| | Selena DVD Jennifer Lopez / Selena CDS
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| Category | Warner Store DVDs, Warner Theatrical Movies, Dramas Videos, Pop Music Videos, Rock And Roll, Musical, Biography, True Story, Tragedy, Race Relations, Hispanic | | Starring | Edward James Olmos, Jennifer Lopez, Jacob Vargas, Jon Seda, Lupe Ontiveros, Constance Marie, Jackie Guerra, Sal Lopez, Panchito Gomez, George Perez, Ruben Gonzales, Richard Coca, Leon Singer, Pete Astudillo, Victoria Elena Flores, Rebecca Lee Meza, Rafael Tamayo | | Director | Gregory Nava | | Costume Designer | Elisabetta Beraldo | | Director of Photography | Ed Lachman | | Editor | Nancy Richardson | | Producer | Robert Katz, Moctesuma Esparza, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr.
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DVD. Feature film drama about Latin artist. 128 min. Stand ard & widescreen. Dolby Surround. Sound & subtitles in Engl ., French, & Spanish. Cast bios, film hilites, production n otes, & scene access. A celebration of the life of Tejano princess Selena Quintanilla Perez, the rising star who was gunned down by the president of her own fan club in 1995. Amid the racial tensions and economic hardships of 1980's south Texas, the daughter of a Mexican immigrant (himself a failed doo-wop singer) grow up to be a sensation in the blossoming Tejano scene before meeting a tragic end. Light on insight, this biopic revels rather in Selena's on-stage achievements. Selena's father is credited as an executive producer to this film. A celebration of the life of Tejano princess Selena Quintanilla Perez, the rising star who was gunned down by the president of her own fan club in 1995. Amid the racial tensions and economic hardships of 1980's South Texas, the daughter of a Mexican immigrant (himself a failed doo-wop singer) grows up to be a sensation in the blossoming Tejano scene before meeting a tragic end. Light on insight, this biopic revels rather in Selena's on-stage achievements. Selena's father is credited as an executive producer to the film. Selena Reviews: "...Lopez performs with sizzling stage presence..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...Pleasant to watch....The movie's concert sequences have a fluency and bounce that match the music..."-- Stephen Holden, New York Times "...Played with verve, heart, and a great deal of grace by [Lopez]..."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "...SELENA makes full use of Lopez's charisma..."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "...SELENA succeeds, through Lopez's performance, in evoking the magic of a sweet and talented young woman..."-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Selena | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1997 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1294  | | CD Universe Part number | 1262509 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jan 16, 2007 | | Rating | PG (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | For mild language and thematic elements. | | Running Time | 128 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color; HiFi Sound; Surround Sound; Stereo Sound; AC-3 Sound |
Selena Movie Review Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Selena's story lives on & Jennifer Lopez's finest moment
Selena is an amazing, moving, & enjoyable movie for not just fans of Selena but for the whole family.
It delivers the true story of Selena's life with the help of the fantastic cast. Edward James Olmos plays Mr. Quintanilla, Constance Marie plays Mrs. Quintanilla, & in the title role Jennifer Lopez plays Selena with real heart. All the cast deliver great & convincing performances in their roles.
There is no dought that this is Jennifer Lopez's finest moment in her acting career, she played Selena with such heart, warmth & joyfulness that it's like Selena & Jennifer came together during this movie. The music sounds really great during the concert scenes & Jennifer Lopez captures Selena's mannerisms on spot & at times you're mind can play tricks on you with which one is Selena.
It's a shame that Selena's beautiful life 7 amazing music career ended so wrongly.
Overall This movie is an amazing, uplifting, & wonderful & sad story
that truely show's the american dream.
SELENA VIVE!!!
Submitted by tomterence (America)
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 Jennifer Lopez as Selena - the best
The cast and crew were excellent in this
movie. Jennifer Lopez did a superb
job in her performance as Selena. What
a tragic end to such a beautiful and
talented young person.
Submitted by a reviewer (Adelaide - South Australia) 
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Fantastic!
Such a sad story! I fell in love with Selena because this movie portrayed her to be the most beautiful, talented and successful latino performer. I envy her life as someone who struggled in her lifehood to become what she has became! I enjoyed this movie very much and will watch it over and over again! Congradulations to Jennifer Lopez as she did a superb job in her performance as Selena!
Submitted by Scott - Magoo7985 (Avon, Mass)
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This movie is so beautifully done I can still remember the day she died...This movie brings so many memories back. My boyfriend didn't know who Selena was until I had him sit down with me and watch this movie. We'll have been married for two years now this comming summer and to this day he still watches it with me and I'm teaching him and my daughter to sing her songs. Just so that she knows she's missed but NEVER forgotten. R.I.P. Selena!
Submitted by Soledad (Denver, Colorado)
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I had never heard Selena sing before I saw this movie.She was blessed with beauty,warmth,charm,charisma and the voice of an angel.It really hurts when such a person is taken away. The world is so much poorer without her presence.To Selena's family, I say you are so lucky to have shared all the memories and to have been around her.She is truly a once in a lifetime artist.Her music will live on forever.
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Selena DVD Region 1
Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish
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Purchase Selena Movie To buy, Click on price to add to cart | 8 Seconds DVD (1994) Widescreen
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Director John G. Avildsen's 8 SECONDS is the true story of the meteoric rise and all-too-brief career of Lane Frost, the youngest national champion bull rider in history. Luke Perry stars as Lane, a shy but popular young bareback rodeo rider whose gutsy determination catapults him to stardom. As Lane gains a winning reputation, he meets and falls in love with Kellie (Cynthia Geary), a spirited, beautiful young horsewoman. After a passionate courtship, the two young rodeo riders get married. Kellie looks after Lane and sacrifices her own freedom to be his devoted wife, but the pressures of Lane's career soon take their toll. Kellie is often left alone while Lane continues to ride the circuit with his longtime friends and competitors, including three-time rodeo champion Tuff Hedeman (Stephen Baldwin). Lane faces his ultimate challenge attempting to ride Red Rock, a dangerous bull known for fatally injuring his riders. Perry gives a fine performance in this gutsy and inspirational tale of a real-life rodeo hero, set to a swinging country-western soundtrack featuring Vince Gill and Brooks & Dunn, among others.
This DVD is 104 minutes & is the life story of rodeo legen d Lane Frost. It stars Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, James R ebhorn,,, & Cynthia Geary.
| | Murphy's Romance DVD (1985) Widescreen
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A charming, low-key romantic comedy, MURPHY'S ROMANCE is full of the small pleasures missing from other pictures of its genre. James Garner, in his first Oscar-nominated performance, is the title character, Murphy. Garner lends his unique, down-home persona to the character while the film's writers endow the character with some memorable lines. Murphy's romance begins when Emma (Field) arrives in the small Arizona town where he lives. With her she brings her son Jake, and a feisty attitude. Though this sounds like a set-up from any number of other film romances, it becomes clear from their first meeting that the director, Martin Ritt, is more interested in his carefully observed setting, and in the comic flirtations between Murphy and Emma flirtations, than in making a conventional picture. In fact, some of the film's strongest comic scenes occur when the locals show off their color, including a hilarious sequence during a bingo game that showcases the amazing support cast. Of course, there is some drama and confrontation, but the focus remains on the setting and the relationship between Murphy and Emma, whose lengthy romance is the clear mark of one of the most highly enjoyable movie courtships ever seen.
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| | Night Of The Generals DVD (1967)
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A political murder mystery set in Nazi-occupied Poland and postwar Paris, NIGHT OF THE GENERALS follows a military investigator, General Grau (Omar Sharif), on his inquiry into a prostitute's murder that has unexpectedly led him to three prime suspects (Peter O'Toole, Donald Pleasence, and Charles Gray)--all generals in the German army. Two years after the murder in Warsaw, Grau is transferred to Paris, where he confronts the man he believes to be the murderer--who is busy framing one of the other generals for the crime. When Paris detective Inspector Morand (Philippe Noiret) gets involved, more than one plot is uncovered in this tense drama that parallels World War II's mass murder with the individual actions of its participants. Director Anatole Litvak's film is based on the best-selling novel by Hans Helmut Kirst.
It is a thriller occurring in World War II about a Nazi General who becomes a serial killer. When a Polish prostitute is brutally murdered in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, her killer is only identified as a German General. For years the crime remains unsolved until the killer strikes again, bringing this mesmerizing mystery to its unforgettable finish.
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Youth gangs took over the slums of Rio de Janiero during the 1960s and didn't relinquish their stronghold until the mid-1980s. Only a sucker wouldn't have turned to crime and this is exactly how naive teen Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) views himself. His attempts in illegal activity fail as he finds potential victims too friendly. Equally unsuccessful in love, he regularly fails to lose his virginity. Blood spills throughout the streets of the Ciudad de Deus as gang leader Li'l Ze (Leandro Firmino da Hora) is challenged by local druglords and a gang of pre-teens known as the Runts. Rocket shoots all of this action with his weapon of choice, a camera.
Director Fernando Meirelles combines visual flashiness with dark history in telling the story of three decades of unrest in underground Rio de Janiero. Technically flawless, the Brazilian film uses a rapid-cutting style to flash back and forth in time. Cinematographer Cesar Charlone shoots with an overexposed glow in a film that may seem numb to violence, but reveres photography. Director Meirelles was assisted by Katia Lund, a filmmaker who had previously shot in the Rio ghettos.
A poor boy grows up in a violent environment but realizes that he sees reality differently than others. In Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles.
| | Sign Of The Beaver DVD (1987)
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This enhanced video for grades 4-7, is a compelling survival story that explores the relationship between the white settlers and the Indians in the 1700's. 1984 Honor Book Award. Elizabeth George Speare, author.
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Filmed in Shrewsbury, England, this version of Dickens' beloved classic is considered by many to be the best. All the performances are excellent, but George C. Scott makes the often-played Ebenezer Scrooge his very own. Highly recommended.
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A vast array of genres feature on this collection of films, which has been released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the popular New Line studio. Among the highlights are John Waters's gloriously depraved PINK FLAMINGOES, David Fincher's terrifying SEVEN, the multiple-award winning LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, and 12 other feature films.
For 4 decades, New Line Cinema has brought audiences some of the most memorable movies in film history. This one-of-a-kind set includes 17 hit movies: Pink Flamingos, A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Player, The Mask, Seven, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Boogie Nights, Wag the Dog, The Wedding Singer, Rush Hour, Blow, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of the Ring, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Elf, The Notebook, and Wedding Crashers.Also included is an exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Charlie Rose and hardbound collector's book packaging.
| | Emanuelle: Queen Of The Desert DVD (1982)
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The ubiquitous sex goddess becomes trapped in a land war between guerilla factions in a mysterious desert land. Naturally, both sides want to claim her as spoils of war. Based on "The Time of the Wild Beast" by Bruno Fontana.
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| | Foul Shot DVD (2007)
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The highly controversial film based on one of the best basketball players the world has never known. This is the true story about a kid who came from a supportive family and was a high school basketball star with a 50 inch vertical leap that had the skills and athletic ability to become a pro, but, as he got older, he began to realize that basketball was very political and being talented had nothing to do with it. The story of a young basketball player's struggle to achieve his dreams against all odds and against all the dishonest coaches who tried to derail his efforts.
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The title says it all. That's right, 15-0 in WrestleMania. The one, the only--Undertaker. Collected here are all the matches that were part of that amazing record as well as a host of bouts which paved the way to his ring domination. Included here are fights against the biggest names in the professional wrestling game, such as Triple H, Ric Flair, and collection of other opponents who were not quite big enough to take Undertaker down.
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Though not originally conceived of as a commercial feature film, this inspirational adventure story from western director S. Roy Luby actually did relatively well with audiences when it was released in 1942. Based around the real-life recruitment of dogs to work as protectors of army bases during World War II, WAR DOGS was Luby's attempt to educate the public about a project he firmly believed in. When a young boy named Billy Freeman (Billy Lee) is caught stealing, the judge (Bradley Page) and welfare representative assigned to his case discover that Billy only stole in order to bail his dog Pal out of the pound. Moved by this fact, Judge Roger Davis and Joan Allan (who are a romantic pair) decide to further investigate, finding out that Billy's dad William Freeman is an army veteran whose life has become a mess due to his weakness for the bottle. Eager to help, Roger and Joan decide to enlist Pal into the military's Dogs for Defense program. After training to work in combat and anti-sabotage situations, Pal emerges as a hero and a leader through the familial hardships that follow.
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Comedy combines with a comely queen of the jungle in this skin-filled sci-fi film. Tarzeena rules King Island with help from her gorilla friend, Tabonga, but a mad scientist would prefer that he reigns over the queen. With the help of a brain control device, Dr. Mortimer turns tight-bodied Tarzeena into his sex slave.
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Based on the 1954 children's book by Dr. Seuss, HORTON HEARS A WHO! is a 2008 computer-animated Hollywood update of the beloved illustrated tale. Horton (voiced by Jim Carrey), a thoughtful elephant living in the jungle of Nool, discovers that an entire society, Whoville, rests inside a speck. He gently rests it on a clover flower, and searches for a place where it will be safe from the perils of the larger world. Establishing contact with Whoville's befuddled mayor (Steve Carell), Horton faces disbelief from his animal friends, including his blue mouse pal, Morton (Seth Rogen), and unwittingly incurs the wrath of an uptight kangaroo (Carol Burnett), setting the playful pachyderm on a journey to the most remote parts of Nool, with malicious vultures and monkeys not far behind.
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The voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell are featured in this animated version of the Dr. Seuss story.
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