The Milky Way (Criterion Collection)

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The first of what Luis Buñuel later proclaimed a trilogy (along with The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Phantom of Liberty) about "the search for truth," The Milky Way (La voie lactée) daringly deconstructs contemporary and traditional views on Catholicism with ribald, rambunctious surreality. Two French beggars, present-day pilgrims en route to Spain's holy city of Santiago de Compostela, serve as Buñuel's narrators for an anticlerical history of heresy, told with absurdity and filled with images that rank among Buñuel's most memorable (stigmatic children, crucified nuns) and hilarious (Jesus considering a good shave). A diabolically entertaining look at the mysteries of fanaticism, The Milky Way remains a hotly debated work from cinema's greatest skeptic.

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one of the best.......2007-08-29

get this film....my favorite scene is when the virgin Mary calls over jesus, after he gives a speech at a dinner, and tells him we're out of wine can you do something. so Bunuel. unlike no other.

Guards, get that heretic!.......2007-08-28

The Milky Way (1969)
Dir. Maestro Luis Bunuel
One of best movies that analyzes European Christianity and Catholicism with a Surrealistic microscope. Two allegorical pilgrims on there way to Santiago de Compostela from Paris see 2000 years of Orthodoxy through a series of unrelated vignettes dealing with heresies and anathemia. Blasphemy? Hardly. Sacreligous? Never!
Critical in a loving way? Of course. Get this movie. Pierre Clementi rules as the Destroying Angel!
Extras are minimal with 1 short documentry and 2 interviews, one with a critic who sounds like he didn't get it in the first place.
However, this Criterion DVD is packaged with the class that The Milky Way deserves. Subtitles default in English with overlapping text. Original language: French with a touch of Spanish and Mystical Latin. I see this movie as the natural sequel to Simon of the Desert.
Luis Bunuel, filmmaker, Surrealist Extraordinaire, we'll never see his kind again. Nope. Thank God for him!
Coincidence or not, you decide: the timing for the release of this movie and the Mother Theresa journal?!!!!!

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THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE, WHAT IT IS AIN'T EXACTLY CLEAR

NOVA: Monster of the Milky Way
Starring: Stacy Keach , Peter Thomas (VI) , and Don Wescott
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ASIN: B000JJ5F66
Release Date: 2007-01-16

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Join NOVA on a mind-bending hunt for a monster lurking at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. For a long time, black holes were dismissed as pure science fiction. Even Albert Einstein could not bring himself to accept them, despite pioneering the theory o

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THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE, WHAT IT IS AIN'T EXACTLY CLEAR.......2007-01-04

The monster of the Milky Way is of course--no, wait for it. But it's big, really big. Bigger than a Buick. How do we know what's there, with all the gas and dust blocking our view of the galaxy center? "Monster of the Milky Way" explains how. My test for Nova programs is how many times I want to watch them. This episode premiered only a few weeks ago yet I've seen it three times already. There's a lot of thought provoking ideas in this episode, including the fate of the Milky Way and our big galactic neighbor 2.2 million light years away, Mr. Huge Andromeda Galaxy, M31. I don't want to spoil the "plot" of this episode because at its heart it is a detective story, but it follows astronomers as they try to discern just what all that mass at the center of the Milky consists of, and what that means for the future of our galactic neighborhood. This episode is one of the better ones about astronomy. The monster at the heart of the Milky Way and its brethren are the subject of cutting-edge ideas in cosmology these days, and this fresh Nova program takes you right into the current research.

A Spray of Plum Blossoms/Two Stars in the Milky Way

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A Spray of Plum Blossoms/Two Stars in the Milky Way
Starring: Chinese Film Classics
Manufacturer: Cinema Epoch
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ASIN: B000RXZIGG
Release Date: 2007-09-11

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A double feature of two rare Chinese classic silent films, with newly recorded music scores by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.

Solar Journey: A Galactic Tour of the Milky Way & Beyond

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Solar Journey: A Galactic Tour of the Milky Way & Beyond

Manufacturer: Finley-Holiday Film Corp.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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DVD Extra- Galactic Quiz
DVD Extra - Space Photo Gallery
DVD Extra - Sounds of Space
DVD Extra - Galactic Symphony - Music Video
DVD Extra - Bonus Video- On Robot Wings - Flying thru Our Solar System

ASIN: B000JG7ZQC

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SOLAR JOURNEY takes you on a breathtaking tour through the Milky Way Galaxy and beyond using real data from Earth and space-based observatories. Explore the far reaches of the suns influence and visit the secret heart of the Milky Way galaxy, where a cluster of massive stars is held captive by a black hole. Witness the spectacular radiation rainbow that surrounds the ancient supernova known as Loop I. Pass by planetary systems and then fly out to our nearby sister galaxy Andromeda, where the Milky Way Galaxy is revealed as a tiny way station in the vast emptiness of space. Finally, return home to Earth as you may not have seen it before: safely cradled in the striking cocoon of the solar wind. Produced by Finley-Holiday Films with Indiana University Research & Technology Corp. and the University of Chicago.

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Unfolding Universe

Manufacturer: Discovery Channel
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ASIN: B000H9KXWO

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The Milky Way contains more than 200 billion stars and a seemingly infinite number of planets. Where did our magnificent galaxy come from and what will become of it? Astronomers have charted remarkable changes in the Milky Way in just the past century, no more than a cosmic microsecond. Millions of stars, like our own Sun, have been devoured by a monstrous galactic void. Discovery Channel follows a group of leading astronomers and scientists as they attempt to unlock the mysteries of this insatiable vortex. They dont know what theyll find there...only that this hellish realm harbours clues to the fate of our galaxy.

Boxing Comedy Champs: Harold Lloyd in "The Milky Way"/The East Side Kids in "Kid Dynamite"

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Boxing Comedy Champs: Harold Lloyd in "The Milky Way"/The East Side Kids in "Kid Dynamite"
Starring: Milky Way , and Kid Dynamite
Manufacturer: ROAN
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebook

ASIN: B0006SSQQG
Release Date: 2005-01-25

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Milky Way - Often considered Harold Lloyd's best performance in a talkie, Lloyd plays Buleigh Sullivan, a milkman who becomes a boxer after it appears that he has knocked out a middleweight champion (William Gargan) in a street brawl. Adolphe Menjou plays Gabby Sloan, who wants to manage Buleigh as a real contender in a series of fixed fights only to have him lose a match against the champ right as the unaware Buleigh begins to believe in his own powers. Will Buleigh be able to hold his own or will he get clobbered when he faces a real fighter?

Kid Dynamite-East Side boxing champion Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey) has been challenged to fight the West Side champ after a pool game hustle gone wrong but is kidnapped before the match. Muggs' friend Danny (Bobby Jordan) takes his place and wins the fight only to have Muggs think that Danny was responsible for his kidnapping. The relationship strained, is made even more complicated by the fast that Danny wants to marry Muggs' sister. Will Muggs' sister marry Danny? Will Muggs and Danny's friendship ever be repaired or will Muggs continue to believe that he lives in Danny's shadow and resent him forever? Find out in this knock-out classic, Kid Dynamite!

DVD features

-A very fascinating and informative introduction by New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick!

-Bonus episode of classic serial The New Adventures of Tarzan!

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You've Just Got to Duck!.......2006-06-30

The Milky Way is a later sound feature starring the silent comedian Harold Lloyd. It begins with an incompetant milkman (Lloyd) in a very funny scene at a meeting for the company. This man happens to stumble upon some prize fighters one night and agitates them until they attempt to beat him up. Little do they know how nimble he is and the middle-weight champion finds himself with birds circling his head. The fighter's promoter (Adolph Menjou) wants to employ the milkman in order to alter gossip, but he is none too receptive. Later, he gets roped into it anyway and a string of fixed fights and publicity leave the milkman with a massively inflated ego.

Lloyd is astonishingly funny in this film. His silent character is only amplified by the fact that he speaks here. Some silent stars lost something when sound came, but Lloyd seems to have fed on its power. He is truly a bright spot.

Most film collectors know that many films aren't in great condition and are able to look past the fuzzy prints and dull soundtrack to see the film they've been dying to see. This film is easy to love because of the great script and Lloyd's hilarious antics and even moreso by those people who have trained themselves to look past bad prints. For others, it might not be as enjoyable because the quality can be a bit distracting.

Wait for the Collection.......2005-09-16

This will be released as part of the Harold Lloyd set coming out in November. I'm sure we'll see a better looking and sounding print. This promises to be quite a release and may do much to revitalize the reputation of a unique comedy genius.

I watched this film two times the first evening I got a copy; I was a little astonished. As a wacky comedy from that era it's not on the level of The Awful Truth or Bringing Up Baby--it's a notch below--but it's very good and has plenty of imaginative and gut-busting moments. I was roaring through the entire ending, and that's the way it should be with a good comedy.

The aspects that prevent this from being a front-runner are a not-totally-there script, a fun but vaguely awkward performance by Adolphe Menjou as a fight promoter, and some lumpiness to the flow of the proceedings. Screwball comedy, based as it is on generally unbelievable premises and coincidences, requires carefully calibrated velocity and pacing to keep the audience from noticing the unreality of the situations. The best examples have theatrical precedents--Arsenic and Old Lace, in its film incarnation, still feels like a stage play but it works brilliantly because it's relentless. All this movie was missing was more inspired direction.

Still, Lloyd, and much of the cast, are a pleasure, and the fun almost always never stops. A solid four-star with plenty of five-star moments--including one scene where Lloyd plays a sort of boomerang game with his hat.

Awful. Unfunny........2005-05-30

I'm a big Harold Lloyd fan, but this movie is a waste of time. Luckily, I have it recorded from TV. Am now erasing it.

Good movie, but the transfer sucks.......2004-08-27

This is a good Harold Lloyd movie, although not one of his best (but they are all pretty good.) The problem with the DVD is that the quality of the transfer is very bad.

The video quality is poor. It is washed out in places. Contract is bad. Part of the titles are cut off.

The sound quality is absolutely horrible. In many places it shrieks like an old speaker turned up too loud. It was painful to listen to this movie at any other than a very low (i.e. barely make out the words) sound level.

Classic Comedy Triple Feature Vol. 1 - The Milky Way, The General, College

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Classic Comedy Triple Feature Vol. 1 - The Milky Way, The General, College
Starring: Classic Comedy Triple Feature 1
Manufacturer: Good Times Video
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ASIN: B00019G4G4
Release Date: 2004-03-30

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The Milky Way
Starring: Murray Alper , Bull Anderson , Gertrude Astor , George Barbier , and Jay Belasco
Director: Leo McCarey
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Harold Lloyd's - World Of Comedy

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Language(s): English

ASIN: B000PYB4KQ

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Silent comedy-star Harold Lloyd personally selected his funniest scenes for this hysterical compilation. Our bespectacled hero always seems to go from one set of troubles to another. Contains classic bits from such gems as "Why Worry?," The Milky Way, "Girl Shy," "Movie Crazy and "Professor Beware." You will never forget poor Harolds daring antics on a skyscraper in his best-loved film "Safety Last! or his daring climb down the side of a building in Feet First.

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