Sci-Fi Collector's Pack (Capricorn One - StarGate - Millennium)

Starring:Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti, Robert Joy, Lloyd Bochner, Brent Carver, David McIlwraith, Maury Chaykin, Al Waxman, Lawrence Dane, Thomas Hauff, Peter Dvorsky, Raymond O'Neill, Philip Akin, David Calderisi, Gary Reineke, Eugene Clark, Cedric Smith, Michael J. Reynolds, Victoria Snow
Director: Michael Anderson, Peter Hyams, Roland Emmerich
Studio: Live / Artisan
Product Type: DVD

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Time-hoppers from the future, led by Cheryl Ladd, are abducting airline passengers about to crash, and transporting them a millennium hence in order to reseed a future blighted by environmental disaster. This is a dangerous business, plagued by the specter of accidentally creating time paradoxes, which could throw the future out of whack. Unfortunately, they've lost a couple of the stunners they use to subdue troublesome passengers, and these fall into the hands of a curious physicist (Daniel J. Travanti) and an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board (Kris Kristofferson). Cheryl Ladd must retrieve these devices before a time paradox wipes out her world, but manages to complicate things by developing a romance with Kristofferson. All of which is very intriguing, having come from the short story, "Air Raid," by science fiction luminary John Varley, who also is credited with the screenplay. The part about airline abductions to save the disastrous future is straight from the original story, and the rest is expanded (you wouldn't say extrapolated) from it. The results are not very happy. About a third of the film is maddeningly wasted by repeating action from a different point of view. Seems natural when there are disparate timelines to deal with, but here nothing is added by the conceit. Only Travanti turns in a creditable performance as the physicist, bent on proving his theories about the future. He seems hungry for discovery, which is one of the things you want from a science fiction story, that sense of awe. But here it's just, "Aw, shucks!" --Jim Gay

Customer Reviews:

credible-incredible.......2007-05-17

Refer to the role of Smith! ( I did investigate marine accidents and incidents for 10 years.) One acquires a cynic and slightly morose attitude as this type Bill Smith when confronted daily with disaster, human errors, negligence and technical blunders. I think Kristofferson plays the role quite perfect and Smith has had no vacation for six years and no sleep for 30 to 35hrs so he has to be a little deferred. And then an exhausting night encounter. So he cannot be bright eyed and bushy tailed or could you?
Cheryl Ladd is stunning as ever but seems to be more concerned to cover her bottom than to show the emotions a woman would have when thrown back into a time that is different from hers and with an experience not known to the 4th millennium.

excellent story line.......2007-02-23

I really liked this movie when I first saw it , then again I had to watch it again to understand what I thought I first missed , then realized I didnt lol .

Its a interesting theory about the plane crashes and time travel of course this could only be done in a movie , because if this happens in real life , we're all in trouble !

A must see film go out and rent it or buy it !

Sherman, send the gate.......2006-07-10

We are medially confronted with a midair plain crash. In the confusion the navigator goes back into the cabin and is horrified by something. All we see is a staring device sliding along the floor "MILLENNIUM".

Bill Smith investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board (Kris Kristofferson) is dispatched to the crash scene. he must make since of things that do not add up to a normal crash. Meanwhile he is being asked about the anomalies by a physicist (Daniel J. Travanti) that seems to know moiré than he is letting on. And to make things more complicated he is being sidetracked by a female airline employee (Cheryl Ladd) that does not seem to do everything from driving to eating awkwardly.

Bill wonders if he is tired, paranoid or is there something that is just not normal?

The music and filming remind me of a Hallmark romance movie which just happens to have a sci-fi background.

This movie is off the cheese scale!.......2005-08-02

This movie took me back! I haven't seen this movie since I was a little boy..and it took me forever to find it on the internet. I give it 5 stars just because it was everything I was hoping for and more! Sadly..you might not feel the same way so don't get your hopes up. If what you're looking for is a cheesy 80's scifi flick with all the basics: action, drama, comedy, da bomb special effects, robots and a HOPELESS love story..BUY THIS MOVIE!

Interesting........2005-06-29

I would have never seen this movie had my girlfriend not have picked it out of the cheapie bin 'cause she saw it years ago and was surprised I'd never heard of it.

The plot is about a cop (Kris Kristoperson) who is investigating a plane crash finds some weird things from the crash site. Time travellers from the future come back to rescue people, but during one of there procedures, something goes wrong and one of them is killed, and accidentally drops a futuristic device. Once they return to there future, a paradox shift in the universe rumbles through them and they realise they must send someone back to retrieve the device before someone works out how to use it and 'causes more ripples in the universe. (Creating more paradox's) One of the time travellers is Cheryl Ladd (Charlies Angels) she is sent back to retrieve the device and also try to stop Kris from investigating the plain wreck on a certain day. However when she thinks she failed she returns to the future, but if she had of stayed 10 more seconds she would have succeeded, she `causes another ripple and must return once again. And she falls in love with Kris' character.

I thought it was interesting to question what would happen if time travel were possible. Then n depending on WHAT you change in the past, how does that affect the future? I must say it's not as funny as when Homer Simpson travelled through time with his toaster and kept changing things, but on a more serious level I thought it was interesting where this movie went with it's approach.

The special effects aren't too bad, considering it is a late 80's movie. A few people criticize the future scenes as being ugly.... There supposed to be! The future in this movie is a dirty place, polluted so badly that smoking cigarettes is a breath of fresh air. (Now do you get it?). The elders where being kept alive in there tubes and that future is erased by the end of the film so that it never happened anyway which is what every futuristic movie needs to do because anybody's vision of the future will always be highly criticised for numerous reasons.

BONUS FEATURES:
Look Ma, someone decided to talk about them!

The bonus features contain a trailer, a biography of the actors, and production notes. What I found to be very unique about the bios and notes was the text on screen is actually read to you! I've never seen that on any other DVD before, and I think more DVD's should have that on them.

On the production notes when you reach the last page there is an option to view the alternate ending. I give that bonus feature 1 star for the way it's shown. It spends 5 minutes showing the end scene again until they walk through the time portal to show 2 seconds of what they call the alternate ending. If anybody skips the production notes they wont even know there is an alternate ending on the DVD. And if they read the cover that says it's on there, they'd probably wonder where it is? Either the cover shouldn't have said it and it became an EGG or they should have made it a proper option.

People who criticise this film are just showing their lack of understanding a plot that went right over their heads. The idea to show scenes again from a different angle is interesting, and seeing a women come back from the future and she reacts to things she has never done before is also interesting... sure, they could have expanded further with all that, but this film is what it is and as long as you sit down with an open mind and stop concentrating on nitpicking how un-logical things are in this film (yet you probably think the Matrix makes sense) just watch the story unfold instead of worrying about how YOU would have directed things, why not just watch it for fun instead of looking for flaws, you might actually enjoy the film!

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Horror Collector's Pack (Cujo/The Langoliers/Thinner)

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Not what DVD is meant to be.
Four outta Five ain't bad...
I love these 3 classic horror films!
It's King at his best!

Horror Collector's Pack (Cujo/The Langoliers/Thinner)

Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Customer Reviews:

Not what DVD is meant to be........2001-07-31

Thinner is the only one with commentary from cast/director. Cujo is in Mono! Not even close to the potential that DVD has. All three of these movies could have been put on one disc. ?????????????????????????

Four outta Five ain't bad..........2000-03-25

I gave this collection 4 stars because it contains the 5 star movie "The Langoliers". I took a star away because I was left wishing that "The Langoliers" and "Cujo" had a little more to them. A "cast list" and an "extra scenes" option would have been nice. I guess I expect more from a DVD. I like all three of these movies and look forward to watching them again.

I love these 3 classic horror films!.......1999-11-18

i especially like cujo but i think it should be the shining,pet sematary,and carrie

It's King at his best!.......1999-11-07

This was worth every penny I have paid. It has three of the best movies based on the books of Stephen King. It is certainly a must for all King fans!

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Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
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