Release date: 2000-03-14
Run time: 260 min.
Price: $59.98
Review Super Structures of the World Boxed Set / Allumination:
Release date: 2002-02-19
Run time: 156 min.
Price: $29.98
Review Swat (3pc) / Bfs Entertainment:
Release date: 2000-11-07
Price: $170.92
Review The Ultimate National Geographic VHS Collection / Nat'l Geographic Vid:
Release date: 1998-03-17
Run time: 300 min.
List Price: $59.98
Price: $189.99
Review Invention (3pc) / Discovery Channel:
Release date: 1998-08-25
Price: $9.99
Review Houdini / Bci Eclipse:
Actors & Directors
- Carl Byker
- Ned Beatty
- Rene Auberjonois
- Margaret Koval
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Kevin Brownlow
- Lyn Goldfarb
- Laura Downs
Price: $99.98
Review The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century / Pbs Home Video:As this landmark series demonstrates, the cataclysmic effects of World War I last to this day. "The war to end all wars" has influenced the Atomic Age and the Cold War, and is now shaping the conflicts in Bosnia and the Middle East. Period film footage and eyewitness accounts powerfully dramatize the horrors of trench warfare and the chaos of political revolution. History comes alive as The Great War reveals how World War I influenced the rise of communism, witnessed the first use of weapons of mass destruction, and provided a fertile aftermath for the rise of Nazism. Through perspectives from all sides of the war, the series shows how violent events early in this century still cast a dark shadow on life today. Titles include: "Explosion & Stalemate," "Total War & Slaughter," "Mutiny & Collapse," and "Hatred and Hunger & War Without End. ".
Actors & Directors
- Floyd Dominy
- Alfre Woodard
- Jon Else
- David Brower
- Robert Towne
- Barry Goldwater
- Linda Harrar
Run time: 250 min.
Price: $79.95
Review Cadillac Desert (Complete Series; 4 Tape Set) / Homevision / KTEH / PBS / Columbia:We can turn the Colorado River off, if we want to. That sobering thought is the heart of An American Nile, an exploration of the dam-building frenzy that possessed the Bureau of Reclamation in the middle part of the 20th century and nearly led to damming the Grand Canyon. Through stock footage, modern shots of the river and its surrounding country, and interviews with the builders and their environmentalist foes, we can see the struggle between two noble desires: to make the desert livable and to preserve the wilderness. Stirring and triumphant as the great dams are, they unquestionably started a chain reaction of environmental consequences unforeseen by their designers. Watching the Cadillac Desert series reminds us that we have great power, and we must use it wisely if we want the desert to continue bearing fruit. -Rob Lightner.
Release date: 2000-03-21
Run time: 240 min.
Price: $69.98
Review Voices & Visions 2 (4pc) / Winstar:
Actors & Directors
- John Searle
- Mary Catherine Bateson
- Peter Drucker
- David Puttnam
- Bill Moyers
Run time: 261 min.
List Price: $169.00
Price: $159.00
Review World of Ideas Anthology 3 Tape Set / Mystic Fire Video:
Release date: 1996-01-03
List Price: $79.98
Price: $245.99
Review The Nixon Interviews With David Frost / Universal Home Video:
Release date: 1997-10-01
List Price: $89.99
Price: $125.94
Review Elvis: All The King's Men - The King Collection / Real Entertainment:
Release date: 1996-07-08
Price: $149.98
Review Cosmos Gift Set W/Book / Turner Home Entertainment:
Release date: 2001-07-24
List Price: $89.98
Price: $35.99
Review On the Waterways Boxed Set / Mpi Home Video:For three years, the Driftwood, a 60-foot motor yacht, and its modern-day band of explorers traveled along 25,000 miles of North American waterways rediscovering the sites and sounds of a continent that has fascinated and challenged adventurers for hundred of years. Join the crew of sailor and young filmmakers in this 13-part series as they sample the substance, the spirit and the extraordinary stories of people who live along rivers, lakes and coastal waters.
Actors & Directors
- Neil Lucas (II)
- Sir David Attenborough
Price: $79.98
Review David Attenborough's Private Life of Plants: A Dazzling Kaleidoscope of the Essence of Life on Earth (Six VHS Tape Set) / Turner Home Ent:
Release date: 2002-05-06
Price: $99.95
Review Hitler's Holocaust Set / A & E Home Video:
Release date: 1991-03-13
List Price: $119.88
Price: $113.89
Review Cousteau 2 Gift Pak W/Macintosh Disc / Turner Home Entertainment:
Release date: 2000-02-01
Run time: 750 min.
List Price: $129.98
Price: $126.12
Review The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History, Boxed Set / Mpi Home Video:This 10-episode set devotes a video to each decade of the 20th century, and the results are mixed. The approach is fairly standard, utilizing archival newsreel footage or videotape shot for news programs to document the major events of each decade as well as using interviews with scholars and commentators to occasionally provide perspective. As the century began with hand-cranked film cameras and closed with endless news coverage on cable television, there is a great variety of material to draw from, and much of it is fascinating. However, devoting an hour or even more to each decade means that there is never much depth, and there is also an unfortunate lack of varying viewpoints. Most of the people interviewed in the various videos have a leftist perspective and, in some cases, such as the presentation of the Reagan years, the imbalance of viewpoint is striking. These videos do provide good overviews of the decades, and major events and characters are rendered in general terms, but at times a lack of depth and some curious editorial choices are frustrating. Still, the documentaries in this set do cover a tremendous amount of ground, and for the most part they do it in an entertaining and informative manner. -Robert J. McNamara.
Actors & Directors
- Military Secrets-Inside Americ
List Price: $39.98
Price: $129.98
Review Military Secrets 4-Pack / Koch Records:
Release date: 1992-10-15
Run time: 360 min.
List Price: $34.99
Price: $164.00
Review Eyes on the Prize Box Set: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 (6 Video Set) / PBS Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- America at War Collection
Run time: 512 min.
Price: $49.99
Review America at War Collection Boxed Set / United Home:
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Super Structures of the World Boxed Set, Swat (3pc), The Ultimate National Geographic VHS Collection, Invention (3pc), Houdini, The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century, Cadillac Desert (Complete Series; 4 Tape Set), Voices & Visions 2 (4pc), World of Ideas Anthology 3 Tape Set, The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Elvis: All The King's Men - The King Collection, Cosmos Gift Set W/Book, On the Waterways Boxed Set, David Attenborough's Private Life of Plants: A Dazzling Kaleidoscope of the Essence of Life on Earth (Six VHS Tape Set), Hitler's Holocaust Set, Cousteau 2 Gift Pak W/Macintosh Disc, The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History, Boxed Set, Military Secrets 4-Pack, Eyes on the Prize Box Set: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 (6 Video Set), America at War Collection Boxed SetTop headlines: Cleaner mower, speedboat engines ordered: Gasoline-powered lawnmowers that are a big cause of summertime air pollution will have to be dramatically cleaner under rules issued Thursday by the EPA. ›20:56 4 Sep, Thu Stocks close mixed after bleak jobless data: Wall Street wrestled with economic worries, extending sharp losses after a bleak jobs report and then engaging in some mild bargain hunting that gave the market some modest gains. ›22:19 5 Sep, Fri Video: McCain, Palin court working-class voters: Sept. 6: Campaigning in Colorado, John McCain addressed the troubling state of the U.S. economy while running mate Sarah Palin criticized the experience of her vice presidential rival. 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