| | Blues Brothers DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Comedies DVDs, Action Movies, Music (General) Videos, Recommended, Musical, Essential Cinema, Buddies, Scams And Cons, Blues, Behind The Scenes, On-The-Road, On-The-Run, Blues Music | | Starring | Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Carrie Fisher, Kathleen Freeman, Henry Gibson, Ray Charles, James Brown, Cab Calloway | | Director | John Landis | | Cameo | Steven Spielberg, John Candy, Frank Oz, John Landis, Twiggy, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Charles Napier, John Lee Hooker, Judy Jacklin, Pee-Wee Herman | | Composer | Elmer Bernstein | | Producer | Robert K. Weiss | | Screenwriter | Dan Aykroyd, John Landis |
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack Spanish; Behind The Scenes In this classic comedy-musical, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star as Jake and Elwood Blues, white rhythm-and-blues musicians who are on a mission from God: to raise $5,000 for the orphanage where they grew up before it is closed for failure to pay back taxes. In order to succeed, they must resurrect their band, the Blues Brothers, and stay one step ahead of their enemies: Jake's ex-fiancée, the police, a bunch of Illinois Nazis, and a country-western band, not to mention the Chicago police. This much-loved comedy features tremendous song-and-dance numbers by such famous musicians as James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles. In roles made famous by their famed SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star as Ellwood and Jake Blues in this extremely entertaining and successful comedy. Upon Jake's release from prison, the brothers are reunited and visit the orphanage they grew up in--only to discover that it is in danger of being shut down by the county for failure to pay taxes. With a little help from James Brown as a revival preacher, the Blues Brothers are divinely inspired to raise the $5,000 that the orphanage needs to stay open. On their mission from God, they must reunite their old band and raise the money by playing various gigs around town. The wild adventures of the band include dodging evil neo-Nazis, playing in a rowdy redneck bar, and narrowly escaping the crazed Carrie Fisher as Jake's ex-fiancée, who is out to see him dead. Finally, the boys have to get to a gig at the Palace Hotel Ballroom and deliver the $5,000 to the county assessor's office--leading to one of the most wild and hysterical car-chase smash-ups in film history. John Landis has spiced this wonderful romp with fabulous rhythm-and-blues numbers from such greats as Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Cab Calloway, and Ray Charles. Theatrical Release: June 1, 1980.
Fimed on location in Chicago.
Estimated budget: $27 million.
Estimated domestic gross: $57 million.
Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) has a cameo in the film as a waiter.
Aretha Franklin's backup singers on her rendition of "Think" are her real-life sisters.
Director John Landis, Steven Spielberg, and Frank Oz all have cameo roles in the film.
Blues Brothers Quotes/Excerpts: "We're on a mission from God."--Ellwood (Dan Aykroyd) Blues Brothers Reviews: "John Belushi's '70s hangover has yet to kick in and his funny act with Dan Aykroyd is complemented by James Brown, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin."
-- Daniel Webb, Total Film "[T]he movie is rightly hailed for its classic cameos from Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and James Brown..."
-- Mojo Staff, Mojo "BLUES BROTHERS may be among the last original movie musicals to incorporate song and dance performances into its plot, rather than grafting them on as concert material."
-- Dave Kehr, New York Times "[I]t was their utter devotion to the Blues Brothers as characters that make it happen from scene to scene."
-- Ryan Devlin, Premiere Blues Brothers Movie Review Blues Brothers DVD Region 1
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Footage Not Seen Since the Premiere
"The Stories Behind the Making of the Blues Brothers" Full-Length Documentary
Trailer - Trailer
Production Photographs
Blues Brothers Video Baja Beach Bums, Clerks II, Country Bears, Jerk, Night at the Roxbury/Superstar/The Ladies Man, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Saturday Night Live - The Complete Second Season, Sister Act, Soul Men, Tommy Boy, Wiz Purchase Blues Brothers Movie To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Hollywood Knights DVD (1980) Widescreen
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Mutrux's crude cult classic answer to AMERICAN GRAFITTI and ANIMAL HOUSE follows the comic exploits of the Hollywood Knights, a rowdy, prank-happy car club, and their screwball leader Newbomb Turk (Wuhl). When a group of Beverly Hills preppies decide to run the déclassé pranksters out of town by closing down their hang-out--Tubby's Drive-in--the 'Knights (featuring a young Danza and Pfeiffer) unleash a chaotic string of practical jokes in retaliation, culminating in a hell-raising Halloween free-for-all. Long enjoying cable TV-fed cult status, the film's video release was held up for years due to music rights.
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles; Director's Comments
| | Matrix DVD (1999)
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With THE MATRIX, the Wachowskis have established themselves as innovative filmmakers who push the boundaries of live-action films. Like the groundbreaking STAR WARS, THE MATRIX (also the first film of a trilogy) showcases a unique visual style, one the Wachowskis achieved through an array of techniques and digital effects, some never before seen in mainstream Hollywood films. Although computer morphing technology had been used before in films such as THE ABYSS and TERMINATOR 2, the Wachowskis were the first to use "bullet time," a time-bending digital effect that utilizes both computer-generated imagery and still photography.
The film itself is a complex story that aspires to mythology, focusing on a computer hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) who searches for the truth behind the mysterious force known as the Matrix. He finds his answer with a group of strangers led by the charismatic Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne). What they encounter in confronting that truth makes for a lightning-paced, eye-popping thrill ride of a movie. Packed with stunning fight scenes (choreographed by accomplished Hong Kong director Yuen Wo-Ping), astonishing visual effects, quotable lines, and a terrific supporting cast (led by Carrie-Anne Moss, in her first major Hollywood film), THE MATRIX is a bold triumph that raises the bar for all science fiction films.
This 136 minute feature film is a special edition DVD star ring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburn, and Carrie-Anne Moss.
| | American Graffiti DVD (1973) Widescreen; Collector's Edition; Dubbed; Subtitled
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Set in 1962; Produced and released in 1973.
AMERICAN GRAFFITI presents a powerful collage of youth on the brink of maturity just before the assassination of J.F.K.. Based on George Lucas's own teenage hot-rodding days in Modesto, California, this brilliant, bittersweet comedy inspired numerous other productions, including the long-running TV series HAPPY DAYS. Lucas's second feature film (following THX 1138), AMERICAN GRAFFITI contains an early screen appearance by Harrison Ford, who would figure heavily in the director's next movie, the sci-fi epic STAR WARS. The film follows one night in the lives of several recently graduated high school students. The genial Steve (Ron Howard) prepares to leave for college the next day, and Laurie (Cindy Williams), his girlfriend, is upset by his impending departure. Laurie's brother, Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), the class intellectual, is also slated for college, but he has serious doubts about his future. Also included here are the hopeless nerd (Charles Martin Smith) and the eternally cool drag racer, John (Paul LeMat), who feels pressure to live up to his reputation. A nostalgic feeling is evoked in seeing the teenagers cruising in their hot rods, eating at Mel's Diner, and listening to Wolfman Jack spin the latest hits, with the camera jumping from character to character as they each enjoy--or fret over--their last moments of summer freedom.
DVD. Feature film.15th anniv. edtn. Stars Richard Dreyfuss , Harrison Ford, Ron Howard, more. Rated PG. 112 min. CC. W / orig. featurette on mking-of film, production notes, & th eatrical trailer dir. by George Lucas & prodced by Francis Ford Coppola.
| | Blues Brothers 2000 DVD (1998) Widescreen; Collector's Edition
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Upon his release from prison, now-brotherless Blues Brother Jake Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) puts the band back together with the help of a golden-voiced strip joint bartender (John Goodman) and a precocious 10-year-old orphan (J. Evan Bonifant) on loan from the comically abusive Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman). This hysterical sequel to the original BLUE BROTHERS comedy/musical makes good use of its copious celebrity cameos, which include appearances from old schoolers James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, and Isaac Hayes in addition to bits from blues phenom Jonny Lang, Erykah Badu, and John Popper.
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles; Director's Comments
| | Vanishing Point DVD (1971) Widescreen
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An ex-racecar driver gets high on Benzedrine and leads the police on a hectic chase.
Soundtrack English; Soundtrack French; Soundtrack Spanish; Director's Comments
| | Red Shoes DVD (1948) Criterion Collection
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This seminal dance film, created Powell and Pressburger, in which an impresario takes a ballerina under his wing, deftly combines interpretive dance with drama. This acclaimed adaption of a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale results in a marked triumph of artistic collaboration and modernity. More than any other film, THE RED SHOES deals with the dangerous, magical process by which art is distilled from preparation and effort.
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Academy Awards; Director's Comments; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re; Behind The Scenes
| | Sailor Victory DVD (1999)
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In the future, five female high school students form Sailor Victory to command three giant ninja robots: Gion, Momoyama and Sagano, so that they can fight against evil in the virtual-future of Mikado City. In these two episodes, a disgraced and disgruntled city employee aims to humiliate the Sailor Victory crew by joining up with the evil Margarita. Little does he know that she is bent on destroying the city...
| | Rurouni Kenshin - Vol. 5: Renegade Samurai DVD (1999)
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Kenshin and his friends, on a vacation in the country, happen across a mansion owned by the wealthy Tsukayama family. Upon entering the estate, Kenshin finds that the young master of the house, Yutarou, is looking for a samurai to teach him swordsmanship. Unfortunately, Yutarou cannot use Kenshin because he does not see him as the father figure type that he is after. However, when he does take on a master, it is the giant Raijuuta Isurugi, an undefeated master from the Revolution. Though Isurugi corresponds to Yutarou's idea of a father figure, he also displays an alarming tendency towards Revolution, and Kenshin fears that he will exploit young Yutarou's fortune to start his own. This fifth volume includes the television series' episodes 18-22.
125 minute Japanimation DVD dubbed and subtitled in English. On holiday in the countryside, Kenshin and his companions come across a massive European mansion owned by the wealthy Tsukayama family. There, the young master Yutarou searches for a powerful master of swordsmanship to become his teacher.
| | Rurouni Kenshin - Vol. 6: The Flames Of Revolution DVD (1999) Japanese Soundtrack
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Kenshin has a bittersweet reunion with an old colleague and friend, Sanosuke Sagara, who is also a member of the Sekihoutai. The two share a deep relationship that is tested when another Sekihoutai survivor comes up with a plan to avenge their fellow warriors' deaths. So, Sanosuke gets involved in a plot to bomb a government building, something Kenshin cannot accept and will not allow. However, Kenshin has never attempted to stop a close friend before, and he must put their friendship and the memory of his dead friends behind him before he can prevent the act of vengeance Sanosuke wishes to commit. This sixth volume includes the television series' episodes 23-27.
During his stay in Tokyo, Kenshin Himura has made many life-long friends,but none are closer to him than Sanosuke Sagara, a former member of theSekihoutai. However, for every man there are duties and ideals, which rundeeper than any friendship, no matter how strong. When a fellow survivorfrom the Sekihoutai hatches a plan to avenge their slain comrades,Sanosukeis drawn back into his past. Kenshin has relentlessly defeated all thosewho have stood in the way of peace before, but this time his opponent is acomrade fighting for personal ideals and the memory of those he loved.Bestfriends turn to bitter enemies as Kenshin and Sanosuke face off on amoonlitbattlefield.
| | Little Vampire DVD (1999) Widescreen
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Tony Thompson (Jonathan Lipnicki) is a nine-year-old boy who has just moved to Scotland with his family. Tony is having trouble making friends at his new school, and he has strange dreams about vampires every night. One night a bat flies into Tony's room--a bat that then turns into Rudolph, a young vampire boy fleeing from an obsessed vampire hunter. Rudolph explains that the vampires don't want to hurt humans and only drink the blood of cows. Tony and Rudolph become friends, and Tony meets Rudolph's family. But Rookery, the vampire hunter, is chasing the vampires, trying to keep Rudolph's family from finding a missing magic stone that has the power to turn the vampires back into ordinary humans. Starring Richard E. Grant and Alice Krige as the vampire parents, THE LITTLE VAMPIRE is a fun family adventure with a good mix of lighthearted action and clever comedy. The film, based on a series of popular German children's books written by Angela Sommer-Brodenburg, features colorful characters and a herd of flying vampire cows.
Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter, Alice Krige, Pamela Gidley, Tommy Hinkley - Dir:Ulrich Edel Nine year-old Tony Thompson has it tough. He's in a new country, a new school, and now every night vampires show up in his dreams. But everything's about to change when Tony meets a real vampire, and the two become friends right off the bat. In the vein of "Home Alone," this is one comedy the whole family can really sink their teeth into.
| | Sabrina/Summer Double Pak Vol. 2 DVD (2003)
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Two of the sexiest, hottest, and most enthusiastic screen strippers around are brought together in this collection, which includes titillating hour-long programs from unstoppable industry icons Summer and Sabrina.
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
| | Running On Karma DVD (2003) Widescreen; Subtitled; DTS Sound
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When ex-Buddhist monk turned exotic dancer Biggie (Andy Lau) begins to have premonitions of future events--including murders--he attracts the attention of the beautiful police officer Yee (Cecilia Cheung). Yee quickly falls in love with the sweet, muscular Biggie, and he feels secure in their developing relationship--until he begins to have visions of Yee's imminent murder! Can Biggie save his new love from what seems like a fated death?
The great Johnnie To (The Mission, Running Out Of Time, The Heroic Trio) directs this intriguing murder mystery with a touch of Zen. Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs, The Duel), in his most daring role to date, is Biggie, a huge, muscular Buddhist monk who knows kung fu and somehow has "Karma"--the ability to see things before they happen. Biggie's unusual characteristics soon arouse the interest of policewoman Yee (Cecilia Cheung), who begins to fall in love with him. But when Biggie's karma foresees Yee's impending death from murder, he has to do everything in his power to stop fate.
| | Twice As Nice:Wisconsin's 2006 Men's DVD (2007)
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Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
| | Ultimate 150 Cartoon Festival DVDs (2008) Box Set
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The ULTIMATE 150 CARTOON FESTIVAL collection presents classic cartoons from the early days of animation. Beloved comical characters such as Casper the Ghost, Betty Boop, Popeye, Tom & Jerry, Little Lulu, Baby Huey, The Three Stooges, Little Audrey, Felix the Cat, and Jasper all feature.
Animated; Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
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