Bonnie and Clyde

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One of the landmark films of the 1960s, Bonnie and Clyde changed the course of American cinema. Setting a milestone for screen violence that paved the way for Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, this exercise in mythologized biography should not be labeled as a bloodbath; as critic Pauline Kael wrote in her rave review, "it's the absence of sadism that throws the audience off balance." The film is more of a poetic ode to the Great Depression, starring the dream team of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the titular antiheroes, who barrel across the South and Midwest robbing banks with Clyde's brother Buck (Gene Hackman), Buck's frantic wife Blanche (Estelle Parsons), and their faithful accomplice C.W. Moss (the inimitable Michael J. Pollard). Bonnie and Clyde is an unforgettable classic that has lost none of its power since the 1967 release. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Top Notch.......2007-08-09

Loads of action, timeless classic, great soundtrack. Good visuals, based on reality. Made beatty and Dunaway. Excellent kill scene at end. I'm giving nothing away, we know how they died.

When Warren and Faye were a lot younger............2007-03-02

Warren either produced/and or directed this movie. This is entertaining and well acted, I'm not sure how historically accurate it is, I've seen black and white grainey pictures of the real Bonnie and Clyde and I would describe them as "hillbilly white trash" looking. Of course this movie started a barrage of similar anti-hero movies of the 60's and 70's. Some were good, some were lousey, but I'll bet none of them were historically accurate. But, I suppose if the truth were told nobody would pay to see it. Enjoy!

Bonnie and Clyde.......2007-02-11

I've been looking everywhere for this movie and finally thought of Amazon and there it was at a reasonable price. Very quick on the delivery and would use Amazon again anytime. Wonderful service. Thanks

Great Classic Gangster Flick.......2007-01-10

One of the greatest all time classic gangster flicks,with brilliant performances by the entire cast.

Intense and captivating.......2006-12-31

The Bonnie and Clyde legend is given some needed realism in this intense and captivating drama. Rather than the "fame" they have oft been given, their more brutal criminal side is made apparent to temper the legend. It is relatively accurate historically and truthfull in the portrayal including the scene of their deaths in a lopsided gunbattle with law enforcement. An honest yet entertaining look at a life of crime that, in the end, leaves nothing to glorrify.

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A Good Entry In the Series
The Final Chapter! Except for those Other Seven Movies
MY FAVORITE
JASON
JASON

Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter
Starring: Kimberly Beck , Erich Anderson , Corey Feldman , Barbara Howard , and Peter Barton
Director: Joseph Zito
Manufacturer: Paramount
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ASIN: B00004WZ0E
Release Date: 2000-10-17

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Amateur butcher and enthusiastic hockey fan Jason Vorhees is back in business, and business is good. Can a plucky young boy stop the madness before Camp Crystal Lake's population report takes yet another machete-aided dip? The stalk-and-slash formula was pretty narcoleptic by this point, but this otherwise humdrum entry is distinguished by some unusual casting choices (Crispin Glover as a stud in training? Corey Feldman as a genius?) and the splattery return of makeup master Tom Savini. The fact that this installment was titled The Final Chapter may seem to contradict the existence of the numerous sequels that followed, but it's not as if logic was ever this series' strong point to begin with. --Andrew Wright

Customer Reviews:

A Good Entry In the Series.......2007-09-07

Friday the 13th: Jason Lives is the one with Corey Feldman. This movie, although to this point extremely predictable and unscary, is still a decent enough movie. It's one you're still bound to enjoy.

This movie, as with Friday the 13th, Part 2 and Friday the 13th Part 3 take place within days of each other and features the most kills in a three day period in movie fictional moive history (I wouldn't bet my life on that though).

It may not be the best, but it is still somewhat entertaining.

The Final Chapter! Except for those Other Seven Movies.......2007-07-25

Once again Paramount wants to cash in on the hit series with a third sequel to the sleeper hit Friday the 13th. Jason is back again after dying three times. The film cost $2.6 million to make and grossed over $33 million, so Jason really is unstoppable. Joseph Zito takes the directing chair from Steve Miner. Zito is responsible for such quality films as Invasion U.S.A. and Red Scorpion.

The film begins with authorities cleaning up the aftermath of Jason's latest killing binge in part 3. They even find Jason himself. He of course wakes up at the morgue and kills some people there before returning home to Crystal Lake. A whole new crop of young people rent a house at the lake and swim naked immediately. The group also has a bunch of neighbors, including a young Cory Feldman. Jason kills a bunch of people and eventually Cory Feldman messes him up pretty good. We see Jason's ugly face after he loses his mask, just like every other film. There is some indication at the end that Cory Feldman will be the killer but that never really happens.

Part 4 is actually not that bad and is a slight step up from part 3. There is a scene with one of the characters, Rob (a guy who wants revenge against Jason for someone he killed in part 2), who is being killed by Jason and actually shouts "Help. He's killing me! He's killing me!" I doubt it's intentional but there was something relatively scary about that line and the desperation in his voice as he states the obvious. It's one of the rare chilling moments in what amounts to be an incredibly gratuitous exploitation movie.

The gore is always good in these movies but it was particularly good here and that is probably because Tom Savini returned. The nudity is also always good in these movies and within the context of this kind of film it is a welcome addition. This was of course not the final chapter. The series is a gradual decline in quality and the final chapter is the last of these films that is worth any praise as a horror film whatsoever.

MY FAVORITE.......2007-07-14

THE BODY COUNT CONTINUES IN THIS VIVID
THRILLER,THE FOURTH-BUT NOT FINAL-STORY
IN THE WIDELY SUCCESSFUL FRIDAY THE 13TH
SERIES.

JASON,CRYSTAL LAKE'S LEAST POPULAR CITIZEN,
RETURNS TO WREAK FURTHER HAVOC IN THE
FINAL CHAPTER.

AFTER HIS REVIVAL IN A HOSPITAL MORGUE,
THE HOCKEY-MASKED MURDERER FIXES HIS
VENGEFUL ATTENTION ON THE JARVIS FAMILY
AND A GROUP OF HITHERTO CAREFREE TEENAGERS.

YOUNG TOMMY JARVIS IS AFICIONADO OF HORROR
FILMS WITH A SPECIAL TALENT FOR MASKS AND
MAKE UP.

HAS THE DIABOLICAL JASON FINALLY
MET HIS MATCH?

JASON.......2007-05-11

THE SUSPENSE IS BACK IN THIS MOVIE!THIS MOVIE IS GREAT!THERE WAS A PARTY AT ONE HOUSE,AND VACATIONEERS AT THE OTHER HOUSE.A GUY GOT A CORKSCREW IN HIS HAND WHILE HIS HEAD WAS TURNED.TRISH AND TOMMY HAD MOST OF THE TROUBLE WITH JASON.TRISH JUMPED THROUGH GLASS.POOR TOMMY WENT NUTS.

JASON.......2007-04-28

THIS MOVIE'S EXCELLENT!TRISH WENT THROUGH ALOT TO SAVE HER AND HER BROTHER-TOMMY.SHE JUMPED THROUGH GLASS,SHE FELL OFF A BALCONY,AND SHE FOUGHT JASON WITH A BROKEN SHOULDER.I FELT SORRY FOR TED.HE WAS AT A PARTY,AND NO GIRLS WANTED TO BE WITH HIM.JASON TOOK CARE OF THAT PROBLEM.TOMMY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!

Chico and the Man (Television Favorites)

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Excellent sampler of a forgotten classic
Wow What Memories
Chico and the man
Two greats
Forgot how young & funny Freddie was

Chico and the Man (Television Favorites)
Starring: Jack Albertson , Freddie Prinze , Scatman Crothers , Bonnie Boland , and Isaac Ruiz
Director: James Komack , Peter Baldwin , and Bill Foster (IV)
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B000A0GXGK
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Description

A comedy about two men from radically different cultural backgrounds: Chico, the enterprising young Chicano and Ed Brown, the cranky, sarcastic old man who operates the run-down garage.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent sampler of a forgotten classic.......2007-04-24

Freddie Prize and this show are mostly remembered by 70s children such as myself. But his tragic 1977 suicide relegated him to obscutiry until the rise of his son's career and our generation became old enough to demand things like this from our childhood.

It's as good as I remember, and even better now that I'm old enough to get the jokes and habla muy poquito espanol (speak a little Spanish for the monolingual out there).

Prinze as Chico essentially (and subtly) points out the stupidity of prejudice to the boozing bigot Ed Brown, and the triumph of a positive attutude and the human spirit. In fact, as a child, most of the people around me hated Hispanics. As a ten year old watching this show, I figured they couldn't be that bad (says a lot about the influence of television on children).

Wow What Memories.......2007-03-20

I forgot how funny this show was. As a kid my mom was the huge Freddie Prinze fan and that's how I came to know the show. Even though it's not the complete season we are still happy that this dvd has been released. A great deal for very good memories from back in the day.

Chico and the man.......2007-02-18

This is excellent and I received it on time. I just wish there was a whole season one or season two available!!!!

Two greats.......2007-02-06

still remember watching these two go at it, this is a great classic

Forgot how young & funny Freddie was.......2007-02-01

This DVD contains 6 episodes. Oh how I wish the entire show would be released on DVD. Freddie was the man. I loved this show as a kid and I still think is was one of the funniest shows of the 70s. RIP Freddie. You are missed. They should honor this great comedian by releasing this show ASAP! The chemistry between Freddie & Jack was so terrific. I am wanting more!

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Oh what a sweet movie!
Pick of the litter
Finally!

Saving Shiloh
Starring: Scott Wilson , Gerald McRaney , Jason Dolley , Ann Dowd , and Bonnie Bartlett
Director: Sandy Tung
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ASIN: B000FZETRA
Release Date: 2006-08-22

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Can bad people be rehabilitated, or are some people just inherently bad? Should a person follow his head or his heart? Young Marty Preston (Jason Dolley) wrestles with these issues when dealing with his surly neighbor Judd Travers (Scott Wilson): a man that the entire community distrusts and who once seriously abused Marty's dog Shiloh. Etiquette requires that Marty be civil and even neighborly with Judd, but Shiloh refuses to even cross the bridge to Judd's property. When Judd has an automobile accident while driving drunk and then a dead body shows up in the woods, rumors run wild in town and Judd becomes the townsfolk's prime murder suspect. Even while Marty and his friend launch their own private investigation of Judd, Marty considers whether Judd may have really changed for the better and his compassion for Judd's chained dogs leads him to offer to help set up a fence at Judd's place. Judd and Marty become almost friendly with one another, but the results of the boys' investigation combined with a freak accident involving Marty's sister will ultimately test Marty's newfound faith in his neighbor to the extreme. Young audience members will find this sequel to Shiloh less disturbing than the original thanks to a toning down of both Judd's attitude and his abusive behavior toward his dogs. (Ages 5 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

Description

A young Midwestern boy and his dog Shiloh deal with their family's issues, while befriending a cantankerous old man with a bad reputation, trying to find the good in him. Based on Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's book by the same name and continuing the Shiloh saga, "Saving Shiloh," draws the story of Marty, Shiloh, and Judd to a conclusion that brings the story full circle.

DVD Features:
Featurette:Interviews with Cast and Filmmakers
Interviews:Interviews wtih Cast and Filmmakers
Music Video:Open Your Heart
Theatrical Trailer

Customer Reviews:

Oh what a sweet movie!.......2007-04-09

The pup that plays Shiloh is just adorable! I can imagine the vast temptations the actors must've had to constantly cuddle and squeeze this little dog all day. Shiloh is off on another adventure when his master attempts to solve a murder mystery in their small town. The gossip turns the suspicion toward Judd. Is it possible Judd is horrid enough to kill someone, or are the rumors about the recluse getting out of hand? Marty isn't convinced that his neighbor is guilty, despite Judd's past problems. The movie teaches some valuable lessons without being the least bit preachy. Very well written, and a great family film. I'm keeping a copy around for my future grandchildren.

Chrissy K. McVay
Author of 'Souls of the North Wind'

Pick of the litter.......2006-08-22

Saving Shiloh delivers suspense, heart, and top notch performances. Jason Dolley is a likable and believable Marty, plus his tomboy sister is a total crack-up. But it's Scott Wilson who makes the flic soar. Wilson makes Judd so despicable and sad at the same time; you are uncertain until the very last minute whether a man this horrid can be redeemed. Definitely not to be missed: Shiloh, the irresistible beagle, being interviewed in the Special Features section. Parents will like this one as much as their kids.

Finally!.......2006-07-28

Finaly! 3:rd Shilo on DVD - Thank you Amazon! Those films are soo good!

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One of my favorites!

Baby of the Bride
Starring: Anne Bobby , Bonnie Burroughs , L. Scott Caldwell , Clyde Kusatsu , and David Doty
Director: Bill Bixby
Manufacturer: Direct Source Label
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ASIN: B000HRMDLK
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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One of my favorites!.......2007-08-01

This is one of three in a series of "____ of the Bride" Rue McClanahan movies. It and the other two are priceless! If you are a fan of Rue, you will love all three of these movies.

A Bug's Life (Disney Gold Classic Collection)

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Insectoid Three Amigos
Happiness
Delightful family film
The Only Movie You'll Ever Need
Cute Movie. Great for young children

A Bug's Life (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
Starring: Phyllis Diller , Dave Foley , Brad Garrett , Jonathan Harris , and Bonnie Hunt
Director: Stanton, Andrew
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ASIN: B00004R999
Release Date: 2000-08-01

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There was such a magic on the screen in 1995 when the people at Pixar came up with the first fully computer-animated film, Toy Story. Their second feature film, A Bug's Life, may miss the bull's-eye but Pixar's target is so lofty, it's hard to find the film anything less than irresistible.

Brighter and more colorful than the other animated insect movie of 1998 (Antz), A Bug's Life is the sweetly told story of Flik (voiced by David Foley), an ant searching for better ways to be a bug. His colony unfortunately revolves around feeding and fearing the local grasshoppers (lead by Hopper, voiced with gleeful menace by Kevin Spacey). When Flik accidentally destroys the seasonal food supply for the grasshoppers he decides to look for help ("We need bigger bugs!"). The ants, led by Princess Atta (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), are eager to dispose of the troublesome Flik. Yet he finds help--a hearty bunch of bug warriors--and brings them back to the colony. Unfortunately they are just traveling performers afraid of conflict.

As with Toy Story, the ensemble of creatures and voices is remarkable and often inspired. Highlights include wiseacre comedian Denis Leary as an un-ladylike ladybug, Joe Ranft as the German-accented caterpillar, David Hyde Pierce as a stick bug, and Michael McShane as a pair of unintelligible pillbugs. The scene-stealer is Atta's squeaky-voiced sister, baby Dot (Hayden Panettiere), who has a big sweet spot for Flik.

More gentle and kid-friendly than Antz, A Bug Life's still has some good suspense and a wonderful demise of the villain. However, the film--a giant worldwide hit--will be remembered for its most creative touch: "outtakes" over the end credits à la many live-action comedy films. These dozen or so scenes (both "editions" of outtakes are contained here) are brilliant and deserve a special place in film history right along with 1998's other most talked-about sequence: the opening Normandy invasion in Saving Private Ryan.

The video also contains Pixar's delightful Oscar-winning short, Geri's Game. Box art varies. --Doug Thomas

Customer Reviews:

Insectoid Three Amigos.......2007-08-27

Well, I suppose we can't expect original plots. Bugs life is not my favorite of the pixar movies. On the other hand, I didn't buy it for me, so my four year old loves it. Of course, she also loves Dinosaur, so you know, dubious taste.

Happiness.......2007-05-14

I am compelety satisfied with dvd when I recicevd it. It was in great condition, and it did not take forever to recieve it either. Thanks a lot hope to do more buisness here.

Delightful family film.......2007-04-25

I think I can just about act out any part in this movie at this point. Since this past Friday, I've watched it about 15 times. The kids love it and want to watch it over and over again. It is a darling movie about that little ant that just wouldn't give up. Great lessons for our children along with dazzling Disney animation. Highly recommended.

The Only Movie You'll Ever Need.......2007-03-30

If I could only keep one movie, this would be it. The kids love it. You learn a little bit about bugs. The kids learn to respect bugs. The outtakes are funny. My five-year old is a little scared of the mean grasshoppers, but my two-year old can't get enough of it. (2nd child syndrome) She calls it the "Princess Dot" movie.

Cute Movie. Great for young children.......2007-03-13

Overall the DVD was good and very much appropriate for young children. However, after a couple of weeks it had fallen to the back of his preference list. We've not watched it in over a year now. I guess this isn't so different from any other DVD we have.

I would recommend this for young children. It does have a few concepts that are not appropriate, but are presented in a way that is way over the heads of children adn does have a few scenes that very concervative parents may term violent. The movie is mostly an original concept but there are striking similarities to Antz.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Full Screen Edition)

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Grat price and deal for two movies
Great movies!
Great Movies Stemmed From Great Books
i luv it

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe , Rupert Grint , Emma Watson (II) , Richard Griffiths , and Fiona Shaw
Director: Chris Columbus
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ASIN: B0001WTWZ6
Release Date: 2004-05-04

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Grat price and deal for two movies.......2004-08-22

Harry Potter movies are my favorite. These two (Socerers Stone/Chamber of Secrets) are done exactly like the books and are so well done. They have cool extra features also. My favorite is the deleted scences.
This price is very good. I went to a store and it was $26 for only one of them. I saved $30 by buying both together. This is the best deal ever. Go out there and buy it.

Great movies!.......2004-06-22

I just saw the Harry Potter movies recently, after they have been out for months. I never understood the obsession people had with watching these movies but when I watched them I finally got it. They are so cute and so creative. I just absolutely loved them and I am very glad I gave them a chance, which originally I wasn't going to do. I think they are great for kids and adults. They take you into a world of enchantment and magic. Most movies that I have seen attempt this fail. The movies bring out the creative and dreamy side in everyone, not just children. It has a mystery story plot, yet has a great deal of humor in it too. I usually do not like mysteries at all but these movies keep you guessing until the end and I love that. I highly recommend them for adults, children, everyone! Take it from someone who never had any desire to see them and who finally did, if you watch these movies you too will fall in love.

Great Movies Stemmed From Great Books.......2004-06-15

The first two of the Harry Potter series are extremely entertaining, imaginitive movies originated from two incredibly well planned, well written novels, and are definitely worth adding to your collection today! I bought them originally on VHS but gave them away when I decided to switch to the DVD and I couldn't be happier. These are some of the few movies (and books) I cannot wait for.
The 3rd movie, The Prisoner of Azkaban, is also an excellent movie, though, because of a new director, was filmed differently - and it shows. The scenery has transformed completely, and the storyline does not follow the book as precisely as the first two. Still, amazing nonetheless - the entire series is surely something you'll want to own yourself!

i luv it.......2004-06-08

I luv these movies like crazy!!!!!!!!!!!! There so kool!!!!!!! I think that J.K Rowling has a terrific mind when it cumes to makin up the coolest sories and words and phrases like muggles for instance!!!!!!!!! Well ive already seen prisonar of azkaban and for all u who havent t see it!!!!!! Cuz itz the best one!!!!!!!!!

The Best of the 60s (Bonnie and Clyde/Bullitt/Cool Hand Luke/The Wild Bunch - The Director's Cut)

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I've seen them all at least a

The Best of the 60s (Bonnie and Clyde/Bullitt/Cool Hand Luke/The Wild Bunch - The Director's Cut)
Starring: Steve McQueen , Robert Vaughn , Jacqueline Bisset , Don Gordon , and Robert Duvall
Director: Peter Yates , Sam Peckinpah , and Stuart Rosenberg
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ASIN: B00011ZBJ8
Release Date: 2003-12-02

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I've seen them all at least a .......2007-01-11

dozen times.

You should too.

Take the Money and Run - Uncut (Widescreen Edition)

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Take the Money and Run - Uncut (Widescreen Edition)

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Binding: DVD

ASIN: B000C15OF8

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EDITORIAL REVIEW - Amazon Essential Video - Woody Allen's feature-film debut, Take the Money and Run, a mockumentary that combines sight gags, sketchlike scenes, and standup jokes at rat-a-tat speed, looks positively primitive compared to his mature work. Primitive, but awfully funny. Allen plays Virgil Starkwell, a music-loving nebbish who turns to a life of crime at an early age and, undaunted by his utter and complete failure to pull off a single successful robbery, continues his unbroken spree of bungled heists and prison breaks even after he marries and raises a family. Narrator Jackson Beck, whose stentorian voice of authority makes a perfect foil for Starkwell's absurd exploits, lobs one droll quip after another with deadpan seriousness. Though spotty, Allen tosses so many jokes into the mix that it hardly matters and when they hit they are often hilarious: the chain gang posing as cousins to their old-woman hostage ("We're very close," Virgil explains to a dim cop), arguing with a dotty movie director who is supposed to be their cover for a bank robbery, Virgil's escape attempt with a bar of soap. Allen spoofs decades of crime films, everything from I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang to Bonnie and Clyde, but you don't have to know the movies to enjoy this goofy, sometimes clumsy, but quite clever comedy. --Sean Axmaker [refers to VHS release]. ++++ DVD FEATURES: This officially licensed release from South Korea is All-Region NTSC Code 0 (playable worldwide). The FULL 91 minute film is presented in Widescreen display format, Dolby Digital 5.1 Sound in ENGLISH with optional (removable) English and Korean subtitles. Includes: Chapters, Story Line, Production Note and About Cast & Director.

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Magnificent
Needful Things.... edited
Read the book.
Loved the book, Hated the movie.
0.5 STARS: Just BORING...plain and simple.

Needful Things
Starring: Max von Sydow , Ed Harris , Bonnie Bedelia , Amanda Plummer , and J.T. Walsh
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
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ASIN: 6305181330
Release Date: 1998-12-22

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Stephen King adaptations are strictly hit-or-miss propositions, and this supernatural thriller from 1993 is definitely a "miss," based on one of King's lesser novels and starring Max von Sydow as the evil proprietor of a small-town antique shop named "Needful Things." That's the place where anyone can go to find the one thing they cherish the most (the town's aging jock finds his old, high-school letterman's jacket there, for example), but of course there's a price for such priceless keepsakes. Yep, that's right ... von Sydow is Satan, and his customers pay for "needful things" with their souls. The sheriff (Ed Harris) catches onto this hellish predicament, and, well ... let's just say things go downhill from there, with von Sydow delivering sardonic wisecracks as he wreaks devilish havoc on the town. Lots of stuff gets blown to bits, by which time this movie has long since worn out its welcome. Harris and von Sydow do their best to liven up the dreary scenario (directed by Charlton Heston's son, Fraser), but this is strictly for die-hard King fans, and even then the recommendation is marginal. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Magnificent.......2007-08-05

...if a little short on surprises.... The entire cast and crew deilivers plenty...

This film is a repeated pleasure;

J.T. Walsh in an Oscar material performance...

Oh I could go on and on.....

The segment in which they use Grieg`s music(Peer Gynt`s In the Hall of the Mountain King) is clever as well:-)

Needful Things.... edited.......2007-07-21

I was really disapointed with this edited version of Needful Things. At least give me all the movie content and let me skip the parts I dont want to see.

Read the book........2007-05-01

What a bad mess of crap. Skip this film and read the book or watch a Stephen King adaptation worth seeing like "The Shining."

Loved the book, Hated the movie........2007-03-12

Just didn't like the movie. Do yourself a favor and read the book.

0.5 STARS: Just BORING...plain and simple........2005-04-17

Stephen King's "Needful Things" seems promising from the outside looking in...oh, but how looks can be so deceiving when it comes to horror movies. Okay, you can't get much more evil than having a movie with the Devil himself as a villain. Also, you got great actors and actresses in this movie as well. So, what went wrong? Well, the essential problem with "Needful Things" is that it is simply boring to watch. Yes, Ed Harris, Max Von Sydow and Bonnie Bedelia are great actors but that won't save a boring script.

"Needful Things" is about Satan moving into a small town and setting up a store called Needful Things in which he has a little bit of everything that people want, but he exacts a price from his customers and it is not money. Satan requires little evil deeds from his customers that will ultimately tear this town apart. So, in essence, you have people selling their souls to the Devil because of their greed. The plot sounds pretty good from an outsider's point of view. The problem is that the plot just doesn't work very well. What you end up having in "Needful Things" is a bunch of weak subplots with people in disputes with one another and man plotting mischief against his neighbor, all of which makes the Devil quite happy.

When one dies, that person has essentially sold his soul to Satan and the Devil literally adds up another soul to write in his book of Hell and damnation. But, the subplots really don't work because it just isn't interesting enough to keep a sophisticated horror movie viewer attention. In most cases, I have found that long movies or mini series work quite well, but not in this movie..."Needful Things" is waaaaayyyy too long and that also brings this movie down. I admit that I found these disputes between smalltown people and the mischief done by these people to suit the Devil's ends quite boring and just downright lame. Also, the movie doesn't do a very good job of presenting the Devil to the audience...he seems pretty benign for the kind of Devil I imagine. I would certainly find Damien in "The Omen" to be much more sinister and scary than the Devil in "Needful Things".

Also, one does not sympathize with the characters in this movie, not even the little boy...it just seems that the whole town is a bunch of losers in which they are not just selfish but also stupid. In short, I just don't think "Needful Things" works very well as a movie and the script is largely ineffective and boring, much too mundane to make a good horror movie. I would give this movie more than just 0.5 stars based on effort, but I can't justify that because the movie is too damn boring and frankly the movie is terrible.

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