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16 reviews
Sam Waterston, Mary Tyler Moore

Platinum Disc, 2004

Another look at who Abraham and Mary Lincoln were
I have read Gore Vidal's book many years ago and I obtained a copy of the movie by recording the TV series. But because VHS tape is not very permanent...I decided to order the dvd. The movie follows pretty close to the book. Sam Waterston is an excellent Lincoln. I have seen my fair share of Lincolns over the years with the only other one I like and that Henry Fonda in his portrayal of "Young ...

The Killing Fields

95 reviews
Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor

Warner Home Video, 2001

Excellence!!!
theres no shadow of doubt that this is a classic that presents the khmer rouge issue in cambodia and an extraordinary history that everyone got to see.

Oppenheimer

4 reviews
Sam Waterston, Philip O'Brien

BBC Warner, 2008

Possibly the finest mini-series ever broadcast on PBS
The recent release of the 1976 Adams Chronicles on DVD left only the release of Oppenheimer to complete the bifecta of the two finest dramatic miniseries ever broadcast on PBS. This seven part series was originally filmed in 1980 as a joint BBC and WGBH (Boston) production and was shown over seven consecutive weeks beginning May 11, 1982 as part of the PBS program American Playhouse. It depicts ...

The Man in the Moon

101 reviews
Sam Waterston, Tess Harper

MGM, 2001

A Masterpiece!
Reese Witherspoon, Sam Waterston, Jason London! This movie is great, Ive seen it many times and its still a classic! You wont be disappointed!

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie (Broadway Theatre Archive)

13 reviews
Katharine Hepburn, Sam Waterston

Image Entertainment, 2003

sheer brilliance
THE GLASS MENAGERIE is one of the theatre's great masterpieces. Originally opening on Broadway in 1944, the play established playwright Tennessee Williams as a force to be reckoned with and provided Laurette Taylor with her final great Broadway role as Amanda Wingfield (check out Rick McKay's outstanding BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE to hear Marian Seldes and others discuss their memories of ...

The Great Gatsby

122 reviews
Robert Redford, Mia Farrow

Paramount Pictures, 2003

A Great "Gatsby"!
This stunning production with its splendid cinematography and its intelligent script by Francis Ford Coppola captures the essence of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the man who pursues his preposterous dream. Robert Redford is utterly convincing as the enigmatic protagonist, Gatsby, whose personality "seemed to face . . . the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you, with ...

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

54 reviews
Hal Holbrook, Adam Arkin

Pbs Paramount, 2004

Ken Burns is the best
As someone who's working on a novel about western 19th century America, this documentary is amazing. The questions it leaves us with are one's of wonder--how did they survive? They traipsed across the country in a boat, in horseback, and by foot. And back. They survived weather at -38 degrees; climbed mountains only to find more mountains, traversed deserts only to find more deserts. And through ...

Crimes and Misdemeanors

73 reviews
Caroline Aaron, Alan Alda

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

This sort of thing only happens in the movies...
Central to this film is the ancient tragic question; is there a higher equalizer for our actions, or do we have to judge ourselves because there is no higher authority and meaning? Woody suggests the latter in the spirit of Sophicles and the Greeks. Bringing the two stories together at the end with Allen and Landau might be the best scene in Woody's career. In this scene Allen puts a twist on ...

Capricorn One

76 reviews
Elliott Gould, James Brolin

Lions Gate, 1998

Conspiracy nutters need not reply
Capricorn One This is one my favorites. When it came out the Apollo missions were the state of the art space craft. So that's why these astronauts look so crammed together for the (impossibly long) mission to Mars. If they did a remake today, they would no doubt use something more like a shuttle with some room to exercise in! That quibble aside, the premise behind Capricorn One's plot is ...

Heaven's Gate

128 reviews
Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

Heaven's Gate
Slow and plodding, but beautifully shot and well worth watching. Although I prefer more action in a western, I also realize that in reality, the "old west" consisted of a slow, plodding existence. (The so-called "REALITY" shows on TV need to take note - There is very little, if any, reality invovlved in those shows).

Warning Sign

13 reviews
Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan

Starz / Anchor Bay, 2006

Women who kick butt
Not only is she the security chief of this government installation, but their savior, for she alone carries the cure to the disease in her blood.

The Journey of August King

12 reviews
Jason Patric, Thandie Newton

Miramax, 2003

move over Halle Berry
after recently seeing "The Truth About Charlie", I was captivated by a great actress-Thandie Newton. Iwent online to find more of her films and after reading reviews purchased this film. I watched it 5 times the first week. what a phenomenal film about humanity and redemption. jason patric is out standing as a farmer driven by his conscience to help a runaway slave girl. larry drake is so real as ...

Miracle at Midnight

11 reviews
Sam Waterston, Mia Farrow

Walt Disney Video, 2004

Miracle at Midnight is a WONDERFUL Movie! A MUST-SEE!!
I watched this outstanding Disney made-for-tv movie many, many times, and I LOVE it!! I first saw when it premiered on TV on the "Wonderful World of Disney" show in the spring of 1998. At that time I taped it on a VHS tape off of TV, and I loved it so much that I watched it over and over many, many times. I should have broken the security tab on the tape, but because there were still ...

Ken Burns - American Lives (Thomas Jefferson / Lewis & Clark / Frank Lloyd Wright / Elizabeth Cady Stanton & ...

1 review
Ossie Davis, Michael Potts

PBS Paramount, 2005

A Great Collection of PBS Documentaries
I bought all of these individually. As he did with The Civil War and Baseball (as well as his earlier works which are now also in a box set, not to mention The West, New York and Jazz). Ken Burns continues to present his "American Stories" with pictures and narration that bring the past alive. 1 tiny nitpick note however. This is an 8 not a 7 disc set (for some reason the Jack Johnson story ...

Interiors

49 reviews
Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

Bleak House
When "Interiors" was first released it was generally deplored by moviegoers, largely because it did not live up to their expectations of what a Woody Allen film should be: a laugh-out-loud comedy like "Annie Hall," or "Sleeper." It was as if Allen should be allowed to make only one kind of film (One might as well complain about Mozart having had the nerve to write the "Requiem" after "The Magic ...

Serial Mom

93 reviews
John Badila, Tim Caggiano

Hbo Home Video, 1999

awesome!
this is one of the funniest movies ever. in fact i am going to watch it again right now. John Waters is a genius!

Le Divorce

111 reviews
Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts

20th Century Fox, 2004

JAMES IVORY, OPUS 24
***1/2 2003. Co-written and directed by James Ivory, the film is an adaptation of Diane Johnson's Le Divorce (William Abrahams Book). The French husband of a California girl decides to leave her while she's pregnant in Paris. Interesting comedy of manners pointing out some differences between French and American sensitivities.

Dempsey

5 reviews
Treat Williams, Sam Waterston

MGM (Video & DVD), 2005

Dempsey uncut...finally!
When Dempsey was released as a TV movie in 1983, it was presented at 2 hours 24 minutes (minus commercials). Years later, the film was released on VHS with at least ten minutes cut and a sex scene inserted! Well, it's 2005, and finally Dempsey is on DVD the way it was presented in its original cut. As far as the story, it follows all the major parts of his life pretty accurately. Treat ...

Rancho Deluxe

32 reviews
Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

Must See If you are Jimmy Buffett fan
I'm a Jimmy Buffett fun. I wanted to see him act in his first movie and hear the soundtrack. It has an early version of "Livingston Saturday Night".

Just Between Friends

7 reviews
Mary Tyler Moore, Julie Payne

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

Sweet Movie!!
I loved this movie! I'm only 12, but I thought it was so sweet! Ms. Moore went from Laura Petrie/Mary Richards image, to Beth Jarret, then back to Laura. I thought it was so mean of the husband to cheat on such a sweet, loyal, and devoted lady. The only thing about this movie was that Holly (Mary Tyler Moore) looked so much older than her husband in the movie!!! Was she supposed to be ...