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| Category | Dramas DVDs, Documentary Movies, Music (General) Videos, Musical, Biography, Soul/R&B, Gospel, Blues, African Americans, Pianists/Pianos | | Starring | Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Curtis Armstrong, Harry J. Lennix, Terrence Howard, Warwick Davis, Larenz Tate, Kerry Washington, Aunjanue Ellis | | Director | Taylor Hackford | | Additional Music/Songs | Ray Charles | | Composer | Craig Armstrong | | Costume Designer | Sharen Davis | | Director of Photography | Pawel Edelman | | Editor | Paul Hirsch, Thomas J. Nordberg | | Executive Producer | Jaime Rucker King | | Producer | Howard L. Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, Stuart Benjamin | | Production Designer | Stephen Altman | | Screenwriter | Taylor Hackford, James White
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The triumphant and remarkable story of one of America's true musical geniuses. Jamie Foxx, Regina King, and Kerry Washington star in this biography of Ray Charles. This DVD is available in a snap case with either anamorphic widescreen or full frame, and digipak with anamorphic widescreen. Jamie Foxx stars in this biopic of legendary soul and R&B singer Ray Charles. Skillfully edited and with a keen eye for period detail, the narrative weaves in and out of the past in an interlocking tapestry of the man's rise to fame in the 1950s and '60s. Growing up poor, black, and blind in the rural south, Charles learns--under the tutelage of his tough-love mother (Sharon Warren)--to turn these handicaps into assets. With this training, Ray eventually plays his way into a major deal with Paramount records and earns icon status as an American legend. Along the way, the high cost of fame leads him to engage in abusive relationships, manipulative behavior, and struggles with drug and alcohol problems. This is a dynamite film for the music alone (Charles's actual recordings are used in the film), but Foxx's career-benchmark performance transcends RAY's biopic roots, turning this into a piercing, full-on character study: unflinching, sometimes harrowing, and ultimately deeply moving. The sheer joy of Charles's music comes alive in Foxx's movements, and his character matures convincingly and powerfully. A stellar supporting cast is on hand to back him up every step of the way, including Larenz Tate as producer Quincy Jones, and Kerry Washington as Ray's long-suffering wife, Regina. Theatrical release: October 29, 2004
Ray Charles passed away on June 10, 2004, before the film received a theatrical release.
A classically trained musician, Jamie Foxx actually played the piano throughout the film, though the original Ray Charles recordings were used.
During shooting, Jamie Foxx wore special eye gear that literally made him blind. Ray Reviews: [T]he musical numbers are superbly handled. The sound is extraordinary..."
-- Stephen Farber, Movieline's Hollywood Life "Built around a magnetic performance by Jamie Foxx....[He] brilliantly inhabits Ray's mannerisms..."
-- Nick Hasted, Uncut "Foxx's performance is superb in its naturalism and meticulous in its attention to detail....The music provides the most straightforward pleasure in an enjoyable and straightforward film..."
-- Sam Davies, Sight and Sound "Foxx's fierce, funny, deeply felt performance deserves to be legendary....Foxx rides this winner to glory."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "[A] satisfying picture....[With] Mr. Foxx's inventive, intuitive, and supremely intelligent performance."-- A. O. Scott, New York Times "RAY could not have been made without star Jamie Foxx....His portrayal of Ray Charles is such a landmark in making the difficult look natural that you won't talk about anything else when you exit the theater."-- Mike Clark, USA Today "One of the striking things about RAY is the way Foxx's performance gives the uncanny impression of watching the real Charles reliving his life on screen. The actor makes us believe that what's in front of our eyes really happened."-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "Foxx feels his way into every groove and tremor of that voice -- the sheer locomotive power of it, and the shades of gravelly tenderness, too."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly Ray | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.63) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 2004 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1299  | | CD Universe Part number | 6811714 | | Catalog number | 61025944 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 01, 2005 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | depiction of drug addiction, sexuality, and some thematic elements | | Running Time | 153 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Letter Boxed; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
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Original Theatrical Version And Extended Version
Anamorphic Widescreen -
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Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 - English, French
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Music Highlights
Audio Commentary -
1. Taylor Hackford - Director
Featurette -
1. Stepping Into The Part
2. Ray Remembered
3. A Look Inside Ray
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| | Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl DVDs (2003)
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Loosely inspired by the time-honored Disney theme-park ride, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL is a swashbuckling high-seas tale directed by Gore Verbinski. When Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), an eccentric rogue, arrives at Port Royal, he barely avoids going down with his ship. Soon enough, he's in the market for a new one, but not before he saves the life of Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), the beautiful daughter of the governor (Jonathan Pryce). This act of bravery sets into motion a sweeping adventure involving Elizabeth's childhood friend, blacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom); a mysterious medallion; and a legendary pirate ship, the Black Pearl. The Pearl's mottled Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) wants Elizabeth's doubloon necklace, and when she's kidnapped by the ol' salty dog and his crew, Sparrow and young Will must rescue her and find out the truth behind the ship's curse.
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| | Tesla Into The Now CD (2004)
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Live Recording
Tesla: Jeff Keith (vocals); Frank Harmon (acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, background vocals); Tommy Skeoch (electric guitar); Brian Wheat (bass); Troy Luccketta (drums, percussion).
Recorded at Frank Hannon Productions Studio, Pollock Pines, California.
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Audio Mixers: Michael Rosen ; Tesla.
Recording information: Frank Hannon Productions Studio, Pollock Pines, CA.
Photographer: Mark Weiss.
Classic hard rockers Tesla were one of those bands that reluctantly hitched a ride on the hair metal bandwagon of the late '80s, only to get bum-rapped on the early-'90s flip side when their career was undeservedly sunk alongside those flaming chunks of hairspray and mascara. Unable or perhaps unwilling to cope with culturally enforced grunge exile thereafter, the members of Tesla chose extinction instead, quietly going their separate ways after touring in support of their fourth studio album, 1994's understated Bust a Nut. The fact that they also resisted the temptation to join in the minor spat of pop-metal nostalgia heard in the late-'90s also speaks volumes about their true nature, and makes their eventual return with 2004's Into the Now all the more worth investigating. And sure enough, for the most part, Into the Now is a prototypical Tesla album: heavy, ...
| | Collateral DVDs (2004) Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled; DTS Sound
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Jamie Foxx plays Max, a Los Angeles cab driver who has a pretty wild night in this thriller from Michael Mann (HEAT, THE INSIDER). First, Max picks up, flirts with, and gets the number of Annie (Jada Pinkett Smith), an attractive District attorney. Next, Vincent (Tom Cruise) climbs into his cab. He is a professional hit man who reserves Max for the night with a whole shopping list of victims he needs to visit. As the night moves forward and the body count rises, Max must wrestle with the question of how to do the right thing while staying alive. Gradually the two men bond in unlikely ways, as each learns survival mechanisms from the other, and it all doubles as a metaphor for morality vs. capitalism. Mark Ruffalo and Peter Berg play cops who eventually get on Max and Vincent's trail, leading to a spectacular action set piece inside a night club. Irma P. Hall (2004's THE LADYKILLERS) gets laughs as Max's hospitalized "momma," and Javier Bardem (BEFORE NIGHT FALLS) is a sinister drug lord. With a capable director like Mann at the wheel, this remains a smooth, enjoyable ride while also being fast, bumpy, and full of twists and turns. The streets of urban, nighttime Los Angeles--captured via a specially modified digital camera--never looked so beautiful or desolate. As typical of the director, the film is both artistic and action-packed; operatically over-the-top while never skimping on the little details.
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| | Hotel Rwanda DVD (2004)
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Don Cheadle gives a riveting performance as Paul Rusesabagina, the manager of a European-owned hotel in Rwanda, who created a secret refugee camp for the Tutsi people during the brutal genocide committed against them by the Hutu people in 1994. His efforts helped to save 1200 lives out of close to a million who were killed. HOTEL RWANDA shows this man's courage, while also capturing the political events that occurred between April and September '94. First, United Nations soldiers are restricted from fighting back against Hutu guerillas, even after the Rwandan president is assassinated and the country is thrown into chaos. But as the fighting worsens, all non-Rwandans including UN peacekeepers, Europeans, and Americans are evacuated. This leaves the Tutsi people defenseless against aggressive Hutus who are armed with machine guns and machetes. While working the system with strategic phone calls to powerful international contacts of the hotel, Rusesabagina also uses smart lies and power plays to hold off the Hutus. The morale among the refugees is low, but because they are protected from the inconceivable brutality happening outside the hotel's gates, they maintain a sense of hope. Powerful acting from all cast members, including throngs of children, makes this film touching and believable. Sophie Okonedo offers moving support as Rusesabagina's wife Tatiana, Nick Nolte shows knowing machismo as an American UN officer, and Joaquin Phoenix turns in a heartfelt display as a TV journalist. But it is the delicate treatment that director Terry George gives the insane, helpless situation depicted in HOTEL RWANDA which makes the film so penetrating. While the violence ...
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Made for French television as part of an award winning film series exploring adolescence, ACCIDENTAL HERO (PETIT HOMME) is a story of teenage rebellion and coming of age. Tom has been raised by his working mother, an airline attendant, both having been abandoned by his father before he was born. The young man has had little discipline, with his mother often away for days at a time and no father figure to look up to. When his mother goes into a coma and awakens with amnesia, Tom feels guilty for the way he has treated her and tries to prompt her memory to return. At the same time, he discovers where his paternal grandparents live, and must decide whether to try contacting them or spare his mother her most painful memory, the departure of his father. ACCIDENTAL HERO is the story of an unruly and angry young man who must grow into manhood for his own and his mother's sake.
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Lon Chaney, Jr. stars as a masked avenger who doubles as the editor of a weekly newspaper is attempting to halt the supplying of arms to Indians by unscrupulous traders. The film comes complete with cattle stampedes, kidnappings, blazing six-shooters, and thundering hoofs. Twelve episodes from the RKO serial are included.
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Years ago, Shuhei Ishida and Maiko Tono were a star negotiating team for the Japanese police. They worked successfully as a pair under the police headquarters' "Negotiator System"--a system devised for targeting hostage situations in Japan--until rumors of a romantic affair broke them up and lost Maiko her job. Now stuck doing dull work in a filing room, Maiko is kept behind the scenes, until a hostage situation involving Ishida's wife and child prompts the estranged pair to reunite.
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| | Paris Reunion Band DVD (1984)
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As both a founder member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and through his work with a variety of lauded jazz musicians, jazz drummer Kenny Clarke helped shape how the genre would sound. The Paris Reunion Band paid the ultimate tribute to Clarke by specifically forming so they could play his music. Here, a nine-piece lineup of the group pays further tribute to Clarke in a concert filmed in Stuttgart.
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NTSC/Region 0. Troy Donahue, Angie Dickinson and Suzanne Pleshette star in this 1962 film directed by Delmer Daves and based on the novel by Irving Fineman. Rome Adventure tells the store of Prudence, a former teacher, who moves to Italy and takes a job at a small bookstore in Rome, where ...
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