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Lonesome Dove
The real deal.
Great Drama & Storytelling leaves you begging for more
Duval is an American treasure!
one of the greatest westerns adapted from a great novel

Lonesome Dove
Starring: Robert Duvall , Tommy Lee Jones , Danny Glover , Diane Lane , and Robert Urich
Director: Simon Wincer
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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ASIN: B00005Y6YB
Release Date: 2002-04-30

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Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star as Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, aging cowboys and former Texas rangers and who organize a 2,500 mile cattle drive for one last great adventure in this excellent 1989 miniseries adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel. The best friends, who steal the herd from a gang of Mexican cattle rustlers, drive their herd from Texas to Montana, battling horse thieves, angry Indian tribes, and a renegade half-breed killer named Blue Duck (Frederic Forrest) on a mission of revenge. The excellent cast also includes Robert Urich as cardsharp and former Ranger Jake Spoon, Anjelica Huston as McCrae's old flame Clara Allen, Danny Glover, Ricky Schroder, Diane Lane, Chris Cooper, D.B. Sweeney, Steve Buscemi, and even a small role for author Larry McMurtry. Australian director Simon Wincer shows a tremendous capacity for balancing sweeping drama and intimacy against the gorgeous landscape of the American Southwest, giving a grandly epic feel to the film despite its small-screen target and limited budget, and for forging memorable characters of even the smallest supporting parts. The heart of the drama belongs to McCrae and Call, memorably etched by Duvall and Jones as the last of the range romantics. In the age of revisionist Westerns, this excellent cattle-drive drama nicely maintains an old-fashioned feeling while still showing the dark side of the American West. Winner of seven Emmy Awards and responsible for two miniseries sequels (Return to Lonesome Dove and Dead Man's Walk) and a TV series. --Sean Axmaker

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Lonesome Dove.......2007-06-08

This dvd starts off slow, but you get so attached to the characters. It is very authentic historically. You will laugh, cry, and think about the characters and story for a long time after viewing!!

The real deal........2007-05-15

This is the second time I had purchased this Title. The first one had anything but the original actors. This one is the real deal and the movie is excellent.

Great Drama & Storytelling leaves you begging for more.......2007-04-29

this is without a doubt the best Western ever, and for Western Lovers, there's more, the whole Lonesome Dove series is worth owning. I recommend reading the books also,.... more than once

Duval is an American treasure!.......2007-04-19

If I could have given this film 10 stars, I would have. This is an important film. Important in that every American should see it. The chemistry between Duval and Jones is superb. I watch the DVD about every six months or so. What can one say about Duval? His performance is the best he's ever done and puts him on my list of top five actors of all time. He's even said that this role was his finest. My only regret was that this was a TV mini series and not eligible for Oscar consideration. If it had been Duval would have walked off the stage with his second Best Actor statue. Please do not miss this.

one of the greatest westerns adapted from a great novel.......2007-04-10

luckily this screenplay was not scripted by the author himself like 'dead man's walk', so all the unnecessary non-stop yammering of gus from page one until he died was so smartly omitted that making this 'lonesome dove' movie one of the greatest westerns ever made into movie. wonderful cast, terrific performance by all the actors in it. great screenplay, wonderful and appropriate sound track lingering behind, floating up in time to deepen the feeling of every specific moment. duvall did a better-than-oscar-nomination performance, amazingly made that unforgettable character alive and became a larger-than-life image. tommy lee jones was also the best choice playing call's role. wonderful cinematography footage and settings, not one inch wasted or misplaced.

Walker, Texas Ranger - The Complete Third Season

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SEASON 3 EPISODES ARE:
Season 3
The Best Show of all Time
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Chuck Norris is still very much the man

Walker, Texas Ranger - The Complete Third Season
Starring: Chuck Norris , Clarence Gilyard Jr , and Sheree J. Wilson
Director: Tony Mordente , Eric Norris , Michael Preece , Joe Coppoletta , and Jerry Jameson
Manufacturer: Paramount
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Walker, Texas Ranger - The Complete Second Season
Walker Texas Ranger - The Final Season
Walker, Texas Ranger - The Complete First Season
Diagnosis Murder - The Second Season
The Fall Guy: The Complete Season 1

ASIN: B000NOIX84
Release Date: 2007-06-12

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Three seasons of dispensing his own brand of roundhouse-kicking justice have not slowed Texas Ranger Cordell Walker (Chuck Norris). As an appreciative observer remarks at one point during season 3, "You still have all the moves, Walker." Whether going undercover as a cocaine dealer in Miami or "delivering a little pain" against white supremacists, Russian mobsters, street gangs, IRA terrorists, heroin smugglers, or vengeful ex-convicts, Walker is "a damn one-man army" who "walks the walk and talks the talk." No one delivers Chuck-isms such as, "The bigger they are, the harder they hit" like Norris. Walker, Texas Ranger's third season is a bit edgier than seasons past. The language is a tad cruder and the action more graphic. The episode "The Juggernaut," about a wife beater terrorizing a woman's support group, is particularly rough stuff. In the explosive season opener, "Blown Apart," a Bible-quoting mad bomber unleashes a holocaust of fiery destruction that even Walker cannot defuse in time. Among the season's most memorable episodes is "Final Justice," in which Walker discovers that the man who killed his parents when he was a boy is still alive, leading to a most dangerous game in which Walker becomes the prey of this hunt-happy racist (portrayed by John Vernon, best known as Dean Wormer in Animal House). In "Deep Cover," Walker partners up with a female cop played by world champion kickboxer Kathy Long, who, as an actress, makes a great world champion kickboxer. "Blackout" opens intriguingly with an amnesiac Walker waking up in a casino office clad in a tuxedo, holding a gun and lying next to a dead body. Chuck Norris commentary would have been a real kick, but then again, he is a man of action, and this season does deliver for Walker fans. --Donald Liebenson

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Texas Ranger Cordell Walker, one of the last old-fashioned heroes in the West, is a protective friend but a relentless foe who will stop at nothing to bring a criminal to justice.

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SEASON 3 EPISODES ARE:.......2007-06-09

--Season 3, Episode 1: Badge of Honor --- Season 3, Episode 2: Branded --- Season 3, Episode 3: Silk Dreams --- Season 3, Episode 4: Mustangs --- Season 3, Episode 5: Till Death Do Us Part --- Season 3, Episode 6: Rainbow Warrior --- Season 3, Episode 7: The Road to Black Bayou --- Season 3, Episode 8: Line of Fire --- Season 3, Episode 9: Payback --- Season 3, Episode 10: Tiger's Eye --- Season 3, Episode 11: The Big Bingo Bamboozle --- Season 3, Episode 12: Money Train --- Season 3, Episode 13: Mean Streets --- Season 3, Episode 14: Cowboy --- Season 3, Episode 15: War Zone --- Season 3, Episode 16: Trust No One --- Season 3, Episode 17: Blue Movies --- Season 3, Episode 18: On Sacred Ground --- Season 3, Episode 19: Case Closed --- Season 3, Episode 20: Flashback --

Season 3.......2007-06-09

Season 3, Episode 1: Badge of HonorSeason 3, Episode 2: BrandedSeason 3, Episode 3: Silk DreamsSeason 3, Episode 4: Mustangs Season 3, Episode 5: Till Death Do Us PartSeason 3, Episode 6: Rainbow Warrior Season 3, Episode 7: The Road to Black BayouSeason 3, Episode 8: Line of Fire Season 3, Episode 9: PaybackSeason 3, Episode 10: Tiger's Eye Season 3, Episode 11: The Big Bingo BamboozleSeason 3, Episode 12: Money Train Season 3, Episode 13: Mean StreetsSeason 3, Episode 14: CowboySeason 3, Episode 15: War ZoneSeason 3, Episode 16: Trust No OneSeason 3, Episode 17: Blue MoviesSeason 3, Episode 18: On Sacred GroundSeason 3, Episode 19: Case ClosedSeason 3, Episode 20: Flashback

The Best Show of all Time.......2007-05-31

To say I'm a Walker fan would be an incredible understatement. I watched every episode when they came out, and now I am enjoying them all again on DVD. How can anyone get enough of seeing Chuck Norris bring justice to criminals, even if only on TV. There is such a feeling of satisfaction when you see justice served. Speaking of which, if you've ever had a "What Would Chuck Norris Do?" moment, Chuck now writes weekly on the very issues affecting the day! What a huge bonus for Chuck Norris fans. It is obvious that a very large budget was spent on many episodes in Season 3, as the action takes Walker to many remote, hard to film locations. Now I just have to restrain myself from watching the rest of Walker Season 3 on TV until I can watch the rest on DVD.

WOW DANG ONE OF THE BEST TV DVD-MOVE FOR SHORE EVER DONE.......2007-05-08

NOW I COULD EASYLY SAY WITH OUT ANY DOUGHT THAT THIS WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE GRATEST TV-DVD MOVE EVER MADE IN THE WORLD THAT IS SO FOR SHORE & THAT IS PUTTING IT LIGHTLY

Chuck Norris is still very much the man.......2007-04-22

I never get tired of this show. Mr. Norris never lets the people down when it comes to action. As I have said before, it's nice to have his show out there showing that not everyone is willing to give in to the bad guys. Bring the other seasons on!!!!!!!

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Extremely disappointing sequel
Damaged Package for DVD
Return to Lonesome Dove
3 stars for trying so hard
Return To Lonesome Dove

Return to Lonesome Dove
Starring: Jon Voight , Barbara Hershey , Rick Schroder , Louis Gossett Jr. , and William Petersen
Director: Mike Robe
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ASIN: B00008RV0B
Release Date: 2003-05-20

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Return to the story that captured both the spirit of the Old West and the hearts of America. Return to the breathtaking locations, dramatic confrontations, stirring romance and thrilling action. RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE.
Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Rick Schroder, Louis Gossett, Jr., William Petersen and Oliver Reed star in the sweeping story of three ex-Texas Rangers, based on characters created by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry. After returning the body of Gus McCrae to Lonesome Dove, Woodrow Call takes on the challenge of driving a herd of wild mustangs 2500 miles north to the Hat Creek Ranch in Montana. But tragedy, triumph, despair and deceit will greet him before he ever gets there.
From Indian battles and deadly gunfights, to broken hearts and broken dreams, it's another incredible adventure you'll be able to treasure time and again. RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE continues a classic tradition: to perfectly capture and preserve the pioneer spirit of the American West for generations to come.

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Starring: Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Rick Schroder, and Louis Gossett, JR.
Directed By: Mike Robe
Running Length: 340 minutes, Color
Presented in "Standard" format

Format: DVD MOVIE

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Extremely disappointing sequel.......2007-06-16

Granted most sequels don't live up to the original, this one was a travesty. None of the characters behave remotely the same as in the original. I can easily imagine Tommy Lee Jones' Captain Call letting himself be shot rather than run thru sagebrush in his longjohns. And the character of Clara as played by Anjelica Huston would never act as neurotic and fearful as the Clara in this movie. They turned two very strong and memorable characters into weak and whiny non-entities.

And the ending is ridiculous, given his choices the one Newt makes is so out of character that it's sad. I originally railed against McMurtry since we watched these two series almost back to back recently. When I learned he had nothing to do with this waste of time I felt very relieved. No doubt he felt like he'd been assaulted when he first saw this 'sequel'.

Jon Voigt did okay with what was given to him, he's not Tommy Lee Jones but the main problem was the script. Similarly, Barbara Hershey convinced me she was whiny, petulant and abruptly unable to fend for herself. Louis Gossett shined, like he does no matter how bad the script, he's a very underrated actor in my opinion. And Nia Peeples is both convincing and attractive but her character was mishandled as well.

**slight spoiler**

If you don't like to see violence done to children do not watch this movie. I was appalled at what happened; granted you have to make the audience really loathe the villain but that was just unnecessary.

I can't recommend this, even as a rental, if you've seen the original. If you haven't then none of my points will apply and you may enjoy it.

Damaged Package for DVD.......2007-01-06

DVD came in the mail ripped up. DVD lose inside package.

Return to Lonesome Dove.......2006-11-03

An excellent movie, close to -- but not quite -- as engrossing as the original. Jon Voight did a fine job. My original thought was that he would suffer by comparison with Tommy Lee Jones, but he handled the character beautifully. As in the original, supporting roles were well cast and added to the "flavor" of the movie and its time.

3 stars for trying so hard.......2006-10-03

I have returned to this mini-series after over a decade. I bought Lonesome Dove on DVD a while back and enjoyed it more than I did on my initial viewing. I was not as fond of "Return" when it first aired for a few reasons: The absence of Robert Duvall's Augustus McCrae, Tommy Lee Jones not returning, and a somewhat retreaded narrative. After watching "Return" again, these elements are still problematic but the movie tries so hard to re-capture the spirit of Lonesome Dove that it does manage to succeed on its own merit. One does wonder if, instead of replacing the missing cast members with new actors (or new characters in the case of William Petersen's McCrae like character for example) it had focused on what it did have, namely Rick Schroeder and the Hat Creek Outfit. There are some early appearances of some soon to be famous actors such as Reese Witherspoon and Dennis Haysbert. I might have liked this better if it had just been its own film instead of an over-reaching sequel.

Return To Lonesome Dove.......2006-07-30

Very pleased with my purchase. Prompt service and product of excellant quaiity. J. Tucker

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Best Lil Whorehouse In Texas
doesnt work
A Surprise from my past..
Classic Dolly & Burt
Entertaining.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Starring: Burt Reynolds , Dolly Parton , Dom DeLuise , Charles Durning , and Jim Nabors
Director: Colin Higgins
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ASIN: B0000714BR
Release Date: 2003-01-07

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This is an energetic, but ultimately mediocre adaptation of the play, directed on Broadway by Tommy Tune. Burt Reynolds is the town sheriff and a regular patron of a local bordello. He wages a public battle to keep it open after it is targeted as the devil's den by a television minister. Charles Durning was nominated for a Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and there are some lively song and dance numbers featuring Dolly Parton as the madame of the Chicken Ranch. However, this becomes bogged down in too many serious moments for it to be more than a lightweight musical comedy. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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Best Lil Whorehouse In Texas.......2007-06-12

Loved the movie..brought back some great memories from watching it from way back..lol. I even bought it for a friend as a gift.

doesnt work.......2007-05-30

i bought this tried to send it back as doesnt work but they would not accept

A Surprise from my past.........2007-05-14

I ordered this for my wife, but I knew of it as a kid. I was surprised how entertaining it ended up being. Burt and Dolly really have a chemistry, and for a real church-going country girl, she seems to have an open mind for taking such a risque role. Moments that harken to "true" women's rights, the safety of a whorehouse opposed to the street walker/pimp scenario, even a quip on how un Christian most Christians are. (When Burt is asked why more people are not forgiving like God is, he replies,"Well, I guess most people aren't very God-like." So damned true. I dig this film.

Classic Dolly & Burt.......2007-05-08

Very good adaptation of a musical, and Dolly & Burt are great. Don't think I have ever heard Burt sing before (is it dubbed?).

Entertaining........2007-05-07

This is a fun movie to watch. I saw it many years ago and liked it so much that i have now bought it. Stars Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. It's a comedy movie about a little whore house known as the chicken ranch. Not a movie that you would let young children watch but over 15 would be fine. I just loved it.

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985

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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985
The Kind!
Superb!
A Double-Dose of Historic Documentation
Stevie Ray is sorely needed in today's cookie-cutter music scene

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985
Starring: Stevie Ray Vaughan , and Double Trouble
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0002SPPSC
Release Date: 2004-09-14

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If you have even a passing interest in Stevie Ray Vaughan's peerless mastery of urban blues guitar, you must own Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985. Spaced almost exactly three years apart, these concerts (60 and 93 minutes, respectively) represent the Texan blues god at his fiery best, with Double Trouble (drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon) laying the solid foundation upon which SRV built a Fender-driven sound as fierce as it was perfectly refined. The '82 show was truly "success in disguise," because despite booing from a festival audience lulled by a day of acoustic blues, and the stunned dejection that SRV felt after persevering through a uncompromising set, this was the turning point in SRV's career, leading to post-show encounters with Jackson Browne and David Bowie, who proved instrumental in bringing Stevie's music to an appreciative global audience.

When Stevie, Chris, and Tommy returned to Switzerland three years later, with organist Reese Wynans adding rich new dimension to the Double Trouble sound, the Montreux crowd was primed for a rip-snorting set, and SRV's jubilant response is a joyous thing to witness. One of SRV's favorite bluesmen, Johnny Copeland, appears for a three-song triumph in a set that's uniformly superior and ecstatically energized. Basic three-camera coverage is all you need, although guitar students--for whom this DVD is a godsend--will surely wish for more emphasis on SRV's picking and fretwork. Recording quality is superb in the Montreux tradition, with 5.1-channel remixes that surpass the original masters. A splendid 23-minute documentary features retrospective interviews with Layton, Shannon, Browne, and John Mayer, and the accompanying booklet includes a heartfelt reminiscence from Bowie. Stevie Ray may be gone, but Live at Montreux ensures that his gold-standard legacy will endure. --Jeff Shannon

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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985.......2007-05-23

A snapshot into history. His first appearance at Montreux booed and unappreciated. A few short years later at his second appearance, cheered as an icon of Texas blues. In between not only did he become famous but he cleaned up his life and it shows in his personality onstage. Throughout, his music is unmatchable.

The Kind!.......2007-04-04

Great dvd. A must buy for any Stevie fan!I was lucky enough to see him live twice.These two performances brought back great memories.

Superb!.......2007-04-02

I have played these over and over for years. I guess I'll never get tired of them. A few glitches in the 1985 production, but other than that as representative of SRV as we are probably ever going to get. Any fan of SRV or this sort of music has to have these, they are historic. One comment on the booing in 1982. It really reveals what jerks we can all be. If you don't like a performance, like it's too loud for you widdle ears; leave. To sit there and boo a performance like that (or any performance) only tells the world what an ignoramus you are. If the jerks had left that performance, SRV probably would have played on for at least another hour. 40 minutes is pretty short for him. So in the end what they did is rob the rest of us of another hour of that 1982 performance for all time. Thanks! There is a DVD of Buddy Guy at the same festival a couple of decades later (in the Buddy Guy 70 boxed set) where some dufus shouts out "play some real blues" at the end of the performance. Amazing! At least in the Buddy Guy case the crowd got on the heckler.

A Double-Dose of Historic Documentation .......2007-03-19

Stevie Ray Vaughan was a six-string force of nature with his Fender Stratocaster. He was playing small clubs in Texas with drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon in 1982 when someone with connections heard them and declared "you need to play Montreux". Sooo... without a record, a recording contract or any name recognition outside of the handful of people who had heard them playing in Texas, they headed over to Europe where they were booked at the famous Montreux Jazz festival on the same day as several acoustic stars. Stevie and Double Trouble hit the stage with their electrified cyclone and played to a rousing chorus of boos. Stevie, talented as he was, dressed like a cross between a Texas Gunslinger and a New Orleans Pimp, and the crowd reaction ranged between indifference and total hostility. Were they good? Take a listen... the accompanying and extremely informative documentary features interviews with Slater and Layton, along with Jackson Browne, John Mayer, and a few others who knew what happened that day. SRV and DT burned that stage to the ground. They had honed their 3-piece Texas Blues to a fine edge and they unleashed their power on that crowd. The "music fans", too stupid to notice the genius in front of their very eyes, hadn't yet been told by radio disc jockeys who they should like.... so they didn't like SRV - yet. Of course there were musicians there too, though, and the word spread like wildfire through Jackson Browne's band.... and David Bowie.... and soon all the Montreux musicians were down in the musician's lounge listening to the kind of band that makes musicians tell other musicians "come here.... you've just GOT to hear THIS!" (I had the same experience the first time my brother played their first recording - which was made as a result of this very concert.) David Bowie had to figure out a way to get this guitar genius on his CD and in his band. (Listen to Stevie's wailing guitar on "Let's Dance".) Jackson Browne offered the contractless trio the opportunity to record in his studio. They made their way out to California and basically just recorded their live set in the studio. THAT recording became "Texas Flood" and all of a sudden SRV was not an unknown...

Two albums and a keyboardist later, Stevie returned to Montreux in 1985 as a "conquering hero" of sorts and although I would hesitate to say that they sounded better in the '85 concert, it is certainly gratifying to see them received with open-armed enthusiasm. In the '82 concert they only played about 52 minutes. In '85 they turn it on for a hot hour and a half.

Both of those concerts are more than worth a listen - and this fantastic double-disc set includes both concerts, plus the documentary. This is 5-star all the way.

Stevie Ray is sorely needed in today's cookie-cutter music scene.......2007-03-14

Is it just a coincidence that when Stevie Ray Vaughan died in 1990, American music as a whole suddenly seemed to die with him?? Few performers in the last 15 years have possessed the overwhelming firepower and talent that this man had. The 1990's sadly became the decade when real talent and originality became a thing of the past as manufactured pop, rock, and country clones took over the national music scene like a bad disease.

In the first concert presented in this set, we witness a crowd of closed-minded morons mercilessly booing a guy with far more talent than anybody on the charts today could ever hope to have. It was nice to see that at least some in the audience were cheering and applauding in appreciation of SRV's performance, and you gotta love how Stevie Ray and the band totally ignored the boos throughout the entire show and just kept on rockin! It is sad to think that if Vaughan were the opening act for one of today's hot new stars, he would likely receive the same reaction that he got from the Montreux crowd that night in 1982. Would today's pop/metal/rap fans appreciate a guy who only needs "talent" to captivate an audience instead of smoke, lights, mirrors, or half naked girls???

The two concerts on this DVD are significant in SRV's career and are presented with good sound and picture quality, although the far away camera shot during the encore of the 1985 show is disappointing. Both shows consist of solid performances, but neither show truly captures Stevie Ray at his absolute best. The 1982 appearance is probably the best of the two, although Stevie's dynamic stage presence that is evident in other live footage seems a little withheld here. The 1985 show features the expanded Double Trouble line-up with Reese Wynans on keyboards, but Stevie was visibly near the peak of his drug abuse when this concert was filmed, and his performance seems to lack some of the fire and passion that is clearly seen in the 1983 El Mocambo show and the two Austin City Limits appearances.

The segment with blues legend Johnny Copeland is the definite highlight of the 85 concert! Copeland makes the most of his three-song set, holding his own with Stevie Ray in both the guitar and vocal departments. Stevie and Johnny's duet on the down and dirty blues masterpiece "Tin Pan Alley" is probably the best performance on the entire DVD. Copeland's soulful, tortured vocals in the second verse of this song is a lesson in the art of blues singing at its finest! With so many flashy blues-rock guitarists throughout the years, it seems that great blues singing has become a lost art these days. Only the very best blues singers are able to deliver the kind of vocal performance that Johnny Copeland does here. He also cuts loose on some hot solos with Stevie Ray during a rockin' version of "Look at little sister".

Live footage of the great Stevie Ray Vaughan is still pretty rare which makes these two concerts a must-have for any blues fan, even if the El Mocambo show and the Austin City Limits appearances are a little better. We can only hope there are at least one or two more live shows from SRV's short career that will make it to DVD someday.

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And Now For Something Completely Different
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Not For Everyone, but Powerful

Paris, Texas
Starring: Harry Dean Stanton , Sam Berry , Bernhard Wicki , Dean Stockwell , and Aurore Clément
Director: Wim Wenders
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ASIN: B0002XL35G
Release Date: 2004-12-14

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Something like a perfect artistic union is achieved in the major components of Paris, Texas: the twang of Ry Cooder's guitar, the lonely light of Robbie Muller's camera, the craggy landscape of Harry Dean Stanton's face. In his greatest role, longtime character actor Stanton plays a man brought back to his old life after wandering in the desert (or somewhere) for four years. He has a 7-year-old son to get to know, and his wife has gone missing. The material is much in the wanderlust spirit of director Wim Wenders, working from a script by Sam Shepard and L.M. Kit Carson. If the long climactic conversation between Stanton and Nastassja Kinski renders the movie uneven and slightly inscrutable, it's hard to think of a more fitting ending--and besides, the achingly empty American spaces stick longer in the memory than the dialogue. Winner of the top prize at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. --Robert Horton

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After four years' absence, a social dropout reappears in l.a. to claim his abandoned son and then heads for texas to reunite the boy with his mother.

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And Now For Something Completely Different.......2007-06-11

Before you rush out and buy the "Paris, Texas" (1084) DVD based on the many glowing reviews and comments, you may want a bit of a reality check. The film is 145 minutes long, that's almost two and a half hours. And not much happens during this time. The pacing is about on the level of "The Straight Story" (1999), which was only 112 minutes; so if that film had you climbing the walks you should probably steer clear of this one.

On the other hand "Paris, Texas" is a technical masterpiece with great photography, excellent directing, and solid performances from the entire cast (although that cast is small). And it's a lyrically told story about loss, loneliness, and eccentricity; a look America and American values from an outside perspective (in this case European). I'm not sure that the film's message(s) is gotten across (unless you listen to the commentary feature on the DVD and maybe not even then) but it is certainly more coherent than when Michelangelo Antonioni tried to do the same thing in the early 1970's.

The film opens with a wanderer walking alone in the desert. You eventually learn that this is not Howard Hughes but Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton), that he has been missing the past four years, has semi-amnesia (a lot is made of this but the condition is never adequately explained), has a seven year-old son name Hunter (Hunter Carson), and a wife named Jane (Nastassia Kinski). Kinski fans will be somewhat disappointed as she does not even appear until the last third of the film (except briefly in some grainy home movies).

The film could actually be classified as a "buddy picture-road movie" or two buddy picture- road movies. The first third features Travis and his brother's (Dean Stockwell) journey from Texas to LA, the final third Travis and his son's journey back to Texas. The weakest part is the middle third which serves little purpose other than providing some background details and linking the two journey segments.

Because "Paris, Texas" is not your standard pre-sold commercial product, most of its suspense comes from the viewers themselves, who have little idea just where the film is headed. So if you watch a lot of films and are jaded because everything is so predictable, this movie viewing experience should be a nice change of pace.

Because you haven't met these characters in other films, it takes a lot of storytelling to flesh them out, which is probably the biggest reason for the film's extended running length. Sam Shepard's script is not so much elliptical as it is evasive, somehow the characters tell us their most basic beliefs and deepest fears without really revealing anything about themselves (insert "Two Lane Blacktop" here).

German New Wave director Wenders gets an astonishingly unaffected performance from young Hunter Carson, as convincing as any you are likely to find. Carson never did much after this amazing debut.

The most intriguing sequences take place between Stanton and Kinski. The actors are never face-to-face as their characters speak to each other from opposite sides of one-way mirror. Travis has found Jane working in a seedy shop where lonely men pay to talk to women on the telephone.?

The DP fills the screen with images of people dwarfed by vast, distant, and impersonal land/ cityscapes. The most effective and original is a sequence of Travis walking along a bridge over a LA interstate with the audio supplied by an unseen (until the end) and rambling derelict addressing the bumper to bumper traffic rushing by below.

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

A Beautiful Movie.......2007-03-30

Paris, Texas is a real place. Supposedly, the main character, Travis, claims his old father once said he was conceived in Paris, Texas, some tiny dusty ghost of a town blistering in the dry heat of the Mojave somewhere in the center of Texas. Hardly the Paris we'd all first assume.

We find Travis lost, depressed, mute and alone in the center of the hot summer Texan drylands.

Like an egg cooking, we are slowly introduced into this shy and sad character's life. A doctor finds him with only a single clue, a business card in his pocket. The name of the person on the card happens to be his brother (Dean Stanton) in Los Angeles.

From here, the story develops when Travis'es brother's character is developed. We see how his brother took care of his son and then we are introduced into his brother's household where we meet his son Sullivan who vaguely remembers his biological father, Travis and refers to his uncle and aunt as "mom and dad."

The movie slowly unpeels Travis'es life like a gentle emotional nostalgic striptease, until nearly 1 hour and 50 minutes into the film, we finally discover who Travis's lover and who Sullivan's true biological mother is.

It's a slowly developing movie that is patient and true to the nature of our protaganist who has gone 4 years without talking and who has changed as a result of the path in life he's taken.

Wim Wenders, director of "Wings of Desire" has his signature cinematographic touches and as always, patiently introduces us to new characters in an intriguing manner.

The late introduction of Natasha Kinski's character was beautifully done as we develop a picture of her and finally are introduced to her mystically in a red car riding through through tributary freeways of Houston, Texas. So much development is made of her character, that, when we are finally introduced to her, in a seedy joint with "pay to talk to chicks booths", she portrays the very goddess like appeal and attraction that Travis'es character has for her. The sordid location served little significance.

Her acting is convincing and angelically portrayed, and beautifully written.

Visually, the movie is ethereal. The night colors of Los Angeles are remarkable. The landscapes invinceable. There is also an intriguing interpretation of America from a German Director. Sometimes the character mannerisms, behaviors and dialogues are too European and unAmericanly directed. But all and all, I love this movie as I appreciate most Wim Wenders movies.

My favorite scene was easily the scene with Sullivan and Travis chasing mom on the freeways of Houston. It was an exciting, romantic artistic creation.

The scene of the man screaming above the noisey, apathetic Los Angeles traffic was gripping too.

Travis aria to Kinski beyond the dark barrier of a peepshow booth in the third person was oscar award winning.

A Great Movie.......2007-02-03

What a great movie. One of the best movies I've seen in years. I recommend it to anyone who likes early 80's era of a basic storyline about love & justification.

Crash and Burn.......2007-01-30

Harry Dean Stanton and Dean Stockwell are two of my favorite actors. And this movie starts out wonderfully, with a heavily mysterious atmosphere which compels the viewer to keep viewing. Unfortunately, it's a trap: There is no revelatory explanation coming for the mystery, ever, and the once mysterious and compelling protagonist degenerates into a self-absorbed and irresponsible shiftless nincompoop in arrested adolescent development with no redeemable qualities whatsoever. Trouble is, this movie seems to glorify him...ugh! And then, the disparity of age between the male protagonist (Stanton) and his ex-girlfriend character (Kinski) was very very close to laughable. Never would happen in the real world, unless Stanton's character was loaded with money, which he wasn't.
I have seldom seen a movie soar so high for the first hour, then crash and burn so drastically for the next hour...and a half.

Not For Everyone, but Powerful .......2007-01-13

This is a very long movie with virtually no physical "action." It is words and feelings and feelings not spoken that should be and all permutations of the above. The understated performances from all lend themselves to the broad expanse of space Wenders creates here. The actors give full, highly complex performances, but within the context of the Texas desert and the American southwest, the humans are dwarfed by the world around them.

This movie will not appeal to everyone. It is talky and the language borders on the poetic quite often. The ending is both satisfying and not satisfying and leaves many questions. I, for one, can't help but think the child ends up back with Travis' brother Walt and his wife. However, that could be argued. Trust me, it has been.

Anyhow, this is a fascinating character study in which the scenery and the music become active characters in the film. Dean Stockwell controls the first 45 minutes or so and then deftly hands it over to Harry Dean Stanton who then hands it over to Nastassja Kinski. In the middle of all this is the keeper of the baton, Hunter Carson. It is an amazing piece of work for them all.

Walker, Texas Ranger - The Complete Second Season

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Walker, Texas Ranger - The Complete Second Season
Starring: Chuck Norris , Clarence Gilyard Jr , and Sheree J. Wilson
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Release Date: 2007-01-23

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In the second full season of Walker: Texas Ranger (this is, technically, season 3), a somewhat reigned-in Walker (Chuck Norris) is less Dirty Harry and more by-the-book, providing, of course, that the book has plenty of pictures of criminals being subdued with roundhouse kicks to the head. In one episode, Walker's partner, Jimmy Trivette (Clarence Gilyard), suggests serving a warrant his way, "nice and easy." There's just one thing: Walker never, ever, does anything nice and easy. He does it nice and rough, and when you're dealing with the likes of drug dealers, bank robbers, assassins, cattle rustlers, the Japanese mob, and vengeful escaped convicts, that's the only way to do it. "If you come back here," a bigoted sheriff warns Walker in the episode "Badge of Honor," "you'd better bring an army because you alone just ain't gonna cut it." Actually, that'll cut it just fine. What makes Walker so satisfying is that justice may be delayed, but it is never denied. In the episode, "Mean Streets," Walker goes undercover to protect the homeless from a band of rich kids who are preying on them and videotaping the attacks. If this were, say, Law & Order, the kids' parents would hire an elite defense team and the kids might get off scot-free. That's not the way they roll on Walker: Texas Ranger. With the kids in custody, viewers are promised an "easy" conviction.

What really kicks this season into high gear is the show's new theme song, "Eyes of a Ranger," performed by Norris himself. Jeff Foxworthy has joked, "If an episode of Walker: Texas Ranger has changed your life, you might be a redneck." Granted, Walker may not be life-changing TV à la Oprah, but there is considerable spiritual uplift in watching an incorruptible hero tossing Texas' scum of the earth into the back of his pickup truck and taking them to jail. We join Asst. D.A. Alex Cahill (Sheree J. Wilson) in raising a glass to Walker. "Here's to the Texas Rangers," she toasts in one episode, "the best there are." --Donald Liebenson

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Texas Ranger Corell Walker, one of the last old-fashioned heroes in the West, is a protective friend but a relentless foe who will stop at nothing to bring a criminal to justice.

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Great Show.......2007-06-12

This is a very interesting, action filled show. It's a good law-enforcement show starring Chuck Norris as Walker, Texas Ranger. In every episode there is a lot of excitment and it keeps you wondering who the criminal is through the whole show.

Amazing!!!.......2007-05-15

Walker is amazing! The 2nd Season is full of action, great plot- and of course, "Eyes of a Ranger" is introduced! If you like action or drama, you should love Walker!

"The Eyes Of The Ranger Were Upon Us".......2007-04-22

With new theme song in place Walker roared back for what was really his Third season. This is still one of the better shows about Rangers ever made. The values that are packed into every show make this a must see in my house. keep them coming!!!!!!!!!!!

Good.......2007-03-14

This season was good. Chuck Norris has as usaully that serious stoneface. That is good and a little funny. You can as usaully expect 3-4 martial arts fights in each ep. Too bad Chuck is doubled for kicks in nearly all the fights. I saw he did some stunts himself also in some ep that is good. Of course there is some humor in this season also that is funny. A GOOD SESASON, A GOOD BUY!.

Wonderful to watch.......2007-03-09

These shows are compelling viewing, you cant turn away from them in case you miss something. They are a great tribute to a great man.....and promote public awareness about a lot of issues and alternate lifestyles than those of our own. Wonderful, just wish they would release the other series quicker, we have been waiting a long time for them.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning - Unrated (New Line Platinum Series)

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning - Unrated (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Jordana Brewster , Taylor Handley , Diora Baird , Matthew Bomer , and Lee Tergesen
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a prequel to the recent remake of Tobe Hooper's classic 1974 splatter film, with an emphasis on the vogue for torture and bottomless depravity that characterize contemporary horror. As one might expect, The Beginning is just that, an origins tale about the Hewitt family of backwoods Texas. Step by step, we discover the source of their taste for human flesh, penchant for snaring young people passing through, and, most of all, how young Leatherface (Andrew Bryniarski) came to choose his favorite power tool and wear a mask made of someone else's flesh. R. Lee Ermey is very effective in his perverse authority figure mode as Hoyt, the lawman who earned his badge through unorthodox means and now supplies specialized food to the Lone Star cannibals. Much less interesting than Hooper's two Massacre films, The Beginning (on which Hooper has a production credit) is not so much a tribute to the films he directed but a more sadistic continuation of the franchise. --Tom Keogh

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The only thing more shocking than how it ended is how it all began! Born under unspeakable circumstances, a young orphan is taken in by the sick and demented Hewitt family and soon the seeds of a deranged murderer are planted. When two brothers and their girlfriends stumble across the house of horrors. Leatherface reveals his ravenous appetite for chainsaws and torture as the teens fight to survive.

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Accurate Portrayal.......2007-06-28

I really enjoyed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. I recently visited Texas, so when I came home and watched this movie, I was really taken by the history of this amazing state. I never realized that one of the most famous historical figures of Texas, Thomas Hewitt, was actually born in a meat-packing plant! Learning all about his family life was really something else. It really warms my heart to think about how despite such rough beginnings and facial deformities, one can still make something of themselves. I've watched my copy of this DVD about 11 times and I think I will have to watch it again tonight. Kudos to the filmmakers for creating such a breathtakingly accurate portrayal of the history of the Lone-Star State.

Amazing .......2007-06-17

The prequel does a excellent job with showing the roots of this family. The first half of the movie seems to be familiar, but it gets better. The final thirty minutes is amazing. I really enjoyed the ending and I will not give it away if you have to yet to see it. I recommend this movie to fans of the series; I dont know how you can hate this movie if you love the series. Anther cool thing is there are three alternate endings. All were good and could have been the ending. Highly recommend this movie.

Please enter a title for your review.......2007-05-29

Although it started slow the second quarter started picking up steam but the second half is a waste of film. Exhibit A in the case of the horror genre being populated solely by lazy genre-loyalist writers and directors who wouldn't know a creative idea if it disemboweled them. I spent half the movie willing it to get to the point and half the time when it did wondering what the point was. Boring sterile conventional suspense and climax, no plot points or characters to wonder about, no chance of anything coming out of leftfield, it just sets a tone and hammers and drones away at it. No big things needed to be changed to improve the film, it's just the little things that weren't there to hold your interest and make it worth watching, no attention to detail. They've got a perfectly functional skeletal plot outline for a movie, they just needed to let some creative writers do something with it before it was ready for filming.

Dont buy into it........2007-05-23

Really, after the original TCM and the remake were there that many unanswered questions? Sure, some might ponder on the origins of leather face and clan, but that is what makes good horror! At the end of the film you want the unpredictability and the lingering shock in the air, you aren't supposed to know every facet and detail and reasoning behind the brutal horrific acts. I never once asked myself "gee I wonder how Sheriff Hoyt came to be or how leather face was reared" I never once wondered who the first victims were, or why the slaughterhouse closed, or even how much garlic needed to be in the stew. We all, as fans, know that no one survives to tell about the first murders, because the "original" would have never taken place! Are we to root for this heroine, and her boyfriend and his brother and his girlfriend to make it? Do we hope within hopelessness that somehow they would get out and away and safe? Why watch the doomed? What is the point? Do the fans need more torture films, with familiar "faces", are we to watch more people get flayed, and stabbed, and eaten for no apparent reason at all because we are hungry for real horror. This isn't scary, or thrilling, or even worth a shiver. This "beginning" will fade into being a mere tiny blip of a footnote to the original.
I certainly hope this torture genre we have seen these past 3 or so years is almost over, and people will start wanting horror with good writing, and plot lines, and not buy into the Hollywood machine that touts movies like this as if it were bait for the starving fans.

Gore! Gore! Gore!.......2007-05-06

For some time now, horror films are back with a vengeance - no more (or, to be precise: far fewer) boring PG-13 rated children scares. Movies like LAND OF THE DEAD, HOSTEL, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, MURDER SET PIECES, the recent remake of THE HILLS HAVE EYES or the British BROKEN push the envelope regarding violence, splatter and sheer terror in ways not seen since the glorious 1970ies. If you like the aforementioned films, you will like THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING.

A pre-title sequence, set in 1939, has an obese female worker giving birth to a disfigured boy at her workplace, an incredibly filthy slaughterhouse in a godforsaken remote part of Texas.
The baby is discarded in a dumpster (!) and picked up by a poor white trash woman sifting through the garbage. She and her husband decide to raise the boy.
Fast forward 30 years. The boy is a grown up man and works in the slaughterhouse. The abattoir is closed by the authorities due to hygienic reasons. Leatherface takes issue with that and kills his supervisor. The sheriff is out to arrest Leatherface, but is killed in turn by Leatherface's "foster dad", who assumes the sheriff's identity.
Meanwhile two brothers and their respective girl friends enjoy a trip with their jeep before the guys are off to Vietnam (one of them has second thoughts about being drafted). They run into trouble with a group of wild bikers. When being chased by a female biker they crash their jeep (a very odd accident, believe me!) and one of the girls is thrown off the car. While our injured youths are being threatened by the biker gal with a sawn-off shotgun, the police car with the "sheriff" arrives at the scene...
What follows is a non-stop horror trip and a bloody descent into hell...

As already mentioned TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE : THE BEGINNING is EXTREMELY gory (remember it is the unrated cut!). Without wanting to give too much away storywise, you can expect shotgun mayhem, a face cut off, teeth beaten out, penetration by chainsaw (more than once), someone being cut in half, bones broken with a hammer, severed limbs, bear trap mayhem, cannibalism, throat slitting, stabbings... A very unusual and gross effect was the cow in the car accident! The scenes in the basement are especially gruesome! Even more unsettling than the gore are the scenes of torture and terror. The whole atmosphere is very gritty and sick in the extreme.
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE : THE BEGINNING plays the horror straight and refrains from the annoying "irony" or "spot the refernce", which ruin so many horror movies (there is however a subtle reference to APOCALYPSE NOW, although it is not distracting). There is a bit of ultra-macabre jetblack humor regarding our "sheriff", who as veteran of the Korean war takes issue with one character's burnt draft card, although this does never compromise the horror. Lee R. ERMEY, a really GREAT actor, is perfectly cast in his role as sheriff and exudes an air of threatening menace and backwoods degeneracy throughout. And although ERMEY stands out, all of the other actors are convincing in their roles.
With the exception of the 2003 remake, I have watched all TCM movies over the years and although the fans of the 1974 original will loath me for it, in my view without any doubt TCM : THE BEGINNING is the best.

I also hugely enjoyed the DVD extra features.
There are several extended and deleted scenes, which in my view the filmmakers were right to cut from the finished film. There are 3 different alternate endings, one has an (underwhelming) coda, which unfortunately undercuts the violent and powerful climax and two are minor (lesser) variations of the original ending. There are optional commentaries for the deleted/extended scenes by the filmmakers.
The Making Of, titled "Down to the bone - Anatomy of a prequel", is excellent. Of particular interest for horror fans is the interview with special effects guru Greg NICOTERO, who explains the many gore F/X (for instance the cow that was torn to pieces in the car accident, was in fact made of glassfibre and filled with fake blood and intestines). It is incredible what these special effects wizards can accomplish! Actors elaborate on their respective characters. The shooting was unsurprisingly physically very demanding.
There is also the film's trailer, which I found disappointing and trailers for other movies (including SNAKES ON A PLANE, NUMBER 23, BUTTERFLY EFFECT 2 and UNDISPUTED 2 - LAST MAN STANDING).
Overall - a clear recommendation! A DVD any self-respecting horror fan and gore hound should own! Do NOT rent it - buy it! NOW!!!

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live From Austin, Texas

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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live From Austin, Texas
Starring: Stevie Ray Vaughan , Chris Layton , Tommy Shannon , and Reese Wynans
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Few guitarists ever mastered the Fender Stratocaster like the late, great Texas bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughan, and this priceless digital video disc collects both of the sizzling appearances that Vaughan and his solid band, Double Trouble, made on the PBS concert series Austin City Limits. Combined to form the most popular program in the show's distinguished history, the concerts were taped in 1983 and 1989; both provide a valuable portrait of Vaughan's astounding artistic development. The performances serve as bookends to Vaughan's brilliant career with Double Trouble, showing (in the words of producer Terry Lickona) a striking contrast between "zero self-confidence" and "pure magic," but in both cases you can see a master at work. Songs include "Pride and Joy," "Texas Flood," "Voodoo Chile," "Cold Shot," and "Riviera Paradise." This great-sounding DVD also includes the posthumous music video "Little Wing," featuring clips of Double Trouble and archival footage of blues greats from the 1920s to the mid-1990s. If you're even a part-time blues fan, Stevie Ray Vaughan: Live from Austin, Texas is a must-have disc. --Jeff Shannon

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Stevie Ray is Awesome.......2007-07-03

A compilation of the two PBS "Austin City Limits" he did. Video and audio is perfect. Stevie is incredible. "Voodoo Chile" alone is worth the price. If you like Stevie you will love this DVD.

must have for SRV afficianados.......2007-06-27

Too short overall, but every song on this DVD is a keeper. Wish they had a few more (how could they not put "Couldn't Stand the Weather" on there?). If you're looking to comp a few of his licks, it's a great tool (just remember to detune a half step if you want to play along). You can always hear his emotions on his recordings; on this DVD, you can see it too. I don't know how a guy can put that much vibrato on a guitar strung with .13s, but it's amazing to see up close. And how many guitarists can cover Hendrix and blow it away? See "Voodoo Chile" and "Little Wing"....

I wish I could give it six stars.......2007-06-26

For me, this is one of the greatest recorded live performances. It's a combination of two concerts for Austin City Limits years apart from each other. He has his most famous music and a long instrumental that is just amazing. SRV had a sound that was bigger than life. Immitation is one of the greatest compliments and there's practically a whole SRV genre out there. I particularly like (and I'm trying to learn to play) his version of voodoo chile. The DVD isn't expensive, especially on Amazon. I strongly recommend it. However, it's a bit much for people who aren't up for explosive, guitar focused, music. Stevie was a rock god.

Two priceless performances of Stevie Ray at his BEST!!.......2007-05-09

I had never seen any live footage of the great Stevie Ray Vaughan until I first saw this video over ten years ago. Since I've enjoyed it for so long, this is still my favorite SRV video to be released so far, although the El Mocambo show and the two Montreux concerts are both highly recommended.

This DVD presents two classic TV appearances of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble at their dynamic best with Vaughan's electrifying guitar skills and captivating stage presence both fully developed. The only flaw here is the fact that both of these great "Austin City Limits" appearances are not the complete shows. We only get three songs from the 1983 show, and only six songs from the 1989 show. Both of these classic appearances need to be released in their COMPLETE UNEDITED form considering the rarity of SRV concert footage currently available after all these years. What is here though is still top-notch footage of arguably the greatest blues guitarist of all time at the top of his form!

The three songs from the 1983 appearance are top-notch. Stevie Ray captivates the audience with stunning, powerful versions of "Pride and Joy", "Texas Flood", and the Jimi Hendrix classic "Voo Doo Chile". This is Stevie Ray Vaughan doing what he did best....exposing great blues music to a whole new audience and delivering it with a higher level of power and intensity. At a time when MTV and mainstream music fans could've cared less about blues musicians, here was Stevie Ray showing everybody on national television all the great stuff we had been missing out on for too many years.

The 1989 appearance is worth the price of the DVD since this is the only footage we currently have of the clean and sober {and better than ever} Stevie Ray Vaughan. The set list here covers songs from his excellent grammy winning album "In Step". Stevie Ray is brimming with confidence and happiness from start to finish and it is like watching a whole new man in this show. Stevie looks more healthy here than he ever had before, and the same passion and intensity from his earlier days is still there. Reese Wynans also shines with his excellent keyboard playing which added a nice touch to the Double Trouble sound. Highlights include strong performances of "Tightrope", Buddy Guy's great slow blues "Leave my girl alone", and a blistering version of "Crossfire" which might be the best song Vaughan ever did. Stevie Ray ends the show with a mesmerizing version of his soothing jazz masterpiece "Riviera Paradise" which he dedicates to "all those who are still suffering in any way". The gentle feel and mood of this song could literally put anyone's mind at ease.

Believe it or not, I was singing with a local blues band in my area a couple of years ago that didn't want to cover any songs by Stevie Ray Vaughan!! {I probably should have tied them all to a chair and forced them to watch this priceless DVD!} There can only be one reason why any blues band would refuse to play a Stevie Ray Vaughan song...they obviously lack the talent and energy to deliver the explosive passion and firepower that Stevie Ray generated night after night with ease. Needless to say, I was only with that band for two months before moving on....

If you are a blues musician that has played "Stormy Monday" or "Mustang Sally" too many times to count, YOU NEED THIS DVD IN YOUR COLLECTION IMMEDIATELY!

Long live Stevie Ray Vaughan! Long live the Blues!

Produced by chimps?.......2007-04-02

This is the most badly produced concert of any sort I have ever seen on any medium in my life. To say the sound is brutal is giving it too much credit. I give it 2 stars because it's SRV, and I am a big fan. However, if I had produced this I would be too embarassed to release it. It doesn't say much for those who take credit for the production.

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Walker Texas Ranger - The Final Season
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Release Date: 2005-06-14

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In the world of Walker, Texas Ranger, there's no problem that can't be solved with a big truck, a few roundhouse kicks, and the unflappable-bordering-on-comatose cool of martial-arts-champion-turned-B-movie-star Chuck Norris (Good Guys Wear Black, Forced Vengeance). As Texas Ranger Cordell "Cord" Walker, Norris helmed this fusion of karate chops and cowboy hats for nine seasons; for some reason, the last season is being released on DVD before any of the earlier ones. By this point, the show's formula--non-stop action and high drama with no concern for common sense or coherent storytelling--has been honed to a science. No opportunity for peril is overlooked, particularly when it affords Walker a heroic moment. In the season's first episode, firemen recoil from a burning building, but Walker strides in without a word (and without any of that cumbersome protective gear) to rescue a cute boy and his loyal dog. This is refined cheese: Bad guys wear evil on their sleeves and criminal masterminds act like morons whenever it's convenient to conclude the episode. Norris wisely keeps his dialogue to a minimum, usually curt commands to his multi-ethnic troupe of high-kicking Rangers (Clarence Gilyard Jr., Judson Mills, and Nia Peeples) or warm endearments to his beloved wife Alex (Sheree Wilson). Most episodes bounce between a couple of overlapping high-tension elements (say, arms dealers and an outbreak of the Ebola virus), though this season also features an epic four-episode arc about a villainous computer genius known as "The Chairman" (Michael Ironside, Scanners, Starship Troopers). The standard two-pronged attack can be amazingly effective; no matter how absurdly the characters may behave, the next stirring scene is underway before anyone has time to notice. It's as addictive as potato chips. Fans will find Walker, Texas Ranger: The Final Season crunchy and completely satisfying. --Bret Fetzer

Description

Starring karate champion, Chuck Norris, WALKER, TEXAS RANGER centers around Cordell Walker, a contemporary Texas Ranger who is old-fashioned in his method of dealing with criminals, which entails using a lot of force. Joined by his partner, Jimmy Trivette, Walker does not shy away from his "eye for an eye" approach to law enforcement.

Customer Reviews:

Best of Walker Texas Ranger.......2007-06-17

Be looking for cheese, but of the walker series, this is the best season. Don't get your hopes up for quality acting or story telling, but these shows are always good for a laugh. The action sequences are unparalleled, Chuck Norris at his round-house-kicking best.

Must watch tv shows.......2007-03-09

A show for the Simple-Minded.......2007-02-13

If you want to watch something without thinking, select Walker, Texas Ranger - Final Season. There is nothing clever about it. 5' 3" Nia Peeples beats up 5 huge dirtbags and everyone gets arrested. Norris remains asleep throughout the episodes, as 9 years of shows has honed this ability. The shame is that the plots start out nicely, but no creativity is introduced from there. The cleverest criminal can't add 2 plus 2 in the last 5 minutes of the show and every episode ends with Texas Rangers out-kicking any number of people despite the possession of firearms. Poor acting, terrible dialog, complete predictability and frustrating repetition highlight this series. There is a good bit of action attempting to disguise all the other shortcomings, and apparently it succeeded for 9 years. Give credit where it is due, low budgets and entertaining the mindless worked for 9 years. And I really do like Nia Peeples, just not in the invincible role. If you prefer good acting and clever endings, steer clear.

chuccii.......2007-02-02

This is a great show... I love it... Cant wait to get mine... This seasont i thought was the best of all .... Chuck Norris Played tha role of Cordell Walker very well.. also walker and his partner James Trivette (Clarence Gilyard Jr ) make a very good crime stoppin pair... Great show... Luv it...

one of the great show .......2007-01-29

this has to be one of the greats shows ever made it about time they released it on dvd

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