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22 reviews
David Carradine, Ronny Cox

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

bound for glory
An amazing story that entertains yet reminds us that the us wasn't the richest nation: it was a nation of poor farmers and factory workers that the rich (and the us government)ignored during the depression. It gives you a true background of the US.

One More Kiss

32 reviews
Valerie Edmond, Gerard Butler

Henstooth Video, 2006

The Keys to Life are the Simplest of Things
Any Gerry Butler fan should love this movie. It has everything: romance, sadness, humor, and a real message. That message is: Cancer doesn't just affect the person with the cancer; it affects everyone who cares about that person. We own our lives and we should take charge of our lives. In the end all we can do is follow our hearts. Director Vadim Jean levels the sad moments with ...

Oedipus Rex

6 reviews
Ted Follows, William Shatner

Image Entertainment, 2002

"...the seer can indeed see"
This is a 1957 recording of the stage production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. It is performed with minimal props and some smoke. As the custom of ancient Greece the players ware masks. The masks are larger than life and do not covers the whole face allowing for some expression and clarity. Coordinating with the masks are certain colored robes; there is a gold mask for the king, silver mask for the ...

The Fugitive - Season Two, Vol. 1

133 reviews
David Janssen, William Conrad

Paramount Home Video, 2008

Forget about the music
I was trying to find out when the next installment was coming out & was surprised to see all these bad reviews about the music.I would have never even known they changed anything if not for reading it here.You don't notice it at all when watching it.At least I didn't.It seemed like the same great show I remembered.Apparently some of these people didn't know they were buying a TV show.If your ...

Gregory's Girl

42 reviews
John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

Nostalgic Eighties Humor
This is one of the movies I would take to an isolated island. Crazy, nostalgic in a funny way, and WHAT CHARECTERS!!! Use ONLY the Scottish language when you watch, have subtitles instead. This is the kind of movie you can look at once a year :-) Mats Wester/ Uppsala Record & DVD Exchange/ Sweden

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

12 reviews
Joan Baez, Ronnie Gilbert

Genius Products (Ingram), 2008

Freedom, Justice, and Independence
If you ask anyone to make a list of five American Ideals, most likely Freedom, Justice, and Independence will be there. It seems the fight to preserve those Ideals and make sure American Ideals can apply to all Americans has always been a struggle. Watching Pete Seeger/The Power of Song, I learned what a difference we can make when we band together, walk together, and sing together. We all ...

Cactus Flower

18 reviews
Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman

Sony Pictures, 2002

If you like good ol' Classic films, you'll love this one
Classic Walter Matthau film. I enjoyed it very much because of the easy & believeable relationship between Matthau & Hawn, the suppressed attraction between Bergman & Matthau & the sweet storyline. This film was made during a time where special effects didn't fill in for weak plots; instead the story actually makes its point. Well done. As bachelor dentist Dr. Julian Winston, Matthau tries to ...

Alice's Restaurant

46 reviews
Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn (II)

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

Alice;s Restaurant
The movie is a good (although a bit exaggerated) look at the era. The highlight is the commentary of the movie with Arlo. It takes you through the complete movie and talks about how it came to be. It is a great walk down memory lane and a history of the 60's/70's teen years.

Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut)

134 reviews
Richie Havens, Joan Baez

Warner Home Video, 1997

The counterculture's finest moment
Something happened in the '60s, and we're still feeling the effects of it now. Even as I type these words, my neighbors on the other side of the apartment wall are playing rock music REALLY LOUD -- I even like what they're playing, though I'm not sure what band's album it is. For better or worse, rock music and its attendant baggage have had an enormous effect on our culture: I would even go so ...

Samantha - An American Girl Holiday

56 reviews
Mia Farrow, AnnaSophia Robb

Warner Home Video, 2004

Absolutely Delightful!
By way of disclosure, I am an American Girls Junkie, as are my wife and daughter. Their books and movies provide an excellent mechanism with which to teach living history to young girls. "Samantha, An American Girl Holiday" is no exception. For those of you unfamiliar with Samantha, she is a wealthy orphan living in New York in 1904. This movie tells the story of Samantha's developing ...

The Colony

2 reviews
Brian Bloom, Jennifer Guthrie

Direct Source Label, 2007

great movie if you like Brian Bloom nad Micheal Pare
I loved this movie although the story lines were left hanging.THe main story line of the attempted murder was solved but it did leave others hanging. How ever Brain Bloom and Micheal Pare were so fantastic in this that I didn't really care if parts were not resolved. I loved this movie excellant with 2 gorgeous hunks in it. What more could a girl ask for??"

Louie Anderson: Mom! Louie's Looking at Me Again! - Live at the Guthrie

8 reviews
Louie Anderson

Melee, 2006

Only 5 stars?!? I want MORE!!!
This is absolutely the funniest concert I've ever seen! It takes a lot to make me laugh out loud. I had to pause this concert constantly because I was laughing so loud! I've been quoting it for years! My friends and family quote me quoting Louie...they've never seen it since my vhs tape was stolen. "it's a good shoe" "it was only a quarter" "the cranberries!" I'm cracking up now just from ...

Caged!

22 reviews
Eleanor Parker, Hope Emerson

Warner Home Video, 2007

First Rate Film About Women's Prison
Most films about women's prisons have very likely been pornographic to one degree or another. "Caged" is not in this category. Rather its portrait of prison life is one of depressing harshness from start to finish. The film has an unmistakable theme: most prisons are breeders of new crime and criminals. Though "Caged" was directed by a man the principal scriptwriter was a woman, Virginia Kellogg, ...

Sacco and Vanzetti

12 reviews
Tony Shalhoub, Studs Terkel

FIRST RUN FEATURES, 2007

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: "The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti"
Ever since high school I have been immediately intrigued and drawn to the story of Sacco and Vanzetti. Edna St. Vincent Millay's pungent poem, "Justice Denied in Massachusetts" was a part of our American Literature textbook, and ever since we read that poem, I have yearned to learn more. Coming across bits and pieces over the years, my curiosity wasn't satisfied until this recent documentary. ...

Lantana

81 reviews
Anthony LaPaglia, Rachael Blake

Lions Gate, 2002

Thorns in the Garden
When I first saw this taut moody thriller, I found it absorbing, but I simply could not identify with the characters (which are, nevertheless, portrayed by an excellent ensemble cast). Why, I thought, doesn't an otherwise intelligent woman--a psychiatrist yet--who has wrecked her car, and has walked several kilometers down a dark lonely road to a pay-phone, call 911 (or its Australian ...

A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly

8 reviews
Little Richard, Bruce Springsteen

Sony, 2000

COULD NOT BELEIVE IT'S 0N DVD
I saw this on T.V.along time ago;It was very interesting & I liked that type of music;the musicians who they picked to cover the songs;It's a plesure to see it again on DVD & also own a copy of it,Thank you ,Tom

American Masters: Woody Guthrie

1 review
Bruce Springsteet, Pete Seeger

PBS (DIRECT), 2007

American Masters: Woody Guthrie
Great dvd for teaching about the Great Depression, as well as a groundbreaking American musician.

Werewolves on Wheels

6 reviews
Steve Oliver, D.J. Anderson

Dark Sky Films, 2006

Best Werewolf -Biker Film I've ever seen!
Okay, truth is I thought it'd be really cool to give this film a five star review for no other reason than that it'd give me a chance to use that spiffy one-note joke headline. Okay, it's a low-budget, drive-in quality biker movie with an especially silly premise. However, if that's what you want then it delivers. I found that after one unsuccessful attempt to watch the film I needed alcohol to ...

Wishbone - Impawssible Dream

2 reviews
Trey Walpole, Alex Allen Morris

Lionsgate / HIT Entertainment, 2005

Wishbone Films are Excellent for Children
I grew up watching Wishbone films on the Public Broadcasting Station, which aired the programs between 1995-2001. Unfortunately, I am now unable to find these episodes on most media markets (a few episodes may be found on YouTube). I enjoyed Wishbone because each episode gave a basic view of the plot of a classic work of literature. This episode, "The Impawssible Dream" gives a small portion ...

The Doe Boy

12 reviews
James Duval, Kevin Anderson

Fox Lorber, 2002

Modern Day Coming of Age Story
I loved this movie when it was being shown on cable television and couldn't wait to add it to the library. It's a well written and creative story-line with very few of the usual stereotypical props of many of the other native-inspired films of today. It definitely is a movie that speaks universally of important issues to the public at large as well as more specifically to a smaller population of ...