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Starring:Rat-Meet the Neighbors
Studio: Time Life Records
Product Type: DVD

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The 26 episodes in this three-disc set are less than half an hour long each, but The Rat Patrol packs a lot into every one of them. There's action and adventure galore as our Yank heroes and their German foes chase each other across the parched dunes of the North African desert. There are Nazi bad guys biting the, er, sand, lots of stuff getting blown up, daring rescues and other dangerous missions, moral dilemmas, torture, beautiful women of various persuasions, perfect hair… even a guest appearance by Jack Jones, who croons to his Nazi captors (in "The Do-Re-Mi Raid"). At the heart of it all are the four members of the Rat Patrol, led by intrepid Sgt. Sam Troy (Christopher George). These boys will do anything, from transporting weapons and munitions to stealing diamonds and secret Nazi documents, from saving innocent Arabs to delivering babies; and somehow, no matter how many times they're pursued, ambushed, shot at (and occasionally wounded), and captured, they always emerge relatively unscathed. At times, the Rats seem to be carrying on a private turf war with their principal nemesis, Hauptmann Hans Dietrich (Hans Gudegast, who, as Eric Braeden, would later find stardom on The Young and the Restless); in several episodes, Troy and Dietrich, a character refreshingly free of the usual Nazi stereotyping, even declare a temporary truce when it suits their mutual needs. It's all consistently entertaining, not to mention fat-free--given the time constraints, there's precious little room for sub-plots or sideshows. The writing's good, the acting's good enough, the production values are first-rate (every installment is in color, which was unusual in the mid-'60s, when these episodes were produced), and the vibe is reasonably authentic. Bottom line: though it lasted for just two seasons, The Rat Patrol ranks as one the better World War II TV dramas, and even without bonus features, this set is a treat. --Sam Graham

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DARING MISSIONS...EXPLOSIVE ACTION...COUNT ON THE RAT PATROL! They're the toughest four-man army on wheels! THE RAT PATROL, an elite team of World War II combat specialists who'll stop at nothing to defeat Rommel's troops in North Africa. But these commandos aren't just a danger to the Nazis?they're an awe-inspiring tribute to the inexhaustible courage of Allied forces everywhere. Complete your collection today!

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Rat Patrol - The Complete First Season
Director: Eddie Davis (II) , Jack N. Reddish , Frank Baur , Leon Benson , and Sutton Roley
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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ASIN: B000CCBCD0
Release Date: 2006-01-31

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Veteran TV writer/director Tom Gries (East Side/West Side, Helter Skelter) created this action-packed drama about a four-man commando team (three Americans and one British) battling the German Army's Afrika Korps in World War II. Though primarily a vehicle for adventure fans, The Rat Patrol benefited from smart scripting (Larry Cohen and Richard Landau both penned stories for the series) that refused to paint the German antagonist, Capt. Dietrich (well played by Hans Gudegast, who's better known today as Eric Braeden), as a stock Nazi heel; in fact, Christopher George's Sgt. Sam Troy and Dietrich occasionally partnered up to combat a common foe, as in the series' fifth and tenth episodes ("The Chain of Death Raid" and "The Moment of Truce Raid," both of which are included in this four-disc set), which pit them against Arab fighters. Other highlights from the 1966-67 debut season include "The Kill or Be Killed Raid" (Gary Raymond's Moffitt must impersonate a German soldier to find a map to a hidden water source), "The Wildest Raid of All" (the Rat Patrol's plan to capture an important Nazi general goes awry), and "The Blind Man's Bluff Raid" (the Germans impersonate an American unit to trick a sunblinded Troy into revealing the Rat Patrol's location), but all 32 episodes deliver plenty of action and excitement. Unfortunately, no extras are included in the set. --Paul Gaita

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Blazing across the North African deserts, it¹s THE RAT PATROL, an elite Allied commando team whose mission is to attack, harass and wreak havoc on Field Marshal Rommel¹s vaunted Afrika Korps. Join four-man army Sgt. Sam Troy (Christopher George), Sgt. Jack Moffitt (Gary Raymond), Pvt. Mark Hitchcock (Lawrence Casey) and Pvt. Tully Pettigrew (Justin Tarr) as they wage war against Nazis, traitors and wild-eyed fanatics in this action-packed first season collection, featuring all 32 explosive episodes, uncut, unedited and commercial-free!

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Rat Race (Special Collector's Edition)
Starring: Breckin Meyer , Jenica Bergere , Cuba Gooding Jr. , Carrie Diamond , and Douglas Haase
Director: Jerry Zucker
Manufacturer: Paramount
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ASIN: B00005RYLX
Release Date: 2002-01-29

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Modeled after 1963's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Jerry Zucker's Rat Race lacks the irreverence of Zucker's 1980 hit Airplane! but has enough chuckles to make it an agreeable time-killer. Like Mad, Mad, Mad..., it employs a huge ensemble of comedy stalwarts, assembled by an eccentric hotelier (pearly-toothed John Cleese) to race from Las Vegas to New Mexico for a $2 million jackpot. With a backstage gambling subplot, Rowan Atkinson's Italian-geek lunacy, Seth Green's slacker antics, and some nicely understated work from SCTV alumnus Dave Thomas, the movie has almost as many highlights as clunkers, and Zucker's embrace of easy gags and traditional slapstick will tickle anyone's old-fashioned funny bone. Other ingredients are hopelessly stale: Whoopi Goldberg's frantic mugging, Cuba Gooding's latter-day Stepin Fetchit, "mature" humor that compromises the movie's broad appeal, and the assumption that crashing vehicles are inherently hilarious. Lamentable decisions, perhaps, but Rat Race maintains a pleasantly altruistic spirit. --Jeff Shannon

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Funny Farm
Starring: Chevy Chase , Madolyn Smith Osborne , Kevin O'Morrison , Joseph Maher , and Jack Gilpin
Director: George Roy Hill
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: 0790740044
Release Date: 1999-05-18

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George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) directed this 1988 comedy that gives star Chevy Chase one of his better-quality vehicles. Chase plays a New York sportswriter who turns to the country for a simpler, happier way of living. He discovers, of course, that things don't work out that way. Hill's usual touch with comic timing, tone, and dialogue give Chase a rare career opportunity to be part of something a little classier than most of his other movies; but Funny Farm nevertheless has its share of so-what gags. Still, the film's overall tone is winning and laid-back, and it makes for nice escapist fare. --Tom Keogh

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Tales of the Rat Fink
Starring: Tom Wolfe , Robert Williams (XXI) , Bill Weinstein , Ann-Margret , and Marilyn Weinstein
Director: Ron Mann
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ASIN: B000H6SY3M
Release Date: 2006-10-31

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Canadian filmmaker Ron Mann has specialized in making counter-cultural documentaries since 1978, and Tales of the Rat Fink is his masterpiece. Rarely has the combination of technique and subject matter been presented with such symbiotic perfection, and Mann's tribute to Ed "Big Daddy" Roth will appeal to anyone who recalls the glory days of hot rods and custom cars. Roth pioneered customizing in the late '50s, taking his cue from the legendary Von Dutch (whose automotive pinstripes "flowed like jazz") to become the first hot-rodder to sculpt custom cars out of fiberglass, the first to airbrush custom "monster" designs on T-shirts, and the inventor of Rat Fink, the "anti-Mickey Mouse" adopted as the drooling mascot of rodders, surfers, model-building hobbyists and assorted misfits throughout the '60s. Roth's best-known custom cars--The Outlaw, The Beatnik Bandit, Mysterion and others--remain timeless classics of southern California's custom-car culture, and they're all shown here on dazzling display.

It's a pity Roth (1932-2001) didn't live to witness Mann's exquisite collaboration with animator Mike Roberts, whose dynamic contributions bring Rat Fink to life in all his wretched glory. John Goodman splendidly narrates as a posthumous Roth, looking back at his creations as numerous pop-cultural icons (Ann-Margret, the Smothers Brothers, and author Tom Wolfe, who first brought Roth to the world's attention) lend their voices to custom cars that "talk" with flashing headlights, similar to (but more reverent than) Pixar's Cars. It's a perfect way of honoring Roth, the culture he created, and the enduring legacy of his "weirdo" ingenuity. Mann's playful tribute makes it perfectly clear that Roth and Rat Fink embody a creative spirit that will live forever. --Jeff Shannon

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From the award-winning director of Comic Book Confidential and Grass comes Tales Of The Rat Fink, Ron Mann's wildly inventive bio about Renaissance man Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, who engineered a shift in mid-twentieth century culture with his customized cars, "monster" T-shirts and America's alternative rodent—"Rat Fink".

Mann's largely animated documentary-style film features the voice talents of:

• John Goodman 8-time Emmy® Nominee (The Big Lebowski)
• Ann-Margret Academy Award® Nominee (Carnal Knowledge)
• Jay Leno
• Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)
• Stone Cold Steve Austin
• Tom Wolfe (author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test)
• Matt Groening (creator of "The Simpsons")
• The Smothers Brothers
• And many more!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Big Daddy Lives! — Rare interviews with Ed "Big Daddy" Roth
• Rat Fink Reunion — Painting jam with Ed Roth and Von Dutch
• Big Daddy's Garage — Virtual art gallery
• Interview with director Ron Mann
• Deleted scene
• Theatrical trailer
• The Sadies music video

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must have.......2007-05-27

if you're from this era, and dig cars, Big Daddy, and creative get things done people with amagination, what are you waiting for? Besides that it's a very well done film.

Ed Roth Video.......2007-05-14

Very good movie. Has alot of funny scenes. You will want to watch it more than once. Great addition to any Rat Fink Collection.

Worthy Rat Fink Video .......2007-04-06

I'm 50, and I grew up building the models and reading the magazines, always loved the cars, and when they become art, that is just more magic. I loved this production, it brought a lot of my scattered knowledge of Big Daddy into the whole story and very fun and modern production. I'm recommending it to anyone who is interested.

Old School.......2007-03-09

I grew up in the 60's-70's & Im still a motor head,It brings back the good old days,if you don't know what went on in those days,you will find it fascinating < far out-cool > I always wonderd about Ed Roths real life,now I know.Anybody else out there??

Cool documentary.......2007-01-18

I knew nothing about rat fink until I watched this. It is quite well done and informative on the history of Rat Fink and the creator, Big Daddy Roth. I recommend it for anyone into classic old cars, rat fink, entrepreneurs, people with dreams, artists, skateboards, surfers, etc.

The Rat Pack Collection (Ocean's 11 / Robin and the 7 Hoods / 4 for Texas)

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The Rat Pack Collection (Ocean's 11 / Robin and the 7 Hoods / 4 for Texas)
Starring: Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Sammy Davis Jr. , Peter Lawford , and Angie Dickinson
Director: Lewis Milestone , Gordon Douglas , and Robert Aldrich
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B000EOTUS0
Release Date: 2006-06-13

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4 FOR TEXAS -- Gamblers Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin are Wild West wild cards. With Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, the Three Stooges and Charles Bronson. OCEAN'S 11 -- The kicky original! Sinatra and pals have a sure way to beat Vegas: Rob 5 casinos at once! With Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop and more. ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS -- His kind of town, Chicago is. Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Falk, Bing Crosby and more in a breezy gangster spoof.

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Rat Tamer (Full)
Starring: Hugh Jackman , Deborra-lee Furness , Neil Melville , Tenley Gillmore , and Paul Reardon
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Release Date: 2006-11-07

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Kevin Jones arrives at Blackstream prison beaten, bruised, and suffering from brain damage -- a state he wasn't in at his sentencing. Something happened to Kevin during his transfer, and though the prison psychologist tries to help him remember...he can't. But someone at the prison knows Kevin's secrets; and when they meet, a deadly war will be ignited, thrusting the entire prison into a battle of hate and revenge...

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The Rat Pack
Starring: Ray Liotta , Joe Mantegna , Don Cheadle , Angus Macfadyen , and William Petersen
Director: Rob Cohen
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ASIN: 630521056X
Release Date: 1998-12-22

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Hey, chicky baby--it's a cuckoo thing, ya dig? You, too, will find yourself speaking Rat Pack lingo after watching this made-for-HBO biopic about that brief and shining moment when Camelot met Hoboken-on-the-Pacific. The film does a good job of capturing the heady, anything-goes feel of the late-1950s, early-1960s era when Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and their running buddies ruled Hollywood, Las Vegas, and, it seemed, the world. The story centers on Sinatra's relationship with John F. Kennedy (William F. Petersen) before and after he was elected president. It's not particularly flattering to either man, as Sinatra pimps Kennedy into a relationship with Judith Campbell, at the same time she was the favorite consort of mob boss Sam Giancana. Ray Liotta is a forceful Sinatra (though it's not much of an impression); Joe Mantegna has the look and the sound of the surprisingly sober Dean Martin; and Don Cheadle does a great job as the racially conflicted Sammy Davis Jr. Not great cinema but it's never less than engrossing. --Marshall Fine

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They had ' 'the world on a string' '. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, known as ' 'The Rat Pack' ' set the style and the pace for 1950's America as the nation roller coastered its way towards the swinging '60s. But can the high life last forever? If Frank and the boys have their way by electing John F. Kennedy, the party has only just begun.

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Lots and Lots of Fire Trucks Vol. 1
Starring: Bryan "The Rat" Ratushniak
Director: Tom Edinger
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ASIN: B000MKZ50I
Release Date: 2007-01-05

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"Brave Heroes & Big Rigs" - Volume 1 If you love fire trucks, get ready for the most exciting collection of non-stop fire truck and firefighting action you'll ever see! From giant hook n' ladders to spectacular super soakers, you'll see the biggest collection of firefighting and rescue equipment ever recorded on one DVD! With lights flashing and sirens wailing you'll race along on real life fire calls with real firefighting heroes and see what it's like to feel the heat, smell the smoke and taste the flames! Plus, you'll go aboard a fireboat, through a fire truck factory, climb to the top of an aerial ladder truck, and visit the busiest fire stations in North America! SPECIAL BONUS feature includes "The Fireman's Prayer" inspirational tribute to America's firefighters! You'll have fun finding out about teamwork, fire safety and modern-day fire heroics from real-life firefighter Bryan "The Rat" Ratushniak as he takes you through a day in the life of a firefighter! Spectacular camera footage combined with award-winning sing-along songs and music by James Coffey and lots of real-life sounds make the thrilling action of these mighty machines a favorite among young and old alike!

Sinatra & the Rat Pack: The Story Behind the Original Movie Ocean's 11

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Starring: Sinatra , Martin , Davis , and Lawford
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ASIN: B00006I03U
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In 1960, if you were looking for the absolute definition of "cool," you would look no further than Frank Sinatra and his infamous Rat Pack - Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop - and if you wanted to find that Rat Pack, you only had to look to Las Vegas. Rare footage and vintage newsreels takes a look into the making of the original Ocean's 11 movie.

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