She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

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The second installment of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy (which also includes Fort Apache and Rio Grande), this meditative Western continues the director's fascination with history's obliteration of the past. It features one of John Wayne's more sensitive performances as Capt. Nathan Brittles, a stern yet sentimental war horse who has difficulty preparing for his impending military retirement. All things considered, he refuses to leave before fulfilling his obligation to the local Indian tribe. It's a film about honor and duty as well as loneliness and mortality. And Oscar-winner Winton C. Hoch beautifully photographs it in Remington-like Technicolor tones (you've never seen such stunning cloud-covered skies). The combination of melancholy and farce (Victor McLaglen makes a perfect court jester) evokes comparisons to Shakespeare. Best of all, the scene in which Wayne fights back tears when receiving a gold watch from his troops is unforgettably bittersweet. If you view the whole trilogy, it actually makes sense to save this for last. --Bill Desowitz

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A masterpiece of mood and heroics, this second film in director John Ford's renowned cavalry trilogy (Fort Apache and Rio Grande are the others) features one of John Wayne's most moving performances as a cavalry officer in his final week of service on the frontier. Under makeup aging him some 20 years, he inhabits the role of a wily veteran who knows the sting of war and vows to make his last mission one of peace. The ritual of outpost life, the sweep of battle, the advance of the patrol beneath ominous skies: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, an Academy Award winner* for its color cinematography, paints a memorable portrait of the honor, duty and courage in the finest tradition of the cavalry. And of Ford filmmaking.

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SHe Wore a Yellow Ribbon.......2007-08-24

This is a John Wayne classic and easily one of his best westerns and more especially one of his best movies period. The restoration on this DVD is absolutely fantastic. I couldn't find a blemish anywhere. Any real John Wayne collection CANNOT be complete without this DVD version of the film.

My Dad Love's the movie.......2007-07-26

I ordered this movie for my Dad and he has already watched it 5 times.

SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON.......2007-07-13

IF YOU LIKE JOHN WAYNE, YOU'LL LIKE THIS MOVIE. IT'S ONE OF HIS EARLIEST COLOR MOVIE AND DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD. JOHN WAYNE PLAYS A CAVALRY CAPTAIN ABOUT TO RETIRE. YES, HE FIGHTS INDIANS AND GUN RUNNERS, BUT THE FILM IS WELL MADE AND I REALLY LIKE IT. IT LOOKS AS IF A GREAT DEAL IS FILMED IN MONUMENT VALLEY ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION IN ARIZONA.

John Wayne at his sentimental best.......2007-07-13

This is one of my favorite John Wayne movies. It precedes The Quiet Man by 3 years. The last time I watched it commercial free thanks to Netflix, it was interesting to count all the actors and actresses in both pictures. Familiar faces on screen is true of many of John Wayne's movies and is just one many reasons why they are just about all fun to watch.

Too bad they no longer make em like this!

MY FAVORITE JOHN WAYNE FILM.......2007-07-04

Although Red River, The Searchers, and possibly True Grit and The Shootist might arguably contain better acting performances from the Duke, this film is my favorite. Everything works in this film, and works well. John Ford loved the U.S. Cavalry, as can be clearly seen in the trilogy, and also in the Civil War film, The Horse Soldiers. While I love all the aforementioned films, this one is the one where everything worked perfectly. The contrast of Wayne's seasoned Capt. Brittles with the two younger officers, the lonely life Brittles lives with no wife or family vs. the younger men competing for the hand of lovely Joanne Dru, the comedy relief provided by the incomparable Victor McLaglen, the savvy wisdom of(former confederate captain) Sgt. Tyree, nothing is missing. This was John Ford's stock company at it's best, with perhaps only The Searchers to compare. The passing years only make me love this film more. everyone was at the absolute top of their game for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. See it soon!!!

John Wayne-John Ford Film Collection (The Searchers Ultimate Edition / Stagecoach Two-Disc Special Edition / Fort Apache / She Wore a Yellow Ribbon / The Long Voyage Home / They Were Expendable / 3 Godfathers / The Wings of Eagles)

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ASIN: B000F0UUI2
Release Date: 2006-06-06

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There may be no better representation of America's love of the old West than the 10-disc John Ford-John Wayne Collection. The iconic star and iconic director collaborated on 14 films, eight of which appear here. Four--Fort Apache (1948), The Long Voyage Home (1940), The Wings of Eagles (1957), and 3 Godfathers (1948)--are appearing for the first time on DVD, and the two most famous, Stagecoach (1939) and The Searchers (1956), are represented in brand-new two-disc editions that add new and old featurettes as well as the outstanding American Masters documentary John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend. (This Ultimate Edition of The Searchers adds a variety of printed materials as well, such as reproductions of press materials and a 1956 comic book.) Two other landmark films previously available on DVD, They Were Expendable (1945) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), round out the set. The three non-Westerns in the set have military settings, with They Were Expendable arguably the greatest World War II picture ever.

The Movies:
A favorite film of some of the world's greatest filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, John Ford's The Searchers has earned its place in the legacy of great American films for a variety of reasons. Perhaps most notably, it's the definitive role for John Wayne as an icon of the classic Western--the hero (or antihero) who must stand alone according to the unwritten code of the West. The story takes place in Texas in 1868; Wayne plays Ethan Edwards, a Confederate veteran who visits his brother and sister-in-law at their ranch and is horrified when they are killed by marauding Comanches. Ethan's search for a surviving niece (played by young Natalie Wood) becomes an all-consuming obsession. With the help of a family friend (Jeffrey Hunter) who is himself part Cherokee, Ethan hits the trail on a five-year quest for revenge. At the peak of his masterful talent, director Ford crafts this classic tale as an embittered examination of racism and blind hatred, provoking Wayne to give one of the best performances of his career. As with many of Ford's classic Westerns, The Searchers must contend with revisionism in its stereotypical treatment of "savage" Native Americans, and the film's visual beauty (the final shot is one of the great images in all of Western culture) is compromised by some uneven performances and stilted dialogue. Still, this is undeniably one of the greatest Westerns ever made.

The landmark Western Stagecoach began the legendary relationship between Ford and Wayne, and became the standard for all subsequent Westerns. It solidified Ford as a major director and established Wayne as a charismatic screen presence. Seen today, Stagecoach still impresses as the first mature instance of a Western that is both mythic and poetic. The story about a cross-section of troubled passengers unraveling under the strain of Indian attack contains all of Ford's incomparable storytelling trademarks--particularly swift action and social introspection--underscored by the painterly landscape of Monument Valley. And what an ensemble of actors: Thomas Mitchell (who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as the drunken doctor), Claire Trevor, Donald Meek, Andy Devine, and the magical John Carradine.

Fort Apache stars Wayne as a Cavalry officer used to doing things a certain way out West at Fort Apache. Along comes a rigid, new commanding officer (Henry Fonda) who insists that everything on his watch be done by the book, including dealings with local Indians. The results are mixed: greater discipline at the fort, but increased hostilities with the natives. Ford deliberately leaves judgments about the wisdom of these changes ambiguous, but he also allows plenty of room for the fullness of life among the soldiers and their families to blossom. Fonda, in an unusual role for him, is stern and formal as the new man in charge; Wayne is heroic as the rebellious second; Victor McLaglen provides comic relief; and Ward Bond is a paragon of sturdy and sentimental masculinity. All of this is set against the magnificent, poetic topography of Monument Valley. This is easily one of the greatest of American films.

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, the second installment of Ford's famous cavalry trilogy (which also includes Fort Apache and Rio Grande), continues the director's fascination with history's obliteration of the past. It features one of John Wayne's more sensitive performances as Capt. Nathan Brittles, a stern yet sentimental war horse who has difficulty preparing for his impending military retirement. It's a film about honor and duty as well as loneliness and mortality. And Oscar-winner Winton C. Hoch beautifully photographs it in Remington-like Technicolor tones. The combination of melancholy and farce (Victor McLaglen makes a perfect court jester) evokes comparisons to Shakespeare. Best of all, the scene in which Wayne fights back tears when receiving a gold watch from his troops is unforgettably bittersweet. If you view the whole trilogy, it actually makes sense to save this for last.

It's hardly shameful that Three Godfathers ranks as the slightest John Ford Western in a five-year arc that includes My Darling Clementine, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Wagon Master, and Rio Grande. The story had already been filmed at least five times--once by Ford himself. Just before Christmas, three workaday outlaws (John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr.) rob a bank and flee into the desert. The canny town marshal (Ward Bond) moves swiftly to cut them off from the wells along their escape route, so they make for another, deep in the wasteland. There's no water waiting for them, but there is a woman (Mildred Natwick) on the verge of death--and also of giving birth. The three badmen accept her dying commission as godfathers to the newborn. Motley variants of the Three Wise Men, they strike out for the town of New Jerusalem with her Bible as roadmap. Ford's is the softest retelling of the tale, but it's all played with great gusto and tenderness--especially by Wayne, who's rarely been more appealing. Visually the film is one knockout shot after another. This was Ford's first Western in Technicolor, as well as his first collaboration with cinematographer Winton Hoch. What they do with sand ripples and shadows and long plumes of train smoke is rapturously beautiful. It's also often too arty by half, but who can blame them?

Eugene O'Neill loved The Long Voyage Home, the feature-length adaptation of his one-act sea plays, with intelligent bridging material written by Dudley Nichols and a final movement, both hellish and elegiac, appropriate to the onset of World War II. John Ford directed, in his more self-consciously arty vein but with no loss of power or passion. The focus is on the working seamen aboard a merchant ship making its way from the Caribbean to New York harbor and then England, with dangerous cargo on the transatlantic leg. Thomas Mitchell (who had won a 1939 Oscar in Ford's Stagecoach) gives a career-best performance as Driscoll; Ian Hunter plays the enigmatic shipmate known only as "Smitty"; Ford regulars Barry Fitzgerald, John Qualen, Ward Bond, Arthur Shields, and Joseph Sawyer fill key roles; and the top-billed John Wayne contributes a surprisingly effective supporting performance as Ole, a gentle Swedish giant who really belongs on a farm somewhere. Although neglected in recent years, this movie has a permanent place of honor in one of the most amazing three-year creative streaks any director ever had.

John Ford had a big emotional investment in The Wings of Eagles, and his favorite star John Wayne rewarded the director with one of his strongest performances. The subject is Frank "Spig" Wead, Naval aviation legend turned Hollywood screenwriter, who had written Ford's very good 1932 movie Air Mail and his magnificent WWII elegy They Were Expendable (1945). Ford was fond of exploring the theme of "victory in defeat." Wead's life was made to order for that. The hell-raising flyboy shenanigans, and his flailing marriage to a scrappy Irish redhead (The Quiet Man's Maureen O'Hara reporting for duty), were abruptly curtailed by a fall that left him with severe spinal damage. He should never have been able to walk again, but he fought his way back to limited mobility and built a new career as a writer. And when WWII broke out, Wead made a key contribution to the Pacific air war. It would be satisfying to report that The Wings of Eagles is a triumph--that the broad comedy of the early reels cuts brilliantly against the raw pain of the Weads' marriage, the grief of a family broken and mended and broken again, the film's specters of death and deep frustration. There are powerful moments, but the low comedy is very low, the visual style sometimes stark but more often just drab, and the screenplay is very choppy about the passage of time.

They Were Expendable is the greatest American film of the Second World War, made by America's greatest director, John Ford, who himself saw action from the Battle of Midway through D-day. Yet it's been oddly neglected. Or perhaps not so oddly: for as the matter-of-fact title implies, the film commemorates a period, from the eve of Pearl Harbor up to the impending fall of Bataan, when the Japanese conquest of the Pacific was in full cry and U.S. forces were fighting a desperate holding action. Although stirring movies had been made about these early days, they were gung ho in their resolve to see the tables turned. They Were Expendable, however, which was made when Allied victory was all but assured, is profoundly elegiac, with the patient grandeur of a tragic poem. "They" are the officers and men of the Navy's PT boat service, an experimental motor-torpedo force relegated to courier duty on Manila Bay but eventually proven effective in combat. Their commander is played by Robert Montgomery, who actually served on a PT and later commanded a destroyer at Normandy (he also codirected the breathtaking second-unit action sequences). John Wayne's costarring role as Montgomery's volatile second-in-command initially looks stereotypically blustery, but as the drama unfolds, Wayne sounds notes of tenderness and vulnerability that will take Duke-bashers by surprise. They Were Expendable is a heartbreakingly beautiful film, full of astonishing images of warfare, grief, courage, and dignity. This is a masterpiece.

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John Ford was easily one of the greatest, most prolific and versatile directors Hollywood ever produced. Combined with a star of the caliber and magnetism of John Wayne, what emerges is pure cinematic magic. WHV now introduces a ten-disc set featuring eight of the team's finest collaborations: The Searchers: Ultimate Collector's Edition (1956) Stagecoach: Special Edition (1939) Fort Apache (1948) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Wings of Eagles (1957) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1948) They Were Expendable (1945) 3 Godfathers (1948)

Customer Reviews:

What a collection.......2007-08-29

John Ford and John Wayne had a true kinship with each other. This shows on the films featured in this collection. Ford could always bring out the best in Wayne and the proof of that is in "The Searchers". Probably the best role that Wayne ever played. This is a great collection and the films will remind you of when Hollywood still knew how to make films....

What a Deal........2007-04-28

A lot has been said about this collection. I would just like to point out that the price can't be beat either. The Searchers disk alone would set you back 35 dollars. The Stagecoach another 20. The other six DVD's are free. About 60 to 70 dollars worth. Man you can't do any better. I already had The Wings of Eagles and The Long Voyage Home. The set DVD's are identical to the DVD's I already had, so this isn't a stripped down set at all.

Superb John Wayne.......2007-03-22

An excellent selection of John Wayne movies. The Searchers has been rated one of his best with She Wore a Yellow Ribbon my all time favorite. Fort Apache is excellent also. The Long Voyage and They were Expendable were minor roles for him but all in all a great collection of films. The man became the all american hero even before his passing.

8 Films By Two Screen Legends.......2007-03-19

This is one of the larger collections that came out last year and whatever else you may think about John Wayne, he was the most prolific star of his (perhaps of all) time, twice the output of Humphrey Bogart, for example.

John Ford was also quite prolific but many of his early ones are lost. Still, his place and time as one of the great auteurs intrigues many of cinephile.

Some favorites are missing but are available, such as "Rio Grande", "The Quiet Man" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". The extras for this set are in some cases, non existant, while some are repeats, but the main reason to own this set is for the films themselves.

"Stagecoach" - This 1939 Western stands as the turning point for both Ford's and especially Wayne's careers. This is also quite an ensemble piece for which Donald Meek, Thomas Mitchell (was Oscar for this), John Caradine, Andy Devine, George Bancroft, Louise Pratt and Berton Churchill spend much screen time as the occupants of the stagecoach along with JW and Clair Trevor. Wayne and Trevor provide the love story, she as the whore being run out of town, he the vengeful outlaw who Bancroft wants to lock up for Wayne's own good. But all are misfits in this journey and even though quite laughable today, a fun movie to watch. Alas, the native Americans are basically just ducks in a shooting gallery.

"The Long Voyage Home" is another ensemble piece and does have the odd casting of Wayne as the big Swede who doesn't hit back. Mitchell returns and is actually the main character in this movie, which does have the great bittersweet language of Eugene O'Neil. This offers what a good actor Ward Bond was when called to be when he has his death scene.

"They Were Expendable" Ford won two Oscars for documentaries shot in World War Two. Wayne made many war pictures but this is my favorite one. The dialogue and settings are quite believable for the most part and Robert Montgomery displays dignity as the one in charge. A nice haunting scene is when Wayne gets caught off talking to Donna Reed with the realization he might never see her again. This also has none of the crazy heroics that many films had (Wayne guilty in many of those) and a good humor with the supporting characters.

"3 Godfathers" is truly an offbeat film. Wayne, Pedro Amadariz and Harry Carey, Jr., are actually bank robbers, quite likable though, who save a woman's baby while running away from sheriff Ward Bond. It is through this baby that the three find redemption though it's only Wayne who has the happy ending. In its way, this is a very spiritual film.

"Fort Apache" is actually my favorite film here. Fords prints the facts and shows them distorted by Wayne for his benefit who he can effectively lead the troop. Henry Fonda plays quite the unsympathic custer character who tricks Cochise to come back. The scene that Fonda has with Cochise, who laments in Spanish the deplorable conditions but chills the white man's chilling response, is brilliant. The adult Shirley Temple provides support here with the bland John Agar. Also very good, Ward Bond, Victor McLagden and Pedro Armandariz.

"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is quite a melodramtic film with Wayne talking to tombstones and weeping half the time. Still, great comedic support from Victor McLagden. "Don't apolagize, it's a sign of weakness" Wayne repeats over and over. However, both Agar and Carey, Jr., aren't given much to do. Ben Johnson does what he does best. It's interesting that George O'Brien was Ford's big star in the silent era and here and Fort Apache just strictly a sad character actor. Still, John Wayne makes this watchable and the gold watch scene quite effective.

"The Searchers" which along with "Stagecoach" gets a second disk of extras. This is the definitive Wayne-Ford movie, as good as any film noir as the antihero makes good. Wayne plays the racist Ethan Edwards and Jeff Hunter co stars as the other searcher who must accompany Wayne before Wayne finds and murders his niece, played by the beautiful Natalie Wood. The firing into the dead Indian's eyes, the shooting of buffalo, the shooting of Indians in the back, the digust of looking at white women are among the most powerful scenes Wayne or Ford have ever done. It would have been interesting if Wayne actually killed Wood because that's the actual story, but thank God he didn't. This film is not a comfortable film to watch and it's not intended to be. The race issues it addresses still hold true today.

"The Wings of Eagles" is in my opinion, the weakest Wayne-Ford movie. There's no sense of period. The slapstick doesn't work for me and Maureen O'Hara's character's alcoholism is never addressed. However, Wayne's determination to move that toe, strongly assisted by Dan Dailey, makes up for a lot. Also, way too briefly, Ward Bond as John Ford. Also fun is hearing Wayne's comment of bringing in the seventh calvary when viewing an early Clark Gable movie.

SPANISH SUBTITLES MISSING - IT'S A PITY!!!!.......2007-03-11

Despite the DVD label states subtitles available in English, French and Spanish, NO SPANISH SUBTITLES ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS FILM. Unbelievable such a top level collection with this mismatch!

I would have enjoyed a complete understanding of the film, given I am an enthusiastic cinematography student, and even worse: I am a Spanish speaker!!! My sister is now writing for me!!

Thanks to Amazon for its fine service in Argentina.

PABLO GALARZA

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A reverse hero quest
The Beatles in their psychedellic colorful animated best!
A Unique Contribution To The World Of Animation
Animated Beatles is Timeless.
Apple and the out of print UA films.

Yellow Submarine
Starring: George Dunning (II) , John Clive , Paul McCartney , Geoffrey Hughes , and Ringo Starr
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ASIN: B00000JRUQ
Release Date: 1999-09-14

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This restored, animated valentine to the Beatles offers viewers the rare chance to see a work that's been substantially improved by its technical facelift, not just supersized with extra footage. Recognizing that its song-studded soundtrack alone makes Yellow Submarine a video annuity, United Artists has lavished a frame-by-frame refurbishment of the original feature, while replacing its original monaural audio tracks with a meticulously reconstructed stereo mix that actually refines legendary original album versions.

What emerges is a vivid time capsule of the late '60s and a minor milestone in animation. The music represents the quartet's zenith--Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The story line, cobbled together by producer Al Brodax and a committee of writers, is a broad, feather-light allegory set in idyllic Pepperland, where the gentle citizens are threatened by the nasty, music-hating Blue Meanies and their surreal arsenal of henchmen, with the Beatles enlisted to thwart the bad guys. Visually, designer Heinz Edelmann mixes the biomorphic squiggles, day-glo palette, and Beardsley-esque portraits of Peter Max with rotoscoped still photographs and film; Edelmann's animated collages also nod to Andy Warhol and Magritte in properly psychedelic fashion, which works wonderfully with such terrific songs.

High orthodox Beatlemaniacs can still grouse that the animated Fab Four are (literally) flat archetypes, but that's missing the sheer bloom of the music or the giddy, campy fun of the visuals. Making sense of the story is second to submerging blissfully in the sights and sounds of this video treat. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

A reverse hero quest.......2007-08-31

When this film first came out in '68 I found it unwatchable. I thought that it was mind-less, plot-less eye candy. Now, after nearly four decades I finally get it- this is a reverse hero quest.

You have old/young Fred, captain of his magical vessel, voyaging to our world in a desperate search for help. He comes from the unearthly paradise of Pepperland (the paradise of the Devas) which has been treacherously conquered by the Blue Meanies (Asuras.) He finds the earthly manifestations of the champions of his realm (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) on our earth in the form of...the Beatles. Together they voyage back across the seas that separate the two planes (including the Sea of Monsters.) Once they have won their way back, they use the power of music to restore the land through joy and love. That's the twist- in a traditional tale it would be a hero from earth who traveled to the supernatural realms to win a boon for mankind, while here it is a hero from the otherworld that traveled here for help. That's also kind of neat- the angelic coming to us for help for a change.

Perhaps now that our own world is so completely overrun with Blue Meanies Pepperland might send us help in our time of need. It would make an interesting sequel.

The restoration of this film is incredible. It is a visual feast for the eyes with its vivid, intricate, original artwork- and the sound could not be better. Together they make perfect alchemy.

The Beatles in their psychedellic colorful animated best!.......2007-08-25

I saw this movie for the first time when it came out as I was growing up. So I decdided to plunk down my money to purchase my copy. It was great to relive the animated treasure that Yellow Submarine was known for nearly 40 years ago. The music, and those sinister Blue Meanies!!! Enjoyed every minute of it! I think you already know the voices in the movie are NOT the Beatles but the Fab Four are featured in the closing minutes! I just wish the animated Beatles TV series was on DVD! You will enjoy Yellow Submarine and watch out for the Meanies!!

A Unique Contribution To The World Of Animation.......2007-08-18

I remember seeing this movie when it first came out, when I was eight. I had seen part of it on network TV in the mid-seventies, and again at a college film night in '77. I figured it was a time to step into the time machine.

Actually, the animation is what earned this five stars. The plot rambles, and at times seems to be a showcase for either the creative animation or the Beatles music. For example, where did an animated video of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" fit in the story?

Additionally, it gave opportunity to introduce children to the themes of drugs and eastern mysticism, with some possible sexual references (was the finger of the flying hand getting stuck in the letter "o" several times just humorous cartooning, or was it an entendre, as my dad suggested?). Thus, even a G-rating doesn't mean it's wholesome for children.

There is a lot of good quality English humor in here. The video added the segment with the song "Hey, Bulldog" (my all-time favorite Beatles song, by the way), which seems like it was cut from the movie. Again, the animation was unique and creative. Kids would like it, though as I always say, parents need to be present.

Unfortunately, even 90 minutes seemed too long with the plot (and implausibilities) in this movie.

Animated Beatles is Timeless........2007-07-24

Although the animation is old style, the whole movie makes me feel great. Especially the ending. I saw the movie when it first came out, and people were leaving the theatre singing "All Together Now." -- Sam Yulish, author of "Where Have All the Hippies Gone" and "The Hesitant Psychic and Other Starnge Stories."

Apple and the out of print UA films........2007-07-21

Why Yellow Submarine is out of print is anyones guess.
Can you say AL BRODAX?
It's not particularly entertaining but my seven year old son loves it
and best yet is that he learned several Beatle songs from it.
Besides, the trailer is worth the asking price.
The 5.1 mix is very good as is the film transfer.
Go ahead and buy it already.
You know you want to.

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Buy it
It's ok overall a typically chiche story.
Roselyn Sanchez Lights Up the Screen!

Yellow
Starring: Bill Duke , D.B. Sweeney , Jaime Tirelli , Manny Perez , and Sammi Rotibi
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ASIN: B000QGEB1C
Release Date: 2007-07-31

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After the death of her crippled father, who was once a great ballet star in New York City, Amaryllis (Sanchez), decides to move from her native Puerto Rico to the Big Apple in search of a new life. Upon her arrival, with no job and nowhere to live, Amaryllis turns to working in a strip club to make ends meet. She quickly creates a new family in New York by befriending an older man in her building, a washed-out poetry professor named Miles Emory, as well as her co-workers at the strip club. Increasingly desperate, Amaryllis seriously injures herself during a performance one night at the club, only to be saved by Christian (Sweeney), a doctor in the audience. Miles' poem "Yellow" inspires Amaryllis to seek a Broadway dancing job and her emotional connection to Miles helps to give him a reason for living that eluded her father. As Amaryllis' relationship with Christian turns into a love affair, she must make a choice between the security of his love and following her dream.

Customer Reviews:

Buy it.......2007-09-03

I'll be brief. This is an excellent art flick. Well written, exceptionally cast and acted. Apart from a gripping script, the music and dancing are outstanding. I watched it twice in one night, and I'm buying it now. You should do the same.

It's ok overall a typically chiche story........2007-08-19

Alright it's not awful, but it's not likely to make my collection either. It's textbook cliche. Poor girl with crappy life in poor place (In this case Puerto Rico) escapes to find better life in the big city of NYC and to fulfill lost dream of her father. Struggles to find hope by working as a stripper hoping to make it big on Broadway some day, but meets nice rich doctor guy and fall's in love; however he is moving overseas and wants her to come just as she is getting her first big break. (What are the odds? ... 1:1?) Faced with the choice of either choosing the love of her man or the love of her passion of dance, she must decide. What will she do?

It's an tired story line that has been done to death in one way or another 100's of times before. The acting is fair at best, there are not awards in anyones future from this film. The is Roselyn Sanchez first attempt at writing and producing, likely to be one of her last too. She's a pretty women, but she's just not lead quality and while she can dance, Grace Kelly she's not, but few are. The supporting case was fair albeit at times they seemed to be walking through their scenes. Bill Duke who plays Miles Emory is by far the shining light here in the acting department as he played a washed up poetry professor now working in a plebeian job, but tries to hold on to his passion as well and acts as the wise old fool who guide the now lost way of Amaryllis Campos (Roselyn Sanchez). There are a few lose ends that don't seem to tie in anywhere else, but overall there is a story and a plot, even if it is predictable.

The DVD is a little skimpy on extras only deleted scenes and "Roselyn Sanchez on Yellow" a short promo for the film. Oh don't forget the previews, no DVD is complete without an hours worth of previews. Sound quality is ok, a little soft at times and only comes in 2.1 stereo.

Watch it if you want to, but don't feel like you are missing a lot if you don't see it. It's 'ok' at best and for that it gets 2 stars. I'd give it 2.5 if it was an option and 3 stars would be to mislead you. I don't think you'll feel ripped off or wanting your 90 minutes back at the end, but you not going to feel like you hit the movie lotto either (or a scratch off for that matter.) It's more of an 'Ok, I've seen it, now what?'

Roselyn Sanchez Lights Up the Screen!.......2007-08-03

YELLOW may be fairly easy to dismiss as a soap opera story of little girl makes good despite a troubling journey, but the presence of Roselyn Sanchez is reason enough to see this little art film, She has what it takes to make a film magic, she acts well, dances well, and creates a credible persona from a rather superficial script.

Based on a story by Nacoma Whobrey about the gifted daughter of a once famous male ballet dancer who leaves her native Puerto Rico in the grief of her father/tutor's death to find a better life in New York - the city where her father found fame. Amaryllis Campos (Roselyn Sanchez) worshiped her famous father (Jaime Tirelli), learned ballet under his tutelage, then grew up in a home after her father's leg crushing accident, with a mother (Erika Michels) and a live-in druggie boyfriend Angelo (Manny Perez), supporting her helpless family by delivering pizzas. When her life falls apart one person befriends her - Hilde (Nancy Millan) - and provides her money to move to New York and a cousin with whom to live.

Once in new York Amaryllis finds the cousin's apartment occupied by a sweet old poet Miles Emory (Bill Duke) who allows her to stay. Finding work proves difficult until she signs on as a pole dancer in a sleazy nightclub. There she meets an emotionally bruised physician (D.B. Sweeney) who befriends her and who with the help of her new found friends finally makes her way back to the legitimate stage.

Yes, the story has been done before, but it is the pacing of director Alfredo De Villa that keeps the film pulsatile, and the shimmering screen presence of Roselyn Sanchez that makes this little film worth watching. Story 3, Performance by Sanchez 5. In Spanish and English with subtitles. The additional features on the DVD are even more interesting than the script! Grady Harp, August 07

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Some standout moments but not great
Exciting Western!
Excellent Western epic
very good black and white old western
"Peck...Baxter...Widmark...Wellman ~ Yellow Sky (1948)"

Yellow Sky
Starring: Gregory Peck , Anne Baxter , Richard Widmark , Robert Arthur , and John Russell
Director: William A. Wellman
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ASIN: B000EHSVWS
Release Date: 2006-05-23

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It seems no one has ever had an unkind word for Yellow Sky, yet somehow this handsome, hard-edged, and very well-made late-'40s Western remains little-known. That may change with its release on a DVD so crisp and luminous, one wants to swear off Technicolor and luxuriate in the frosty glow of its highlights, the velvet blackness of its shadows, and the electric silver-gray of its desert skies.

Story's pretty good, too. Seven men led by Gregory Peck ride into a small Southwest town, wet their whistles at the saloon, then hold up the bank with a minimum of fuss. Escaping should be a cinch, except for a troop of cavalry who reduce their number to six and watch the survivors ride off into a desert they probably won't live to cross. Unexpected salvation looms in the form of Yellow Sky, a ghost town where the bandits find water, an old man (James Barton) and his tomboy granddaughter (Anne Baxter)--and the tempting rumor of gold. That's when the real trouble starts. The criminal partnership is severely strained by greed, several varieties of lust (for the girl as well as the treasure), the troublesome onset of conscience in some breasts and its total absence from others--notably Richard Widmark's.

Yellow Sky re-teams director William A. Wellman and writer-producer Lamar Trotti, who five years earlier had made The Ox-Bow Incident, an authentic but rather pretentious Western classic. Yellow Sky's opening scene is all but lifted from Ox-Bow (along with two character actors), but this time around, Wellman eschews self-importance and just concentrates on spinning a gritty yarn (from a novel by W.R. Burnett). Apart from sequences shot in Death Valley, the principal location is Yellow Sky itself, a grand ruin set against the timeless backdrop of the Alabama Hills. And oh yes, the man responsible for those awesome whites, blacks, and silver-grays is Joe MacDonald, the cinematographer of My Darling Clementine. --Richard T. Jameson

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Oscar®-winner* Gregory Peck (To Kill A Mockingbird) stars in this ?brilliantly cast? (The Hollywood Reporter) Western epic featuring ?an unusually fine story and magnificent direction ? unleashing dramatic power seldom found in this type of film!? (Daily Variety)

A band of outlaws, led by tough, gruff Stretch (Peck) find themselves knocking at death?s door after becoming lost in the treacherous western Badlands ? only to find their salvation in a lonesome town called Yellow Sky, where the only inhabitants are a doddering old man and his mysterious, alluring daughter. But their deliverance from danger is short-lived when the gang discovers a fateful secret hidden within the dusty, rotting walls of this ghost town ? one that will turn brother against brother in a desperate battle to the death!

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Some standout moments but not great.......2007-06-27

Gregory Peck was a marvelous actor, one of my alltime favorites. I had seen this movie many years ago and remembered loving it. I waited for years and years for it to come out on DVD and when it did, I bought it that day.

Sadly, it was not as terrific as my aging memory wanted it to be. There are some very good moments in the film but it doesn't really hold together all that well. The black and white photography is lovely in spots. Anne Baxter is ravishing as a six-gun-toting miner's daughter. Richard Widmark gives one of his less-grating performances (that's a compliment).

Overall, it's not one I'll watch over and over.

Exciting Western!.......2007-04-04

William Wellman once more proves why he was one the most extraordinary filmmakers in this genre. From the first shot you will be involved when a bunch of thieves headed by Gregory Peck at last can arrive to a ghost town after having ridden days and days through the arid desert (a resemblance to "Greed"). Once they arrive they will meet a weird woman who lives with her grandfather and so, the dramatis will confront among themselves in search of gold.

Electrifying sequences, with an astonishing final conflict surrounded by stormy winds that accent still more the tension of the moment. Widmark is excellent too in this tour de force Western that must be part of your hard collection in case as I do are a collector of selected westerns.

Excellent Western epic.......2006-10-11

Gregory Peck gives his usual powerful performance playing Stretch, the leader of a band of outlaws roaming the post Civil War west. After robbing a bank the gang is chased across a desolate salt flat. They decide to cross the expanse and low on water they crawl into what appears to be a deserted ghost town.

The town was known as Yellow Sky and soon they come across a rifle toting Anne Baxter playing Mike who lives nearby with her grizzled, old ex-prospector grandfather played marvelously by James Barton. They soon learn that Baxter and her grandfather are in possession of a fortune in gold. The authoritative Peck brokers a deal whereby the gang will take half of the booty leaving the other portion for the old man and his granddaughter. Gold hungry gang member Dude played by Richard Widmark has other ideas and recruits the rest of the crew to double cross both Peck and the old man and Baxter.

The previously disreputable Peck falls hard for Baxter and swears to abide by the deal he arranged. This ultimately leads to a lethal gun battle as western justice is meted out, with good triumphing over evil.

William Wellman directs a talented cast in this classic black and white oater filmed for the most part in the remote, unforgiving yet beautiful confines of Death Valley.

very good black and white old western.......2006-09-01

this western made me think that black and white is sometimes better than the colored ones. a nice yet simple story. it also made me think that sometimes when you met the better half, your worse half would also become better. peck's role simply proved this thinking. the scene of walking thru the desert was quite believable. nicely done, almost everything about it.

"Peck...Baxter...Widmark...Wellman ~ Yellow Sky (1948)".......2006-08-14

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment present "YELLOW SKY" (1948) (96 mins B&W), under director William Wellman, producer & screenwriter Lamar Trotti, short novel by W.R. Burnett., musical direction by Alfred Newman . . . . .cast includes Gregory Peck (Stretch), Anne Baxter (Mike), Richard Widmark (Dude), Robert Arthur (Bull Run), John Russell (Lengthy), Harry Morgan (Half Pint), James Barton (Grandpa), Charles Kemper (Walrus), Robert Adler (Jed), Harry Carter (Lieutenant), Victor Kilian (Bartender), Paul Hurst (Drunk),Hank Worden (Rancher), Jay Silverheels (Indian), William Gould (Banker), Norman Leavitt (Bank Teller), Eula Guy (Woman in Bank), Chief Yowlachie (Colorado) . . . . . our story begins with outlaws Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, John Russell, Harry Morgan, Robert Arthur and Charle Kemper robbing a bank, fleeing for their lives only to take refuge across the desert in a ghost town located smackdab in the middle of nowhere...near death they find an old prospector James Barton and his granddaughter Anne Baxter who help them and then must fear them in finding and stealing their gold...the novel by W.R. Burnett is neatly written as the direction from William Wellman keeps you guessing and on the edge of your seat...great cast and the black and white shadows and landscape bring out that vintage look in all the right places...the final scene has a classic showdown between Peck and his gang of thieves.

Specal footnote, actor Gregory Peck was not only a wonderful actor but a great human being, of his own movies, "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962) is Peck's favourite, his character from "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962), Atticus Finch, was voted the greatest screen hero of all time by the American Film Institute in May 2003, only two weeks before his death (beating out Indiana Jones, who was placed second, and James Bond who came third)...Brock Peters delivered his eulogy on the day of his funeral and burial, June 16, 2003. In To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Peters played Tom Robinson, the black man accused of raping a white girl that Atticus Finch (Peck's character) defended in court....on his 1962 Oscar-winning role in "To Kill A Mockingbird", "I put everything I had into it, all my feelings and everything I'd learned in 46 years of living, about family life and fathers and children, and my feelings about racial justice and inequality and opportunity."

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1. Gregory Peck (aka: Eldred Gregory Peck)
Date of birth: 4/05/1916 - La Jolla, California, USA
Date of death: 6/12/2003 - Los Angeles, California
2. Anne Baxter
Date of birth : 5/07/1923 - Michigan City, Indiana
Date of death: 12/12/1985 - New York, New York
3. Richard Widmark
Date of birth: 12/26/1914 - Sunrise, Minnesota
Date of death: Still Living
4. William A. Wellman (Director)
Date of birth: 2/29/1896 - Brookline, Massachusetts
Date of death: 12/09/1975 - Los Angeles, California,

Want to thank 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment for releasing "Yellow Sky" (1948), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage era of the '40s & '50s...order your copy now from Amazon or 20th Century Fox Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available, stay tuned once again for top notch wonderful character actors of the cinema brought back so many wonderful memories of the times when film makers cared about you who purchased a ticket and came back for more...just the way we like 'em.

Total Time: 98 mins on DVD ~ 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment #2234089 ~ (5/23/2006)

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Really great surf video
Good, but not something to watch mutliple times
Great movie!
A disappointment
Vintage and Well done!

Singlefin: Yellow
Director: Jason Baffa
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ASIN: B0002VEVUW
Release Date: 2004-09-28

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Really great surf video.......2007-07-06

The concept of the video in itself is what makes the thing work- really work for me. The board is passed along to various surfers and you see it take on a life and meaning that it did not have at the beginning. Its not just a longboarder kind of movie..its a surfers movie that you really should see. I only have a few surf videos in my personal collection--this is one of them.

Good, but not something to watch mutliple times.......2007-03-19

The movie is cool because it offers different surfing than normally seen in surf movies, but I buy surf films to watch over and over. Which I would not do with this movie. Just not enough action.

Great movie!.......2007-01-24

Any true surfer will really appreciate this movie. Great longboarding footage, they make nose-riding look so easy. The locations are amazing, and the cinemetography is unique....unlike anything I've ever seen before in a surf movie.

A disappointment.......2006-11-29

I guess for me this is another example of caveat emptor. I bought this largely based on the reviews here, and I was pretty disappointed. The surfing just wasn't that interesting - way way too much nose riding, and not much else. OK nose riding is fine, but there is a lot more about longboarding than hanging 5. The best parts of the movie are the beginning and end - where the shaper describes his work and goes out for an early morning session. Now THAT was great - he ripped, and it was great to see him really using the whole board and the whole wave. I wish the movie had just been about him.

Vintage and Well done!.......2006-11-08

I have had the luxury of having surfed in Hawaii in the late 60s and migrated through the 70s, 80s, 90s and into the 21st century of surfing. Singlefin is a vintage piece of surfing lore. This is the sort of film you collect and keep because once the waves are done, they're done. Singlefin is truly a surfing tale that can be watched again and again. If you're both a longboarder and shortboarder as I am you can appreciate Surftech technology and bumpy wax beads on a longboard. Loved the film. You will too.

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Life without dramatization
Cave of the Yellow Dog
How peace lives
cave of the yellow dog
Many stars!

Cave of the Yellow Dog
Starring: Nansalmaa Batchuluun , Babbayar Batchuluun , Buyandulam Daramdadi , Nansal Batchuluun , and Batchuluun Urjindorj
Director: Byambasuren Davaa
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ASIN: B000KHX70S
Release Date: 2007-02-13

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Equal parts documentary, children's story, and narrative drama, Cave of the Yellow Dog is a beautifully filmed adventure that the entire family will enjoy. It's unique on many levels, the most notable being that the charismatic family portrayed in the film are an actual family, and none of them are professional actors. The eldest daughter (played by adorable Nansal Batchuluun) appears to be about 6 or 7 years old. Her life is nothing like that of an American first grader. She goes away to school, returning home during the summers. Nansal cares for younger sister and brother, telling them about how homes in big cities have toilets in the house. She collects dried dung for the family's fire pit and helps her mother cook. And when her father goes to town for a few days, it is Nansal who takes over his chore of leading a herd of sheep to graze in a fuller pasture miles from her home. Nansal is mature for her age, but she is still a child who can't resist cute animals. So when she finds a small black and white pup holed up in a cave, she adopts him and names him Zochor (the Mongolian equivalent of Spot). Her father--worried that the dog may have grown up feral with a pack of wolves--forbids her to keep the puppy and the viewer is never certain whether Nansal and Zochor will be able to remain together. What sets Cave of the Yellow Dog apart from films such as Lassie and Old Yeller is the breathtaking buttes, vistas, and scenery showcased in the film. Watching the apple-cheeked children squeal with laughter as they play in front of their yurt--their collapsible and movable home--viewers get the sense that they wouldn't choose any other life, even though theirs seems filled with hardship for those of us accustomed to the comforts of modern-day living. The Palme d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival, this movie is heartwarming and pragmatic at the same time. --Jae-Ha Kim

Description

(Foreign/Drama) Oscar-nominated director Byambasuren Davaa's follow-up to the hugely successful The Story of the Weeping Camel is a thought-provoking mix of documentary and drama that tells the story of the age-old bond between man and dog. The eldest daughter of a nomadic Mongolian family finds a small dog and brings it home. Believing that it is responsible for attacking his sheep, her father refuses to allow her to keep it. When the family moves on, Nansal must decide whether or not to defy her father and take her new friend with them.

Customer Reviews:

Life without dramatization.......2007-07-05

To me, what's so facinating about this moive is that it keeps drawing you in even when it sustains with the minimal of plot and drama. It is hard to comprehend how the movie can be so compelling while being so straight forward. I like the scene when the husband returned home from a long journey to the city to sell off their sheep skin. With part of that money, he bought his wife a plastic laddle of bright green color and his wife received it as if it was a diamond ring. Beyond this movie, it makes me wonder what influences modern day city life have on these last vestiges of nomads. The parents already sent the older daughter to school in the city and more and more conveniences are introduced to their daily life. For how many more generations will their nomadic way of life continue? Will these characters reincarnate as city dwellers?

Cave of the Yellow Dog.......2007-05-11

This is is such a wonderful and beautiful movie. My daughter started watching it since she was only 15 months, and she wants to watch this movie 3 times (at least) a day. As long as she wakes up even 2am in the dark, she would point her finger in the air and tell us to play this "doggy" movie. We think she probably dreams of this movie...

She can't understand Disney's movie yet, however, she can sit down and stare at this movie for over 15 minutes with an amazing focus (Normally, she still can't focus on anything too long). She would put hands together while she saw the mama offer light and incense; she would also copy the baby's language and try to eat her own palm as well...

Thank the director to make this movie happen, and it has broght us so much happiness. The music is also beautiful, and it's definitely a must-buy-movie!

~ California

How peace lives.......2007-05-07

A simply, and beautifully told tale of a nomadic family living somewhere in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, has a timeless quality of lives well lived. This is a quiet glimpse into the ordinary experiences of a family who, in this day and age, are anything but. Tranquility is not just reserved for those cloistered away. It shows itself in tough, challenging situations not so dissimilar to that of ours - job relocation, obstreperous children, politics....

While this sounds like an almost transcendent type of experience, I never felt preached at or being taught a lesson. A peaceful mind reveals right answers or comes up with right actions instead of what often occurs when people are stressed out or fearful. It shows not only a possibility, but what does happens when there isn't resistance or complaint to the way things are, to what is actually happening. Wisdom and kindness show up as natural. How else could peace possibly live?

cave of the yellow dog.......2007-05-07

It is rare to view a movie that is created with local people and in a remote part of the world.
This movie was engaging and totally absorbing to watch.
Don't miss it!

Many stars!.......2007-05-07

Nansalmaa Batchuluun is a young schoolgirl! A beautiful film that deserves an Oscar. The "acting" is right on and the photography/country is striking. Byambasuren Davaa is an exceptional director. There are early childhood education interests and marital realtions concepts that are very instructive. A very unusual and enjoyable film.

Far From Home - The Adventures Of Yellow Dog

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Disappointing
HEARTWARMING FAMILY FILM
Movies About Dogs
Awesome Dog Movie
Excellent Family Movie

Far From Home - The Adventures Of Yellow Dog
Starring: Mimi Rogers , Bruce Davison , Jesse Bradford , Tom Bower , and Joel Palmer
Director: Phillip Borsos
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ASIN: B00007JMDX
Release Date: 2003-03-11

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A boy (Jesse Bradford) and his yellow Labrador are marooned on a wilderness island in British Columbia and must find their way home through uncharted forests. This is a story about friendship and personal strength, focusing on the relationship between a boy and his dog as they battle the elements, the terrain and, of course, wild animals in their effort to find their way home and survive their harsh surroundings. Director Philip Borsos has a nice eye for those Ansel Adams-like moments--but scenery only carries a movie so far and this movie asks too much. Though relatively short at 81 minutes, it still feels long. --Marshall Fine

Description

Set against the backdrop of the Canadian wilderness, a young boy and his dog forge a special bond that neither time nor distance can break. When their boat capsizes in turbulent waters off the Pacific Northwest, John McCormick (Bruce Davison) is rescued, but his 14-year old son Angus (Jesse Bradford), and recently adopted stray Golden Labrador, are washed ashore. Resourceful and courageous, Angus and his faithful dog fight to survive in the rugged wilderness. Thought his terrified mother (Mimi Rogers) and father never give up hope he will be found alive, Angus begins to fear he and Yellow will not last on their own much longer. Praised for its remarkable realism, wisdom and suspense, this winning family adventure story with it's irresistible four-legged star is ideal entertainment for children and their parents.

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.......2007-01-12

I love dogs and I really wanted to love this film. Unfortunately I didn't find it quite as satisfying at most of the reviewers. Can't quite put my finger on it, but perhaps I didn't find the characters as likeable or convincing as some who saw this. Even the dog was not that interesting for some reason; perhaps not one of the more attractive breeds. Also it seemed that they didn't spend enough time developing the bond between the boy and the dog. (The movie is short; not even 1 1/2 hours.) It's a great family movie and I think it is more suitable for young children than older ones who may find it boring. The younger ones might be a little upset near the end when the dog can't be rescued, but don't worry as it has a happy ending. It's an okay movie, but I expected a lot more. I like movies that BOTH kids and adults can enjoy (like Shrek II). This is definately one mainly just for the kids. So many things that kids can't or shouldn't watch. This is one that anyone can watch, which is a big plus. Probably would have been better as a TV movie and would easily fit in a 2-hour timeframe with plenty of time for commercials.

HEARTWARMING FAMILY FILM.......2006-08-07

Young Jesse Bradford gives a heartwarming performance as Angus, a young lad who adopts a labrador and names it Yellow Dog. On a sailing trip with father Bruce Davison (effective in a non-typical role), he and the dog are thrown overboard and faced with surviving in uncharted Pacific Northwest. Mimi Rogers plays Angus' mother, and the parents' dedication in believing their son is still alive is touching as well. Although the movie doesn't give us a lot of "adventures" with the boy and his dog, it nonetheless focuses on Angus' survival skills and the devotion of his dog. One particularly poignant scene involves a rabbit. Early in the film, Bradford and his buddies are chasing a rabbit and he has the opportunity to kill it with his slingshot but upon seeing the cute little thing, he scares it away. When he is lost, a rabbit is once again caught by the dog and Angus realizes the difference between hunting for play and for survival. An enjoyable family film.

Movies About Dogs.......2006-08-06

This may be the best dog movie I have ever seen. On an equal or better par with Old Yeller. A terrific bond between a boy and his dog and fantastic faith in survival for both. Scenery
is fantastic and acting is above par.

Awesome Dog Movie.......2006-07-31

You don't have to own a Yellow Lab to absolutley love this movie, but true dog lovers will find it irrestible. A young boy takes in a lost Yellow lab, and despite his parents reservations allow him to keep the dog. The boy and the dog become very close and forge a bond that is put to the test when they are lost in boat accident and end up stranded on a remote island. The dog stays by the young boy's side as they struggle to survive, find food, and battle a pack of wolves. All this happens while his parents and the coast guard desperately search for him.
After many weeks pass the Coast Guard believes they may never be found, but the dog and the boy do survive as they gain strength through each others love and devotion. It has an unusual ending, which I don't want to spoil, but Yellow Dog is one movie, although simple in structure, that really captures the true relationship that a boy and a dog can have that transcends even human friendships.

Excellent Family Movie.......2006-05-08

As owners of a Yellow Lab, we just might be a bit biased, but we were mesmerized by this movie.

The adventures of a lost boy and dog. Of course the ending is predictable. We knew that. But the story line, the fabulous scenery, the cinematography, the acting, the sub-plots and the adventure make this a must-see movie for the whole family - Preview it before showing it to the very young; they might be traumatized by the scary parts.

Buy "Far From Home..." a guaranteed winner. You'll be watching it over and over again.

Classic Albums - Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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Vintage E.J.!!!
Very enjoyable
It's Never Enough of Elton John!
Hello, Yellow Brock Road
If you like the record, you will love the DVD

Classic Albums - Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Starring: Elton John , and Classic Albums
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ASIN: B00005Q2Z4
Release Date: 2001-11-06

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This installment of the Classic Albums series, in which rock stars talk about the creation of their albums, focuses on the making of what may have been Elton John's seminal record, Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road. John, lyricist Bernie Taupin, producer Gus Dudgeon, and the members of John's band discuss the writing and recording process of such hits as "Benny and the Jets," "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," and, of course, "Candle in the Wind." The drawback of this track-by-track deconstruction is that you only get snippets of the songs (performed in archival footage), interspersed with interviews in which the participants recall its origins. Also, true fans may feel that they don't get nearly enough of the Elton John interview, but they'll revel in the old films of him in some of his most outlandish stage finery. DVD bonus interviews discuss the beginnings of John's career. --Marshall Fine

Description

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD gave Elton John his second number one album in both the American and British charts and provided him with four top ten singles. Interviews with Elton John himself, as well as with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, there are contributions from musicians Davey Johnstone and Nigel Olsson, Gus Dudgeon (producer), David Hentschel (engineer), Del Newman (orchestral arranger) along with comments from Sir Tim Rice and Paul Gambaccini amongst others.

Featuring new and archive performances from Elton John as well as rare archive footage from the original recording sessions, this program provides a unique insight into the creation of this truly Classic Album.

Customer Reviews:

Vintage E.J.!!!.......2007-03-28

Being a die hard EJ'ER: I was REALLY happy to see most of this Docu as it borrows heavily from the ABC broadcast of "EJ & BT say Goodbye Norma Jean & other Things" during the zenith of EJ Mania! It's a bittersweet tribute to 1 of the BEST LPS ever made (IMOP!) because Dee, Gus & others are'nt with us anymore & we can never relive that moment in time. As I 1st recorded an audio version with 1 of the dozen cassette recorders I've owned during my near half a century of life on this planet! "Danny Bailey" is epic! EJ is 60???? Where is the time going? GET THIS! U will NOT regret it! Especially if you're an EJ fan!

Very enjoyable.......2007-01-10

We bought this one as well as the Dark Side of the Moon Classic DVD. We enjoy how anything is created especially when it comes to our favorite albums. Very interesting...we'll watch it again and again.

It's Never Enough of Elton John!.......2006-12-29

Classic album DVD's are a real delight and this one is no exception. Not only does Elton give ample time to explain the escapades of recording in England, Jamaica and France, but also we hear a lot from Bernie Taupin on his songwriting. Producer Gus Dudgeon does many analyses of songs by showing how each track was laid out separately giving an entirely new meaning to the creation of a song through his mixer. Davey Johnstone does great famous riffs from the album and it is interspersed with the actual song with neat segues. The concert footage is a bit fuzzy, but the showmanship and the songs are displayed with great affection. Some fans might complain that only about a half-dozen songs are analyzed with a back-up story, but it is well worth hearing these tales. The DVD bonus interviews are priceless. Buy this entire album on DVD sound if you have the system!

Hello, Yellow Brock Road.......2006-10-05

The music of the 1970's has brought out some of the most dynamic and universal records ever. It was much harder though for double albums to be as univeral masterpieces than, as much as it is now. Although there are few that stand out like Pink Floyd's The Wall, Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volumes I & II, and The Beatles White Album. For a living legend like Elton John, he has had so many different double albums from Blue Moves in 1976, and Here & There in 1975. Although those records have shined, his masterpiece Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is still the prime record of his career. Although he has made so many, this was the breakthrough one, that still remains his highest-selling one.

Classic Albums: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, is a comprehensive documentary describing the highs and lows of what made Elton's 1973 classic, a standard in music today. This documentary highlights the hindrances, and achievements with footage from Elton through his live performances from his career from his classic landmark show at the legendary Hollywood Bowl, to his intimate rendition of Candle In The Wind from his 1986 Live In Austrailia conert, with each track shown in reminicing stories. This documentary shows how sessions inspired tracks from Jamaican Jerk-off, to Bennie & The Jets, and the somber Roy Rogers which songwriter Bernie Taupin claimed as a childhood hero. You also see the late Gus Dudgeon, who sadly was killed in a car accident in 2003, and how he fused each track, and even early versions of tracks such as Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding and Harmony. The documentary is very gripping, and makes you wonder why very few artists have really made the achievement and magic appeal Elton John and Bernie Taupin accomplished.

All in all, Classic Albums: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a very detailed documentary that is not just enjoyable, it captures the imagination of one of the best recorded and definitive albums ever. I loved watching this documentary recently on the VH1 Classic channel, and it was just a real treat. If you haven't seen this one, you realy don't know what you are missing. I recommend this for any die hard fan of Elton's, and a owner of the yellow brick road.

DVD Cover: B

Price: B

Mastering: A

Extras: B-

Overall: B 1/2+

If you like the record, you will love the DVD.......2006-09-09

At one point, this record was in the Guiness Book of World Records. Not for sales or revenue, etc. But because the entire record was **written, recorded and produced over a 2 week span**. When you put that in present-day context, that makes this a milestone, IMHO, not to mention even trying to contrast it with the stuff that comes out these days. This record gives me chills, and there is one thing I could never figure out about Ej and Bernie Taupin, and would love someone to explain it to me. How could two *very very* english guys write so effectively about such american topics as cowboys (Roy Rogers) gangsters (Danny Bailey), Wizard of Oz, Maralyn Monroe, etc.? I for one never thought for a minute that these guys were from another country. MOre credit to them.

Anyway, love the production, lyrics and melodies. This for me is truly a desert island disc.

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only 25 minutes
EVERYBODY NEEDS A NAP!!!!!!!!!!

Barney - Red, Yellow and Blue
Starring: Barney
Manufacturer: Lyons / Hit Ent.
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ASIN: B00029NLB4
Release Date: 2004-09-07

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only 25 minutes.......2007-02-22

This video is as good and educational as other Barney videos. Kids learn a lot about colours and hear their favorite songs. The only thing -it's only 25 minutes long. It's really short in compare to other 50 -55 minutes Barney videos.

EVERYBODY NEEDS A NAP!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-01-03

I can't stand this movie! It's driving me crazy. First they show Barney flapping 2 small feathers and calling himself a canary, then they sing that evil song, "Everybody Needs A Nap!" What!? Even movie producers need a nap!? Barney needs a nap, a DIRTnap that is! He should be shot in the head so he can nap forever and never wake up again to annoy us. I can just pciture that in my head right now. The lady artist, Ms. Joe, is also just as sickeningly annoying as well!

To all Ameircan parents out there who do not have this, don't get this for your kids, get them a Thomas the Tank Engine DVD instead, please.

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