Nixon - Collector's Edition

Starring:Joan Allen, Brian Bedford, Powers Boothe, Tom Bower, Kevin Dunn, Fyvush Finkel, Annabeth Gish, Tony Goldwyn, Larry Hagman, Ed Harris, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, David Hyde Pierce, E.G. Marshall, David Paymer, Paul Sorvino, Mary Steenburgen, J.T. Walsh, James Woods
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Product Type: DVD

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Great condition, includes both original DVDs, case, and paperwork, fast shipped, ask me for my DVD List to combine shipping! :)

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Oliver Stone's controversial drama about the Nixon years in the White House stars Anthony Hopkins in a genuinely great performance as the scandal-plagued president. The film attempts to wed suggestions of Nixon's formative experiences as a boy to his political connections with shady movers and shakers and finally to his self-destructive tenure in the Oval Office. The Watergate scandal is revisited rather impressionistically--it may be hard for viewers who weren't alive then to get a sense of what the crisis was about. The parade of stars playing figures in Nixon's orbit--J.T. Walsh as John Ehrlichman, James Woods as Bob Haldeman, David Hyde Pierce as John Dean, etc.--is fun if a tad distracting. Joan Allen got a well-deserved Oscar nomination as First Lady Pat Nixon, and Hopkins got one as well. --Tom Keogh

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Tricky Dick meets Tricky Oliver.......2007-05-04

I like this movie. Nixon did some good things like ending the draft the clean air and water act. This movie mostly shows Nixons bad side Anthony Hopkins does a good job one highlight is when Nixon goes to the lincolin memorial and talks to antiwar proteters. Some of Oliver Stones insinuations are not believable i doubt Nixon met with JFK conspiriitors. Nixon for all its faults has good cinematography and is likley the best Nixon movie well ever see.

great film, horrific dvd.......2007-04-07

This is a review of the 2-disc edition of the film. The extra 28 mins of
footage in Nixon has been mainly culled from the deleted scenes.
These scenes are shown in the extras and are of good quality.

What do the characters who produced this dvd do? They simply tagged
on these scenes where they belong in the theatrical version of
the film, but the quality of this extra tagged footage makes the
Zapruder film of Kennedy's assassination look like a fully remastered
digital film.

One wonders if Oliver Stone knows what they've done?

The film on disc 1 alternates between clear image quality to VHS like
images when the extra footage comes on. This is not only shocking
in the 21st century with the right technology available ("Zoolander' has
better overall image quality than this film on this dvd), but the film
isn't even in an anamorphic transfer.

It's unethical for the studios to sell such products because
it really is a way of cheating the public. Hope there will be
no plausible deniability and stonewalling here by them: don't buy this.

Send the message to the studios that they should get their act
together and release a proper cleaned up digitally remastered
full version of the film, in an anamorphic transfer.

Otherwise they should be impeached.

What?! Not Anamorphic?!.......2007-04-04

I was ready to order this great movie based on that it's supoosed to be a "Collectors Edition"; fortunately I happened to catch the comment from AP DUPIN from France (these are the really useful comments, Thanks AP!) that the transfer for this version is not anamorphic. Are you kidding? It's the 21st century, widescreen TV's are here! Non-anamorphic DVDs should be clearly marked as NON ANAMORPHIC. At this stage of DVD development, Widescreen Version should imply "Enhanced for 16X9 TVs", unfortunately it doesn't, so widescreen owners should make sure of what they're getting before buying. I just wish that people would include more comments about the quality and characteristics of the DVD itself along with the "artistic" review. In the meantime, I'm passing on this "Collector's Edition"(?) until someone lightens up and gives this movie the DVD treatment it deserves. The movie: 5 Stars; this DVD version: 1 Star

A fascinating and well-structured portrayal.......2007-01-21

American history has seen both its high and low moments,and one of the lowest moments in history has proven itself to be,by far,the Watergate scandal. A scandal that lessened people's respect of Richard Nixon and continues to fascinate history fanatics to this day,one would hope to see more information made about the scandal--something that director Oliver Stone pulls of well with this film.

What you have here is pretty much a detailed biography and memoir of not only the Watergate scandal,but also of the life of Richard Nixon. You receive full and interesting detail about Richard Nixon's childhood out in Southern California and how both the good and bad parts of Nixon's childhood shaped Nixon as both a person and a President. Also,alongside a well-constructive (as well as accurate view)of Nixon's loss in the 1960 Presidential election to John F. Kennedy and his loss of the 1962 California Gubernatorial election to Edmund Brown,and what caused both defeats for Nixon and how the defeats,in a way,made a negative effect on Nixon's life (good and interesting detail are given throughout these scenes,and do a good job at showing what really happened in both campaigns without a theory,something that Oliver Stone used for the John F. Kennedy assasination in the movie "JFK"). However,the real scene stealers for the Nixon biography in this film are the scenes with Anthony Hopkins and Joan Allen,with Hopkins as Richard Nixon and Allen as Patricia Nixon. If you go into this movie knowing anything about the life of Richard Nixon,you will notice that these scenes are not only accurate in how the relationship of Mr. and Mrs. Nixon is shown here and what it was that lead to the low parts of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Nixon. But,what really brings the movie to life in these scenes are Anthony Hopkins and Joan Allen. Here,Hopkins and Allen use their dramatic talents as actors in a richly executed manner that represents both Mr. and Mrs. Nixon very well. Hopkins looking and sounding like Mr. Nixon and pretty much the same thing going with Allen for Mrs. Nixon,alongside how Hopkins brings emotion into his character of Nixon when the script calls for Nixon going into how important his political career is and not wanting to give it up (something that most Nixon biographies claim about Nixon)and Allen bringing emotion into her portrayal as Mrs. Nixon by making her husband aware of how much she had sacrificed for him to have a good and successful political career (something that Mrs. Nixon did talk about openly in public from her rise to fame and before she stopped making public appearances). These scenes are resourceful by not only including important details in the life of Richard Nixon for this movie,but also in showing who Mr. and Mrs. Nixon really were and answering questions to the people who have wondered what happened to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Nixon during the most crucial parts in Mr. Nixon's life through politics (his years as Vice President and President,his run for the Presidency in 1960 and Governor of California in 1962,as well as the discovery that Nixon had been involved in the Watergate scandal).

Oliver Stone also does a really strong job at covering the entire Presidency of Richard Nixon. Here,with these scenes,you are given an honest and straightforward (not too confusing either;something that is unusual for an Oliver Stone picture)description of the Nixon
administration. It is nice to see how and when Richard Nixon ended the Vietnam War and how Nixon gave America a good foreign affairs policy,which was carried by Nixon's Chinia visit and held well by this film's detail and description of the visit that Nixon made to China (glad to see that those two important and successful parts of the Nixon administration were included here,considering the fact that most people do not remember Richard Nixon for his accomplishments as President,and that it was Watergate that ruined Nixon's Presidency and hurt Nixon's reputation as both a President and as a person). The Watergate burglary is depicted with several scenes and footage being used in this movie and showing the events in order,allowing the viewers of this film who want a good understanding of Watergate a good understanding of not only the scandal itself,but also all of the suspicious activities that came from the Nixon White House before it was discovered that Nixon had been involved in the scandal,the information that had been given to Nixon about his future because of his role in the scandal and the scandal itself which both resulted in Nixon's decision to resign,and a very intense,dramtic,and brilliant showing of what Nixon was like because of the scandal and his regrettal for being involved with it,before the movie ends with good "shortly after" information and a good tribute to Richard Nixon himself,as well.

If you are a history buff fascinated with the Watergate scandal and have always wanted to know the full detail on it,"Nixon" is the place to be. This film does a good job at being a straightforward,honest,and great film with not only all of the information anyone who watches this film would want to know about both Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal,but is also lead by talented and experienced direction,along with superb acting and a good cast of supporting actors acting alongside Anthony Hopkins and Joan Allen (Ed Harris,David Hyde Piece,Mary Steenburgen,plus several others),make "Nixon" highly informal and entertaining,one of the best history based films to be made,and,of course,a must see film.

Nixon.......2006-11-10

Having lived through the Checkers speech, the 1960 election, the Viet Nam War and Watergate, this movie is more real than my own life.

Scourge of Worlds (Special Collector's Edition)

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Scourge of Worlds (Special Collector's Edition)
Starring: Dan Hay , Lester Rosenthal , Anna Deas , Caroline Lesley , and Jack Brown
Director: Dan Krech
Manufacturer: Rhino Theatrical
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ASIN: B0007CNXWS
Release Date: 2005-02-15

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Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons and Dragons Adventure is not a film sequel to Dungeons and Dragons (2000), but the DVD equivalent of an interactive role-playing novel. There are over 900 short digitally animated sequences, leading every so often to a choice to be made with the remote control, resulting after about 90 minutes in one of four possible endings. Just as the original D&D was inspired by The Lord of the Rings, the scenarios here are Tolkien rehashed: a newly arisen darkness is seeking an ancient ultimate weapon, against which stand a human warrior, Regdar; a halfling, Lidda; and an elven wizard, Mialee. The CGI is closer to Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles than the pseudo-realism of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, the electronic score is tiresome and the contemporary voice acting, using such expressions as "heads up" and "…or something," is laughable.

What of the interactive element? Essentially it offers two equally uninteresting paths at the end of every major scene--uninteresting because it's impossible to care what happens to the marionette-like stereotypes no matter what they do. While the adventure does offer plenty of well-choreographed cartoon-style action, interacting with Scourge of Worlds is ultimately about as much fun as watching someone else play a computer game--and that's just the first time through. --Gary S. Dalkin

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In this special collector's edition, you will be presented with a seris of dilemmas and must decide the best course of action. But beware, for each path is fraught with angels and wraiths, druids and guardians, demonic beholders and bloodthirsty orcs. Now with 6 endings and 1100 possible story paths, this is the DVD experience Dungeons and Dragons fans have been waiting for!

The Sound of Music (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

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The Sound of Music (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: Julie Andrews , Christopher Plummer , Richard Haydn , Peggy Wood , and Anna Lee
Director: Robert Wise
Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
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Release Date: 2003-10-14

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Some people may sneer at this 1965 musical, but the truth is the film has earned its status as a perennially watchable romantic-drama, largely on the strength of a fun story and chemistry between stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Veteran filmmaker Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood Still) mostly stays out of the way of the film's appealing elements, which include a based-on-fact tale of Austria's von Trapp family, who fled their Nazi-occupied country in 1938. Andrews is delightful and even fascinating as Maria, who sheds her tomboyish ways as a novice nun to accept the mantle of adulthood, becoming matron of the motherless von Trapp clan. Plummer is matinee-idol handsome and gives a smart performance to boot, and the cast of young people and kids who make up the singing von Trapp children make a strong impression. Based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical, the score includes such winners as "Maria" and the future John Coltrane hit "My Favorite Things." --Tom Keogh

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