Gangs of New York (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

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Gangs of New York may achieve greatness with the passage of time. Mixed reviews were inevitable for a production this grand (and this troubled behind the scenes), but it's as distinguished as any of director Martin Scorsese's more celebrated New York stories. From its astonishing 1846 prologue to the city's infernal draft riots of 1863, the film aspires to erase the decorum of textbooks and chronicle 19th-century New York as a cauldron of street warfare. The hostility is embodied in a tale of primal vengeance between Irish American son Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his father's ruthless killer and "Nativist" gang leader Bill "the Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis, brutally inspired), so named for his lethal talent with knives. Vallon's vengeance is only marginally compelling; DiCaprio is arguably miscast, and Cameron Diaz (as Vallon's pickpocket lover) is adrift in a film with little use for women. Despite these weaknesses, Scorsese's mastery blossoms in his expert melding of personal and political trajectories; this is American history written in blood, unflinching, authentic, and utterly spectacular. --Jeff Shannon

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This motion picture event from acclaimed director Martin Scorsese earned 10 Academy Award(R) nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, along with 5 Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Song! Leonardo DiCaprio (TITANIC), Cameron Diaz (CHARLIE'S ANGELS), and Daniel Day-Lewis (THE BOXER) star in this epic tale of vengeance and survival! As waves of immigrants swell the population of New York, lawlessness and corruption thrive in lower Manhattan's Five Points section. After years of incarceration, young Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon (DiCaprio) returns seeking revenge against the rival gang leader (Day-Lewis) who killed his father. But Amsterdam's personal vendetta becomes part of the gang warfare that erupts as he and his fellow Irishmen fight to carve a place for themselves in their newly adopted homeland!

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New York History Full of Blood, Sex and Tears.......2007-09-03

"It's a movie of grand, reckless ambition. It's history written in lightning, as Woodrow Wilson said of "The Birth of a Nation," but also history written in blood, sex and tears, by a filmmaker of extraordinary gifts and temperament. And if it isn't the career-capping masterpiece many have hoped for, it's still a knockout of a picture, full of treasures of acting, production and cinematography. This is a film burning with creative passion, overreaching, magnificently wild. If there's a major flaw in "Gangs of New York," in fact, it's that the movie, even at close to three hours, is too short." Kenneth Turan

'Gangs of New York' is filled with violence, brutality and hatred and fire set on the Lower East Side of Manhattan- 'Five Points'. It is filled with the fire and tribulation of impoverished immigrants most of them from Ireland. The 'Natives' want the city for themselves and thus a many year war is set in motion. It is finally settled in New York's 1863 Civil War draft riots. It is said that Scorsese read the story 30 years ago and had in his mind the film. It took this long for all of the morass of problems and issues to be settled.

A rebel son of Ireland, Leonard DiCaprio has set his eyes on vengeance of the death of his father by the native" Bill Cutting, Daniel Day-Lewis. A more malevolent foe one could not find. I found myself with upset stomach, shading my eyes from the gore and mess. I found however, that I could not stop looking, the drama of the story and the magnificence of the acting kept drawing me in. I could believe I was there in New York, at that time in the period of the coming draft set upon by President Lincoln. The rage of the poor immigrants that their sons would be sent to certain death while the rich sons would never see a day of war. (Now, after the many Wars since that time, does this still hold true?) But it is within the characters, their stories, their loves and emotions that we find the true Gangs of New York. They are still there, in New York, you can find them in the melting pot.

"Whatever its minor flaws, "Gangs" is a magnificent throwback to an almost vanished era of epic film making by great filmmakers in thrall to their own passions, rather than to the studio bookkeepers. An epic of society's underside, a dangerous romance, a poem to Manhattan and a majestic opera of bloodshed and crime, "Gangs of New York" may not be the complete masterwork we wanted, but it's definitely the work of a master."
Kenneth Turan

This is a movie for the ages and those with a strong stomach.
Highly recommended. prisrob 09-03-07

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Gangs of Sound Stage 6 .......2007-06-25

I agree with those reviewers who've seen through this movie. Under the period costumes and the periodic bursts of graphic violence, "Gangs of New York" is a set-bound bore. Bad dialogue, worse accents, and a cliched, spaghetti-Western plot. But, Gogol, if you're going to diss "Once Upon a TIme in America," as innovative a gangster movie as "The Godfather," at least blame the guy who did make it -- Sergio Leone -- not a guy who didn't -- Scorsese.

Pure Entertainment.......2007-06-07

I was surprised by how enjoyable this movie is. It's just fun and if you're looking for a history lesson from a Hollywood movie, then you obviously know nothing about the American entertainment industry. Read a book. I held off watching this for a long time because I'm not terribly fond of Day-Lewis or DiCaprio. Also, I was wary of watching Cameron Diaz try to act. Finally, the movie bombed at the box office to a chorus of boos and some scathing reviews. Admittedly, this isn't Scorsese's best. The movie is too long, the script is a mess as it sags in spots and jumps around in others and DiCaprio is dubiously cast but he performs well enough. Diaz can't act but she is easy on the eyes. The dialogue lacks the resonance of better epics. In the end, Gangs is just a typical period piece revenge story with the emphasis on costumes, mayhem, and cheerfully swaggering overacted performances. Sort of Braveheart and Gladiator go to NYC in the mid 1800's.

very happy.......2007-05-07

I was very happy to get the Cd that I sent for..........Again it came very fast,I enjoy it very much.......... thank you for giving us Cd's that we can order very fast. I just love Leonardo Dicaprio

Yawn!.......2007-04-23

Has nobody seen through Scorseses weak plots yet? He makes one exellent gangster film (Goodfellas which after all was based on a book) then repeats the same formula for almost every other film. So we have the Italian mafia in Goodfellas, the Jewish mafia in Once upon a time, back to the Italians but change location for Casino and now we have the Irish and 'native' mafia. So what next for Scorsese when he runs out of ethnic groups for his mafia films?

This film lacks everything. Loosely based on historical facts its slow, dull and only made vaguely interesting by the odd input of horrific violence (just as all of his gangster films are, the start of Goodfellas, the baseball bat scene in Casino etc)

Sorry but this film lacks everything.

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Dark
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Surprisingly high-powered cast in Ferrara's beautiful mess.
King of New York (a decent buy)
Christopher Walken Is The Greatest Actor Ever

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Starring: Christopher Walken , David Caruso , Laurence Fishburne , Victor Argo , and Wesley Snipes
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ASIN: B0001FGBUW
Release Date: 2004-04-20

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few fellow druglords. Each bloody battle aims at a piece of the high-priced action where being at the top of the chain can mean the difference between life and death. Unable to keep him behind bars, the cops declare war on him. Frank's answer put a contract out on the cops.Academy Award-winner Christopher Walken stars in this mesmerizing ultra-violent street drama of a city on the edge. Larry Fishburne, David Caruso, Wesley Snipes and Giancarlo Esposito also star in director Abel Ferrara's (Bad Lieutenant, A Dangerous Game) riveting and horrifyingly realistic story of one man who takes the city beyond its limits.

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Running Time 106 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

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This low-budget crime thriller has the feel of a major blockbuster and owes its roots to the hard-edged crime movies of the 1930s. Christopher Walken stars as a drug kingpin who is released from prison and vows to use his position and influence--and criminal enterprise--for charitable means. But a core group of New York cops are all over him and his gang, determined to go to war, whatever the cost, to bring him down. Eventually his empire--headquartered at, of all places, Donald Trump's Plaza Hotel--crumbles under the weight of double-crossing and a body count of open warfare with the cops. This is one of the most stylish films of the last decade, with a strong supporting cast (including Lawrence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, and David Caruso) and some truly enthralling set pieces, including a stunning car chase and gunfight across a rain-soaked Queensboro Bridge. The film's tongue-in-cheek, over-the-top style offsets its nihilism; and its riveting visuals will have audiences hooked from beginning to end. --Robert Lane

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Dark.......2007-08-27

Christopher Walken plays a dark character of a drug dealer released from prison. He tears up New York killing all the bad guys.

Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows

BS Excuse for a Movie and full of cliche's.......2007-08-11

I don't what movie the other reviewers were watching, but this film is absolute BS! It is not the worst, but there is a reason that I just saw this the day I wrote this review. I thought it looked weak when it first came out and I was right!

This is another example of a film that cannot make NYC make it good! The only big thing about this movie is NYC and they could not get any good shots. I guess when it's low budget, that is what you get. It is uninteresting and the gangsters are not properly set up and they take every cliche and it sucks. Not only that, it is poorly written.

The shocking part is, Wesley Snipes and even singer Freddie Jackson are in it and just about every Spike Lee supporting actor is in it as well. In fact, everyone in Spike's films are in. SO many that you would think that Spike produced (not directed of course!) the film! Fishburne is a fine actor, but his over the top 'thug' persona. It is like a sub-urban guy's take on a black street thug - clearly unrealistic.

This film tries to think it is going to be a classic, but it is like all horrible films as it fails to even tell you what it's about! The Amazon description is what you learn about the film as the film just jumps into the story(!), not much action except senseless over shooting of guns. The actors must have been despaerate for checks on this one. STAY AWAY or rent it! Trust me!

Surprisingly high-powered cast in Ferrara's beautiful mess........2007-06-26

King of New York (Abel Ferrara, 1990)

When Abel Ferrara is good, he is very, very good. King of New York may be a muddled, overly-complex mess, especially when compared to the movie that came after it in the Ferrara canon (Bad Lieutenant, still his finest offering), but it's a sumptuous mess, and if you don't pay too much attention, it's a blast.

Frank White (Christopher Walken) has just gotten out of prison, and he has a plan for this world, yes he does. He gathers his troops, led by Jimmy Jump (Larry Fishburne, in the days when Laurence was still Larry), and recruits some new ones, and away they go. Meanwhile, a team of young hotshot cops, led by the older, wiser, and more cynical Bishop (Victor Argo), are keeping their eye on Frank, trying to take him down at the earliest possible opportunity.

What really hits home about this movie is the incredible cast, many of whom were still on their way up at the time: David Caruso, Wesley Snipes, Harold Perrineau, Steve Buscemi, etc. All are fantastic actors, and Ferrara gets the most out of them. Second is the photography, which is wonderful throughout (Bojan Bazelli was nominated for an Independent Spirit award for the cinematography, and deservedly so). The end result is a sea of powerful performances and pretty scenes stuck in a movie that never really connects them (though it's entirely possible that this is attributable to the extensive cuts that had to be made to the film for it to achieve its R rating, over fifteen minutes by some accounts). The movie was roundly reviled by audiences when it appeared, which should immediately cause the film buff's ears to prick up; if the masses hated it, you certainly won't. *** ½

King of New York (a decent buy).......2007-02-20

If you like ganster movies this will be a great buy. From the start of the movie to the end you will experience action and twisted events. The only downfall to this movie is that it could have been longer, besides that is a great buy by my standard.

Christopher Walken Is The Greatest Actor Ever.......2006-10-12

Christopher Walken and I are the same age and come from the same neighborhood in Astoria, Queens, NYC. His father owned Walken's Bakery in Astoria. Did we go to the same Public School, I don't remember back that far. But I have been a huge fan of his from the beginning when he played the nutty brother of Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. He didn't have much screen time in Annie Hall but you sure remembered him!

I agree with the five star reviews of King of New York. Walken sure can creep you out! In any movie that he has been in, your eyes rivit to him immediately, he has such a huge presence in everything he does. Even on Saturday Night Live when he portrayed The Continental. He's a genius. And since he started his career as a dancer on Broadway, ever move he makes reflects his dancing Broadway career.

I just purchased this movie on Amazon and will add it to my Christopher Walken collection. Damn, this guy is just the best!

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Classic Western Electric
Zacharaiah, Zacharaiah, you don't need a gun to die...
The First (and only?) Electric Western
Heavy, man.
Wonderful Film, but mostly a small correction to an earlier reviewer

Zachariah
Starring: John Rubinstein , Patricia Quinn (II) , Don Johnson , Country Joe and the Fish , and Elvin Jones
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ASIN: B00026L7QS
Release Date: 2004-08-24

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Firepower meets flower power in this "outrageous western" (Motion Picture Herald) about two thrill-seeking cowboys who rock the range! Starring John Rubinstein, Don Johnson and Dick Van Patten, and featuring legendary musicians Country Joe and the Fish and White Lightnin', this psychedelic trip through the Wild West is an utterly "unique film experience" (Variety)! Two cowboys (Rubinstein and Johnson) set out for adventure and join up with a band of rock'n'roll outlaws. But as the two friends are seduced by their own quick-draw ambitions, a deadly rivalry grows betweenthem, and they must struggle to find a path to peacebefore they lose more than their reputations and kill more than their friendship!

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Classic Western Electric.......2007-01-03

A really cool film portrayal of Hess's Siddhartha.

Whatever happened to the New York Rock Ensmeble?

Zacharaiah, Zacharaiah, you don't need a gun to die..........2006-08-21

Just a couple of points to add that seem unmentioned by previous reviewers:

One of the eeriest high points of the film is a cameo appearance by the legendary Ragin' Cajun, Doug Kershaw, who plays an itinerant prophet known only as The Fiddler -- part insane oracle and part Orpheus.

The other important point to mention is that the story is a loose retelling of the Hermann Hesse novel Siddhartha. But then... so many things are....

jmr

The First (and only?) Electric Western.......2006-08-05

I saw this film when it was first released, and still remember it as great fun. The subtitle "The First Electric Western" captures the spirit - tongue-in-cheek stoner western from an indie studio. The first half of the film was hilarious: electric guitar music in the middle of the desert (very long power cord?); stagecoach outruns men on horseback; Country Joe and the Fish as an outlaw gang named the Crackers (funnier than Cheech and Chong); a mail order pistol turns a boy into gunslinger; an ambiguously gay relationship between Don Johnson and John Rubenstein (or is it just boyish enthusiasm and naivite?)
The second half of the film is more serious (and operatic). Judge for yourself. What have you gor to lose?

Heavy, man........2006-02-04

The only way to "get into" this film, as we used to say, is to pull out the bong, turn out the lights and maybe watch it in tandem with VANISHING POINT, another "lost movie" from the Seventies. Otherwise, you may want to remember that some things aren't nostalgia, they're just dated.

Oh, yes, do all of this at midnight...the vibes are better then.

Wonderful Film, but mostly a small correction to an earlier reviewer.......2006-01-02

I have loved this film since i saw it in the base theatre at NAS Sigonella in Sicily.

Just one additional correction to the writer who missed the point and thought it was a drama gone wrong, rather than a purpose-built comedy:

"The Fish" are not "Country Joe's band" (as a lot of people assume) -- rather, the "Fish" is guitarist Barry Melton, co-founder and co-writer of a lot of the music.

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Dark
BS Excuse for a Movie and full of cliche's
Surprisingly high-powered cast in Ferrara's beautiful mess.
King of New York (a decent buy)
Christopher Walken Is The Greatest Actor Ever

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Starring: Christopher Walken , David Caruso , Laurence Fishburne , Victor Argo , and Wesley Snipes
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Release Date: 2001-08-14

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Dark.......2007-08-27

Christopher Walken plays a dark character of a drug dealer released from prison. He tears up New York killing all the bad guys.

Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows

BS Excuse for a Movie and full of cliche's.......2007-08-11

Surprisingly high-powered cast in Ferrara's beautiful mess........2007-06-26

King of New York (a decent buy).......2007-02-20

Christopher Walken Is The Greatest Actor Ever.......2006-10-12

Charlie Rose with Martin Scorcese & Daniel Day-Lewis (December 25, 2002)

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Charlie Rose with Martin Scorcese & Daniel Day-Lewis (December 25, 2002)

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Charlie Rose with Daniel-Day Lewis & Rebecca Miller (March 22, 2005)

ASIN: B000HBL3QC
Release Date: 2006-08-15

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Director Martin Scorcese and actor Daniel Day-Lewis discuss their new film, The Gangs of New York. The film is set in the middle 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City and tells the story of the conflict between the bative criminal underworld and the immigrant gangs.

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Tony Anthony Rules !!!!! Great Gangster Film!!!!

1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
Starring: Tony Anthony , Adolfo Celi , Richard Conte , Corrado Gaipa , and Lucretia Love
Director: Luigi Vanzi
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ASIN: B000BKVS2S
Release Date: 2006-07-25

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Bullets fly and bodies pile up in this Prohibition-era crime drama. A gripping tale of gangsters at war which lets you relive the explosive prohibition years when 'Tommy' guns did the talking and vice was king.

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Tony Anthony Rules !!!!! Great Gangster Film!!!!.......2006-02-10

Reknowned Spaghetti Western star and Clarksburg West Virginia native Tony Anthony rules in this great italian-made 1972 gangster movie set in prohibition era New York City.Strangely, many of the exterior shots were done in the small town of Farmington West Virginia.Anyway,it's a must see!!!!Hopefully,some more of his excellent spaghetti westerns will be released on DVD such as Cometogether(1971),Blindman(1971)costarring Beatle Ringo Starr,Get Mean(1976),so DVD distributors take note.Also,if Mr. Anthony ever reads this review,his birthplace Clarksburg West Virginia would be a great location for a West Virginia Spaghetti Western Festival featuring his films considering it's large Italian-American population and the site of one of the greatest annual Italian Festivals ever!!!Take Care!!!

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Surprisingly high-powered cast in Ferrara's beautiful mess.
King of New York (a decent buy)
Christopher Walken Is The Greatest Actor Ever

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Release Date: 2000-08-15

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Freed from prison, Frank White (Christopher Walken) challenges his fellow druglords in bloody battles for a piece of the action. In New York, crime gets done Frank's way - or it doesn't get done at all. Unable to keep him behind bars, the cops declare war on him - and Frank responds by putting out a contract on the cops.

Customer Reviews:

Dark.......2007-08-27

Christopher Walken plays a dark character of a drug dealer released from prison. He tears up New York killing all the bad guys.

Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows

BS Excuse for a Movie and full of cliche's.......2007-08-11

Surprisingly high-powered cast in Ferrara's beautiful mess........2007-06-26

King of New York (a decent buy).......2007-02-20

Christopher Walken Is The Greatest Actor Ever.......2006-10-12

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Snitch in New York
Starring: Maurice Carlton , and Kyle Jason
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ASIN: B00008G92N
Release Date: 2003-01-14

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"For Novelty Use Only"
A movie that was perfect for its time
Grooovy
You missed the point
Hoo Boy.

Zachariah
Starring: John Rubinstein , Patricia Quinn (II) , Don Johnson , Country Joe and the Fish , and Elvin Jones
Director: George Englund
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Release Date: 2000-01-11

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Advertised in 1970 as "the first electric Western," Zachariah is an endearingly pretentious effort that prefigures such genre oddities as Jodorowsky's El Topo and Alex Cox's Straight to Hell. The story is the archetypal one about two friends who become gunslingers and must inevitably face off against each other in the finale. But it's treated here as if it meant something deeper, which means that after enjoying 75 minutes of violence we can all agree that peace and love and harmony is on the whole better for children and other living things. Curly haired farm boy Zachariah (John Rubinstein) and eternally grinning apprentice blacksmith Matthew (Don Johnson) are the fast friends who run away from home to join up with a gang of outlaws known as the Crackers (played by hippie folk-rock collective Country Joe and the Fish). These apparent 19th-century Westerners tote electric guitars and are given to staging free festival freak-outs at one end of town to distract from the bank robbery at the other. The boys soon hook up with Job Cain (Elvin Jones), an all-in-black master gunfighter who is also an ace drummer (his solo is impressive), but then drift apart as Zachariah has a liaison with Old West madam Belle Starr (Patricia Quinn) in a town that consists of fairground-style brightly painted wooden cut- out buildings (a gag reused in Blazing Saddles), then gets rid of his outrageous all-white cowboy outfit to settle down on a homestead and grow his own dope and vegetables. Matthew, of course, goes for the black-leather look after outdrawing Cain, and comes a-gunning for the only man who might be faster than he, but the hippie-era message is that once these kids have killed everyone else, they can still make peace with each other and the desert or something, man.

Aside from a Beatle-haired teenage Johnson making a fool of himself by overly emoting to contrast with Rubinstein's nonperformance, the film offers a lot of beautiful "acid Western" scenery and excellent prog rock and bluegrass music from the James Gang, White Lightnin', and the New York Rock Ensemble. Comedy troupe the Firesign Theatre (huge on album in 1970) provided the script, which explains satirical touches like the horse-and-buggy salesman (Dick Van Patten) spieling like a used car dealer and the madam's claim to have had affairs with gunslingers from Billy the Kid to Marshall McLuhan. --Kim Newman

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"For Novelty Use Only".......2004-01-10

Still dont remember why I bought this DVD, or why it sat for 4 years before watching it. Anyway, this movie is a real hoot. From Don Johnson's premiere as an 18 yr old Prom Queen lookalike with a sidearm to Country Joe's surreal insertion into an old west shoot-em-up saloon. The whole thing is just twisted as hell, and semi-fun.

A recommended rental with a 6 pack. 3 tokes.

A movie that was perfect for its time.......2004-01-07

"Zachariah" has remained one of the most vivid memories of my teenage cinematic years. And I only saw it once. As a 14-year-old in 1970, it was perfectly timed to take advantage of the growing fusion of rock, drugs, rebellion, free love and good times that were evolving through the culture. And it packaged them up in a funny, satirical fashion that was uniquely themed as a Western. I still remember one of the gunfight songs "Zachariah, Zachariah don't go to Apache Wells; 19's tried and 19's died, and you'll make only one."

If you're a hippie product of the 70s era, "Zachariah" is a must see, as much for the fun, gags and drug references, as for the actors who went on to further stardom whether in movies or television.

Grooovy.......2003-07-25

After reading the reviews for this film, you will realize that Zachariah is a "Love it or hate it" phenomenon. If you can't appreciate camp, then you have no business watching this one. I am in the "Love it" category myself. For me, the Elvin Jones drum solo is enough reason to buy this one. I am also a fan of Country Joe, and I enjoy all the music in this one. The fiddler's tune always sticks in my head for days after I hear it. Of course, the acting is horrid. You have to expect that (Although Elvin Jones is surprisingly good). The homo-eroticism is a bit silly, but so is everything else in this one. The Herman Hesse connection really takes it to another level. It amuses me to no end that this silly romp is based on a serious work of literature and is remarkably true to the original (Except for the ending).

You missed the point.......2003-02-07

The plot is a parody of Hermann Hesse' Siddartha. It is the life story of Gautama Buddah. This novel was very popular in colleges in the late 60's and early 70's

Hoo Boy........2002-09-28

You know, I've even shown this to fellow fans of the Firesign Theatre, who purportedly wrote this piece of dreck, and even THEY can't find much to like about it. (Peter Bergman appears as a bartender for about five seconds.)

Don Johnson, who looks fresh out of high school, and John Rubinstein, who looks fresh out of rehab, play gunslingers in a town that is OBVIOUSLY just flats with no actual buildings. That's the cool, groovy, 60s point, get it? It's just a movie, maaaan.

And it's a movie that's more interesting to watch from a stunned, "why did they make this" sense of wonder than from a "boy, I sure like 60s Westerns" point of view. Called the "first Rock and Roll Western," it's more a kind of surreal trip of a film, with smoke-hazed nods to Bunuel and Peckinpah.

One thing about the relationship between the two friends/gunslingers/eventual enemies that is a little creepy is that there seems to be a kind of "more than just friends, nudge nudge" feeling to their relationship. Your milage may vary.

I'm not going to bother to tell you what it's about, since it doesn't really matter. All I know is, I have never loaned a DVD to so many people and had them all give me the same reaction: "Get This Piece of ... out of my house!" That alone keeps it from being a one-star movie.

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A rebroadcast (12/5/02) of an hour with director, Martin Scorcese and actor, Daniel Day-Lewis who discuss their new film, The Gangs of New York. The film is set in the middle 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City and tells the story of the conflict between the native criminal underworld and the immigrant gangs.

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