Release date: 2000-04-27
List Price: $39.99
Price: $25.99
Review Adventure Theater / Dastar Corp/Marathon Music & Video:
Actors & Directors
- Graham Padden
- Allyson Rees
- Isabelle Amyes
- Anthony Daniels
- Dirk Campbell
- Jill Benedict
Run time: 300 min.
List Price: $49.98
Price: $28.88
Review The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (Collection) / Bfs Entertainment:
Release date: 2000-07-07
Run time: 800 min.
List Price: $4.98
Price: $65.95
Review The Duchess of Duke Street, Vol. 2 (6 Tape Set) / BBC Warner:For devotees left hungry for more at the conclusion of The Duchess of Duke Street, Gemma Jones re-creates her signature role as the indomitable Louisa Trotter, the former scullery maid who left her mark on turn-of-the-century England as "the finest cook in London" and the reigning mistress of Hotel Bentinck, in the second set of this series. As her own mother remarks, Louisa "has done very well. She's moved up in the world. " The Bentinck is no Fawlty Towers. Louisa, based on the real-life Rosa Lewis, the proprietor of the fashionable Cavendish Hotel, presides over her domain with a stiff-backed iron rule. She is, as one of her staff remarks, "a tough customer. a woman with spirit. " Throughout these 16 episodes, packaged in six volumes, both she and her employees will be severely tested. [+]Louisa's troublemaking brother inspires mutiny among the devoted staff, and Louisa is besieged by mysterious love letters. Darkening the horizon is the deepening shadow of World War I. This long-sought sequel to one of Masterpiece Theatre's finest hours boasts the same impeccable production values and peerless ensemble acting. Make your reservation. -Donald Liebenson.
Actors & Directors
- Vic Dunlop
- Robin Williams
- Marsha Warfield
- John Moffitt
- David Banks (IV)
- Allegra Allison
List Price: $29.98
Price: $28.48
Review The Richard Pryor Show, Vols. 1 & 2 (Plus The Richard Pryor Special?) / Image Entertainment:One of the most talked-about comedy shows ever, this hilarious collection of classic laughs became a legend during its showings on NBC and now returns on DVD for a new generation! Guests include John Belushi and Maya Angelou, Cast Members include Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society), Sandra Bernhard (Without You I'm Nothing), Shirley Hemphill (What's Happening!!), Paul Mooney (Hollywood Shuffle), LaWanda Page (Sanford and Son), Tim Reid (WKRP in Cincinnati), Edie McClurg (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and Marsha Warfield (Night Court) and Peter Cullen (The Tigger Movie).
Actors & Directors
- Bijani Hassan
- John Henderson
- Jennifer Saunders
- Michael Burrell
- Mohamed Ouaglou
- Emma Davies
Run time: 150 min.
List Price: $29.98
Price: $29.99
Review "Heroes & Villains Collection Set (The Last Englishman, Queen of the East, Full Throttle)" / Bfs Entertainment:
Release date: 2003-06-03
Run time: 180 min.
List Price: $29.95
Price: $28.45
Review Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque, Nm (3pc) / Wgbh Boston:
Release date: 1998-11-11
Run time: 280 min.
Creator: Ron Perlman
List Price: $44.98
Price: $39.95
Review Beauty and the Beast Gift Set / Republic Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Wayne Rogers
- Hy Averback
- Alan Alda
- William K. Jurgensen
- Larry Gelbart
- George Tyne
- Jackie Cooper
Creator: James Fritzell
List Price: $26.98
Price: $89.99
Review M*A*S*H - TV Season Four - 3 Tape Boxed Set / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:One of M*A*S*H's best and must-own seasons marked a turning point for this Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning series. It would be the last for peerless comedy writer Larry Gelbart (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Tootsie), who developed M*A*S*H for television and served as the series' comic voice, conscience, and beating heart. But this old soldier did not just fade away. He concluded his tour with "The Interview," the stunning season finale and a series benchmark. This black-and-white episode, which he wrote and directed, features Clete Roberts interviewing the members of the 4077th (with the notable exception of Loretta Swit's Major Houlihan) about life and death at the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (a special citation to William Christopher as Father Mulcahy, who provides the episode's most dramatic moment reflecting on how the doctors warm themselves on the steam that rises from the patients' open wounds). Reporting for duty in season 4 is Mike Farrell as B. J. Hunnicutt, a welcome replacement for the departed Wayne Rogers. In the Emmy-winning season opener, "Welcome to Korea," Hawkeye (Alan Alda) takes the overwhelmed B. J. [+]under his wing. By episode's end, he is drunk and addressing the insufferable "head twerp" Major Burns (Larry Linville) as "ferret face. " The second episode brings a "Change of Command" with the arrival of Henry Morgan as Col. Potter, "regular Army," but compassionate and capable. The Gelbart years were distinguished by the deft balancing of comedy and drama (M*A*S*H is that rare comedy series that plays better without a laugh track, which this set offers as a viewing option). In the Gelbart-directed episode "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?," a wounded bomber pilot identifies himself as Jesus Christ. Gelbart also directed and co-wrote "Hawkeye," an Alda tour de force in which Hawkeye takes refuge with a non-English-speaking South Korean family after overturning his jeep and sustaining a concussion, requiring him to talk nonstop to keep from losing consciousness. The departure of key creative and ensemble personnel would be enough to fatally wound a lesser series, but M*A*S*H would solider on. -Donald Liebenson.
Release date: 2000-03-28
Run time: 510 min.
List Price: $39.99
Price: $29.99
Review Lassie (7pc) / Edi Video:
Actors & Directors
- Belinda Lang
- Norman Rodway
- David Yelland
- George Winter
- Barbara Murray
- Baz Taylor
Run time: 330 min.
List Price: $59.98
Price: $51.78
Review The Bretts - Collection Set 2 / Bfs Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Music Scene-Best of 1969-70
Run time: 240 min.
List Price: $79.98
Price: $29.95
Review Music Scene 1-4 (4pc) / Mpi Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Joel J. Feigenbaum
- David Gallagher
- Catherine Hicks
- Barry Watson
- Stephen Collins
- Beverley Mitchell
Run time: 378 min.
List Price: $69.98
Price: $79.99
Review Edward R Murrow Gift Set / Fox Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- James Berwick
- David Askey
- Bill Turner
Run time: 175 min.
Price: $39.95
Review No, Honestly - Set 1 / Acorn Media:Anglophiles and Britcom aficionados will welcome the video of this delightful 1974 series based on the books by Charlotte Bingham. Happily, the sparkling dialogue and engaging characters wear much better than the actors' horribly dated '70s wardrobes. John Alderton and his real-life wife, Pauline Collins, star as C. D. and Clara, the George Burns and Gracie Allen of Hampstead, right down to the "Say goodnight, Clara" that closes each episode. This boxed set contains the first seven episodes of the series. Episode 1 sets the stage as C. D. and Clara, who have been married, Clara notes, "nearly 10 years next Thursday a week on Monday," recall how they met at "Freddie's awful party. " Framed by the couple's light banter, each of these episodes flashback chronologically to their often comically confused courtship and marriage. [+]Oddly enough, we do not see them joined in (again, Clara's words) "holy deadlock," but instead join C. D. and Clara as they embark on their honeymoon and endeavor to keep their newly married status a secret (why they keep it a secret is a bit unclear) by pretending to be a boring, frustrated long-married couple. "Life with Clara," C. D. observes at one point, "is not a bowl of cherries, it's a dish of blouse buttons. " And in less expert hands, Clara could get tiresome quickly ("I tend to get things rather muddled," she confesses early on), but Pauline Collins (perhaps best known for her signature role as Shirley Valentine) plays her with a mischievous twinkle that make her leaps of illogic endearing. She particularly shines in episode 4, in which she resists C. D. 's efforts to make her dress more fashionably than like "the remnant of a disbanded folk group. " -Donald Liebenson.
Release date: 2004-01-01
List Price: $89.98
Price: $47.89
Review Bugaloos Complete Episodes 1 to 17 (4pc) / Rhino Handmade:
Actors & Directors
- James McKenna
- Tristan Maguire
- Susannah Doyle
- Tricia Thorns
- Arthur White (II)
List Price: $39.98
Price: $28.99
Review Touch Of Frost, Collection Set 3 / Bfs Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Michael Gough
- Ingrid Pitt
- Michael Elphick
- Curd Jürgens
- Dudley Sutton
Run time: 324 min.
List Price: $69.99
Price: $34.59
Review Smiley's People (3pc) (Coll) / Acorn Media:The thrilling sequel to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Both had supposedly outlived their usefulness to the Circus, the British Secret Intelligence Service: George Smiley, the retired head of espionage, and General Vladimir, an aging informant who reported to him. When the general walks into a bullet after sending an urgent message to his old handler, the Circus asks Smiley to "tidy things up. " But Smiley hears Vladimir's message as a call to arms against his nemesis, the Soviet super spy Karla, once again tantalizingly within his grasp. Alec Guiness reprises the role of British spymaster George Smiley in this gripping sequel to the television masterpiece Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Filmed on location in London, Paris, Hamburg and Berne, Smiley's People also stars Eileen Atkins, Anthony Bate, Bernard Hepton, Michael Lonsdale, Beryl Reid, Patrick Stewart and Bill Patterson.
Actors & Directors
- Kathleen Beller
- Charles S. Dubin
- Peter Gilmore
- Joseph Sargent
- Nicholas Hammond
- Steve Forrest
- Pierce Brosnan
List Price: $39.98
Price: $54.94
Review The Manions of America / Starmaker Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Mike Gibbon
- Derrick Goodwin
Run time: 192 min.
List Price: $39.99
Price: $28.76
Review Thick As Thieves (1974) (3pc) / Acorn Media:Three's a hilarious crowd in this situation comedy featuring John Thaw (Inspector Morse) and Bob Hoskins (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Last Orders) early in their legendary careers. George Dobbs (Hoskins) returns home after a three-year jail sentence to find his wife, Annie (Pat Ashton), in bed with Stanley (Thaw), his old partner in crime. Annie is happy to see George but not eager to kick Stan out. The three live warily together, while the men continue their inept criminal capers and vie for the affection of the woman who obviously loves them both. Terrific writing by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais (The Commitments, The Likely Lads) and spot-on comic timing from the first-class cast make for laugh-out-loud fun.
Release date: 1998-11-11
List Price: $99.98
Price: $43.68
Review Inspector Morse (Collection Set 4) / Bfs Entertainment:The set includes the following: "Happy Families" "Dead on Time" "Greeks Bearing Gifts" "Who Killed Harry Field" "Death of the Self" "Absolute Conviction"
Actors & Directors
- John Davies
- Morag Hood
- Angela Down
- Anthony Hopkins
- Alan Dobie
- Sylvester Morand
Run time: 751 min.
List Price: $119.98
Price: $95.85
Review War & Peace (BBC) (Box Set) / 20th Century Fox:Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace towers over most novels. It isn't merely the length that impresses-over 1,200 pages-but the number of characters. This BBC/Time-Life serial spans the Napoleonic Wars (1805-20) and incorporates 52 principals and 110 supporting players (a 44-page booklet proves indispensable with identification). Chief among them is Pierre (a bespectacled Anthony Hopkins), an illegitimate idler who becomes Count Bezuhov upon his father's death. Pierre admires Napoleon (David Swift), and chooses not to fight. Cousins Nikolai Rostov (Sylvester Morand) and Andrei Bolkonsky (Alan Dobie) harbor no such reservations. The Yugoslavia-filmed battle sequences convince with their cavalcade of extras, but the drawing-room scenes serve as the heart of the series. (The soft exteriors were shot on film; the crisp interiors on video. ) In these sequences, the other Rostovs, Bolkonskys, and Bezuhovs-notably Nikolai's impetuous sister, Natasha (Morag Hood)-emerge as complex individuals. Occasional inner monologues distinguish them further. [+]There's some overacting from a few cast members, like the splenetic Anthony Jacobs (Prince Bolkonsky), but Dobie, Angela Down (Andrei's sister, Maria), and especially BAFTA winner Hopkins, give three of the more nuanced performances. Dramatized by Jack Pulman (I, Claudius) and directed by TV veteran John Davies (Germinal), this 20-part series follows a black-and-white silent, a Hollywood production (with Henry Fonda and Audrey Hepburn), and an Oscar-winning Russian epic. The British edition, however, stands as the most complete adaptation. As Pulman stated at the time, "Part of the novel's effect is achieved by its sheer weight of detail, the piling up of incident upon incident. " After 15 increasingly compelling hours of marriages, affairs, births, duels, and deaths, it's hard not to feel a kinship with these fatefully entwined families. -Kathleen C. Fennessy.
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Adventure Theater, The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (Collection), The Duchess of Duke Street, Vol. 2 (6 Tape Set), The Richard Pryor Show, Vols. 1 & 2 (Plus The Richard Pryor Special?), "Heroes & Villains Collection Set (The Last Englishman, Queen of the East, Full Throttle)", Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque, Nm (3pc), Beauty and the Beast Gift Set, M*A*S*H - TV Season Four - 3 Tape Boxed Set, Lassie (7pc), The Bretts - Collection Set 2, Music Scene 1-4 (4pc), Edward R Murrow Gift Set, No, Honestly - Set 1, Bugaloos Complete Episodes 1 to 17 (4pc), Touch Of Frost, Collection Set 3, Smiley's People (3pc) (Coll), The Manions of America, Thick As Thieves (1974) (3pc), Inspector Morse (Collection Set 4), War & Peace (BBC) (Box Set)Top headlines: U.S. lights up Aussies, now two wins from gold: ›15:59 Pink slips in the Teflon-coated games biz: For an industry as Teflon-coated as the games biz, Im sure hearing a lot about layoffs lately. ›17:21 Video: Extreme Beijing: BMX makes its Olympic debut: Aug. 19: BMX racing is the latest Olympic sport designed to attract a younger, edgier crowd. 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