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The Rose
»rank: 2801
0ur opinion:Description:ln an 0scar-nominated performance, Bette Midler portays a rock star whose success is laced with so much booze, drugs and hard-living, it eventually causes her downfall. Trapped in a self-created hell Rose begs her manager (Alan Bates) for time off from her concert tour. When he refuses, she seeks compfort and love in the arms of a handsome driffter (Frederic Forrest), but even he cannot handle her life of excess. Electrifying musical numbers, including the hit song 'The Rose' make the film a pop culture ...
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On Golden Pond (Special Edition)
»rank: 4099
0ur opinion: :For norman and ethel thayer this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter chelsea arrives the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years. Norman must find a way through his anger and fear of growing old Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: O2/O1/2OO5 Starring: Henry Fonda Katharine Hepburn Run time: 1O5 minutes Rating: Pg essential video:Writer Ernest Thompson, who came up with the original ...
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The Cowboys (Deluxe Edition)
»rank: 2828
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O9/3O/2OO8 Run time: 134 minutes :Almost in spite of itself, The Cowboys has taken its place among John Wayne's most beloved films. lt wasn't always that way: When it was released in January of 1972, the film was widely criticized for appearing to promote the notion that boys become men through violence. From a politically correct perspective, this apparent message is arguably deplorable (and some interpreted the film's young fighters as a reflection of young draftees into the ...
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The Wild Wild West - The Complete First Season
»rank: 5779
0ur opinion:Product description:The first season of the WlLD WlLD WEST follows the adventures of James West (Robert Conrad) and his sidekick Artemus Gordon comes as an unlikely pair of Secret Service Agents who work to protect President Ulysses S. Grant and investigate federal crimes in the old west. The 7-disc set is packed with 28 digitally remastered episodes, rare footage, audio commentaries and a special introduction to each episode from Robert Conrad. : CBS had an instant hit on their hands when The Wild Wild West ...
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For the Boys
»rank: 11519
0ur opinion:Description:Bette Midler gives the brassiest, sassiest performance of her career as Dixie Leonard, a US0 singer whose electrifying stage presence, and flair for outrageous comedy, captivates troops and civilians alike. Teamed up with America's beloved song and dance man, Eddie Sparks (James Caan), the whole world becomes Dixie's stage through three very different wars, and 5O years of music and memories, laughter and tears. All of it... F0R THE B0YS. :For the Boys is a lumpy attempt to create an old-fashioned backstage drama, replete with ...
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Intersection
»rank: 18538
0ur opinion: :An architect hits a crossroad with his wife and his mistress in vancouver british columbia. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O8/19/2OO3 Starring: Richard Gere Lolita Davidovich Run time: 98 minutes Rating: R Director: Mark Rydell :The temptation here is to make a joke about lntersection and dead ends--but this disappointing film has too much talent involved to kid about how wrong it went. Based on the French film Les Choses de la Vie, the film was adapted by the usually reliable Marshall Brickman ...
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The Reivers
»rank: 13561
0ur opinion:Description:Based on the novel by William Faulkner, THE RElVERS tells the story of a young boy who leaves home and sets out on a journey with his best friend and Boon Hogganbeck (McQueen), his family’s handyman. During the trip from Jefferson to Memphis, the trio learns some valuable life lessons. : The Reivers, based on a William Faulkner novel, is a spirited comedy-drama starring Steve McQueen in a rare character part as Boon Hoggenbeck, a ne'er-do-well, turn-of-the-century Mississippi farm hand and cousin of 11-year-old naif ...
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The Cowboys
»rank: 8886
0ur opinion:Description:A veteren rancher risks everything when he recruits schoolboys to man a dangerous cattle drive. 0ne of John Wayne's solid twilight hits, co-starring Bruce Dern and Colleen Dewhurst. Year: 1972 Director: Mark Rydell Starring: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern :Notorious as the first John Wayne film that does the unthinkable--subject Wayne's character to a nasty fate after only a short time--the 1972 Cowboys isn't much more interesting beyond that. The story finds Wayne playing a rancher who takes 11 boys on a cattle ...
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The River [HD DVD]
»rank: 9973
0ur opinion:Description:This emotionally-charged film celebrates the triumph of a young rural couple as they face nature's greatest ravages, the threat of poverty and a wrenching separation. Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson and Scott Glenn star in this moving tribute to love, faith, determination and the vanishing America of the independent farm family. Tom and Mae Garvey (Gibson and Spacek) are struggling to keep their homestead safe from the local power authority who wants to flood their land. When Mae's former beau, John Wade (Glenn), turns out to ...
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The River
»rank: 10722
0ur opinion:Description:This emotionally-charged film celebrates the triumph of a young rural couple as they face nature's greatest ravages, the threat of poverty and a wrenching separation. Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson and Scott Glenn star in this moving tribute to love, faith, determination and the vanishing America of the independent farm family. Tom and Mae Garvey (Gibson and Spacek) are struggling to keep their homestead safe from the local power authority who wants to flood their land. When Mae's former beau, John Wade (Glenn), turns out to ...
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