Return to Oz

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You don't fool with Mother Nature, spit into the wind, remake Casablanca, or trash the land of Oz. Perhaps that is why the 1985 live-action sequel split critics and audiences alike. The 1939 classic musical is so beloved that it's almost impossible to imagine seeing Dorothy in shock therapy, a crumbled yellow brick road, the ruins of Emerald City, and the Tin Man turned into stone. But L. Frank Baum, the author of the original Oz books, portrayed just that with his continuing stories of Dorothy. When you get by these tough facts, the film version is solid entertainment for the over-7 set.

Dorothy (a 10-year-old Fairuza Balk in her debut) is back in Kansas, where Aunt Em (Piper Laurie) is at the end of her rope: her niece is not sleeping and going on about a place called Oz. Therapy may be the answer, but luckily the scary clinic goes dark before Dorothy can be, er, cured (but the lead-up will scare the munchkins out of most kids). She wakes up in the land of Oz, now in tatters, and searches for its king, the Scarecrow. A new set of friends, including a tin soldier, a talking chicken, and a pumpkin man, help her against new villains, including Princess Mombi (Jean Marsh)--complete with a set of detachable heads--and the evil Nome King (Nicol Williamson with a great assist from Will Vinton's Claymation). The sole directorial effort of Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch is stuffed with marvelous effects that foreshadow later works by Tim Burton and the Henson non-Muppet films. --Doug Thomas

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If you loved THE WIZARD OF OZ, you'll love accompanying Dorothy on this second thrilling adventure based on L. Frank Baum's "Oz" books! Dorothy finds herself back in the land of her dreams ... and makes delightful new friends (like Tik Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead, and the Gump) ... and dangerous new enemies (the creepy Wheelers, the head-hunting Princess Mombi, and the evil Nome King). With every twist in the yellow brick road, you'll find awesome new surprises and special effects that will astound you!

Customer Reviews:

Worth Getting!.......2007-09-09

I enjoyed this movie. The Wizard of Oz is my favorite of all time. This sequel is very well done. If you have the first one you should have this one too. The whole family will enjoy it.

Dorothy Goes Back.......2007-08-21

This is a great movie. I begins when Dorothy is back in Kansas and since she keeps talking about Oz, her Aunt and Uncle take her to a phychiatrist. A great storm comes up and she escapes the asylum and finds herself back in Oz again. It is a little darker side of Oz and it can scare little kids. Recommend age 10 and up. Not a cartoon.

One of the best movies of 1985...........2007-08-03

Return to Oz fills that foid where the original Wizard of Oz left off, and allows it's fans to be encompassed within the magical world along with Dororthy, Tik-Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead, and the Gump... An exciting experience for all ages!

Wonderful film, FAR better than the Wizard of Oz........2007-07-29

I was so happy when this film was finally released on DVD a few years back. I have such strong and fond memories of it from when I was a kid. Like most of us, I grew up with 1939 version of Oz, which frankly annoyed me. I liked the fantasy of it but I was not so much into the musical numbers. After awhile, it seemed too kiddie-like. I remember reading the book expecting it be a novelization of the movie but being blown away by how different it was. It was a bit more trippy in parts and it was slightly darker. There was so much that not in the movie.

Then Return to Oz came out and it was exactly as I imagined the land of Oz. Even though it keeps one or two of the aspects from the MGM version (the silver slippers are again instead ruby slippers, "There's no place like home", dual casting), it is really its own film and should not really be considered a sequel to the classic movie. It is less like vaudeville and more like a docu-drama that follows Dorothy on her journey. The actors are superb, especially Fairuza Balk. It is very easy (and common) for movies to collapse under the weight of an irritating child star (Jake Lloyd, anyone?). But Balk is never too precocious or saccharine. She's a little girl who has had an extraordinary thing happen to her that no one believes, and she feels isloated from the only real friends she's ever had. It's not a deep, psychological character exploration, it's just all there in her face and eyes and voice.

Yes, it's darker and maybe a little more scary than little kids are used to, but it's not violent or bloody or anything, just kind of bizarre. We're so used to sanitized versions of fairy tales that Disney specializes in that we've forgotten that most in their original forms are often much more disturbing and macabre than we think.

The design of the film is more like what is described in the books. I love the look of the Tin Woodsman in particular and I wish he had more of a part. But everything is faithful to the books, even though it's actually a combining of two different Oz books. There was such potential for a great series of films, it's too bad Disney sabotaged it. (Walt had bought the rights to the remaining books soon after the success of the MGM version, but nothing materialized until the 80's, just before the rights expired. The word is that Michael Eisner wanted the film to fail so that it would reflect badly on the leadership he was just replacing.)

The effects are remarkable for their time and are still pretty realistic today. I wish there was a special edition with cleaned up optical printing, you can really see the dusty layers of film in the scene in which Princess Mombi is changing heads. A proper Making of documentary would be great to see! The music is beautiful too. One can only wonder how much more convincing Oz can be with all the technology developed since 1984. The possible scope is certainly hinted at in Return to Oz; the end celebration scene includes many other characters from the other books like The Shaggy Man, Polychrome, the Patchwork Girl and the Frog Man.

The only real negative thing I have to say is that it does lack a certain emotional center. The main emotions are fear and excitement, but I don't feel as invested in Dorothy's motivation. She is simply having another adventure, and I think the theme of friendship and the fear of losing friends could have been a little more explored. Maybe because Walter Murch is more an editor than a director, the focus is more on story and action. But as a fantasy-adventure film, it's much more than most in the genre achieve. And as an adaptation, it is nearly flawless, despite the liberties taken.

All in all, a classic that should be in your collection!

This Ain't Your Father's Oz.......2007-07-20

I became aware of this movie by reading the rave review on Film Freak Central, and their interview with director Walter Murch. Murch was the editor of The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Cold Mountain, and Jarhead, and this is his first and only film. Anyway, liking dark children's movies as I do, I thought it sounded very intriguing and thought I'd check it out.

Now, my DVD player/surround sound system in a refurbished piece of crap, and sometimes the audio doesn't start right. So there I was, thinking this movie was really unusually prosaic, as all I was hearing was this beautiful, dreamy music, and no dialogue. It took me a while to realize that this was because my front speakers were not working, and I was just getting the music track on the rear speakers.

All of this of course required me to restart my machine several times, and it's during those times that one becomes really annoyed at the useless video tags put on at the beginning of some DVDs that you cannot skip through. In this case, the interminable [10 second] graphic that informs me that I am watching a DVD. Oh, thank you so very much, but you know, I put the disc in myself, so am pretty much aware that I am watching a DVD! But we all know that Disney wastes no opportunity to let us all know how very magical every single aspect of watching a Disney film is.

Thing is, this movie is about as far from fare one would associate with Disney as you can get. Adapted from two later books in the Oz series, this film takes place six months after the tornado that we saw in The Wizard of Oz. Now, while it's almost impossible to watch this film free of the influence of the other one, this movie immediately asserts its differences. For one, Dorothy is YOUNG. She's 10 at the very most, and this both gives a better context to the entire thing and makes more sense of the idea of her inventing this fantasy world. Another difference is that her life on the farm is portrayed here as much more rural and true to life, as this film was shot in real locations and not entirely in the studio. The third aspect is that this film is MUCH more dark, which is apparently closer to the tone of the actual books, which are akin to Grimm fairy tales.

It would seem that since the tornado, Dorothy, played here by the charming and adorable Fairuza Balk, has been unable to sleep. Aunt Em, here played by Piper Laurie, is worried about her inability to sleep and her continual talk about Oz, which of course she doesn't believe in. This makes this movie close in theme to one of my other favorite childhoood movies, The Curse of the Cat People, also about a young girl whose parents want her to pull her head out of the fantasy world she's in. So she takes Dorothy to see a doctor who specializes in electroshock, and they plan to keep Dorothy with them overnight and run electricity through her brain. You will know that you are not in your father's Oz when you see Dorothy STRAPPED to a gurney and hooked up to an electroshock machine. At this time you will also notice the wonderfully witchy outfit worn by his assistant, Nurse Wilson, with these great shoulder things that stick straight up. You should be paying attention to all of these people and things, because, as in the first film, they will all be processed and appear in disguise once Dorothy enters Oz once more.

You will also be aware that you are watching the work of someone who has been involved in movies for some time as you look at some of the beautiful compositions you see on screen.

Anyway, a power outage causes the electroshock machine to fail, and Dorothy and a mysterious girl make a mad escape through a terrible storm from the institute. Dorothy is swept down a raging river, very intense and scary, and it is soon after that she washes up in Oz. Oh, by the way, all this time she's accompanied by this hen, an extremely poor substitute for Toto, who utters dialogue akin to the droid Keystone Kops Komedy from the end of Star Wars Episode II, the kind that makes you want to strike yourself repeatedly about the head with a mallet. Please remove all heavy objects from your environment before viewing.

When Dorothy arrives in Oz we are greeted with another gorgeous shot of these wonderful trees, which she promptly settles under for a snack. During this time one sees that the ROCKS are watching her. It seems like a good idea to make rocks evil as... well, rocks SEEM evil, don't they? This is followed by a quite interesting scene of a rock speaking to his master, accomplished by stop-motion animating layers of clay to make it appear as though the crevices in the rock is forming a face as speaking. It is not realistic in any way, but one admires the craft and imagination required to accomplish this... and we're just getting started.

Dorothy soon sees that the Emerald City now lies in ruins, and all of its inhabitants have been turned to stone, including the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion! [I told you it was dark!]. Dorothy sets about finding the scarecrow, and finding out what happened to her friends.

Along the way she meets a jack o' lantern on a body of twigs [whose appearance in the novels I'm going to guess was the inspiration for Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas], and a tubby robot.

Soon what I find to be the freakiest scene in the movie happens, when Dorothy is taken in by a queen, who decides that she will lock the girl in a tower until she grows up, then appropriate her head. This woman takes Dorothy into a large chamber with walls lined with little glass chambers, each displaying a head on a pedestal. The heads are all alive, and their eyes silently stare at Dorothy [creepy] or follow the queen. The woman takes off her head and places it in one of these cases, and chooses another to wear. Later, Dorothy has to steal something out of one of the cases. The heads are all asleep. When Dorothy makes a slight noise, the head wakes up, and the entire hall of heads starts SCREAMING! This whole thing is horrifying and wonderful in the way of the best freaky children's tales, Alice in Wonderland being the best example.

So it goes on with more adventures, and special effects that mix stop-motion animation, puppetry, animatronics--whatever can be used, and while not all of it is successful, it is all interesting and one admires the film for its imagination and gung-ho attitude in attempting to conjure all of these things to life. Now of course they would all be accomplished with CGI, and unless the very best director were behind it all, it would all be boring as hell.

The ending becomes quite explosive, and peace is restored through a similar device to the first movie. This is added to similarities including a corollary but different group of companions through Oz, the natural calamity that brought Dorothy there in the first place, and the whole structure of the story, but these all make it part of a series rather than a tired retread.

While it is a kids movie and while it is a Disney movie, this film is, I would think, more of interest to adults who enjoy tales of the dark side of childhood. There are scenes so terrifying they could easy go into a standard horror movie. Not all of it works, but the dizzying display of creativity and the brave attitude to just run with it all makes this a very satisfying watch.

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody - Sweet Suite Victory

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Suite life
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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody - Sweet Suite Victory
Director: Andrew Tsao , Henry Chan (IV) , and Jim Drake (II)
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
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ASIN: B000Q6774U
Release Date: 2007-08-07

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Zack & Cody (12-year-old identical twin boys) live with their mom in Boston's swankiest hotel and have a hard time staying out of trouble, and out of the hair of tween girls Maddie and London who have enough of their own problems just trying to get along.

Customer Reviews:

The Best movie.......2007-09-13

This is a product that I recomend to the people who love disney channel, it has some behind the scened features, is funny once you see it.

old shows, and there's only 3!.......2007-09-08

This really is upsetting. The first dvd had several shows, I think maybe 5 of them. This one has only 3!! And, some of them are old ones, not the newer shows. My son and I were both disappointed. The silly "game" and the short little blooper spot do not make up for the stingy amount of actual tv shows. So sad. We're still big Suite Life fans, but I don't know if we'll buy another dvd.

Great!!!.......2007-09-01

I absolutely love this dvd.The Suite Life is my favorite show and even though i've seen every episode it's totally worth owning.The bloopers are great plus the interactive game with Brenda Song is really fun to play.This is a must for any Suite Life fan.

Suite life .......2007-08-31

I just loved the show my favorite is Maddy she is awesome .

Only 3 Episodes.......2007-08-10

Wow... $15 for a DVD with only 3 Episodes on it... Geeze we can see that Disney is sure ripping us off, they are the only company to release these crappy DVDs every other network produces DVDs with the entire season.... Come on get it right. This is just nonsense to make us spend $15 a pop for 3 episodes that would cost about $420 for the entire 3 seasons episodes!

Sex Essentials Videos: Erotic Sex Positions

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ASIN: B000C4Z6DU
Release Date: 2006-02-03

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As a sensational follow up to Seductive Sex Positions, Erotic Sex Positions offers all of the features of the first DVD installment with a racier edge. With its multi-mode operation, Erotic Sex Positions will expand your current cache of intimate favorites, as well as enhance any lovemaking experience with its sensual visuals.

Join hosts Crystal Lowe and Natasha Ray in the Instructional Mode for directions, tips and alternatives in 5 categories of sexual positions: Male Superior, Female Superior, Seated, Rear Entry, and, for the extra-playful, Advanced. Each intriguing category is introduced by a titillating foreplay Teaser, presenting 5 unique mood-setting seductive scenarios. What follows are 27 erotic positions that range from a twist on the classics to the slightly acrobatic and experimental, lustfully demonstrated by three naturally attractive couples.

Mastered the positions? Switch to Lovemaking Mode and accent your intimate encounters with tantalizing visuals while the rhythmic mood music serves as the ultimate soundtrack to your evening. Or, let loose and follow along with Random Mode for some unpredictable erotic fun. With tempting Extras such as 2 bonus positions, host profiles, and two seductive photo galleries, this video will be a lasting addition to your library of sensual DVDs.

Customer Reviews:

BIG YAWN .......2007-05-12

I guess I was expecting much more.

I don't know when you watch an instructional video on sex it would seem to me that being able to view the male and female sex organs would be a necessary part of the visual effect. All I saw were two naked bodies with just occasional glimpses of pubic hairs and some sexual positions described.

If you want to see some new positions preformed than buy this video. If you want to see some new positions that will excite you as well -- KEEP LOOKING because you won't find it here.

Disappointment.......2007-04-25

If you are looking for some ideas maybe this is ok but visual execution is not inspiring (video quality is ok and people are good looking): some positions are clearly acted not done actually. I sold this away after couple of days. I've seen better done under category "kama sutra"

Yawn.......2007-02-10

For such an interesting subject one really hoped it would have been more interesting...

This is the DVD to get..........2007-01-15

After some horrifying experiences looking at educational dvds that didn't deliver, this DVD was a very welcome suprise. It is very tastefully done, has attractive models, and is very educational without being tacky or pornographic.
I can't fault anything about this, and would certainly purchase another in the series. This is the type of DVD that I wish I had as a teenager curious about sex, but is also very relevant as a thirty-something year old. The positions include both regular and advanced, and have tips on how to increase stimulation and cautions to watch for. It has three main series - male superior, female superior, and a beautiful set of positions using seated positions on a kitchen chair.
The best thing about this DVD is that opposed to other DVDs that you watch once, get the ideas and then have to pass along to a friend, this is one that you can keep as something tasteful to play in the background of the bedroom.

Just ok...........2006-10-05

No, totally not a porn video. You won't see the man's pubic area. It is just a video that gives you ideas if you are bored w/ that one position you are always having.
I somehow feel strange when I see one guy having sex on a coffee table w/ the woman. His leg rubbed again the table and it is not hurting?? Some positions are hard. Creative? just ok. Gives me new ideas? well.... i don't remember, not really that impressive. I guess I know most of the positions.

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Exciting movie for all
"I think we can win this!"
"Goal!!!!!!!"
Great Football and Great story
Excellent football and excellent movie

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Starring: Sylvester Stallone , Michael Caine , Pelé , Bobby Moore , and Osvaldo Ardiles
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ASIN: 6304779666
Release Date: 1998-02-24

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Fans of The Great Escape and The Longest Yard will cheer venerable director John Huston's rousing 1981 adventure that pits Allied prisoners of war against their German captors in a soccer match. Michael Caine, who starred in Huston's The Man Who Would Be King, heads an international all-star cast as true-Brit John Colby, a former soccer champion, who heads the rag-tag squad. Max Von Sydow costars as the humane German officer who proposes the match, improbably staged for maximum propaganda impact in a stadium in Paris. As the Allied team, which includes real-life soccer legends Pele and Bobby Moore, practices, the officers' only goal is an audacious half-time escape. Sylvester Stallone is somewhat out of his league as the American determined to join the team. As an actor, Pele may not be on the same playing field as his Oscar-winning costars, but he is thrilling to watch as he executes some awesome, game-winning kicks. --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews:

Exciting movie for all.......2007-05-15

Great family movie for soccer players and fans, and for everyone who like to see the underdog have success. Music is wonderful. Setting is in prisoner of war camp during WWII - subtle messages of values and honor throughout.

"I think we can win this!".......2007-03-22

This is the greatest sports movie of all time. Sorry to those of us who loved "Hoosiers." This movie is stirring in so many ways. I saw this movie in the theater back in 1981 as a 10 year old who loved American Soccer, and to this day, it still gives me goosebumps. The soccer part of the movie is so insignificant to me now, though.

Don't let Sly Stallone's presence in this movie deter you. The movie is directed by the legendary John Huston who made such classic films as "The Maltese Falcon," "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," "The Asphalt Jungle" and "The African Queen," and it's main character is played by world-reknowned actor Michael Caine. Stallone plays the lone American character in the film, and is a dreadful soccer player. He only makes "the team" because he has connections to the French Underground who are trying to help him escape the WWII POW camp he and the other characters are held captive in. He also has a knack for catching the ball...

The movie takes place during WWII, and, as other reviewers have stated, the story centers around a game which one of the German Officers decides to sponsor: The German National team vs. "The Allies" (a team made up of mostly English and European-born prisoners). The plot thickens when they decide to hold the game in German-occupied Paris in order to break the spirits of the Allies. The players on the prisoner team don't want Stallone's character to play, but he is their ticket out of prison, so they reluctantly decide to allow him onto the team.

The greatest part of this movie involves the final 30 minutes of the film. The game reaches halftime with the Germans up 4-1. It is obvious to the prisoners at this point that the referees have been paid off to let the Germans win the game, but they managed a fantastic goal just before halftime giving them a bit of momentum. The plan is to escape at halftime, as the French Resistance has dug out a tunnel underneath the prisoners' locker room. In a moving sequence of events, the prisoners enter the tunnel, only to have Pele and a few other characters talk the entire team out of escaping.

"We can win this!" yells one of the players. "What did he say?" calls out Caine's character. "I said, I think we can win this!" Then Pele tells Stallone's character that England has never beaten Germany in soccer...ever. The players would rather spend the rest of their lives in a POW camp and play out the second half rather than leave now and not finish the game. Michael Caine informs Stallone that they can't play the game without him, so if he escapes, the whole team has to go with him. Quickly, the scene cuts to the field, as many fans in the stadium know that the prisoners were to escape. Unexpectedly, the prisoners return to the field to play the second half.

The ending is incredible. The prisoners come out ferociously intent on winning the game. Representing England, the French Resistance, and the entire Allied world, the players score 3 straight goals to tie the game, including a signature Pele bicycle kick, and the fans in the stands do the unthinkable--they risk their lives and begin singing the French National anthem, which is illegal (considered treasonous at the time). Trying to aid the Germans, the referee calls a foul as time expires to give them one last chance, through a penalty kick, to win the game. In a scene that seems to take as long as the step sequence in "The Untouchables," The German takes the free kick, Stallone stops it, the game ends in a tie, and the crazed French fans bust down the fences and storm the field. The prisoners are quickly given trench coats, and they escape as the masses break down the gates to the stadium and storm out into the streets of Paris. The allstar cast included the aforementioned guys plus reknowned soccer stars Mike Summerbee, Co Prins, Osvaldo Ardiles and Bobby Moore.

The historical significance of this film is remarkable. Viewing the film, you truly feel the solidarity of the Allies, both on the soccer field and also during the war. Ironically enough, in real life the English actually won the World Cup in 1950, shortly after WWII, it's only World Cup championship to date, defeating powerhouse Germany along the way. This is a great movie for anyone who is a war buff, soccer fan, or just loved to watch Hogan's Heroes!

"Goal!!!!!!!".......2006-09-11

An outstanding WWII-cum-sports movie. Stallone plays his role as an American POW well, Michael Caine as the captain of a British POW football team is superb and the soccer action itself is brilliant, what with Pele, Moore & other soccer greats in the action. The movie was previously released as "Escape to Victory". It was not a great commercial success, but it tugs at the heartstrings, and is well made, with an excellent script, and good production values. Well worth a buy.

Great Football and Great story.......2006-08-16

i think anyone interested in WWII or Football (soccer) has to watch this movie, you really get great performance from Michael Caine and Max Von Sidow. These guys really make you believe the story, which for anyone who ever played football soccer for even a minute and got the bit of enjoyment, it wont be hard to follow and this movie will be excilarating. Aside the story of propaganda and Stallone as the stubborn hero, the team really comes together, which is another reason why this movie is good for both afficionados, sport enthusiast and WWII interested

Excellent football and excellent movie.......2006-08-09

For the time that this movie was made it has one of the best visuale effects that i have witnessed in a long time. It was one of the most entertaining and intrigueing movies that i have witnessed in a while. It really captured the moment of the games.Although the movie was great i still think that they should have stuck to more of the historical accuracy of the Dynamo team in Kiev,Ukraine.

Sex Essentials Videos: Seductive Sex Positions

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ASIN: B00076QNZS
Release Date: 2004-12-01

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Hosts Crystal Lowe and Natasha Ray present SEX ESSENTIALS VIDEOS - SEX SEDUCTIVE POSITIONS. The pair of hosts explain how to perform 27 different sexual positions while three couples demonstrate how each is done. This release can be enjoyed in multiple modes, with voiceover instruction, erotic visuals with mood music, or a random position selector which can be imitated for an unpredictable and enjoyable evening. Viewers seeking to spice up their love life can turn to the Kama Sutra-like SEDUCTIVE POSITIONS.

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Running Time 60 Mins.

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

sex sampler.......2007-09-02

I just recently watched the video. I found the "woman on top" and the "seated" positions to be the most erotic and exciting positions in the video. I did not find the missionary and other positions as erotic. I wish some of the scenes had been longer especially the woman on top.

Seductive Sex Positions-Sex Essentials Videos.......2007-07-12

Nice Video, My husband and I both enjoyed it. Nice looking couples. The only issue for me, as a women was I got distracted by the "instructions" @ the bottom of the screen, but it didn't bother my husband.

Disappointed.......2007-05-26

I was expecting to learn the art of the whole process but the video only show the intercourse position. There's no lesson on foreplay eg: how to rub or touch your partner or where to touch first and etc.

Worth it.......2007-02-12

You can find all of these positions (and more) just by searching the internet. But it is really nice to just press play on the dvd player. They offer a little instruction that is helpful as well. The awesome sex we had right after viewing this video was worth the price alone.

Disappointed.......2007-01-02

I bought this video for some new ideas and from what i read in other reviews, for tasteful erotic entertainment that isn't hardcore porn. We watched the whole thing and found it rather boring. None of the positions were really "new" to us and there was no foreplay at all. The couples didn't appear to be enjoying themselves, it was just very mechanical. And did i mention, there was no foreplay? That's no fun.

The Bette Davis Collection (The Star / Mr. Skeffington / Dark Victory / Now, Voyager / The Letter)

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The Bette Davis Collection
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Bette Davis's Best Movies All In One Simple Box

The Bette Davis Collection (The Star / Mr. Skeffington / Dark Victory / Now, Voyager / The Letter)
Starring: Bette Davis , Sterling Hayden , Natalie Wood , Warner Anderson , and Minor Watson
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ASIN: B0008ENIOI
Release Date: 2005-06-14

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Even in the 21st century, very few film stars create and define their own genre--and certainly not in the complete way Bette Davis did. The Bette Davis Collection gives an exceptionally good survey of essential Bette, with four of the five films absolute knock-down classics from her long reign at Warner Bros. Davis's personality was so strong that she tended to overpower her directors, but William Wyler was one of the few to maintain his own distinctive style with her, and The Letter (1940) is a triumph for both of them. At a humid Malaysian plantation, Davis kills a man in the brilliant opening sequence, and the remainder is a darkly suggestive unraveling of the complicated explanation.

Dark Victory (1939) and Now, Voyager (1942) would be on anybody's list of most representative Davis pictures. In the former, she's a doomed heiress nobly losing her eyesight, a multiple-handkerchief situation that proved one of her biggest hits. Voyager allows Davis one of her favored techniques (appearing frumpy for at least part of her performance) as a mother-dominated spinster who comes out of her shell. Her match with Paul Henreid--and the music of Max Steiner--turns this into one luscious melodrama.

If Mr. Skeffington (1944) is not as celebrated as those films, it is nevertheless a characteristic Warners work-out. Davis wasn't shy about playing unsympathetic roles, and Fanny Skeffington--vain, selfish, married for practicality--is an exasperating tour de force. She gets good support from Claude Rains as the sensible, adoring husband. The Star (1952) is no classic, but its Pirandellian aspects will appeal to the actress's fans: Bette plays a washed-up Oscar-winning star desperate to get herself back in the public eye (think if it as a less witty postscript to All About Eve). There's some hint the main character is modeled more on Joan Crawford than Bette herself, in which case Davis must have loved playing it.

Extras are modest, with short featurettes giving background on three of the discs, and director Vincent Sherman providing commentary for Mr. Skeffington. But the films themselves, and their neurotically intense star, are quite capable of standing alone. --Robert Horton

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The Bette Davis Collection includes 3 new-to-DVD classics, featuring Davis in multiple Emmy-nominated performances as a captivating adulteress, a manipulative beauty, and a former Oscar-winning actress recovering from the end of her career.

Customer Reviews:

Changing my tune.......2007-05-05

As my tagline indicates I am mad about musicals, and I vowed I would never add dramas to my collection because with musicals, you can play the numbers over and over again, like a record, and enjoy. You can never tire of songs, dance and spectacle. But dramas? Once seen, to be put away for years, otherwise you become too familiar with the plot and the initial impact weakens. I revised my thinking with the release of the Bette Davis Collections because I realised that - in keeping with my love of musicals - every Bette Davis movie is a symphony. A symphony of emotions that equals major musical works - grand opera, concertos, and the subtlety of chamber ensembles. I also have a personal connection with "Dark Victory" and "Now Voyager". They were the work of screenwriter Casey Robinson, top Warner Brothers writer of the 30's and 40's, who retired with his Australian wife, Joan, to Sydney and became a close friend. Having heard all the stories, I asked him if Bette was difficult. "She never changed a line," he told me, "she respected a good script." Enough said. I worry a bit about them shoving "The Star" into this collection - it's a lesser vehicle when they could have included "The Old Maid" or "The Sisters"...but that's the deal, huh? It seems 'collections' are an opportunity to offload at least one minor low-budget movie. However, it's still interesting given Bette's typically bravura performance, and it's wonderful that her formidable contribution to cinema is preserved so magnificently. Go see what I think about Collection Two.

The Bette Davis Collection.......2007-02-23

Absolultely must have for any fan. It is great. I love "The Letter".

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BRAVO!.......2007-02-17

My favorite is Mr. Skeffingtion. Talk about a dose of cold hard reality. That psychiatrist was a real trip! Very enjoyable movie.

Fabulous.......2006-12-23

Better is the best and fabulous in this box set. We've never had a better actress.

Bette Davis's Best Movies All In One Simple Box.......2006-11-04

People have often said that Bette Davis is the most versitile and simply the best actress to have come out of Hollywood, and until Meryl Streep came along I would agree with that statement, Bette Davis give remarkable performances in all five of these films, In The Letter, Bette Davis gives one of her finest performances a moody cheating housewife who murders her lover and then claims it was self defence, in Now Voyage she plays the shy and intraverted daughter of a controlling mother, when the mother dies she has trouble coming out of her shell and when she does she finds love, but none of it is that simple, a very good film, extremely good dialogue, all the films in this box set a brilliant and I would recommend these films to anyone that wants to watch a film with real actors that have real talent.

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Abridged or not, you owe it to yourself to get this documentary
26 EPISODES ON 3 DISCS , EPISODES RUN 26 MINUTES !
The Definitive Documentary
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Wide ranging, bombastic

Victory at Sea
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ASIN: B000A2XC7Q
Release Date: 2005-07-01

Description

Victory at Sea, a 26-episode series on World War II, represented one of the most ambitious documentary undertakings of early network television.

The series premiered on the last Sunday of October 1952, and subsequent episodes played each Sunday afternoon through May 1953. Each half-hour installment dealt with some aspect of World War II naval warfare and highlighted each of the sea war's major campaigns. That drama was enhanced by the program's sententious voice-over narration and by Richard Rogers's stirring musical score.

Features:

Design for War

The Pacific Boils Over

Sealing the Breach

Midway is East

Mediterranean Mosaic

Guadalcanal

Rings Around Rabaul

Marenstrum

Sea and Sand

Beneath the Southern Cross

The Magnetic North

Conquest of Micronesia

Melanesian Nightmare

Roman Renaissance

D-Day

Killers and the Kill

The Turkey Shoot

Two if by Sea

The Battle for Leyte Gulf

Return of the Allies

Full Fathom Five

The Fate of Europe

Target Suribachi

The Road to Mandalay

Suicide for Glory

Design for Peace

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Abridged or not, you owe it to yourself to get this documentary.......2007-09-11

Few documentaries stand the test of time as well as "Victory at Sea"-the rousing music by Richard Rodgers, the stirring narration, and the splendid documentary footage and photography rivals that what we see on the History Channel today. For this modest outlay, (actually, I purchased mine at Ross Dress for Less for $5.99) you can own a piece of history. Compared to the more expensive History Channel version at $29.99, the sound on this set is far superior. Not what I expected for a low-budget product, but pleasantly surprised. Transfers are decent for what you pay for and, keep in mind, this footage is over 60 years old.

So many episodes are worth noting here, but my favorite is "Mare Nostrum" about the Italian and British fleets in the Southern Mediterrean--engaging, with good footage, it is certainly worth a look. "Southern Cross" is another winner to savor as well. Should please all WWII armchair historians, or something for those who prefer watching something of substance rather than this fall's dull TV season's line-up.

26 EPISODES ON 3 DISCS , EPISODES RUN 26 MINUTES !.......2007-08-24

I got mine on Amazon at less than one third the price of the History Channel version.I found it quite watchable.No subtitles but I could hear and understand the narration very well.The picture quality was better than I expected,good in my opinion.I got mine for under $10.and am very pleased.As for the content,I like the production very much.This is a good program.

The Definitive Documentary.......2007-08-16

On the quality of the disks: It is just like it was shown on TV: the narrator's voice gets drowned out by the music often. This might be a drawback but, if it is, it is a mistake made in the original production, not in making the DVDs. Don't let those comments scare you away.

Interesting bit of trivia: In the episode 'Roman Renaissance', the narrator throws out the term 'fortnight' in describing how long it took the allies to clear Naples harbor. Now how many Americans know today what a fortnight is? And yet in 1953, in a movie virtually made by the U. S. Navy, it was expected that all viewers would know. So there is a word that has disappeared from our vocabulary over the course of 50 years -- just another little episode in the drifting of American English away from the mother tongue.

The most frequently used word in the narration is 'sacrifice' and, watching it, you can see why. This is the story of how much these men sacrificed so that we can be free and so that the world could be spared the darkness that had spread out like a cancer from the axis powers. Through the ages philosophers have frequently noted that, when in the presence of a man of real courage, a coward will often assume moral superiority as an easy way to console his ego. As I was watching this documentary, I could not help but feel pity for those who say that honoring these men is wrong because it glorifies war or excludes some demographic groups who were denied the opportunity to take part in combat. But I take comfort in knowing that honor is eternal -- it is not something that can be given or taken away. It is something that you earn through your actions. These men who sacrificed everything in that war have all honor and nothing that any pathetic, small-minded person says or does will ever detract from it in the slightest.

Fantastic.......2007-08-16

A great value for the amount spent on the item. First Class. Highly recommend. Just as it appeared on TV in 1952.

Wide ranging, bombastic.......2007-07-12

I grew up enamored with WWII and enjoy trying to identify the aircraft as they zip across the screen. Yes, the music does get overwhelming at times, particularly in the long action sequences. Yes, the narration is bombastic. I found it interesting that the British were trying to protect their Empire and that is complimented, but that Japanese were trying to establish their own Empire, and it was to be stopped. The British did their own share of abusing the natives in the years of Empire, after all!
Even so, the original footage from the main combatant nations is interesting and informative.
It does make one compare the current Iraq War and the failure of the administration to get the American public behind it. We see the public here working long hours to support the war machine during WWII. We see them watching sailors depart for combat, cheering and waving. What a sad contrast to 2007, when most of the general public does nothing to support the war effort beyond maybe sticking a magnetic yellow ribbon on a car.
Oh, and this comes from someone who has opposed the Iraq war from the very start. . .

Victory at Sea - The Legendary World War II Documentary (History Channel)

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Nice improvement over VHS
Impressive!
Victory at Sea - The Legendary World War II Documentary
Dramatic Documentary
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Victory at Sea - The Legendary World War II Documentary (History Channel)
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ASIN: B0000AQS3X
Release Date: 2003-09-30

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A 26-episode World War II documentary, Victory at Sea is one of the most important series in the history of television. Made in 1952, the show was a huge success, winning many major awards and even spawning albums featuring the orchestral score by Richard Rodgers, best known for his musicals with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. Produced with the full cooperation of the U.S. Navy, each 26-minute program consists of black-and-white wartime film set to a narration by Leonard Graves. The two years leading up to America's entry into the war are dismissed in episode one, while the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor gets a show of its own, the raid depicted in a brilliantly edited montage that almost certainly contains "docu-drama" footage. Each episode contains at least one powerful stand-alone sequence in the tradition of Serge Eisenstein (Battleship Potemkin), these action-suspense set-pieces giving the programs an urgent, surprisingly modern feel. Indeed, the emphasis is at least as much on entertainment as information, the factual content delivered in poetic narration, the score transforming the war into a more than usually serious Hollywood adventure. The documentaries are nothing if not wide-ranging, covering parts of the land war despite the title, and including everything from the Atlantic convoys and U-boat "Wolfpacks" to war in Alaska, the South Atlantic, and the Far East, the Pacific War, and the Fall of Japan. There is an attempt to include other nations--certainly the D-Day episode acknowledges the British far more than Saving Private Ryan--but inevitably the focus is on America's war. The very dated narration gives a fascinating insight into how America saw WWII in the early 1950s, while the dynamic cutting and often genuinely remarkable wartime footage make Victory at Sea still gripping today. Twenty years later, Granada's The World at War would become the definitive television WWII history, but this release offers a unique opportunity to see a series of great importance from the very early days of television. --Gary S. Dalkin

Customer Reviews:

Nice improvement over VHS.......2007-09-10

I have loved the series since watching it as a child on TV with my father and uncles who had all served in that war. The subject matter and the wonderfully appropriate musical score strike an emotional chord in me. I have owned Victory at Sea in VHS format for several years and wanted to upgrade so in spite of some reviewers crabbing about the sound I bought the DVD set anyway. I love it. It is a huge improvement over the tapes. The picture quality is much better and any sound problems during narration that I've noticed are minor and not a reason to pass this up.

Impressive!.......2007-08-04

A must see for anyone interested in an accurate depiction of major events of World War II. Free from revisionist accounts of this history, Victory at Sea uses actual footage gained from both sides of the conflict to meld together an accurate picture of the battles. While the music is a bit too loud, the story is nevertheless clear and leaves the viewer with a profound sense of the magnitude of this war. Every American should see this series to understand the role and contributions of the "greatest generation" to our history.

Victory at Sea - The Legendary World War II Documentary .......2007-08-02

THis is all I hoped it would be. There are voulme change problems on the episodes, but the volume control on your remote is easy to use. The picture quality is great and the content is all that it ever was, which is to say archival footage from Japan, Germany and the US. In short, ifl you want to know the scope of US Naval and political action during WWII this is a must see. I grew up in the 50's and this isa trip down memory lane!

Dramatic Documentary.......2007-05-30

Since 1952, when NBC television first aired "Victory at Sea," the 26 half-hour programs have been repeatedly shown on television and finally released on home video. Admittedly, the sound quality of the narration, music, and sound effects is typical of television in the early 1950s, but the visual impact of the actual wartime footage remains quite powerful.

For those who want to enjoy a true high fidelity version of much of the music Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett produced, the RCA Victor albums (first released in the early 1960s) remain the best source. It is known that Rodgers composed the melodies in a piano version, then turned it over to Bennett to arrange and orchestrate. The albums take the 13 hours of music, which repeated themes, and present them in a cohesive and concise version. Bennett conducted the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, which was drawn from the Symphony of the Air, itself a reorganization of Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra. Back in 1952, when the documentary was prepared, Bennett used the actual NBC Symphony, presumably with the blessings of the Maestro, who was a big fan of early television as well as Broadway musicals.

The main focus in the 26 episodes is on the American Navy's involvement in World War II. In editing millions of feet of archival footage, NBC assembled programs which captured not only the naval and aerial battles but the lighter moments when the sailors, pilots, and crew waited for the inevitable deadly combat to begin or resume. The most important elements of the war are vividly represented here in sharp black and white.

Yes, "The World of War" was probably more comprehensive and utilized some of the rare color footage of the war, but this was the first television documentary to chronicle the historic events, complete with glimpses of the famous and infamous leaders -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Tojo, and Stalin. When you see the real figures, instead of actors portaying them, you recognize their unique and remarkable qualities.

The visual images remain quite powerful on the videos. To enjoy the brilliance of the music, listen to the CDs for the outstanding musical performances by the New York musicians.

Is it just me, or.......2007-05-25

...has the History Channel version been cut? I have been watching a version played on PBS that has scenes that my version does not possess, or so it seems. I am old enough to have watched the originals, and still enjoy each segment, and especially the Score. Sound being the weakest feature (IMO) cost it a star.

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More Innocent Than Stupid (Which Is A Good Thing)
Ernest Scared Stupid
Ernest's Greatest Film
Grandson loves it.
A TERRITYING & TERRIFIC 'ERNEST' MOMENT IN CINEMATIC HISTORY

Ernest Scared Stupid
Starring: Jim Varney , Eartha Kitt , Austin Nagler , Shay Astar , and Jonas Moscartolo
Director: John R. Cherry III
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ASIN: B000065V3R
Release Date: 2002-09-03

Description

Everybody's favorite know-it-all, Ernest P. Worrell, scares up heaps of hilarious laughs in this frightfully funny comedy! The loveable lunkhead is in for a devil of a time when he accidentally unleashes an evil demon from its sacred tomb, causing the awakened foe to go on a devastating rampage. Ernest desperately attempts to prevent the destruction of town, but a 200-year-old curse renders Ernest Scared Stupid! And that's when the fun and adventure begin! Loaded with uproarious hilarity, and a host of outrageously kooky characters, this big-screen treat delivers off-the-wall nuttiness that's sure to drive you wild any time of the year!

Customer Reviews:

More Innocent Than Stupid (Which Is A Good Thing).......2007-09-06

This was the first "Ernest" movie, I think, that I watched and I was surprised that it wasn't as stupid as I thought it was or the title convinced me it would be. Well, the last 20 minutes was, but a lot of movies get really dumb in the last half hour.

Most of it was nice, lighthearted fun that - cliché aside - is fun for the "whole family." There is nary a bad one word in this movie and it's old-fashioned slapstick and about as innocent as it gets.

In the last 30 years, how many comedies do you see without a tons of sex and profanity? Almost none......so give "Ernest"his due.

Ernest Scared Stupid.......2007-08-10

The Ernest movies are truly stupid - but my husband,12 yr old daughter and 10 yr old son LOVE them.....

Ernest's Greatest Film.......2007-05-12

this is tha best ernest film. i remember watchin this when i waz lil. im 19 now. itz a fun horror/comedy film that has a creepy feel to it. i reccomend this 2 tha young and tha old. Jim Varney was a master at wat he did and this is a great example of why hez a legend. i also reccomend ernest goes to camp

Grandson loves it........2006-11-05

We have racking our brains for older shows that our kids loved for our grandkids. The tv today is simply brainless shy of moral values.
Ernest rocks and our five year old grandson laughs himself silly.

A TERRITYING & TERRIFIC 'ERNEST' MOMENT IN CINEMATIC HISTORY.......2006-10-27

JUST WHAT IS 'ERNEST SCARED STUPID'?

A terrifying and terrific 'Ernest' moment in cinema history. Indeed, 'Ernest Scared Stupid', is rapidly becoming a neo-classic Halloween fairy-tale, featuring the clown-prince of modern slapstick -- the memorable Jim Varney. Though Jim Varney is sorely missed he will live forever within the very special films, like this one, that he presented to a world in dire need of something silly to muse over.

IN A NUTSHELL: JIM VARNEY TEAMS UP AGAIN WITH DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER JOHN CHERRY

This is a really cute and highly enjoyable Halloween yarn that the entire family can appreciate without being inappropriate for the younger members of the family.

Jim Varney - Ernest P. Worrell
Austin Nagler - Kenny
Shay Astar - Elizabeth
Jonas Moscartolo - Trantor
Ernest Fosselius - Trantor the Troll [Voice]
Eartha Kitt - Old Lady Hackmore
Larry Black - Mayor Murdock
Jackie Welch - Teacher

HERE'S SOMETHING OF THE STORY LINE: [plot spoilers below]

200 years ago in Briarville an direct ancestor of Ernest saved the village from an evil troll and, after trapping, banished to the underworld deep beneath an oak tree which was then being planted.

That would have been the end of the story, as there was only one way for Trantor, the evil troll, to return to menace us on Earth. Essentially, Ernest, as the only decendant of the original Reverend Phinneaus Worrel was the only human who could bring the curse of Trantor back. There was a long list of things Ernest would have to do in order for Trantor to return, which included disturbing the roots of the now 200 year old oak tree, and reciting some old-english jibberish. Naturally, Ernest did just this, never realizing the significance of his acts -- of course!

Trantor, as he did 200 years before, goes about his business of terrorizing and imprisoning the souls of the children, leaving only a wooden facsimile of his victims after their capture. Ernest and his tree house club friends are the only ones who believe that Trantor has returned, with the exception of 'Old Lady Hackmore' [Eartha Kitt], who still has some missing loved ones to retrieve from Trantor's last visit 200 years earlier. Yes, that makes 'Old Lady Hackmore' a really old lady.

The problem is simple, no adults including the mayor and sheriff believe what Ernest is telling them. So Briarville will depend on Ernest and the local pre-teens to defeat Trantor and his invading army. How Ernest and his young friends defeat Trantor is what 'Ernest Scared Stupid' is all about.

ABOUT THE DVD:

Frankly, this DVD is in full-frame and does not play as well as I would have expected. Also, there are NO FEATURES whatsoever, unless you consider close-captioning a Special Feature. That is a real shame because like most of Jim Varney's fans I am anxious to discover whatever I can about the world of 'Ernest' and his films.

BOTTOM LINE: KINDNESS WINS THE DAY AGAIN FOR ERNEST

Ernest has all his ducks lined-up for this epic. He has his usual array of strange mechanical gadgets that don't quite work right, rimshot, his trusty sidekick pup and most of the town's 12 year olds as his closest friends, plus many of Ernest multiple personalities. On top of all this he has Halloween and a scary Troll story that is really well produced, perhaps that slickest Ernest production ever. All of this and funny too without violence, sex or profanity. In fact, the successful conclusion of the film truly demonstrates how kindness rather than hate or violence can win the day.

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Excellent movie based on a classic novel
Dream-haunting...soul-stoking.
Good....Could have been better
A beautiful movie
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Swept from The Sea
Starring: Vincent Perez , Rachel Weisz , Ian McKellen , Joss Ackland , and Kathy Bates
Director: Beeban Kidron
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ASIN: 0767812115
Release Date: 1998-07-14

Amazon.com

Based on the Joseph Conrad story "Amy Foster," this swirlingly romantic melodrama tells the story of a Polish sailor (Vincent Perez) shipwrecked and washed ashore on the English coast in the 19th century. Found by a servant girl, Amy (Rachel Weisz), who is a village outcast, he is considered retarded because no one can understand what he says. But slowly, through Amy's love and the doctor's tutelage, the sailor learns enough English to decide he wants to make an honest woman out of Amy. Which doesn't sit well with the disapproving villagers, who don't like Amy. Even the doctor, who has a fondness for the sailor, has a blind spot when it comes to the servant girl. Strong performances and gritty period settings lift this film above bodice-ripper status to something richer. --Marshall Fine

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Excellent movie based on a classic novel.......2007-03-18

Adapting a novel of J Conrad is not easy; yet this movie achieved a magnificent result. Interesting, moving with an excellent script this is a movie that makes you ponder about how to value individuals when they are differetn from the group, and how accpetance of diversuty is inherent to all human "civilized" cultures.

Dream-haunting...soul-stoking........2007-02-15

If you like a film,
where all the characters have so much depth
you can empathize with their actions
based on their experiences and circumstances.
A film that spikes your imagination, haunts your dreams,
challenges your judgements
and speaks volumes on an ever exponentially increasing number
of subjects.
Then, my friend you've found "true gold"
in this cinematic treasure.
Until you walk on you someone else's shoes,
can you really understand that person....
and love that person.
The truth allows us to forgive, to love and gives us to courage
to change. This and many more issues this
seemingly simple movie grapples with
will take you on a quantum leap to understanding
the phenomenon it truly is to be human.
Layered with metaphors concerning religion,
fear, persecution
all because of what?.
See for yourself,
grow and be swept into love!

Good....Could have been better.......2006-12-21

I really enjoyed this movie however one of the more interesting parts of the movie was not fully developed. Ian Mckellen's character was supposed to be homosexual .....he is in love with Vincent Perez's character. It was a pretty subtle subplot in the movie and while I was watching it I was thinking....hmmmm is Ian Mckellen's character gay? I read Roger Ebert's review of the movie on [...]. In his article Ebert says the movie could have been more interesting if this plot was further developed....I agree. I really enjoyed the movie but I thought Ian Mckellen's character was very interesting and if his desires were further explored it could have turned this fairly ordinary romance movie into an extraordinary movie.

A beautiful movie.......2006-11-04

This is a beautiful story with great acting. The music is wonderful. Highly recommended!

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart........2006-09-11

"Swept from the Sea" is not a movie. It is a symphony.

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