and left for dead, he is rescued from the sea not knowing who he really is... nor why he is so good at killing with cold-blooded proficiency. Attempting to overcome both the killers who continue to hunt him and the obstacle of his own amnesia, Bourne is determined to uncover his own mysterious past.

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When life was on a much slower pace!.......2007-06-08

It's amazing how the advancement in telecommunications technology has put a strain on the pace of movies! Neither Richard Chamberlain nor his foes have cell phones! That in itself has slowed down the pace, considerably!

It's only on watching the original that one realises how today's cinema has put such a demand on actors in terms of physical fitness in order to engage in far more explicit violence, and sex!

It's been extremely unkind of the promoters of the new Bourne trilogy not to mention that they take after a far more gentle Jason Bourne! What's more they also chronicle the same events! This is by no means a reflection on Mat Damon or his acting! However, it'd be only common courtesy to note that there's a point of origin to the modern Jason Bourne.

Good to see if you're a Bourne Fan.......2007-05-20

I'd seen the movies and read the books before watching this 1980's miniseries. I'm old enough to have watched the other Chamberlain miniseries of the era, but have no memory of this one. I found it entertaining, and surprising in how close it followed the first book. Chamberlain was a believable enough Bourne, but not nearly as menacing as the new Damon incarnation. It was sometimes a little hard to imagine Chamberlain as the Medusa killer from the VietNam War. Chamberlain would have made a better Bourne for the third book in the series, where Bourne is fifty. Jacklyn Smith was a pretty good Marie, and the intelligence and strength of the character was as it is in the book and a sharp contrast to the Marie played by Franka Potente in the first two movies. My only gripe with Smith was that she didn't come across as Canadian- more of a West Coaster. If you're one of those that belong to the cult that thinks Jacklyn Smith was the "hottest" Angel, you'll want to watch it for her performance alone.

I'm a car person, so I found the 80's fashions less distracting than the squared-off peculiar style of 80's cars. No one in the movie was wearing rubber band bracelets and balloon pants, just a few "Golden Girl" padded shoulders on Smith. The locations were great for a miniseries and you always knew and felt the stroy was taking place in Europe. Like I said earlier, it was entertaining to watch. And if you are a Bourne fan of either the books or the new movies it's definitley worth watching to get a little more history on the franchise.

Great movie.......2007-05-06

After watching the second Bourne Identity I wanted to watchthe original with Richard Chamberlain. It was definitely more entertaining and interesting and I would highly recommend it to one and all.

A VERY ACTUAL MOVIE.......2006-08-28

Although filmed in 1988 The Bourne Identity is still very actual, the fight against terrorism being very much on today's agenda as well. The two parts movie takes us mainly to Zürich, Paris and New York, to locations so beautifully chosen as to make the viewer wish he could visit them.
A man looses his memory after being shot and enduring serious injuries. The story is his search of identity intelligently intertwined with the unfolding of an international secret services action to capture Carlos, a famous terrorist and assassin who kept the CIA and other intelligence agencies around the world on their toes for years. The writers of the script certainly had an arduous task condensing the complex plot, their talent created a compelling story, a sharp dialogue without ever confusing the viewer.

As mentioned The Bourne Identity unfolds in three different cities. In each of them new elements and characters are added thus making the pace of the show pick up momentum until it reaches a cathartic peak on E 71st street.

The actor in the title role with whom we take the thrilling trip, rather rollercoaster ride, could only be Richard Chamberlain. His unique acting arc displays, with intensity, finesse and perfection, loving moments -- his face melting with love and crying for sadness when his failing memory catches glimpses of the past, his handsome and young body surrendering to the talented and attractive Jaclyn Smith who falls under the spell of this intriguing man -- and tough and violent moments paired with callousness, cold blood, swiftness of reactions, distress and cruel realisations as well as a formidable physical shape. Richard Chamberlain IS Jason Bourne and he is the one who keeps the viewer's attention tense during the entire movie.

One of my preferred scenes is one confronting a French General played by the much missed Anthony Quayle and Jason Bourne/Richard Chamberlain, two great actors among the greatest, on stage and on the screen; so powerful a scene, it grips you, one almost forgets to breathe .... Magnificent acting, soldiers !

The Bourne Identity ends with a moral note, Jason Bourne/Richard Chamberlain once his mission accomplished questions the violence and the need for men to become monsters to fight monsters. In the very last scene, full of symbolism, our hero, tightly holding the arm of Marie St. Jacques/Jaclyn Smith walks out of a cemetery towards a new life where he hopes to make peace with himself and be capable of love again.

A last word to say that Martin Rabbett is coproducer, adding his great talent to the list of those who made The Bourne Identity a big success.

For a spy drama as well as action.......2006-07-29

I bought this DVD from Amazon.com after borrowing it from a library. While the action is limited to 1980's TV level, the drama and human element are far better shown in this mini-series than the recent movie series. Along with the shooting and fistfights, the emotions of Richard Chamberlain as Jason Bourne come though. The 2002 version, while nice, had minimal elements from the original novel. This film has a pleasant, almost scene-by-scene translation of Ludlum's work.

In short, despite being older, this is accurate and entertaining. For action, watch the 2002 "Bourne Identity." For an adaptation of a great melodramatic spy novel, watch this.

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Full Metal Jacket
Starring: Adam Baldwin , Bruce Boa , Tim Colceri , Vincent D'Onofrio , and Harry Davies
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The story of an 18-year-old marine recruit named Private Joker - from his carnage-and-machismo boot camp to his climactic involvement in the heavy fighting in Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive.

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Not a perfect transfer, but hardly grainy.
Grainy transfer

Full Metal Jacket [Blu-ray]
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Release Date: 2006-09-05

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The story of an 18-year-old marine recruit named Private Joker - from his carnage-and-machismo boot camp to his climactic involvement in the heavy fighting in Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive.

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BLU RAY VERSION.......2007-03-30

if you liked full metal jacket before, the blu-ray version is almost unbelievable. overall the cinematography is fabulous. in a few spots the picture is a little grainy but its like watching these poor guys get shot in 3d. a must for any collector or action lover.

Not a perfect transfer, but hardly grainy........2007-01-15

Kubrick was a visual wizard. Masterfully controlling the cinematography of Full Metal Jacket, he rendered every image is a work of art, searing them into the conscious and subconscious mind. And seeing it in high definition is a wonder. To be sure, there are better transfers, but mostly on subpar films (trash like Stargate). This version of Full Metal Jacket is crisp and clear; the soundtrack is amazing.

As far as the story goes, it's impressionistic -- a series of vignettes held together by characters we first meet in bootcamp. It leaves a powerful, lasting impression of the horror, irrationality, and, ultimately, the pure humanity of war. We are killing machines and lovers, passionate friends and brutal thugs. And, in killing and fighting, we sometimes find ourselves most alive.

There are amazingly poignant lines in this film that resonate powerfully in terms our current war in Iraq. They don't support one side or another, but merely reflect on the universality of war and on America's invervention in places where the locals might not entirely appreciate our efforts and sacrifices. Reasonable human beings can differ on what is going on in Iraq, just as they could about Vietnam. Full Metal Jacket really isn't about that kind of debate. Rather, it turns the spotlight on how much war is a part of us -- and we a part of it.

Grainy transfer.......2006-10-14

This film is my least favorite of the Stanley Kubrick films - which still makes it a thousand times better than much of what is released these days. Kubrick was a master, and this movie is a character study about what it takes to make someone a trained combat killer. There are two separate and distinct setting here - boot camp and the battle fields of Vietnam. It was clear Kubrick had an ax to grind, and for a man obsessed with detail, these guys were running around with 80s hair the latter part of the movie. But he successfully makes his point. It is violent and disturbing, but seems a bit dated after seeing Saving Private Ryan. Speilberg raised the bar on war films in regard to capturing the details of the horror of war. Kubrick got the coldness of it down to a tee.

My complaint isn't with the content - it is with the transfer and lack of special features. This movie is so grainy, it looks like a bad VHS copy. Why didn't WB properly upscale this film, add some special features, and give us what we paid for?

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Great depiction of boot camp.
Dehumanisation
Stanley Kubrick USMC
Awesome

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ASIN: B000E5KJGQ
Release Date: 2006-05-16

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The story of an 18-year-old marine recruit named Private Joker - from his carnage-and-machismo boot camp to his climactic involvement in the heavy fighting in Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive.
Running Time: 116 min.

Format: HD DVD

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Get Some.......2007-05-14

"This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine." This is one of the greatest movies of all time. If you have Platoon and Apocolypse Now, you need to add this to your collection.

Great depiction of boot camp........2007-05-14

Dehumanisation.......2007-05-10

Stanley Kubrick USMC.......2007-04-17

Awesome.......2007-04-11

If you like Jar Head or Mail Call, you'll love this movie.
It's a raw, great commentary piece on the Vietnam War, seriously a must own!!!

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Children are evil
CREEPY CLASSIC AVOID THE REMAKE!
One of the best horror films ever made
I'm not a horror fan, but this film was terrific! Wonderfully scary!
NOT A BIG OMEN FAN!

The Omen (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: Gregory Peck , Lee Remick , David Warner , Billie Whitelaw , and Harvey Stephens (II)
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Release Date: 2006-06-20

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After The Exorcist sparked a lengthy trend of supernatural thrillers, this 1976 horror film scored a hit with critics and audiences for mixing gothic horror and mystery into its plot about a young boy suspected of being the personification of the anti-Christ. (No doubt it's a favorite of shock-rocker Marilyn Manson.) Directed by Richard Donner (best known for his Superman and Lethal Weapon films), The Omen gained a lot of credibility from the casting of Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as a distinguished American couple living in England, whose young son Damien bears "the mark of the beast." Mysterious deaths and unexplained incidents draw the attention of a photographer (David Warner), whose investigation leads to the young boy--and also to the photographer's shocking decapitation (in a scene that has since been inducted into the horror hall of fame). At a time when graphic gore had yet to dominate the horror genre, this film used its violence discreetly and to great effect, and the mood of dread and potential death is masterfully maintained. It's all a bit hokey, with a lot of biblical portent and sensational fury, but few would deny it's highly entertaining. Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-winning score works wonders to enhance the movie's creepy atmosphere. --Jeff Shannon

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The first film in classic, four-part legacy of terror stars Gregory Peck as an ambassador who is talked into switching his wife's (Lee Remick) stillborn baby with an orphaned infant. When young Damien is Five, the horror begins with his nanny's dramatic suicide. As the death toll escalates, Damien's father, realizing his son is the antichrist, decides that he must kill the boy and rid the world of the evil.

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Children are evil.......2007-05-19

The beauty of Christian mythology is its evergreen ability to inspire fresh fare on the counter-mythology scene. The Omen is a classic story of "The Beginning of The End" as Damien (the Antichrist) is born, and proceeds to make his unsuspecting parents a living Hell. This is of course th version to see - dated as it is. The remake circa 2005/6 was absolute crap. This movie shows how easily a truly evil spawn of "The Devil" could slip into society pretty much unnoticed and protected by the bleeding heart liberals ;-) who value life over principle. (woo hoo!) What makes this movie so good is the casting. They really picked a great kid for the part. You can see it in his eyes, which speak more eloquently than is possible for a brat of the age of 8 (or in my case 43), to do. Are you still reading this? Go watch the movie! You will enjoy it infinitely more than my meandering drivel.

CREEPY CLASSIC AVOID THE REMAKE!.......2007-05-14

This movie is the best in the series and it still hold up well. Some genuinely scary moments in this classic thriller. The remake is pointless and adds nothing to the film. It isn't even scary as it tries to duplicate every scene in the original and fails!

One of the best horror films ever made.......2007-05-09

The original 1976 Richard Donner film "The Omen" ranks high on my list of all-time favorite horror movies. You'll notice I wrote "original" in that sentence. That's because, I regret to inform you, Hollywood decided to lens a remake last year. Ugh. I haven't seen this "reimagining" yet, so maybe I shouldn't be too hard on it, but I can't picture anyone improving on the effectiveness of the original. Anyway, I would probably place "The Omen" in the top five of my abovementioned list. It's that good of a movie. I like Donner's film so much that I even went on to develop a fondness for the two inferior sequels that followed: "Damien: Omen II" and "Omen III: The Final Conflict". Both follow-ups possess their own little charms that make them worth viewing (love the guy wrapped in plastic swinging through the fire in the third entry), but neither exhibits the sheer power and originality of the first film. "The Omen" gives us everything a good horror movie should. We get scads of gothic atmosphere, satanic evil, original death sequences, amazing performances from a first rate cast, a memorable musical score, and scares aplenty. That's the best thing about "The Omen": it's deeply frightening on many levels.

As the film opens, we learn that powerful American businessman Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) has a serious problem. His wife Kathy (Lee Remick), finally in a position to give the couple their first child, loses the baby in a hospital in Rome. Since she doesn't yet know the child died during birth, Robert conspires with a priest named Spiletto (Martin Benson) to hide the fact from his wife. They substitute another baby born that day and no one seems any worse for the wear. The couple, with their new son Damien (Harvey Stephens) in tow, proceeds to live what promises to be an enormously privileged life. Their fortunes increase further when Robert receives an ambassadorship to England. But there are problems aplenty, disturbing problems that point to something seriously amiss. For example, Damien's nanny takes her life in a very public manner during the young child's birthday party. Her replacement, the sinister Mrs. Baylock (Billie Whitelaw), seems an odd choice as a nanny. That she's so overprotective of little Damien also seems weird. Another problem emerges when Kathy starts expressing doubts about Damien's lineage. She thinks he's not her real child.

She's right, of course, but that knowledge won't save anyone. You see, Damien Thorn is the anti-Christ, the son of Satan come to fulfill biblical prophecies concerning the end of time. No one knows this little factoid at this point, but Robert Thorn soon begins hearing about it from Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton), a crazed priest who starts stalking Thorn and raving about his evil child. After Brennan perishes in a bizarre accident, an investigative journalist by the name of Keith Jennings (David Warner) uncovers a few horrific pieces of evidence that tend to confirm that Damien Thorn is, indeed, the son of Satan. With proof in hand, Jennings eventually makes a believer out of Robert Thorn. The two then begin a secretive quest to unearth Damien's true origins, but they'll have to hurry. Folks poking into the child's history, or even people who present some sort of obstacle to the boy's development, seem to die in excruciatingly painful ways. As the story unfolds, we learn that even Robert and Kathy Thorn aren't safe from the pint-sized prince of darkness. The only solution to the problem comes in the form of an old archeologist named Bugenhagen (Leo McKern) and a bag of ancient daggers...

Rewatching "The Omen" for the umpteenth time, on DVD no less, confirms for me once again that this movie achieves a greatness rarely seen in the annals of horror. Just look at the movie. Where else are you going to see a nanny hanging herself in public, a priest impaled with a steel rod, a beheading by shattered glass, and biblical mumbo jumbo all in a film starring Gregory Peck? Nowhere, my friends, nowhere. It's all here in glorious color. I love everything about the film. I love the cemetery scene with the wild dogs. I love the "666" birthmark on the kid's head, revealed in a truly terrifying scene. I love the weird images in Keith Jennings's photos. I love the showdown between Mrs. Baylock and Robert Thorn. I love the screaming fit outside the church as well as the zoo attack. I even love the "No, Daddy, NO!" line at the end of the film. The movie simply overflows with all sorts of clever ideas and bloody mayhem wrapped up in excellent acting and dialogue. In the hands of lesser mortals, "The Omen" would come off as a schlocky piece of cheese. With Donner at the helm, Jerry Goldsmith composing the score of his life, and Peck and Remick carrying the acting duties, the movie fires on all cylinders.

I rented the DVD not because I needed to see the film again, but because I wanted to listen to Donner's commentary track. It's good. He recounts all sorts of interesting tidbits about the movie, such as the curse that seemed to plague the production. The director also talks about the problems he had with the young Harvey Stephens, who apparently was a little devil in real life, and talks about the marketing of the picture. Other extras include an interview with composer Jerry Goldsmith, a trailer for the film, and a couple of lengthy featurettes that go into more depth about the film and the supposed curse. As for audio and picture quality, I've seen some people griping about them. I don't have a problem here. I thought the movie sounded and looked great. So there you go. If you haven't seen the original Omen flick, you simply must run out and find a copy right now. You'll have a great time watching this creative, scary horror flick!

I'm not a horror fan, but this film was terrific! Wonderfully scary!.......2007-02-07

This movie's been showing a lot on the HD channels, and I'm a big Gregory Peck fan, so I figured, why not? Wow! What a great surprise. A horror film that's actually SCARY, and not simply gross or disgusting. Great acting by both Peck and Remmick, great pacing by Donner and Baird (the film editor) and FANTASTIC SCORE!! Creeping suspense, mixed with satanic sons, demonic dogs and nannies with knives, cultimating in some totally wicked good vs. evil, all against a totally belivable contemporary (for the time) atmosphere. In my opinion, this film has aged very little, apart from clothes and hairstyles. What's nice is that the violence is used with such sparing effect, it really hits you when you're shocked. And if anybody else noticed, there's no profanity at all in this movie, which keeps you from being distracted from the story (my favorite words have only four letters, but sometimes it's nice not to get an earful just so a film can prove itself as 'adult').
Highly recommended!! Especially for those who generally wouldn't consider themselves 'horror' fans. For those who like a great story, good suspense, and great acting, this is definitely a classic!! But don't touch the sequals!!

NOT A BIG OMEN FAN!.......2007-02-05

ORDERED THIS ONE FOR MY BROTHER-IN-LAW. I'M SURE IT'S A GOOD MOVIE IF YOU ARE A OMEN FAN. GREGORY PECK WAS A GREAT ACTOR, AND I PREFER HIM IN DIFFERENT ROLES.

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