The Ride

Starring:Michael Biehn, Brock Pierce, Jennifer Blanc, Chris Owen, Clarence Felder, Jennifer O'Neill, Franklin Graham, Martin Spanjers, Joseph Neibich
Director: Michael O. Sajbel
Studio: Ross Records
Product Type: DVD

The Best of Abbott & Costello, Vol. 1 (Buck Privates / Hold That Ghost / In the Navy / Keep 'Em Flying / One Night in the Tropics / Pardon My Sarong / Ride 'Em Cowboy / Who Done It?)

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Laughing all the way....
Classic comedies
Great collection
Enjoyable films, great price, questionable disc quality
The Best of Abbott and Costello, Vol. 2

The Best of Abbott & Costello, Vol. 1 (Buck Privates / Hold That Ghost / In the Navy / Keep 'Em Flying / One Night in the Tropics / Pardon My Sarong / Ride 'Em Cowboy / Who Done It?)
Starring: Bud Abbott , Lou Costello , Dick Powell , Claire Dodd , and Patty Andrews
Director: Arthur Lubin , A. Edward Sutherland , and Erle C. Kenton
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B0000WN0PA
Release Date: 2004-02-10

Description

Get ready for big laughs with Abbott and Costello, undeniably the most popular comedy team of all time! Now, the classic films of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are available on DVD in this hilarious collection.

The wildly popular comic duo has entertained audiences since 1931, conquering vaudeville, radio and the silver screen in nearly 40 films. Enjoy these side-splitting hits like Buck Privates and Hold That Ghost in this collection of eight full-length features. The Best of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello: Volume 1 will have you laughing out loud again and again!

One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Bud and Lou get mixed up in a "Love Insurance" scheme.

Buck Privates (1941)
The duo accidentally enlists in the U.S. Army to avoid getting arrested!

In the Navy (1941)
Bud and Lou are sailors bound for duty on the high seas in this musical comedy.

Hold that Ghost (1941)
The boys inherit a haunted house formerly owned by a mobster.

Keep `Em Flying (1941)
Bud and Lou enlist in the Army Air Corps and get caught up in a love triangle.

Ride `Em Cowboy (1942)
The duo head to the Lazy S ranch to hide after Lou accidentally proposes to an Indian girl.

Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Bud and Lou travel to the South Seas where Lou is mistaken for a legendary god!

Who Done It? (1942)
The boys are suspected of murder while being targeted by the actual killer.

Customer Reviews:

Laughing all the way...........2007-06-30

I remember some of these movies from when I was a kid (okay, I'm dating myself but I don't care). "Hold That Ghost", which is the reason I bought this collection, has some of the funniest bits EVER captured on film. No "off color" language or jokes -- just lots of laughs. The exchange after Joan Davis runs into Lou Costello and knocks him down STILL makes me laugh out loud. If you like "funny" -- this is your ticket.

Classic comedies.......2007-06-24

It may be hard to believe nowadays, but Abbott and Costello were once one of the biggest box office draws at the movies. In the early 1940s, their movies were among the tops in terms of tickets. Nowadays, they seem to be mostly forgotten except by fans of old movies, which is too bad. Their movies may not be the best comedy ever written, but they are all pretty fun. Volume 1 of The Best of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello features their first eight films.

One Night in the Tropics is their screen debut. They are actually just secondary characters who contribute little to the plot (involving some romantic mix-ups) but are brought in to lighten things up, with among other things, their "Who's on First" routine. Next up is their first starring feature and the first of their three military comedies, Buck Privates. In this one, they accidentally enlist in the army while trying to avoid a cop who later turns out to be their drill sergeant.

The next of their "service comedies" was In The Navy, in which they assist a famous singer who is trying to become a regular Joe by becoming a sailor. The final service comedy is Keep `Em Flying, which puts them in the early Air Force.

The pair inherit a supposed haunted house on Hold That Ghost. It actually used to belong to a mobster, and some of his loot is still in the place, attracting other hoodlums. In Ride `Em Cowboy, they wind up on a dude ranch. Pardon My Sarong is something of a takeoff on the Hope/Crosby Road pictures, with the two winding up on a tropical island. Finally, in Who Done It?, they are entangled in a murder mystery at a radio station.

There is a very structured approach to these movies: Universal Pictures obviously wanted these churned out quickly (some were out within a couple months of the start of shooting!) and they used plenty of contract players: for example, three movies have Shemp Howard in small parts and Dick Foran in bigger parts. All the movies are pretty short (they range from 78 to 87 minutes). They all have a romantic subplot involving other characters and (with the exception of Who Done It?), they all have several musical numbers, some featuring big names like the Andrews Sisters and Ella Fitzgerald.

At the core, however, are Abbott and Costello, more particularly Lou Costello who forms the comic heart of these stories. They are the same characters in every story: Bud is the fast-talking con man and Lou is the not-so-bright coward with an almost child-like approach to the world. There is plenty of physical comedy, but they are at their best when the two are just talking.

It'd be a bit much to call these films classics, but they are entertaining and they would probably amuse kids as well as adults. I suppose it's also technically inappropriate to call this The Best of Abbott and Costello when it actually is just their first eight movies, but at the same time it is true: this collection does show them in top form.

Great collection.......2007-06-15

Except for "One Night in the Tropics", these are some of Abbott and Costello's most entertaining films. One of my very favorite A@C films, "Ride 'em Cowboy" is marred by the dreadful dream sequence. What makes it more frustrating is to read from sources that other comedy scenes (which sound funnier) were filmed but rejected including extended bits of business with the poker sequence. The rest of "Ride 'em Cowboy" however more than makes up for the dream skit. This dvd set is a great buy for the cost.

Enjoyable films, great price, questionable disc quality.......2007-05-04

While I don't think I'll ever grow to be a *huge* A&C fan, as I've been seeing more and more of their films, I've grown to genuinely like them and to really enjoy watching them, even if I personally don't find them as consistently hilarious and personally endearing as some of the other great comedians of the era. But for this price, and for this many films in one collection, how could anyone go wrong?

'One Night in the Tropics' (1940) is actually a star vehicle for Allan Jones (best-known for his roles in the Marx Brothers' first two MGM films), Nancy Kelly, Robert Cummings, Peggy Moran, and a few other secondary characters. It's an enjoyable movie, but nothing really classic or memorable. A&C are actually the most interesting characters and steal the show, even though their comedy routines are detached from the plot and they're just trotted out as periodic comic relief. They're also not really playing very sympathetic characters in this one. It seems like one of those films that's watched more for the historical interest than for genuine entertainment value.

'Buck Privates' (1941), their first starring vehicle, is considered a classic, though here too they often seem to be relegated to supporting comedians and pushed to the back burner in favor of the romantic subplot. The same holds true in their other two service comedies, 'In the Navy' and 'Keep 'Em Flying' (also from 1941). While all three of their service comedies are genuinely enjoyable and funny, they would have been even stronger and funnier if all of the superfluous musical numbers and the romantic subplots with boring characters we don't really care about had been cut out. They were funny and talented enough to carry a film on their own without being forced to play second-fiddle to secondary characters! The weakest of these three is 'Keep 'Em Flying'; overall it just seems disjointed and inconsistent, and like they'd run out of top-notch material to mine after already doing their first two service comedies. (These service comedies also feel, in hindsight, like subtle propaganda just in case the U.S. really did enter WWII, what with the "Isn't the Army/Navy/Air Force great and fun?" theme.)

'Hold That Ghost' (1941) is also somewhat bogged down by musical numbers and a romantic subplot, but at least here those elements don't take up as much time as in a lot of their other early films. The plotline about spending a night in a haunted house and all of the hair-raising things that happen seems a bit cliché today, and the script seems a little weak, but overall there are enough funny moments and interesting twists and turns in the plot to make it worthwhile.

'Who Done It?" (1942), which mixes comedy and a murder mystery, has a very strong script and a supporting cast. What makes this film so funny and tight is that it focuses almost entirely on A&C instead of being cluttered up by some boring romantic subplot and superfluous song and dance numbers. 'Pardon My Sarong' (1942), made in imitation of the popular Hope and Crosby 'Road' pictures of the time, finds them on a tropical island. Although it does feature musical numbers and a romantic subplot, at least the comedy routines are seamlessly worked into the picture instead of seeming more detached from the plotline, and the subplot seems more interesting than usual. 'Ride 'Em Cowboy' (1942) is enjoyable entertainment and has a good script, though unfortunately has the same formulaic feel that a lot of these other films do--musical numbers and a dull romantic subplot that really slow down the story and relegate A&C to supporting characters. Normally I find Westerns boring and dated at best and offensive at worst, but since this is a comedy Western, I liked it. Even the stereotypical depictions of the Native Americans weren't as bad and offensive as they often are in these kinds of films.

Overall, while A&C aren't my top favorite comedians, I do enjoy watching them, and these early films are no exception. And while the songs and romantic subplots slow the pictures down, the boys are great when they're front and center instead of being relegated to supporting players. However, while this may seem like a great price for 8 films, it's not entirely a great deal. Since these are double-sided discs, they're more prone to scratching and malfunctioning. While the first disc played fine for me, I had to go through a number of different copies before finally getting a second disc that didn't freeze up or skip at any point. Would it have taken that much effort for Universal to ensure more quality control on this classic catalogue? And while the extras (trailers and production notes) are much appreciated, these films and this comedy team are famous and respected enough to have merited something more, like audio commentaries or photo galleries. Still, at least they're represented on DVD now, inferior technical quality or not.

The Best of Abbott and Costello, Vol. 2.......2007-04-02

Abbott and Costello's humor is outstanding and timeless. This collection of some of their movies will have you laughing uproariously, and you will watch these movies over and over again, and keep on laughing even after you've watched them so many times that you know what is going to happen next.

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Really nice quality
Great Trade Up From the Old Version...
Non-Compatible
HELP! the other version
"Help!" Yourself to Some 1965 Beatles!

The Beatles - Help
Director: Richard Lester
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ASIN: B000AREXBU

Product Description

SYNOPSIS: In their second feature with director Richard Lester, who oversaw the massive hit A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles again aim for a mix of goofy comedy and sterling pop music. There is slightly more of a plot this time, though it is a patently ridiculous one: a sacred ruby ring comes into Ringo's possession, attracting the unwelcome attention of an exotic religious cult and forcing the boys to go on the run. This chase narrative is thankfully never taken too seriously, serving mainly as an excuse for colorful excursions to international locations from Europe to the Bahamas. The musical numbers include such classic tunes as "Ticket to Ride," "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," and, of course, "Help!". DVD SPECIAL FEATURES: Theatrical Trailer / Synopsis / Beatles Profiles. COMPLETE SONG LIST: Help! / You're Gonna Lose That Girl / You've Got to Hide Your Love Away / Ticket to Ride / I Need You / The Night Before / Another Girl.

Customer Reviews:

Really nice quality.......2007-06-18

Overall I was very happy with this DVD mastering. I saw absolutely no evidence that this was copied from VHS so forget the comments to that effect from one reviewer. As others have noted, the audio is excellent - clear, crisp mono, as God (and George Martin) intended. If you want the best quality mono version of the soundtrack songs, just dub the musical numbers from this disc to CD! Visual quality is very good although I would like to have seen the original widescreen ratio letterboxed. Colors are sharp and bright and short of a total remastering this as good as we're likely to get. My fear would be that the next "official" Apple reissue would substitute the stereo mixes from the LP, which would destroy the audio integrity, so get this while you can!

Great Trade Up From the Old Version..........2007-06-17

I've had "Help" on DVD for 17 years now; this version is a great upgrade! Subtitles, great sound (I have Bose 901Vs, no surround). The sound is great. Help is described by some as "best watched fast forwarded to the song scenes". Admittedly, it's a great bunch of "pre-MTV videos"! I'm a "John" fan, and he sings the first four of seven songs.

"Help" is first , great classic Beatles performance, in their last? B&W scene.

Next is "Your Going To Lose That Girl"- a fantastic "recording session" scene, great closeups of faces and guitars, nice filmography for 1965. It's worth a watch for the last line; the record producer asks "Boys, are you buzzing?" John says, "No, I'll take the car"! The Beatles were, as John stated, "smoking marijuana for breakfast" during the filming. George said they busted out laughing constantly, ruining several takes..

John plays a 12 string Hootenany in the next scene, "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away". John always hated miming songs, he deliberately made faces, scratched himself, anything for a laugh. Watch for him screwing up the scene twice. Supposedly written for Brian Epstein's life of living gay in the closet.

"Ticket To Ride", my favorite scene, is next. This video ruled MTV for some time in the mid-80s. Innovative photograhy, "Marx Brothers-like" antics and hilarious wipeouts as the Beatles attempt to ski in the Austrian Alps. It's also THE greatest song by the Beatles, in my opinion...classic drumming, guitars, vocals, harmonies, bass, lyrics.

"I Need You", George's "song" for the movie, is filmed on the Salisbury Plain with the Royal Army's Tank Corps, in sight of Stonhenge, I think. They're freezing cold-watch Ringo shiver, just like the Apple rooftop in Let It Be!

"The Night Before" finixshes the scene from above. Funny, it's Paul's first lead vocal in the film. Great bass playing and fisheye lens guitar shots! John almost gets run over by a tank. It's sad, these scenes (like he and George being "old" in the airport scene) are so different since he's dead. Rot in hell, Mark David Chapman!

"Another Girl" is next and pure Beatles fun, as they swap instruments on the Bahaman beach. John is a natural comedian, as usual. Ringo "plays" guitar too. The best part are the girls in those 1965 bikinis! They's cut "James Bond-like", since the movie's a parody of Bond films. They're still hot after all these years!

"Help" is reprised for the final scene which wraps up the silly plot. Think of the targeted age group that saw this in the theatre in '65...

The ending credits are a blast! "The Barber Of Seville" plays with the Beatles screwing around,as usual, laughing, singing, and George plugging his song! Listen to them laugh so hard they end with a collapsing gasp! The filmography, again, just during the credits, is fascinating for "it's day and age" - 42 years now.

This is one of those RARE films, it's a family film, if needed. Yeah, is's not as good as A Hard Day's Night, but it's GOOD+...and the songs are fantastic.

This turned out longer than I expected....

Non-Compatible.......2007-05-31

Chances are very good that this will NOT be compatible with your DVD player. I tried it in two machines with no success. Buyer beware!

HELP! the other version.......2007-04-13

I purchased this in hopes of having a dvd of the movie HELP! by The Beatles. At first, when i recieved the package I almost freaked out, soince it had Korean written on the back and the cover didn't have HELP! on it. But after I popped it into my dvd player it gave me what I wanted. Th epicture quality seem spretty clean and the sounds seems fine. Of course it's not from Apple but it is a pretty damn good substitue.

"Help!" Yourself to Some 1965 Beatles!.......2007-04-06

The Beatles' second full length movie was a silly spoof of the James Bond genre. Ringo receives a ring as a gift from a fan. As soon as he puts it on, an Eastern cult follows the Beatles from England to the Austrian Alps to the Bahamas trying to get that darn ring. Naturally our boys win - they have some cute lines, sing some excellent songs and dodge those cultists like you wouldn't believe.

Still, it's all in good fun. It's in color; it features the Beatles and the music is ideal. Fans will love George's brilliant deadpan delivery of "I didn't encourage that wink, y'know;" "doesn't sound a BIT like Cagney!"; "don't encourage him. You've already got the part, Paul;" "thanks for the lift, Sailor!" George remained so cool and in control and seemingly above it all in that move. He delights audiences with his piece, "I Need You." George also finds a place in the hearts of viewers when he makes eyes at the Priestess Ahme when the Beatles are playing the beautiful 1965 classic, "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away."

Yeah, this is a fun movie and Beatle fans are the best audience/viewers of this treat. This is truly a Beatle classic and one that fans will continue to enjoy.

Curious George - Rocket Ride and Other Adventures

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Eight animated episodes of the classic, lovable monkey's adventures
My son Loves George.
Curious George, what's not to like

Curious George - Rocket Ride and Other Adventures
Starring: Jeff Bennett , Frank Welker , William H. Macy , Annie Mumolo , and Grey DeLisle
Director: Frank Marino (II) , and Steve Socki
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B000NOIVVS
Release Date: 2007-05-15

Description

The Daytime Emmy®-nominated * PBS KIDS® TV series, Curious George returns with another set of non-stop adventures. This time, George's curiosity is taking him down hills, up rivers and into outer space! And The Man with the Yellow Hat is always there to lend a hand, along with Hundley, Gnocchi and the rest of George's friends. Narrated by Primetime Emmy® Award winner** William H. Macy (Seabiscuit, Pleasantville), the fun is out of this world in Curious George: Rocket Ride and Other Adventures. * 2006 Daytime Emmy® Awards, Outstanding Children's Animated Program ** 2003 Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Writing, Door to Door

Customer Reviews:

Eight animated episodes of the classic, lovable monkey's adventures.......2007-06-11

The second DVD release of the "Curious George" television series, Curious George Rocket Ride and Other Adventures is a collection of eight animated episodes of the classic, lovable monkey's adventures, ideal for preschool viewers. Narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor William H. Macy (known for his starring role on E.R., among others), Curious George Rocket Ride and Other Adventures includes the episodes "Rocket Ride", "The Dam Builders", "Flies a Kite", "Finds His Way", "Station Master", "Goes Up the River", "In the Dark", and "Roller Monkey." Bonus features include two simple DVD games and printable coloring pages, in this highly recommended, family-friendly compilation of wholesome animated entertainment. 1 hour 48 minutes, color.

My son Loves George........2007-05-20

It's nice to have new episodes to watch. Two, of them, though are repeats from what's available on public television.

Curious George, what's not to like.......2007-05-07

This is one of those children's series that I can actually watch with the kids and laugh right along with them. I like this version much better than the older claymation which we also own, but more importantly, the kids like it and will watch it over, and over and.......

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Still a great ride.
Fun movie! A must see!!
A TRUE HIDDEN GEM!!!
Let It Ride & What About Bob
Overlooked gem with Dreyfuss and Teri Garr

Let It Ride
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss , David Johansen , Teri Garr , Jennifer Tilly , and Allen Garfield
Director: Joe Pytka
Manufacturer: Paramount
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Release Date: 2001-09-18

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Jay Trotter has waited a lifetime for this day. He's got a hot tip on a horse everyone thinks is ready for the glue factory. But, as track aficionados say, "Even when you know, you never know." One thing you can be certain be sure of is that with Richard Dreyfuss, David Johansen, Teri Garr and more, this is a winning comedy. So put it in your VCR and Let It Ride. Its characters give new meaning to "the odds." And its heart will touch everyone who's wondered: "If every dog has his day, why can't every person have one?"

Customer Reviews:

Still a great ride........2007-06-27

First saw this movie years ago with friends that rented it. Loved it. Couldn't believe we'd never heard of it. Maybe saw it once since then on TV, also awhile ago. It always comes to mind during the Triple Crown so because it's rarely shown on TV we bought it. I am happy to say it's just as good as we remembered it. Great story, great cast, funny, feel good movie. Robbie Coltrane's role is wonderful and Richard Dreyfuss is at his best.

Fun movie! A must see!!.......2007-05-13

Fun movie! A must see!!
A day at the races!! Too bad that name is already used!!
but let it ride works too!!
good movie for those who like to have the underdog to have his day.
who knows!! "You might be walking around lucky and not even know it!"

A TRUE HIDDEN GEM!!!.......2007-02-18

I believe I caught this on cable way back when when i was a teenager and was smitten from the start. Its just such a happy goodhearted movie. I think I may know why it didnt do so well at the box office. The first 10 or 12 minutes drag a bit but after that hold on because your in for a real treat. Richard Dryfuss is at his comedic best and is complimented left and right by absolutely wonderful performances by, Jennifer Tilly, Robbie Coltrane, Buster Poindexter, etc... I would tell you to rent it and you will love it but after you see it you will have to own it. When your down it will put a smile on your face everytime. A similar type movie that I can also suggest is 29th Street. It has the same sort of lull at the very beginning as Let it Ride but it pays off the same.

Let It Ride & What About Bob.......2007-02-05

l bought Let it Ride, What About Bob and did not get Boys Town. When l received the movies l could not play them in my recorder or my DVD player which is supposed to play most movies, very disappointing as my daughter in law buys quite a few from you and has not trouble with hers. Regards Barbara

Overlooked gem with Dreyfuss and Teri Garr.......2007-02-04

Let It Ride was in theaters such a brief time I don't recall ever seeing the movie poster on the marquee. It did play extensively on the pay movie channels several years after release, and I do recall watching certain scenes over and over again. Bottom line, it's a hoot! Let It Ride is a very well crafted comedy. Despite the wardrobe of some characters the movie has aged well. The dialog is instantly quotable. If ever there was a feel good movie this is it. The scenes with Dreyfuss and Robbie Coltrane as the ticket agent at the $50 window are classic. This was the first time I saw Coltrane in anything, and he is simply hysterical. I love the way different classes of horse racing patrons are portrayed. If you've ever been to the track you'll recognize the cast of characters. Teri Garr isn't on screen much except the beginning and the end, but she and Dreyfuss definitely have chemistry. She's one of my favorite comedic actresses.
Watch 'Let It Ride' one lazy afternoon; you'll be surprised how it sticks in your head. Especially that stupid song... "I got the horse right here, his name is Paul Revere".

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WHAT THE FUNHOUSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE!
Nothing new
pretty good
A real scare
Dumb but fun!

Dark Ride - After Dark Horror Fest
Starring: Jamie-Lynn DiScala , Patrick Renna , David Clayton Rogers , Alex Solowitz , and Andrea Bogart
Director: Craig Singer
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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ASIN: B000MEYKBY
Release Date: 2007-03-27

Description

Nearly a decade after two young girls are brutally murdered, the monstrous killer, Jonah, escapes from a mental institution and returns to his familiar killing ground, the theme park attraction "Dark Ride." His unfortunate victims this time are a group of college kids on a road trip that inevitably leads them to the Dark Ride where their night of youthful fun becomes a nightmare. The killer, who is mimicking the sets within the attraction, makes sure this is a "ride" audiences will never forget.

Customer Reviews:

WHAT THE FUNHOUSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE!.......2007-07-02

SPOOKY FILM ABOUT A KILLER LOOSE AMONGST A DARK RIDE AT A CARNIVAL!
THIS FILM HAS A SIMILAR THEME AS THE FUNHOUSE, HOWEVER THIS FILM HAS SEXIER WOMEN AND A MUCH BETTER PLOT!
I ENJOYED IT AND IF YOU LIKE SLASHER FILMS...CHECK THIS ONE OUT!

Nothing new.......2007-06-05

I watched this movie knowing it was a slasher flick and it was part of the 'After Dark' collection. I have to say, I'm not really all that impressed with that collection.
Penny Dreadful could stand alone. The Hamiltons was a very good new look at an old theme. Those two were the best of the group.
This could very well be the worst.
Nothing new. Acting was poor. The action didn't take place until late in the flick. With other great slasher movies out there like Friday the 13th, Halloween, Black Christmas and so many more, I was sorry to have wasted my time on this one.
It's schlock. Pure and simple. Just another display from no new angle.

pretty good.......2007-05-13

This movie was pretty good a lot better than a lot of the recent horror movies that have been released although didn't really live up to the hype when it hit the theatres.

A real scare.......2007-05-13

The scenes are so vivid and scary it is difficult to watch at times.
For a lover of horror films, it takes its place with the best......

Dumb but fun!.......2007-05-12

I saw the first 5 minutes and thought it was lame. What? Nobody waiting in line to ride the ride? Plus, why pick up a htchhiker in the middle of nowwhere. Have you ever noticed Bill was never with them when the killings began? 90% fun. 10% dumb.

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MORE PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THIS FILM
Ride with the Devil Student Review
~Tobey as a Cowboy~
brilliant film
A Very Fine "Period Piece."

Ride with the Devil
Starring: Tobey Maguire , Jeremy W. Auman , Scott C. Sener , Skeet Ulrich , and Glenn Q. Pierce
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Great period pictures make you feel as if you've stepped into another era, heard its language, breathed its spirit, and come away with a fresh perspective on that time as well as your own. Ride with the Devil is one of those special films--why wasn't it more widely embraced by reviewers and filmgoers? Did it rely too much on our patience for slow accumulation of unforced rhythms and meanings (as opposed to The Patriot, which "moved" audiences with cattle-prod simplicity and manipulation)? Ride with the Devil--smart, handsome, tenderly awed by how individual lives get ambushed by history--is ripe for rediscovery.

The Civil War of battlefields and plantation houses is nowhere to be seen here. Instead we see the war as an improvised and largely blundering but very bloody feud among neighbors in the border state of Missouri. In this bucolic war zone--more than a little reminiscent of the Balkans in the late 1990s--the Taiwanese-born director Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility) traces the destinies of several young Southern bushwhackers (guerrilla fighters) as they experience violence, the seasons, and different kinds of love. Skeet Ulrich draws the aristocratic glamour role (and top billing), but he's overshadowed by Tobey Maguire as a first-generation American, the magnificent Jeffrey Wright (a shameful oversight at Oscar time) as a freed slave fighting beside his former master, and singer Jewel in a very natural acting debut as the young widow who graces all their lives. The title The Birth of a Nation was already taken, but by the end of this movie you feel it would have applied here. -- Richard T. Jameson

Customer Reviews:

MORE PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THIS FILM.......2007-06-28

Mr. Lee's excellent depiction of the Border War on the Missouri/Kansas frontier provides a much-need context for that struggle that may help people of today to better understand what happened and why. The acting is uniformly impressive, the clothing is perfect, the film's location shots were filmed where the story actually took place for the most part, and most of all, the dialogue exactly captures the feel and flavour of the period. This is not a plot-driven film, it is carried along by the character developement and interaction. If you are looking for slam-bang action or set-piece Civil War battles, try another film. But if you want to explore causes, motivations and effects, check this film out. I'm glad that I did.

Ride with the Devil Student Review.......2007-06-12

Ride with the Devil is a thrilling movie about four rebels fighting for the south but were neither in the Union nor the Confederacy, they were individual rebels. They fight when they know they can win, although one time in the movie they are over powered and one of their friends is shot. Along with the fighting there is a romance theme in the movie when they meet a woman and the man who was shot fell in love with her but died. Unfortuanaly he got her pregnant, and his other friend becomes the father. Where he no longer is a rebel causing problems in the south.

This is a pro-south movie where the plot is changed to make the south look good, and the north look bad. Some of the events were changed to alter the plot and make the north look bad. These "individual rebels" were actually like the mafia of today. They would destroy houses, business, kill people, unless they got some type of payment for them not to do that, and the people would have to continue to pay these rebels for their "protection." They tried to stay out of the war, and work behind the scene causing trouble in towns, but everyone and a while they would need to fight off the army. In the very beginning of the movie, these rebels burn down a trading post and kill the owner, he did not pay for his protection, and to make matters worst, he was working with the Union. The movie does not portray it that way, but from a historical context that was what happened. There was also a point when a man on a horse gathers everyone together to ride up to Kansas and fight off the northerners, which could be a parallel to when Jefferson Davis had as many as seventy-five thousand men ride to Richmond, Virginia to fight off the Union. The historical context is there, but you need to know background information to recognize it, if you do not have any background information, you would believe that the south was virtually innocent and there never should have been a war.

~Tobey as a Cowboy~.......2007-05-10

This is an Amazing Film. Not only is Tobey Maguire in it. But the story is very interesting. The battle scenes were really good. Its one of those films that you would watch over and over again.

brilliant film.......2007-05-08

Set during the civil war in bleeding kansas and Missouri the film follows two young men who join 'Quantrills Raiders' and take revenge upon the union for its greivious acts against southerners. During the savage war an entire town, Lawrence, is massacred by these 'bushwackers'. However the group falls apart and Jack and hsi friend, who is a freed slave, end up living with a single pregnant woman in a small town untouched by the fighting. THe story follows as Jack falls in love with Sue, placyed by Tobey Meguire and Bjork respectively the cast is wonderful and the acting superb.

The movie however is inexoribly drawn towards a confrontation where an enemy from Jack's past and the Civil war may catch up with the love nest. The timidity and virginity of Jack is also a problem as are the conservative morals of the local menfolk. The interplay between the men in the film, the action, and the fact that it is modelled on real events that took place along the mason-dixon line, makes for a wonderful film.

Seth J. Frantzman

A Very Fine "Period Piece.".......2007-05-05

A very Fine "Period Piece."

It does it's Job very well. This movie has great Heart, great Dialog, and many suprising Performances.

It's a Keeper :-)

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Ride the High Country
one of the best westerns
"Ride the High Country (1962) ... Randolph Scott & Joel McCrea ... Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Classic Western"
Mythic and Monumental
"All I want is to enter my house justified"...and with that Sam Peckinpah (plus McCrea and Scott) gives us a great Western

Ride the High Country
Starring: John Anderson , R.G. Armstrong , Edgar Buchanan , John Davis Chandler , and James Drury
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Release Date: 2006-01-10

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Ride the High Country is the one Sam Peckinpah movie about which there has never been controversy--save at MGM in 1962, when a new studio regime opted to dump this beautiful, heartbreakingly elegiac Western into the bottom half of a double-bill. Westerns rarely even got reviewed back then, so it's wellnigh miraculous that critics discovered the movie and raved about it. Newsweek called it the best American picture of the year.

Veteran cowboy stars Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea portray aging gunslingers in the twilight of the Old West. McCrea's character, Steve Judd, signs on to transport a shipment of gold from a remote mining camp. Gil Westrum (Scott), an old crony now trick-shooting in a carnival, agrees to help but really aims to seduce Judd into stealing the treasure. The slow-building tension between longtime friends--one still true to the code he's lived by, the other having drifted away from it--anticipates the tortuous personal dilemmas played out to the death by Peckinpah's Wild Bunch, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and Benny and Elita in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.

The action scenes are powerful, if only beginning to suggest the radical technique with which Peckinpah would astonish audiences in just a few years. But his feeling for flavorsome dialogue, Rabelaisian humor, and full-blooded character acting is already unmistakable. Warren Oates, L.Q. Jones, and John Davis Chandler are among the "redneck peckerwoods" complicating the journey, and Mariette Hartley is fresh and saucy in her big-screen debut. As for McCrea and Scott, they are simply superb. The two proposed that they swap roles before filming got underway, and the question of who got first billing was settled by flipping a coin. Both men retired once the film was in the can. They knew they'd never top it. --Richard T. Jameson

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An ex-lawman agrees to escort a shipment of gold cross-country, but runs into trouble when the men hired to help him turn out be not be as moral as their boss, and plot to steal the gold.

Customer Reviews:

Ride the High Country.......2007-06-28

Crisp, flavorful entry benefits from poignant premise of two tired, outmoded cowboys struggling to survive in a world they barely recognize (and that barely recognizes them). Veterans McCrea and Scott play off each other beautifully, and Hartley is radiant in her debut role. Stunningly photographed on location, this western has more on its mind than shoot-outs. An early Peckinpah peak.

one of the best westerns.......2007-05-27

You can read all the decriptions of the story on other reviews all I will say is this is required watching for a history of & how to make a western. It has the classic elements of good versus evil & the struggle of a man's conscience between right & wrong. It also has some of the best one-liners & powerful scenes I have come across. This ranks up thar' with Shane & the 1/2 dozen of so of Jimmy Stewart's. What a great start for Sam Peckinpaugh.

"Ride the High Country (1962) ... Randolph Scott & Joel McCrea ... Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Classic Western".......2007-04-13

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents "RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY" (1962) (94 mins/Color) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Starring Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr & Edgar Buchanan --- Directed by Sam Peckinpah and released in July 28, 1962, our story line and film, The time is the early 1900s, when the Old West was slowly and stubbornly giving way to the new. McCrea plays Steve Judd, an ex-lawman living on the fringes of poverty but maintaining his dignity and honesty. Hired to escort a gold shipment from the wide-open mining town of Coarse Gold, he engages his old pal Gil Westrum (Scott) to help him. But Gil hasn't Steve's integrity, and he and his young saddle pal Heck Longtree (Ronald Starr) hope to talk Steve into helping them steal the gold ... Sam Peckinpah's feature film directorial debut was intended as the cinematic swan song for both Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea and this western serves as an excellent valedictory for both men ... A final shoot-out that allows Steve and Gil to reconcile their differences and pave the way for the film's elegiac finale ... Wonderful character actors of the screen John Anderson, Edgar Buchanan, L.Q. Jones, Warren Oates and James Drury soon to be lead in "The Virginian", TV series --- Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea had come to specialize in many fine westerns, set an admirable style in quiet heroism, always courageous, ever dignified, never vulgar... They ride this time together, ruminating over times that used to be ... Both are heroic figures, having been noted lawmen, and yet they are now reduced to taking whatever comes their way in order to live --- Randolph Scott's and Joel McCrea's last film! ... the film is splendidly directed by Sam Peckinpah --- this will satisfy western lovers of Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea fans alike.

Under Sam Peckinpah (Director), Richard E. Lyons (Producer), N.B. Stone, Jr. (Screenwriter), Lucien Ballard (Cinematographer), George Bassman (Composer (Music Score), Frank Santillo (Editor), Leroy Coleman (Art Director), George W. Davis (Art Director), Henry W. Grace (Set Designer), Otto Siegel (Set Designer), William J. Tuttle (Makeup), Hal W. Polaire (First Assistant Director) - - - - the cast includes Randolph Scott (Gil Westrum), Joel McCrea (Steve Judd), Mariette Hartley (Elsa Knudsen), Ron Starr (Heck Longtree), James Drury (Billy Hammond), Edgar Buchanan (Judge Tolliver), Jenie Jackson (Kate), R.G. Armstrong (Joshua Knudsen), L.Q. Jones (Sylvus Hammond), John Anderson (Elder Hammond), Warren Oates (Henry Hammond), Byron Foulger (Abner Sampson), Percy Helton (Luther Sampson), John Chandler (Jimmy Hammond), Carmen Phillips (Saloon Girl) - - - - Randy Scott had a quiet gentleman nature about him which is not seen in the films of today ... Randy took his job and his responsibility to his audience very seriously ,,, would not settle for anything less than his best ... same was true in his personal life.

SPECIAL FEATURES BIOS:
1. Randolph Scott (aka: George Randolph Scott)
Date of birth: 23 January 1898 - Orange County, Virginia
Date of death: 2 March 1987 - Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California

Special footnote, George Randolph Scott better known as Randolph Scott, was an American film actor whose career spanned the sound era from the late 1920s to the early 1960s ... his popularity grew in the 1940s and 1950s, appearing in such films as "Gung Ho"! (1943) and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938); but he was especially famous for his numerous Westerns including "Virginia City" (1940) with Errol Flynn and Humphrey Bogart, "Western Union" (1941) with Robert Young and "Ride the High Country" (1962) with Joel McCrea (a coin was flipped to see whether Scott or McCrea would receive top billing, and Scott won despite having a slightly smaller role) ... his long fistfight with John Wayne in "The Spoilers" (1942) was frequently cited by critics and the press as the most thrilling ever filmed; they were fighting over Marlene Dietrich ... another smash hit film together that same year called "Pittsburgh" (1942) once again with Dietrich, Scott and Wayne --- Daniel Webster defines "Legend", as being a notable person, or the stories told about that person exploits --- well by the time Randolph Scott made his best films he had long established himself as a legend in the film industry --- they say practice makes perfect, if that is true by 1958 at 60 years of age he was the master with these oaters from the 50s ... "The Cariboo Trail" (1950), "The Nevadan" (1950), "Colt .45" (1950), "Santa Fe" (1951), "Sugarfoot" (1951), "Fort Worth" (1951), "Man in the Saddle" (1951), "Carson City" (1952), "The Man Behind the Gun" (1952), "Hangman's Knot" (1952), "Thunder over the Plains" (1953), "The Stranger Wore a Gun" (1953), "Ten Wanted Men" (1954), "Riding Shotgun" (1954), "The Bounty Hunter" (1954), "Rage at Dawn" (1955), "Tall Man Riding" (1955), "A Lawless Street" (1955), "Seven Men from Now" (1956), "Seventh Cavalry" (1956), "Decision at Sundown: (1957), "Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend" (1957), "The Tall T" (1957), "Buchanan Rides Alone" (1958), "Ride Lonesome" (1959), "Westbound" (1959), "Comanche Station" (1960) --- Scott's age seemed to matter little, they only came to see another Randolph Scott film and always got their money's worth --- Scott's films were good and getting better becoming classics --- so if you wonder "What Ever Happened To Randolph Scott", just rent or purchase one of his films and you'll see he's never left us.

2. Joel McCrea
Date of Birth: 5 November 1905 - South Pasadena, California
Date of Death: 20 October 1990 - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

3. Mariette Hartley
Date of Birth: 21 June 1940 - Weston, Connecticut
Date of death: Still Living

4. Sam Peckinpah (Director)
Date of Birth: 21 February 1925 - Fresno, California
Date of Death: 28 December 1984 - Inglewood, California

Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc), Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") and Trevor Scott (Down Under Com) as they have rekindled my interest once again for Film Noir, B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns ... order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out VCI Entertainment where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns and Serials --- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 94 min on DVD ~ Warner Home Video Video ~ (1/10/06)

Mythic and Monumental.......2007-04-13

Peckinpah really hit his stride as director with his second picture, RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY. An intelligent screenplay, gorgeous cinematography, fine acting from a distinguished supporting cast (including a very appealling Mariette Hartley in her film debut), and the picture's crowning glory -- two career-topping performances from stars Scott and McCrea. Both were always underrated actors, and here their work, both economical and rich with the weight of years of experience, is absolutely marvellous. Outfitted in a fine new DVD transfer, complete with a good commentary track from Peckinpah scholars and a fascinating documentary featuring Peckinpah's sister, this is one picture that repays repeated viewings. An essential purchase.

"All I want is to enter my house justified"...and with that Sam Peckinpah (plus McCrea and Scott) gives us a great Western.......2007-04-04

"Partner," says Gil Westrum to Steve Judd, two aging ex-lawmen whose time has past them by, "do you know what's on the back of a poor man when he dies? The clothes of pride...and they're not a bit warmer to him dead than they were when he was alive. Is that all you want, Steve?" "All I want is to enter my house justified," says Judd.

"Partner," says Gil Westrum to Steve Judd, two aging ex-lawmen whose time has past them by, "do you know what's on the back of a poor man when he dies? The clothes of pride...and they're not a bit warmer to him dead than they were when he was alive. Is that all you want, Steve?" "All I want is to enter my house justified," says Judd.

That exchange sums up as well as anything what the heart of Ride the High Country is all about. The time is somewhere past the turn of the century, when gold is still being mined in the High Sierras and motorcars are starting to make their appearance. Steve Judd (Joel McCrea) was a lawman with a code of honor who now needs eyeglasses. His town-taming days are long past. What he's got to show for bringing law to people are a horse, a silver saddle, a $2 watch...and holes in his boots. In the town of Hornitos he takes on a job of traveling up to the mining camp of Coarse Gold to bring the gold back down to the local bank. He meets an old friend and former lawman, his long-time partner, Gil Westrum (Randolph Scott), now reduced to suckering the rubes in fixed carnival shows. Westrum long ago figured out that honor and respect don't go far for an aging lawman when it comes to paying for his dinner. Judd takes Westrum on as help to bring the gold back, and he also accepts Westrum's young partner, Heck Longtree. Judd plans to deliver the gold and earn his money, a last chance to confirm his code of honor. Westrum plans to take the gold. Along the way they encounter a farmer who is a religious zealot and the man's daughter, Elsa Knudsen (Marietta Hartley), who longs for her own life and thinks she has met the man she wants to marry. Billy Hammond and his four brothers work a claim in Coarse Gold. She leaves her father and, reluctantly, Judd and Westrum let her accompany them to Coarse Gold. Ride the High Country is an economical hour and thirty-four minutes long. Peckinpah spends the first half of the movie letting us get to know Judd and Westrum on the ride to the camp, their age, their disappointments, their different ways of looking at self-respect and personal honor. He lets us see how the two respect and like each other, and how Westrum tries to get Judd to think about that gold...and how Judd seems not to understand. It's a long look at the sadness of age. Scott, at 64 and in his last movie, and McCrea at 59 and in his last major movie (he made four more quickie westerns) bring major elements of nostalgia, regret, sand and honor to the movie.

Once we get to the mining camp and from there to the conclusion, nostalgia, regret, sand and honor take over with a steady increase in the action. Billy Hammond and his brothers, ranging from slick and ruthless to just plain dumb, make a case for the dominance of recessive genes. Coarse Gold turns out to be a muddy, cold free-for-all of grubby tents, grubby miners and grubby women. The only wooden building in Coarse Gold is Kate's place, the saloon-brothel with a fat madame and a drunk of a judge. When Elsa is nearly raped on her wedding night by a drunken Billy in the brothel that served as the place for the marriage ceremony, with his brothers leeringly awaiting their turns, Steve's honor requires she be returned to her father. And then we're heading back to Hornitos with the Hammond brothers in pursuit and Westrum more determined than ever to get his hands on the gold. The final shoot-out at the Knudsen farm is a gripping, immensely satisfying confrontation; it also has an overlay of pride and humor when Judd challenges the remaining Hammond brothers with "I want to know if you red-necked peckerwoods are too chicken-gutted to finish this thing in the open!" Ride the High Country reaches a genuine, dramatic emotional peak where honor and self-respect are redeemed and friendship is reaffirmed. "Don't worry about about anything. I'll take care of it, just like you would have," Gill says to Steve. "Hell, I know that. I always did... you just forgot it for a while, that's all." Still, it's clear that for men like Judd and Westrum, their time has passed.

Peckinpah's Wild Bunch and Ride the High Country, in my view, are among the best Westerns made. What I like so much about Ride the High Country is it's restraint, it's bitter-sweet sadness and the history and memories that Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott bring to their roles. They give the movie it's mood and character. It's fascinating to think that they were originally cast to play the other's role. They both felt so uncomfortable they separately went to Peckinpah and asked if they could switch. The three instantly agreed. And why did Scott get first billing? The two old stars just got together privately and flipped a coin.

The DVD transfer looks fine. There are two or three extras, including a commentary, which I didn't sample.

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Ride the Wild Surf
A Beach Movie with Character and Depth - One of the Best
Well made but I still like the Endless Summer better!
Fabian, Tab & Peter Half Naked and Wet - What's Not To Like?
"RIDE THE WILD SURF" SHOOTS THE CURL

Ride the Wild Surf
Starring: Fabian , Shelley Fabares , Peter Brown , Barbara Eden , and Tab Hunter
Director: Don Taylor
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Release Date: 2005-01-04

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Ride the Wild Surf.......2007-05-12

Great fun movie with a lot of the stars we remember growing up.
Barbara Eden is particularly amusing with her large rocket she
wants to light for the 4th of July celebration.

A Beach Movie with Character and Depth - One of the Best.......2007-01-04

Unlike other beach movies that were typified by silly slapstick buffoonery, muscles and bikinis RIDE THE WILD SURF was the antithesis of such tomfoolery. Still keeping the muscles and bikinis RIDE THE WILD SURF took itself serious and played it straight. Basically three buddies from California (Fabian, Tab Hunter and Peter Brown) travel to Hawaii during school break looking for the challenge of the truly big waves each with own motivations and reasons. They are not alone in their quest and that sets up the dynamics of this good film as they vie not only to be the best but to win the hearts of the three females (Barbara Eden, Shelley Fabares and Susan Hart) who become enamored with them. In their way are other surfers (including James Mitchum and Roger Davis) looking for that perfect wave as well. This all intensifies the competition, develops the camaraderie and shows the true character and sportsmanship of the surfers. Technically the surfing and cinematography are outstanding. Jan & Dean play the title song that stands toe to toe with anything the Beach Boys did in the musical genre. This is a great film.

Well made but I still like the Endless Summer better!.......2006-08-08

Best one of the beach blanket bingo
type surf movies! Very good cast but
too haole! A few more Hawai'ian locals,
like the kind that always appeared in
Hawai'i Five-0 would have helped. Don't
bother with the DVD widescreen, I hate
'Em...Get this on VHS and watch it with
your girl on a big screen T.V! Better
than Blue Crush!

Fabian, Tab & Peter Half Naked and Wet - What's Not To Like?.......2006-06-17

I remember watching this movie on TV when I was a kid. When I found it while surfing (no pun intended) through the DVD section of Amazon.com I bought it. What a sentimental blast from the past! Three fabulous looking hunks, Fabian, Tab Hunter and Peter Brown, use their winter break from college to spend one last time together in Hawaii to surf Waimea, before they all head in different directions, due to issues explained later on in the movie. By the first evening they all meet the perfect girl who will eventually help them deal with and solve their issues while sitting prettily on the beach in the most fabulous bikinis, with hair that barely moves in the wind, even when they stand up to wave at their beautifully physiqued, half naked, wet men. Yummy! Responsible Tab meets obligation-ridden Dolores Hart. A curiously blond over-cautious Peter meets curiously dark haired free spirited Barbara Eden. Untrusting, angry Fabian meets cautiously-trusting, sweet, Shelly Fabares, who in my book wins the award for best bikini - a while lace number that doesn't look like it would survive a puddle spashing, nevermind a dousing from the Wild Surf. While on the surface (again no pun intended) there is a fraternal feeling of comraderie and respect between the surfers, below the surface there is an undertow (I'm not going to apologize for this pun) of serious competition, as the winner of the contest, no only becomes known as the best surfer, but earns enough money to remain job free for a year to practice for the following year's competition - a dream come true for all of them. The panoramic surfing scenes, accompanied by hawaiian drum beats, are actual films of real surfers and are fantastic, and there are plenty of them. The close ups, while the talking scenes were filmed, are shot while the guys sit on the boards in water where I've seen bigger waves in my son's wading pool. I read in Tab Hunter's book recently, that the close ups of them "riding the waves" were filmed while they were kneeling in red rider wagons, after being spashed with buckets of water. However, it works well enough and is a lot of fun to see. In this movie, the surf is the star, and is not like those dopey Annette Funicello/Frankie Avalon movies where surfing is an after thought. The romances are sweet, there's comedy, drama, beautiful scenery and everybody's good looking - so hush little baby - don't you cry! I highly recommend this movie for a little nostalgic fun, if nothing else.

"RIDE THE WILD SURF" SHOOTS THE CURL .......2006-03-19

A fun "sun and surf" flick of the mid 60's - this is certainly one of the better offerings of that genre. With a good cast that includes Tab Hunter, Shelley Fabares and Fabian, this entertaining flick moves well,contains some fairly innocuous love scenes, and actually has some nice surfing footage. Perhaps not surprisingly, it has a good message for teens and it's fun to watch too. The title song was actually a hit tune as well - cute movie.

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ENJOY THE RIDE
Exceptionally Good Movie!
A Surprisingly Very Good Film!
"Duel" For The Millenium
"Candy Cane, come in Candy Cane..."

Joy Ride
Starring: Steve Zahn , Paul Walker , Leelee Sobieski , Jessica Bowman , and Stuart Stone
Director: John Dahl
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Joy Ride follows the familiar conventions of road-movie thrillers with enough vitality to make everything old seem new again. A confirmed master of neo-noir suspense, director John Dahl (Red Rock West, The Last Seduction) sets a consistent tone of humor and horror as Lewis (Paul Walker) and his black-sheep brother Fuller (Steve Zahn) drive from Salt Lake City to pick up Lewis's friend Venna (Leelee Sobieski) in Boulder, Colorado. En route, they play a practical joke via CB radio, inviting vengeful terror as an unseen trucker (voiced with exquisite menace by Silence of the Lambs villain Ted Levine) pursues them with relentless, homicidal aggression. Inevitable comparisons to Steven Spielberg's Duel fail to appreciate Dahl's unique talent for energizing B-movie formulas while injecting his own brand of rib-tickling excitement. While Zahn deserves extra credit in his first top-billed role, Joy Ride wins a badge of honor for everyone involved. --Jeff Shannon

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It's all fun and games whene two brothers (Paul Walker and Steve Zahn) take off cross-country to bring home a pretty college friend (Leelee Sobieski). But the jokes end when a prank backfires and they find themselves stalked by a vengeful trucker who won't give up his relentless chase until somebody pays with their life.

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ENJOY THE RIDE.......2006-12-28

Paul Walker and Steve Zahn play two brothers on a road trip who make the mistake of their young lives when they make a fool of the wrong guy. Bored with the endless road between them and their destination, the brothers call up a random trucker on the CB and after a little role-playing hook the clueless Rusty Nail up with the imaginary Candy Cane. But when Rusty Nail finds somebody other than the girl of his dreams waiting for him at an out-of-the-way hotel, things quickly go from bad to worse, and before they know it the brothers are fleeing for their lives. And when Paul's lovely sort-of girlfriend, Lelee Sobieski, gets sucked into the game, Rusty Nail's revenge goes over the top.

Not bad as road thrillers go, JOY RIDE is pretty exciting and keeps the viewer guessing. The acting is quite good, especially from Lelee Sobieski, who plays a damsel in distress who is both vulnerable and strong, and the ambiguity of her relationship to both brothers adds an interesting dynamic to the plot. There's really no sense comparing it to Speilberg's DUEL--it's a much different movie despite some general similarities, and anyway DUEL is just much better. JOY RIDE is fun and suspenseful, but the humor often misfires and some of the twists are ridiculous and the ending is cheap. This is one of those movies I really enjoyed once but have no real desire to watch again--once you know how it turns out, there's no reason to go back for more. Recommended for a rental, but probably not a purchase.

Exceptionally Good Movie!.......2006-10-31

Wow! I was very impressed and surprised by this one! I give the special features 10 STARS!

I have wanted to see this one since it was advertised on television many years ago. For some reason, I just never got around to it. I rarely see movies in the theater anymore, and I just never got around to seeing this on DVD. Recently, I went on a budgetary required fast of DVD purchases. I just recently joined an on-line DVD rental service, and this has been the best decision I've made, since deciding to marry my beautiful wife!

I am a big Paul Walker fan. He really is a good looking actor, and his acting skills match his good looks. He's a man's man, with a super smooth style. I have a feeling he's a lady's man, in real life! And Steve Zahn is hilarious! I think both of these parts were perfectly filled by these two young actors. Also outstanding is the young female part, played flawlessly by Leelee Sobieski.

I sometimes don't get a chance to view all the special features on a DVD, especially when I rent it, but thankfully I decided to try to view all of the special features on this one. And I'm so glad that I did! This DVD included three or four extended and alternate endings. I have a feeling many movies film extended and alternate endings, but choose not to include them on the DVD. I say shame on them. I really appreciate when the company chooses to include it, as, in my opinion, it adds tremendously to the viewing pleasure.

There are also three commentaries for the entire movie. I listened to the one from Steve Zahn, which was hilarious! He's a really funny guy.

The movie was very well done. The cinematography was excellent! I have a component Video set up on my HD TV, and the colors were brilliant and the scenery was beautiful throughout. In particular, the colors of the Police cars and the Motel lights throughout was brilliantly done. I like how this movie featured a part of America rarely seen in Hollywood films.

A great October movie to rent or purchase!

MC White said: Top notch entertainment!!! Highly recommended!!!

A Surprisingly Very Good Film!.......2006-10-16

"Joyride" is a much better film than I had first expected. The film centers around two young brothers on their way to New Jersey. The brothers, Fuller Thomas (Steve Zahn) and Lewis Thomas (Paul Walker) are on a long journey; and to break away from their boredom they both decide to fool around with their CB radio. Imitating a woman named Candy Cane, they contact a truck driver whom they both tease. Moreover, they also set up a date with this trucker at a scheduled place: Not thinking what they are doing will have serious consequences later in the film. While messing with this unknown truck driver they wind up encountering more than just a random talker on the other end. The trucker has a serious mental problem.

Moreover, although they do not know who this truck driver is, he knows who they are. Therefore, you have a suspenseful chase with an unknown killer who does not find the prank these two brothers pulled on him to be very funny. Wherever they go, the trucker is right behind them. However, as the highway's are full of other truckers, they have to take more extreme caution as they don't know who or what they are dealing with. Eventually, they realize their mistake in that the trucker they pulled the prank on is very demented: And he is out for revenge. This is one joke that takes on a life-or-death meaning. The film is very good and suspenseful. I highly recommend the film, as it is full of suspense and thrill's that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Recommended.

"Duel" For The Millenium.......2006-07-17

In "Joy Ride", the Director John Dahl (Last Seduction, Red Rock West, Rounders)pounds you right from the beginning and never lets up.

It's "Duel" updated for the millenium and for a contemporary audience.

Two brothers, Paul Walker (Fast and The Furious) and Steve Zahn (Shattered Glass) take a road trip to pick up Walker's college girlfriend (Leelee Sobieski).

Using a CB radio, they play a practical joke on a trucker who turns out to be the biggest movie big rig psycho since Rutger Hauer planted a finger in C.Thomas Howell's french fries.

What the trucker, whose CB handle is "Rusty Nail" does to exact revenge keeps the audience on edge for the film's 97 minutes.

(Note: one of the sequences in the chillingly directed and edited climax cribs gleefully from "Silence of the Lambs")

Dahl pulls of the the difficult challenge of blending scares with a few laughs with little effort..he's a wildly talented director with a taste for hip, off beat material.

Dahl directs from a script by JJ Abrams ("Lost") and Clay Tarver

The voice of "Rusty Nail" is supplied by the great Ted Levine.

Note: not long before "Joy Ride" began shooting, the studio decided it wanted a different ending, supposedly a few alternate endings were shot, one of which, running 29 minutes, is included on the DVD which also includes Eric Roberts vocal audition as Rusty Nail...Roberts obviously lost the gig to Levine.

"Candy Cane, come in Candy Cane...".......2006-07-15

'Joy Ride' casts Walker, Zahn and Sobieski in a suspence filled horror film about a crazed 18-wheeler. The film, directed by John Dahl, finds our young cast traveling cross country. Lewis (Walker) is dieing to get a chance to pursue his 'friend' Venna (Sobieski) so when given the chance to get some alone time with her he jumps at the chance....theres only one catch. Lewis's brother Fuller (Zahn) was just arrested and needs Lewis to bail him out, which he does, and Fuller ends up tagging along on Lewis's jouney to meet Venna. Along the way Fuller and Lewis play a joke on a trucker using the handle 'Rusty Nail' (Ted Levine) and they end up biting off more than they can chew, resulting in a panic driven adventure where they never quite know what's going to happen next. The film really doesn't pick up til towards the end, and the final frames are heart racingly intense, and while the acting could have used a boost (Walker is one of the worst young actors on the screen) at least Zahn and Sobieski hold there own (moreso Zahn who is everybit hilarious as he is convincingly petrified). The film is not perfect, but effective and has quite a few jump scenes as well as genuine scares...wel worth a watch.

Warren Miller's Power of Snow Collection (Storm/Cold Fusion/Ride/Fifty)

Average customer rating:

Pre-Ski Trip Hit
Mostly great
WOW! Ski films
Instructional Value? What?
Not Supposed to Be Instructional. Just good fun.

Warren Miller's Power of Snow Collection (Storm/Cold Fusion/Ride/Fifty)
Starring: Warren Miller
Manufacturer: Shout Factory Theatr
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Sports | Genres | DVD | Video

Skiing & Snow Sports | Sports | Genres | DVD | Video

( W ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video

Sports | Boxed Sets | Stores | DVD | Video

Warren Miller's Bloopers, Blunders and Bailouts
Journey Through the Decades (Journey/Endless Winter/Steep & Deep/Ski A La Carte)
Warren Miller's Impact
Warren Miller's Higher Ground
Warren Miller's Journey

Product Features:

Producer: Shout! Factory
Includes the titles Storm, Cold Fusion, Ride, and calssic 50th anniversary release of Fifty
5.1 surround sound
Locations from Greenland to South Georgia Islands to Iran ans Wisconsin

ASIN: B0000AZKPE
Release Date: 2003-09-16

Product Description

Warren Millers The Power Of Snow is their first-ever DVD collection and features the latest (and greatest) titles: Storm, Cold Fusion Ride Fifty the classic 50th Anniversary Release - included as a bonus DVD. Each disc features brilliant 5.1 surround sound, behind-the-scenes extras and feature trailers. From Greenland to South Georgia Island to Iran and Wisconsin these films bring you spectacular skiing and snowboarding from the top of the world and home again. Add to all this action the hottest contemporary music and personal commentary and its easy to see why they have created a worldwide following that spans generations. No other filmmakers are more passionate about documenting the human drama and thrills of winter action sports and adventure than those at Warren Miller Entertainment. For over 50 years their films have raised the bar by venturing to the planets extremes to capture the greatest athletes of our times pushing the limits of human ability. Format is 4 DVDs.

Amazon.com

One needn't be an extreme snow-sports enthusiast to enjoy the beauty, wit, and endlessly inventive action-cinematography of Warren Miller's films. A pioneer in sports filmmaking, Miller began his career--as we find out in this excellent, four-title boxed set--shooting 8mm footage in 1947 Sun Valley, Idaho, keeping body and soul together with ketchup soup and wild rabbits. A half-century-plus later, Miller produces, narrates, and occasionally provides a cameo in his films; three of them, included here, are travelogues set in some of the wildest, most dazzling, and even exotic places on Earth.

The best of the lot, Cold Fusion, involves serious globe-hopping through four continents: Join a long, long hike through Kenya to ski what remains of a disappearing glacier, and later watch the surreal ballet of multiple "aerialists" launched high on the slopes at Colorado's Winter Park Big Air Expedition. Scale up--and snowboard down--an impossibly steep peak in Waddington, U.K., and then, believe it or not, ski Iran, a place "between dreams and awakening, of hot tea and cherry tobacco."

Ride provides its own thrills, traipsing after Whistler's avalanche hunters as they launch explosives clearing landslides before landslides clear skiers. Stick around for stops in New Zealand and France, plus helicopter skiing in the North Cascades, snowboarding the bouncy trail of the Breckenridge Bumps, and cross a war zone in Russia to reach (via creaky cable cars and choppers) the top of Europe.

Storm continues the fun in British Columbia's Blue River, Aspen's Roaring Fork Valley, Lake Tahoe, and Antarctica's South Georgia Island, the haunting first site of Ernest Shackleton's legendary, ill-fated voyage. Rounding out this DVD collection is the retrospective Fifty, an album of highlights (e.g., snowboarding in the Chugach Range, near the site of the Valdez crash) that takes a fun, then-and-now approach. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

Pre-Ski Trip Hit.......2007-06-29

Always been a Warren Miller fan but this box set is perfect for covering all the amazing technical and silly aspects of the slopes that Miller is so well known for. Bought this for a pre-ski motivational get together and it was a huge hit...new yearly ski trip tradition.

Mostly great.......2007-05-07

I would have given this one a 5 but the DVD, Ride, dropped it to a 4. Ride, is a sub par job which feels as if it is trying to mimic a Warren Miller film. All the other DVDs in this collection are great and make the package worth the price.

WOW! Ski films.......2007-03-10

For anyone who is really into winter skiing, Warren Miller's films rock and outshine most other ski vidoes or films readily available on this subject. A prior reviewer of Warren Miller films stated that you don't learn much about ski technique from his films. But I would disagree, while they are not true instruction videos, they show what can be done on skis, boards, or whatever riding gear you prefer, if you have the will and desire to go WOW. My kids started watching Miller's films and as a result of seeing what one can do with a good pair of skis or a good board they have gone from regular downhill skiing to terrain park and extreme skiing.
As far as this particular package of Warren Miller films goes, this package of videos is great, but unfortunately, it does not represent Miller's best work -- my favorite are Snowriders and Snowriders 2 -- and the films in this package include a lot of footage from prior Warren Miller films.
But for anyone looking for footage of extreme skiing, go with any Warren Miller product of the last ten years, including "Storm," "Coldfusion," "Ride," and "Fifty."

Instructional Value? What?.......2007-03-02

Warren Miller movies are for pure entertainment. He beautifully composes a wide array of environments and riders into a work of art, and it shouldn't be too hard to appreciate his amazing film-making ability.

Not Supposed to Be Instructional. Just good fun........2005-10-10

This is not supposed to be instructional! These are awesome movies to watch on Friday nights in the winter or Satu