King of Queens - The Complete Ninth Season

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Never really say goodbye with the ninth and final season of The King of Queens. Doug (Emmy®-nominated Kevin James) and Carrie Heffernan (Leah Remini) are more hilarious than ever in wrapping up one of TV's funniest sitcoms of all time. Doug decides to spend the Heffernans' tax refund on an ice-cream truck while Arthur hires himself out to ride with solo drivers. Carrie becomes fed up with Doug's new vegetarian lifestyle antics and when Doug's 20th high school reunion turns out to be a dud, his high school best friend comes up with a retaliation scheme against their former principal. Joining in the fun are great guest stars, including Lainie Kazan, Anne Meara and Lou Ferrigno. It's the ultimate farewell!

Customer Reviews:

You Will Be Missed!.......2007-09-09

Please keep the reruns on forever! My husband and I enjoyed that show so much because (besides the obvious reasons) my ederly mother lives with us and there were times when she was watching the show with us that we had to turn the channel as it seemed it was written BY us! And anyone that cares for an elderly parent knows we need the laughter! Can anyone say "Demented Old Circus Monkey?"

Saying goodbye to old friends.......2007-08-28

The King of Queens is the most underrated show of the last decade. Everybody Loves Raymond was great, but K of Q was a much funnier show. The chemistry between the three main characters--Doug, Carrie and Arthur--makes for countless laughs, even when no dialog is spoken. The show strikes a special chord if you grew up middle class in the New York area. I have been an avid fan for from the beginning and am so happy that we don't have to wait too long for the final season to be released. Buy all nine seasons and you will always be among friends.

Great Ending To A Wonderful Show!.......2007-08-26

I love King of Queens, and am sad that the show has finally ended. I really enjoyed the final double feature episode. It was funny, yet sad. I hope in the future they deside to come back together for a 10th! season, but I highly doubt it.

Thanks for the ride ..........2007-08-19

Even though this wasn't the best season of KoQ, there is no way I can vote below 5 starts. It's a shame to see a show this good leave us.

Like some previous reviews said, our days won't be the same without the beautiful Carrie and the funniest man on earth Kevin James (Doug).

I recommend this product to every KoQ fan. Even if it's just to have on your collection and watch all the episodes again in a few days/months/years. To remind us of the good times.

KoQ will be missed!

Greatest Family Show in the History of Television.......2007-08-13

This show makes me sad that it has ended. I feel like these characters are friends that have been lost. At least we have our DVD's.

The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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Great film without the extra crap you don't want
Dorothy and Toto
OVER THE RAINBOW
Entirely satisfied
Wizard of Oz DVD

The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Starring: Judy Garland , Frank Morgan , Ray Bolger , Bert Lahr , and Jack Haley
Director: Victor Fleming , Mervyn LeRoy , and King Vidor
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B000ADS63K
Release Date: 2005-10-25

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When it was released during Hollywood's golden year of 1939, The Wizard of Oz didn't start out as the perennial classic it has since become. The film did respectable business, but it wasn't until its debut on television that this family favorite saw its popularity soar. And while Oz's TV broadcasts are now controlled by media mogul Ted Turner (who owns the rights), the advent of home video has made this lively musical a mainstay in the staple diet of great American films. Young Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), her dog, Toto, and her three companions on the yellow brick road to Oz--the Tin Man (Jack Haley), the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), and the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger)--have become pop-culture icons and central figures in the legacy of fantasy for children. As the Wicked Witch who covets Dorothy's enchanted ruby slippers, Margaret Hamilton has had the singular honor of scaring the wits out of children for more than six decades. The film's still as fresh, frightening, and funny as it was when first released. It may take some liberal detours from the original story by L. Frank Baum, but it's loyal to the Baum legacy while charting its own course as a spectacular film. Shot in glorious Technicolor, befitting its dynamic production design (Munchkinland alone is a psychedelic explosion of color and decor), The Wizard of Oz may not appeal to every taste as the years go by, but it's required viewing for kids of all ages. --Jeff Shannon

DVD features
The Wizard of Oz DVD released in 1999 was loaded with extra features, but it's now safe to throw away that version in all its cardboard-package glory in favor of this new two-disc edition. First things first: All the bonus material from the earlier disc is there (with one small exception). That includes the Angela Lansbury-hosted documentary The Making of a Movie Classic; the outtakes and deleted scenes, including Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow" reprise and the home-movie recording of "The Jitterbug"; the sketches and stills and composer Harold Arlen's home movies; the audio underscores and radio programs; the 1979 interviews with Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, and Jack Haley; and other items too numerous to mention. (Some text introductions to the features have been replaced by narration by Lansbury, for whatever reason.) Brand-new to the 2005 edition is a sharp restoration using Warner's Ultra Resolution process and an accompanying featurette on how it's done. The technicians also discuss how the sound was remixed, though that would have been more effective had it included surround-sound demonstrations (the featurette is in 2.0). Other features on the new set include a commentary track by critic John Fricke supplemented by vintage cast interviews (he offers a lot of trivia, and debunks the myth that Shirley Temple was ever close to getting the Dorothy role); profiles of nine cast members and clips of other movies they appeared in (including Toto); a lightly animated 10-minute storybook again narrated by Lansbury; 2001 and 2005 behind-the-scenes featurettes; and a 1950 Lux Radio Theater broadcast. Oh, and if you were still wondering about the missing material mentioned above--the 1999 disc included one-minute excerpts of three early treatments of The Wizard of Oz. Those excerpts are not included in the two-disc special edition, but the third disc of the three-disc collector's edition includes the complete versions of those treatments and more. --David Horiuchi

Description

An All-New Wizard of Oz With State of The Art Ultra-Resolution Picture Quality and Over 10 Hours of Bonus Extras.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary by John Fricke and multiple cast and crew members.
Biographies:We Haven't Really Met Properly - includes 9 orginal cast biographies
Deleted Scenes:If I Only Had a Brain; If I Only Had a Heart; Triumphal Return to Emerald City; Over the Rainbow; The Jitterbug
Documentary:Memories of Oz -2001 TCM documentary
Featurette:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Storybook; Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz; The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz; Because of the Wonderful Things it Does: The Legacy of Oz
Music Clips:Audio Vault Includes: Over the Rainbow; Munchkinland Medley Rehearsal Recordings; Munchkinland Medley Sequence Recordings; Munchkinland Medley Voice Tests; If I Only Had a Brain; We're Off to See the Wizard; If I Only Had a Heart; If I Only Had the Nerve/We?re Off to See the Wizard; Emerald City/The Merry Old Land of Oz; If I Were King of the Forest; The Jitterbug; Over the Rainbow/Triumphal Return to Emerald City; Kansas Underscoring; Munchkinland Underscoring; and more
Music Only Track
Newsreel:Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Excerpt - 1939 newsreel
Other:Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power - 1938 MGM short; Leo Is on the Air Radio Promo; Good News of 1939 Radio Show; 12/25/1950 Lux Radio Theater Broadcast
Photo gallery:Oz on Broadway; Pre-MGM; Sketches and Storyboards; Costume and Make-up Tests; Richard Thorpe's Oz; Buddy Ebsen; Oz Comes to Life; Behind the Scenes; Portraits; Special Effects; Post Production; Deleted Scenes; Original Publicity
TV Special:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic - 1990 TV special
Theatrical Trailer:1939 What is Oz? Teaser; 1940 Loews Cairo Theater Trailer; 1949 Re-issue Trailer; 1949 Grownup Re-issue Trailer; 1970 Children's Matinee Re-issue Trailer; 1998 Warner Bros. Re-issue Trailer; Texas Contest Winners [1939 trailer]

Customer Reviews:

Great film without the extra crap you don't want.......2007-09-08

There seems to be six or seven different DVD versions of this film (a new one out every year) with more and more bonus features, extras, etc. However, if you're only interested in seeing the actual film and are generally bored and/or underwhelmed by bonus features (like me!), I recommend this version for nearly half the cost of newer multiple-disc sets. This remastered version has excellent picture!

Dorothy and Toto.......2007-09-04

Well, everybody probably already knows about this product. I am trying to get my grandchildren (5 & 3 1/2 yrs old) interested in live action movies with real people in them. They watch cartoon characters & "Shrek" type movies all the time. I have a Madam Alexander doll of Dorothy and Toto. I tried to explain to them who she was and they got interested in the story.
So, I ordered this and sent it to them in Detroit. They loved it. They sat through the whole movie. And my daughter said the extras are great!

OVER THE RAINBOW.......2007-08-28

I hesitated to spend the money on this 3 disc set. How wrong I was! This is THE set for "Wizard of Oz" fans. The movie looks gorgeous and the special features have something for everyone. I found myself grinning so much at some of the features that my face hurt afterwards. It's great to hear and see the homage given to this film. This is one DVD set that invites repeat viewing of all the discs and you will gladly accept the invitation again and again.

Entirely satisfied.......2007-08-27

DVD was shipped timely and was exactly as advertised. Great buy. 100% satisfied.

Wizard of Oz DVD.......2007-08-26

Love it. I don't know why they took so long to come out with this edition. But well worth the wait. Will buy from again. Highly Recommend to all.

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Funny!
O' Brother...
O Brother, Where Art Thou
USA FORMATS DVD
An Incredible Film !

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Starring: Michael Badalucco , George Clooney , Frank Collison , Charles Durning , and Wayne Duvall
Director: Joel Coen
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ASIN: B00003CXRM
Release Date: 2001-06-12

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Only Joel and Ethan Coen, the fraternal director and producer team behind art-house hits such as The Big Lebowski and Fargo and masters of quirky and ultra-stylish genre subversion, would dare nick the plot line of Homer's Odyssey for a comic picaresque saga about three cons on the run in 1930s Mississippi. Our wandering hero in this case is one Ulysses Everett McGill, a slick-tongued wise guy with a thing about hair pomade (George Clooney, blithely sending up his own dapper image) who talks his chain-gang buddies (Coen-movie regular John Turturro and newcomer Tim Blake Nelson) into lighting out after some buried loot he claims to know of. En route they come up against a prophetic blind man on a railroad truck, a burly, one-eyed baddie (the ever-magnificent John Goodman), a trio of sexy singing ladies, a blues guitarist who's sold his soul to the devil, a brace of crooked politicos on the stump, a manic-depressive bank robber, and--well, you get the idea. Into this, their most relaxed film yet, the Coens have tossed a beguiling ragbag of inconsequential situations, a wealth of looping, left-field dialogue, and a whole stash of gags both verbal and visual. O Brother (the title's lifted from Preston Sturges's classic 1941 comedy Sullivan's Travels) is furthermore graced with glowing, burnished photography from Roger Deakins and a masterly soundtrack from T-Bone Burnett that pays loving homage to American '30s folk styles--blues, gospel, bluegrass, jazz, and more. And just to prove that the brothers haven't lost their knack for bad-taste humor, we get a Ku Klux Klan rally choreographed like a cross between a Nuremberg rally and a Busby Berkeley musical. --Philip Kemp

Description

Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney, THE PERFECT STORM) busts loose. Except he's still shackled to his own chain-mates from the chain gang -- bad-tempered Pete (John Turturro, SUMMER OF SAM), and sweet, dimwitted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson, HAMLET). With nothing to lose and buried loot to regain -- before it's lost forever in a flood -- the three embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this hilarious offbeat road picture. Populated with strange characters, including a blind prophet, sexy sirens, and a one-eyed Bible salesman (John Goodman, COYOTE UGLY), it's an odyssey filled with chases, close calls, near misses, and betrayal that will leave you laughing at every outrageous and surprising twist and turn.

Customer Reviews:

Funny!.......2007-09-01

there are so many other character references in this movie you forget what your watching, it is a hoot! and good songs!
Hows my hair look?

O' Brother..........2007-08-23

This is a great movie! The plot is easy to follow and if you're well-read and a fan of Homer, the parallels will make you chuckle. The musical score is amazing and I bought it later just because I wanted to enjoy it outside of viewing the movie.

George Clooney and John Goodman make this movie shine.

O Brother, Where Art Thou.......2007-08-15

What can anybody say about this movie! It's a real classic. Quirky, funny, sad, uplifting, delightful! Highlights the versatility of these fantastic actors, but it's not really George Clooney singing. A must-have for the film aficionado.

USA FORMATS DVD.......2007-08-11

DVD WILL NOT PLAY ON A NON USA MACHINE ( BUT WILL PLAY ON MY PC )

An Incredible Film !.......2007-08-04

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? is primarily a dark comedy imbued with shades of the mystical. Based on the ODYSSEY by Homer, it is set in proverty-ridden Mississippi during the 1930s Depression. Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), desperate to get back to his wife and family, escapes from a Parchman farm chain gang with cantankerous Pete (John Turturro) and sweet, clueless Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and begins the long and arduous journey back home. Along the way, the three adventurers meet a host of interesting characters, including George "Baby Face" Nelson and, with a bow to the ODYSSEY, three beautiful Sirens, a blind prophet and the Cyclops (John Goodman). They join forces with Delta bluesman Tommy Johnson (Chris Thomas King), who is reputed to have sold his soul to the devil for musical fame, and manage to save him from a Klan lynching.

George Clooney is perfect for the lead and John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson are wonderful in their supporting roles. In fact, the entire cast turns in outstanding performances.

The Coens describe the film as a "Ma and Pa Kettle film with high production values," and that is certainly true. The settings are true to the period and the artistic filming is in tint similar to the photography of the day. Like photos from an old family album, scenes bring a touch of nostalgia for a way of life forever gone.

The folk, bluegrass and spiritual music are perfect for this story and add authenticity to the tale. In the film, Clooney, Turturro, Nelson and King, calling themselves the "Soggy Bottom Boys," cut a record entitled "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" to earn money. Clooney lip-syncs the song, which is actually sung by Dan Tyminski. Tim Blake Nelson himself performs the song "In the Jailhouse Now," in the film. The Soggy Bottom Boys' guitar accompanist Chris Thomas King, who also performs "Hard Times Killing Floor Blues," is an accomplished blues musician and recording artist in his own right.

The writers obviously did their research well. The Southern politics and methods of campaigning, the Appalachian bluegrass and gospel music and Delta blues, the country customs, the dialog and expressions are right on target. This film tells a story that is far more than just a comedy. As a life-long resident of Mississippi, I found it touched me on so many levels. The baptismal scene was awe-inspiring, the Klan meeting chilling. The film encompassed everything I both love and hate about my great home state. Even in its most comedic moments, it whispered truths.

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU garnered two 2002 Academy Award nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay (Joel and Ethan Coen) and Best Cinematography (Roger Deakins). For his work in the film, George Clooney received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy and the soundtrack received a Grammy.

Brilliantly produced and directed from the cast to the script and the setting, this movie is as good as it gets. O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU is a masterpiece!

The King of Queens - The Complete Eighth Season

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One of the Best Seasons
The King of Sitcoms
Long live the King!!!
Best comedy ever
SAC UP AND FIGHT THE POWER NANCY! GREAT SEASON!

The King of Queens - The Complete Eighth Season
Starring: Leah Remini
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B000NA1W3Q
Release Date: 2007-05-01

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Doug Heffernan (Emmy®-nominated Kevin James) and his wife Carrie (Leah Remini) keep the laughs coming when they both try pole dancing, but with different results. Doug's sudden interest in personal grooming causes Carrie to investigate. Arthur (Jerry Stiller) brings home a set of sheets from a motel, along with thousands of bed bugs. Doug and Carrie find that a quaint bed and breakfast might be a little too rustic. Plus tons more laughs and great guest stars, including Kirstie Alley, Ray Romano and Huey Lewis.

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Customer Reviews:

One of the Best Seasons.......2007-08-06

Kevin James is a master of physical comedy as displayed here in the stripper pole episode which is one of the funniest routines on a sitcom in years. This was the year he was finally nominated for an emmy but sadly lost.

The King of Queens never got tired even into its eighth and ninth seasons. The cast was still into it and the writing still funny week after week. Unlike many newer shows this show will be a timeless classic right up there with I Love Lucy, All in the Family, and Seinfeld. It never got the respect or attention it deserved but Kevin James and gang will be entertaining us for years.

The King of Sitcoms.......2007-07-04

I just began getting into The King of Queens, and I must say that this show is definitely "The King of Sitcoms". Kevin James & Leah Remini as The Heffernans are simply amazing and the chemistry between them is unprecedented - they act and react so much like a real couple, that at times I can't help but feel that they are actually married in real life. (Although of course they aren't.) They play off of one another so well that the laughs and the day-to-day trials and tribulations in every episode just keep you coming back for more.

I am now starting to watch the 3rd season and can't believe how great and addictive this show is...it only took me 2 days to watch the entire 2nd season!! This show Rocks!! If you want a terrific sitcom to watch, then don't hesitate, go buy "The King of Queens" - The King of Sitcoms - a rarity in our society today...Thanks Doug & Carrie for letting me escape from reality just when I need to the most. A rare gem and real treat. ENJOY!!! :)

Long live the King!!!.......2007-06-12

Sadly I have recently heard that KOF will be going off the air soon! Oh the agony, the agony! This season like all the others are great, absolutely fantastic. I won't give a commentary on the episodes, but instead give this challenge: Buy the episodes for yourself and find out how good they really are.

Best comedy ever.......2007-06-09

This is definitely the best season yet! My favorite episode was when Doug was showing Carrie how to act like a hot stripper. He jumped on the pole and kept saying you need to be one with the pole. Awesome season, can't wait for season 9 to come out on DVD.

SAC UP AND FIGHT THE POWER NANCY! GREAT SEASON!.......2007-06-07

This show never fails to deliver! Some very funny stuff and the cast seems to be really enjoying what they do. The addition of widescreen in this and last season is great for me and works well in my home theater. The DVD set is a must have for fans of the series.

Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete First Season

Average customer rating:

Larry David - exposed
Disappointed
Destined to be a comedy classic - over priced though.
Larry David rules!
One of the funniest sitcoms ever produced!

Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete First Season
Starring: Jason Alexander , Linda Bates (II) , Mark Beltzman , Cynthia Caponera , and Larry Charles
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ASIN: B0000E2PVR
Release Date: 2004-01-13

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He's got it all, a loving wife, good friends, a successful career, a good home... What could go wrong for Larry David?

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM stars "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David as himself in an unsparing, cinema verite depiction of his life. Featuring real life celebrities playing themselves, the episodes are improvised by the actors from storylines by David.
Running Time: 390 min.

Format: DVD MOVIE

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Like its fellow HBO series Sex and the City, this half-hour comedy broke some TV rules and went from critics' darling to an award-winning series in three years. Curb Your Enthusiasm is the brainchild of star-creator Larry David who co-created Seinfeld and was the basis for the easily rattled George Costanza (who was played by Jason Alexander). Like George, David has a tendency to speak too much, blow things out of proportion, and, most often, fail in the end (and often liking it that way). David's new show is also like its predecessor: it's about "nothing" except following the day-to-day ramblings of a sometime writer and comic (this time in L.A.). Eternal questions stemming from universal daily dilemmas are honed to perfect comedic absurdity. A notable exception is the show is only scripted by plot; much of the action is improvised. The first season starts with a one-hour mockumentary following David's return to stand-up for the first time in years; the other 10 episodes follow a more traditional sit-com setup.

David plays "himself" (as does his friend, Richard Lewis) although his manager and wife are played by comedians Jeff Garlin and Cheryl Hines. Although this first season is a comedic gem, one can't take more than an episode or two at a time--it's acidic, biting comedy. The episodes are often built like a house of cards, which the irritable David will surely collapse by the end. Like another caustic TV character, Dabney Colman's Buffalo Bill (1983-84), Larry David is not for everybody. --Doug Thomas

Customer Reviews:

Larry David - exposed.......2007-08-23

If you don't have HBO, you'll appreciate this way of getting an inside look at Seinfeld's co-creator. Poor Larry innocently gets himself into situations that are almost painful to watch -- yet we can sense the folly in our own lives. Genius at work.

Disappointed.......2007-07-28

I'm glad I only got the first disk from Netflix rather than buying the whole season!

My husband and I loved Seinfeld. It was a show about nothing, without really trying. CYE appears to be a show about nothing, but it is trying too hard. Bizarre, since Seinfeld was scripted and CYE isn't, but that's exactly how we felt.

The acting was just painful. People trying to be funny with absurd situations, but going way out of their way to do so. We tried watching the first three episodes and each time ended up looking at each other and saying "this sucks!"

I can see easily the whole Larry David/Seinfeld thing. This show just doesn't do it for me the way Seinfeld. did.

Destined to be a comedy classic - over priced though........2007-07-23

I JUST discovered this show -- a latecomer -- and was addicted.
You can definately see the lineage of CYE from Seinfeld...except that it goes to places that network TV would not have allowed. Although it is filmed in a very casual, almost documentary way and the acting is very spontaneous and ad libbed, the stories themselves and the editing is very well crafted. Clearly destined to be a comedy classic.

My only quibble is the excessive cost of the DVDs. They are being sold at the equivalent of a full priced DVD (about 2o bucks) per disc. Given that they are 10 half hour episodes, they could have easily fit on ONE double sided DVDs to control cost.

I guess the benefit of r-rated themes and swearing commands a higher price in the marketplace.

Larry David rules!.......2007-07-16

Larry David is one hilarious man! I loved Seinfeld and I love the CYE series. Cheryl, Jeff and Suzie are great in their roles, just like the gang of Seinfeld were in theirs. I can't get enough Larry- I'm obsessed!

One of the funniest sitcoms ever produced!.......2007-07-11

I was very late getting to CYE, probably due to the odd scheduling that some shows get in the UK. However, I'm sort of pleased about that because it meant I had five full series of the show to catch up with all at once.

Understandably, people have made comparisons of CYE and Seinfeld, which Larry David had a major hand in. However, in my opinion it's much better than Seinfeld. Fans of The Office will easily take to CYE, (and will be able to see where Ricky Gervais stole some of his ideas from!).

It's not a show for minors due to some of the language as well as some of the situations and themes, which are not particularly suitable for kids. However I think that this is one of the rare occasions where adult themes and strong language work well in a TV show and somewhat surprisingly, demonstrates how frequent swearing can be made to be very funny indeed! The appearance of Susie Essman is always a delight purely because you know that at some point the antics of Larry or her husband will cause her to launch into a foul-mouthed tirade - fantastic stuff!!

I'm quite a discerning fan of situation comedy and it is not often that a show will make me laugh out loud, which CYE has done on many occasions. CYE is to be thoroughly recommended and I'm very much looking forward to the sixth series coming to DVD.

Average customer rating:

Mixed feelings about the movie, not Molly Shannon
Really Funny, Really Sad, Really Human(e)
This movie belongs in the doghouse
Not a movie for animal lovers!!
interesting but not that funny

Year Of the Dog
Starring: Molly Shannon , Laura Dern , Regina King , Thomas McCarthy , and Josh Pais
Director: Mike White
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ASIN: B000RZIGW2
Release Date: 2007-08-28

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Molly Shannon gives a strange and strangely touching performance in Year of the Dog. A quiet secretary named Peggy (Shannon, Superstar, Good Boy!) goes into a tailspin when her beloved dog Pencil dies, leading her to flirt with dating, veganism, animal rights activism, and violence. But though the plot may sound shapeless, the movie is sharp and focused, cutting to the bone of every character's obsessions and neuroses. Yet, though extremely funny, Year of the Dog isn't strictly satirical--writer/director Mike White (writer of The Good Girl and Chuck & Buck) doesn't pass judgment on his characters, no matter how irrational or appalling their behavior may be. The movie has a cool empathy, a wistful yet unsparing glance at human weakness. The entire cast--which includes Laura Dern (We Don't Live Here Anymore), John C. Reilly (Boogie Nights), Regina King (Ray), and Peter Sarsgaard (Boys Don't Cry)--walk a fine line between painfully real and comically absurd. Fans of distinctive directors like Don Roos (The Opposite of Sex, Happy Endings) and Todd Solondz (Happiness, Storytelling) will enjoy Year of the Dog. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

Mixed feelings about the movie, not Molly Shannon.......2007-09-10

I think Molly Shannon is one of the great SNL cast members of all time, and I have been very surprised at the relative lack of movies featuring her since she left the show. "Year of the Dog" is most recommendable primarily for the excellent performance Shannon delivers. Anyone expecting Mary Katherine Gallagher style zaniness might be disappointed - but anyone who appreciates the more subtle side to Shannon's comic brilliance will likely be very pleased. As an actress's showcase, the movie works extremely well.

Actually, the supporting cast turns in great work as well - so well, in fact, that when the 90 minute movie ended I felt myself wishing it had been the pilot episode for a TV series. While that is a great endorsement of the ensemble cast - it isn't as much so for the movie as a whole. I didn't really feel the emotional involvement I wanted the movie to create. The storytelling simply isn't very strong. That's not to say it's entirely poorly written - far from it, since there are some great character moments throughout. But I got the feeling that an hour and a half wasn't enough time to tell these character's stories.

Maybe what I'm trying to say is: the plot wasn't well developed. Something vital was lacking, even considering that ultimately the movie is a very low-key character piece. Wes Anderson might have better shaped the whole thing and given it more of a sense of completeness. But without a surer hand (I believe this was writer Mike White's directorial debut), I felt that there was too much left unsaid about these people - hence my feeling that it could have been a pilot for a great TV show.

Really Funny, Really Sad, Really Human(e).......2007-09-07

The first thing I noticed in `Year of the Dog' were the vivid colors of the film. Mike White creates a pastel world that says "yes, the sun shines bright even when one is paralized by grief and depression, and ultimately experiences a brief episode of psychosis."

In addition, he captures the reality that despite personal crisis, the people in your everyday life do not stray from their own way of thinking. You have to go through it on your own. Despite dangers.

Peggy, played by Molly Shannon, is a single woman who has lost her dog. She is surrounded by friends and family who eagerly obsess about their children, their jobs, their egos , their causes, and their sex lives.
All of the characters in `Year of the Dog' are myopic to their own way of thinking, and their own way of life. They do not question themselves, even when their choices are screwing them up. They care a lot about Peggy, and they mean well. But they are not able to offer support until Peggy is in serious trouble.

The Beauty of this movie is that Mike White takes a character, who, in any other movie would be marginalized as "Aunt Peggy with pictures of her beagle on her Christmas cards", and makes her the most normal, and most affectionate character in the film. She tolerant and accepting of others. Her breakdown is both funny and difficult to watch.

This story is very human. I think it is about grief and rejection, and what to do (and maybe a few thinks to avoid doing- like adopting a deranged German Shepard) when your loss and grief take you to a place that is difficult for others to understand.
That, and I will never open a wine bottle with my teeth again.

This movie belongs in the doghouse.......2007-09-06

I know everyone has different taste in movies, and it appears that most reviewers like this movie, but I honestly don't know how anyone can give gushing, favorable reviews to this film. It has everything going against it:

1. It's boring. I fell asleep halfway through and didn't bother to return to the last scene I watched. I didn't care. Molly Shannon's delivery is mopey, disinterested, and bland. Everyone speaks their lines like they're in a library, in hushed tones. Excruciating.

2. It's not funny. The trailers would have you believe this is some sort of comedy. However it is not. It is a tragic drama with some mirthless joketelling. It is not funny to observe a woman who is so disconnected from human beings that she relates only to animals. I found the Molly Shannon character so pathetic and grating that I could not symapthize nor empathize with her.
Also, to have so many scenes with people blubbering over the deaths of their pets is just plain sad. I thought I was going to watch a comedy and then I'm watching people crying every ten minutes. I was moved at first, but then it just became maudlin.

3. Terrible direction. How many close-ups of actor's faces do we need in a movie? Ten? Twenty? How about a couple hundred? Is a close-up shot of a face supposed to be used for some kind of dramatic effect, or is it simply a stylistic approach to filmmaking? I'm no film school grad, but the culmutive effect of staring at close-ups of the actor's faces throughout the movie was jarring, uninteresting, and in my opinion, lazy. These close-ups were not even reaction shots, just a way to film a character talking, or listening, or just gaping. I'm sure the director's purpose was to be whimsical, but he failed. Instead he achieved annoyance.

4. Pointless. In the end, Molly Shannon becomes an extreme animal activist. So? Her character was a blank throughout the movie that was easily influenced by whatever others were doing around her. Thus, she becomes a vegan, then adopts 15 dogs, then tries to murder her neighbor. It is beyond capricious, and simply absurd.

If you must, rent this, but it's not worth buying. It will sit on your shelf and you will wonder why you bought it to begin with.

Not a movie for animal lovers!!.......2007-09-05

I am an ardent animal lover and also a 58 year old single woman. I have three dogs, one horse and three cats. Over the years, I have spent thousands upon thousands of dollars on the health and well being of my four legged friends. I have held dogs in my arms as the veterinarian gently gave them peace from illness or old age. In the summer of 2005, I stroked the dear face of a beautiful, angelic Arabian horse as the vet gave her the same peace. She was 26 years old and she had been with me since she ws 2 years old. The only horse I have now is her 12 year old son who will be with me always. I KNOW the grief of losing a beloved pet.

I say this so viewers will know my passion for animals. This movie SO dissapointed me. I can't say everything I feel without writing a review that would rival 'War and Peace' in length. So I'll try to make it as concise as possible.

As much as I detest the sport of hunting animals, Pencil's death ws caused by Peggy's (MOlly Shannon) irresponsibility, not what was stored in the garage of her neighbor, who happened to BE a hunter. She blamed him, broke into his house and attacked him, which only made her look psychotic, not grief stricken.

When I have lost pets, the folks I know have been loving and supportive. Maybe they did not fully understand the depth of my loss, but they certainly were not shallow like Peggy's friends and family. Was this supposed to offer comic relief or something? There is nothing comical about losing a pet. And while Peggy did not get the understanding she craved, neither did she offer much sympathy to Newton when her new dog killed his little disabled Corgi. Ws this because, earlier in the film, he had not responded to her sexually?

Losing a pet and/or being single does not cause a person to bring home 10 dogs from the shelter at one time--dogs that they are totally unprepared to care for. And it does not cause them to lose all sense of responsibility and let the dogs urinate and defecate in the house, tear up the furniture and do nothing about it but lounge around dreamily in the bed and talk about how they are surrounded by love. Again, psychotic comes to mind.

losing a pet would not cause a sane person to forge her boss's name on a check and send it to any charitable organization, human or animal.

Pets are not a replacement for human relationships which is the direction this movie seems headed. Pets cannot replace humans and neither can humans replace pets. Animals offer us love that we KNOW is unconditional. We always wonder if there are conditions on the love offered by other humans even if there are none. Our pets let us know without a doubt that we are the most important and beloved things in their world.

I don't know what this movie was supposed to be--I thought from the previews that it was a comedy. I found 2 things amusing--the dog's name. Who ever heard of a dog named Pencil? And the fact that Peggy kept saying that Pencil died of TOXIC POISONING. I mean, really, is there any other kind of poisoning?

i have no idea what the director was trying to say but I feel that he failed miserably to say anything of value. I am hoping that my Amazon friend, Jenny, (New Yorker who lives in Florida), can tell me what this movie is. She's more generous than me with her critiques of most movies.

As for me, this movie makes animal lovers and single people, as well, look pathetic and somewhat psychotic. Peggy would have gone off the deep end if sh'd stubbed her toe.

interesting but not that funny.......2007-09-05

I purchased this movie after seeing previews for it on another DVD. The previews made it look like a funny movie about dating. It is really not that funny. The basic story is about a woman with no meaningful relationships beyond that with her beloved dog who struggles in life after her dog suddenly dies. During the movie she struggles with relationships with her male boss, her male neighbor, and a male friend she meets at the Humane society. Her biggest challenge is filling the void left in her heart after the loss of her dog.

I found the movie interesting and not boring. It is funny in spots but not as funny as it could have been. I am an animal lover, so I could identify with some of the emotion in the movie as could most anyone who has pets. The movie is worth renting, but I am not sure it is worth purchase.

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Lee Marvin Masterpiece!
A classic
Nostalgic film
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Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou
Starring: Jane Fonda , Lee Marvin , Michael Callan , Dwayne Hickman , and Nat 'King' Cole
Director: Elliot Silverstein
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Release Date: 2000-08-08

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Long before Unforgiven deconstructed the Western, or Blazing Saddles lampooned it, Cat Ballou poked the genre in the eye. An altogether enjoyable comedy, the film is full of small surprises, big laughs, and wonderful character turns. Catherine Ballou (Jane Fonda) is a schoolteacher until a hired thug kills her daddy. To protect what she loves, she collects two petty criminals, a wisecracking hired hand, and a hired killer, Kid Shelleen (Lee Marvin). Unfortunately, Shelleen is a raging drunk who is so inebriated and unsteady with a gun he literally misses the broad side of a barn. However, Cat, has, as they used to say in those days, a mind of her own, and she masterminds a spectacular train heist that puts them all on the lam. Marvin won an Academy Award for his role as the derelict Shelleen, and his performances (he actually has two) are still topnotch and on target. The framing device, two wandering minstrels, played by Stubby Kaye and Nat "King" Cole, are the maraschino cherries on the top of this Wild West confection. --Keith Simanton

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Lee Marvin Masterpiece!.......2007-07-23

One of the most original westerns...films even...I have ever seen. The musical narration provided by Mister Nat King Cole adds to this wonderfully funny tale of a band of ill equipped outlaws aiming at revenge. Lee Marvin plays two pivotal roles which garnered the great action star and one of cinema's coolest cats awards aplenty. This is not the Lee Marvin we all grew to love and idolize, this is a Lee that will keep you smiling and chuckling throughout the film. What an amazing turn for such a fine actor. Jane Fonda also stars and pulls off the dangerous headstrong damsel that so fit the era and her own personality. I recommend this film highly. This is no Sergio Leone western, but I think you will appreciate its originality nontheless. Terrific!

A classic.......2007-03-26

Always been in love with this film! Now that I have it on DVD, I can watch it and watch it and watch it! The price was really good too.

Nostalgic film.......2007-03-14

I understand why this film is so high-starred, but it simply does not deserve the five stars, nor the four. I'll try to explain. The director, as he admits in the little extra piece, intended to make a comedy in the West. He put together the basic ingredients for it: a beautiful Fonda, two young simpletons that aren't Western material -more fit for Broadway-, and a funny drunkard. Silverstein didn't have a clear idea of what kind of film was going to come out of this (as happens to all bad directors) but when he saw Lee Marvin act his role, he had one moment of lucidness, even brilliance, he told Marvin to try to make us cry instead of laugh. Boy, did that make a difference! Lee Marvin steals the show totally.

Lee Marvin was a great, a fantastic actor. But he belonged to a past era, when real Westerns were shot, when classic directors still hung around the movie studios. That day had gone, not for him, obviously, but for the industry. It makes me sad to see this film, and to see bufoons like Silverstein mockering and degrading the great American West. If it wasn't for Lee Marvin nobody would remember this film. What happens around him in this film I just don't care, he is the show. The rest belong in Park Avenue.

SAME AS IN THE MOVIE JUST ON DVD GET IT !.......2007-01-25

CATBALLOU............................. ! WE STILL LOVE YOU ?

Cat Ballou.......2007-01-22

It is a great movie, I love the singing. We realy enjoyed watching it again after so many year.

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Yuck
Romantic Comedy - Hugh Grant
classic romantic comedy
Love Conquers All in Notting Hill
"Surreal, But Nice": Pleasant Romantic Comedy from Richard Curtis

Notting Hill (Collector's Edition)
Starring: Julia Roberts , Hugh Grant , Richard McCabe , Rhys Ifans , and James Dreyfus
Director: Roger Michell
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ASIN: B000023VTP
Release Date: 1999-11-09

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Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) is the world s most famous movie star. Her picture has been plastered on the cover of every magazine, and every time she makes a move, the entire world knows about it. William Thacker (Hugh Grant) owns a travel bookstore in the quaint neighborhood of Notting Hill. His business is stagnant, he has the roommate from hell and his love life is completely nonexistent. Then one day, their paths cross and the couple comes to face the ultimate question: can two people fall in love with the whole world watching?

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Starring: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Rhys Ifans, Tim McInnerny, and Gina McKee. Directed By: Roger Michell Running Time: 124 Mins., Color This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 1999 Universal Studios

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They don't really make many romantic comedies like Notting Hill anymore--blissfully romantic, sincerely sweet, and not grounded in any reality whatsoever. Pure fairy tale, and with a huge debt to Roman Holiday, Notting Hill ponders what would happen if a beautiful, world-famous person were to suddenly drop into your life unannounced and promptly fall in love with you. That's the crux of the situation for William Thacker (Hugh Grant), who owns a travel bookshop in London's fashionable Notting Hill district. Hopelessly ordinary (well, as ordinary as you can be when you're Hugh Grant), William is going about his life when renowned movie star Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) walks into his bookstore and into his heart. After another contrived meet-cute involving spilled orange juice, William and Anna share a spontaneous kiss (big suspension of disbelief required here), and soon both are smitten. The question is, of course, can William and Anna reconcile his decidedly commonplace bookseller existence and her lifestyle as a jet-setting, paparazzi-stalked celebrity? (Take a wild guess at the answer.) Smartly scripted by Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and directed by Roger Michell (Persuasion), Notting Hill is hardly realistic, but as wish fulfillment and a romantic comedy, it's irresistible. True, Roberts doesn't really have to stretch very far to play a big-time actress who makes $15 million per movie, but she's more winning and relaxed than she's been in years, and Grant is sweetly understated as a man blindsided by love. Together, in moments of quiet, they're a charming couple, and you can feel her craving for real love and his awe and amazement at the wonderful person for whom he has fallen. The only blight on the film is its overbearing pop soundtrack, though Elvis Costello's heart-wrenching version of "She" gets poignant exposure. With Rhys Ifans as Grant's scene-stealing, slovenly housemate and Alec Baldwin in a sly, perfectly cast cameo. --Mark Englehart

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Yuck.......2007-07-31

Personally I thought this was a boring film with phoned-in performances by both Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, and what little plot there was had no suspense or mystery or charm whatever and the entire project lacked the style usually found in Richard Curtis' work. Even a strong supporting cast that included Gina McKee was not much of a boost. I usually go for these sorts of movies but this is one Britcom (very little "com" to it, by the way) I didn't enjoy.

Romantic Comedy - Hugh Grant.......2007-07-23

I enjoy happy endings and romantic comedies. Not a thought provoking movie, but a good one when one is in the mood for a good chick flick. Plus Hugh Grant is eye candy...

classic romantic comedy.......2007-05-13

Notting Hill is a modern single man's fairy tale and I don't mean that in a bad way. Julie Roberts never looked better, Hugh Grant is his charming best, the supporting cast are all likeable. The story is believeable and beautifully directed. If your like romantic comedies or are just looking to watch a good movie that you will walk away from feeling good then "Notting Hill" is the movie for you.

Love Conquers All in Notting Hill.......2007-05-10

This is a charming movie that I've seen several times and will probably see again. It's an upbeat, miracles happen, "celebrities are people too" kind of movie.

Boy meets girl, girl says "NO", then changes her mind. And keeps changing it. Anyone who has said "No", when his/her heart was yelling, "Yes Yes Yes ", can relate to this movie a lot.

One of the aspects that I found so interesting was the rigidly controlled structure under which Anna was required to live her life. And how relentlessly she had to smile, regardless of how she was feeling. It must be tough to have to be "on" so much of the time. NOTTING HILL gave us a window into the world in which celebrities live and some of the challenges they face.

This is a heartwarming, funny movie starring 2 talented actors playing 2 really likable characters. I have a weakness for movies with American/British romantic pairings, since Americans and Brits are culturally so different; in this movie, the plot is sweetened with the added romantic complication of wealthy/famous and not so wealthy or famous. It's a heartwarming rollicking ride !

I highly recommend Notting Hill.

"Surreal, But Nice": Pleasant Romantic Comedy from Richard Curtis.......2007-04-18

Of course in real life this would not happen, at least not to me. William, owner of a small bookshop in Notting Hill, not only falls in love with a Hollywood star Anna Scott (played by Julia Roberts who is virtually playing herself), but also he really begins to go out with her. Can an ordinary guy be the true love of the star whose face covers magazines every week? Here is a one story, delightfully romantic and told with humor, about the possibility of such a romance. The story sounds implausible, but still a very good one.

Despite some incredible situations, the chemistry between the two leads makes us forget them temporarily, and their romance is enchanting (and a bit predictable) to the end. In addition to Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant (and their undeniable star power), the film is supported by gifted actors playing colorful characters; they are Gina McKee, James Dreyfus, Emma Chambers and inimitable Rhys Ifans as Spike, the most unusual lodger in London. Amusing cameos of Alec Baldwin, Matthew Modine and young Mischa Barton as child actor (like she was then) shoud not be missed.

Pleasant romantic comedy "Notting Hill" is written by Richard Curtis, whose works before this one include equally romantic "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and less successful "The Tall Guy," both of which are based on the American-in-London situations. His script of "Notting Hill" is always witty, giving us some sly comments on human relations and film industry. (In fact, I am using it as the text for my English class in Japan.)

Some people may say this is not real Notting Hill (you don't see Notting Hill Carnival, for example) and probably they are right because, as I said, in real London this would not happen. It belongs to the ever-overcrowding genre of romantic comedy where romance means a lot, and in this respect "Notting Hill" is a success.

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Great movie. My all-time favorite.
So Utterly Charming
Great Movie
One of my favorite chick flicks.
Finding Love Where You Wouldn't Expect

Murphy's Romance
Starring: Sally Field , James Garner , Brian Kerwin , Corey Haim , and Dennis Burkley
Director: Martin Ritt
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Release Date: 2000-05-02

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Director Martin Ritt (Norma Rae) helmed this offbeat romance that earned costar James Garner an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a widowed druggist who befriends a confused divorcee (Sally Field) and her son, who move to a small rural town to start over. The laid-back performance of Garner as a man finding love "for the last time in his life" contrasts wonderfully with Field's portrayal of a woman scared and unsure of what the future may hold for her, and the two of them together exhibit great comic timing. As well written and as deftly performed as any movie of its type, Murphy's Romance will rope you in with its winning style. --Robert Lane

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Great movie. My all-time favorite........2007-09-09

Great movie. My all-time favorite.

I've seen this movie about 30 times.
Far more than any other that I've ever watched.

Great family viewing.

So Utterly Charming.......2007-09-04

This film is practically impossible to not like. It has likeable but three dimensional characters. James Garner is at his best, earning his only Best Actor Academy Award nomination. Sally Field is almost his equal. All in all this is a wonderful concoction of romance, wooing, charm and your normal run of the mill slice of life. It is really enjoyable and undemanding. One feels good about life after viewing this one. Its message is probably that you can find your true love much later than you thought you would or perhaps again.

Great Movie.......2007-08-28

Sally Field & James Garner together? A great movie.
Sally is a single mom on an adventure, setting out on her, shows what a woman can do to survive!
James Garner can put his shoes under my bed anytime!
A great movie, great for an evening for a girls night out!

One of my favorite chick flicks........2007-08-23

I can't tell you how many times I've watched this movie. Still makes me laugh and the ending really touches my heart.

Finding Love Where You Wouldn't Expect.......2007-08-14

Emma is a single mother who moves into a small town in Arizona. What I admire most about this character played by Sally Field is her perseverance when things aren't going right - something we all have to have from time to time. She struggles with getting over her ex-husband who keeps popping back into the picture, re-establishing herself in a new town, kick-starting her business and learning to love in a deeper, more meaningful way. She finds love where she wouldn't expect it, and with someone she wouldn't have imagined. Set in an endearing small town, this story, simple and yet interesting, peppered with humor and defining moments, is sure to touch your heart. This movie always leaves me with a good feeling.

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Great film without the extra crap you don't want
Dorothy and Toto
OVER THE RAINBOW
Entirely satisfied
Wizard of Oz DVD

The Wizard of Oz
Starring: Judy Garland , Frank Morgan , Ray Bolger , Bert Lahr , and Jack Haley
Director: Victor Fleming , Mervyn LeRoy , and King Vidor
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ASIN: B00000JS62
Release Date: 1999-10-19

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When it was released during Hollywood's golden year of 1939, The Wizard of Oz didn't start out as the perennial classic it has since become. The film did respectable business, but it wasn't until its debut on television that this family favorite saw its popularity soar. And while Oz's TV broadcasts are now controlled by media mogul Ted Turner (who owns the rights), the advent of home video has made this lively musical a mainstay in the staple diet of great American films. Young Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), her dog, Toto, and her three companions on the Yellow Brick Road to Oz--the Tin Man (Jack Haley), the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), and the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger)--have become pop-culture icons and central figures in the legacy of fantasy for children. As the Wicked Witch who covets Dorothy's enchanted ruby slippers, Margaret Hamilton has had the singular honor of scaring the wits out of children for more than six decades. The film's still as fresh, frightening, and funny as it was when first released. It may take some liberal detours from the original story by L. Frank Baum, but it's loyal to the Baum legacy while charting its own course as a spectacular film. Shot in glorious Technicolor, befitting its dynamic production design (Munchkinland alone is a psychedelic explosion of color and décor), The Wizard of Oz may not appeal to every taste as the years go by, but it's required viewing for kids of all ages. --Jeff Shannon

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Great film without the extra crap you don't want.......2007-09-08

Dorothy and Toto.......2007-09-04

OVER THE RAINBOW.......2007-08-28

I hesitated to spend the money on this 3 disc set. How wrong