Big Jake

Starring:John Agar, Richard Boone, Jim Burk, Bruce Cabot, Virginia Capers, Harry Carey Jr., Glenn Corbett, Jim Davis, John Doucette, Don Epperson, Bernard Fox, Roy Jenson, John McLiam, Christopher Mitchum, Gregg Palmer, Bobby Vinton, William Walker, Patrick Wayne
Director: George Sherman
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

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Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 big-budget variation on John Sayles's The Return of the Secaucus Seven finds a cluster of old college radicals--who have since gone on to sundry professions and various degrees of materialism--reuniting over the death of a friend. Both playful and thoughtful, the film represents Kasdan (Body Heat) at his most astute. The attractive cast meshes perfectly into a group of characters for which a former closeness is out of synch with their current lives, yet their warmth is enviable and inviting. The script may be a bit too glib, with many one-liners, but it is still a perfectly designed story with telling irony and no little passion. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

All time best!.......2007-05-14

I first saw this movie when I was in College and fell in love with it. the story line was so great and makes me what to call my friends after watching it. I would recomment it to everyone.

Nostalgic look at friendship.......2007-01-17

I love The Big Chill. The first time I saw it I was just a teen and thought how great it would be to grow up and be so close with such a great group of friends. Now, 20 years later, I am drawn to the movie every so often as a reminder of how great it is to have long-lasting friendships and all the drama that goes along with that (good and bad).

The soundtrack is like a character all its own in this movie, as fully deserving as all other characters for all the air time it gets.

Because of some drug use in the movie, it's doubtful you'll find this played on TV much (without a lot of editing any way). That's one of the reasons I had to buy it--to have the full movie in all its glory.

The Big Chill - No Whimpering, It's Definitely a Bang.......2006-08-15

Very high on my list.

All star cast: Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldbloom, William Hurt, Tom Berenger, JoBeth Williams, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly. Kevin Costner is uncredited for his role...sssh, those in the know...those who don't know, try to find him in the movie.

I just adore this movie. Witty, intelligent, the dialogs are marvelous, and the comments quotable:

"I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex."
"Ah, come on. Nothing's more important than sex."
"Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization?"

"It doesn't always happen the first time."
"That's not what they told us in high school."

"Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can't come."

"He went out with a bang, not a whimper."

Great music selections as well. It's a must see!

enjoyable, but frankly my dear, id rather be in secaucus.......2006-06-04

i managed to miss this: one of those generational impact movies, and never caught up to it until now. it is difficult to remember that all the cliches were NOT cliches when this movie was released, but i was able to watch it and just enjoy the crisp acting by all 8 stars. and of course there IS that soundtrack. still, the movie ripped off "the return of the secaucus 7", and tho i havent seen that in a long time, my guess is id prefer it on a more core level.

Baby Boomers Never Grow Up.......2006-04-05

The children of the 1960's stayed children and trapped in a yearning for the idealism of youth. Just like that 80's TV seroes "30-something" it really makes you be glad that your youth wasn't wasted after all. Watching this film as a now 30-something makes me convinced: how the mighty have fallen when their youth was blessed with too much of a good time too soon. While those who had it rough in their barely 20's, reaped the rewards of a character fortified.

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BIG JAKE--Call Him Anything But Daddy
Filling my Duke collection
Big Jake, big fun
My Favorite John Wayne Movie!!
Another great performance by BOBBY VINTON!!!!!

Big Jake
Starring: John Agar , Richard Boone , Jim Burk , Bruce Cabot , and Virginia Capers
Director: Sherman, George
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ASIN: B00008CMR4
Release Date: 2003-04-29

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Big Jake is not one of the Duke's classics, but a diverting attempt nonetheless. Everyone seems to think that Jacob McCandles is six-feet under ("I thought you was dead" is a running line throughout), so some bad men kidnap his grandson. They want a piece of the family fortune and will kill to get it. Patrick Wayne, the Duke's own son, plays one of Big Jake's kids, and together they start out after the boy's abductors. Richard Boone makes a worthy adversary to Jake's larger than life figure, and the final confrontation between the two contains some great gritted-teeth dialogue. Maureen O'Hara is barely in the feature, sharing the same fate as Bobby Vinton as the boy's father. He seems to be onscreen just to get shot. --Keith Simanton

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BIG JAKE--Call Him Anything But Daddy.......2007-06-01

Often it's hard to separate the man from his arch-conservative politics, but the fact is that John Wayne defined what it meant to be a star in Hollywood for decades on end. And while his way of making films may have fallen into a routine under his Batjac production company during the last decade and a half of his life without the guiding hands of a John Ford, a Howard Hawks, or a Henry Hathaway, he still managed to pull it off time and time again. Such is the case with BIG JAKE, released in 1971.

Here, his character is Jacob McCandles, the patriarch of a south Texas ranching family who is presumed to be dead because nobody has seen him in eighteen years. But he is forced by his estranged wife (Maureen O'Hara, in her final film with Wayne before his death and her 20 year-long retirement) to find and kill the outlaw gang who killed several of her ranch hands, badly wounded one of his sons (Bobby Vinton), and made off with his grandson (Ethan Wayne). Along the way to find his grandson, which takes him across the Rio Grande into Mexico, he is given the seemingly even more onerous task of forcing his kids (Chris Mitchum, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne) NOT to call him Daddy.

Besides everything else, Wayne and his trusty Indian sidekick (Bruce Cabot) are carrying a storebox with what is supposedly a $1 million ransom as authorized by the leader of the outlaws (Richard Boone, a very efficient villainous performance). Of course, Wayne doesn't exactly plan on coming through with that ransom, and you can pretty much guess what happens next...

BIG JAKE is every bit as predictable as Wayne's other westerns in terms of plot, with the exceptions of THE COWBOYS and THE SHOOTIST (neither of which were made under the Batjac banner), but it works all the same, largely due to Wayne's always-formidable presence, but also in no small measure to Boone's villainous outlaw. It also benefits from the excellent cinematography of William Clothier, who shot many Westerns, both with and without Wayne in them, done on location in what had become Wayne's favorite western locale--the high Mexican desert around Durango. George Sherman, who had directed Wayne in several westerns in the early 1930s prior to the Duke attaining stardom in STAGECOACH, managed to direct with enough panache to cover the fact that he wasn't in the best of health at the time (a fact that Wayne covered up by directing a number of scenes himself but still giving the directing credit to Sherman). The only serious disappointment in BIG JAKE is the fact that Wayne and O'Hara don't have enough screen time together (given the chemistry they showed in Ford's 1952 classic THE QUIET MAN).

And yet despite its flaws, there's no denying that BIG JAKE just plain works, not only for die-hard fans of the Duke, but for people who just appreciate any westerns (although this one is unique among Wayne's westerns by being the most overtly violent, hence the 'PG-13' rating). It may not be STAGECOACH or THE SEARCHERS, but then what is?

Just don't call him "Daddy", or he'll finish the fight.

Filling my Duke collection.......2007-03-22

I've been changing my movies from VHS to DVD lately. Especially in the western genre. Your delivery was faster than I expected. Way to go!!

Big Jake, big fun.......2007-03-05

This movie was a Wayne family affair. Michael produced, Patrick starred, and Ethan (Wayne's grandson) was featured. This was also his last pairing with Maureen O'Hara and though their scenes were few, they were classic. Richard Boone is excellent as the villian. Look for a lot of familar faces rounding out the cast. Wayne is as comfortable in this role as an old shoe. The action builds to a great shoot out climax. This movie has one of Wayne's best lines too. "You can call me Jake, you can call me father, you can call me you dirty son of a b.... This movie is worth it for that scene alone.

My Favorite John Wayne Movie!!.......2007-01-08

Humor and Action, its what John Wayne does best. This movie is about a man that hasn't seen his family in years. He one day gets a telgram stating that his family needs help, and the adventure begins.

Another great performance by BOBBY VINTON!!!!!.......2006-12-21

I think bobby vinton did a excellent job in this movie!Or as i would say Bobby vinton's movie.To bad he wasn't in more of it.Idon't care for the rest of the movie it's rather boring.Bobby made it interesting.To all you Bobby Vinton fan's it's worth watching his part's.Otherwise it's a waste of time.Bobby Vinton is a excellent actor too.I'm very happy John Wayne asked Bobby to be in it,bobby is also in John wayne's movie (bobby's movie)the train robbers.gotta watch it.

The John Wayne Century Collection (Big Jake, Donovan's Reef, El Dorado, Hatari!, Hondo, In Harm's Way, Island in the Sky, McLintock!, Rio Lobo, The High and the Mighty, etc.)

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This box set does NOT contain THE QUIET MAN

The John Wayne Century Collection (Big Jake, Donovan's Reef, El Dorado, Hatari!, Hondo, In Harm's Way, Island in the Sky, McLintock!, Rio Lobo, The High and the Mighty, etc.)
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ASIN: B000O179G8
Release Date: 2007-05-22

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DONOVAN'S REEF
Acclaimed director John Ford and screen legend John Wayne team up for what would be their final collaboration in this boisterous, rowdy South Seas escapade. The Duke, Lee Marvin and Jack Warden play World War II navy buddies who have made the French Polynesian island of Haleakaloha their post-war paradise. Local headquarters is Donovan's Reef, Wayne's rough-and-tumble watering hole where bragging, brawling, and full-blown misbehavior are the order of the day. But destined to create more turmoil than any barroom fisticuffs is the sudden arrival of Elizabeth Allen, a straight-laced Boston blue blood. She's hoping to locate her long-estranged father (Warden), affirm that he is "not of good moral character," and then assume control of the family's shipping dynasty back home in the States. Suave, debonair Cesar Romero and a sarong-clad Dorothy Lamour add to the laughs - and mayhem - in this tropical comedy treat.

IN HARM'S WAY
In Harm's Way, based on James Bassett's novel Harm's Way, has enough plot in it for four movies or a good miniseries (when it was shown on network television in prime time, it was broken into two very full nights). On the morning of December 7, 1941, a heavy cruiser, commanded by Captain Rockwell Torrey (John Wayne), and the destroyer Cassidy, under acting commander Lieutenant (jg) William McConnell (Thomas Tryon), are two of a handful of ships that escape the destruction of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Under Torrey's command, the tiny fleet of a dozen ships carries out its orders to seek out and engage the enemy fleet. But lack of fuel and a daring maneuver (but tragic miscalculation) by Torrey causes his ship to be seriously damaged. He's relieved of command and assigned to a desk job routing convoys in the shakeup following the attack, and his exec and oldest friend, Commander Paul Eddington (Kirk Douglas), is reassigned after a brawl, the result of his anger after identifying the body of his wife (Barbara Bouchet) who was killed during the attack while cavorting with an Marine Corps officer. Torrey's shore assignment leads him to reestablish contact on a very hostile level with his estranged son, Ensign Jere Torrey (Brandon de Wilde), his estranged son from a long-ended marriage, who is also serving at Pearl Harbor; he also establishes a romantic relationship with Lt. Maggie Haines (Patricia Neal), a navy nurse; he also befriends Commander Egan Powell (Burgess Meredith), a special-intelligence officer. Through his son's boasting during their bitter first meeting, Torrey learns of a top-secret offensive called Sky Hook — he figures out enough of it to impress Powell, and when Sky Hook gets bogged down by the indecisiveness of its commander, Vice Admiral Broderick (Dana Andrews), Powell convinces the commander of the Pacific Fleet (Adm. Chester Nimitz, unnamed here but played by Henry Fonda) that Torrey is the man to salvage the operation. Promoted to rear admiral, with Eddington — who'd been rotting away on a shore assignment, drunk most of the time — assigned as his chief of staff, Torrey gets Sky Hook rolling and finally finds his purpose in this war, gaining the belated admiration of his son in the process. Eddington is similarly motivated but is still haunted by the violent, ultimately self-destructive demons that blighted his marriage and his life — he is particularly attracted to a young nurse, Annalee Dohrn (Jill Haworth), not knowing that she is already involved romantically with Jere Torrey. Meanwhile, McConnell survives the sinking of his ship and is ordered to join Torrey's staff. Matters all come to a head when the Japanese begin a counter-offensive to Torrey's planned troop landing. And just at the time Torrey needs his men at their best, Eddington's violence and rage boil to the surface in a way that will destroy him and blight both men's lives. In a final attempt at redemption, Eddington provides Torrey with the information he needs to set up a battle that he has at least a chance of winning, pitting his small task group of destroyers and cruisers against the Japanese task force led by the Yamato, the largest battleship ever built.

HATARI!
Hatari! is Swahili for "danger"—and also the word for action, adventure and broad comedy in this two-fisted Howard Hawks effort. John Wayne stars as the head of a daring Tanganyka-based group which captures wild animals on behalf of the world's zoos. Hardy Kruger, Gérard Blain and Red Buttons are members of Wayne's men-only contingent, all of whom are reduced to jello when the curvaceous Elsa Martinelli enters the scene. In tried and true Howard Hawks fashion, Martinelli quickly becomes "one of the guys," though Wayne apparently can't say two words to her without sparking an argument. The second half of this amazingly long (159 minute) film concerns the care and maintenance of a baby elephant; the barely credible finale is devoted to a comic pachyderm stampede down an urban African street, ending literally at the foot of Martinelli's bed. The other scene worth mentioning involves comedy-relief Red Buttons' efforts to create a fireworks-powered animal trap. Not to be taken seriously for a minute, Hatari is attractively packaged and neatly tied up with a danceable-pranceable theme song by Henry Mancini.

RIO LOBO
After the Civil War, a Union Colonel goes to Rio Lobo to take revenge on two traitors.

BIG JAKE
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson and wound his son. He returns to his estranged family to help them in the search for Little Jake.

THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
Like Pontius Pilate, director John Ford asks "What is truth?" in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance—but unlike Pilate, Ford waits for an answer. The film opens in 1910, with distinguished and influential U.S. senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) and his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) returning to the dusty little frontier town where they met and married twenty-five years earlier. They have come back to attend the funeral of impoverished "nobody" Tom Doniphon (John Wayne). When a reporter asks why, Stoddard relates a film-long flashback. He recalls how, as a greenhorn lawyer, he had run afoul of notorious gunman Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin), who worked for a powerful cartel which had the territory in its clutches. Time and again, "pilgrim" Stoddard had his hide saved by the much-feared but essentially decent Doniphon. It wasn't that Doniphon was particularly fond of Stoddard; it was simply that Hallie was in love with Stoddard, and Doniphon was in love with Hallie and would do anything to assure her happiness, even if it meant giving her up to a greenhorn. When Liberty Valance challenged Stoddard to a showdown, everyone in town was certain that the greenhorn didn't stand a chance. Still, when the smoke cleared, Stoddard was still standing, and Liberty Valance lay dead. On the strength of his reputation as the man who shot Valance, Stoddard was railroaded into a political career, in the hope that he'd rid the territory of corruption. Stoddard balked at the notion of winning an election simply because he killed a man-until Doniphon, in strictest confidence, told Stoddard the truth: It was Doniphon, not Stoddard, who shot down Valance. Stoddard was about to reveal this to the world, but Doniphon told him not to. It was far more important in Doniphon's eyes that a decent, honest man like Stoddard become a major political figure; Stoddard represented the "new" civilized west, while Doniphon knew that he and the West he represented were already anachronisms. Thus Stoddard went on to a spectacular political career, bringing extensive reforms to the state, while Doniphon faded into the woodwork. His story finished, the aged Stoddard asks the reporter if he plans to print the truth. The reporter responds by tearing up his notes. "This is the West, sir, " the reporter explains quietly. "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." Dismissed as just another cowboy opus at the time of its release, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance has since taken its proper place as one of the great Western classics. It questions the role of myth in forging the legends of the West, while setting this theme in the elegiac atmosphere of the West itself, set off by the aging Stewart and Wayne.

THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER
Henry Hathaway directs the 1965 psychological Western The Sons of Katie Elder. Four sons reunite in their Texas hometown to attend their mother's funeral. John (John Wayne) is the gunfighter, Tom (Dean Martin) is the gambler, Matt (Earl Holliman) is the quiet one, and Bud (Michael Anderson Jr.) is the youngest. They soon learn that their father gambled away the family ranch, leading to his own murder. The brothers decide to find their father's killer and get back the ranch, even though they are discouraged to do so by local Sheriff Billy Wilson (Paul Fix). When the sheriff turns up dead, the Elder boys are blamed for the murder. Deputy Sheriff Ben Latta (Jeremy Slate) joins forces with the only witnesses of the murder: Morgan Hastings (James Gregory) and his son Dave (Dennis Hopper). A gunfight breaks out between the Hastings gang and the Elder gang. After his brother Matt is killed, John decides to settle the ranch dispute in a court of law with a judge (Sheldon Allman). However, Tom decides to take matters into his own hands by kidnapping Dave. After the final climactic gunfight, John and the wounded Bud retreat to a rooming house owned by Mary Gordon (Martha Hyer).

TRUE GRIT
In 1970, John Wayne won an Academy Award. for his larger-than-life performance as the drunken, uncouth and totally fearless one-eyed U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogburn. The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced but enthusiastic Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) joins the party. Laughter and tears punctuate the wild action in this extraordinary Western which features performances by Robert Duvall and Strother Martin.

THE SHOOTIST
About ten minutes into The Shootist, Doctor Hostetler (James Stewart) tells aging western gunfighter John Bernard Books (John Wayne) "You have a cancer." Knowing that his death will be painful and lingering, Books is determined to be shot in the line of "duty". In his remaining two months, Books settles scores with old enemies, including gambler Pulford (Hugh O'Brian) and Marshall Thibido (Harry Morgan) and reaches out to new friends (including feisty widow Lauren Bacall and her hero-worshipping son Ron Howard). In the end, is shot to death, but in so doing he is able to dissuade another from following his blood-stained example. Throughout the film, Book's imminent demise is compared with the decline of the west, as represented by the automobiles and streetcars that have begun to blight the main street of Wayne's home town. It is unknown if John Wayne was aware that he was dying of cancer when he agreed to film The Shootist; whatever the case, the film is a powerful valedictory to a remarkable man and a fabulous career.

EL DORADO
Legendary producer-director Howard Hawks teams with two equally legendary stars, John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, in this classic Western drama. Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked "businessmen." The Duke gives an equally adept performance as the sheriff's old friend who knows his way around a gunfight. Filled with brawling action and humor, El Dorado delivers the goods. James Caan and Ed Asner co-star.

THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
When a commercial airliner developes engine problems on a trans- Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.

ISLAND IN THE SKY
A transport plane crash-lands in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.

HONDO
Based on the Louis L'Amour story "The Gift of Cochise," this sparkling western has Wayne as a half-Indian Cavalry scout who, with his feral dog companion, finds a young woman and her son living on a isolated ranch in unfriendly Apache country. A poetic and exciting script, outstanding performances, and breathtaking scenery make this an indisputable classic. Page's debut.

MCLINTOCK!
Wayne shows off his funny side in this 1963 western, a comedy inspired by The Taming of the Shrew. Starring as wealthy cattle baron G.W. McLintock, Wayne shows a real sense of comic timing in several scenes filled with slapstick humor. After his wife (Maureen O'Hara) and daughter leave him for the East, McLintock attempts to win them back. The dynamics between O'Hara and Wayne are the strong suit of this film, the actors having worked together previously on

THE QUIET MAN
As this is by no means a revisionist western, McLintock's chauvinistic attempts to "tame" his wife fit within the problematic ideology of the larger western genre. The ultimate example of this comes at the end of the film when McLintock settles his marital dispute by publicly "spanking" his wife in what is now a notorious cinematic moment.

Customer Reviews:

Great Value.......2007-06-14

This collection is an outstanding deal at $70. THis contains many of Wayne's most sought-after films at a bargain price.

This box set does NOT contain THE QUIET MAN.......2007-05-23

Contrary to Amazon's editorial description above, the John Wayne Century Collection contains 14 movies, but does NOT include THE QUIET MAN. Still, it is a good bargain and contains a new Special Edition release of TRUE GRIT.

The John Wayne Western Collection (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / True Grit / Hondo / McLintock! / Big Jake / The Shootist / Rio Lobo / The Sons of Katie Elder / El Dorado)

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The John Wayne Western Collection (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / True Grit / Hondo / McLintock! / Big Jake / The Shootist / Rio Lobo / The Sons of Katie Elder / El Dorado)
Starring: John Wayne , James Stewart , John Ford , Vera Miles , and Lee Marvin
Director: John Farrow , Howard Hawks , and Henry Hathaway
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ASIN: B000O179GS
Release Date: 2007-05-22

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FANTASTICO!
This is great!
Dora!!! Dora!!!!! Dora!!!!! THA' PEACE DISTURBER!!!!!!!!!!
Dora?Stop you're annoying

Dora the Explorer - Big Sister Dora
Starring: Kathleen Herles , Harrison Chad , Marc Weiner , Sasha Toro , and Muhammed Cunningham
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ASIN: B0007989HU
Release Date: 2005-03-22

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A baby! A baby! A baby! That's right, Dora is about to become a big sister--and what a great big sister Dora will be with her talent for sharing, teaching, playing, and helping. Dora's Papi gives Dora a cellular phone so she'll know exactly when her baby sister or brother is arriving and, when the phone rings, she and Boots hurry home to meet the new arrival. Along the way, Backpack tests their listening skills by having them listen for various items; the pair learns about numerical ordering and street safety; and friends Isa, Tico, and Benny offer to share their own special talents with the new baby. When Dora and Boots arrive at Dora's house, the whole family is waiting with a big surprise. Among the other three episodes, "Dora Saves the Game" finds Dora racing to join her cousin Daisy's soccer team for an important game. Dora practices her super soccer kick, jumping, pushing, and counting from 1 to 15 as she makes her way toward the stadium and, with a little help from Diego, manages to get there just in time to showcase her soccer skills. (Ages 3 to 7) --Tami Horiuchi

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In "Big Sister Dora," Dora has some really exciting news - someone new is joining Dora's family! Someone who sleeps in a cradle, drinks from a bottle, wears diapers, and likes to be rocked to sleep. In "Dora Saves the Game," Dora's cousin Daisy is playing in a big soccer game that's showing on TV. But Daisy's team is short a player, so Daisy appeals to Dora to come play on her team and save the game. The two bonus episodes are "Job Day" and "A Letter for Swiper."

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Great for kids who love Dora.......2007-06-15

My two year old son LOVES Dora and Diego. He is speech delayed, but Dora DVDs really get him to interact...both verbally and physically. This DVD is classic Dora.

FANTASTICO!.......2007-02-19

This VHS is great! In "Big Sister Dora", Dora and Boots are really excited. Dora's mami is having a baby. Dora's papi gives her a cell phone to let her know when the baby is born. When they arrive, the whole family comes to see the surprise. There isn't just one, but two babies! Dora has a baby borther and a baby sister. In "Dora Saves the Game", Dora is really excited. Her cousin Daisy is playing in a big soccer game that is showing on TV. But Daisy's team is short a player, and she can't play if her team has four players. So Daisy appeals to Dora to come and save the game. Ru, Dora, run! Corre, Dora, corre! Along the way, Dora and Boots team up with her cousin Diego, Daisy's brother. Dora scores a goal with her super soccer kick. It was the greatest.

This is great!.......2006-11-26

This DVD is great. "Dora Savs the Game" is my favorite. My name is Daisy, too. Dora is excited to watch her older cousin Daisy play at the big soccer game. Daisy's team is the Yellow Tigres. Daisy is devastated when the referee had to stop the soccer game because the Yellow Tigres don't have enough players. I didn't like that part. When Daisy realizes that Dora is as good a soccer player as she is. So she asks Dora the play in the big soccer game. I didn't play in a soccer game before. Daisy is a great soccer player, but Dora is better because she has a super soccer kick. Playing soccer is a wonderful sport. Crocodiles chase Dora and Boots through the jungle, but they made it out, okay. Along the way, Dora's other cousin, Diego, tags along. But when they get to the bridge, the bridge falls apart. So giant otters help fix the bridge and they hurry to the soccer game. Then Daisy gives Dora her own yellow team shirt to wear in the game. Then Dora scores a goal, using her super soccer kick. That was my favorite part. I also liked it when Boots and her cousins were impressed with her. I love basketball, but soccer is wonderful, too.

Dora!!! Dora!!!!! Dora!!!!! THA' PEACE DISTURBER!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-04-25

Some little kids shows I give exceptions to. But Dora, one of the most annoying little kids shows on television has to kill you with big sister Dora. Yet Dora remains to entertain. We already know her show is on poor networks such as Nickelodeon, who last time I looked was the center of attention with stupid underacheiving cartoons such as "Rugrats" "Go Diego go" Diego the cousin of Dora and as we all know "Romeo" "Lazytown" "Jimmy Neutron" basically everything. It's channel doesn't even have a real name.

Dora is an explorer???? All she does is try to go to some place she already knows is there. So she doesn't explore. She needs your help, tell her what will fly her over a bush she can just walk around!!!!!! Oh a Macaw right next to her, that only speaks "Spanish" I was proud to be hispanic, unitl Dora came to disgrace my culture. Dora has to hear words to motivate her to do what she has to do that'll get her to the place she needs to go. I bet explorers such as Amerigo Vispucci, and Matthew Henson would be threatened if they watched Dora. Oh America was named over Amerigo who was tol by Wadseemuller that his map was better. Hold.....Hold....Hold on. Just looking at Dora freaaks me out. Really the kids won't remember the spanish they'll be talking spanish incorrectly. Toca matar mi will be Ci matar mi, Dora might make you say Ci Fuentes Bueno meaning Yes bridge good, makes no sense like this stupid show created by low-lifes.

Dora?Stop you're annoying.......2006-04-07

Dora the explorer is the worst little kids show on TV. They make me not want to walk in the park anymore. What stupid show is "Hey boots? Lets go through the bush. We can't. Can you see who will fly us over?" Just go around the stupid bush!! Even on a 7 year olds show it shows people watching a play, but then a screen, and a Dora-like show appears. It shows a kid walking in the park saying "I walk in the park, you walk with me," and the audience starts booing I'm not 7, and I laugh. Dora stinks, it stinks, it Sux!!!

The John Wayne Collection, Vol. II (Big Jake / The Shootist / The Sons of Katie Elder)

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Better Collection Than The First Three..............
Three great movies.
FOUR VERY GOOD FILMS
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The John Wayne Collection, Vol. II (Big Jake / The Shootist / The Sons of Katie Elder)
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The Sons of Katie Elder
John Wayne recovered from his first bout with cancer to appear in this 1965 film as the brother of Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, and Michael Anderson Jr. All four characters are wandering souls prone to trouble, but after the funeral of their frontier mother, they set out to avenge her death. Directed by Henry Hathaway (Wayne's director on True Grit), the film moves like a conventional, latter-day Western, with good performances from Wayne and Martin, who'd already costarred with the Duke in Howard Hawks's Rio Bravo. Nice support from Dennis Hopper (who had a legendary conflict with Hathaway on this film), Strother Martin, and George Kennedy. --Tom Keogh

Big Jake
Big Jake (1969) is not one of the Duke's classics, but a diverting attempt nonetheless. Everyone seems to think that Jacob McCandles is six feet under ("I thought you was dead" is a running line throughout), so some bad men kidnap his grandson. They want a piece of the family fortune and will kill to get it. Patrick Wayne, the Duke's own son, plays one of Big Jake's kids, and together they start out after the boy's abductors. Richard Boone makes a worthy adversary to Jake's larger-than-life figure, and the final confrontation between the two contains some great gritted-teeth dialogue. Maureen O'Hara is barely in the feature, sharing the same fate as Bobby Vinton as the boy's father. He seems to be onscreen just to get shot. --Keith Simanton

The Shootist
The last film of John Wayne could not have been more fitting, full of details that can't help but make one reflect upon his legacy in the movies and his life as a star. Wayne plays a career gunfighter in the autumn of his life, trying to hang up his pistols after he discovers he's dying of cancer. Boarding in the house of an attractive widow (Lauren Bacall) and her son (Ron Howard), Wayne's character opts for peace in his final days but is dogged by his reputation when a handful of killers seeks him out for a final fight. Howard is fine as a fatherless boy who needs the strong mentor the hero represents, and James Stewart--who costarred with Wayne in the great Man Who Shot Liberty Valance--plays the doctor who gives the big man the bad news. Don Siegel (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) thoughtfully directs a very special and sensitive production. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

Better Collection Than The First Three.....................2007-03-10

The Shootist at least had the extra features and interviews the other DVD's are lacking. Such a shame, so much more could be added to the other DVD's in this collection as well as the 1st volume. You will have to love them on the movies alone........

Three great movies........2006-06-19

The three DVDs have no extras besides the one feature on The Shootist so I will focus on the movies:

The Sons of Katie Elder has two huge stars, John Wayne and Dean Martin, as the two eldest of the Elders. Earl Holliman and Michael Anderson star as the two younger Elder brothers. All four sons come back to town of Clearwater, Texas, to see her buried and pay their respects. The story is about a broken family trying to find peace but also four sons trying to find out who had killed their father and made their mother move from the family's land. Lots of gun fights but also lots of humor between the four brothers.

Big Jake has two stars who are the main focus of the movie. Of course there is John Wayne as Big Jake and then there is Richard Boone as the head of an outlaw gang who has kidnapped Little Jake, Jake's grandson. Richard Boone would show up in a few of John Wayne's films. There is a lot of humor in this movie but the gun fights are also bloody and dark. Maureen O'Hara is in the first act as his wife he hasn't seen in 18 years.

The Shootist is the last film John Wayne would be in and the 69th Western he made. Tons of star power. Richard Boone, James Stewart, Laurea Bacall, Ron Howard, Bill McKinney, John Carradine, Harry Morgan. Hugh O'Brian and more. The story, based on a book by the same title, is about a gunslinger who finds out his days are numbered and he tries to find peace during his final hours. The character of John Bernard Books, played by the ill and tired John Wayne, really comes out as realistic (maybe because John Wayne knew his days were short also). The film is well crafted and one of the first John Wayne movies I ever saw. From the start with the black and white clippings of Wayne movies that act as a background, a history, of the shootist's life to the scene of Ron Howard walking away from the last gunfight everything is set carefully into place like a lovely puzzle. Some of the lines in the movie, many copied right out of the book, sound like wishful echoes of a time long gone.

This three movies are a must for any Western collection.

FOUR VERY GOOD FILMS.......2005-08-09

This second volume in the John Wayne collection features three more later Duke Westerns. While none may be classics, they are all very good and still show the presence that Wayne had towards the end of his career.

Sons of Katie Elder (1965) re-unites Wayne with his Rio Bravo co-star DEan Martin. These two buddies had great chemistry together. They, along with Earl Holliman and Michael Anderson play the four sons of Katie Elder who return home to attend their mother's funeral and to find out why she was driven off her land. James Gregory plays the no-good baddie and George kennedy is the gunfighter hired to run John Elder (Wayne) off.

Big Jake (1971) is one of my all-time favorite Wayne pictures as its the final time he would co-star with Maureen O' Hara. It's also quite violent as the film opens with a band of outlaws led by Richard Boone who come to the McCandles ranch and kidnap Big Jake's (Wayne) grandson. Jake has been estranged from his family for a number of years but his wife (O'Hara) sends for him to come home to help find the little boy. He's joined by his two sons James (Real life son patrick) and Michael (Chris Mitchum) and an old indian buddy played by frequent Wayne co-star, Bruce Cabot. Wayne interplay with his two sons is a blast and Boone was a great villian.

The Shootist (1976) was sadly Wayne's last film as it mirrored his own life. He played an aging gunfighter named J.B. Brooks who finds out he has cancer and not long to live. Jimmy Stewart co-stars with Wayne re-uniting these two who starred in the classic "Man who Shot Liberty Valance". The great cast also includes Ron Howard, Lauren Bacall, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, Harry Morgan and John Carradine. It's a good film but very sad to watch as Wayne would finally pass away not long after.

Very good set overall.

Worthy.......2005-06-01

First of all, in "The Sons of Katie Elder", it is obviously still a wild wild west and so "Katie Elder" of this movie cannot be the relatively well-known frontier figure, "Big Nose Kate" Elder, Doc Holliday's girlfriend. (If you don't know who Doc is, you're in the wrong genre). Still, she must have been quite a gal as her oldest son (Wayne) is in his late 50s and looks it and his youngest (Michael Andreson, Jr) is in his 20s (but plays it younger). It's a decent tale of revenge with Wayne in a typical larger-than-life role though he was secretly sickly at the time. The other two flicks are more worth the ride. "The Shootist" portrayal might have even been Oscar-worthy in another year in a story of a dying gunfighter who faces a final challenge with three baddies. The character study includes standout performances in small roles by the ever-sexy Sheree North (in middle age), Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Jimmy Stewart and other well-known faces from Westerns. Richard Boone and TV's "Wyatt Earp", Hugh O'Brian, are two of the gunslicks in a memorable saloon shootout. Richard Boone had also been the chief bad guy in "Big Jake" where Wayne's grandson (in real life his young son Ethan) had been kidnapped from the care of his ex (Maureen O'Hara) for ransom. Son Patrick Wayne also appears, along with Wayne friend Bruce Cabot, and a dog named "Dog" who only has to have Big Jake call his name to cow an offensive person with an impatient threatening growl. All in all, a good package of Duke stuff.

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One of the Worst Ever
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Waterborne by Ben Rehki
Water, water all around and nary a drop to drink

Waterborne
Starring: Christopher Masterson , Jake Muxworthy , Jon Gries , Christopher Berry , and Ajay Naidu
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One of the Worst Ever.......2006-09-06

If you enjoy a thought-provoking disaster DVD with lots of fu** and sh** words you will only be happy about the cursing. OK, OK, you might overlook the bad language if not for the mediocre acting, low budget effects, and a plot you could guess long before the end. It was so bad that I skipped the entire middle of the movie to see the last two scenes.

Sure glad that I only rented this. Now, the Poseidon, that is a good disaster flick.

Great Movie and Entertainment..........2006-08-31

Really original and potent. A little too much cursing for my taste and the some picture clarity comes out a little amateurish. Good Acting and plot saves the day.

Interesting....but not a big budget movie..!.......2006-08-11

A movie made using a very interesting subject...water. But what is scary is that it could happen to any city....Terrorism...
Interesting enought to not put it down halfway thru
The movie follows the action of differrent individuals instead of
using a big scale scenario.
This works, but it feels more like a TV movie.
Good to watch...at leat for one showing...but thats about it.

Waterborne by Ben Rehki.......2006-03-26

This movie is a journey into the minds of several random, good-hearted people in a time of crisis. The plot could call for a big-budget Hollywood disaster movie, but this is the opposite. Ben Rehki wanted to create a movie that had not been done before. Mission accomplished. This film essentially predicted the disaster that was the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Water is no longer available. How long can you stay sane without any liquid in your system while fighting the balmy, hot summer of Los Angeles? Not long. Good acting, unique cinematography, and an extremely relevant plotline. Not to mention one of the best movie scores ever composed from the most important rock band in America, dredg.

Water, water all around and nary a drop to drink.......2006-03-26

In this psychological thriller, in the tradition of Crash, a series of interconnected stories reveals the emotional cost and real devastation that happen when LA's water supply is attacked with a biological agent. People everywhere are dying, and the water is so unsafe it can't be touched, let alone drunk. Soon all the bottled water is gone and over the next 72 hours, everyone must decide what's really important to them.

This movie is quick, smart, and the cast works well together. It not only addresses issues of global import, but peels back your eyelids to make you see snippets of human interaction, some of which are touching, some of which are caustic, and all of which smack of truth given the situation. It's the kind of film you will want to watch with friends and family, because you'll want to talk about it afterward.

Rent this movie if you feel like investing a bit of yourself and thinking for a long time afterwards about everything.

If you liked Crash, you'll like this.

Recommended.

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BIG JAKE--Call Him Anything But Daddy
Filling my Duke collection
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My Favorite John Wayne Movie!!
Another great performance by BOBBY VINTON!!!!!

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BIG JAKE--Call Him Anything But Daddy.......2007-06-01

Filling my Duke collection.......2007-03-22

I've been changing my movies from VHS to DVD lately. Especially in the western genre. Your delivery was faster than I expected. Way to go!!

Big Jake, big fun.......2007-03-05

My Favorite John Wayne Movie!!.......2007-01-08

Another great performance by BOBBY VINTON!!!!!.......2006-12-21

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All time best!
Nostalgic look at friendship
The Big Chill - No Whimpering, It's Definitely a Bang
enjoyable, but frankly my dear, id rather be in secaucus
Baby Boomers Never Grow Up

The Big Chill [Region 2]
Starring: Tom Berenger , Glenn Close , Jeff Goldblum , William Hurt , and Kevin Kline
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Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 big-budget variation on John Sayles's The Return of the Seacaucus Seven finds a cluster of old college radicals--who have since gone on to sundry professions and various degrees of materialism--reuniting over the death of a friend. Both playful and thoughtful, the film represents Kasdan (Body Heat) at his most astute. The attractive cast meshes perfectly into a group of characters for which a former closeness is out of synch with their current lives, yet their warmth is enviable and inviting. The script may be a bit too glib, with many one-liners, but it is still a perfectly designed story with telling irony and no little passion. --Tom Keogh

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All time best!.......2007-05-14

I first saw this movie when I was in College and fell in love with it. the story line was so great and makes me what to call my friends after watching it. I would recomment it to everyone.

Nostalgic look at friendship.......2007-01-17

The Big Chill - No Whimpering, It's Definitely a Bang.......2006-08-15

enjoyable, but frankly my dear, id rather be in secaucus.......2006-06-04

Baby Boomers Never Grow Up.......2006-04-05

Suckers / My Big Fat Greek Wedding ( 2 Pack )

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Suckers / My Big Fat Greek Wedding ( 2 Pack )

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Suckers, My Big Fat Greek Wedding

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