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Grand Prix 1966 ( Two - Disc Special Edition )
Fascinating in car footage, otherwise it's 1960s kitsch.
Spectacular footage
It will never be surpassed. The best race movie ever.
The best auto racing movie ever.

Grand Prix (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Starring: James Garner , Eva Marie Saint , Yves Montand , Toshirô Mifune , and Brian Bedford
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Light on story, this 1966 spectacle directed by John Frankenheimer was shot in 70 millimeter, with a cinematically enthralling emphasis on unique, visceral new ways of capturing the sensations of a car race. James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, and Toshiro Mifune are part of the stellar, international cast whose characters plod through assorted relationship and business conflicts. But the film's real hook is the thrilling and inventive means by which Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate) brings an urgency to the drama happening on the racetrack. A true master of the plastic techniques of obtaining and cutting kinetic footage, Frankenheimer offers more than a joyride to viewers: he makes action part of the compelling language of stories. Cameras are strapped to vehicles as they round the track, shots are taken from a helicopter, the screen is split between angles for maximum impact--even if Grand Prix doesn't rank among the director's best character-driven stories, it is certainly driven on its own terms. --Tom Keogh

On the DVD
The much-anticipated release on DVD does not disappoint, with a pristine restored print and upgraded 5.1 Dolby sound. Of course, the Cinerama film can only be fully appreciated if you sit very close to your screen. The absence of a commentary track is forgivable, since director John Frankenheimer died in 2002. "Pushing the Limit" is your standard 30-minute retrospective with many new interviews with the stars and drivers. The universal opinion is that the film caught Formula One at the exact right time when the beauty of the sport was about to be changed in favor of safety and commercialism. There are some fascinating stories on how they were able to use real race footage so seamlessly. "Flat Out" continues the vibe of what racing was like in the '60s with more interviews from the real racers. "The Style and Sound of Speed" talks about designer Saul Bass and how he created the film's different approaches to each race and the cutting-edge use of montages and multiple screens. The vintage doc is kitschy but allows us to see the filming in action (the footage is used extensively in the new featurettes). --Doug Thomas

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Nine races. One champion. James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford and Antonio Sabato portray Formula I drivers competing to be the best in this slam-you-into-the-driver's seat tale of speed, spectacle and intertwined personal lives. Eva Marie Saint and Toshiro Mifune also star. John Frankenheimer (who 32 years later would again stomp the pedal to the metal for the car chases of Ronin) directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards?,* crafting split-screen images to capture the overlapping drama and orchestrating you-are-there POV camerawork to intensify the hard-driving thrills. Nearly 30 top drivers take part in the excitement, so buckle up, movie fans. Race with the best to the head of the pack.

DVD Features:
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Grand Prix 1966 ( Two - Disc Special Edition ).......2007-07-05

All the glamour and greatness of the World's most exciting drama of speed and spectacle .Nine races . One Champion . James Garner (1928 - ) . Yves Montand (1921-1991) . Brian Bedford (1935 - ) and Antonio Sabáto (1943 - ) Portray Formula I drivers competing to the best in this slam-you-into-the-driver's-seat tale of speed spetacle and intertwined personal lives . Eva Marie Saint (1924 - ) and Toshiro Mifune (1920 - 1997) also Stars . John Frankheimer (1930-2002) (who 32 years later again stomp the pedal to the metal for the car chases of * Ronin *) Directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards . Crafting split-screen images to capture the overlapping drama and orchestring you-are there POV camerawork to intensify the hard-driving thrills . Nearly 30 top drivers take part in the exitiment , so buckle up , movie fans . Race with the best to the head of the pack . Many Special Features . High Quality Transfer . Recommended .

Fascinating in car footage, otherwise it's 1960s kitsch........2007-06-26

Being an afficiando of vintage racing I was intrigued to finally see this film on DVD. It started off well, with views of mid 1960s Monaco, and in car footage that will have race fans glued to the screen. The next HOUR or so was frankly a chore to sit through. After half an hour I was thinking "Come on, get on with a story" and glancing at my watch. But it seemed to be composed largely of poor soap opera love interest stories done 1960s style. The acting is generally poor, replete with painfully forced laughter and smiling. And although it was good to see some real drivers mingling with the actors- well, they're drivers not actors.Some of the scenes have dated very badly too (especially the "groovy" party scene with young people shaking their heads to some 60s pop song-that was hilarious) delegating a large chunk of the movie firmly into the realms of kitsch. My patience was rewarded after an hour with footage of Spa.

It also has the worst soundtrack to a major film that I ever heard. The 5 minute "Overture" prior to the films commencement is one of the most hilariously poor mismatches between visuals and audio that I've encountered.

I don't mind a bit of retro nostalgia, but I wasn't expecting, or wanting it in a film like Grand Prix.

Spectacular footage.......2007-05-17

In hollywood today, this movie would have been made with big-budget visual effects, computer generated racing cars, fake scenery, etc. Watching this movie, I couldn't help but be in total awe of the racing footage captured. It's all real...no computer graphics. This is one amazing picture. I wish more movies were made this way rather than entirely in the computer.

It will never be surpassed. The best race movie ever........2007-05-16

This is one of those mysteries in the history of filmaking... However talented John Frankenheimer and the actors involved were / are, how could someone have imagined that a racing car movie made in 1966, I REPEAT, 1966, would still be, in 2007, head and shoulders bette than all the race movies ever made, before or after!!

Because "Grand Prix" is a master-piece. I will not talk about the amzaing camera angles, the perfect edition, the fact that the actor themselves drive the cars (F3 cars, it's true...), makin a montage with the actual race, the fact that the plot, altough simple, is engaging and makes you cheer for each one of the drivers.

No. I'll talk about the "feel" of the movie. It flows effortlessly, with class, energy, everything.

The best auto racing movie ever........2007-05-12

I first saw this movie in original release on the BIG screen. Since the invention of the DVD I have been waiting for Grand Prix.
The wait is finally over, and it was worth it.
Beautiful cinematography, a great score, and the cars, oh the cars.

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Starring: Brandon Routh , Kate Bosworth , Kevin Spacey , James Marsden , and Parker Posey
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ASIN: B000J10EQU
Release Date: 2006-11-28

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If Richard Donner's 1978 feature film Superman: The Movie made us believe a man could fly, Bryan Singer's 2006 follow-up, Superman Returns, lets us remember that a superhero movie can make our spirits soar. Superman (played by newcomer Brandon Routh) comes back to Earth after a futile five-year search for his destroyed home planet of Krypton. As alter ego Clark Kent, he's eager to return to his job at the Daily Planet and to see Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth). Lois, however, has moved on: she now has a fiancé (James Marsden), a son (Tristan Leabu), and a Pulitzer Prize for her article entitled "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman." On top of this emotional curveball, his old archrival Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) is plotting the biggest land grab in history.

Singer, who made a strong impression among comic-book fans for his work on the X-Men franchise and directed Spacey in The Usual Suspects, brings both a fresh eye and a sense of respect to the world's oldest superhero. He borrows John Williams's great theme music and Marlon Brando's voice as Jor-El, and the story (penned by Singer's X-Men collaborators Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris) is a sort-of-sequel to the first two films in the franchise (choosing to ignore that the third and fourth movies ever happened). The humorous and romantic elements give the movie a heart, Singer's art-deco Metropolis is often breathtaking, and the special effects are elegant and spectacular, particularly an early airplane-disaster set-piece. Of the cast, Routh is excellent as the dual Superman/Clark, Spacey is both droll and vicious as Luthor, and Parker Posey gets the best lines as Luthor's moll Kitty. But at 23, Bosworth seems too young for the five-years-past-grizzled Lois. It's nice to see Noel Neill, Jack Larson (both from the classic Adventures of Superman TV series), and Eva Marie-Saint on the screen as well. Superman Returns is one of those projects that was in development for seemingly forever, but it was worth the wait -- it's the most enjoyable superhero movie since Spider-Man 2 and The Incredibles. --David Horiuchi

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He's back. A hero for our millennium. And not a moment too soon, because during the five years (much longer in movie-fan years!) Superman sought his home planet, things changed on his adopted planet. Nations moved on without him. Lois Lane now has a son, a fiance and a Pulitzer for "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman." And Lex Luthor has a plan that will destroy millions - no, billions - of lives. Filmmaker Bryan Singer (X-Men) gives the world the Superman it needs, honoring the legend everyone loves while taking it in a powerful new direction. Brandon Routh proves a perfect choice to wear the hero's cape, leading a top cast that includes Kate Bosworth as Lois and Kevin Spacey as Lex. And the thrills - from a sky-grapple with a tumbling jumbo jet to a continent-convulsing showdown - redefine Wow. "I'm always around," Superman tells Lois. You'll be glad he is.

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Disappointing.......2007-07-04

I was not all that excited about this movie after I watched it. It seemed long and predicatable. I had been excited about the new actors and remaking the Superman series but was not that excited after seeing the movie. They would have done better to bring Smallville to the big screen.

Disappointing........2007-06-30

It might be easiest to give my review in the form of lists.
1. Things we didn't need more of: Brando's Jor-El, Clark's goofiness (stumbling into revolving door with Lois, etc.), romantic flying scene with Supe and Lois, endless CGI destruction scenes (city crumbling, things falling on cars, etc -- this has been done in so many movies it's really time to do something new)
2. Things that don't make any sense, but the writers and directors were too dumb or lazy to know it: Young Clark wearing glasses (which were a disguise for Superman, who didn't exist yet); the weightless scene when the plane goes into a dive also inexplicably causing silence in the cabin; the electro-magnetic pulse turning off all power in the area except for the baseball stadium; pilots continuing to try to fly the plane as it nosed straight down with NO WINGS; etc.
3. Just plain weird stuff: the obsession with small dogs eating each other and being eaten by humans; the toy figures in Lex's model screaming as the model destructed (what the heck was that about??)
4. Just plain annoying stuff: Perry White saying "Truth, Justice, all that stuff..." (Hollywood is so far over the cliff it can't even tolerate the phrase "the American way"); the kid.
There were some things I liked, such as Superman rising above the clouds to be recharged by the sun -- stuff like that. But overall? Not well done at all.

For What It Is...It's Good.......2007-06-30

This film offers a nice follow-up to the first two Superman movies. Thank God they ignored that crap that passed for Superman III and IV. I could have done without the prolonged explaination of Lois' son. That just got a little old after a while. After about 30 seconds, we all knew whose kid it was. Spacey steals the show as Lex Luther, but even here, we could have done without the bumbling of his henchmen...a criminal mastermind can't hire better help? For what it is, it's a good ride. Superman still delivers.

Pretty Good - Little Boring in Some Parts.......2007-06-28

Superman Returns was mostly pretty good. I really enjoyed about 90% of the movie except for some boring parts that could have been left out on the cutting room floor lol. I know that a lot of movies these days are just BANG-BANG action flicks so I might be getting too used to them.

Overall this movie was pretty good and if you can get it for a good price than it's worth it for the 2 Disc Set

Great Update to the Christopher Reeve films.......2007-06-23

Superman hears about the discovery of the remains of the planet Krypton. So he disappears for five years to check it out. When he returns, he finds that the world has moved on without him. Lois Lane has a child and lives with her boyfriend (who happens to Perry White's son).

Superman feels a bit lost in the modern world. But he makes a stunning and dramatic reappearance and immediately gets back to doing what he does best: fighting crime and upholding truth and justice.

In the meantime, his old rival Lex Luthor (played by Kevin Spacey) plots against him and against the United States of America. The movie is full of humanity and compassion. It presents a modernized Superman for the 21st century.

My only complaints are that Superman looks a little too digital and cartoonish when dressed in his costume. Also, the film spends too much time with Lex Luthor's plot when in my view he isn't worth the time. Not only that, Kevin Spacey's Luthor lacks the humor and likeability of Gene Hackman's Luthor. This new Luthor is all creep.

But the storyline is intriguing and Superman's interactions with Lois Lane and her child make for compelling viewing. Recommended.

Superman Returns (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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On the DVD
The two-disc edition offers about three hours of documentaries and other features. "Requiem for Krypton: Making Superman Returns" is an eight-part documentary about the movie, going back to Bryan Singer conceiving the movie back in 2004. There's a lot of on-set footage and analyses of special effects and stunts such as Brandon Routh's flying (helped by his swimming regimen), focusing more on the filming process than the design. For example, we see how the Metropolis scenes were shot but not how the often-striking sets were designed. Marlon Brando appears briefly in the bloopers section, and "Resurrecting Jor-El" spotlights the techniques used to create his footage. The eleven deleted scenes (about 15 minutes total) contain nothing earth-shaking, but it's nice to see more Eva Marie-Saint, one scene of Clark back in Smallville that could have altered the dynamic of his return to The Daily Planet, and a scene between Kevin Spacey and Parker Posey that is good for a laugh. --David Horiuchi

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Disappointing........2007-06-30

For What It Is...It's Good.......2007-06-30

Pretty Good - Little Boring in Some Parts.......2007-06-28

Great Update to the Christopher Reeve films.......2007-06-23

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SEAN CONNERY? AN ARAB TRIBAL EADER??
The Winds Blows. The Lion Roars.
Not too bad
See The Man Who Would Be King for better Connery, Huston and Middle East intrigue
CLASSIC SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURE AND COMMENT ON U.S. POLICY

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Release Date: 2004-01-06

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The up-and-down career of director John Milius had no finer moment than The Wind and the Lion, a dandy adventure tale. It's based on fact: An American (played by Candice Bergen) and her two children were kidnapped in 1904 Morocco by a Berber tribe, an international incident settled by President Theodore Roosevelt's "big stick" military muscle. The film's sweep and swagger are unabashedly old-fashioned, even as Milius occasionally pokes fun at the grand characters. Some of the peripheral material is sloppy, but as long as Milius keeps his sights locked on the two powerful protagonists, he's dead-on: Brian Keith makes a gutsy Roosevelt, and Sean Connery is in splendid form (with Scots accent in place--got a problem with that?) as the dashing Berber chieftain. Perhaps overshadowed by John Huston's The Man Who Would be King the same year (Huston plays advisor John Hay in this one), Wind makes a marvelous companion piece. --Robert Horton

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An American is kidnapped by a rebellious Arab chieftain, principally as a means to embarrass the Sultan of Morocco. This abduction sparks the threat of armed intervention by President Theodore Roosevelt.

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SEAN CONNERY? AN ARAB TRIBAL EADER??.......2007-05-21

Only Sean Connery, with his thick, albeit familiar accent could pull off a role such as this, with Candace Bergen no less as the believeable heroine. Sprawling vistas, great cinematography, great soundtrack make this a must collector item for lovers of adventure films and historical epics. In spite of the beheadings (tastefully depicted) my entire family enjoyed the picture.

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The Winds Blows. The Lion Roars........2007-03-18

Magnificent Movie. The scene were the ambitious U.S. Marine Captain performs a "movement to contact" assault upon the sultan and the palace is inspirational. Historically speaking it is shot in precise detail from the naval personnel detachments to the employment of the Infantry Rifle Company. The various characters' humorous sublime reactions in these real world scenarios of Theodore Roosevelt's presidential periodic doctrine of "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick" adds humor where it would be least expected. It ain't "The Wild Bunch" though. Clever directing in correspondence with writers portrays the script and it's actors to their well rounded versatility's. How about actress Deborah Baxter when she was young? Sean Connery is only one of the film's many talented cast. The philosophy of having found something worth losing everything for is in-synch with this film's format.

Not too bad.......2007-03-10

Men will like this shoot-em-up. The most interesting scene in the movie was the one where a military regiment marched into Tangier, followed by a brass band. I am quite sure that they really were U S Marines.

See The Man Who Would Be King for better Connery, Huston and Middle East intrigue.......2007-02-19

I didn't like this one. Here is why:
-It is unevenly paced and slackly directed. Heavy on the action/swash-buckling, lite on the substance.
-At no time was Sean Connery anyone but Sean Connery. He is surely an "international star" but I still
cringe when persona overwhelms character.
-Candice Bergen was annoyingly bland. The romance of the film is weak and always on the verge, leaving
the tension unrealized.
-The hyper-patriotism, something like Milius' hyper-masculine forte, overwhelms any nuance or adroitness
that a scenario such as this requires. Any research into this story will yield that the reality was that an
Englishman and his son were kidnapped, and that no military force was used. This is only an issue
because using the basic story as an adventure tale of American thuggery-diplomacy is less than exciting.
Unless you are a fan of rousing heavy handed mythos.
-I have never seen this many horses fall as their rider is shot or bombarded. It looks real, and accurate, but
I found it distracting.
-While the violence is unremitting, almost all the lead characters are as well. This left me uninterested in them. Except
Brian Keith's Teddy Roosevelt.

It's not all bad. Here's what I did like:
-Brian Keith. He's the best Teddy Roosevelt I've seen in film. That he wasn't nominated as a best supporting
actor is unfortunate.
-Jerry Goldsmith's score is rousing and epic, very good. He was nominated, deservedly. Predictably, he lost
to John Williams and Jaws.
-Billy Williams cinematography. Shot in Spain, doubling for Morocco-the scope and terrain are gorgeous
and epic.
-The stunt work is fabulous.

CLASSIC SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURE AND COMMENT ON U.S. POLICY.......2007-02-18

This has been one of my favourite movies for many, many years. It has it all: wild adventure, sword fights, charging horses, explosions, heads flying in every direction, more explosions, and some astonishing performances by many of Hollywood's best character actors. And it has Sean Connery -- the only James Bond -- turning in a stellar performance. And it features the wildly underrated Brian Keith turning in a memorable performance as the great President Theodore Roosevelt. I watched this movie again and was struck by its comment on U.S. foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East. In Keith's scene were the U.S. is compared to a grizzly bear -- strong, dominating, respected, but hated, feared, and sometimes blind and wild, however, often lonely -- summed up nicely U.S. foreign policy over the decades. Keith's Roosevelt is gruff, strong, intelligent, and throughly honest in his perceptions of the world and the mad men who run it. He doesn't see Connery's character as an ignorant Arab bandit: he sees him as someone fighting to keep foreigners from controlling his land; he wants his country to remain his country. And he sees the established Arab leadership as corrupted by the influence of the Great European Powers. One wonders what Teddy would think of the Bush Administration and its adventure in Iraq.

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Carbon Copy - VHS
very good movie!
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A Laugh Till You Cry Comedy
It is a classic--a thinking person's comedy

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Starring: George Segal , Susan Saint James , Jack Warden , Dick Martin , and Denzel Washington
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Like father, unlike son! George Segal, Susan Saint James and two-time OscarÂ(r) winner* Denzel Washington star in this "zany" (Screen International), wickedly funny comedy that strikesa brilliant "balance between broad humor and genuinely poignant moments

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Carbon Copy - VHS.......2007-05-18

I enjoyed reviewing this VHS tape. It is a 4 star movie.

very good movie!.......2007-05-09

They will never show movies like this on reg tv, because it deals with real topics that are still going on today.

(:D).......2006-05-25

Regardless of some of the reviews received by this movie, this story has true merit and should give insight to all! It shows what happens when you are not true to yourself and your feelings and what can happen as a result!! A great 'intro' movie for Denzel's career!

My favourite part is when the father is looking for a job and is waiting for the truck and he is dress in a suite you have to see it for funny funny and loveable

A Laugh Till You Cry Comedy.......2006-05-09

This movie, though originally released in the 1980's, is as comical and thought provoking today as it was twenty years ago!

George Segal plays a wealthy business executive living in ritzy San Marino California with his wife, Susan St. James and snotty step daughter. His father-in-law, Jack Warden, owns the company Segal works for and all is well until Segal's illegitimate son, played by Denzel Washington shows up. Be aware that Washington's character has a hidden agenda and Segal falls for it all hook line and sinker.

Segal's life is immediately turned upside-down as Denzel is introduced to the family! St. James goes into shock and throws them out of the house. Segal looses his job, friends, and all of his net worth. Even his best friend and lawyer, Dick Martin, smoothly hands him off to a black attorney, Paul Winfield, implying that he would be more 'appropriate' to handle the case.

Washington and Segal are full of chemistry and every scene they have together leaves you wanting more. From teaming up on the basketball court to con money from a 'white' father and son, unfortunately Segal discovers that not all black men can jump, to moving to Watts, being shot at by the police and having to break into his own home in San Marino to steal survival money from the bedroom safe. These scenes are just fall down funny!

This movie uses comedy to show the word that color of skin and affiliation can play a major role in who we are, how we live, how we're viewed by others and the assumptions people are quick to make about us.

I would recommend this film to anyone with a light hearted sense of humor and give it five stars.

It is a classic--a thinking person's comedy.......2005-03-21

This movie is a hilarious social satire. George Segal, Denzel Washington, and Susan St. James play their parts to a tee. The movie just becomes funnier and funnier as the story evolves. My favorite part is the school yard basketball game, where Segal's character discovers that his son is terrible at basketball and loses the bet he made with another father/son duo. A key part of the film is when "Mr. Charley" finds work cleaning out horse stables and then his son finds an apartment for both of them in LA's Watts neighborhood. It is the pivotal momment in the movie. Sure, the film is at times silly, but it makes you think about the social divisions and prejudices that unfortunately still persist to this day in our country.

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Fascinating Morality Tale
Gazzara and Bogdanovich at their peak
Tedious trip down memory lane
Casablanca in the Far East (Time capsule of Singapore)
Character study with a great character actor

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Release Date: 2001-01-23

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Fascinating Morality Tale.......2006-01-24

Prostitution being the world's oldest profession it was only a matter of time before the pimp reared it's ugly head. Opportunity arises in Singapore for Jack Flowers, expatriate failed American writer, to add nobility to the world's most dishonored profession next to the lawyers and politicians. If it were only that simple. Despite running a brothel where the girls and the patrons admire and respect you the local competition uses less than subtle efforts to shut down your operation. Then the U.S. military acquires your services to provide R and R for the boys getting a momentary respite from the Vietnam quagmire. Even that doesn't feel clean. Director-writer Peter Bogdanovich has fashioned a compelling morality tale in a place where morality wouldn't seem to exist. The sweltering seediness of Singapore is captured perfectly here. Gazzara offers a complex reading of the affable Jack who begins the film apparently confident in the choice's he's made only to evolve into a man uncertain of his actions. Good supporting turn by Denholm Elliott as a British accountant who forms an unlikely but totally believable kinship with Jack.

Gazzara and Bogdanovich at their peak.......2005-12-01

Ben Gazzara plays an expatriate American who works as a two-bit pimp and errand boy for the Hong Kong mafia's Singapore operations in the early '70s. He aspires to run his own bordello, and local hoods seek to dissuade him in an increasingly menacing fashion. But this is not an action film by any means. It's a story of an exceedingly likeable but shallow man who learns that achieving his "dream" means using -- and even harming -- others. He also learns the value of friendship through his relationship with Denholm Elliot's character, an English accountant hired by the Hong Kong mafia to audit the books of Gazzara's employer. The friendship between the two is warm and touching. The many non-actors used in minor roles are completely believable and add to this film's gritty realism. The film tackles many themes -- friendship, the consequences of our choices, the war in Vietnam, scruples -- all subtly. "Saint Jack" is also a no-nonsense look at the life of expat Americans and Brits in Asia. (Any former or current expats will know what I mean.) This film will make a Ben Gazzara fan out of you -- and make you wish he had played more such meaty roles in his career. --MellowMonk.com

Tedious trip down memory lane.......2005-01-16

The most outstanding part of this movie was seeing Singapore in the 1970s, a bygone era of roadside eateries, straggling Englishmen and safari suits in the stifling tropical heat.
Singapore today -- with all the bumboats cleared from a once stagnant, dank Singapore River and its prostitution now corralled into neat neighborhoods -- has gained and lost much in that time.
As a Singaporean who was still in kindergarten when the movie was filmed (and was not even born during the time period the movie was based in), it is a fascinating visit to a half-remembered time that previously existed only as tinted memories in my mind. Alas, that visceral, seedy but very atmospheric Singapore no longer exists as openly.
Set against this backdrop, the story -- as it were -- seems almost incidental. Ben Gazzarra plays John "Jack" Flowers, a men ultimately of deep conscience, who aspires to and briefly operates a succession of brothels that cater to American GIs on R&R from a diminishing Vietnam war (and gets paid for his effort by a motley crew of bell-bottomed gangsters with the creation of some impromptu tattoos).
Along the way, he encounters a series of colorful characters, including a parade of prostitutes and transsexuals, the CIA and George Lazenby.
Of particular enjoyment and a foil to highlight Flowers' humanity is William Leigh (Denholm Elliot), a sweet Hong Kong-based accountant who tragi-comically dies of a heart attack (preceded by a short generalized seizure and immediately followed by a half-hearted attempt at CPR).
The movie is fairly weak on narrative, dialogue is often mumbled in a thick Singaporean accent even I occasionally had difficulty with and Peter Bogdanovich plays hard and fast with chronology (a time period of about a year passes unannounced at one point between one moment and the next).
Ultimately, you should see this movie if you are interested in Singapore or South-East Asia in the 1970s, the amorality of a moral man or the cinematic representation of the business practices and stealth abilities of local gangsters.

Casablanca in the Far East (Time capsule of Singapore).......2004-12-30

"Saint Jack" is a character movie, revolving around Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara), an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. He dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States to lead a life of luxury. Savvy but not unsavory he strikes up a friendship with the character played by Denholm Elliot, a genial and decent auditor who travels to Singapore every year. (Elliot's character is not unlike his role in the Indy Jones movies, except less bumbling)

Bogdanovich does a wonderful job of weaving the web of relationships around Jack - the girls, the hotel owners, the madam and the expatriate Americans and English who form Jack's clientele. Through their interactions with Jack, we get a rich character sketch of a fundamentally decent and loyal man beneath the worldly and pragmatic exterior. Not unlike Bogart in Casablanca.

The setting of Singapore in the 1970s deserves a mention because it is as much a star of the film as Gazzara. This film was shot without the permission of the Singapore government and is still banned in Singapore for it's not necessarily flattering portrayal of the country. But it is a surprisingly successful attempt to capture the look and feel of Singapore in that lost era - in that transition stage after its days as an exotic colonial outpost visited by the likes of Somerset Maugham but before it cleaned up and catapulted into wealth. For this alone the movie is something of a rare gem, both in craft and content. Singaporeans who lived through the 70s will recognize the remarkable authenticity. "Casablanca", which merely offers a caricature of Casablanca, doesn't even come close in this regard.

Ultimately, the background of the Vietnam War comes into the picture as Jack is offered the opportunity by the CIA to run a brothel for the R&R activities of US soldiers on leave in Singapore. The movie weaves in deeper issues here which are not as clearly communicated as in the book (are they ever?). The soldiers are not altogether themselves - psychologically damaged as it were. In a scene where a CIA operative and Jack survey the frolicking soldiers and comment that they are leading the happy lambs to the slaughter, the more sinister nature of the R&R operation is made clear.

The anti-war theme continues as Jack is offered wealth, and the opportunity to leave Singapore to return to the States that it confers, if he assists in photographing an anti-war US congressman (played by George Lazenby - incidentally an early striptease scene in the movie plays to Shirley Bassey's "Goldfinger" as a tongue in cheek reference to Lazenby's role as Bond 10 years prior) in a compromising situation. The moral dilemma of going against the greater good by hobbling the anti-war effort versus obtaining one's personal desire to leave Singapore is again, redolent of "Casablanca".

There is no Ingrid Bergman to provide glamour and no French police chief to provide comic relief, but "Saint Jack" offers a more satisfying Bogart in Gazzara - a "Casablanca" for the real world and all it's complexities.

Character study with a great character actor.......2004-10-18

Saint Jack is unique among Peter Bogdanovich's films in that it is more than any other focused on a single character, Jack Flowers, played by the great character actor Ben Gazzara. What comes out in the film is that living in Singapore, Flowers gets to strut his stuff as an American, taking advantage of the totally loose environment of Singapore in the 70s to run a fancy whorehouse. He knows and calls many native residents by their first name, wears Hawaiian shirts most of the time, looks relaxed and doesn't even flinch much when his place is ruined.

Befriending William Leigh, one of the several Brits who hangs out in this strange metropolis, Flowers is both amused and touched by Leigh's conventional stiff upper lip "Brit-ness". As Flowers encounters Singaporean thugs, young, horny American soldiers (the setting is the early 70s during the VietNam conflict when Yanks were given a respite in Sin City aka Singapore), dissolute Brits (it seems all they do is drink, sing, and complain), and his beloved hookers, he keeps his calm--one thing Gazzara is great at portraying--and banters with the best of them.

The question really is, Why? It's never actually answered, but we do have a lot of fun encountering these various people and seeing what Singapore looked like back then (it's changed so much, says Bogdanovich in an intriguing interview included with the DVD, that you wouldn't recognize it now if you knew it from back then). Flowers makes his way through it all unruffled, joking, shrugging off tragedy when it occurs, until, near the end, it hits home and he sobers up--for a short time. And then it's back to being Saint Jack, the go-to guy for all high rollers, gotta-have-fun people, and those who just want to drift through life.

This is a lot more than a travelogue; it's a way of life that has sadly passed us by in our current terrorism-wired world, and for that--combined with the fascinating portrait of a bygone era in a city that no longer exists as it did--it's definitely worth seeing.

Modern Times - Chaplin Collection (Limited Edition Collector's Set)

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"Modern Times" Attacked American Capitalism
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Modern Times - Chaplin Collection (Limited Edition Collector's Set)
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ASIN: B000096IBA
Release Date: 2003-07-01

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Charlie Chaplin is in glorious form in this legendary satire of the mechanized world. As a factory worker driven bonkers by the soulless momentum of work, Chaplin executes a series of slapstick routines around machines, including a memorable encounter with an automatic feeding apparatus. The pantomime is triumphant, but Chaplin also draws a lively relationship between the Tramp and a street gamine. She's played by Paulette Goddard, then Chaplin's wife and probably his best leading lady (here and in The Great Dictator). The film's theme gave the increasingly ambitious writer-director a chance to speak out about social issues, as well as indulging in the bittersweet quality of pathos that critics were already calling "Chaplinesque." In 1936, Chaplin was still holding out against spoken dialogue in films, but he did use a synchronized soundtrack of sound effects and his own music, a score that includes one of his most famous melodies, "Smile." And late in the film, Chaplin actually does speak--albeit in a garbled gibberish song, a rebuke to modern times in talking pictures. --Robert Horton

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Amazing........2007-06-26

Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)

I've spent the past few decades assiduously overlooking old film comedies, mostly because of my dislike for the contemporary comedy shorts (the Three Stooges, the Little Rascals, et al.). I decided earlier this year that I was going to stop doing that; after all, they can't all be that bad. One of the earliest stops on this new journey of mine was Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin's 1936 extravaganza that makes it into critics' 100-best lists with almost alarming regularity.

The basic idea is that Chaplin, a factory worker, and Paulette Goddard, a homeless waif, team up after Chaplin gets laid off when the factory closes (it's the Depression, remember) and try to make their way in the world. This leads both through a succession of jobs (and a rickety homestead), as well as more than one brush with the law.

I know there's a great deal of social commentary to be found here; I've read more than enough articles on the film to have missed that. But my mind is a sieve, and I can't remember terribly much about those articles. What I found important, and enjoyable, about the film is that it's a wonderfully-choreographed piece, a remnant of the silent era in the age of talkies (there is very little actual speech in the film), and an excellent showcase for Chaplin's talent for physical comedy. Add to this the eye-popping beauty of Paulette Goddard, a pitch-perfect sense of pace, and an array of sets that rivals most of what gets turned out seventy years later, and you have the recipe for a truly classic film. And Modern Times surely is that. **** ½

Funny........2007-04-10

Good laughs. My favorite scene is that with the feeding machine. Even my boyfriend who hates old black and white movies was laughing out loud. Genius.

Timeless.......2007-02-19

Modern Times is among the Best 100 American movies of all time (#81), and it is among the Best 1000 Movies on DVD by Peter Travers. I rate this movie 5 stars or 9 over 10. This movie is timeless, a masterpiece, a pleasure to watch and watch over and over again. It was the last silent movie Chaplin did and the last to feature the Little Tramp (beautiful ending with the two lovers walking arm and arm into a sunset.) The theme of the movie is how technology alienates the human being. Accidentally converted into a working class hero, Chaplin spends some time in jail, where he'd like to stay forever. There we watch one of the funniest scenes of the movie, the lunch with some "white powder". I couldn't stop laughing! In the times of the Great Depression, Chaplin portraits the unemployed and the hunger. Trying to find a steady job, he ends up in a Caffe where he waits on tables and sings. Yes! He does. The nonsense song (with Chaplin original voice in there) stands as one of the best moments in movie history. I can't quit this song off of my mind ... Paulette Goddard, Chaplin's wife at the time, appears here in what's considered her best and liveliest leading lady. This DVD is beautifully repackaged for the Chaplin Collection (a wonderful collection, thanks Warner!) It includes an all-new digital transfer and a soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 as well as original mono. The second DVD comes full loaded with many speacial features, like a documentary about "Chaplin today", deleted scenes, an introduction by Chaplin biographer David Robinson, a Karaoke of the nonsense song, the wonderful song Smile, sung by Liberace, a Behind the Scenes in the Machine Age 42 minutes documentary, and lots of more extras!
I recommend this DVD to everybody, you will not be disapointed, and I would say it's a MUST for movie collectors. A classic, a masterpiece, a timeless movie!
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"Modern Times" Attacked American Capitalism.......2007-01-14

Charlie Chaplin was minimally a Communist fellow traveler. A staunch supporter of the Soviet Union, he once told an interviewer with the "Daily Worker" that we should "Thank God for Communism." At the very best, Chaplin could be described as a naive utopian. "Modern Times" was a not so subtle attack against American capitalism. Chaplin's Little Tramp is presented as a victim of a social system which victimizes the working class. The modern world is alienating human beings from their authentic selves. A class war exists between the haves and the have-nots. Employers exploit their workers and deserve to be sabotaged and ripped off. Factories allegedly turn the individual into a robotic creature to be pitied. Chaplin focussed exclusively on the negative aspects of the "Modern Times" of the early twentieth Century---and never paid the slightest attention to its overwhelming benefits. Aesthetically speaking, I also fail to appreciate Chaplin's slapstick brand of humor. It seems too over the top. Paulette Goddard, for instance, portrays Chaplin's impoverished romantic interest. Still, her hair and lipstick always look perfect. The unsophisticated audiences of over seventy years ago were much easier to please. Charlie Chaplin would be a nonentity in 2007.

David Thomson
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Charlie the rebel, Charlie the poet, Charlie the invincibly human..........2007-01-08

"Modern Times" begins with a shot of sheep going down a runway followed by a shot of workers entering a factory... Charlie is set down in the midst of industrial civilization, which is dominated by machinery and in which men are organized into mechanical units, Capital and Labor... Charlie's real enemies are no longer the Cop or the Boss, with whom he can always enter into some human relation, but a vast impersonality, invisible and invulnerable...

"Modern Times" offered a variety of minor attractions: it featured Chaplin's wife, Paulette Goddard; it had wonderful gags; it indulged in tricks of sound which came to the very edge of being dialog... But what did the picture mean, what was it trying to say? Because Chaplin charged his usual enormous percentage for it, and because of foreign receipts, "Modern Times" made money, but exhibitors were not happy at the limited audience turnout... For the majority, the new Charlie was too serious; for the minority, not serious enough...

Since the picture seemed to be about the dehumanizing effect of machinery, intellectuals called upon Chaplin to join them in reorganizing machine culture to some more human scale of things...

Off the screen, Chaplin said nothing... On the screen, his anarchic hostility for any kind of machine culture expressed itself in scenes like that in which Charlie is fed by a machine and that in which, crazed by the assembly line, he runs into the street, his arms moving convulsively like two pistons... Charlie the rebel, Charlie the poet, Charlie the invincibly human, had been turned into a machine...

Saint Jack [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2&4 Import - Australia ]

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Saint Jack [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2&4 Import - Australia ]
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
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Australia released, PAL/Region 2&4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), SYNOPSIS: After a couple of major studio flops, Peter Bogdanovich returned to his 1960s filmmaking roots with this Roger Corman-produced low budget film. Easygoing expatriate Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara) makes his living in early-1970s Singapore legally and illegally looking after the needs of American and British businessmen, such as the mild-mannered William Leigh (Denholm Elliott). With his gift for putting clients and girls at ease, Jack opens a successful brothel, but pressure from local mobsters soon puts him out of business. Ever the survivor, he starts working for the shady, Cuban-cigar-smoking Eddie Schuman (Bogdanovich) as a pimp for GIs on breaks from Vietnam. But Jack's conscience starts to dog him when Schuman hires him to take compromising pictures of a visiting Senator (George Lazenby). Adapted by Bogdanovich, Howard O. Sackler, and Paul Theroux from Theroux's novel, Saint Jack offers a pimp with a heart of gold, who is less an ugly colonial American abroad than an outsider trying to make the best of a bad situation. Shooting on location in Singapore, cinematographer Robby Müller lends an appropriately gritty look to the matter-of-fact narrative. With restrained and forceful performances by Gazzara and Elliott, Saint Jack was something of a succès d'estime for the embattled Bogdanovich, winning the Italian Journalist Award for Best Film at the 1979 Venice Film Festival. While not a box-office success, it remains an affecting and unsung character study of a man's desire to forge a reasonably honorable life in a dishonorable profession. SPECIAL FEATURES: Trailer(s), Interactive Menu, Commentary, Cast/Crew Interview(s),

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