The Hours

Starring:Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Stephen Dillane, Miranda Richardson, George Loftus, Charley Ramm, Sophie Wyburd, Lyndsey Marshal, Linda Bassett, Christian Coulson, Michael Culkin, John C. Reilly, Jack Rovello, Toni Collette, Margo Martindale, Colin Stinton, Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Claire Danes
Director: Stephen Daldry
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

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Delicate and hypnotic, The Hours interweaves three stories with remarkable skill: in the 1920s Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) grapples with her inner demons and slowly works on her novel Mrs. Dalloway; in 1949 housewife Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) feels her own destructive impulses; and in 1999 book editor Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep)--much like the title character of Woolf's novel--prepares to throw a party, in honor of her dearest friend, a seriously ill poet (Ed Harris). Small details reverberate from story to story as a powerhouse cast (including Allison Janney, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, John C. Reilly, Stephen Dillane, and Miranda Richardson) gives subtle and beautifully modulated performances. In the hands of director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot), The Hours is almost more a piece of music than a story, and like music, it may move you in unexpected ways. --Bret Fetzer
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THE HOURS tells the story of three very different individuals who share the feeling that they have been living their lives for someone else. Virginia Woolf (Kidman) lives in a suburb of London in the 1920's as she struggles to begin writing her first great novel, Mrs. Dalloway, while also attempting to overcome the mental illness that threatens to engulf her. Laura Brown (Moore), a young wife and mother in post-World War II Los Angeles, is just starting to read Mrs. Dalloway, and is so deeply affected by it that she begins to question the life she has chosen for herself. Then, in contemporary New York City, Clarissa Vaughan (Streep) is a modern-day mirror image of Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway as she plans what may be the final party for her friend and former lover, Richard (Harris), who is dying of AIDS.

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Now you can actually look ten years younger in ten hours. Callan Pinckney, author of the revolutionary best-selling book Callanetics(a perennial New York Times Best-Seller), personally demonstrates her innovative deep muscle exercise technique that can literally shed years off your figure in hours without putting pressure on your back. Unlike other exercise programs that stress hard jerking motions, Callanetics is a series of small, gentle, precise motions consistently applied that activate the body's largest most powerful muscles to quickly tighten hips, buttocks, inner and outer thighs; flatten the tummy; lift the bust and firm underarms and tone the entire body. It will also dramatically improve your posture. You will feel the difference after one hour and most people actually see a difference after two hours. By following the simple 60 minute Callanetics workout twice a week, the body you always dreamed about is only hours away.

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It's worked for 19 years!.......2007-07-03

I have been using my Callenetics VHS tape for 19 years. I am so glad to see it on DVD! I am 46 years old and I feel as strong today as I did in my 20's. Don't let the dated leotards and hair styles fool you...it works and it works fast.

Fast Turnaround.......2007-06-27

I was happy to locate this item at Amazon since I had been searching for it for quite a long time. I had purchased this program on VCR several years ago and wanted to have it in DVD form to make it convenient to continue using with today's equipment. I was very pleased when the item arrived even earlier than I expected and in excellent condition.

Great.......2007-06-23

I purchased this DVD in June. I believed that it wasn't chaptered, and was surprised and happy to find that the chapters worked perfectly. I have a background in ballet and Pilates. So, I recognized Pilates in the abdominal exercises (100s) and the ballet stretches on the barre. The look may be outdated, but the content is as worthwhile today as it always was. While it is true that sustained stretches are now considered preferable to "bouncing" stretches, Callanetics "bouncing" is only a quarter of an inch or less - not much. This DVD is a good example of, "there's nothing new under the sun" and, "everything old becomes new again". I was totally ASTONISHED by the realization that Callanetics must be the inspiration and foundation for the "Fluidity" barre and companion exercise approach (I have the product.). I think that the instruction on this DVD is outstanding, along with the corrections for achieving better form and preventing injury. I'm so happy with this DVD that I purchased a used copy of the companion book - along with Super Callanetics - which I have not yet tried. I just wish that I could work with the instructor here in the Southwest...

Tediously long, hilariously dated, and INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE.......2007-05-31

This is the most effective workout I've ever experienced. When I was using this DVD every day I had the perfect body and I could eat and wear anything I wanted. Nowadays I usually alternate it with other workout DVDs, but it's always nearby. I usually at least do the ab section if I have a cardio day. It requires a chair or something that you can use as a barre, and a mat if you don't have carpet. One thing: in this day and age it's not recommended to perform a ballistic stretch (bouncing stretch, as in the leg stretches) so I generally just hold the stretch without pulsing and it is still very effective. Use your own discretion, but that is my "warning".

Great Exercise Video.......2007-05-30

I first found this exercise video 20 years ago. And always had great results with using the exercises. Then I wasn't able to find it until now. Very happy to be reunited with it. I recommend it for building a stronger, firmer body.

World War II Collection, Vol. 2 - Heroes Fight for Freedom (36 Hours / Air Force / Command Decision / Hell to Eternity / The Hill / Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo)

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World War II Collection, Vol. 2 - Heroes Fight for Freedom (36 Hours / Air Force / Command Decision / Hell to Eternity / The Hill / Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo)
Starring: James Garner , Eva Marie Saint , Rod Taylor , Werner Peters , and John Banner
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ASIN: B000NTPG70
Release Date: 2007-06-05

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Includes: 36 Hours (1965), Air Force (1943), Command Decision (1948), Hell to Eternity (1960), The Hill (1965), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944).

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Good Collection.......2007-06-15

Some of these may have been available before now, but none in a WWII set that includes shorts and cartoons from the period. Pick any two you like and they are worth the price. "Command Decision" with Clark Gable as General Casey, a serious officer commanding a bomber group in England, is wonderfully realistic. "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" with Spencer Tracy as Jimmy Doolittle leading the first bomb raid on Japan is excellent. The others are just bonus as far as I'm concerned and a very good one at that. "The Hill" is a good military prisoner movie with Sean Connery as a prisoner. "36 Hours" with James Garner is good espionage movie. Air Force is resonably decent account of a B-17 crew that witnessed Pearl Harbor starring John Ridgely. "Hell to Eternity" with Jeffrey Hunter and David Janssen is about Hispanic boy raised by Japanese-Americans and fought for United States. Fans of WWII movies should enjoy the set. I recommend it. Especially for a Fathers Day gift.

dvd availability.......2007-03-24

I'm not sure about THE HILL, but the other 5 titles in this collection have NOT been on DVD--at least legitimiate disk. AIR FORCE, THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO, and COMMAND DECISION are all wonderful war or combat films (there's a difference between the two--see the books on the genre by Mike Mayo, Thomas Doherty and Jeanine Basinger). It's great that other classics such as THE PURPLE HEART and even the less stellar SO PROUDLY WE HAIL are finally being released this spring on DVD. Collectors and film historians should appreciate all of these titles that really reflected the country's mood between l94l and l945. Propaganda was such a vital component on the home front and these movies show us the nationalistic side of the American people at the time.

great collection.......2007-03-13

I disagree totally with the above reviewer. These films are excellent. The only one I am not thrilled with is The Hill, all the others are very good WWII films. I have been waiting for Command Decision for a long time. This collection will not disappoint.

Sub-standard WWII Collection.......2007-03-12

Of the 6 films, 3 are old films made in the '40 (Air Force; Command Decision; 30 Seconds Over Tokyo) and widely available in dvds for sometime.

Hell to Eternity is an obscure war film. 36 Hours is more fitting for espionage catagory. The Hill, which is probably the most powerful film among the 6, is a prison film.

A carefully selected Sidney Lumet Collection is highly anticipated.

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36 Hours
Starring: James Garner , Eva Marie Saint , Rod Taylor , Werner Peters , and John Banner
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Release Date: 2007-06-05

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Unfortunate transfer or print problems spoil parts of this film!.......2007-05-31

Please note: The two stars above do not indicate my verdict on the film itself, but rather the odd transfer to DVD provided by the folks at Warner Home Video. For most of the running time this DVD looks just fine, with a good grey scale, fine contrast and a sharp image. Thankfully, white speckles are also quite absent, which is certainly not always the case when it comes to transfers of classic product from Warner.
But in almost all of the darker scenes throughout the film, the focus goes way off, especially damaging in the right half of the screen. And when it comes to the final escape sequence with Garner and Saint, this irritating double contour softness continues for half a reel or so, effectively ruining much of the suspense.
If this problem is a defect that exists on all surviving materials in the film vaults, then Warner should have had the decency to warn potential consumers with at least a sticker on the cover. But my guess is that this blurry jinx could have been corrected with some proper quality attention before the discs were made and distributed. If Warner have the guts and will, they ought to recall this DVD pronto before its domestic street date on June 5, and make a hopefully new transfer available as soon as possible.

WW2 Psychological Thriller!.......2007-03-03

This movies stars James Garner as a WW2 military officer with a knowlwdge of top secret plans. The story unfolds as he awakes in a hospital and is being treated for physical injuries and amnesia. Or is he..??? Just what type of hospital is he in and who is in charge.......the Allies or the Germans...???? Tensions rise as Garner slowly suspects the truth and plays a game of wits with the enemy. Good acting all around. Not an Academy Award winner but not a bomb either. A good addition to a WW2 film library.

Ingenious pre-invasion Nazi scheme.......2006-10-21

James Garner stars as Major Jeff Pike, a U.S. Army intelligence officer in possession of critical information concerning the Allied invasion of Europe. In a well conceived plot, courtesy of a story from the imagination of Roald Dahl, Garner is abducted from a meeting in neutral Lisbon.

Garner is transported, heavily sedated, to Germany to partake in an elaborate hoax propagated by loyal and intellectual Nazi psychiatrist, Major Gerber played by Rod Taylor. To glean sensitive details of the attack, Garner is made to believe that six years have elapsed, the war is over and that he's been suffering from amnesia. In a bogus U.S. hospital setting in alleged occupied Germany, Taylor is given 36 hours to extract the information before diabolical SS Colonel Schack played by Werner Peters will use more aggresive interrogation techniques.

The charade is enhanced by Eva Narie Saint playing nurse Anna Hedler who is actually a concentration camp survivor aiding Taylor to maintain her freedom. The wily Garner soon sees through the plot and with the aid of Saint, escapes after muddling up the scheme.

Peters and Taylor, at odds throughout the film eventually have a showdown after the principled Taylor helps Saint and Garner escape. Col. Schack is obsessed with their recapture as the try to cross the border into Switzerland. Garner and Saint are aided by an entrepreneurial German homeguard Sergeant Ernst played by none other than John Banner, better known as Hogan's Heroes unforgetable Sgt. Schultz.

Deserving of DVD Release.......2006-10-09

In the category of War Films, this one is an oddity. James Garner stars as a kidnapped American officer who, while recovering in a military hospital, is led to believe that he is suffering from amnesia. The key to his recovery is to recall the details of the Allied invasion France. The twist is that Nazi's actually have him captive and have set up an elaborate charade to convince Garner that the war has been over for years in hopes of discovering the Normandy invasion plans.

Eva Marie Saint plays Garner's attending nurse who is torn between assisting Garner and keeping herself out of a concentration camp.

Werner Peters reprises his oft-played role as a Nazi officer (You've seen him play virtually the same role in THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR, THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, and THE SECRET WAR OF HARRY FRIGG) bent on cracking Garner.

Actor John Banner also makes a pre-Hogan's Heroes appearance in this film.

The plot of this movie has been compared to the elaborate schemes hatched in episodes of Mission Impossible. In fact, 36 HOURS was remade by Ted Turner as BREAKING POINT in the late 1980s.

This movie has been difficult to come by and is not yet available in DVD. Hopefully the DVD version will appear.

An Interesting But Not Great James Garner Vehicle .......2005-09-17

This is a film with an interesting premise that unfortunately runs out of steam midway through. Garner fans should probably see it at some point. May be hard to find as it's apparently not out yet on DVD.

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"But I still have to face the hours, don't I?"
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The Hours
Starring: Nicole Kidman , Julianne Moore , Meryl Streep , Stephen Dillane , and Miranda Richardson
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Delicate and hypnotic, The Hours interweaves three stories with remarkable skill: in the 1920s Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) grapples with her inner demons and slowly works on her novel Mrs. Dalloway; in 1949 housewife Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) feels her own destructive impulses; and in 1999 book editor Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep)--much like the title character of Woolf's novel--prepares to throw a party, in honor of her dearest friend, a seriously ill poet (Ed Harris). Small details reverberate from story to story as a powerhouse cast (including Allison Janney, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, John C. Reilly, Stephen Dillane, and Miranda Richardson) gives subtle and beautifully modulated performances. In the hands of director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot), The Hours is almost more a piece of music than a story, and like music, it may move you in unexpected ways. --Bret Fetzer

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THE HOURS tells the story of three very different individuals who share the feeling that they have been living their lives for someone else. Virginia Woolf (Kidman) lives in a suburb of London in the 1920's as she struggles to begin writing her first great novel, Mrs. Dalloway, while also attempting to overcome the mental illness that threatens to engulf her. Laura Brown (Moore), a young wife and mother in post-World War II Los Angeles, is just starting to read Mrs. Dalloway, and is so deeply affected by it that she begins to question the life she has chosen for herself. Then, in contemporary New York City, Clarissa Vaughan (Streep) is a modern-day mirror image of Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway as she plans what may be the final party for her friend and former lover, Richard (Harris), who is dying of AIDS.

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Great movie.......2007-07-04

... my wife got this to see with her friends ... they loved it ... must have been heartwarming with honest, realistic emotions and without melodrama, violence or chase scenes. Hope that helps.

"But I still have to face the hours, don't I?".......2007-06-22

"A woman's whole life in a single day. Just one day. And in that day her whole life." (Virginia Woolf)

A very special place is reserved in my DVD collection for "The Hours", a treasure-work of inner conflict, self-questioning and the human eternal quest for purpose. And successes. And defeats. This movie is as delicate, as rude, as poignant and as moving as any movie can be. Contradictory? Definitely yes, but in the end as Borges' once said "cannot possibly contradict myself for I am made of multitudes"...

The lives of three women separated by several decades within each other, are pieced together in an impossible puzzle of simultaneous stillness, even though in each one of them, events, decisions and fates are rapidly unfolding and developing in simultaneous momemtums that will eventually lead to destiny.

Writer Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) in 1921, submerging more and more in the depths of mental illness but still as coherent and logic as a human being can possibly be. Unrestful housewife Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) in 1951, tormented and trapped by a life she doesn't remember anymore how could have possibly happened. And busy entertainer Clarissa Vaughan (Meryl Streep) in 2001, who everybody perceives as ok, but in reality she's not. Their lives intertwined by The Hours... And in the background just the sadness of consequence. Of cause, and effect.

To try and describe how colossal is the role of Ed Harris in this movie is simply impossible. Mr. Harris delivers what to date I believe to be one of the best performances by a male actor, ever. Of course "The Hours" has a top of the line cast. Put that together with a great book, script and a marvelous director (Stephen Daldry, who in 2001 directed the beautiful movie "Billy Elliott") and you will get this: a feature film as simple, and yet as profound and labyrinthic "The Hours".

Sadness with no escape.......2007-06-17

Well, if this movie sets out to emphasize what Virginia Woolf was doing with "Mrs. Dalloway" or what Michael Cunningham was intending to achieve with his book, then the movie succeeds. At least with me. What is sad is to think a sad story may be what it takes to achieve it.

I Don't Think Some People Got The Point.......2007-06-09

This is a very deep film that actually needs to be viewed several times over since the underlying story is like weaving a pearl necklace. The times and plots go back and forth, yet when all is over, the entire necklace represents a sad storyline that spans generations.

I am not going to rehash the story or give a spoiler, but if you did not like the film the first time around, give it another chance. It is a work of cinematic art.

The DVD contains lots of extras, one of which is a brief outline of Virginia Woolf.

Very very deep.......2007-05-24

Wow! Not a movie for the depressed indivual on medication. Very moving.

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If you think you had a bad day...watch this.

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This well-regarded cult film is a tense Kafka-esque tale concerning what happens to a likable computer guy who is in the wrong place at the wrong time in the city that never sleeps--New York. This is a New York infested with bizarre characters vividly brought to life by a once-in-a-lifetime cast. Griffin Dunne's wonderfully controlled comic performance as Paul Hackett is the glue that holds this increasingly surreal film together. Scorsese utilizes a full array of independent and underground film techniques, including special film speed manipulations, angles, and edits, deftly capturing the strange rhythms of an after-hours New York City. Many will find the jokes clever, and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. Some, however, will find the film an excruciating series of staged circumstances setting up a sadistically cruel dark nightmare of horrors. And there are a few lines of dialogue so poorly written they remind you how unbelievable the thin story really is. But forgive the film these few lapses--overall it's a wild, surreal ride. The most offbeat character is the beehive-sporting, Monkee-obsessed neurotic played to perfection by Teri Garr. And the moment when Griffin Dunne uses his last quarter to play Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is" and dances with Verna Bloom while an angry mob searches SoHo for him is an inspired bit of lunacy. --Christopher J. Jarmick

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Morbid Masterpiece.......2007-06-29

'After Hours' has to be one of the great classics in film. Martin Scorsese reinvents the directing wheel once again in 1985 for one of the darkest comedies in memory.

Paul (relatively unknown Griffin Dunne) is an annonymous everyman working at a New York office with cubicles and computers. Late at night in a cafe he meets a beautiful, but strange woman (Rosanna Arguette) who captivates him immediately. Demonstrating a scatter-brained conversation, they agree for him to meet her roommate who makes paper mache' paper weight bagels. Connecting with an interest in the novel he's reading, she seems vibrant if not suspiciously dysfunctional, but her zestful overture creates for him the spark of adventure.

Showcasing the city that never sleeps, he solidifies his date over the phone to venture over to the SoHo District. As a bad omen his cab ride from hell yields a placed twenty dollar bill that flies out of the cab onto the pavement. Trying to explain to the driver who only speaks in broken English, the man wrathfully drives out like a chariot out of Hades leaving him stranded with no resources but himself alone in the night.

At the apartment, he visits with the artist as she puts paper mache' on a figure he aptly, but inaccurately compares to Munch's "The Shriek" ("The Scream") From there he meets up with his bombshell date who immediately unveils her life in horrifying detail. Between the revealing creation in the living room and the woman's conversation of her horrible life, the rest of the night unravels even more from there. Featuring everything that could conceivably go wrong and camera angles that swirl around the beleaguered protagonist, the solitary agony of one man's night comes to roost in the most tightly woven existential nightmare probably ever conceived in comedy.

While 'After Hours' doesn't get all the accolades of great movies like 'Taxi' and 'Raging Bull,' it nevertheless, broadens the scope of an unarguably talented director. 'After Hours' may not be Scorsese's best, but it certainly is my favorite of all of his works.

Different Rule Apply After Hours.......2007-04-30

On one level, this movie looks like an oddity amongst the other films made by Martin Scorsese. It's a somewhat absurd dark comedy from the eighties that has more in common with a cult classic like "Something Wild" than it does with "Raging Bull." Supposedly, Tim Burton was originally slated to direct the film but stepped aside when Scorsese showed interest.

When you think about it, it's not that surprising that Scorsese would pick this film. Like Woody Allen and Spike Lee, a lot of his films are about New York. "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," "The Age of Innocence," and "Gangs of New York," are all about the city, at least in a way, and so is "After Hours," which is set in SoHo, just a couple of miles from Wall Street, but a world away.

The story here is about a guy who hates his job. One evening he meets a girl in a coffee shop. He gets her number and calls her back the same night and they decide to meet up, even though it's almost midnight. On the way there, the guy loses all his money and when his date turns into a disaster he spend the rest of the evening trying to get home and getting himself into one ridiculous situation after another.

This movie is a bit dated, so it may be hard to appreciate the first time through, although you can certainly get a laugh out of seeing some well-known actors in different roles (Rosanna Arquette, Catherine O'hara, Linda Fiorentino, Terri Garr, Cheech and Chong.) As with most cult comedies, I think the pleasure from this one probably comes with repeated viewings as you start to notice the little things about the film. There are a lot of subtleties and nuances to it and you might forget how ridiculous the plot is and appreciate the individual scenarios and performances.

a perfect classical tragedy.......2007-03-14

the story is quite simple :

a single subject : a man is trying to go back home.
a single place : New York.

on a single day.

Much better than Corneille and Racine !!!

After Hours by Victor Argo.......2007-01-04

This is an odd little film. I like it because it takes an innocent man, looking to spend some time with a girl he thought was cute and ends up through a string of weird coincidences, being chased by a torch-bearing mob through the streets of New York very late at night. It is hilarious in a very dark way and makes you realize how easy things can get out of your control. If you like quirky films, please give this one a try.

If you think you had a bad day...watch this........2006-12-05

Absolutely hilarious! This poor guy has the worst luck ever all in a 12 hour period.

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Superb performances alone simply cannot rescue EVENING from mediocrity.
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Evening
Starring: Claire Danes , Vanessa Redgrave , Hugh Dancy , Patrick Wilson , and Natasha Richardson
Director: Lajos Koltai
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A star-studded cast brings richness and texture to Evening, a lyrical tale of regret, unrequited love, and hope, written by novelists Susan Minot (Rapture) and Michael Cunningham (The Hours), based on Minot's book. Ann (Vanessa Redgrave) lies ill, deliriously remembering when she came to the summer home of her best friend Lila to be Lila's maid of honor (her younger self is played by Claire Danes). But the young Ann is soon caught between the hungry need of Lila's brother Buddy (Hugh Dancy) and the magnetic outsider Harris (Patrick Wilson). Meanwhile, the elderly Ann is watched by her two daughters, Nina (Toni Collette) and Constance (Natasha Richardson), who wrestle with unresolved feelings towards their mother, their choices in life, and each other. Evening starts off feeling a bit stiff and literary, but gradually finds its rhythm. While the emotional peaks and precious images feel inflated and hollow, the little ephemeral moments--the heartbreaks, yearnings, disappointments, and comforts, the flash of a smile or the widening of an eye--glimmer with warmth and honesty. It's rare that such restraint can be so compelling and so rewarding; Evening is well worth watching for the accumulating emotional power of these small moments. Also featuring Glenn Close and Meryl Streep. --Bret Fetzer

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As Ann Grant (Academy Award® winner Vanessa Redgrave) nears the end of her life, she confesses to her daughters (Academy Award® nominee Toni Collette and Tony Award-winner Natasha Richardson) the story of a weekend 50 years earlier when she met the one true love of her life. In those two days of passion, Ann (played as a young woman by Golden Globe-winner Claire Danes) learns that the choices we make often lead to unspeakable joys and even to unbearable tragedies, but always to the twists of fate that shape the story of our lives. As the daughters piece together this extraordinary story of their mother's past and present, it brings them all together in a way none of them could ever have imagined.

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Superb performances alone simply cannot rescue EVENING from mediocrity........2007-07-01

This will undoubtedly be the toughest review that I have ever written. I went into this film with the highest of expectations. I was not disappointed with any of the acting as it is uniformly superb (surprisingly most from Hugh Dancy in a "Greek Chorus" commentary performance that I found truly touching!).Oscar nods for acting would not surprise me in the least for a number of these fine professionals! I was charmed and lulled with Jan A.P. Kaczmerak's hauntingly poignant original soundtrack. The camera shots are beautiful. The set design and costumes are appropriately period.I will probably remember much of what I saw and mull it over in the coming years.I truly wanted to be bowled over by this film, but I left the theatre feeling flat, confused and unfulfilled. The shifting back and forth between the time frames was not at all a problem (I was already comfortable with THE HOURS and THE NOTEBOOK and YA-YA) so that wasn't it.

My conclusion was that the screenplay just simply didn't come together in a way that made me feel or identify with the characters. I felt that the entire film left loose ends dangling and that each character was not developed enough for me to feel as though I knew and understood their longings, fears, motivations and angst.There are so many unanswered questions in this screenplay that seemed to never have any explanation or resolution. (There is one glaring continuity error concerning Buddy and Anne's College days that those of us who saw it questioned how the script supervisor could have missed it!) The movie seemed to try to be deeper than it really was, and that much ado was made about nothing. If this film is about life's regrets and missed chances, mother-daughter relationships, women's limited choices in the 1950's and the folly and "caste" system of the New England wealthy then I have definitely seen all of that done better and far more effectively elsewhere.

My closing remark is WHY WOULD ANYONE HAVE OBSESSED OVER HARRIS ARDEN???? The character was so underdeveloped that apart from being a good looking Patrick Wilson, WHAT WAS THIS CHARACTER'S ALLURE?

I really feel bad that 3 1/2 stars is the best I can do for EVENING. This movie, adapted from Susan Minot's novel,seems to me one of the film industry's best missed chances that perhaps they will regret as a mistake.

Regrets.......2007-06-30

(2 1/2 *'s) `Evening' brings measures of regret. Ann (Vanessa Redgrave) is on her deathbed, and she is dying of cancer. Her daughters Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) come to talk and get some resolution in their own lives. Meanwhile, Nina and Hannah spar with one another. Nina regards Hannah as having a `House and Garden' life, while she has trouble settling on one job or lover. Both have their own resentments toward one another. Both children look for closure and wisdom from their bedside chats. Ann, however, has her own regrets. ("You don't know your life from your mistakes," she broods.)

The movie often cuts back to her youth when she was a bridesmaid. Her best friend Lila (Claire Danes) is getting married, but she is miserable. Ann is a devoted friend and will do everything to avert her impending marriage to Carl for the real love of her life, Harris (Patrick Wilson), a former housekeeper's son. She also sings at Lila's wedding. This takes place in the midst of a storybook mansion with a lot of talk about love and relationships, regrets and lack of fulfillment at an early age. Lila's brother Buddy (Hugh Dancy) is like Sebastian of 'Brideshead Revisited,' Brideshead Revisited (25th Anniversary Collector's Edition). Which is an analogy he would completely understand, since while swilling too much alcohol, the would-be writer keeps quoting and swiping lines from famous novels without delivering one of his own. All of the lives seem solidified as plans and actualities assert themselves the way John Lennon wrote, "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." Memory fast forwards to meetings with family and friends, and we see their lives gel years earlier just after the wedding and as the drama comes to an end. An Irish nurse maid, looking like a fairy godmother, dotes on Ann and has her think of a happy time in her life. The results are an insult to an 'Our Town' memory.

'Evening' is a mixed outing. It starts off with self-conscious soap-opera dialogue that speaks of large matters in trivial ways until later when things actually start to happen. The result is that it takes a long time for us to care about the characters and what happens to them until it's almost too late. All the performances are excellent, but beg for better material. It has a lot of girl talk that's been done so much better before. I can only think of mother-daughter conversations in bed in scenes of 'Terms of Endearment' that were so much more effective. And the regrets about Mr. Right were more poignantly presented in one portion of 'Nine Lives' than the composite of this picture. I did go into this film with "great expectations," however. Seeing the likes of Streep, Redgrave, Collette, Close, and Wilson in one movie, I felt disappointed. Much of the development is too sentimental and trivial to merit our attention. Nevertheless, what momentum is initially lost gets better, and Hugh Dancy as Buddy, unexpectedly gives the highlight performance in this beautiful, but often ineffective movie. Thoughtful at times, it left me with a lot of "star-gazing" regrets of my own. (Based on a book by Susan Minot)

Great Actors Make A Great Film.......2007-06-25

Saw a preview of this this past weekend and I was wonderfully surprised. Everyone turns in the type of performance you would expect, and I'll be the first to admit I was looking to be let down by this film, thinking that there was no way the cast could live up to my expectations, and that no director could finagle that much talent on screen. It was a good time, and I recommend seeing it.

Breathtaking views and Breathtaking performances.......2007-06-25

Saw this Saturday night at the Provincetown Film Festival, and it's a stick-to-your-bones movie -- it's really stayed with me. Adapted very smartly from what is probably an excellent novel, it's a back-and-forth-in-time drama with fully rounded characters, thoughtful rumination on life choices, and, I'm not exaggerating. one of the greatest casts ever assembled in 100+ years of movie-making. Wonderful work from everyone, led by a luminous Vanessa Redgrave as a dying, deluded Newport matron, and Claire Danes as her much younger self. Meryl Streep's daughter Mamie Gummer is, like Mama, the real deal; Patrick Wilson looks like Paul Newman circa 1958 and doesn't overplay the charm; and what a pleasure to see such excellent stage actors as Barry Bostwick and Eileen Atkins contributing sharp, detailed cameos. Hugh Dancy, also from the stage, doesn't bring much edge to the somewhat clichéd role of an unhappy rich wastrel, and the family issues are resolved perhaps more neatly than real life would allow. But it's a deliberately paced, visually gorgeous meditation on real life issues, and you can cry at it and not feel like you're being recklessly manipulated. Also, what a sumptuous parade of 1940s/50s automobiles.

Spend An Evening With These Fine Actresses.......2007-06-25

Caught a special screening of the film and I was just blown away by the performances. It's one thing to know that these actresses are in the film but to then see them together on the screen is a joy.

If you're a fan of The Notebook you'll love this film. It's a sweeping romance that takes place against a beautiful backdrop of the New England cliffside. The cinematography takes full advantage of the location.

Claire Danes has come to visit her good friend on her wedding weekend and she gets swept up in a romance with Harris, played by Patrick Wilson. Too bad for Hugh Dancy's character, cause he's got some issues.

This is all happening in flashback as Claire Danes' character, now played by Vanessa Redgrave, recounts the tale to her grown daughters.

The performances are top notch. Meryl Streep shows up later in the film but I don't want to spoil it. I cried at least five times throughout the film and I can't wait to see it again.

Highly recommended!

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One of the best 80's slashers you'll find
Tension Filled "Slasher",Hospital Drama With Some Interesting Turns
time to pull the life support on this trash
The killer lets the victim steal his knife! How embarrassing.
very Enjoyable

Visiting Hours
Starring: Michael Ironside , Lee Grant , Linda Purl , William Shatner , and Lenore Zann
Director: Jean-Claude Lord
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One of the best 80's slashers you'll find.......2006-07-11

Classic 80's horror... if you like films like April Fool's Day, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II and Terror Train, this DVD should be sitting right next to all of them in your entertainment center. There are a few well-crafted scares, the plot is interesting, and the "entertaining" performances by Lee Grant and William Shatner are worth the low sticker price alone.

Tension Filled "Slasher",Hospital Drama With Some Interesting Turns.......2006-06-21

I saw this film last night for the first time in probably twelve years and I must admit I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that it was a definite variation on the usual 1980's "slasher" flick". Within the obvious limitations of the story it actually managed to create a strong element of suspense and while the main characters were all in need of more fleshing out I found that you were able to enjoy them as more than simply fodder for the film's body count which is so often the case in these type of films. "Visiting Hours", a Canadian production from 1981 came out right in the middle of the "slasher flick", boom prevalent after the release of the classic "Halloween", in 1979. What in my mind makes it a stand out from the endless variations of "Halloween", and "Friday the 13th", is that in no way is it a teen flick and it has a surprisingly capable cast for this type of a story. Lee Grant certainly is an unusual choice for the female lead and she does great work within the limitations of her character making her seemingly hard as nails career woman seem at times quite vulnerable thus giving her role a definite human element rather than simply going with the iniatally stereotyped character. The expected thrills and jumps are also present and I found myself often on the edge of my seat in particular in those scenes involving Michael Ironside's memorable character which deserves to be better remembered among the demented killers always present in the slasher genre films during this period.

time to pull the life support on this trash.......2006-05-24

i can't believe that they got money to make this "movie"(i use that term loosly). the plot has more holes than you can count and the worst excuse for a reason to start a killing spree that i have ever seen. not even worth the price of a rental. just long and slow. you have been warned!

The killer lets the victim steal his knife! How embarrassing........2006-05-06

I don't even think this should be considered a slasher film, more of a pitch black comedy about an inept killer who kills a lot of people but never who he's intending to kill. On top of that check out his outfit: a leather tank top accessorized with a fanny pack and a squeezy stress reliever ball. What a toughie.

When he's not wearing the leather tank top (I did mention the leather tank top right?) he's decked out in more costumes than Fletch. A florist, a janitor, an orderly, a hospital patient, a punk and even at one point he's assisting in a surgery! How?! Do they just let anybody in there as long as they're wearing a green uniform?

For a horror movie I'll give it two stars, for the comedy I'll give it two more then for the lack of nudity and blood I'll have to subtract a star. Be sure to watch where the killer falls down...twice! Ha-ha.

very Enjoyable.......2006-05-03

Regardless of the negative reviews this was a pretty good drama/slasher film.It's more of a suspense/thriler/slasher film with fine acting, not a bunch of stupid teenagers being stalked by a make believe killer that never dies and has stupid motives for the killings.It's worth the ten bucks or renting if your into more suspense psycological thrillers than low budget bad acting meaningless gore!!!! Great movie

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Stop..You're Making Me Hungry
Tension from start to finish!
Terrible!
The film gives us the most ruthless and disgusting gangsters the screen has yet seen...
Amazing movie that makes you think

The Desperate Hours
Starring: Humphrey Bogart , Fredric March , Arthur Kennedy , Martha Scott , and Dewey Martin
Director: William Wyler
Manufacturer: Paramount
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Humphrey Bogart is at his villainous best in William Wyler's taut home-invasion thriller, The Desperate Hours. Sharply adapted by John Hayes from his own fact-based novel and Broadway play, this marked a slight departure for Wyler, whose celebrated versatility is on ready display as Bogart--leading a panicky trio of escaped convicts--seizes control of a suburban family in the (dis)comfort of their own home. The domestic terror (similarly dramatized in the 1954 potboiler Suddenly) escalates as cautious patriarch Frederic March waits for an opportunity to retaliate, while the police (led by Arthur Kennedy) close in for an ambush. Viewers may recognize the home's exterior from TV's Leave It to Beaver, while its interior gives Wyler a sealed chamber for nail-biting advances and setbacks--and Bogey was rarely better at portraying ruthless, unpredictable menace. Poorly remade in 1990, The Desperate Hours remains a potent precursor to the many similar films (like Panic Room) that followed its enduring example. --Jeff Shannon

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Stop..You're Making Me Hungry.......2007-06-11

Hammy and cheesey. Very midcentury family values. Home invasion movies were somewhat popular then. Sort of a fantasy of average man rising to the occassion. That's not necessarily a bad thing just a sign of the times. Bogie snarls and March glares and acts indignant. Not a bad movie but only for Bogie fans.

Tension from start to finish! .......2007-04-28

What a pair: Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March face to face as mortal enemies. Good vs. evil. We know who will win but we don't know how. The excellent twists and turns keep us forever surprised. Spencer Tracy originally declined the role opposite Bogart because he refused second billing.

All acting is superb, though a bit of overkill with the 2 hysterical women captors. The child actor is a marvelous spunky character who never rose to deserved fame as did other kid actors.

As one reviewer wrote, What indeed would we do in this same situation, where Bogart & his 2 prison cronies hold a suburban family hostage. Fredric March, with his "clickety-clickety" mind, as Bogey calls it, is constantly trying to outwit the brutal escaped convicts once they escape from their jail like uncaged lions.

This is actually a great family action film where true loyal family values dominate, unlke today, and the starring family actually sits down for meals together and lovingly communicate with one another.

As a point of interest, the story is loosely based on the eponymous novel. The original story was covered in Time Magazine. The family held hostage sued Time - apparently there was never a settlement - but the lawyer representing the family was none other than Richard Nixon, an attorney in private practice between campaigns.

Terrible!.......2007-03-14

Unlike many other reviewers, I found this movie TERRIBLE! If it were newly released today, I think people would laugh at it, as I often did during its playing time.

The story is HIGHLY contrived, and, unless you leave your brains somewhere else, you can't help see the countless illogical occurrences in it. These contrivances make the story increasingly unbelievable--so much so that you can't suspend your belief that this is a movie. It's one plot hole after another--characters being forced to do this and that to obtain a particular effect. And on and on of the same foolishness.

The acting is pure ham--especially bogart, who is a highly overrated actor, who does not act. He just plays himself and presents what he believes the character should sound like. He does not, and cannot, enter deeply into any character he plays (except those who resemble his own life character). In other words, he presents a stereotype or charicature of a character, never really understanding it. His tough guy personna is the same old Humphrey but with a tough-guy tone and accent. It's laughable. Even the lowest level TV actor on the soaps today is far better.

The other actors are just as characaturish--the brave, concerned mom, the tough dad, the cutsy kid, the pretty daughter. Just a perfect household of nice goody-goody people who don't have a flaw in them, supposedly making them worthy of being rooted for. They don't feel their lines but try to act them, as if they were reading from a script. This makes them non-credible, hollow, distant. I felt no relationship with any of these so-called victims and didn't care if the cops saved them or not.

The directing was formulaic to the max, far below today's director standards. The name WYLER doesn't automatically mean good movie direction. There was nothing unique, awesome, or compelling about his style of moving from scene to scene.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS--IT IS HIGHLY OVERRATED. In its time it may have had some pizzaz or sparkle, but by today's standards it's an insult to anyone who uses even the least intelligence to follow the story.

The film gives us the most ruthless and disgusting gangsters the screen has yet seen..........2006-12-26

"The Desperate Hours" is a towering achievement in suspense films... It was cast to perfection, written and directed by a meticulous, serious artist...

Its basic situation - of a family trapped in their home for 36 hours by an utterly ruthless gang - was not new... What was new and immeasurably compelling was the fact that these were not simply "good guys" and "bad guys," but all were real, breathing, vulnerable human beings... They all knew how to hate and to be afraid, and to want to kill and want to love... There were no supermen either... They got hungry, and irritable, and tired, and they showed hesitation and uncertainty as well as pure courage...

It began as an ordinary day for the Hilliard family in their pleasant home in Indianapolis... Eleanor (Martha Scott) gave breakfast to her family and saw them off - husband Dan (Fredric March) to his job in a store, pretty daughter Cindy (Mary Murphy) to her office desk, and ten-year-o1d Ralphie (Richard Eyer) to school...

Turning on the radio, she paid little attention to the news item, about the escape of three desperate criminals from jail: ruthless Glenn Griffin (Humphrey Bogart), his younger brother Hal (Dewey Martin) and the brutish Sam Kobish (Robert Middleton).

These three needed a safe hideout while they awaited the arrival of some expected money and they chose the Hilliard home... They were installed and completely in command when Dan and the two youngsters came home - and there the family was trapped, under the gangsters' order to "make it normal" and with no doubt of the consequences if they did not obey...

As the major tensions mounted - the money did not arrive and the police closed in - there was a fascinating interplay of lesser conflicts:

- The father urgently trying to repress his rage to save his family - until his final gamble...

- The schoolboy unable to believe that the guns and bullets are real - and unable to understand why his adored father is apparently submitting without a fight...

- The wife fighting hysteria in an attempt to live normally in such circumstances...

-The spitfire daughter and her boyfriend (Gig Young), whose impatient courtship almost causes disaster...

- The youngest criminal coming to see in the quiet normality of the lives he has invaded a message of the waste of his own...

- The deputy sheriff (Arthur Kennedy) leading the hunt and knowing he has been marked out for murder...

- The gang leader, played by Humphrey Bogart with an intelligence to match his deadly ruthlessness, with a shrewd instinct for discovering others' weaknesses... and torn when his own younger brother quits, finding himself as much a prisoner in the house as his hostages... Once before, in "The Petrified Forest," Bogart gave us such a man, but that performance was relatively restrained compared to this beast at bay...

Amazing movie that makes you think.......2006-06-07

This movie was amazing and makes you think what would you do if cold blooded killers took over your house and used your family as leverage. Bogart was excellent and the cast was to.

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Chic '69 2-DVD Collection
Starring: Rene Bond; Ric Lutze
Director: Nick Philips
Manufacturer: After Hours Cinema
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Sex in the Seventies: The Times Square Store Front Collection

ASIN: B000JLTURY
Release Date: 2006-10-24

Product Description

CHIC 69 (1971) starring RENE BOND, RIC LUTZE Lenny (a.k.a. Les Chic), a gigolo played by our Mr. Lutze, receives a phone call from Sissy, a buxom bombshell complaining about her boyfriend Link cheating on her with a girl named Sherry. After boinking his brat-faced girlfriend, Lenny heads over to Sissy to comfort her with some lovin . Next stop for Lenny, after driving by Grauman s Chinese: Sissy s place, where he finally meets the other woman. And yep, it s our leading lady, Rene Bond, in one of her earliest performances, indulging in a hardcore scene with Link and demonstrating her celebrated oral technique already well-developed in her early years. DVD DISC 1 - CHIC 69 (1971) Feature Film - RARE Rene Bond Loops featuring a scene from the lost film CITY WOMEN DVD DISC 2 - The Lost Loop Collection featuring never-before-seen 8mm loops from the 70s - BOOKLET featuring rare Rene Bond photos and Historical Liner notes - After Hours Retro TRAILER VAULT

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Brings back Memories

42nd Street Pete's 8mm Madness
Director: 42nd Street Pete
Manufacturer: After Hours Retro
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ASIN: B000F5ZHBW
Release Date: 2006-04-04

Description

42nd Street Pete's 8mm MADNESS!

Rare and Unusual 8mm Loops from the Sick, Sick 70s!

8mm loops were the sexual underground. They were sold under the counter in adult bookstores or by shady peddlers and selling or possessing them was a crime back in the day. The loops usually came in white boxes: b&w was one price, color was a higher price. A film like this could cost $20 to $100 per loop...and that's `60s and `70s money! And you never knew what you were getting. Later the loops would be labeled with names like "Pretty Girls," "Golden Girls," etc. Most of these loops had no titles as after repeated playing the film would get worn and simply break off: they would just start with "saucy material" or get down to it after a minute or so of plot. Common plots were doctor/patient, boss/secretary, hitchhikers being picked up, etc., with darker plots showcasing S&M and other twisted stuff.

42nd Street has hand-picked 20 loops out of the 42P archives. This first installment is all color and has something for everyone. Call it a great mixed bag, and a salute as well, to that 42nd Street mainstay, Blackjack Books - a place that retained that old Times Square squalor right up until it was closed.

2-DVD COLLECTION INCLUDES OVER 20 HISTORIC, AUTHENTIC 8mm FILM LOOPS FROM THE SICK SEVENTIES!

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Brings back Memories.......2007-04-10

A week before viewing the DVD, I was telling the younger guys at work how lucky they are, to have DVD's and VHS's and Cable. It brings back memories of feeding the projector, and hoping the film did'nt break and hanging up a white bedsheet if you did't have a screen.. I have to share this with a fellow "ART" Lover, before he retires in June.

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