The Evening Star

Starring:Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Ben Johnson, Scott Wolf, George Newbern, Marion Ross, Mackenzie Astin, Donald Moffat, Jennifer Grant (II), China Kantner, Jack Nicholson, Shawn Taylor Thompson, Jake Langerud, Sharon Bunn, Clement von Franckenstein, Antonia Bogdanovich, Jimmie Lee Balthazar, Melinda Renna
Director: Robert Harling
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

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Picking up the story thread left by 1983's Terms of Endearment, this overwrought sequel is made palatable by Shirley MacLaine's charismatic performance, which in turn is nearly equaled by Marion Ross's role as her housekeeper. An unexpected surprise, Ross obviously was never allowed to display her range as Mrs. Cunningham on Happy Days. Returning as the vibrant Aurora Greenway, MacLaine far outshines the thin material involving the tangled and unhappy lives of her three grandchildren. The plot picks up 13 years after the death of Greenway's daughter (played by Debra Winger in the original). One of the kids is in jail; one is living in poverty. Her granddaughter, played with prickly rebelliousness by Juliette Lewis, is heading for all sorts of trouble. The plot, told in disconnected and maudlin episodic segments, often borders on the absurd. The characters screech and weep, one of them dies, then we watch others screech and weep some more. So why bother? Because it is occasionally quite witty, and MacLaine indeed shines as brightly as the evening star to which she is compared. Both movies were based on novels by Larry McMurtry. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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The Appalachians
Starring: Johnny Cash; Rosanne Cash; Marty Stuart; Ricky Skaggs; Little Jimmie Dickens
Director: Mari-Lynn Evans; Phylis Geller
Manufacturer: Evening Star Productions
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000AMW0WY
Release Date: 2005-04-01

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The Appalachians tells the story of the people and the land of Appalachia. The film uses interviews with ordinary people, scholars, and musicians like Loretta Lynn, Marty Stuart, Rosanne Cash, Johnny Cash and others. This 3 disc DVD or VHS also contains excerpts from a never before seen interview with Johnny Cash (July 2003). The film's original soundtrack makes this truly special.

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Cody! - An Evening With Buffalo Bill
Starring: Cody! An Evening With Buffalo Bill
Manufacturer: White Star
ProductGroup: DVD
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West was seen by millions of people world wide. He became a legendary figure through dime novels and, in the process, lost his true identity as William F. Cody, a man who received many reports of his bravery and daring while serving with the U.S. Army and was a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. A controversial figure and often called a charlatan and a braggart, Cody was a businessman with both courage and faults who contributed most of his personal fortune to develop the West. This is the man commemorated in this one-man show. When Cody (portrayed by Col. Peter Sherayko) enters the room, the audience is swept back into another time. Surrounded by artifacts from his life - firearms, knives, a buffalo head and Indian artifacts, to name a few - Cody relives the most important moments in his life. He shares his experiences hunting buffalo, as Army scout and entertainer with us. We meet his friends and associates through his eyes- Yellow Hand, Texas Jack, Wild Bill Hickok, Sitting Bull, Ned Buntline, his beloved wife Lulu and son Kit Carson Cody. Sherayko presents more than the myth of Buffalo Bill. He brings to life the soul of the man who was devoted to his audience, his honor and his country. He brings you..."Cody! An Evening with Buffalo Bill."

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