Platinum Comedy Series - Dave Chappelle

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Killin' Them Softly is easily one of HBO's best comedy specials, catching star Dave Chappelle at a career high in 2000 and with an abundance of hysterical, highly polished material. Taking his time, stretching concepts and bits like a master, Chappelle plunges into a wealth of anecdotes and observations about the influx of white people into Washington, D.C. (where this show was recorded) since the 1980s. ("Who are the scariest people? White guys in black gangs. No telling what they did to get respect.") There are fantastic tales of racing cops with Chappelle's white friend, Chip, and a great story about being left alone in a limousine outside a busy crack house. Other good stuff: introducing a kid to a PePe Le Pew cartoon and realizing too late the skunk is a sex criminal, and why we should know our 911 calls will end up played on television. --Tom Keogh

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DAVE CHAPPELLE is a successful comedian, screenwriter, and actor. CHAPPELLE'S laid-back yet socially attuned style of comedy has made him a favorite among all ages and races. As an actor he's appeared alongside some of Hollywood's biggest names in films such as THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, CON AIR, YOU'VE GOT MAIL, UNDERCOVER BROTHER and BLUE STREAK. CHAPPELLE also co-wrote and starred in the sidesplitting prison caper HALF BAKED. Now laugh out loud as you spend 60 hilarious minutes with DAVE CHAPPELLE as he sounds off on everyone within earshot. Originally aired on HBO in 2000, "Killin' Them Softly" is without a doubt one of the funniest standup specials available. You'll never laugh more than you will here. Dave spares no victim as he addresses issues about the Police, Racism, Sesame Street, Kids, and the Government. It's hilarious! Comedy doesn't get any better than this! Welcome DAVE CHAPELLE'S "Killin' Them Softly" to the prestigious PLATINUM COMEDY SERIES. Bringing you the funniest comedians in America!

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HILARIOUS.......2007-04-23

DAVE CHAPPELLE TRULY IS ONE OF THE BEST COMEDIANS. THIS STAND-UP COMEDY DVD IS HILARIOUS. BUT NOW DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID. THERE IS ANOTHER DVD THAT'S THE SAME SHOW BUT IN A DIFFERENT NAME "FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH". SO DON'T BUY BOTH CUZ IT'S THE SAME EXACT SHOW. I HAD "FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH" AND THEN I BROUGHT THIS ONE NOT KNOWING IT WAS THE SAME. BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE U GOTTA SEE. U WILL LAUGH YOUR HEART OUT

Killin' Them Softly.......2007-03-11

Dave Chappelle is funny...this one has got to be one of his best stand-ups.

This is Dave Chapelles' Best Work!.......2007-02-07

This DVD is so Hilarious. If you have seen his TV show....you havn't seen anything! His standup is so much better than his TV show. If you want to laugh and laugh, buy this. It is my favorite! My family has watched it over 10 times!

One of the single best stand-up specials ever.......2006-10-09

Dave Chappelle's Killin' Them Softly ranks up there with the best. What really differentiates Chappelle from other comedians, something I don't often see mentioned in his evaluations, is his nack for subtle humor. Although his material is outrageous in concept, his delivery is what makes it so brilliant. He throws in little words here and there, facial expressions, and masterfully realized impressions that are all made with such a laid-back delivery. It's subtle. He captures emotions. Seriously, it's not hype... the man is a brilliant comedian. Even if you're not a fan of Chappelle's Show, you'll love this special.

Can't go wrong with Chappelle.......2006-07-19

With the rising success of Dave Chappelle came -Killin' Them Softly-, one of the funniest and popular stand up specials to date. Almost everything he talks about in this will keep you laughing. It may be the typical things an African-American comedian might talk about, but it is down right hilarious the way Dave presents it.

My favorites would be:

- Taped 9-1-1 call - "Help! Help Mutha F**ka They Comin' Ta Get Me!"
- Ditched in the Ghetto - "Hey Baby! Baby go home... what the F**k are you doin' up!"
- Discovering old shows - "B***H I LIVE IN A F**KING TRASH CAN"
- Clinton/Bush/First Black presidency (By far the best one)
- Chivalry

55 minutes of sheer hysteria in one stand up by one man. Of course getting the DVD would be good, but I would actually recommend downloading it because of quick access to it. With a DVD you have to put it in the computer or DVD player and wait to then play it, but when you have it already on your computer you can just run it with a media player. Nonetheless, the point is to see this if you haven't.

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Stands above other monster films like a mountain over the foothills!
Still crazy after all these years!
The terror or THEM!
One of my all-time favorites!
Simply the best of the genre'

Them!
Starring: James Whitmore , Edmund Gwenn , Joan Weldon , James Arness , and Onslow Stevens
Director: Gordon Douglas
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ASIN: B000067FP3
Release Date: 2002-08-06

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That ol' cinematic devil the A-bomb has spawned a colony of giant murderous ants bent on destroying humanity in this, the seminal big bug movie (an obvious and oft-credited influence for Alien among countless others). The special effects may be dated, but this brilliantly rational-sounding film has held up wonderfully in all other regards, including some starkly effective location work in the high Arizona desert, a genuinely inspired sound design guaranteed to bring on the creepy-crawlies, and an unexpectedly dry sense of humor (mainly personified by Grade-A egghead scientist Edmund Gwenn). This is essential viewing for all those who consider themselves science fiction or horror fans. Heroic hardcase James Arness previously played for the other team as the titular character in The Thing from Another World. --Andrew Wright

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Radiation from bomb tests creates giant, mutant ants that descend upon a town.

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Stands above other monster films like a mountain over the foothills!.......2007-09-08

I love horror films. LOVE THEM! Sadly, most of them are pure crap. Even sadder is the fact that horror films aren't even made anymore. Now that exploitation is mainstream horror has been supplanted by teeny-bobby startle flicks and "torture porn." It's too bad. Neither are really horror. The striking lack of any real horror films today has made me return to the classics. This is one of em, folks. As is the case with horror in general, most monster movies are pure and utter crap. The beauty lies in the exceptions, and boy is this an exception! A masterpiece all around, on par with Creature of the Black Lagoon, King Kong, and the lesser-known Squirm (a forgotten jem about killer blood worms).

Still crazy after all these years!.......2007-09-07

"THEM" was the first scary movie that I ever saw. The movie was great then, and surprisily has been able to hold up after all these years. The technology of a moving large insect was new then and still looks authenic. I recently showed it to my grandchildren (ages 5,6 & 7) and they loved it. It is a great scary movie to show childen because there really is no gore in it like the movies that they make now, which I avoid.
I saw the end of it on TV, that is how I new that it was still available.
When I was 6 and saw it at our neighborhood theater, I was shocked that my buddy (a boy that was 7) kept having to run behind the wall in the back of the theater. What a chicken!

The terror or THEM!.......2007-08-16

This is a MUST-HAVE for your classic movie collection. Who can resist these great old black and white films with giant monsters / ants/ spiders, etc. chasing humans?? (and of course, the classic screams coming from the pretty girl that ALWAYS is rescued and won over by the tall, strong and handsome hero of the movie!) I don't think Hollywood can, in all their newfangled abilities to create incredible things with special effects, EVER top the charm of these old movies. To watch this movie, and many other classics, is a way of stepping back in time to a more innocent time, and not having to listen to a movie filled with swear words, nudity, and all that nonsense. How refreshing, and how perfect for family viewing, and just plain FUN.

One of my all-time favorites!.......2007-08-06

I can remember being a kid during the 60's and 70's and just being soooo excited when I saw this movie was going to be on TV. I would absolutely be glued to the screen. OK, the special effects were pretty cool back then and even won awards (??), and now it looks a little cheesy based on today's standards. But there's enough engagement and seriousness on the part of the actors to make it all believable enough. There's definitely the element of "the horrors of nuclear energy" and all that 50's propaganda but hey, if you're in the mood for some rainy Saturday afternoon fun, this is a good one to pull off the shelf!

Simply the best of the genre'.......2007-07-08

There are so many excellant reviews on this movie that I hesitated to add mine, but there are a few interesting side notes:

1. there was absoloutely no sex or inuendo in this movie although there was a mild love interest.

2. believe it or not there was a total of about one minute of actual violence.

3. the monster(s) were on screen for maybe a total of five minutes

Never-the-less, I saw this movie in the theater in 1954 at age 9 and didn't sleep for a week! LOL ;)

Interesting is that this was originally to be a big budget picture.. In color, longer, with more special effects. But, money pressure cut it back to what it is (Probably a better flick). Also interesting is that the monster was nominated for an Academy Award in 1954 but was beaten out by the giant squid in 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea!

It's great... Enjoy! ;)

VeggieTales Classics - God Wants Me to Forgive Them?

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Veggie tales rocks!! =)
veggie tails vhs
As always, a 'tales'
Not as good as I hoped, but my daughter loves it.
Great movie!!!

VeggieTales Classics - God Wants Me to Forgive Them?
Starring: Veggie Tales
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ASIN: B0001WTWW4
Release Date: 2004-05-18

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Another early entry in the VeggieTales series offers two lessons on forgiveness. These colorful and very funny 30-minute tapes are an entertaining way to teach Christian-lite morals to youngsters (and those young at heart). In the first episode, Jr. Asparagus has trouble understanding why he must forgive an irritating grape tourist family (who call themselves "the grapes of wrath") after they insult him. The second episode, a parody of Gilligan's Island, deals with the bumbling Larry the Cucumber when he gets a tourist boat lost on a deserted island. It moves a little faster than the first episode, and Larry's antics--always a highlight--are in top form. Along with the bouncy songs, there's also a commercial for the Forgive-o-Matic. Remember: bamboo can be used for many things! --Doug Thomas

Description

Kids learn that God wants us to forgive others; even sour grapes and absentminded cucumbers. What do you get when a bunch of very cranky grapes make fun of Junior Asparagus? One sad asparagus and one big problem. Can Junior's dad show the grapes the error of their ways? Will Junior ever be able to forgive them? Does anybody know what seventy times seven equals? Learn the answers to these questions and more as Larry the Cucumber tells the story of "The Grapes of Wrath!" A three-hour boat tour takes a turn for the worse when first mate Larry absentmindedly crashes into an uncharted tropical island! Can Skipper Bob and the passengers possibly forgive Larry for making such a huge blunder? While the professor discovers how many contraptions can be built out of bamboo and coconuts, the others discover the real reasons God wants us to forgive!

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Veggie tales rocks!! =).......2007-08-03

I love veggie tales and they have great lessons they keep my 2 yr olds attention forever!!

veggie tails vhs.......2007-04-08

I am very happy with the price and quality of this product.

As always, a 'tales'.......2007-02-23

My grandson is not quite two, but he can say two words very well - Veggie Tales. the tales comes out better. He loves to watch the action. My [..] granddaughter is beginning to learn that these tales come with messages. She is having a hard time 'forgiving' little brother for his 'misdemeanors' but this Tales movie has helped her progress with it.

Not as good as I hoped, but my daughter loves it........2006-10-30

When I read the discription of this film, I thought it would be different than it is. I guess I was expecting a little more humor. But it was written for children, not for adults. However my 2-year-old daughter loves it and askes to watch it over and over again, so in that regard I would call it a success.

Great movie!!!.......2005-12-09

Sorry to hear the previous buyer got a damaged copy. They should return it instead of giving the movie a bad review. This was a wonderful illustration on forgiveness. It shows how kindness and forgiveness can change the hearts of others and how good it feels to forgive, even when we are hurt. It is just another fabulous Veggie movie!

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Beware of Them
Old sci-fi movies
classic fifties monsters
Wow, great deal.
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms/Them

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms/Them!
Starring: James Whitmore , Edmund Gwenn , Joan Weldon , James Arness , and Onslow Stevens
Director: Gordon Douglas , and Eugène Lourié
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ASIN: B000FOPPEC
Release Date: 2006-08-22

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Humanity has split the atom, unleashing a new era of science - an era that would also unleash monstrous celluloid rampages. An A-bomb test in the Arctic awakens The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and it makes New York City its stomping ground in the movie (based on a story by Ray Bradbury) that launched a string of Atomic Age creature features. One of the best of those cautionary yarns is Them! Radiation-mutated ants - 12 feet long and capable of lifting tons - become giant problems for James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, James Arness and all of Los Angeles. They're big. They're bad. They've got a serious attitude problem. You won't find a can of bug spray big enough to stop 'em!

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Beware of Them.......2007-07-28

I love these old sci-fi movies! Them is (in-case you didn't already know) about giant mutated ants that like to chew on the flesh of unsuspecting humans. Some scenes are pretty graphic for the 50's, and the effects are way ahead of their time. Back in the good old days when computers didn't do all the hard work for you. The other cool thing about this movie is the research they do on ants, that they can lift 20x there weight, breed like nobody's business ect., and it just makes it that much more scary. I also like the noise the ants make, it's like this high pitch sqealing noise, and is pretty creepy.
I bought this primarily for Them, but ended up really liking The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms a lot! Probably just as much as Them. The story is very good and gets you hooked right away. I think it's because nobody believes the main character when he tells them that he seen a giant pre-historic monster, and automaticaly label him as insane. So for the rest of the movie your just waiting for this thing to attack New York so that they believe him, and it does. This movie is FILLED with stop-motion animation, and TONS of miniatures, which I love.
This print is very impressive, the picture quality is great, the sound is very good for a movie from the 50's. For $12.99, you can't beat it.
Highly recommended.

Old sci-fi movies.......2007-07-12

I injoy the beast and them very much. They brought back fond memories of when I went to the movie theater to see them as a boy.

classic fifties monsters.......2007-05-26

Two great monster movies for the price of one! Sounds familiar, but in this case, you get what they offer.
Them! is the original "big bug" movie. Atomic fallout causes ants to grow large enough to snack on humans and their nest has to be destroyed. But, here comes the McGuffin. Two of the Queens escape and a world wide hunt is on for Them! before they multiply and destroy the human race. The ants are really huge puppets ten years before Jim Henson.
Of course, we have the obligatory (poorly) hidden warning against nuclear testing. Remember, this was the McCarthey era and open protest against the bomb could get you blacklisted.
Again the bomb gets the blame in The Beast from 20,000 fathoms. (great title, but the beast never actually swims that deep) In this case, nuclear testing in the arctic thaws a dinosaur frozen under the ice. The ice at that time was just stuffed with all sorts of critters. First it froze in time to catch a Deadly Mantis, then it thawed enough to entrap a dinosaur without unfreezing the bug, then, in modern times, a starship crash thawed it enough to trap one of its crewmen, The Thing from Outer Space, then it froze the Blob, but allowed enough of it to thaw to menace the world again in the seventies. God knows what global warming will release in the twenty-teens.
getting back to the Beast, rather than freezing back to a Dino-sicle, this one jumps into the ocean and heads south. In Massachusets, it falls in love with a lighthouse, but when its new love proves frigid, it destroys her. Then it heads for New York city where it it is wounded, but its blood turns out to be contaminated by a mysterious disease, so a way has to be found to kill it without spreading the disease, The finale is really exciting. I missed the theatre showing of this film because I was too young, but when I saw this disk, I thought, "Oh that's Godzilla.". Sure enough, in the commentaries on Gojira, I learned that the writer openly credited the Beast as part of the inspiration for the Japanese movie. However, the two movies are different enough that I am glad to have both in my collection. I also have Gorgo, so now all I need is "the giant Behemoth", "Reptilicus",and "The Valley Of Gwangi" to complete my set.

Wow, great deal........2007-03-25

I recently saw "Them!" for the first time and fell in love with it. So naturally I soon went to the store to find a copy. I looked and I looked, but my store din't have it. Suddenly I saw in the double feature section thiscombination. There it was the movie I was looking for. I was hesitant when I saw the name of the other film. "The Beast fom 20,000 Fathoms" sounded like your stereotypical corny sci-fi movie. I sat there thinking it over and suddenly realized it was cheaper to buy the double feature then buying "Them!" individualy. I quickly payed $10 (that's how much it was at my store) and went home. It's a double sided disk and the DVD's are the same as buying them individualy. Same special feature etc. I decided to watch "the Beast from 20,000 Fathoms to see if I liked it, or not. It was wonderful, not on the same level as "Them!', but still good lots of semilarities to Godzilla. This is a really good deal if you want to save over $10 (The price of buying both individualy is $25).

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Them! 5/5 stars: A true clasic that really holds up to today's standards.
The Best from 20,000 Fathoms 4/5 stars: Quite entertaining

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms/Them.......2007-02-20

For anyone who loves the 50's "atomic monster" movies, these two are must-haves. Both still stand up well over the test of time. "The Beast..." features stop-motion animation by legendary special effects man Ray Harryhausen, featuring what I personally think is one of his best looking creations. The movie features plenty of monster-stomping action and a pretty intelligent script for what was pretty much a "quickie" production. "Them" is the classic "atomic radiation has unexpected results" theme that was copied ad nauseum, but rarely done better. The effects are, well, giant puppets, but the photography and sound effects still manage to make them pretty impressive, and the shots of the desert are still genuinely creepy. The fire-fight between the army and the nest of giant ants at the climax of the picture is first rate.

The special features are pretty good. The "archive footage" from the "Them" side is interesting, but a little skimpy. The special features on the "Beast" side give a little more background. Both side's menus are easy to navigate, and the "them" side is set up in an amusing fashion. Overall for anyone who likes 50's science fiction, you'd want to have both these titles anyway. Getting them together is a great deal.

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Riviting Mini-Series
Great Story Telling
Entertaining, some subplots a little boring...
A Great Story
Excellent!

To Serve Them All My Days (Miniseries)
Starring: John Duttine , Frank Middlemass , Alan MacNaughton , Neil Stacy , and David King
Director: Peter Jefferies , Ronald Wilson , and Terence Dudley
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ASIN: B00018WENM
Release Date: 2004-03-09

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The life of an English schoolmaster may sound like dry stuff, but To Serve Them All My Days finds engrossing drama and dry wit in the most ordinary of circumstances. David Powlett-Jones (John Duttine), a young Welshman, returns from the trenches of World War I disillusioned and suffering from shellshock. Accepted as a teacher at an elite boy's boarding school called Bamfylde, Powlett-Jones fears he won't last--but the faith of the headmaster who hired him (Frank Middlemass) proves well-founded. Powlett-Jones immediately flies in the face of convention, fighting with a pompous science teacher (Neil Stacy), speaking out in favor of socialist reforms, and finding a mixture of discipline and empathy with the boys he teaches. Over the course of his 20-year rise through the ranks of Bamfylde, he finds and loses love with several women (Belinda Lang, Kim Braden, and Susan Jameson); one of the greatest strengths of To Serve Them All My Days is how fully realized these women are, each strikingly individual and self-directed.

The writing and acting are impeccable, always cutting to the most engaging aspect of every scene, yet grounding every conflict in a rich understanding of character and circumstance. Even the minor characters are made vivid and distinct, and the realities of life--politics, sex, mortality--are handled frankly and honestly. In fact, To Serve Them All My Days demonstrates the best aspects of a miniseries, taking the scope of 13 episodes to map in detail a human life, with all its victories and disasters. Truly a pleasure to watch; of particular note is Alan MacNaughtan as a sardonic fellow teacher, whose ironic observations and close friendship with Powlett-Jones give the series a good dose of both humor and compassion. Based on the classic novel by R.F. Delderfield. --Bret Fetzer

Description

After barely surviving the trenches of World War I, an embittered young soldier takes a teaching post at Bamfylde, an elite boarding school in the uplands of West Devon. It is an unlikely job for a Welsh miner's son without a degree, but David Powlett-Jones (John Duttine) proves to be a rare schoolmaster, as passionate about learning as he is about teaching. Through two tumultuous decades, Powlett-Jones inspires his students with his courage and idealism, qualities that help prepare him to send another generation of young men off to fight yet another war. A beloved PBS Masterpiece Theatre classic adapted by Andrew Davies (Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones's Diary) from the novel by R. F. Delderfield.

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Riviting Mini-Series.......2007-05-28

The mini-series, "To Serve Them All My Days," kept our attention so well that we finished the four DVDs without realizing the time had gone by! It is well worth the money we spent!

Great Story Telling.......2007-04-12

I saw "To Serve Them All My Days" when it was first broadcast on Masterpiece Theater and I have never forgotten the series, so I was very pleased to see that it was released on DVD. The story has been nicely related by other reviewers so I will concentrate on the wonderful performances. John Duttine is marvelous as David Powlett-Jones; his range and depth of emotion are perfectly portrayed in a role that must have been very demanding. Frank Middlemass makes Algy Herries a beloved Headmaster; gregarious, open and unflappable but very serious when he has to be. We are quite sorry when he "retires" as Headmaster but are glad that he does not entirely leave the story. Neil Stacy is excellent as Carter, a character that I could loath and find some sympathy and understanding for.

The women in David Powlett-Jones' life are certainly fascinating and charming. Belinda Lang was truly wonderful as his first wife, Beth. She played the role with particular sweetness tempered by good humor and good sense; Kim Barden made quite a seductive Julia Derbyshire and Susan Jameson made a troubled would-be politician and lover for Powlett-Jones.

I recall that Alistair Cooke had warm praise for Charles Kay who turned in a perfect performance as Alcock, the icy Headmaster who succeeds Algy Herries. Alan MacNaughton was a delight as Howarth, who may have had a bleak outlook on life but was a solid friend to David Powlett-Jones.

Having come from a military boarding school founded along the lines of English boarding schools by an Episcopal minister, it was easy for me to recall events from my own education and compare the teachers of Bamfylde with ones that I was taught by. The series is so good because it is true to life and I would believe that R. F. Delderfield based his books on real people and events from his own experience. This is an unforgettable series that is well-acted and holds your interest throughout its 13 parts. Highly recommended.

Entertaining, some subplots a little boring..........2007-04-11

David Powlett-Jones is a Welsh combat vet discharged with shell shock. Hired to teach school at an elite boarding school, David finds himself mired in a culture he despises: that of the wealthy social elite. Soon however, David becomes enamored with the school and teaching and chooses to stay.

David's life is an interesting one, though at times some sub plots were more interesting to this viewer than others. David's persecution at the hands of the evil South African headmaster went on a little long. Likewise, I found his last romantic interest tedious. She seemed a selfish character who used David as a crutch. I found myself disliking her intensely.

Overall, I enjoyed the series and felt it could've benefited from a few more episodes. 4 stars.

A Great Story.......2007-02-18

This is a story about a shell-shocked soldier, David Powlett-Jones who returns home from the First World War, and finds his healing and restoration while teaching at an English boarding school for boys called Bamfylde. The story is derived from the novel by R. F. Delderfield with the same title as the film, To Serve Them All My Days. It is a hopeful and encouraging story which sweeps across the years from the final days of the First World War to the approach of the Second World War. Many discouragements and even tragedy plague the years, but the general trend is upward and encouraging.

This is a film series that I had waited a long time to see. I had read the book, To Serve Them All My Days twice, the second time just before seeing the film version. By and large I thought the film version was quite well done. The adult characters are well developed as they are in Delderfield's writing. Many of the individual schoolboy characters are slighted somewhat in the film, however. The story flows well from episode to episode as it apparently was presented on television.

The DVD version is about eleven hours long on four DVDs. In shorter films derived from written stories, one can understand leaving some significant things out. I felt, however, that there were too many exclusions in the film version of To Serve Them All My Days which was plenty long enough to take into account important elements of Delderfield's original story. In that sense I was quite disappointed. I felt the film makers deleted too many of the stories about the individual schoolboys which give the written story reality and life. Plus, the entire aspect of the story based on the survival and recovery of Powlett-Jones' young daughter, Grace, who in the book lives through the accident in which Powlett-Jones first wife and Grace's twin sister Joan were killed. I use the word "aspect" because Grace figures very prominently through much of the story as Delderfield originally told it, partnering with her father from a very young age and aided in her recovery by two of the Bamfylde schoolboys in particular, and finally joining her father as a secretary. When such a major aspect of a story is removed the story becomes something different. A bit less of Powlett-Jones love life and common room discussions, and the inclusion of Grace's recovery, and more of the stories about the boys he served all his days would, in my opinion, have raised the film to a level of excellence.

Excellent!.......2007-01-04

This is an excellent version of the book. The main characters and the supporting are very well cast and continue to be a pleasure to watch.

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Beware: Animal Cruelty

Cannibal Ferox
Starring: Giovanni Lombardo Radice , Lorraine De Selle , Danilo Mattei , Zora Kerova , and Walter Lucchini
Director: Umberto Lenzi
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ASIN: B000HXDWNM
Release Date: 2006-10-31

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Italian exploitation legend Umberto Lenzi birthed the cannibal subgenre of Italian horror with Deep River Savages, but he turned out one of the so-called classics of the genre with this 1981 effort, a blunt, brutal story of five New Yorkers who face the wrath of angry Amazon cannibals. Three completely clueless would-be anthropologists set out to disprove the racist myth of tribal cannibalism perpetuated by colonial Europeans. Turning a blind eye to danger at every turn, they join up with a pair of drug-crazed psychos on the run from supposed cannibals (in truth, the reign of terror has been perpetrated solely by greedy Americans) and then wait patiently for the bloody vengeance of the tribal survivors. Lenzi is no stylist, and his attempts at irony are crude at best, but he delivers all he promises (or threatens): evisceration, emasculation, gouged eyeballs, and a sick twist on the initiation scene from A Man Called Horse. His generous budget allowed him to shoot on location in South America and New York (where a police detective searches for the homicidal drug dealer in a subplot) and lavish attention on his carnage, elevating it to near cult status. More than simply gory, this is a sadistic, cynical, mean-spirited film, for hardcore fans of the genre only.

Lenzi and star John Morghen (the only animated actor in the otherwise flat cast) offer commentary on an alternate track, but Lenzi is all but unintelligible through his thick accent at times. A supplemental interview with Lenzi is helpfully translated by his interviewer. --Sean Axmaker

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CANNIBAL FEROX DELUXE EDITION
Here it is! The original uncensored, unrated director's cut of one of the most notorious and violent films of all time. Banned in 31 countries, "Cannibal Ferox" assaults your senses as a group of Americans lost in the jungles of Amazonia experience brutal retribution at the hands of savage cannibals. Shot on location in the savage Amazon wilds of South America, CANNIBAL FEROX is one of the most violent and shocking films ever made. There are at least two dozen scenes of barbaric torture and sadistic cruelty graphically shown. This is the legendary Grindhouse Releasing deluxe edition of Umberto Lenzi's infamous classic of graphic horror.
SPECIAL FEATURES
-Original uncensored director's cut
-Spectacular new digital stereo re-mix
-Candid and shocking audio commentary by director Umberto Lenzi and star John Morghen
-Exclusive on-camera interview with Umberto Lenzi
-Original Italian, German and U.S. theatrical trailers
-Extensive gallery of stills and poster art
-Exhaustive filmographies
-Liner notes by legendary Time Square historian Bill Landis (author of THE SLEAZOID EXPRESS)
Customer Reviews:

Why the hell was this ever banned.......2007-08-12
The cover of this movie states that it was banned in 31 counties. I want to know what countries. There is pretty much no reason why this flim should of ever been banned.

I did slightly enjoy this film but it was not what I was expecting. I went into this film thinking it was going to be an awsome gore-fest, but I was wrong. Sure there were a few good scenes for all gore lovers to enjoy. Like the hooks through the boobs or the guy getting the top of his head sliced off and his brains eaten. But it is not worth sitting through a lot of boreing dilouge just to watch it. The actors in this film seemed to be slightly retarded, like if you see a dead body in a village of cannibals, why the hell would you decide to stay the night with them? Your just asking to be eaten.
Bad.......2007-07-19
This movie was just bad! Bad acting, bad special effects and bad direction. I wanted to see something diffrent, something that would shock me or gross me out and went with some of the reviews and was disappointed when I saw this junk.
Rent It First.......2007-06-02
The hype that surrounds this movie is way too high. The acting sucks and the FX are terrible. The popcorn I ate while watching this were really good though.
Classic!.......2007-05-12
Cannibal flicks always go a little further than your average Italian gore-fest and are definitely my favorites, because when I watch a horror movie I want to be rupulsed and disgusted(see definition of horror)I don't want to see little creepy kids that they put in every pop-horror movie now, that [...] doesn't scare me, this scares me. Not on the same level as "Cannibal olocaust" but pretty close. THIS IS REAL HORROR!
Beware: Animal Cruelty.......2007-05-12
I love gory movies (Zombie, Re-Animator) and this one was kind of cool until some characters started chopping off the parts of a real turtle. It was upsetting. There should be a warning for this kind of material. Just a heads up in case you're gonna buy it. (I've read that Cannibal Holocaust also has animal cruelty, but I haven't seen it.)

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Interesting Adaptation

A classic revisited with a touch more magic

fair and slightly liberated

Fairest movie of them all

the best movie

Snow White - The Fairest of Them All
Starring: Miranda Richardson , Kristin Kreuk , Karin Konoval , Tom Irwin (II) , and Vera Farmiga
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ASIN: B0000640T0
Release Date: 2002-05-21

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There is perhaps no more beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale than the legend of a beautiful young girl fleeing her home because of a jealous stepmother. Now more breath-taking than any previous interpretation, Snow White: The Fairest Of Them All is a fantasy of truly epic scope. Wonderfully acted and cleverly scripted, this modern retelling introduces such classic elements as Snow White's miraculous birth and the mysterious reason why her father remarries after his wife's death. Miranda Richardson (Enchanted April, Merlin) stars as Queen Elspeth, the beautiful, yet vain stepmother whose desire to be the "fairest in the land" ultimately leads her to conspire to kill any rival for that title. Kristin Kreuk ("Smallville") stars as Snow White, the winsome young princess who is forced to run away into the forest where she finds protection and shelter with a band of peculiar little men. Snow White: The Fairest Of Them All is a magical adventure with such dazzling special effects and unforgettable characters that it will instantly capture the hearts- and imagination- of a whole new generation.

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Full screen version

2.0 Dolby surround

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Running Time: 91 Minutes

Format: DVD MOVIE
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Don't expect to plunk your 4-year-old in front of Hallmark's Snow White and have her come away whistling "Heigh Ho"--it's not that kind of movie. Substitute a kingdom of woeful and broody characters (the fairest-of-them-all contenders and their king, plus a green and warty undead guy) for Sleepy, Sneezy, and company, and the picture, a bleak one, becomes clearer. Call it Snow White noir, but don't call it dull. The actors, including Miranda Richardson and Tom Irwin, suck you into their saga of lust and greed by making despair their specialty, and the visuals crackle with a creepy gorgeousness. Writer-director Caroline Thompson sheared this Brothers Grimm adaptation into shape using the same jagged-edged prettiness she brought to the script for Edward Scissorhands; a similar audience--one that can handle a little less light in its darkness--should stick around for Snow White. -Tammy La Gorce
Customer Reviews:

Interesting Adaptation.......2007-07-29
I had forgotten Disney's adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale and even what "Snow White: A Tale of Terror" (1997) was like so this introduced me once more to the story. The first actor I recognized, even under all that make-up, was Clancy Brown playing a genie-type character that was never quite fully explained. He's best known as "The Kurgan" in the first Highlander (1986) movie. Since some parts of this version of Snow White didn't make sense, I afterwards reached into my library and reread the (for all practical purposes) original Brothers Grimm version. I first read "Snow-White and Rose-Red", having missed "Little Snow White" in their voluminous collection of 210 stories. Anyway, I'm fortunate to have read both stories because this Hallmark version follows the original while leaving out some things and adding others. For example, there's nothing about a poisonous comb here and the genie has certainly been added. Snow White according to the Brothers Grimm, is in fact royalty to begin with, unlike her portrayal in this movie. It also takes a bit from the unrelated "Snow-White and Rose-Red" fairy tale i.e. the part about a bear actually being a bewitched prince.

I sort of preferred the original Grimm version of Snow White except for the ending which is better in this TV version, and just about every other on-screen adaptation of Snow White there has ever been, I would imagine. Somehow, the evil queen being made to dance until her death in iron shoes doesn't fit very well with the flow of the story. The evil queen by the way, is Snow White's stepmother. She married Snow White's father after his wife died giving birth to their only daughter. The king's role is virtually insignificant in this movie and one would have to admit even that was probably expanded compared to his role in the Grimm story. Kristin Kreuk, a newcomer to movies at the time, plays Snow White and is an excellent choice despite her slightly oriental looks. I suppose considering Snow White needing fair skin, dark hair and blood-red lips (true to the tale); Kreuk was perfectly cast.

Unlike the Grimm story, she's not a child of seven when all the drama takes place but more like seventeen. She appears very innocent and sweet, looking not unlike the cute baby squirming around in her crib, shown at the beginning of the movie. One could not mistake that she was actually this child all grown up, or maybe not so grown up. Another difference between the original "Little Snow White" story and this one was the final attempt of the evil queen to poison Snow White to death. Here, she takes the form of her alluring "real" mother (played by Vera Farmiga) instead of an old farmer's wife, and feeds Snow White a poisonous apple that finally does her in or so it would seem. Overall a good film with very nice sceneries and beautiful people but a few loose ends that would have been better tied up. I would recommend that viewers also read the Grimm version of the story to get a better idea where all this stuff is coming from and also to have the opportunity to interpret the story for themselves.
A classic revisited with a touch more magic.......2006-11-04
The story of Snow White is one of the most famous by the Brothers Grimm, and this version by Hallmark is probably the most recent revision. It is also the one with the most magic, and is one of Hallmark's better movies. Snow White this time is born of by the prick of a rose on her mother's finger. Childbirth kills the mother and sends the father out into the cold winter with his daughter. Their desperation brings one of Satan's servants to life, who grants the father three wishes (what other number could it be). The first two wishes turn out well, but the third brings forth Elspeth, i.e. the wicked stepmother. Baby Snow White senses the evil stepmother immediately by crying when they are about to touch. What ensues is a lifelong rivalry in which Elspeth uses her magic to slowly take over the kingdom. This includes her mirror, which can fly. The seven dwarfs are not all short, but instead they now represent the 7 colors of the rainbow, and hence can travel across distances by "rainbowing" themselve. Animals of various sorts get involved, and the battle climaxes with the poisoned apple. Elspeth's evil is undone by the love of a prince, and Elspeth herself is taken down by her own evil creations.

The movie is about two hours long, and moves briskly along from one scene to the next. There is no singing, instead the music is orchestral in the style of classical Romance. The cinematography is great and the special effects are quite nice and believable. The overall story is the same as the original Disney version but many of the details have changed to make it quite distinct and unique. Overall, a good movie.
fair and slightly liberated.......2006-07-29
I saw this movie when it first aired on TV and have been looking for it again ever since (so it's been a while since I've seen it). As previously noted the visuals are very nice and the rendition of the story is not bad, but the key part for me was when the Handsome Prince declares his love for Snow White and she lashes back with a speech about how he doesn't know her, he's fallen in love with a vision from across the room. All her life she's been surrounded by people who don't look past the surface of her beauty...
Fairest movie of them all.......2006-06-17
Snow white is my favorite fairy tale, and this is my favorite rendition. It's far closer to the original tale than most, but it addsi many of it's own elements that give it a fresh new approach. I love it!
the best movie.......2005-09-12
this is kind of a remake of the original movie made.
the first time I saw this movie was when it was on TV in the holidays I thought that this movie was grand its one of my many favourite movies its based of the same charactors but the dwarfs names are the days of the week instead of doppy and all that when snow white was born hear mother died and her father was pore so a magic gennie thing came and granted them a wish that they will live in a castle and live happily ever after

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Couldn't finish it

Pour a glass of wine, build a fire, and enjoy.

vulgar ... waste of money

Hillbillies and their Discontents

Relate-able Dysfunction

Daddy & Them
Starring: Ben Affleck , James Michael Andrews , Jeff Bailey , Brenda Blethyn , and Jamie Lee Curtis
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ASIN: B0000E32V1
Release Date: 2004-01-13

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Billy Bob Thornton's white-trash comedy has loads of appeal, beginning with a delightful cast playing the most dysfunctional Southern family outside a Faulkner novel. Thornton and Laura Dern play married couple Claude and Ruby Montgomery, whose true love is stymied by petty jealousies over her old boyfriends and his long-ago romance with Ruby's sister, Rose (Kelly Preston). When Claude's Uncle Hazel (Jim Varney) is arrested, the duo join their extended clan in Little Rock to provide support for him and his defense team (a stormy couple sharply played by Jamie Lee Curtis and Ben Affleck). But cooperation is an alien concept to this family; in no time they're bickering, drinking, and deflating dreams. Typical of Thornton, this is serious yet funny stuff, and the actors--including Andy Griffith, John Prine, Diane Ladd, and Brenda Blethyn--work that fine line between drama and comedy with admirable inspiration. --Tom Keogh
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Academy Award(R) winner Billy Bob Thornton (Best Adapted Screenplay, SLING BLADE, 1996; MONSTER'S BALL) has crafted another must-see motion picture as writer, director, and star of this darkly humorous comedy treat! Also starring Laura Dern (JURASSIC PARK), Diane Ladd (28 DAYS), and Kelly Preston (THE CAT IN THE HAT), it's the entertaining story of a dysfunctionally funny family from Arkansas that rallies to support their uncle (Jim Varney -- THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES) when he's charged with murder. With Hollywood favorites Andy Griffith, Ben Affleck, and Jamie Lee Curtis in an amazing cast of stars, you'll love the amusing give-and-take dished out by this outrageous collection of characters!
Customer Reviews:

Couldn't finish it.......2007-06-20
If you think unrelenting ignorance is funny then this is the movie for you.
Pour a glass of wine, build a fire, and enjoy. .......2007-01-15
Filmed in Little Rock, Arkansas, this film is a languid telling of a Southern family's domestic travails.

All the characters appear to be enjoying themselves most of the time, except Ben Affleck and Jamie Lee Curtis. And John Prine, who seems to be enjoying himself all the time.

Prine's gravelly voice is a treat. Wait for the credits to roll and you will finally get to hear him sing ("In Spite of Ourselves"--just right for this film).

The soundtrack is stunning, especially the acoustic "Dixie," soft and reflective, strummed while Billy Bob reflects on himself.

The director's commentary is very well done, with Billy Bob Thornton adding a lot of detail and insight into how he made the film.

Pour a glass of wine, build a fire, and enjoy.
vulgar ... waste of money.......2006-11-23
The only reason this DVD got a "one" was because they do not give the option of zero or negative number ratings. This is one of the worse movies I have ever attempted to see (I say "attempted" because I took it out after 20 minutes!). The language and theme is true gutter. I cannot understand anyone giving this a good review. The only thing I can imagine is they have a vested interest in the good rating ... maybe they have some to sell and write a good review just to get rid of them. Don't waste your money.
Hillbillies and their Discontents.......2006-10-15
Its a little known Billy Bob Thornton film, put out by the Weinsteins,
I assume, in their days at Miramax before Disney dumped them out of the
company. I've never heard of it. It must've went straight to video.

Billy Bob wrote and directed Daddy and them. It seems a little
autobiographical.

I'm just a little way into the movie. Laura Dern and her husband Billy
Bob are down and out and living in a little house with no money.

Billy Bob is 52 but he's playin' a guy about thirty. Laura's nearing 40
in reality, but she's playing someone who is a post-teen.

It opens with Billy Bob wearing a hat backward and chasing Laura around
the yard. But its primitiveness is what makes this movie worth talking
about.

Their dialog is so remorselessly hillbilly that I have to share. Laura
complains that Billy Bob's tattoos aren't tattoos at all but cover ups
of the names of former loves he's had that he don't want Laura to see
anymore. He replies that he wouldn't have bothered coverin' em up if
she hadn't bitched so much about them.

Which leads her to complain that he shouldn'ta f****d her sister like
that, it makes bein' married to him extra hard. To which Billy Bob
replies, "Sure I f****d your sister, but what was I supposed to do? You
was only 13 at the time and if I'da f***d you, theyda put me in the
hoosegow."

It goes on like that. I suspect the Weinstein Brothers sent this one
straight to video cause it was too embarrassing to release. I'd call
this an unintentional comedy, only I don't think it is. Billy Bob
intended for this to appear to be an unintentional comedy.

Billy Bob doesn't like her folks, including Diane Ladd, Laura's
real-life actress mother and Bruce Dern's ex-wife. The movie is one
long dysfunctional family feud. Billy Bob emphasizes family and its
discontents. Andy Griffith is O T Montgomery, Billy Bob's Daddy.

Its about family, you see, and it don't get much better than that.

It has an extraordinary cast. Jamie Lee Curtis, Brenda Blethyn, the
English Actress who played Mrs. Bennett recently in Pride & Prejudice,
and Ben Affleck.

I haven't actually finished watching the movie yet, but with its mix of
bowling alleys, liquor stores, family dinner tables and just down home
country, I just got a feelin' this one can't go bad on me.
Relate-able Dysfunction.......2005-11-19
I loved this movie! I saw John Prine in concert and he
mentioned it, or I would have never found it, nor purchased
it. It was never released at the theater, straight to
video from what I understand. Anyway, the movie is a
great story of this southern dysfunctional family. The
opening language is a little "rough" but ends up being
pretty funny. I could relate to how the family acted
with each other. "Uncle Hazel loves you, but he can't
stand a one of you!" I wish the movie would have received
more attention. It is a good story with many laughs.

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Cary Grant's "Lost" Movie

Kiss them off

NOT TYPICAL

........Cary Grant At His Best........

not for families

Kiss Them for Me
Starring: Cary Grant , Jayne Mansfield , Leif Erickson , Suzy Parker , and Ray Walston
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Cary Grant--the man who defines "movie star"--plays Andy Crewson, a Navy war hero at the tail end of World War II who cons his way into a four-day leave in San Francisco. While a slick PR guy tries to turn Grant's hero status into a well-paying job, Crewson only has eyes for Gwinnith (Suzy Parker, one of the first supermodels)--who just happens to be the fiancée of a shipbuilding tycoon. Grant is always watchable, but the rest of the movie suffers from an identity crisis; while an aspiring Congressman (Ray Walston, The Apartment) cheerfully admits joined the Navy to further his political career, a buxom young woman (Jayne Mansfield, trying very hard to be Marilyn Monroe) offers herself to everyone in uniform because she sincerely feels it's her patriotic duty. A strange blend of cynical humor and light-hearted romance. --Bret Fetzer
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In this light-hearted wartime comedy, three WWII Navy men orchestrate a 4-day leave for themselves in San Francisco. Once ashore, they immediately set out to make it a swinging celebration - to last as long as possible! Chief among the party-bound is Commander Andy Crewson (Cary Grant). Desperate to keep the men on the straight and narrow, Lieutenant Walter Wallace (Werner Klemperer) commits the trio to becoming spokesman at a local shipyard that's owned by a local tycoon. But before long, the rowdy Crewson is courting the shipmaker's voluptuous daughter (Jayne Mansfield) with hilarious results.
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Cary Grant's "Lost" Movie.......2007-09-15

Three stars as a movie, but an extra half-star for Cary Grant's remarkable portrayal.

This film doesn't get a lot of airplay and isn't well-known -- it was unsuccessful because of its split personality.

Grant fought to make this movie, as he wanted to bring out into the open the ongoing problem of what we know today as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but the studio wanted another "light-hearted war comedy", and the movie suffers from the tug between the two themes.

Grant's portrayal of a war-weary naval aviator trying to cope with his illness might have garnered him an Oscar nomination in another film, but still rings true even with the studio-required script changes.

It also points out the differences in attitude and perception between combat veterans and both civilians and even those in the military who spend a war safely at home.

Also notable as Ray Walston's first film, playing a fellow aviator running for Congress by long-distance.

Kiss them off.......2007-07-28
I make it a habit to check out Cary Grant movies but the more I see the lesser known movies, the more I realize that Grant was a single-facetted actor. Mind you, that cool, suave delivery of his is a real show-stopper but the two or three dramatic (not romantic) scenes in "Kiss them for Me" were embarassingly forced indignation. I admit that when I read the plot before I saw the movie, I couldn't envision Cary Grant as part of a threesome that puts on a wild four-day party. And he didn't fit the role as he sort of wandered in and out of the hijinks. It may have been good acting to appear oblivious of the ever-present Jayne Mansfield but the suave act was out of place with most of this script.

I'll still give Grant a chance to show his unique talent. However, the recent viewings of "Houseboat", "Walk, Don't Run", "Kiss Them for Me" and a couple other turkeys have shown me that his later years were spent making a lot of movies that he shouldn't have.
NOT TYPICAL.......2007-07-25
Boring. This movie just drags on, and you tend to loose concentration in it. I'm sad to say, but I didn't even finish watching it. I've never done that with a Cary Grant movie before this one.
Cary Grant is probably one of my all-time favorite actors...but this movie is just BORING!
........Cary Grant At His Best...............2007-06-06
Cary takes alotta lumps from Reviewers in here, I say he was at his best by portraying a combat carrier pilot in the middle of WW2...he injects the inner/wisdom of the stressors of carrier pilots who take off in the largest ocean on this planet, drop bombs on a tenacious enemy afloat and tries to get back to his carrier in one piece, if fortunate enough ...with all these extenuating stressors of combat [dwell on this some]...he exudes all these traits when amongst his own calling, for example in the cocktail lounge high above San Francisco [The Top Of The Mark]...he encounters a younger Navy pilot in a wheelchair in the care of a Navy Chief friendly to Grant...at first Grant doesn't recognize the hero [ MOH] in the wheelchair ...in the flash of a mental/lightening bolt, Grant now recalls this young pilot now looking gravely sick as a result of aerial combat all shot up...at that precise moment, the young pilot is now aloft doing what he loves shooting down Japanese planes, destroying ships so on and so on...Grant is right with him all the way...that is a gift of an accomplished actor is Cary Grant [outside of Cary Grant]...that one scene is the BONDING of combat veterans, the rock-solid camraderie that civilians can't even recognize; let alone feel....but Grant and his comrades eminate this throughout the picture even up to the final fadeout...heading back into the war come hell or high water...heroes, of course, but the unherald types; yet, never ending mortal/combat can be such a gripping elixir to cetain men that many in here just draw a blank expression...whoever wrote this screen/play was a man of such Naval combat ilk and Grant comes through as the excellent actor who knows his character...another heart-tugging scene, when Harry Carey, Jr comes into the hotel party drunker than a skunk and blurts out their carrier was sunk!!...Grant and his buddies sink, too, with guilt as they are on an R&R... had they not...they probably would have died with their shipmates...no, this is not a bummer of a movie; conversely, a well thoughtout film about men at war, tired of killing, but it is still a long war: tomorrow-tomorrow-tomorrow, etc and that's all they know...the long and endless fight to end it, and hopefully, try to get on with a peaceful life thereafter...oh, for the record, Suzy Parker is a 100% dud of an actress, just awful...now that is your bummer!!........SSGT CHRIS SARNO-USMC FMF
not for families.......2006-11-24
OK, I learned that just because a movie is not rated and was made in the 1950s doesn't mean it's good for families. This movie made a joke of infidelity. Cary Grant's was the main character and his goal was to "get drunk and chase girls." There was no redeeming quality in him except being a good pilot. It's a pretty cynical movie as well.

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Enjoyable Italian cannibal movie.

One of the Best Erotic and Cannibal films

Great cannibal flick!

Very unique

They stole my money

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Starring: Laura Gemser , Gabriele Tinti , Nieves Navarro , Donald O'Brien , and Percy Hogan
Director: Joe D'Amato
Manufacturer: Shriek Show
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ASIN: B00008V2UU
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Description
From the most popular erotic film series of all times! A gruesome cannibalistic slaying at a New York hospital sends the beautiful investigative journalist Emmanuelle into a steamy jungle inferno to track down the last existing cannibal tribe! See Emmanuelle face her greatest carnal challenge. Will Emmanuelle's erotic charms tame the most savage, flesh-hungry beast? English Subtitles "One of D'Amato's best, a real corker with enough nudity, sex, and gore to keep genre buffs happy." - Richard J. Taylor, VIOLENT MANIAC'S CAGE
Customer Reviews:

Enjoyable Italian cannibal movie........2007-06-15
A female journalist named Emmanuelle is sent to South American to investigate the last existing cannibal tribe ever known to man. She brings a crew of misfits with her on her dangerous journey even if she has to do it with the male crew members and will the cannibals eat them all especially Emmanuelle?

One of the most gruesomest and sleaziest films in the cannibal genre from Italy but very enjoyable. Yes the acting sucks but there is some gruesome scenes of cannibalism and gore such as nipple eating, castration, genital stabbing, torso ripping etc. and what's refreshing for some viewers is that it tones down on the usual use of actual animals getting killed on film with the exception of a live Python getting shot in the head. Though not nearly as hard to watch as "Cannibal Holocaust" but almost near the status of that flick, it's close but no cigar when it comes near "Cannibal Holocaust".

The DVD has decent picture in widescreen format with a few extras like trailer with other Shriek Show trailers and a still gallery. Nevertheless it's still worth working if your into gore and sleaze movies.

Also recommended: "Re-Animator", "Cannibal Ferox", "Bloodsucking Freaks", "Jungle Holocaust (a.k.a. Last Cannibal World)", "Maniac (1980)", "Hostel 1 & 2", "The Devil's Rejects", "Saw Trilogy", "Ichi The Killer", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Day of the Dead", "Mountain of the Cannibal God", "Zombie Holocaust", "City of the Living Dead", "Zombi 2 (a.k.a. Zombie)", "Eaten Alive! (1980)", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre series plus 2003 remake & The Beginning", "Hannibal", "Hellraiser", "The Toxic Avenger", "I Spit on Your Grave", "Faces of Death" and "Cannibal Holocaust".
One of the Best Erotic and Cannibal films.......2007-06-03
Emanuelle is back! More EROTIC & EXOTIC than ever! Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1984) Directed by Joe D'Amato (Aristide Massaccesi). Starring the cast of Laura Gemser and Gabriele Tinti amongst many others.

Joe D'Amato (Aristide Massaccesi) was born on December 15, 1936, in Rome and died in Rome, Italy because of a heart attack. The last film that D'Amato was working on befoe his death, was a movie called "PLANKTON" (1995). That was supposed to be about a group of young divers that become infected with a 'virus' which results in rape and bloody mayhem the way only Joe can do it.

A gruesome cannibalistic slaying at a New York hospital sends the beautiful investigative journalist Emmanuelle (Laura Gemser) into a steamy jungle inferno to track down the last existing cannibal tribe! See Emmanuelle face her greatest carnal challenge. Will Emmanuelle's erotic charms tame the most savage, flesh-hungry beast?

Great cannibal flick!.......2007-05-16
A [...] being eaten, a [...], and two soft-core scenes in the first twenty minutes, and it continues like this for the rest of the film! Gotta love it! The people in this movie can't go ten minutes without getting laid, and almost becomes laughable(in a good way). There's some great gore and a smoking chimp, need I say more?

P.S. Sorry about all the [...], but Amazon censored all the [...].
Very unique.......2007-05-13
This film is a great Cannibal film, very good story great effects and plenty to entertain. Get this now.
They stole my money.......2007-02-19
I never received this product and the order tracker never displayed the 'problem with this order?' icon. They stole my $20.00 and now have the nerve to ask me about the product. Its bad enough I am stuck in Iraq, now I have my money stolen. They are thieves. Even if I had to return it, I still may have received a refund. Do not buy from this seller, I could never report it and now I am out 20$. DO NOT PURCHASE FROM THIS SELLER.
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