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Starring:Mimsy Farmer, Klaus GrÃ¼nberg, Heinz Engelmann, Michel Chanderli, Henry Wolf (III), Louise Wink, Georges Montant
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Studio: Homevision
Product Type: DVD

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Barbet Schroeder, the Oscar-nominated director of Reversal of Fortune, made his debut with this jaundiced view of the European youth drug culture. Klaus GrÃ¼nberg is a naive German student who falls for blond American junkie Mimsy Farmer and discovers drugs in Paris. He follows the flighty babe to Ibiza, a sunny Mediterranean island paradise, where he falls into the world of former Nazi-turned-heroin-pusher Heinz Engelmann and succumbs to addiction. Part counterculture portrait, part antidrug drama, it's a shaggy little film that suggests the New Wave influence in a rambling pace, gorgeous asides of fun in the sun (our heroes get high and tilt at windmills--literally--in one free and easy moment), and deadpan bursts of intermittent narration. But Schroeder has little affinity with youth culture, and the film more often fits the conservative tenor of American cautionary drug dramas of the 1960s and '70s. To the film's credit, it never succumbs to the druggie clichÃ©s of the time. You'll find none of the kaleidoscope lenses, whip pans, sunlight reflections searing the image, or choppy montages to rock & roll hits that fill the drug-culture classics, just the handsome, earthy, intimate photography of NÃ©stor Almendros. Today, More remains most famous for its subdued, moody Pink Floyd score. --Sean Axmaker
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Having graduated college, Stefan hitchhikes from Lubeck, Germany, to Paris, France, where he finds the warm embrace of Estelle-an American expatriate and heroin user. Together, they chase the sun to the island of Ibiza where they develop even more interesting relationships with the island's leading drug dealer and a girlfriend of Estelle's. Made in the late sixties, Barbet Schroeder's (Barfly) directorial debut is a treatment of pleasure, pain and tragedy that stands apart from numerous counterculture exploitation films. With Academy AwardÂ® winning cinematographer Nestor Almendros (Days of Heaven), More never resorts to predictable LSD-induced stylistics, but rather atypically adopts a style of objectivity to illuminate the ideas and emotions that contribute to a lifestyle of destructive excess. After years of languish this relevant cult classic, featuring a soundtrack by Pink Floyd, is finally available for a new generation.

The Sergio Leone Anthology (A Fistful Of Dollars / For A Few Dollars More / The Good, The Bad And The Ugly / Duck, You Sucker)
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A couple of these are among the best westerns ever!

Four classic Leone movies given the deluxe treatment and FINALLY released in the U.S. on DVD

Where's the postcards!

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The Sergio Leone Anthology (A Fistful Of Dollars / For A Few Dollars More / The Good, The Bad And The Ugly / Duck, You Sucker)
Starring: Clint Eastwood , James Coburn , Rod Steiger , Eli Wallach , and Lee Van Cleef
Director: Sergio Leone
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ASIN: B000OPOAMU
Release Date: 2007-06-05

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From the innovative "James Bond Western" style of A Fistful of Dollars (1964) to the complete restoration of Duck You Sucker (1971), The Sergio Leone Anthology pays lavish tribute to one of the greatest of all Italian directors. A lifelong film buff deeply influenced by the movies he enjoyed as an uneducated youth in southern Italy, Leone (1929-1989) had officially directed only one previous film (1961's The Colossus of Rhodes) when he recruited a relatively unknown American TV star named Clint Eastwood (on a modest salary of $15,000) and made cinema history with A Fistful of Dollars, not the first Western made by an Italian but certainly the first truly Italian entry in the "Spaghetti Western" genre that Leone virtually invented. Each of the four films included in this eight-disc set are influential milestones in that once-maligned, now-celebrated genre, and while Leone's classic Westerns were largely dismissed by critics throughout the 1960s and '70s, they now stand as the masterworks of a visionary artist who was posthumously elevated into the pantheon of world-class filmmakers. To acknowledge Leone's historic impact on the genre, the Leone Anthology includes MGM's previous two-disc extended-cut collector's edition of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), and applies the same deluxe treatment to A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More (1965), and, for the first time on DVD, the fully restored English-language version of the original 157-minute Italian cut of Duck You Sucker (previously known by its alternate U.S. title A Fistful of Dynamite), which was never shown in American theaters.

A Fistful of Dollars is best known in America for spawning the "Man With No Name" marketing campaign that made Eastwood a star, although Eastwood's character is clearly named "Joe" in this cleverly adapted low-budget remake of Akira Kurosawa's samurai classic Yojimbo, in which Eastwood's lone drifter vies for strategic advantage in a corrupt Mexican town divided by a bitter family feud. The operatic qualities that grew increasingly lavish in Leone's later films are evident here on a smaller scale, along with the modern, innovative score of Ennio Morricone, whose legendary collaborations with Leone (on all four of these films) were vital to the director's deliberate defiance of Hollywood's Western traditions. Fistful was an instant success in Italy and its immediate sequel, For a Few Dollars More, is often cited as the definitive Spaghetti Western, with a bigger budget ($600,000) and a charismatic costar with Eastwood (Lee Van Cleef) in an uneasy alliance between gunslingers that introduced a hint of humanity to Leone's increasingly de-mythologized vision of the West. While teaming Eastwood, Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in a ruthless Civil War-era quest for buried Confederate gold, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly completed Leone's "Dollars" trilogy (filmed primarily on locations in Spain) on a truly epic scale, introducing the darker cynicism, grander ambition, and artistic maturity that defined Leone's later films.

Leone vowed to quit making Westerns after his 1968 masterpiece Once Upon a Time in the West (a Paramount release not included in this set), but circumstances led him to seize the directorial reins of Duck You Sucker, a dynamic yet deeply disillusioned study of revolution that can now take its rightful place among Leone's greatest films. Like several of Leone's films, Duck You Sucker suffered a long history of cuts, re-cuts, and censorship, and the fully restored 157-minute version (unseen since the film's 1971 Italian premiere) more effectively explores the complex friendship between an Irish rebel explosives expert (James Coburn) and a brutish Mexican bandit (Rod Steiger) who becomes a reluctant revolutionary in 1913 Mexico. With explosive action sequences that remain among the most impressive ever filmed, Duck You Sucker now gives richer meaning to the film's original Italian title Giù la testa ("Keep Your Head Down"), asserting Leone's theme that family is far more important than the devastating violence of revolution. In the Leone Anthology (a variation on previous DVD sets released in England, Germany, and Japan), Duck You Sucker is the long-awaited crown jewel in a box-set of cinematic treasures. And while Leone purists will endlessly debate over the image quality (generally quite impressive) and 5.1-channel soundtrack mixes included here, there's no denying that The Sergio Leone Anthology is the definitive Leone tribute for a technically demanding 21st-century audience, and that's cause for enthusiastic celebration. --Jeff Shannon

On the DVDs
Listed in the glossy 32-page booklet that accompanies this eight-disc set (also including cast lists, scene selections, brief synopses, and behind-the-scenes details), the bonus features found in The Sergio Leone Anthology provide a comprehensive study of Leone's career, themes that dominated his work, and the historical contexts that inform Leone's classic "Spaghetti Westerns." With an even balance of lively authority and erudite scholarship, acclaimed Leone biographer and British film historian Sir Christopher Frayling provides informative commentary on A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and Duck You Sucker, while Time magazine critic Richard Schickel's equally astute commentary remains on MGM's previous two-disc release of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. (Many of these features were prepared for the U.K. version of The Leone Anthology, including interviews conducted in 2003 and 2005.) In addition to a wide variety of vintage American radio promotional spots for these films, the meticulously researched and delightfully fascinating "location comparisons" show "then and now" scenes from all four films, with original film clips perfectly matched to location photos taken in 2004 by devoted Leone fans Donald S. Bruce and Marla J. Johnson.

Extras on A Fistful of Dollars begin with "A New Kind of Hero" (22:53), Frayling's behind-the-scenes analysis of the film's innovative anti-hero played by Clint Eastwood, whom Leone hired (when first choices Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Lee Marvin, and Charles Bronson proved too expensive) after seeing Eastwood in a 1961 episode of Rawhide. In the interview featurette "A Few Weeks in Spain" (8:33), Eastwood recalls the experience of making the film on location, and "Tre Voci" (or "Three Voices") is an 11-minute combination of retrospective interviews with producer Alberto Grimaldi, screenwriter Sergio Donati, and Mickey Knox, an American actor living in Rome who provided many of the post-synchronized voices for the English-language versions of Leone's films. In "Not Ready for Prime Time" (6:20), maverick American director Monte Hellman describes the circumstances that led to his direction of an explanatory Fistful of Dollars prologue for the film's American network TV premiere on August 29, 1977. Featuring Harry Dean Stanton, and filmed as an attempt to "legitimize" the Man With No Name's seemingly immoral behavior, the rarely-seen prologue (7:44) is introduced by obsessive Leone fan Howard Fridkin, who saved his Betamax recording from the one-time-only 1977 broadcast.

Frayling examines For a Few Dollars More in "A New Standard" (20:15), a "making of" featurette with emphasis on the film's male/male dynamic (described by Frayling as Leone's "invention of the brother he never had"). In "Back for More" (7:08), Eastwood recalls how he'd begun to watch Leone to inform his own directorial ambitions. "Tre Voci" (11:05) continues the retrospective interviews with Grimaldi, Donati, and Knox, and "The Original American Release Version" (5:19) examines three edits (including removal of the name "Manco" so Eastwood's character could remain "nameless" in the film's American marketing) that were made for the film's U.S. release.

Extras on The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly are highlighted by "Leone's West" (19:53) and "The Leone Style" (23:47), a pair of excellent documentaries exploring the film itself and the evolution of Leone's visual style as his budgets and production values grew to epic proportions. Featuring interviews with Clint Eastwood, critic and Eastwood biographer Richard Schickel, and others, these are must-see features packed with entertaining observations and anecdotes. Lending historical context to Leone's film, "The Man Who Lost the Civil War" is a 14-minute excerpt from a documentary about ill-fated Confederate general Henry Hopkins Sibley's botched campaign to expand Confederate dominance in the West. The "Reconstruction" featurette (11:07) is a detailed study of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly's painstaking restoration to Leone's intended 179-minute extended cut, featuring an interview John Kirk, the MGM director of technical operations who supervised the film's meticulous reconstruction. The essential contribution of composer Ennio Morricone is celebrated in the "Il Maestro" featurette (7:47) and film music historian Jon Burlingame provides an excellent audio-only survey (12:29) of Morricone's most popular soundtrack. Deleted scenes include the extended "Tuco torture" sequence (in which the brutal beating of Eli Wallach's character is masterfully cross-cut with the melancholy performance of a prison-camp orchestra); the brilliant "Socorro sequence" that was drastically edited in previous cuts; and a French trailer revealing shots and alternate angles not seen in the film's various theatrical releases. The poster gallery includes eight posters from the film's international marketing campaigns.

For Duck You Sucker, Frayling's film-by-film analysis continues in "The Myth of Revolution" (22:10), a behind-the-scenes study of Leone's deepening artistic maturity, as manifested in the film's cynical view of political revolution. "Donati Remembers" (7:20) is a continuation of the retrospective interview with screenwriter Sergio Donati (who by the early '70s was urging Leone to return to smaller-scale filmmaking), and "Once Upon a Time in Italy" (6:00) explores the ambitious effort that went into creating the definitive traveling exhibit of material (props, posters, costumes, etc.) from Leone's archives and beyond, first shown at the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage, in Los Angeles, California, in July 2005. In "Sorting Out the Versions" (11:37), film historian Glenn Erickson narrates a visual survey of the various cuts and changes made to Duck You Sucker during its tortured history of global distribution, and in "Restoration Italian Style" (6:07), MGM director of technical operations John Kirk outlines the painstaking effort to restore Duck You Sucker to its original Italian premiere length of 157 minutes, resulting in the first-ever English language version based on the film's Italian-language restoration of 1996. The disc concludes with the enjoyable "Location Comparisons" (9:32), six rare radio spots from the film's original U.S. release in 1972, and (as with all other films in this set) the original theatrical trailer. --Jeff Shannon

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Disc 1: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Collector's Edition Disc 2: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Bonus Disc Disc 3: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS Collector's Edition Disc 4: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS Bonus Disc Disc 5: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE Collector's Edition Disc 6: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE Bonus Disc Disc 7: DUCK, YOU SUCKER (A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE) Collector's Edition Disc 8: DUCK, YOU SUCKER (A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE) Bonus Disc

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A couple of these are among the best westerns ever!.......2007-06-25

The Good The Bad and The Ugly is certainly in the top ten best westerns ever and For a few Dollars More in the top ten or at least top twenty. See my amapedia review below for more details.

Four classic Leone movies given the deluxe treatment and FINALLY released in the U.S. on DVD.......2007-06-10

Prepared for release in 2005 we've only had to wait two years for this deluxe reissue of three of the four Leone films included here. For those that want to know this box set has a 32 page booklet with credits and essays on the films but no postcards like the original release of "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". If you want the collectable version, I suppose you'll have to buy these individually. This set is definitely worth picking up as it is a HUGE improvement over all the previously released home video versions of the film. All the films look terrific, have commentary tracks (although "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" is the exact same release as before)and great featurettes/extras that were released overseas two years ago.

"Fistful of Dollars" looks very good in its new DVD transfer lovingly restored although there is an odd strobe like effect in one sequence. We get a terrific commentary track from Leone scholar Sir Christopher Frayling discussing the making of the film, the delayed release in the United States (part of which was related to Akira Kurosawa's lawsuit. It was legit though since "Fistful" is an unauthorized remake of Kurosawa's classic "Yojimbo" although Leone's version of the same story is equally compelling), how Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson (who called it one of the worst scripts he had ever read...interesting considering he later appeared in "Once Upon a Time in the West")both turned down the lead role.

Eastwood reveals in a featurette that he wrote much of his own dialogue for the film, made his own script notes all of which contributed to truly making the role his own.

"For a Few Dollars More" looks exceptional. Like all the films here, it is released in an anamorphic widscreen transfer that does justice to the deep, rich colors of the films. There is one scene where there appears to be some sort of scratch on the film that wasn't corrected but otherwise the film looks beautiful. We also get Eastwood again discussing the making of the film, Sir Christopher Frayling with another very good commentary track as well as a section that compares three variations in the film (the sequence where Manco and Mortimer are beaten up has a slightly longer more brutal variation and we also see the way UA released the film with a brief trim that eliminated Manco's name to tie the film into the promo campagin that UA had for "The Man with No Name").

"The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" is exactly the same as the 2005 release on DVD right down to the graphics on the disc. Sir Christopher Frayling did record a commentary track for this after it was released hoping that it could be added to later editions (he wasn't available for the original remaster. Time critic Richard Schickel does the honors here). The extras are exactly the same. For those that are interested this includes the 5.1 mix that had new sound effects for that mix but does not include the original mono soundtrack in English.

"Duck You Sucker" comes in the most complete version released so far. At 157 minutes it is closest to Leone's original cut of the film. The film looks exceptionally good. It's clear that John Kirk went the extra mile to get this right. Also, kudos to Glenn Erickson (aka DVD Savant at DVD Talk)who worked on the featurettes and started the campaign to get these films restored and released on home video ages ago.

Again, Sir Christopher Frayling does a very good commentary track discussing the various versions of the film released. The soundtraack has been reprocessed for 5.1. Sergio Donati a collaborator of Leone's discusses working on the film in a featurette and how Eli Wallach was replaced by Rod Steiger at United Artist's insistance but that Leone never shared the information with Wallach. "Restoration Italian Style" features John Kirk who worked on this special project discusses how he went about reassembling the film for this edition. We also get location comparisons (this is also on the other discs as well)showing scenes from the film and how the locations look now. "The Autry Exhibit" is a featurette on a show assembled by Frayling and Estela Chung for a Leone exhibit. Unfortunately, that happened in 2005 when this was ORIGINALLY was supposed to be released before MGM was bought by Sony throwing this and other releases into limbo. "Sorting out the Versions" uses stills, footage used to show us scenes that weren't included in the movie.

The whole set is assembled in a cardboard foldout box with the discs resting on top of each other. There's a little holder built into the set for the booklet.

Overall this is a terrific set and an essential addition to fans of Leone's westerns. Although it took two years to get this released in the United States (that's nothing compared to the delay for the second season of "Twin Peaks" for even the release of the pilot for that show in the U.S.), it was worth the wait. I'm not sure what the Blu-Ray plans are for this release yet so I went ahead and plunked down the money for the whole set. Fans who already have "TGTBATU" may want to buy these individually although it would be more expensive than this set. MGM (and Fox which distributes all MGM titles now even though MGM is held by Sony)have done a terrific job with this set. My only complaint is that it would have been nice to have the collectable postcards that reproduced the lobby cards/posters. Highly recommended.

Where's the postcards!.......2007-06-07

I'm glad I didn't dump my copy of the previous "collectors edition" of G/B/U when I first pre-ordered this set, because the cool set of postcards reproducing international posters is NOT included in this set.

Does anyone know if the individual "collectors edition" releases of the other films, FOD/FFDM & Duck You Sucker come with any such goodies?

So five stars for the discs, but four for leaving out the postcards...

Unsure.......2007-06-06

I already own The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

I've waited 3 years for the other Leone movies to come out on the Collector's Editions...Now I have to decide what to do.

Should I buy the three movies separately or buy the entire box set? Buying them individually would be cheaper...but will I lose out on anything by doing this and not buying the entire edition?

I don't know what to do...can anyone comment?

At long last..........2007-06-05

Like others in this thread, I too wondered why it took MGM soooo long to put this out. After seeing the fantastic work with TGBU remastering, I am excited to see what's in store for the rest of these masterpieces. BTW, in the Editorial Review, Jeff Shannon, as seems to be the case with numerous film critics, incorrectly states about Fistfull of Dollars "...although Eastwood's character is clearly named "Joe"...". Sure,he is called that but only by one person, the undertaker, in the entire film. His name was never revealed by his character nor was he referred to by any other name. I guess one could debate whether or not the undertaker even said "Joe" considering that his english dialogue was obviously dubbed. Oh, well. Enjoy the new releases!

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The Lion in Winter
Starring: Peter O'Toole , Katharine Hepburn , Anthony Hopkins , John Castle (II) , and Nigel Terry
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Release Date: 2001-06-19

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In this 12th-century version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Henry II of England (Peter O'Toole) and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katharine Hepburn), meet on Christmas Eve to discuss the future of the throne. These two are having slight marital problems, as she is kept in captivity most of the year for raising a rebellion against him, and he flaunts his young mistress. Then there are the problems raised by their three treacherous and traitorous sons.

James Goldman won an Oscar® for the brilliant screenplay, based on his Broadway play. It is a tad wordy, as the action is kept to a minimum, but those words are sharp as daggers. The humor is wicked and black and delivered with very dry, dead-on precision. Sparks fly and the screen sizzles whenever Hepburn and O'Toole tango, which is often. Both were nominated for Academy Awards® for their vigorous performances. (She won; he didn't.) There's also an infamous homo-erotic exchange between Philip of France (Timothy Dalton) and Richard the Lionhearted (Anthony Hopkins). Both actors were making their feature-film debuts. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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Katharine Hepburn delivers an amazing (Variety), OscarÂ(r)-winning* performance 'that must be seen to be believed (Boxoffice) in this dazzling (Los Angeles Times) all-star film that is not to be missed. Behind the great stone walls of an English castle, the world's most powerful empire is in crisis. Three sons struggle to win their father's favoras well as his crown. King Henry II (Peter O'toole) and his queen, Eleanor (Katharine Hepburn), engage ina battle of royal wits that pits elder son Richard (Anthony Hopkins) against his brothers, while the cunning King Philip of France (Timothy Dalton) takes advantage of the internal fracturing in his bid to destroy their kingdom. *1968: Actress

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A Truly Great Film.......2007-07-03

This is a great film with unforgettable performances -- a classic by any definition. You can't really compare it to the drek that normally released as a movie today. Do yourself a tremendous favor and buy it!

Medieval dysfunction.......2007-06-28

It is Christmas, 1183 and aging King Henry II of England meets with his estranged wife Eleanor of Aquitaine to decide which of their three sons will inherit the kingdom upon Henry's death. Each has a favorite and one must be chosen, and through deception, torment, connivance and deceit the "family" follows through in their respective roles. It is a wonderful story and though the outcome is in doubt, one thing is certain....there will never be another Christmas like this one!

Strong performances are universally good in "The Lion in Winter" and Katharine Hepburn earned a much deserved Academy Award. It's a shame that Peter O'Toole didn't win as well, as the two are equally matched for spark-flying drama. A third dazzling performance is turned in by a young Timothy Dalton as King Philip of France.

Though as much as the drama is perfected, "The Lion in Winter" (1968) hasn't particularly worn the test of time well. The dialogue is kitschy, (sometimes unintentionally funny) and the dysfunction is all too broad. Emotions change faster than you can snap your fingers, so many of the scenes don't play out as well as they should. That said however, "The Lion in Winter" is worth seeing for Hepburn, O'Toole and Dalton. On that score, you won't be disappointed.

The Lion in Winter.......2007-06-28

Shot on location in France and the British Isles, and based on an excoriating play by Richard Goldman, "Lion" is a wit-fueled, magnificently acted parable of power-lust and extreme family dysfunction. O'Toole and Oscar winner Hepburn are superb as the grizzled, sarcastic regent and his cunning wife, locked in a never-ending exchange of venomous criticisms. A youthful Anthony Hopkins, in a spirited turn, pops off some of the best insults. Aside from the endless machinations of various family members, Harvey adds period flavor with authentic costumes and gloomy, tone-perfect settings. When this "Lion" roars, you'll be hooked.

The "Lion" roars.......2007-06-14

"The Lion in Winter" is one of the best films ever made. It has the language, scope and beauty of a great Shakespearean play. It also has two magnificent performances by O'Toole (King Henry II) and Hepburn (Queen Eleanor)and a fine early film appearance by Anthony Hopkins (Richard the Lionhearted). It concerns the struggle of Henry's three sons to take the crown and King Philip of France (Timothy Dalton) is willing to use Richard's love for him to destroy the kingdom.

Start to finish great performances........2007-06-06

Great storyline. Untoppable Performances. I keep buying copies, because my friends keep making off with them. This one dosn't dissapoint.

The Man with No Name Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

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The Man with No Name Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
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ASIN: 0792842502
Release Date: 1999-10-05

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Sergio Leone's trilogy of operatic spaghetti Westerns with Clint Eastwood made the former TV star into an international sensation as the scraggly, silent Man with No Name, a wandering rogue with a scheming mind and a sense of humor drier than the dusty, wind-scoured desert. With A Fistful of Dollars, a blatant rip-off of Kurosawa's cynical samurai hit Yojimbo, Leone transforms the Western hero into a crafty mercenary. The follow-up, For a Few Dollars More, teams Eastwood up in an uneasy alliance with Lee Van Cleef in a tale of revenge, but the masterpiece of the set is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, an epic scramble for buried gold set against the violence of the Civil War. In this film good is a relative term as three criminals make a series of tenuous partnerships broken in double-crosses and betrayals in Leone's epic vision of the American southwest as endless deserts and clapboard towns infested with gunmen. This was a new kind of Western: cynical, violent, stylish, and austere. Eastwood's rough face and squinting eyes fill the widescreen frame in massive close-ups while Leone stages action in bold compositions on empty streets and stark landscapes. The guns ring out in cartoonish exaggeration, and the music, an eclectic, electric mix of buzzing guitar, human voice, and harmonica by Ennio Morricone, sets the whole thing in a world pitched between myth and modernity. Leone's shot-in-Spain trilogy ushered in a flood of Italian spaghetti Westerns, but none hold a candle to Leone's stylish classics. --Sean Axmaker

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Disc 1: FISTFUL OF DOLLARS Disc 2: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE Disc 3: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

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The Greatest Westerns Ever Made, But These DVDs have Shortcomings.......2007-05-05

My low rating does not apply to the movies themselves. In a period when most Hollywood westerns were becoming predictable and formulaic, Italian director Sergio Leone broke the mold! This trilogy, along with his last western, "Once Upon A Time In The West" (not included in this set), are the four greatest westerns ever made, and yet were not produced by Hollywood. The greatest of the Hollywood westerns, such as "The Big Country", "The Alamo", "The Three Godfathers", and south-of-the-border westerns like "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "Guns For San Sabastian" (to name but a few of the greats) all fall in behind the Leone westerns. If you are a fan of westerns and have not seen the movies in this trilogy, watch them as soon as possible, but be prepared for something different than you are used to. They are not slick, but instead portray an accurate grittiness of the old west. They are not gimmicky like the Hollywood westerns of more recent vintage (say from about the mid 1970's to present). The greatest western ever made has to be "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly". This is the mother of all westerns! The acting in all three movies is superb, but the performance of Eli Wallach as Tuco in "The Good..." is extraordinary, and ranks as one of the greatest performances by any actor on film. Clint Eastwood also gives the greatest performance of his career in "The Good...". It is interesting that Clint tried to recapture the magic of the Leone films in his own productions such as "Pale Rider", Hang 'Em Hign", etc., but never even came close.

Now on to the problems with these discs. The transfers are not particularly hign quality, and appear not to be remastered. The first two trilogy movies are merely letterboxed rather than enhanced widescreen. But the biggest bummer of all is the sound quality. The sound quality on "The Good..." is about as good as any of the versions I have heard. The sound quality of "Fistful..." is rather poor. But it is the obnoxious sound of "for A Few Dollars More" that is really a crime. The dialog is too far in the background, and the overall sound on this disc is so harsh that if you turn the volume up to a level where you can hear the dialog clearly, the hard, treble-heavy, distorted sound will bore a hole in your head! I'm not kidding. I love these movies so much that I will have to find an alternative version of "For a Few Dollars More" to replace the one that came with this trilogy. If I had it to do over again, I would purchase the best individual versions I could find, rather than waste money of this set. It's too bad that MGM didn't put just a little bit more TLC into these masterpieces!

Clint Eastwood - the Man with No Name Trilogy DVD collection.......2007-04-12

A Must have for all Clint Eastwood's classic spaghetti western fans.

great.......2007-03-29

have you ever seen those movies, no ?? you have to do it

Good old westerns.......2007-02-23

This trilogy is a necessity for all Clint Eastwood fans. These are the good westerns. I bought them for my husband, and he watched all of them, forgetting to do his chores. His only complaint was that he missed seeing them in the low-quality, scratchy, uncolorful versions he used to see when the movies were on TV!

Great.......2007-01-30

Great movies. If you don't own them, you should. Fistful of Dollars is my favorite out of the three but Good Bad and the Ugly is still amazing. If you are a real Clint fan or Spaggette Western fan you should add this to your collection.

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Big winner for the little one
I've seen it 100 times already
Can't lose with Elmo!
3 Baby Favorites!!!
Not my first choice

Elmo's World - Babies, Dogs & More
Starring: Sesame Street
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Sesame Street - The Best of Elmo
Elmo's World - Wake up with Elmo!
Elmo's World - Singing, Drawing & More
Elmo's World - Flowers, Bananas & More
Sesame Street - Kids' Favorite Songs

ASIN: B0000648WV
Release Date: 2002-05-14

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Sesame Street's cheerful redhead chuckles his way through this delightful 50-minute compilation of three favorite "Elmo's World" episodes. First come the babies: real babies, Muppet babies, and animal babies. With help from Mister Noodle, a cast of Muppets, and video vignettes featuring humans, Elmo discovers what babies can do and how to play with them. Next come the dogs. Once again, Elmo's on the move--this time to share important tips about respecting the family pet. The final episode examines life on the farm. Viewers will observe youngsters accomplishing daily farm chores as well as Muppet farmers and barn animals punning around. As Elmo bops around his house (simply drawn and "furnished" with color crayon sketches), he chats with Dorothy the pet goldfish, poses questions to Mister Noodle, and tunes in to his friendly television for helpful cartoons presented by "The Baby Channel," "The Dog Channel," and of course, "The Farm Channel." Educational and entertaining for the younger crowd, each segment explores its topic using a variety of creative, quick-paced methods, enhanced by an upbeat soundtrack. (Ages 3 to 6) --Liane Thomas

Customer Reviews:

Big winner for the little one.......2007-07-04

My little one is ga ga for Elmo and this gives it up in spades. She really likes this one and it's perfect for someone her age-around 15months.

I've seen it 100 times already.......2007-06-27

My DD loves this one. The stories are short enough so that the child doesn't get bored...but long enough to teach them something. I would pay double for this one- She loves it that much.

Can't lose with Elmo!.......2007-06-26

My 2 year-old son loves almost anything Elmo, so this was a no-brainer. This was the first Elmo's World DVD I bought for him, because he loves dogs and farms. It turns out, though, that the baby segment is his favorite. We like to sing along with "Old MacDonald." Now that we have Tivo, I could have just recorded the last 20 minutes of Sesame Street every day, but this DVD was a nice addition to our library.

3 Baby Favorites!!!.......2007-03-27

This DVD has my daughters 3 favorite subjects, Babies, Dogs and Farm. My 1 year old wakes up every morning and sits on her Zebra, points to the TV, and says "bow wow wow wow" which mean "I want to watch Elmo's World about Dogs"

She likes all three episodes but the Dogs stick out for her because she has seen (and been afraid of) real dogs)

Not my first choice.......2007-02-07

My 20 month old son will tolerate this video if we put it in, but it isn't one of his favorites. I'm not a big fan of videos where the characters baby talk. I realize that's kind of Elmo's trademark, but Elmo is a bit of a "mush mouth" in this particular video. There are lots of times when my husband and I can't figure out what Elmo has just said. If your looking for a Sesame Street video, I'd pass on this one and go for "Kids Favorite Songs". My son loves it!

More Yoga for the Rest of Us, with Peggy Cappy

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MORE YOGA FOR THE REST OF US
Peggy Cappy Yoga 2
Not as good a follow-on
Bravo Peggy Cappy!
She's done it again!

More Yoga for the Rest of Us, with Peggy Cappy
Starring: Peggy Cappy
Manufacturer: Wgbh Boston
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Yoga for the Rest of Us with Peggy Cappy
Yoga: For the Rest of Us & More - With Peggy Cappy
Yoga: Just My Size With Megan Garcia
Healing Yoga: Aches & Pains
Yoga For Inflexible People

ASIN: B00067BC7C
Release Date: 2005-01-04

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Instructor Peggy Cappy's More Yoga for the Rest of Us takes up where the first volume (released in 2002) left off, with a gentle, easy-to-follow series of yoga poses recommended for novices, those who are older and less active, or anyone dealing with injuries or recovering from illness. Unlike so many yoga video programs, which emphasize the athletic aspects of the practice (certainly a part of yoga, but hardly the most important part) and feature beautiful young people with perfect bodies, Cappy takes a "do what you can do" approach, stressing yoga's noncompetitive side and suggesting simply that the more often you try it, the better you're likely to feel; there's no New Age music, no exotic locations or groovy outfits, and the students who demonstrate the poses with her include a couple of senior citizens. The practice itself consists of a series of floor poses (including hamstring and hip openers, twists, and the bridge, a mild backbend), followed by standing stretches, forward bends, the crucial downward-facing dog asana, a couple of reasonably challenging balancing poses like eagle and dancer's, and a lengthy final relaxation. Cappy's instruction is good (although she falls a bit short when it comes to explaining specifically how to use the breath), multiple variations are demonstrated (including many using a chair, which makes them considerably easier), and many poses are repeated. The 20-minute infomercial at the end is basically extraneous, as the virtues of More Yoga for the Rest of Us speak for themselves. --Sam Graham

Description

Yoga For Every Body! In Yoga for the Rest of Us, instructor Peggy Cappy demonstrated that yoga is truly for every body. No matter what age and ability level, Peggy eases students into the world of yoga where everyone benefits in mind, body and spirit. Now, Peggy brings you an all-new series of gentle poses that will become an easy, effective, and enjoyable daily routine. This yoga program can be done with, or without, the aid of a chair -- giving flexibility to the exercises as well as to the student. There's something here for everyone. Join Peggy and her friends of all ages as they expand their yoga repertoire and increase balance, flexibility, and energy! More Yoga for the Rest of Us is presented in three easy-to-do segments: * Part One gives your body a wonderful stretch-benefiting legs, hips, and the back * Part Two is a series of standing poses that increases all-important leg strength and balance * Part Three is a new and different guided relaxation exercise that conveys an integral part of yoga's benefits: reducing stress and quieting the mind Special Bonus Feature: Travel to Peterborough, New Hampshire to meet Peggy Cappy and some of her students, adults of all ages who suffer from a range of ailments and who have benefited greatly from their yoga practice. Peggy's unique approach to yoga has adults finding new energy and flexibility, and feeling better than they dreamed possible.

Customer Reviews:

MORE YOGA FOR THE REST OF US.......2006-11-04

This is an excellent Yoga DVD. When you have completed your workout using this DVD you will feel so refreshed and ready to go for the day. Peggy Cappy
is an excellent yoga teacher.

Peggy Cappy Yoga 2.......2006-11-04

I enjoyed Peggy Cappy Yoga on NPTV for many years and now have the convenience of training sessions on call from the CD. Thanks.

Not as good a follow-on.......2006-04-12

Being a huge fan of "Yoga for the Rest of Us," I was looking forward to getting the second DVD, but this second DVD largely left me cold. The stretching exercises are not as effective, in my view, and do not appear to work the entire body but focus primarily on the legs and lower back and almost not at all on the neck, shoulders, and arms/wrists. The standing poses are in some instances more challenging, but their explanation and demonstration were not as clear, practiced, or well-thought-out as in the first DVD - some of the students appeared to be doing the poses for the first time without a clear idea of what they were supposed to be doing, and in one instance a standing pose was performed while the camera zoomed in on one student's face (not the most helpful way to convey how to do the pose correctly, especially when the verbal explanation is unclear). The relaxation portion, while good, was not as effective for me as in the first DVD. It may be a matter of personal taste or a slightly different target audience for the second DVD versus the first, but I likely will not rely heavily on this DVD for yoga exercises and will return to the first one, which I believe is a much better production.

Bravo Peggy Cappy!.......2006-01-31

I loved this DVD More Yoga for the Rest of Us by Peggy Cappy. Her teaching style is so warm and generous and positive and
inclusive. She attracts those of us who need yoga the most, not just young
athletes that you find in most classes. She welcomes us older and stiffer
ones...it is a beautiful philosophy and I want to thank Peggy Cappy for
sharing her love of yoga and what it can do for everybody! I have both
DVD's (Yoga for the Rest of Us and More Yoga for the Rest of Us) and I do one of them every day...they have changed my life...I have
them memorized and never tire of them. I'm 48 years old and have done yoga
classes on and off for years...always knowing that there was something good
there for me, but always feeling I couldn't keep up or be flexible
enough...I would drop out feeling a failure each time.
Peggy Cappy and her work have been a blessing in my life and I want to thank
her from the bottom of my heart! Namaste, Diana Adoberavoski

She's done it again!.......2005-09-15

Once more, Peggy Cappy has endeavored to bring the practice and benefits of yoga to those of us who live with some degree of physical limitation that puts the postures of classical yoga out of reach (literally.) As a companion to "Yoga For the Rest of Us", this dvd offers examples and instructions that expand the practitioners' repetoire of postures, never failing to address the therapeutic mind/body/spirit benefits. Peggy Cappy has a marvellously gentle, yet powerful, way of engaging the viewer/practitioner and then clearly demonstrating each pose. She never fails to include adequate time for resting and meditation poses, a perfect balance to the more active poses. If you have purchased "Yoga For the Rest of Us," this is the perfect companion piece to round out your daily practice!

Yoga: For the Rest of Us & More - With Peggy Cappy

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Getting back to fitness
Only for Yoga New-bees
Yipee for this Yoga tape!
Just know that these are her previous two DVDs repackaged
Yoga: For the Rest of Us & More

Yoga: For the Rest of Us & More - With Peggy Cappy
Starring: Peggy Cappy
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Yoga for the Rest of Us with Peggy Cappy
Yoga for All of Us: A Modified Series of Traditional Poses for Any Age and Ability
Healing Yoga: Aches & Pains
Yummy Yoga: Gentle Stress Relief for the Hips, Back and Neck

ASIN: B000GIXLT8
Release Date: 2006-09-12

Description

Yoga for the Rest of Us with Peggy Cappy - At last a yoga program that anyone can do! In the town of Peterborough, New Hampshire, Peggy Cappy has 90-year-olds finding they have flexibility they never dreamed possible at their age. The secret to her success, and theirs? Simple yoga—the kind that all of us can do, or could do, if we gave it a try. Yoga for the Rest of Us is a simple hour-long workout that will ease you into the world of yoga and can become your personal at-home trainer. Use it in the morning or at night and discover how easily yoga can be incorporated into your daily routine and how quickly you'll see the benefits for your body and spirit. More Yoga for the Rest of Us with Peggy Cappy - Join Peggy and her friends of all ages as they expand their yoga repertoire and increase balance, flexibility, and energy! More Yoga for the Rest of Us is presented in three easy-to-do segments: • Part One gives your body a wonderful stretch- benefiting legs, hips, and the back • Part Two is a series of standing poses that increases all-important leg strength and balance • Part Three is a new and different guided relaxation exercise that conveys an integral part of yoga's benefits: reducing stress and quieting the mind Special Bonus Feature: Travel to Peterborough, New Hampshire to meet Peggy Cappy and some of her students, adults of all ages who suffer from a range of ailments and who have benefited greatly from their yoga practice. Peggy's unique approach to yoga has adults finding new energy and flexibility, and feeling better than they dreamed possible.

Customer Reviews:

Getting back to fitness.......2007-05-13

Knee operation after years of walking funny to offset the pain made me relize that one I needed a course of action to get flexibility and strength back in an orderly fashion. This is a good start and I hope a habit that will blend into my life naturally.-*****

Only for Yoga New-bees.......2007-05-12

The DVD shows how to perform very simple yoga moves that anyone can do. There is little or no mind/body connection essential to true yoga practice. It is geared toward first-timers, senior-seniors, or those who are not at all physically fit. For everyone else, however, it is a numbing bore--a very poor yoga experience.

Yipee for this Yoga tape!.......2007-04-06

For anyone who is just starting to learn Yoga this tape is a must. I am a 54 year old woman that has excercised for 30 years and cannot continue due to arthritis. I am not able to do other types of Yoga due to my lack of flexibility. This tape allows me to do this with the assistance of the chair. I would highly recommend this tape for anyone who is interested in learning Yoga but can't accomplish the moves with the traditional method. Buy it, you will love it.

Just know that these are her previous two DVDs repackaged.......2007-03-16

As much as I enjoy these practices, I had no idea that they were two of her other DVDs. It's very disappointing to waste money like that; it's not indicated anywhere that these were previously released. The title is slightly different as well. I just wanted to post this here so others wouldn't make the same mistake I did.

Yoga: For the Rest of Us & More .......2007-03-10

I bought this because at my age I was getting very stiff. This is really helping me, also helping with a leg problem. Love it

For a Few Dollars More (2-Disc Collector's Edition)

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Man With No Name Meets Man With A Name
Postcards?
This better be fixed
DOES THIS FILM HAVE EXTRA 'RESTORED' FOOTAGE?
Best of the Leones

For a Few Dollars More (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: Tomas Blanco , Mario Brega , Roberto Camardiel , Lee Van Cleef , and Rosemarie Dexter
Director: Sergio Leone
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Westerns | Genres | DVD | Video

A Fistful of Dollars (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Duck, You Sucker (aka A Fistful of Dynamite) (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
The Third Man - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

ASIN: B000OPOAP2
Release Date: 2007-06-05

Description

"The leading icon of a generation" (Roger Ebert), Academy Award(r) winner* Clint Eastwood continues his trademark role as the legendary "Man With No Name" in this second installment of the famous Sergio Leone trilogy. Scripted by Luciano Vincenzoni and featuring Ennio Morricone's haunting musical score, For A Few Dollars More is a modern classicone of the greatest Westerns evermade. Eastwood is a keen-eyed, quick-witted bounty hunter on the bloody trail of Indio, the territory's most treacherous bandit. But his ruthless rival, Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef, High Noon), is determined to bring Indio in first...dead or alive! Failing to capture their preyor eliminate each otherthe two are left with only one option: team up, or face certain death atthe hands of Indio and his band of murderous outlaws.

Customer Reviews:

Man With No Name Meets Man With A Name.......2007-06-24

What Sergio Leone did for Clint Eastwood in "A Fistful of Dollars" he does for Lee Van Cleef in "For a Few Dollars More". Best known (or unknown) as a bit player most notably in "High Noon" Van Cleef was living in obscurity as a painter in California until Leone plucked him for the role of Colonel Mortimer. Van Cleef brings a vitality to the role of the bounty hunter whose motives aren't clear until the film's end. Clint Eastwood, who doesn't have a name here, wisely defers the spotlight to Van Cleef. Leone, an astute judge of talent, would subsequently do the same for Eli Wallach in "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" and Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson in "Once Upon a Time in the West". Gian Maria Volonte also does a delicious turn as the villainous Indio who makes more than an adequate adversary to Mortimer. Despite the film's many qualities, not least another excellent Ennio Morricone score, I don't give it the full five star treatment because the story has a few lulls. A little tightening in the editing room wouldn't have hurt.

Postcards?.......2007-06-07

I'm glad I didn't dump my copy of the previous "collectors edition" of G/B/U when I first pre-ordered the Leone Anthology set, because the cool set of postcards reproducing international posters from G/B/U is NOT included in that set.

Does anyone know if this individual "collectors edition" release of For a Few Dollars More comes with any such goodies?

This better be fixed.......2007-06-02

I'm buying this thing just to have it, even though I'm pretty sure I can do all the lines by heart, but they better have fixed the audio track, in the last DVD it was off a good half second. Of the three I prefer this one, the story line is simple, the buddy theme with Lee Van Cleef is even better than GBU, and Indio is one of the best bad guys ever.

Follow up: Well, it appears to me that the soundtrack has been fixed, and follows the film as close as you could expect, given how it was made (English voice overs of course). Great, so I have a solid copy of this. I've only seen it about 150 times already, and it's a staple on TV, but some things you need to have.

DOES THIS FILM HAVE EXTRA 'RESTORED' FOOTAGE?.......2007-05-29

I REALLY like films with restored footage. The Good, The, Bad, and the Ugly had about 17 minutes or so. 'DAS BOOT' must hold some kind of record at over 60 minutes. Whan y'all get the new 2 disc DVD set, please add a review about how many minutes were put back in. NO point in buying it if there is no extra footage. THANKS!

Best of the Leones.......2007-05-27

I have a particular fondess for the second Dollars flick.
More fun, more characters, better story than FISTFUL OF DOLLARS. That movie was more like a dry run for the spaghetti-western he had in mind to make later.

I think this movie is more satisfying sometimes than THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.
"UGLY" will always be a masterpiece, but i love FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE just as much if not more.

It may have to do with the shorter running time of FOR A FEW... the "building the bridge" segment in "UGLY" takes up too much time in my opinion.

Best of Route 66 - Eleven Original TV Series episodes

Average customer rating:

Good but could be better
Route 66 - A Classic Show Done Right...
Route 66 episodes that are sharp and clear....!!!
The Best of The Best

Best of Route 66 - Eleven Original TV Series episodes
Starring: Robert Redford; Robert Duvall; James Caan; Alan Alda;Stephanie Powers; Suzanne Pleshette; Boris Karloff; Peter Lorie; Walter Matthau; Martin Sheen; Leslie Nielsen; Ronny Howard; Edward Asner; Jack Warden; Deforest Kelly; Inger Stevens; Julie Newmar; Barbara Eden and more...
Director: David Lowell Rich; Arthur Hiller; George Sherman; Alvin Ganzer and more...
Manufacturer: Roxbury Entertainment
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Route 66: Return to the Road with Martin Milner
"Route 66" The Television Series 1960 - 1964
The route 66 TV Series
The Fugitive - Season One, Vol. 1
McHale's Navy - Season One

ASIN: B000PY51QY
Release Date: 2007-05-01

Customer Reviews:

Good but could be better.......2007-06-17

I was a bit disappointed that for the price of this set, that there was no information about which shows were on it, no booklet...etc...It was really well done as far as quality, but I really would have enjoyed being able to read a little something about each show. Also there is no way to contact whoever made this set to see if they will be making more shows available...my favorite episode ( The Thin White Line) where Todd is given LSD, was not on this set...I have tried ordering the entire series on DVD just to be told it is back ordered, or not available after paying over $100.00 for it, so this set is great to have....

Route 66 - A Classic Show Done Right..........2007-06-10

Although this is not the "offical DVD release" from Columbia House, Roxbury Entertainment did an EXCELLENT job transferring these from the original broadcast film negatives. These 11 episodes are by far the best quality transfers out there. We can only hope that when Columbia "figures it out" to release the entire series on DVD, they'll do the same. There's nothing like watching an Episode of Route 66 with the original commercials, bumpers, sponsor tags and previews intact, it transports you back (for an hour) to a time when quality television prevailed.

Route 66 episodes that are sharp and clear....!!!.......2007-06-08

I highly recommend this 2 disk DVD set of Route 66. The 11 episodes are very clear which makes all the difference. In the past, people have sold tapes or disks of Route 66 where they were just copies of copies and the picture quality was terrible! Not here. So if you grew up watching Route 66 or you love the series, this is the DVD disk you'll want to own. The collection of the 11 episodes are a fine representation of the series and they span across all four years of the show. On some of the episodes the orginial commericals are not edited out, but I did not mind that at all. As a matter of fact, it was rather enjoyable to see the espisodes as they were shown back in the 1960's. Some of my friends got a big kick out of the old commericals. I hope more Route 66 are coming in this format! Please make more!!

The Best of The Best.......2007-06-06

This is Route 66 at it's very best!! The transfers are straight from the masters with everything left in like they originally aired. Commercials, Next week previews, etc. The studios will not release the classics shows this way as they should. 90 percent of the people that buy these classics shows are collectors. And they want everything left in! The studios don't get it! Nor do they care! It's their way or no way! This is the real way to preserve are Television History! Thanks Roxbury Entertainment! We salute you and want more soon!! Don't think about it!, Buy it! This is truly "THE BEST OF THE BEST".

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Lots More Learning Fun! (Scholastic Video Collection)

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Great Learning DVD
A longtime favorite for my little one!
chicka chicka boom boom and lots more learning fun
Very Catchy!
Favorite books come to life

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Lots More Learning Fun! (Scholastic Video Collection)
Starring: Bill Martin Jr. , and Pete Seeger
Manufacturer: New Video Group
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Where the Wild Things Are and Other Maurice Sendak Stories (Scholastic Video Collection)
Good Night Gorilla & More Bedtime Stories (Scholastic Video Collection)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly... and More Stories That Sing (Scholastic Video Collection)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories
Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepytime Tales

ASIN: B00006CY4Q
Release Date: 2002-09-24

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Catchy music and skillful animation lend a new richness to award-winning picture books like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Trashy Town in this Scholastic compilation. In "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom," jazzy melodies composed and performed by Crystal Taliefero complement Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault's innovative look at the alphabet while Lois Ehlert's busy letters absolutely scurry up and crash down from the coconut tree. The addition of the jazzy refrain "dump it in, smash it down, drive around" underscores the importance of the trash man's job in "Trashy Town" and Rosie's oblivious walk around the farm in "Rosie's Walk" is appropriately accompanied by a catchy country tune and twang-infused narration. Animation, voice talent, and the occasional melodic riff reinforce the themes of growth and change in "The Caterpillar and the Polliwog." (Ages 2 to 7) --Tami Horiuchi

Description

CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM (By Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault; Illustrated by Lois Ehlert): The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. But is there enough room for all of them?

TRASHY TOWN (By Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha; Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino): Dump it in! Smash it down! Follow Mr. Gilly around Trashy Town until his truck is full of glorious garbage.

ROSIE'S WALK (By Pat Hutchins): A clumsy fox can't quite catch an unsuspecting hen on this fun-filled walk through the farm.

THE CATERPILLAR AND THE POLLIWOG (By Jack Kent): The polliwog watches the caterpillar grow up and turn into "something else." But the caterpillar isn't the only one who's changing!

DVD Features: Bonus Stories: "The Foolish Frog", "Joey Runs Away", "Changes, Changes"; Read Along; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection

Customer Reviews:

Great Learning DVD.......2007-06-28

My 3yr old absolutely loves this DVD. He now knows the words to the songs and sings along. He is learning to recognize letters with the help of this cute and catchy production.

A longtime favorite for my little one!.......2007-04-12

This is one of the first DVDs we let our son watch (after only Baby Einsteins). We bought it because he loves the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom book. This disk did not disappoint, and all the stories were a big hit. Chicka Chicka is done as a musical video, with an added verse not in the book that is a great addition. The baby letters race up a coconut tree which eventually can't hold all of them (hence the 'boom boom'). The grown-up letters rush to the rescue and the little ones go home for the night, but mischievious little 'a' sneaks back out for a very cute ending.

Rosie's Walk is my personal favorite. An unflappable chicken takes a walk, unaware of the unlucky fox who tries to sneak up on her. Great music and quite funny.

The Caterpillar and the Pollywog is a great story, and the pollywog/frog is irristable in his enthusiasm.

The Foolish Frog is a classic. Pete Seeger is a master storyteller, and the story is a lot of fun and hilarious.

Joey Runs Away is very funny and sweet. Great narration!

Changes was one we didn't take to right away, but after giving it a chance it is endearing and fun in it's own right.

I would recommend this DVD highly to anyone with children 18 months to 4 or 5 years old. My 2 year old still asks for it on a regular basis (and we've watched it many many many many times!). It's one you as an adult will enjoy as well, and not get too sick of as time goes on.

chicka chicka boom boom and lots more learning fun.......2007-04-04

I have had to buy 2 more cd s of it because my nephew 1 1/2 yrs loved the
Trashy Town song and story and my other grandchildren wanted their own copy
in California.

Very Catchy!.......2007-03-23

This DVD is great. My kids both love the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom story and song. The only problem is that I wish it had a repeat feature like some other DVDs (Baby Einstein, etc.) since each segment is only a few minutes long, and they really just want the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom segment mostly. But it's a great alternative to some of the other kids' videos out there.

Favorite books come to life.......2007-02-26

I'm a special ed teacher for K-1 and my students love these videos. They add a visual depth to these classic stories. Don't forget to view the extras and you can also have the words displayed as well. I find them invaluable for illuminating literature. Most stories are no more than 7-10 minutes long and so are great for getting students involved quickly. Well worth the price. Students ask for them over and over again. Get the books too and students begin to engage with the books and get excited keeping up with the video.

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Sink the Bismarck
One of the Best Brit Movies Just After War II

Sink the Bismarck!
Starring: Kenneth More , Dana Wynter , Carl Möhner , Laurence Naismith , and Karel Stepanek
Director: Lewis Gilbert (II)
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B00008AOTR
Release Date: 2003-05-20

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Sink the Bismarck! recounts one of the most famous battles in the history of naval warfare. Shot in semidocumentary style, the black-and-white film covers all sides in the famous hunt for the powerful German warship that terrorized the sea for eight days. The story and combat are rendered as faithfully as possible to C.S. Forester's novel. There are a few historical errors and some other minor liberties taken for dramatic license, both of which the viewer will easily be able to overlook. The only major addition to historical fact is a fictional romance between leads Kenneth More and Dana Wynter, which never gets in the way of the action. Edward R. Murrow cameos, and one of the founding fathers of movie magic, Howard Lydecker, assists with the special effects. The film is a compelling wartime drama that deserves a viewing. --Mark Savary

Description

It's spring 1941, and Great Britain is the only country in Europe yet to be defeated by the Nazi army, but all of that could change soon. The Nazis have launched their juggernaut battleship, the Bismarck, to close off British supply lines and ultimately invade England. A counterstrike is ordered, and with an arsenal of ships at their command, Royal intelligence officers Jonathan Shepard (Kenneth More) and Anne Davis (Dana Wynter) fight desperately to distroy the Bismarck.

Customer Reviews:

OK.......2007-06-10

It's not a bad movie, but it's more talk than action. I think 60% of the movie is shot in one room. The action should have been more exciting, but I guess that was not possible at the time the movie was shot. The charecters are not really well developed and the Germans are potrayed as pompous fools. From what I have read about the Bismarck and it's crew, that is so not true. But having said that it is a treat watching battleships cut through water so majestically!

Memorable.......2007-06-05

Sink the Bismark was made shortly after the actual events took place. Considering the financial shortages the British film industry confronted in those days, Sink the Bismark constitutes a remarcable accomplishment. The actual account of how the great ship was sunk is both exiting and well portrayed using real war footage, and the sript is both well written and plausible, considering the times when the fim was shot. played by actors who are both well known and talented. A must see for World War film II buffs.

Great movie.......2007-03-16

We have always enjoyed this movie! With several history bufrs iin the family, this DVD has made the rounds.

Sink the Bismarck.......2007-03-13

Very interesting history story. Explained a lot to me that was confusing about what had happened.

One of the Best Brit Movies Just After War II.......2007-03-01

After the sinking of the HMS Hood, the English seek to put all their units in quest to sink the Bismarck. She had 13 inch welded armor, so the task is set. With her 15 inch guns she would reek havoc in the sea lanes, if she gets into the convoys. Also, she can sit back and shoot 1,700 lb projectiles before most ships can get into range. A chase and strategy ensues ending with a lucky hit on the rudder of the Bismarck by a biwing torpedo plane, just in time to prevent her escape to a French port. This caused her to steer in circles until the pack closes in and ...

The movie action shifts from the war room to the ships at sea carrying out the orders. The hunt strategy is well put forth in the English war room in London. The personal elements of the English combatants are handled nicely. The Germans, Captain Lindemann and Fleet Commander Luetjens, however, are portrayed as less human and with an ax to grind for the glory of Germany, the Fuehrer, and their own careers, particularly with Fleet Commander Luetjens on the Bismarck.

This one has superb acting by Kenneth Moore and reflects the war room scenes quite realistically. Kenneth More interacts with his attractive female assistant. A work relationship develops that has an implied future. The feeling of the movie is definitely "documentary" mode.

By the way, the Bismarck was found and photographed by the National Geographic Magazine on the bottom of the sea. The photographs revealed her forward 15 inch gun turrets were missing. Only two holes showed. The heavy turrets were kept in place simply by gravity. As the ship went down, she rolled and the turrets fell out. See http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographics-Search-Battleship-Bismarck/dp/6304475829

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