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Starring:Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal, Selma Blair, John C. McGinley, Jeremy Piven, Arden Myrin, Kimberley Kates, Mark Rolston, Jarret Thomas, Stephen Shellen, Matthew Davis (II), Madeline Parquette, George Spielvogel III, M.C. Gainey, Sean Dalgarn, Captain Mauzner, Conrad Goode, David J. Guppy, Sean Everett, Krisha Fairchild
Director: James Cox
Studio: New Line Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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It was good movie
Vaniishing Point dvd
Tarantino was right!
VANISHING POINT/ BARRY NEWMAN
Awesome

Vanishing Point
Starring: Barry Newman , Cleavon Little , Dean Jagger , Victoria Medlin , and Paul Koslo
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
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ASIN: B00013RC8O
Release Date: 2004-02-03

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Art film and road movie collide for Vanishing Point, an existential car chase across the desert in a post Easy Rider America. Barry Newman stars as Kowalski, a taciturn driver who bets that he can drive a new Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours. He loads up on amphetamines and begins his odyssey through the contemporary west while a funky black DJ (Cleavon Little) turns the driver into a folk hero and broadcasts advice on dodging the cops. It's like a counterculture precursor to Smokey and the Bandit, with the road as the last bastion of freedom and the DJ as a combination commentator and mystical guide. The slim plot offers a network of society drop-outs that aid the "last free Man on Earth" (as the DJ describes him) on his obscure but obviously symbolic quest while flashbacks paint Kowalski as a world-weary hero. It doesn't really make much sense, but the amazing car chases and excellent stunt work are stunningly set against the American west, beautifully captured by cinematographer John A. Alonzo. Vanishing Point is most assuredly a product of its time, the heady, anything-goes era of rebellion in the early 1970s. --Sean Axmaker

Description

Thrills, spills and a handful of pills. It all adds up to one of the most spectacular car chases in motion picture history! Barry Newman stars as Kowalski, the last American hero, who set out to prove that he can drive from Denver to San Francisco in just fifteen hours. Along the way, he meets an old prospector (Dean Jagger), a snake worshipper, a nude woman on a motorcycle, and a blind D.J. (Cleavon Little) who "sees" danger ahead in this super-charged, action-packed adventure!

Customer Reviews:

It was good movie.......2007-06-13

I bought it cause they were talking about it in the recent Grind House movie that came out in spring of 2007.

Vaniishing Point dvd.......2007-06-01

At gas being 3.00 a gallon,rather then go store to store looking for this title.I thought Amazon was faster annd a good price for this item.I went where and product was promtly delivered to my door!!Amazon is great for finding title like thes an others for a good and fair price!!

Tarantino was right!.......2007-05-15

This movie was mentioned in Grindhouse, so I bought it to check it out. There's some killer car chases! A little cheesy in parts, but the action satisfies!

VANISHING POINT/ BARRY NEWMAN.......2007-05-13

OF THE TWO VANISHING POINT MOVIES PRODUCED THE ORIGNIAL WITH BARRY NEWMAN STILL HOLDS TOP HONORS WITH ME. THE CAR THE ACTORS AND THE SCENERY. THE HONESTY ABOUT THE PERIOD ie. RACIAL TENSIONS, DRUGS, HIPPIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT MADE PERFECT SENCE. TO BAD THEY HAD TO DESTROY THAT BEAUTIFUL 70 CHALLENGER, THERE SO RARE NOWADAYS.

Awesome.......2007-05-13

I was only 7 yrs old when I first saw this movie. I never forgot it. It is awesome.

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Not quite funny, entertaining, or clever enough
Wishy Washy
FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY!
super troopers dvd
Am I saying "meow"?

Super Troopers
Starring: Christian Albrizio , Aria Alpert , Geoffrey Arend , Marisa Coughlan , and Brian Cox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B00005JKMN
Release Date: 2002-08-06

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Captain O'Hagen (Brian Cox) tries in vain to control the imaginations and hormones of his bumbling team of five Vermont Highway Patrolmen. But when the opportunity to solve a real crime rolls their way, the formerly inept Super Troopers pounce into action to become highway heroes.

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Starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, Brian Lox, Daniel Von Bergen, Marisa Coughlan

Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar

Running time: 103 minutes

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Not quite funny, entertaining, or clever enough.......2007-06-05

Besides the opening and ending scenes, this movie is full of mediocre one-liners and wacky antics that just aren't funny enough to warrant an hour and a half of your life. That, along with the meaningless story line, leaves very little to redeem this movie. Don't waste your time unless this is your flavor of humor.

Wishy Washy .......2007-05-28

I rated this as "wishy washy" because I would never recommend this movie to someone who I didn't know had an affinity for gratuitous humor. However, I would definitely show the first fifteen minutes to anyone who enjoys spoof hilarity. The first fifteen are probably the most hilarious I have ever viewed. Even my husband, who might be considered more prudish than myself, enjoyed the initial part of this movie. It is too bad they couldn't keep it up. Instead they filled the movie with such humor to be had in a bad Adam Sandler film or Reno 911.

FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY!.......2007-05-14

I'm sorry......but I'm into REALLY funny movies, and this one takes the cake! There's more catch phrases and one-liners to use out of this movie than any other one I've ever watched. Its a GOTTA HAVE.

super troopers dvd.......2007-05-13

This is a great movie, but you might like to mention in future sales of dvd's that if it comes from the USA, it's unlikely to play on dvd players in other countries because of zoning restrictions on US dvds.
However, it will play on pcs and laptops, so all is not lost.

Am I saying "meow"?.......2007-04-17

One of the funniest and most quotable movies ever made. No exaggeration. If you like inappropriate humor, clever banter, and the F word, you'll love this movie. I will be embarassing my future grandchildren many decades from now by watching this movie as frequently as possible. It's that good.

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A Hundred Times Better Than The Original
Not a hitcher to pick up
How bad is it?
Intense Thriller
Better than I thought it would be

The Hitcher (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Sean Bean , Sophia Bush , Zachary Knighton , Neal McDonough , and Kyle Davis (II)
Director: Dave Meyers
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ASIN: B000NO3DLG
Release Date: 2007-05-01

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20 years is a long time in the lifeline of movie plot-arc necessities. It's also a pretty big generational stretch in the lives of audience demographics, which may be part of the reason the producers of this remake of the 1986 cult horror classic felt the need to update the original spare mano-a-mano backbone into a girl-and-mano-a-mano. The Twilight Zone-ish setup is still a pretty neat idea: regular guy on a lonely highway picks up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a psychopathic killer with some very unsettling supernatural might. Fans of the original could hardly hope for a demon villain with such creepy charisma as Rutger Hauer. But Sean Bean makes a respectable replacement, with his understated stare and stewing rage that brings a new brand of hair-raising devilry to the role of hitcher John Ryder. The lone "good guy" originated by a boyish C. Thomas Howell has been upgraded to a lovesick couple. In a twisty touch, Jim (Zachary Knighton, sorta unknown) and Grace (Sophia Bush, of One Tree Hill fame) trade gender roles, with Jim turning wimpy and feminine and Grace becoming a shotgun-toting testoster-ette. The body count's a little higher and the gore factor increased by the power of 20 (years), but some of the original film's set pieces remain much the same-- body-snapping case in point being an 18-wheeler being put to use as a old-fashioned torture rack. While the original might have placed a bit more emphasis on the philosophical and existential elements of evil passing from soul to soul, it wasn't exactly an intellectual thrill ride. Likewise, 2007's The Hitcher is no art film, and it can't be faulted for choosing fright and might for audiences that are always looking for bigger and more elaborate splats for their horror entertainment buck. And if you stick out your thumb for this one, expect plenty of splat. --Ted Fry

Description

A road trip takes a deadly turn in this terrifying thriller about a young couple (Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton) tormented by a psychotic hitchhiker (Sean Bean) who forces them to face their fears head-on. The open road becomes a battleground of blood and metal in the race to reveal the chilling truth about this relentless killer. No one knows who he is, what he's after, or how to stop this "truly twisted villain"*. Watch the madness unfold with intense edge-of-your-seat chase sequences drive this sinister film to a deadly ending you won't soon forget!

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A Hundred Times Better Than The Original.......2007-06-28

I saw the original years ago.
I wasn't impressed with it then,
sure Rutger Hauer was creepy,
but you could see him being crazy a thousand miles away, so it didn't catch you off-guard.
Naturally,
when the remake released I was apprehensive about picking it up.
I mean why remake a movie that wasn't that good to begin with.
The answer; to make it a hundred times better.
The much needed injection of action
puts the proverbial petal to the metal.
This flicks got more thrills, action, and blood than the original;
It's superior to it in every way.
Once the movie starts,(and it wastes no time doing that),
it doesn't let up until the credits roll.
This is the flick the term "Thrill ride" was invented for.
Character development, plot, purpose, and the law of physics
are tossed to the wind, in exchange for good fun ride.
(Half the time I was like "No Way!" & "This guy is unstoppable")
He is an enigma alright, and he will hunt you down, regardless.

Thrill after non-stop thrill,
will not only put you on the edge of you seat,
but will make you fall flat on your face,
so enjoy the ride to the carpet.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Keep your eyes on the road, and break for no one.

Not a hitcher to pick up.......2007-06-26

once upon a time not so long ago, Hollywood execs gave the thumbs up to remake the classic mo vie Psycho. Since then, every classic horror movie has been fair game for new producers, directors and writers to have their way with. And thats where the pointless remake of The Hitcher comes in. As has been mentioned by countless other reviewers, Sean Bean in the place of Rutger Hauer is a noted loss, however the real issue with the remake is the changed storyline which is more of a blending of the original Hitcher and its direct to DVD sequel than anything new. The problem is that by making it a duo of good against a single evil, the tension is all but gone. The effects are very good, the chase is ok, but all in all even if you stop comparing the film to the original, the remake comes up one dimensionally flat. If you want a proper modern take on the premise of The Hitcher, see Highwaymen with Jim Caviezel. The story is compelling, the characters interesting and the whole thing comes off far better than even the few best elements of the Hitcher remake.

How bad is it?.......2007-06-23

Pretty bad. The original was a great film. This one was so stupid. An example is when the two kids instead of explaining who the real killer is they decide to steal a cop car and drive off. The Born Again Christian family who gets knifed to death is an interesting add in. Not sure what the Hollywood director was trying to do there. All in all save your money.

Intense Thriller.......2007-06-23

This is one of the better thriller movies I have seen. The mix of suspense and violence is just right and will keep you watching until the end.

Better than I thought it would be.......2007-06-19

THE HITCHER is actually a pretty good remake, and a pretty good thriller. I think we all know the premise: a young couple meets a hitchiker who ends up being a murderer. It's more than that though.. you get to care about the characeters, and you get to know them.
The two stand outs are clearly SEAN BEAN and SOPHIA BUSH. They both do a wonderful job. Sean Bean is just creepy as hell in this.. he will really scare the hell outta you. Sophia Bush shows that she can do more than One Tree Hill and teen drama's.. she is a good actress in this.
Have fun with the movie. Don't expect a masterpiece, but it certainly is good. Don't write it off because you don't like remakes.

-Kelly <3

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Duel
Less is more - let's have more like this please Steven!
Ultimate proof that Spielberg was born to make movies
Duel -Suspense drama
road rage

Duel (Collector's Edition)
Starring: Dennis Weaver , Eddie Firestone , Gene Dynarski , Tim Herbert , and Charles Seel
Director: Steven Spielberg
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ASIN: B000063UR5
Release Date: 2004-08-17

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This is the TV movie that put Steven Spielberg on the map, shortly before he made The Sugarland Express. Working from a script by Richard Matheson, the film stars Dennis Weaver as a mild-mannered traveling salesman who unintentionally angers the driver of a semi truck. Suddenly, the truck is not only riding his tail but trying to run him off the road. No matter what he does (pulling over, stopping at a diner, calling the cops), he can't get rid of it. Spielberg makes the wise decision of never showing the driver, even as he cranks the voltage on the film's suspense elements. As a result, the truck itself takes on an air of satanic menace--even a personality of sorts--as it seems to hunt its human prey. Spielberg made a lot out of a little, suggesting just how skilled a storyteller he would become. --Marshall Fine

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Duel.......2007-07-03

Spielberg's first full length film was for television, but never mind-it's still a grabber. Absent his later big Hollywood budgets, the director's special knack for building tension is still evident, resulting in a spare, ingenious thriller. Weaver is excellent as the rattled David. For God's sake, Dave- stay off the road!

Less is more - let's have more like this please Steven!.......2007-06-22

So here's an irony: Thirty-five years on, the movie audience which Spielberg's later work helped to capture - multiplex consumers of overblown CGI, gross-out, slapstick, and ever-greater explosions - may not "get" this one at all (e.g. see some of its other reviewers here). For anybody else - and this is most certainly not "art-house" either, don't be put off - here's an astounding, must-see thriller. OK, so it's a wannabe western, or Hitchcock (or Beowulf, or Alien, or High Noon) on wheels: None of that detracts from its great premise, which is delivered utterly without frills.

So many reasons to see this:

Spielberg is SO good at doing minimal (seriously, Steve, about time to get back to some of that?): Pared-down music, only natural-sound detail; no human baddie, just a perfectly cast truck as the anthropomorphised "killer". Even the shattering finale is captured on ordinary live film, albeit in one of the most awe-inspiring shots ever taken.

Great raw material: OK, so of course the script dates just a bit, with what dialogue there is sounding TV-ish and a wee bit cheesy to the modern ear; and kids now seeing this film might snigger at the personal styling details and plot's obvious reliance on predating mobile phones; but hey... We're right there for Mann (Dennis Weaver) from the very start, as it's vital that we have to be, because his story is so discreetly and elegantly constructed.

And as a piece of performance: Not just by Weaver, who's entirely credible as the put-upon everyman reluctantly forced to find his inner warrior. The film works because it sustains a gut-wrenching kinetic energy that few others ever reach (woeful comparison with, for example, the new Pirates III, which for all its frantic rushing about, quite fails to draw its audience into the action). DUEL is all the more impressive because the whole movie is shot "for real" - perhaps partly because the frantic pace of its actual production (see below) seems to rub off onto the screen. That it works at all is largely because it's propelled by uncannily perfect pacing of the long road sequences, which (as Spielberg acknowledges) only happens when you perfectly combine the ingredients: obsessive planning of sequences; unobtrusively brilliant stunt driving; then-new moving camera techniques (including a contribution from Bullitt's road unit); and laser-sharp editing. That's not to overlook the out-of-car scenes, which have a gloriously welcome fingernails-down-the-blackboard inner screech of Hitchcockian suspense - best of all in the diner scene ("which one is him?"), complete with some hilariously dark 'red herring' moments; the snake farm; and the old couple who (with pitch-perfect Buchan / Hitchock irony) mistake Mann for an attacker.

Visuals: It's clear from the first frame that, as Fats Waller put it, "the gods are in the house". Details are pin-sharp, not just as to focal clarity, but in their layering up the metaphorical landscape of the story, with every single shot both perfectly framed and constantly informing character and/or building pace; and that's a lot of shots, often complex and kinetic ones. And all set in a serenely beautiful landscape, mocking the petty anxieties and feuds of the men and machines scuttling across it. All the more surprising therefore to find in the bonus material that DUEL was made in less than a month: just 13 days' shooting, including the 3 days of (ultimately unused) "spare plate" shots insisted on by the studio.

This DVD edition is deeply satisfying both for the transfer quality of the movie itself and for a joyous Spielberg interview. Refreshingly modest and candid, the director reveals his debt to a quick-witted PA, to his production team and actors, and how great achievement springs from being young and hungry. It's amusing by-the-by to see Spielberg look back on this period of coming to terms with the public impact of his own virtuosity, coming to realise how a seemingly minor movie shot in 13 days can outgrow its origins to signal his big breakthrough. (Among all the fascinating stuff about how to get a 50-mph lorry to go at 100 mph, he also, touchingly, points out a couple of minor rookie mistakes you might not otherwise have noticed.) Musing on the cultural impact that his astonishing debut piece had, stumbling upon a global audience, he notes that what started as simply a domestic "TV ratings Titanic" became, internationally, a bigger but quite different phenomenon: "Here I was making a roadkill tribute to High Noon and Hitchcock, then the Europeans were reading in all this esoteric abstract symbolism about class warfare in America". It also, so he says, earned him the instant and lasting respect of Fellini (cue archive photo to prove this!).

Hey look, this film is basically an hour of a geeky guy in a little red car being chased up and down the mountain by one helluva scary truck. You can find much more if you want to look for it - Dostoevsky stuff about man and machines, or the 20th century post-feminist crisis of male identity, or the jurisprudential question of whether we need to be able to attribute a motive to evildoing, etc - but, for me, what nails the simple greatness of this piece is that WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS in the end. On that level alone, it won't disappoint.

Ultimate proof that Spielberg was born to make movies.......2007-06-10

Spielberg's DUEL is one of the best Hitchcock movies that Hitchcock did not actually make. And the best thing about it is that Spielberg doesn't overindulge in that massive pile-up of Hitchcock references that Brian DePalma employs - often to the point of parody. A great movie, affordably priced on DVD, and a wonderful warm-up for JAWS. Just when you thought it was safe to drive on the highway. . .

Duel -Suspense drama.......2007-05-15

I was 14 yrs old in 1971, when this movie showed on TV. And when I brought my 1st DVD player I search Amazon to see if they had the "Duel" (the 1st movie Director Steven Spielberg created. Amazon had this movie-I couldnt believe!! Its a movie about road rage! which weird in itself-since thats what is happening now! in 2007(yr). its about a 18 big rig wheeler truck thats, for some really strange reason, trys to kill this man that driving along the california interstate (to see a business client) 200 miles away from his home. Its suspense-bcause you never see whose trying the 18 big rig wheeler truck!!!

road rage.......2007-05-13

Very pleased with the movie and the timely manner in which we received it Thank you

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A Double Life
Do Yourself a Favor...
A rare miss for Lynch.
Good film, bad dvd
I Guess The Joke's On Us.

Lost Highway [IMPORT]
Starring: Patricia Arquette , Robert Blake , Gary Busey , Lucy Butler , and Scott Coffey
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ASIN: B000060MWU
Release Date: 2003-04-08

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A Double Life.......2007-05-01

In David Lynch's 1997 cult film, Jazz musician Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) lives in a swank Los Angeles house with his wife Renee (Patricia Arquette, in a prankishly awful brown Betty Page wig), whom he suspects of adultery; they receive mysterious videotapes that seem to have been taken in their house while they both sleep. At a Hollywood party, Fred encounters a mysterious stranger (Robert Blake, in the film's most memorable bit), a nightmarish joker character without eyebrows who uncannily seems to be able to be two places at once. Before he knows it, Fred is under arrest for the gruesome murder and dismemberment of Renee; in prison, he seems to undergo a metamorphosis and become a whole new character, Pete Dayton, a handsome younger mechanic (Balthazar Getty). Dayton becomes involved with Alice, the girlfriend (again played by Arquette, now a blonde) of his best customer, a gangsterish figure named Mr. Eddy (Robert Loggia); Alice tries to escape with Pete from Mr. Eddy's clutches, and then things get really wild.

In retrospect, LOST HIGHWAY film seems now mostly to pave the way for his superb 2001 MULHOLLAND DR., covering many of the same obsessions (the dark dreamy tone, the split narratives, a divided main character, the Los Angeles wasteland) but without the later film's very welcome moments of comic relief or its charismatic and complex central performance by Naomi Watts (in her famous star-making performance). Although Bill Pullman is quite fine at conveying torment, he is less adept at suggesting inner depths or self-division. And its quite puzzling to see why Lynch cast Arquette for any reason (other than for her physical similarity as Alice to Jayne Mansfield). Both Getty and Robert Blake are much more memorable, but they're in smaller roles and can't hold the films together by themselves. The film has some superbly unsettling visual moments (the empty vortexes of Pullman's hallways, a dream vision repeated twice of a desert cabin exploding in flames in reverse), and the film creepily evokes some of the most infamous deaths in Hollywood history, such as the murder of the Black Dahlia (suggested by the bisection of Renee and her dark 40s wig) and the car accident that killed Jayne Mansfield (evoked by the death of the character of Sammy, and by Arquette's appearance as Alice). Even so, MULHOLLAND DR. shows how much stronger a film Lynch might have made, with all the same narrative enigmas but a much stronger emotional connection.

Do Yourself a Favor..........2007-04-21

Some words of wisdom from Special Agent Dale Cooper "I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present..."

Purchase a region free DVD player or find an unlock code for your player (google "DVD unlock code") and purchase the Lost Highway 2 disc special edition from Amazon.co.uk. Remastered, 5.1 DTS surround, anamorphic 2.35:1...my 1 star rating is only based on the quality of the Canadian import. I give the UK import a solid 5 stars.

A rare miss for Lynch........2007-04-17

I love David Lynch. To be honest, he could properly poop in a DVD case and I'd give it 4 stars. This movie, however, is terrible. There's no tangent plot, no likeable characters, no nothing. The first viewing of this ended with me and a friend concluding, "I'd like to watch the rest of the movie, but I don't care." The 2nd viewing felt like a marathon in self-control and patience. This is an awful movie.

Good film, bad dvd.......2007-03-21

This movie is excellent if you are into david lynch or any other movies that make you think. Instead of the director telling you exactly what's happening, he has you experience it from the main characters point of view. The reason i gave this movie 3 stars was only because of the quality of this dvd. I would have given it a 1 star if it wasn't for the actual movie. Get the 2 disc version from amazon uk. It's a million times better. That one gets 5 stars.

I Guess The Joke's On Us........2007-03-10

This flick was weird, and rather mind-numbingly so, even for a David Lynch film! It took me three watchings, half a bottle of tylenol (for the headaches it gave me) and reading about three or four interviews online with Lynch himself wherein he offered the only explanation that he could (something about a "psychogenic fugue"...?!?!) over this film and it's bizarre circuitous plot for me to even begin to figure out just what the heck is going on throughout half of it! Even now, I'm still not enitirely sure that I'm totally getting this or any of Lynch's films for that matter. And in my opinion therein lies the whole point/problem with Lynch's films. Meaning simply that maybe all of us spend far too much time trying to decipher what his movie's are all about, and that ultimately they may very well be nothing more than big elaborate jokes that he is playing on all of us in that no one but him will ever actually "figure out" his movie's and their supposed "meanings"...if they even have any at all! Though with that said I still find myself somewhat of a fan of the man's films as they are brilliant in terms of the production values (i.e. unique and meticulous set designs, the awesome, weirdo soundtracks, the costuming, the lighting etc.). I just decided some time ago to quit spending so much time thinking about his film's as it's pretty much futile in my book, and instead I just enjoy them for the wild, trippy mindf***s that they obviously are. And 1997's "Lost Highway" is one of Lynch's best examples of this. I highly recommened it to most people, however, those who aren't familiar with the man's film's before this one might want to try the more commercial and less psychologically mind-bending films from earlier in his career entitled "Blue Velvet" and "The Elephant Man". Oh, and I should add that the soundtrack may very well be one of the best ever created! Kudos to Trent Reznor and Lynch regular Angelo Badalementi for that one.

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A Welcome Native American Perspective
Pow-WOW!
Pow Wow Highway - A Must See for A Martinez fans
Powwow Highway
PShaah!

Pow Wow Highway
Starring: A Martinez , Gary Farmer , Joannelle Nadine Romero , Amanda Wyss , and Sam Vlahos
Director: Jonathan Wacks
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ASIN: B00020HCBS
Release Date: 2004-11-23

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Gary Farmer (Smoke Signals) is the standout in a fine film by Jonathan Wacks about an oversized Cheyenne man-child (Farmer) who decides to go on a spiritual quest, while simultaneously giving a ride to his lifelong Indian activist friend (A. Martinez). The film takes us through some pretty desolate Indian communities, but while Wacks makes a point of revealing harsher aspects of life on some reservations, the emphasis is on Farmer's delightful performance. A bonus: among the cast are Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves) and Wes Studi (The Last of the Mohicans), neither of whom were well-known in 1989, the year this film was released. --Tom Keogh

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For the Northern Cheyenne tribe of Lame Deer, Montana, the American Dream has taken a grim detour. Here, Buddy Red Bow (A Martinez) is a committed activist battling a suspicious land-grab. Philbert Bono (Gary Farmer, in a performance Roger Ebert calls "one of the most wholly convincing I've seen") is a serene spiritual warrior guided by sacred visions. But when Buddy's estranged sister is framed and jailed in New Mexico, the two men take Philbert's rust-wrecked '64 Buick `war pony' on a road trip that makes some very unexpected stops along the way. Jonathan Wacks (Producer of REPO MAN) directs and Graham Greene (DANCES WITH WOLVES), Wes Studi (THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, HEAT) and Amanda Wyss star in this acclaimed comedy/drama about Native Americans understanding the past, fighting for their future and discovering a few surprising truths along the POWWOW HIGHWAY.

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A Welcome Native American Perspective.......2007-05-16

This film accurately depicts life in Indian Country; the pervasive poverty, racism and lack of opportunity. Despite this bleak reality, there is great humor, culture and spirituality. Gary Farmer embodies the pathos, humor and dignity of this tremendous resilience while remaining completely grounded. He was also in a similar Indian road-trip adventure; "Smoke Signals" based on stories from Sherman Alexie's book: "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist-fight in Heaven".

There aren't nearly enough Native American made films but this one is a welcome and much needed addition to the genre. The best film reflecting contemporary Native American life is Chris Eyre's "Skins" starring the excellent Eric Schweig and Graham Greene.

Pow-WOW!.......2007-04-08

Powwow Highway is a touching, realistic, slightly lighter look at the way Native Americans have lived and been treated for quite some time. Though it doesn't concentrate solely on their lives, what you do see, does touch you.

The film is about two best friends, Philbert, played by Gary Farmer, who is absolutely charming and wonderful in this role, and Red Bow, played by A Martinez, who is also great in his role. All the performances are wonderful, especially Gary Farmer's touching performance, and the scenery is absolutely beautiful.

Although the ending is a little unbelieveable, it is still a great movie and I highly recommend it.

Pow Wow Highway - A Must See for A Martinez fans.......2007-03-24

Loved Pow Wow Highway from the first time to the hundredth! A great A Martinez film. Lots of plot and a lot of fun. Got one for my son, too.

Powwow Highway.......2007-03-15

The product came in great shape. It was a DVD which played nicely. Powwow Highway is a good movie that is funny and uplifting.

PShaah!.......2007-02-12

If you want a view on life on the Rez and what it was about then in 1989, and still is today then this is your film.
If you want a hero for your life then look no further than Philbert Bono. Gary Farmer's character is a gem.
The film is funny and sad at the same time, and even after nearly 20 years it speaks today with a voice perhaps stronger, and more poignant about how to walk through life...with beauty all around...and with a simple faith.
A Martinez and all the cast do a great job and the scenery of the big sky is superb. Dont miss the voice of Floyd Crow Westerman as the CB trucker. Or a cameo from the great John Trudell and another from Wes Studi and his shining smile!
You'll never look at your old car in the same way again!

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We should know by know KING stories don't translate to screen
Good enough
Good movie :)
Very well done
Stephen King's Desperation

Stephen King's Desperation
Starring: Tom Skerritt , Steven Weber , Annabeth Gish , Charles Durning , and Matt Frewer
Director: Mick Garris
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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Release Date: 2006-08-29

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Director Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers), also recruited by Stephen King to remake The Shining, knows how to capture King's horror aesthetic on film. Desperation, based on a more recent King novel, is a pastiche of earlier King novelties, such as the psycho in uniform, this time Sheriff Collie Entragian (Ron Perlman), and dogs summoned by the devil, this time by TAK, an ancient Chinese demon. Desperation, Nevada has a collapsed mine full of Chinese immigrant ghosts, whose spirits are trapped with TAK until they're accidentally unleashed. The TAK-possessed local sheriff is killing everyone, save a few travelers who stumble through on road trips. In the opening scene, Mary (Annabeth Gish) and her beau are pulled over by Sheriff Entragian, framed by his placing of marijuana in their trunk, then read their rights with a Satanic "I will kill you" thrown in. Later, Steve (Steven Weber), Cynthia (Kelly Overton), and Vietnam vet John Marinville (Tom Skerrit), ride into town, and they too encounter the evil policeman's wrath. They all meet a brave, imprisoned boy, David (Shane Haboucha), with whom they team up to end the mayhem. Desperation uses blue and green lighting to embrace the funhouse look, and camera shots highlighting the Sheriff's deranged face make the film occasionally spooky. But the rehashed plot detracts from the fear-factor, leaving one to pine for earlier King story adaptations, like Misery, or Cujo.--Trinie Dalton

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Cross-country travelers on an isolated highway are arrested by a corrupt sheriff and jailed in a desolate town whose streets are littered with the dead bodies of local residents. The captives manage to escape, only to discover that Desperation, Nevada, is more than just a town gone wrong—it's the terrifying source of unbridled evil.

Customer Reviews:

We should know by know KING stories don't translate to screen.......2007-04-14

We (my wife and I) have finally learned out lesson after all this time.............. Stephen King is a legendary horror writer, but virtually every attempt to bring one of his stories to the screen fails miserably.
This is another example.
Avoid at all costs...... uggghh.......... boring, silly and BAD !

Good enough.......2007-03-20

It's SK and it's Desperation, that's for sure. You can recognize the book (with some good details in the beggining and some bad details in the theatre, etc.), and I love these actors so it's a pretty good deal for me, but you don't have the sensations/feelings you have with the book (it's a movie, what do you expect?), and there are some problems with the story also so if you don't like pretty much SK, this may not be a film for you.

Good movie :).......2007-03-09

I`ve have waited for this movie since I read the book several years ago , and it follows the book rather well .
They have left out some of the most creepy parts of the start of the book ( the killing of a litle girl )
But the rest is pretty much like its suposed to be .
Some religius overtones , but not much .
All in all a very good movie .

Very well done.......2007-03-01

Sorry, I didn't read the book so I am not going compare how it matched the book and how it didn't. I am going to accept the story for what it is and how it was presented. I do like Stephen King movies and I liked this one very much. I thought that the story was very twisted in the way Stephan King writes and it came across in the movie very well. The acting was very good and very believable as well. I would actually say that this story was one of his better ones. I do recommend this movie to all Stephan King movie fans. It will scare the pants off of ya.

Stephen King's Desperation.......2007-01-30

EXCELLENT PRODUCT And VERY RELIABLE SALESMAN, SINCE IT GIVES IN TIME And IT FORMS

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A Hundred Times Better Than The Original
Not a hitcher to pick up
How bad is it?
Intense Thriller
Better than I thought it would be

The Hitcher (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Sean Bean , Sophia Bush , Zachary Knighton , Neal McDonough , and Kyle Davis (II)
Director: Dave Meyers
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B000NO3DLQ
Release Date: 2007-05-01

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Customer Reviews:

A Hundred Times Better Than The Original.......2007-06-28

Not a hitcher to pick up.......2007-06-26

How bad is it?.......2007-06-23

Intense Thriller.......2007-06-23

This is one of the better thriller movies I have seen. The mix of suspense and violence is just right and will keep you watching until the end.

Better than I thought it would be.......2007-06-19

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A decent horror flick.
Jeepers Creepers A Poor Horror film
Fun Stuff
Scary as hell
Greatest movie monster in decades

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Starring: Avis-Marie Barnes , Patricia Belcher , Jon Beshara , Jonathan Breck , and Eileen Brennan
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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