Daniel Boone

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Daniel Boone - Season Four
Starring: Fess Parker , Ed Ames , Patricia Blair , Darby Hinton , and Dallas McKennon
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Daniel Boone - Season Three
Daniel Boone: Season 5
Daniel Boone - Season One
Daniel Boone - Season Two
Rawhide - The Second Season, Vol. 1

ASIN: B000P2XMJ4
Release Date: 2007-06-19

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Wholesome fun for the entire family! Daniel Boone Season 4

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Daniel Boone Season 5

Wholesome fun for the entire family! Daniel Boone Season 5 Fess Parker stars as Daniel Boone in this timeless classic series. Daniel Boone, America's classic frontier hero, continues his adventures right here with Season 5 - now on DVD.

Digitally restored and re-mastered from its original television presentation in 1968-69 - in brilliant color!

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Wholesome fun for the entire family!
Fess Parker stars as Daniel Boone in this timeless classic series. Daniel Boone, America's classic frontier hero, begins his journey right here with this first Season box set on DVD. Digitally restored and re-mastered from its original television presentation in 1966 in brilliant color!
Set in- and around Kentucky and Virginia during the colonial period preceding the American Revolution, Daniel Boone takes us on suspenseful action adventures with his fellow frontiersman and women, Yadkin (played by Albert Salmi), Mingo (Ed Ames), Rebecca (Patricia Blair), Jemima (Veronica Cartwright), and Israel (Darby Hinton).
Season 3 offers some of TV's most memorable talent in special guest starring roles: Slim Pickens, Mala Powers, Peter graves, Vic Tayback, Lane Bradford, Leif Erikson, Carole Cooke, Richard Hale and many more!
Special Bonus Features include:
- Commentary From Darby Hinton (Israel Boone) - "Restoring Daniel Boone" - a peek behind-the-scenes of the film editors' lab - Fess Parker Santa Barbara Winery Tour - Series Air Dates - Daniel Boone Web Links
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Daniel Boone Season 3.......2007-06-27
Excellent DVD set. A must have for any fan of the Daniel Boone show. I've ordered season 4. Can't wait to get it.

early settlements.......2007-05-13
Another great series of past years. Tried to be Indian correct for its time period. Great family viewing. A good way to get children interested in the early history of the country.

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Daniel Boone TV Series On DVD 1964-65 Season Black & White

Daniel Boone Season 1 1964-65 Black & White DVD Fess Parker As Daniel,Ed Ames As Mingo

I wish I could give this more stars.

Fun memories

Season 1 In Black & White

Daniel Boone - Season One
Starring: Fess Parker , Ed Ames , Albert Salmi , Dallas McKennon , and Darby Hinton
Director: Anton Leader , John English , Nathan Juran , Earl Bellamy , and John Florea
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ASIN: B000GH3CDO
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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Wholesome fun for the entire family!
Fess Parker stars as Daniel Boone in this timeless classic series. Daniel Boone, America's classic frontier hero, begins his journey right here with this first Season box set on DVD. Digitially restored and re-mastered from it's original televison presentation in 1964 in classic black and white. Set in and around Kentucky and Virginia during the colonial period preceeding the American Revolution, Daniel Boone takes us on suspensful action adventures with his fellow frontiersman and women, Yadkin (played by Albert Salmi), Mingo (Ed Ames), Rebecca (Patricia Blair), Jemima (Veronica Cartwright), and Israel (Darby Hinton). Special Features Include: - Exclusive Interviews - Photo Gallery - Visitor's Guide to Fess Parker's Los Olivos Winery & Spa Resort
The series continues with Season 2 presented in full color, also available on September 26th, 2006.
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Daniel Boone TV Series On DVD 1964-65 Season Black & White .......2007-05-12
I Used To Watch This Occasionally Cause It Had Mingo On It
1.Ken-Tuck-E Thursday September 24,1964
2.Tekawitha McLeod Thursday October 1,1964
3.My Brother's Keeper Thursday October 8,1964
4.The Family Fluellen Thursday October 22,1964
5.The Choosing Thursday October 29,1964
6.La Duqesene Thursday November 5,1964
7.Mountain Of The Dead Thursday December 17,1964
8.Not In Our Stars Thursday December 31,1964
9.The Hostages Thursday January 7,1965
10.The Returning Thursday January 14,1965
11.The First Stone Thursday January 28,1965
12.A Place Of 1'000 Spirits Thursday February 4,1965
13.The Sound Of Fear Thursday February 11,1965
14.The Ben Franklin Encounter Thursday March 18,1965
15.Four Leaf Clover Thursday March 25,1965
16.Cain's Birthday Part 1 Thursday April 1,1965
17.Cain's Birthday Part 2 Thursday April 8,1965
18.Daughter Of The Devil Thursday April 15,1965
I Will Watch Them On Friday Night Like The Series Was On
Daniel Boone Season 1 1964-65 Black & White DVD Fess Parker As Daniel,Ed Ames As Mingo .......2007-05-07
I Bought Two DVD Sets With My Gift Certificate At Suncoast On January 2,2007 On A Tuesday I Watch Them On Friday Nights
1.Ken-Tuck-E Thursday September 24,1964
2.Tekawitha McLeod Thursday October 1,1964
3.My Brother's Keeper Thursday October 8,1964
4.The Family Fluellen Thursday October 22,1964
5.The Choosing Thursday October 29,1964
6.La Duequesne Thursday November 5,1964
7.The Sound Of Wings Thursday November 12,1964
8.A Short Walk To Salem Thursday November 19,1964
9.Mountain Of The Dead Thursday December 17,1964
10.Not In Our Stars Thursday December 31,1964
11.The Hostages Thursday January 7,1965
12.The First Stone Thursday January 28,1965
13.A Place Of 1'000 Spirits Thursday February 4,1965
14.The Sound Of Fear Thursday February 11,1965
15.The Devil's Four Thursday March 4,1965
16.The Ben Franklin Encounter Thursday March 18,1965
17.Four Leaf Clover Thursday March 25,1965
18.Daughter Of The Devil Thursday April 15,1965
I Will Watch The 18 Episodes That Are In Black & White Today's Shows Are Nothing But Junk I Got The DVD's Of It
I wish I could give this more stars........2007-05-03
I have the first two seasons, and I am anxious for the third to ship. Yesterday, I watched the last episodes of season two. My family and I had been watching one episode each night. To not have one to watch tonight is like losing a friend. This may be the greatest television show in history. It is a shame that more of this quality are not made today.

Long live Fess Parker and Ed Ames!
Fun memories.......2007-04-30
If only they had shows like this on TV today for kids to watch instead of some of the modern alternatives.

While the series isn't necessarily historically accurate on all things, it is a fun show to watch. Dan'l has long been a hero of my husbands and my whole family has enjoyed watching this series.
Season 1 In Black & White .......2007-03-31
I'm Tired Of Those Edgy Cop Shows With Developmentally Disabled People Committing Those Bizzare Crimes Such As Touching Women's Bodies With The Suit Coats Or Terrorists With Developmental Disabilities Who Blow Up Institutions And Sheltered Workshops All We Need Is A Trip To Memory Lane To Watch Daniel Boone On TV Instead Of The Junk They Show I Watch Fess Parker And Ed Ames On TV

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What a Great show!!

The long awaited Childhood remembered

Daniel Still the Best

Daniel Boone Season 2 In Color 1965-1966 TV Season In Color

Season 2 In Color On DVD With Fess Parker And Ed Ames

Daniel Boone - Season Two
Starring: Fess Parker , Ed Ames , Patricia Blair , Darby Hinton , and Dallas McKennon
Director: Earl Bellamy , John Florea , and George Sherman
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ASIN: B000GH3CDY
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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Wholesome fun for the entire family!
Fess Parker stars as Daniel Boone in this timeless classic series. Daniel Boone, America's classic frontier hero, continues his journey here with the second Season box set on DVD. Digitially restored and re-mastered from it's original televison presentation in 1965 in sparkling, clear full color. Set in and around Kentucky and Virginia during the colonial period preceeding the American Revolution, Daniel Boone takes us on suspensful action adventures with his fellow frontiersman and women, Yadkin (played by Albert Salmi), Mingo (Ed Ames), Rebecca (Patricia Blair), Jemima (Veronica Cartwright), and Israel (Darby Hinton).
Special Features Include: - More Exclusive Interviews - Season 2 Photo Gallery - Audio Commentary
Customer Reviews:

What a Great show!!.......2007-06-19
Just got Season 2 from Amazon and it looks great! Since my family had a B&W TV when I was growing up--until my older sister bought us a color TV with her own money--this is actually my first time seeing "Daniel Boone" in color. It doesn't look much like Kentucky, but whatever part of California they filmed it in sure is pretty.
As with season 1, the acting is still good. Kind of miss Yadkin, but everyone else is back. My sons (ages 12 & 10) love this show as much as I do, proving that you don't have to be crass to attract the modern kids--just tell good stories.
One last thing, were Jemina's eyes really that blue or is that a trick of the restoration?
The long awaited Childhood remembered.......2007-05-29
I have waited years for Daniel Boone to be released on DVD. I Grew up on this stuff (Tells you something about my age neh?) Thats ok, the world needs a little nonstalgia in this cynical age. Especially with what is ahead. The world needs more Heros, even if they are over romanticised hollywood fiction. "What a dream commer truer"
Daniel Still the Best.......2007-05-14
Brought back memories a child watching the show. Now I have passed it on to my daughters as we sit on family night and watch the shows. Great family time show on courage, strength and acceptance.
Daniel Boone Season 2 In Color 1965-1966 TV Season In Color .......2007-05-12
I Watch The DVD's Every Friday Like The TV Series Was On
1.The Tortoise And The Hare Friday September 24,1964
2.Cry Of Gold Friday November 5,1965
3.A Rope For Mingo Friday December 17,1965
4.Gabriel Friday January 7,1966
5.Seminole Territory Friday January 14,1966
6.The Deserter Friday January 21,1966
7.Crisis By Fire Friday January 28,1966
8.The Prisoners Friday February 11,1966
9.The Fifth Man Friday February 18,1966
10.Gun Barrel Highway Friday February 25,1966
11.Fifty Rifles Friday March 11,1966
12.The Trap Friday March 18,1966
13.The Accused Friday March 25,1966
14.Cibola Friday April 1,1966
15.The High Cumberland Part 1 Friday April 15,1966
16.The High Cumberland Part 2 Friday April 22,1966
I Will Really Watch Those Episodes On A Friday Night Daniel Boone Kept Young People Home On Friday Nights From Going Out That Night Daniel Boone Entertained Friday Evening Households Since September 1965 At 7:30 PM On NBC On Many NBC Stations In New York,Los Angeles And Seattle And Other NBC Affilliates Aired It On Friday Nights Instead Of Going Out And Even On
NBC Daniel Boone Kept Young People Home From School Dances On Friday Night
From September 1965 Until September 1968
Season 2 In Color On DVD With Fess Parker And Ed Ames .......2007-05-05
I Used To Watch It Occasionally When It Was New Cause It Had Mingo On The TV Series Wendy Martindale Had Watched That Occasionally With Her Dad Linda Cumberbatch's Mom Watched It Occasionally Linda Cumberbatch Watched Daniel Boone Occasionally Cause It Had Mingo On It I Used To Watch That With My Mom And Dad On Fridays At 7:30 I Seen A Rope For Mingo That Aired On December 17,1965 The Day My Mom Went Grocery Shopping And Bought A TV Guide With Jim Nabors On The Cover On A Friday The Best Night It Was On Was Friday Nights On NBC At 7:30 The Episodes Which They Were Like
1.The Tortoise And The Hare 9/24/1965 My Mom Bought A TV Guide With Jackie Gleason On The Cover On A Friday
2.The Mound Builders 10/1/1965 My Mom Bought A TV Guide With Get Smart On The Cover
3.My Name Is Rawls 10/8/1965
4.The Old Man And The Cave 10/15/1965
5.City Of Gold 11/5/1965
6.The Peace Tree 11/12/1965
7.A Rope For Mingo 12/17/1965
8.The Christmas Story 12/24/1965
9.The Tamarack Massacre Affair 12/31/1965
10.Gabriel 1/7/1966
11.Seminole Territory 1/14/1966
12.The Deserter 1/21/1966
13.Crisis By Fire 1/28/1966
14.The Prisoners 2/11/1966
15.The Fifth Man 2/18/1966
16.Gun Barrel Highway 2/25/1966
17.Fifty Rifles 3/11/1966
18.The Trap 3/18/1966
19.The Accused 3/25/1966
20.Cibola 4/1/1966
21.The High Cumberland Part 1 4/15/1966
22.The High Cumberland Part 2 4/22/1966
Today's Shows Are Nothing But Junk I Watch Them On Friday Nights

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Quite a good film that closely tracks the excellent novel

Travolta at his best

John Travolta does it again

Strong acting and story come together perfectly

More of the same from DeMille

The General's Daughter
Starring: John Travolta , Madeleine Stowe , James Cromwell , Timothy Hutton , and Leslie Stefanson
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When John Travolta first opens his mouth during the opening credits of The General's Daughter and speaks in a terrible Southern cracker drawl, one briefly hopes that the movie will turn out to be just as hilariously bad. Unfortunately, the accent is soon revealed to be part of a disguise, and the movie is just as quickly unveiled as a clumsy, run-of-the-mill potboiler. A female officer is discovered strangled and tied to the ground; she's the title character, and because of the general's political ambitions, the mystery of who did it and why has to be wrapped up in 36 hours by Travolta and fellow CID officer Madeleine Stowe (Last of the Mohicans, 12 Monkeys). Sexual violence and lurid S&M have been thrown in to shore up the incomprehensible plot, but that only adds to the queasy atmosphere. The supporting actors--an impressive collection including James Woods (Salvador), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), and James Cromwell (Babe, L.A. Confidential)--don't embarrass themselves, but even they can't make sense of their blustering, macho dialogue. It's amazing that screenwriter William Goldman (who wrote such great and genuinely thrilling films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, and Misery) left his name attached to this script; there's no sign of his usual skill and intelligence. Madeleine Stowe, a graceful presence in any film, is equally wasted. Directed with a lot of empty flash by Simon West (Con Air). --Bret Fetzer
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Quite a good film that closely tracks the excellent novel.......2007-06-23
The General's Daughter is a powerful film about conspiracy, lust, and above all, betrayal. It tracks the excellent Nelson DeMille novel of the same name fairly closely, and tells a compelling story that engages the viewer. John Travolta, in particular, does a stellar job as CID agent Paul Brenner. Madeleine Stowe is perfect as Sara Sunhill. The rest of the cast turn in excellent performances as well, with the possible exception of James Cromwell, of whom I am not a fan.

Some critics (and some reviewers) panned this movie, which I do not understand. At least this one has a plot, a storyline, and moves things along. Many of the overlong, tedious productions that Hollywood and its foreign rivals have been belching out for the past 20 years do none of these things. This one has no long dreary interludes, and every scene is relevant to the story. The main flaw in this film, in fact, is its downbeat tone. This is not a happy story, and the film utterly fails to inject any lightheartedness into the storyline, which is something DeMille did very successfully in the novel, by the way.

The soundtrack of this film is quite good. It is one of those soundtracks that significantly adds to the drama of the film.

Highly recommended.
Travolta at his best.......2007-05-16
Very gripping from begining to the very end. This is John Travolta at his best.
John Travolta does it again.......2007-05-06
John Travolta is such a GREAT actor and I enjoy many of his movies!!!!
General's Daughter being 1 of my favorite I will be watching a lot....

Strong acting and story come together perfectly .......2007-05-05
"The General's Daughter" is a great thriller with an interesting story. A week before the retirement of a general, his base is beset by a scandal involving his daughter who is found dead, naked and pined down by tent steaks. A military investigator (John Travolta) is called in to find the killer. He has 36 hours to solve the case before the FBI arrives and exposes the scandal to the public. Travolta is partnered with an ex-girlfriend to investigate the crime.

Unraveling the mystery behind the general's daughter murder creates an air of suspense. We are kept guessing who may be behind the murder, as it seems nearly everyone is somehow involved. As we slowly learn more about the daughter, we piece together more of what happened to her. The strong acting and story come together perfectly creating excellent entertainment. I highly recommend "The General's Daughter" to those who enjoy thrillers and suspenseful films.

More of the same from DeMille.......2007-04-05
I'm a big DeMille fan, and I enjoyed "Daughter" thoroughly. However, if I had had to read one more trip down rifle range road, I would have put this one away. Good story, good suspense, maybe not the greatest ending.

I cannot imagine a W04 in the army so sure of himself that he would talk to senior officers the way Brenner did in this book, and I cannot believe a W04 would ever have the authority on his own to grant immunity to a prisoner.

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Awesome

Warriors of the Vatican

LOVE IT!!!!!!!

"Time to kill some vampires. You with us, Padre?"

Vampires (1998)

Vampires
Starring: James Woods , Daniel Baldwin , Sheryl Lee , Thomas Ian Griffith , and Maximilian Schell
Director: John Carpenter
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Talk about an opening. The first few minutes of John Carpenter's Vampires--in which James Woods's vampire killer leads a dawn raid on a New Mexico "goon nest" of bloodsuckers--not only suggests a horror movie that will not pull any punches, it even evokes some of the more disturbing dream-memories of American Westerns. Muscular and uncompromised, the sequence suggests a new Carpenter classic unraveling before one's eyes. Well, dream on. Things don't quite work out that way, but this is still a film to reckon with. There are a few serious (and surprising) misjudgments on the director's part, particularly a mishandling of Sheryl Lee's role as a prostitute poisoned by the bite of a "master vampire" (who pretty much wiped out Woods's team of goon terminators). But aside from some weaknesses, the action is jolting, the suggested complicity of the Catholic Church in destroying monsters is provocative, and the traces of Howard Hawks's continuing influence on Carpenter's storytelling are in evidence. --Tom Keogh
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Awesome.......2007-05-21
Iknow this is short, but coming from a movie expert, this movie is awesome. The effects are awesome, there is like 3 or 4 scenes where people are decapitated. trust me this is a gory movie, a must see for gore fans.
Warriors of the Vatican.......2007-03-11
This is based on the book VAMPIRE$ by John Steakley. James Woods is a cynical vampire hunter and leads a team sanctioned by the Vatican. But after a job in the Southwest things go wrong. Suddenly a vampire shows up who is immensely powerful and knows Woods by name. In just moments the vampire slaughters everyone present, slayers, cops, prostitutes. Only those who were not there survived. To make matters worse, the Monsignor in charge of the slayers has arrived from the Vatican and wishes to meet with Woods. Woods is introduced to a new priest for the team and told to assemble and train a new team. But Woods is ticked off and wants to know how a vampire can be so powerful and also knows his name.

Woods does not follow his orders. Instead he tries to track down the vampire. It seems this is the original vampire; the one who spawned the rest. The vampire was created during a botched exorcism and seeks to perform a new ritual that will make him even more powerful and eliminate some of his weaknesses. Woods has little time to find the vampire and put a stop to him. Woods also has to put up with team members who are in grave danger of turning into vampires themselves. Armed with guts, a hatred of vampires, and some modern weaponry Woods is all that stands between the world and total domination by vampire.

This is a James Woods movie pure and simple. Sure, it has vampires, action, and women, but it is Woods that makes the movie. His character is wonderful. You have to wonder at how desperate the Vatican is for slayers to even tolerate Woods let alone employ him. The slaying techniques are different, efficient, and very sensible. All in all a pretty fun movie with James Woods at his absolute best. Fans of Joss Whedon's Firefly will probably get a kick out of the score which seems to have inspired the music in Firefly. Check it out.
LOVE IT!!!!!!!.......2007-01-05
IF YOU LIKE VAMPIRE MOVIES, THIS IS FOR YOU. PLENTY OF SEXY SCENES FOR THE GUYS AND SIT ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT HORROR. NOT TOO SCARY, BUT JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU WANT TO KEEP STAKES AROUND.....
"Time to kill some vampires. You with us, Padre?".......2006-08-09
Directed by John Carpenter (Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York), Vampires (1998) stars James Woods (The Onion Field, Videodrome, Any Given Sunday)...Kurt Russell must have had a prior engagement...as Jack Crow, vampire hunter extraordinaire and master of the colorful invective. Also appearing is one of the lesser Baldwin brothers, Daniel, to be exact ("Homicide: Life on the Street", Mulholland Falls), who had an interesting turn last year on VH1's celebrity reality show "Celebrity Fit Club" possibly...scratch that...definitely indicating ongoing substance abuse issues, Thomas Ian Griffith (Behind Enemy Lines, xXx), Sheryl Lee ("Twin Peaks", "One Tree Hill"), Tim Guinee (Blade), whom I best remember from his role on the television show "Law and Order" as an infinitely creepy, manipulative killer who defends himself at trial (it was a 2001 episode titled "Hubris"), and Maximilian Schell (Judgment at Nuremberg, The Black Hole), godfather to actress Angelina Jolie.

As the film, set in the American southwest, begins, we see Jack Crow and his Roman-Catholic ordained and funded crew of mercenaries arriving at a dilapidated, isolated farmhouse they believe to contain a nest of vampires (and they're right). After cleaning house the crew of misfits celebrates with a drunken whoopee party in a nearby seedy motel, only to get slaughtered as a really powerful vampire (master of the nest they most recently destroyed), donning a velour overcoat, shows up effectively spoiling the festivities (nothing kills a party like having your melon torn off). Jack and another of his team, one named Montoya (Baldwin), manage to escape, taking along Katrina (Lee), a prostitute at the party who has since been bitten, as she's now Jack's only link to the one who decimated his team. Eventually Jack discovers, through his church connections, that the vampire that attacked him is one bad mofo, a six hundred year old European blood fiend named Jan Valek (Griffith), and has come to the new world in search of an religious artifact that when used in a ritual, will allow him to become even more powerful that he already is...(hint, he'd no longer have to use SPF 1000 during the daytime). As Jack, Montoya, Katrina, and a priest named Father Adam (Guinee), the last a new addition as the old padre didn't survive the events at the motel, track Valek across the Southwest, seems Valek's been a busy little imp calling forth some of his brethren masters to not only assist him in locating the religious artifact mentioned earlier, but to be a part of the ceremony that will give him what he utmost desires. Jack and his motley eventually do catch up to Valek in some podunk town only to discover they've walked into the middle of vampire central, and the only way out is through Valek and his thirsty, bitey minions...

While I did enjoy this film, it's certainly not among Carpenter's best or most memorable. Even so, a half-ashed effort from Carpenter is generally better and more entertaining than a full on effort from any number of directors currently schlepping out features these days (Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars may be the exception). Woods is fun to watch, as his trademark intense, semi-psychotic, flippant, profanity-spewing manner, seen in any number of previous features, is definitely present here (he always seems to be set at `eleven'). He does portray the typical Carpenter anti-hero well, but I can't help but wonder how much different the film would have been had Carpenter had Kurt Russell, who Carpenter's used in a number of films, in the lead instead of Woods, as Russell presents a generally more readily identifiable (and likable) character than Woods in a role like this (can you picture James Woods starring in Escape from New York or Big Trouble in Little China?). As far as the others, they did all right, but no one really stood out over another. I've never been a big fan of any of the Baldwins (they're all showboating, pretty boy, prima donnas in my opinion), so having Daniel here (the least of the bunch) really wasn't a positive aspect for me. As far as Valek, played by Thomas Ian Griffith, he certainly was a menace, but the character seemed to lack any personality traits that differentiated him from any number of vampires I've already seen in other films. Something else...at one point in the film Wood's character lays it out for Father Adam, in terms of what they're up against with the vampires...in doing so he jabs the effeminate portrayals presented in such films as Interview with a Vampire, in a roundabout way, but honestly, the vampire depicted here doesn't seem to be a fountain of manliness, but really a European dandy with a taste for hemoglobin. As far as the story, there are some interesting twists and turns, all punctuated by Woods and his gift for profanity laden gab, along with quite a bit of blood soaked violence. I particularly liked the fiery effects used when the vampires where exposed to sunlight (seemed the more powerful the vampire, the more explosive the effect). The converted armored car/battle wagon used by Jack and his crew was kind of cool, as was some of their sophisticated weaponry (when I say `sophisticated', I mean a flashlight built into a fancy crossbow or such). There's plenty of action and things move along well, strung together with some original scoring by Carpenter himself (Carpenter does a lot of his own music, which tends to fit with the material well, but can become repetitive over time). While this isn't the best of modern vampire films I've seen (I've always been partial to Near Dark), it's entertaining and worth a look, especially if you're a fan of Carpenter and/or Woods.

There seems to be a few DVD releases of this film floating around, but the one I own is the Superbit version. What's this Superbit business, you ask? Well, it involves how the material is compressed and transferred to the DVD (there's an insert that gives more details), providing what is supposed to be high-end picture, which is good, right? Well yes, but if you dig on special features, then it might not be so good as the material (both in terms of the audio and video) that makes up the film requires usage of a lot more space on the disc, effectively eliminating any room for extras (I guess adding a second DVD with just extra features isn't a viable option). As a result, the picture, presented in widescreen (2.35:1) anamorphic, looks very clean and sharp, and the audio, available in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS, comes through well, but there are no extras, other than subtitles available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. I'm thinking this Superbit technology may end up being a moot point with the rapid introduction of high definition, but I'm no techno wiz...all in all three and a half stars for the film, plus an extra half for the DVD, for a total of four stars.

Cookieman108

By the way, there was a puesdo sequel put out titled Vampires: Los Muertos (2002), with Carpenter and his wife Sandy King listed as executive producers, written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace (Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Fright Night Part 2), that stars Jon Bon Jovi, and incorporates elements from this story, if you're interested. I haven't seen it, but it's out there...

One last point...at the beginning, I don't understand why Jack and his crew bothered searching the vacant house for vampires, risking their necks...why not just douse it with gas, burn it down and be done with it? Because it wouldn't have been as fun, I suppose...

Vampires (1998).......2006-03-02
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell, Tim Guinee, Mark Boone Jr., Gregory Sierra.
Running Time: 108 minutes
Rated R for strong vampire violence and gore, language and sexuality.

John Carpenter's "Vampires" concerns itself with a Vatican-sponsored, anti-vampire hit-squad led by the gruff and obsessive Jack Crow (played by an inspired James Woods). As it turns out, the Vatican inadvertently created the vampire during the excommunication ceremony of a priest named Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith), an event that occurred roughly six hundred years ago. Realizing that the creation of vampires might be seen as a blemish on the church's reputation, the Vatican determines to correct their mistake by destroying all vampires. This leads to the creation of the unit that Crow now commands. The film begins when Crow's unit sacks a deserted house that currently serves as a vampire lair, killing all of its undead residents. Crow and team then retire for an evening of celebration at a local hotel where their revels are interrupted by a surprise visit from Valek who is more than a little annoyed with them. Valek destroys the entire crew with the exceptions of Crow, his best friend (Daniel Baldwin), and a hooker (Sheryl Lee), all of whom escape to fight another day. As the movie progresses, Crow hunts down Valek, who is himself hunting for the black cross that was used in his excommunication ceremony (which, by the way, was never finished). If Valek can seize the cross and use it to complete the ancient ceremony, he will be able to empower vampires to walk in the daylight.

This film has two things going for it: 1) An interesting plot in the existence of this secret organization of vampire hunters and the nature of their prey, and 2) James Woods' outstanding performance as the obsessive, vengeance-driven Jack Crow. That being said, these two elements, even combined with John Carpenter's direction ("Halloween", "The Thing"), are unable to salvage this movie. "Vampires" is essentially a gratuitous sex, violence and gore fest strung together with a few interesting ideas and suspenseful scenes. The language is as coarse as in any movie ever; early every female who appears in this movie is, at some time or another, nude; and the nude scenes are a good bit more than just brief glimpses. The hotel scene at the beginning is a veritable orgy of sex and alcohol, and the violence and gore that follow throughout the movie may make some audience members cringe. There was little in the way of true suspense in this film although there were a few minor scares as viewed on the big screen. All in all, it really lacks the master touch that Carpenter bestowed to such films as "Halloween," "The Fog," "Escape from New York," "The Thing," and "Prince of Darkness." These movies make use of violence and gore to one degree or another, but they are also suspense and plot-driven, and none of them, not even "The Thing," comes close to the gratuitous violence and rivers of blood that flow in "Vampires." On a lighter note, there is a good bit of unexpected humor in this movie, most of which comes from James Woods. The vampire hunters' weapons and methods are different and interesting, and there are actually a couple of tense scenes, but these could not overcome the disgust factor that much of the rest of the movie created for me. This is certainly not a movie for children or the otherwise faint-hearted, and even if you're used to violence and gore, you may still find this movie unsettling. All in all, this movie was really sort of a "Die Hard" with vampires, and certainly did not live up to Carpenter's lofty reputation. Does not equal that of "Salem's Lot" or "Dracula" by any stretch of the imagination, but will certainly be enjoyed by those who enjoy a good gorefest and the ever-entertaining lead.

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Not "R" rated copy MAYBE "PG"

TERMINAL ISLAND

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Not "R" rated copy MAYBE "PG".......2006-08-18
Information on this item shows it as being rated-R. However the box shows R rating with this addition. "Some scenes of violence and language have been edited" This also includes all nudity. To watch this copy is like watching a "edited for television" cut. I returned my copy....
TERMINAL ISLAND.......2006-01-10
PURCHASING THIS DVD WAS A BIG DISAPOINTMENT! I WISH I HAD READ THE REVIEWS BEFORE BUYING IT!
I SAW THIS MOVIE BACK IN THE MID-1970'S,AND I HAPPEND TO BE A LOVER OF B-MOVIES BUT,THIS MOVIE WAS EDITED FOR TELEVISION SO THE BAD WORDS AND THE NUDITY WAS CUT OUT OF THE MOVIE! I WAS A FAN OF MISS PHYLISS DAVIS AND TO SEE HER SCENES OF NUDITY CUT OUT PISSED ME OFF!
IF ANYBODY HAS A VERSION THATS UNEDITED,PLEASE EMAIL ME!
Yes, I was duped with the editing too.......2006-01-03
I was fully expecting to replace my VHS tape from the 70's. Our cult following this movie was severely disappointed to find it was edited and still contained the R rating.
disappointed.......2005-09-16
there are two versions of this movie - one is edited and one is not - do not buy the edited one - it is not worth it.
Edited Down Terminal Island.......2005-04-07
This is a good movie in it's original form. The movie for sale is edited down and not worth buying. Back of package shows R rating and then in small print tells you they have edited it. Putting R on package is fraudulent. Do not buy this DVD until they get unedited version.

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daniel boone's number 1 fan.

Daniel Boone - High Cumberland, Parts 1 & 2
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"With an eye like an eagle and tall as a mountain was he"
DANIEL BOONE... legendary and long on trail-blazing adventure, Dan'l kindles pioneering spirits as he leads fearless men, women, and children in the quest to settle new territory. Starring Fess Parker as one of history's most famous frontier explorers, this classic television series brings the old frontier to life, packed with Indians, renegades & scalawags, struggling pioneers, and plenty of wilderness action.
The High Cumberland is a 2-part episode from Season 2 (1965-'66) revolving around Daniel Boone's early years on the new frontier and how he met his future wife Rebecca, and friend Mingo, the Oxford-educated son of an English father and Cherokee mother. His early explorations of Kentucky, the courtship of Rebecca Bryan, and schemes by unscrupulous merchants to steal precious supplies for the Kentucky settlement are all part of this great adventure.
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daniel boone's number 1 fan........2007-05-16
The release of the Daniel Boone T.V. shows have made me so happy. I am looking forward to getting every single season. I grew up watching Daniel Boone on T.V. I think it is good holsom family shows that have a good moral meaning. This is something that is not found in television shows of today. I would love to see more of the great shows released. Thanks a bunch and keep them coming. Nettie Carpenter

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Good "B-Movie" Frontier Adventure from the 1950s

Dan'l Boone.

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Starring: Bruce Bennett , Lon Chaney Jr. , Faron Young , Kem Dibbs , and Damian O'Flynn
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Release Date: 2001-03-20

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Worth a dollar.......2007-04-14
This film has been released by Digiview, the company which supplies all the $1.00 DVDs sold at Walmart. The source print for their transfer was in good condition and the color is equally good. Although, the print or transfer is slightly soft it is not distracting.

This is superior to many other titles available for $1.00 and is good entertainment for the entire family, especially young children, as there are songs sung by children.

It is both good and bad that you can buy this for one dollar. Obviously, it is great for the consumer but it just shows how fast the retail price has declined for DVDs and in turn that makes the business increasingly difficult for producers and distributors. Of course at a retail price of $1.00 it eliminates piracy, so you will not find less expensive versions from China or Korea.
Daniel may be a "Trail Blazer", the movie was not........2004-03-17
The technical part of this review refers to the Brentwood Home Video or BCI Eclipse version.
Republic Pictures was nearing the end of its career releasing B pictures mostly westerns, crime stories and those Bowery Boys pics when this one came around. Released in a process called TruColor, the films colors haven't aged well (at least in this transfer). But it doesn't detract that much from this fast moving story starring Bruce Bennett (Herman Brix, I gotta research and find out why he changed his name) as the namesake of the picture and Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Indian chief whom Daniel must eventually make peace with.
It's a story filled with fights, morality, romance and even song from country crooner Faron Young. Released in 1956, I'm sure to capitalize on the Davy Crockett craze at the time, this low budget story of building the new frontier is fine for the family with some mild violence and at 76 minutes is perfect viewing for a rainy day.
Brentwood/BCI put in their usual extras, six chapter stops, a DVD dictionary, trivia game and a short subject (Hal Roach's "Little Rascals"). This movie is also in a 10 pack of westerns at about triple the price for this one film from Brentwood Home Video called "The Wild West" and is available from Amazon.com.
Good "B-Movie" Frontier Adventure from the 1950s.......2001-08-20
No, this isn't the old Fess Parker television series, but rather a fairly standard frontier adventure programmer from Republic Pictures that was made in the mid-1950s. There's a reasonable amount of action, drama, and even some song, as Daniel Boone and his followers attempt to make a new life for themselves in the wilderness at Boonesboro.
There are no "name" stars here, save minor ex-Tarzan Bruce Bennett (former Olympic shot-putter Herman Brix), Lon Chaney, Jr., and country music star Faron Young, who does get a chance to belt one out. Bennett was in his mid 40s when he made this film and, indeed, looks the part of a father with grown children. The performances of the actors reflect the film's "B-movie" status . . . capable enough for the material, though I find the perpetually grinning Freddy Fernandez (portraying Boone's son Israel) to be annoying. In the middle of the climatic battle, there's Fernandez grinning away like an idiot (I wonder what ever happened to him?). All in all, though, this is a fairly watchable film that's helped by its short running time (approximately 75 minutes).
I have mixed feelings about this DVD transfer. I'm sure at the time of its initial release, "Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer" was probably a very good looking film. However, the print that Brentwood Communications has used has washed out colors and is "soft" looking, but the audio is fine. This is the type of film that probably could only be released on DVD through an independent budget video company; it's highly unlikely that any major studio would release this film on DVD. So, in that repect, viewers looking for older, hard-to-find films on DVD should probably be thankful to the independent video companies for searching out and releasing films like "Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer."
Dan'l Boone........2001-06-19
Well-made and entertaining Indian tale from the 50's with former Tarzan Bruce Bennett as Daniel Boone and country singer Faron Young. A good Lon Chaney,Jr. as the Indian chief. But - alas - the Technical quality is very poor! Colors are bad in this edition. Try to find another one!
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