American Pie - Unrated (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

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Here s the uncensored version of America s #1 comedy hit, re-edited to include the scenes you couldn t see in theaters. You ll never look at warm apple pie the same way again! American Pie takes a hysterical look at the goal of four "unlucky in love" high school friends who make the ultimate pact: lose their virginity by prom night. As they try to manipulate their way into the...hearts of some of their classmates, their plans often backfire with hilarity. Follow the raging hormones of four teenage boys and their girls as they gear up for the most important night of their lives...the prom?

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Starring: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, and Eugene Levy.
Directed By: Paul Weitz.
Running Time: 1 Hour, 36 Mins.
This film is presented in "Widescreen" format.
Copyright 1999 Universal Studios.

Format: DVD MOVIE

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Anyone who's watched just about any teenage film knows that the greatest evil in this world isn't chemical warfare, ethnic cleansing, or even the nuclear bomb. The worst crime known to man? Why, virginity, of course. As we've learned from countless films--from Summer of '42 to Risky Business--virginity is a criminal burden that one must shed oneself of as quickly as possible. And while many of these films have given the topic a bad name, American Pie quietly sweeps in and gives sex some of its dignity back. Dignity, you may say? How can a film that highlights intercourse with fruit pies, premature ejaculation broadcasted across the Internet, and the gratuitous "gross-out" shots restore the dignity of a genre that's been encumbered with such heavyweights as Porky's and Losin' It? The plot may be typical, with four high school friends swearing to "score" by prom, yet the film rises above the muck with its superior cast, successful and sweet humor, and some actually rather retro values about the meaning and importance of sex. Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, and Eddie Kaye Thomas make up the odd quartet of pals determined to woo, lie, and beg their way to manhood. The young women they pursue are wary girlfriend Vicky (Tara Reid), choir girl Heather (Mena Suvari), band geek Michelle (Alyson Hannigan), and just about any other female who is willing and able. Natasha Lyonne as Jessica, playing a similar role as in Slums of Beverly Hills, is the general adviser to the crowd (when Vicky tells her "I want it to be the right time, the right place," Jessica responds, "It's not a space shuttle launch, it's sex"). The comedic timing hits the mark--especially in the deliberately awkward scenes between Jim (Biggs) and his father (Eugene Levy). And, of course, lessons are learned in this genuinely funny film, which will probably please the adult crowd even more than it will the teenage one. --Jenny Brown

Customer Reviews:

American Pie.......2007-03-17

Well I had all the other movies, but this makes my collection complete. This is the kind of movie you can watch over and over again and it never gets boring.

Just so over-rated.......2007-02-23

This may be one of the most over-rated movies of the last 20 years. It is typical mindless skirt chasing by high school boys. How many times will this premise be used before people stop watching it?? Please god stop.

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so stupid it is funny.......2006-10-17

There are good movies and then there are movies like these that are just worth the price for the laugh factor. Yeah it does have a plot a pretty stupid one, but it is so funny. The second one is really funny too. are you trying not to watch things with sex in them or not your kids well do not watch this. this is full of sex references and inuendo. It is really funny and worth the laugh if you are like me and just are not offended.

A pleasant teenage romp!.......2006-08-08

American Pie is a favorite for those of you who like hillarious teenage movies.Jason Biggs plays Jim,an average American teen opening new worlds in his sex life.From encounters with pies to embarrasing moments with other teenage girls,American Pie is a definite favorite.Sean William Scott is wonderfull as Scott Stifler.You'll love it!

Surprisingly touching for its genre.......2006-07-22

For a teen comedy flick with potty humour and "showcase" nudity, American Pie does really well with some coming of age themes. Four boys are on a quest to lose their virginity by prom night, and go to various lengths to impress the girls they meet. Life lessons are learned and the boys grow up in ways other than sexually. The four boys led by Jason Biggs are all likeable, and Seann William Scott had a breakout role as the party-loving fifth wheel to the group. Eugene Levy, one of great comedic alumnis from the 80s, has hilarious moments as Jim's dad. And for who can forget the Shannon Elizabeth scene and the bit with the movie's namesake?

Not a lot on the dvd, but there's a fun commentary with the staff and actors, though it's a bit crowded at times. American Pie's not a groundbreaking film, but it's a solid one for its genre, and may be one of the few really worth owning.

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Great Novel, Sad Video
This Dorian is SO hot
Picture of Dorian Grey
fills the eye but NOT the ear
Dorian is very handsome

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Starring: Shane Briant , Nigel Davenport , Charles Aidman , Fionnula Flanagan , and Linda Kelsey
Director: Glenn Jordan
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
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ASIN: B000060MVH
Release Date: 2002-08-27

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Great Novel, Sad Video.......2007-01-14

Oh, so mind numbingly boring.....PLEASE if there is a film maker out there....PLEASE make a QUALITY version of this classic!!

This Dorian is SO hot.......2006-09-02

I love this version :p
He's a good actor too...

Picture of Dorian Grey.......2006-07-08

As in all of Oscar Wildes work this had an excellent story line. The acting was wonderful and it followed the book quite well. This is a must see for anyone that values good literature.

fills the eye but NOT the ear.......2006-03-09

I'm just another customer who was very disappointed to discover that my new DVD of this title (as well as the replacement DVD MPI sent me) had such appallingly bad audio (the actors sound as if they're speaking through wads of cotton). It's also worth noting that MPI's DVD of "Turn of the Screw" has the exact same problem. Beware!

Dorian is very handsome.......2005-10-09

I saw mothion picture about Dorian Gray at the first time. This visual image of Dorian is wonderful for my opinion. I think Wilde's Dorian must be like it

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LOVE IT!
Totally Funny and Entertaining!
It is what it is...
Not nearly as bad as some people have said
Great cast, but writing sometimes falls through the cracks

If Lucy Fell
Starring: Robert John Burke , Dominic Chianese , Lisa Gerstein , Paul Greco , and Emily Hart
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B000051YMR
Release Date: 2001-01-30

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A disappointing second effort by writer/director/actor Eric Schaeffer, whose small first film, My Life's in Turnaround, showed great promise. This romantic comedy tries much, much too hard and feels more like a freshman production than a sophomore endeavor. The plot is all fluff and the dialogue is not only meaningless but often embarrassingly crude. Schaeffer and Sarah Jessica Parker have their moments as platonic roommates trying to find true love before their 30th birthdays. She suggests that if they do not find their soul mates within a month, they leap from the Brooklyn Bridge. Lots of scrambling for the perfect mate ensues, with much predictability. By the time the movie ends, you'll be willing to push them both. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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LOVE IT!.......2007-05-07

I love this movie. I have never talked to a man that like it though. If you are looking for a good girl movie then this is it.

Totally Funny and Entertaining!.......2007-04-24

I first saw this movie on the sundance channel. I thought it was sweet and hilariuos at times. A perfect role for Sarah Jessica Parker! I highly reccommend this film to anyone who loves "Sex and the City". Sit back,and get ready to laugh, because this film is a trip! Check out the very young Scarlet Johansen! I bought this on DVD and it is in my dvd player A LOT!

It is what it is..........2005-09-19

Excellent cast in a movie that reflects life - sometimes humourous, sometimes disappointing, sometimes sad and sometimes strange.

Although Elle MacPherson cannot act, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ben Stiller and Eric Schaeffer are convincing enough to take up the slack.

I agree with one of the other reviewers in that this is a consistently funny and touching film.

Not nearly as bad as some people have said.......2004-12-18

Although this isn't the most polished movie, it is genuinely entertaining, and only someone not remotely interested in seeing a romantic comedy would give it 0-1 stars.

I can't remember why I first picked it up (I didn't see it in the theaters), but it is a consistently funny, touching film. I'm not a fan of Sarah Jessica Parker, Elle MacPherson (who I feel turns in the strangest, poorest performance of the bunch), or even Ben Stiller, but I think it's easy to identify with people so afraid to be in love, but so afraid not to be in a committed relationship.

All in all, it's a bunch of laughs, and kind of a relief to watch something that takes itself less seriously than some of the big-name romantic comedies that are put out today and fall flat.

Great cast, but writing sometimes falls through the cracks.......2004-01-23

The casting here was excellent - Ben Stiller, Elle Macpherson, Sarah Jessica Parker were all great. In fact, I am convinced that Elle Macpherson can act because of the 3 movies I have now seen her in, she plays decidedly different people in each one. She is perfectly cast as Joe's dream woman. I found Eric Schaeffer's character the least appealing of the whole cast. Some of the jokes here are wildly funny. The audience is never given a clue that the Jane Lindquist character is only getting involved with Joe to indulge the fantasy world he had created of her. I thought it was odd that she enjoyed his voyeurism and then seemed honestly interested in him sexually, but was not interested in a relationship with him. Earlier her character makes a statement that the world makes too much of the sexually charged days in the beginning of relationships, people move on after that part is over and that a lasting relationship is what she wants. That part did not make sense. This could have been improved by some better writing and better character development. The humor here is what makes this worth watching.

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"Tell me, Faustus, shall I have thy soul?"
Certainly Not One of Burton and Taylor's Best
Ripe For Rediscovery.
Richard the Great
Haunting adaptation of Marlowe's play

Doctor Faustus
Starring: Richard Burton , Elizabeth Taylor , Andreas Teuber , and Oxford University Dramatic Society
Director: Richard Burton , and Nevill Coghill
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ASIN: B00018D3PU
Release Date: 2004-03-02

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An adaptation of the Christopher Marlowe masterpiece, Doctor Faustus allows Richard Burton (who also co-directed) to sink his teeth into one of the great theater roles, with loyal wife Elizabeth Taylor along for the ride. Now, there were a few good movies and many follies born of the epic marriage of Burton and Taylor; Faustus is one of their most curious progeny. Alas, Burton's performance is hardly scaled back from a big, bellowing stage turn, while elsewhere the film fails to work up the most rudimentary cinematic life. And Liz? She keeps appearing, wordlessly, as a sexed-up dream temptation for poor Faustus, and finally as Helen of Troy, of "Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?" fame. The only real fun to be had here is wondering whether Burton saw the project as a metaphor for his own career: a man who sold his soul in return for earthly pleasures... as embodied by Elizabeth Taylor. --Robert Horton

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The legend of Doctor Faustus is the immortal tale of a German conjurer who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for a life of adventure and excitement. Richard Burton stars as the aging scholar who makes a deal with the devil for youth, knowledge, and a dazzling mistress. Taylor plays the spellbinding seductress who seals Faustus' fate. Stars Academy Award® nominee Richard Burton and Academy Award® winner Elizabeth Taylor.

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"Tell me, Faustus, shall I have thy soul?".......2007-08-21

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This movie is based on the play "The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus" (1588) by Christopher Marlowe (1564 to 1593).

The movie begins with the printed word:

"A tragic legend written down in the sixteenth century wherein a learned scientist honored with the laurels of his university, sold his soul to the devil for still greater knowledge and power in the unknown."

This brief introduction also summarizes the entire movie (except for the ending).

Dr. Faustus (the legendary Richard Burton, 1925 to 1984) actually signs a contract in his own blood with Mephistopheles (a disciple of the devil played by Andreas Teuber) present (and who asks the question that titles this review). Faustus is unsure of his decision but quickly adapts to his new life gaining not only power but other delights including the satisfaction of his lust for Helen of Troy (Elizabeth Taylor), "the face that launch'd a thousand ships." Besides he is told that,

"In Hell is all manner of delight."

But when Faustus begins to strongly regret his decision, it's too late and he has nothing to look forward too but "eternal damnation."

This movie is a tour de force for Richard Burton (who also co-directed and co-produced). The almost Shakespearean dialogue flows off his tongue and his acting as Dr. Faustus is superb. I sensed that he was really enjoying this role.

Surprisingly, Andreas Teuber who plays Mephistopheles (this was his first major movie role) also gives a convincing performance as the devil's assistant.

Be aware that Elizabeth Taylor as Helen has no speaking parts in this movie. At the end, she laughs wickedly.

The scenery and costumes were, I felt, fantastic. All filming took place in Rome. The background music adds to each scene.

A note on the language. Above I said it was "almost Shakespearean." This is because I find that Marlowe's language is not nearly as difficult to understand as Shakespeare's. However, I still recommend turning on the English subtitles. (Those viewers who are used to Elizabethan language should easily understand this movie.)

I should mention that this movie was put down by critics when it first came out. For myself, I can't understand why. This movie stayed with me long after I finished watching it (mainly due to Richard Burton's performance).

Finally, the DVD itself (the one released in 2004) is perfect in picture and sound quality. It has no significant extras.

In conclusion, in my opinion, this movie brings Christopher Marlow's classic play to life! By the end of it you will definitely know that

"the reward of sin is death."

(1967; 90 min; wide screen; 28 scenes)

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Certainly Not One of Burton and Taylor's Best.......2007-01-14

This movie adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's DOCTOR FAUSTUS was panned by the critics in 1968 when it was released as well it should have been. I haven't seen it since then and find it much worse than I remembered. Not much works very well here. In parts of the film, particularly at the beginning, Richard Burton looks for all the world like the Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as he bellows forth. Elizabeth Taylor floats in and out of the scenes, sometimes as a redhead, at other times a blonde and once she appears to be painted silver from head to toe much like the street mimes in European cities. Of course she finally makes her entrance as the beautiful Helen of Troy, causing Faustus to utter the immortal lines, "Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?" The special effects leave much to be desired. Skulls talk and much of the sets look like a Halloween haunted house. Since Burton co-directed this film, he must be responsible in large part for the finished product.

On a positive note, Andreas Teuber turns in a good performance as Mephistoopheles. Unfortunately his acting, along with the words of the great playwright Christopher Marlowe, is not enough to save this movie.

Ripe For Rediscovery........2006-07-04

Back in 1967 when this film was first released, critics jumped all over it as just a Richard Burton-Elizabeth Taylor vanity project which it was but that's all they saw. Now that Dick and Liz have been supplanted by Tom and Katie and Brad and Angelina the film is ripe for rediscovery and there is much to discover here. The beauty of Christopher Marlowe's play lies in the poetry of the lines and the philosophical and theological points the playwright raises. This Oxford University production which Burton co-directed captures its stage origins but is cleverly opened up in a number of ways which turn it into a fascinating cinematic experience thanks to an imaginative use of lighting, beautiful cinematography, and a haunting musical score by Mario Nascimbene (ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.). And then there is Richard Burton. His intense portrayal of the title character is a joy to behold and serves as a vivid reminder of just what a charismatic performer he was. His glorious voice speaks the Elizabethan text as if it were everyday conversation but with a power and conviction that must be heard to be believed and thanks to the optional DVD subtitles you can follow along as he speaks if you wish. The rest of the cast is made up of members of the Oxford Dramatic Society and they fufill the other roles satisfactorily with Andreas Teuber an absolute standout as a melancholy Mephistopheles. Last but not least there is Elizabeth Taylor. She is required to do nothing more than look beautiful in various guises (she has no dialogue) but she makes her presence felt throughout considering how beautiful she was back then. Chances are no one will redo Marlowe's play on film anytime soon and so there is even more reason to celebrate this version which clearly shows what the play has to offer as a great precursor to Shakespeare and how to make a major film on a minor budget.

Richard the Great.......2006-06-28

This film is a great showcase of the amazing acting talent of the Immortal Richard Burton. What better material than the great Christopher Marlowe, the one who paved the way for Shakespeare for Richard Burton to flex his immense acting power and to speak what poetry in such a beautiful and mighty voice?

The first time I saw this film, I was mesmerized. I had already known of the greatness of Richard Burton with my viewing of The Spy who came in from the Cold but when I saw this film, I was entirely convinced of the fact that Richard Burton is up there with Laurence Olivier, and beyond? Possibly.

Haunting adaptation of Marlowe's play.......2006-06-25

This 1967 film of Christipher Marlowe's play is quite good. Richard Burton is very convincing in the role of Faustus, a scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power, wealth, and knowledge. Elizabeth Taylor appears briefly several times as Helen of Troy and other characters, but she does not even speak except for her laughing at the end. Burton contributes much more with his fine acting and delivery of great lines from the play such as "Is the face that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Illium?" Was Liz Taylor as Helen really that beautiful? I guess that's for her admirers to decide. The film's music is also haunting and moving. All of the great acting and sombre atmosphere help to make up for the movie's being limited almost entirely to a simple stage and inexpensive props.

The DVD has fairly good sound and picture quality, although it doesn't seem that any restoration was done to the film. Trailers from other movies were included but unfortunately no material directly related to this film. The DVD that I purchased was in full screen (despite it being advertised as widescreen), but I am happy with this because my TV screen is the regular size.

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ill-conceived and overhyped
Looking Behind the Veil
An Alright Drama
Orientalism on demand
Life on the margins . . .

Kandahar
Starring: Nelofer Pazira , Hassan Tantai , Sadou Teymouri , Hoyatala Hakimi , and Noam Morgensztern
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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ASIN: B000089RTN
Release Date: 2003-05-13

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The prolific Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Gabbeh) had one of his most visible international successes with this haunting, open-ended drama. Set (and shot) during the Taliban era, it follows an Afghani-Canadian woman as she attempts to enter Afghanistan in search of a despondent sister. Since it is illegal for a woman to travel alone, she must rely on the kindness--or curiosity--of strangers, including a scrappy boy and a mysterious American doctor. The woman playing the lead role had earlier contacted Makhmalbaf about a similar real-life search, which prompted him to write the screenplay. The director doesn't really tell her story so much as he unveils a way of life: in the desert, we meet land-mine victims, Red Cross volunteers caught in a Catch-22 world, and women smothered in head-to-foot burkas. The portrait is one of oppression, but also of people furiously trying to get by. --Robert Horton

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ill-conceived and overhyped.......2007-07-05

Kandahar is a film that I've been wanting to see for years. It became a "de rigueur" staple of the art-house cinema circuit following 9/11. I remember the long lines at the Museum of Fine Arts here in Houston, when the film was screened.

Obviously, this film has its fans, as evidenced by the glowing reviews on Amazon. I personally found it to be a sham. For starters, it is filmed documentary-style, but the plot is heavily scripted. I'm not saying this concept is flawed; it works in The Story of the Weeping Camel. But, in a film that deals with such serious topics as famine and land mines, it feels wholly out of place. Also, the English-language dialogue suffers from flat delivery. The protagonist seems phony; every potentially poignant moment is ruined by her deadpan method of speaking.

Visually, the film is stunning at times, especially when you see the wedding party march in the desert. The sea of burqas in contrasting colors (such as emerald, black, ochre yellow, peach, white, purple, etc.) is absolutely stunning. But the quality of the cinematography is not enough to rescue the flawed direction.

I imagine that the throngs of curious people who clamored to see the film left the cinema somewhat disappointed. I know I did, watching it on DVD.

Looking Behind the Veil.......2007-05-23

KANDAHAR, or THE SUN BEHIND THE MOON, is an interesting and provocative film. Though I felt that in some ways the movie was manipulative since it was narrated in English and not actually filmed in Afghanistan, I did learn much from it. However, it felt as though it was an "outsider's" view into the world of Afghan people told from the vantage point of someone who had escaped the Taliban's stronghold and resides in Canada now. Also, the director is from Iran. So, this, too, somehow takes away from the film's "true" perspective. To the film's credit, however, it delivers powerful images and a look at how sad and utterly devastated the landscape of a once-proud nation has become. It makes the more fortunate among us perhaps stop for a moment to treasure the small freedoms we take entirely for granted and realize that the people of Afghanistan deserve a chance for freedom too. It also leaves one with haunting questions: Will the Afghan people ever write love stories, romances, poems, songs after it seems that their world was entirely capsized and their hearts broken by the Taliban? Will women ever be able to live in anything but total fear there? What is going to happen to that country when the war is over and all the world's focus shifts away from them? For all its failures, the film does deliver us a postcard from a land most of us will never otherwise know and makes us feel the desire to understand and empathize with its people. Post-9/11, that is important and essential to the world's healing.

An Alright Drama.......2007-04-10

It was interesting and beautiful. The acting looked like acting...this is not the documentary it looks like. If some of the performances had not occasionally distracted me into rembering I was watching a movie, I'd have given it 5 stars.

Orientalism on demand.......2006-07-04

the movie directors in the ME, particularly Iranians, are responding to demands by the West for certain type of movies. They produce what is demanded from them; in turn, they receive awards. cultural industry empowers these demands; they are the ones who will ensure that such movies will be received the Western audiences and they are the ones who decide who is awarded. There is no single ME movie which depict the story of Western imperialism in the ME and then awarded for doing so. ME movies must show that ME women are in need of emancipation; ME cultures are presented as in need of getting civilized. civilization itself is presented in vertical sense; there is a civilization somewhere out there all MEasterners are expected to reach; yet, it was that same civilization that threw doll bombs on them. (no reference to who threw them doll bombs or who mined their country; who deprived them of education and knowledge. the West is represented by beautiful, blonde nurses, a nice American guy who just pretend to be a doctor and help them with his "everyday Western knowledge of medicine" in the midst of total ignorance, and the helicopters that threw on them fake legs. such a nice way to civilize!)
the story of Afghanistan is real. however, the movie does not render a fair job in reflecting the background of it. rather, it does an excellent job in meeting the cultural demand; in producing a product that can sell well.
the situation is miserable; but what caused such misery in Afghanistan? your answer after seeing the movie will be that it is Islam; it is that Islamic culture; that backward culture of those people with wonderful eyes. such a conclusion is strongly demanded in the absence of other factors. there is no single implying in the movie, a smallest reference, that Afghanistan has suffered centuries old imperialism at the hands of the British and then the Russian and now Americans who played their Great Game on the chessboard of Eurasia. There is a passage in the movie to the effect that somebody will come to liberate them. those imperialists came in the name of civilization; French did to Algeria, the British did to India; all in the name of bringing them civilization. It was White Man's Burden to do so. Yet Makhmalbaf needs more awards. he has to compete in the cultural circus and perform well for the pleasure of Western audiences, in order to continue to be in demand. you did a nice job, applauses; go on.
(anyone who is interested in cultural imperialism should read Foucault's works and Edward Said's Orientalism.)

Life on the margins . . ........2006-04-21

A woman sets out to rescue her sister in the Afghan city of Kandahar and along the way meets the displaced persons of war, the refugees, the starving, and the walking wounded. The film focuses in particular on the women and children forced to survive under hostile conditions. Their marginal existence in the desert sands on the border of Iran and Afghanistan reflects their status within the Taliban-ruled country from which they live in exile. Even more dramatically, the film explores the plight of those who have lost limbs from land mines.

Particularly informative is the commentary by actress Nelofer Pazira that is included on the DVD. Her comments reveal in eloquent detail not only the making of the movie (shot where it takes place) but the rationale behind the creative choices made, often on the fly, as the film crew worked under difficult and dangerous conditions. While western news coverage continues to focus on the military and political aspects of warfare in the Middle East, "Kandahar" does much to reveal the devastating impact on noncombatants. Definitely worth seeing.

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Grand Theft Parsons
Harsh judgement against Applegate's Character
Original story lost in lousy movie
One of the worst, most needlessly inaccurate - EVER.
Not too grand, not really a theft, and not a lot of parsons

Grand Theft Parsons
Starring: Scott Adsit , Christina Applegate , Sara Arrington , Robert Alan Beuth , and Shawna Casey
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ASIN: B0002V7SO8
Release Date: 2004-10-26

Description

Johnny Knoxville (Jackass: The Movie, Walking Tall) shows off star power in his firstleading role as the hard-drinking, motorcycle-riding rock 'n' roll manager Phil Kaufman. When legendary singer Gram Parsons dies, Kaufman steals the body to keep his promise to make Joshua Tree Gram's final resting place. Chased by the cops, Gram's father and Gram's psycho ex-girlfriend, Betty (Christina Applegate), Kaufman embarks on a darkly comic adventure deep into the desert. Based on a truestory, this reckless road movie exceeds all limits.

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Grand Theft Parsons.......2007-09-13

This movie surprisingly had great cinematography, screenplay and was well carried-through by all cast members. While it succeeds in being subtly humorous, the main plot of a corpse being transported by stolen hearse from LA to Joshua Tree, CA is perhaps too morbid to begin with, especially since it's based on the actual death of the `70's `Alternate Country Western' singer Gram Parsons, September 1973. But overall, I believe these offbeat, low-budget, independent film-makers often present interesting stories, otherwise not available. Unfortunately, without the budget for studio voice-overs, the audio fades in some crucial dialog points. However, this film includes actor summaries and is well acted by the primary 3 players, Johnny Knoxville (Phil Kaufman), Christina Applegate (Barbara) and Marley Shelton (Susie). And it soon delivers as a true, picturesque, hippie `road-trip' style flick, which I automatically enjoy.

Harsh judgement against Applegate's Character.......2007-06-30

I saw this movie on Cable in a motel room in Chicago and I really felt for Applegate's Character. I thought back to the time I visited Joshua Tree and about my personal relationship with a man with a serious substance abuse problem. I did stay in the Gram Parson's death room at the Joshua Tree Inn about 10 years ago, and I feel a certain connection to him in a way. When I saw this film, I just thought how terrible the woman Applegate's character is based upon must feel if she were ever to see this film. Gram Parsons basically killed himself. If you haven't lived with and loved an alcoholic or drug addict, you have no idea how this woman felt or would have reacted to his death. Of course she's going to be angry, what kind of person dies like that? He drove out to the middle of the desert and overdosed. He was alone in a hotel room, and he killed himself with substances. Sure, he was a great song writer, but come on, I'm sure he wasn't perfect, he wasn't a saint. You people don't know what it's like to fight for someone with an addiction. You people don't know what it's like to fight every day to make this person whom you love stop using drugs, stop drinking and want to live. To BLAME Applegate's character in the end, was just a low blow. Who are you to make that kind of assumption? That Parsons killed himself to get away from her? Maybe he had his own demons that Applegate's character didn't have any control over. Who are you to accuse her and that she had any influence in his death? You write this screenplay and make her responsible for his death, in the end. He killed himself. Maybe he was beating her, there are several different types of abuse, mental, physical, emotional, sexual... did you ever think of that? Maybe Applegate's character had been abused beyond her limit of tolerance. Maybe he was too insane to live... and his death was the final blow. Death was so easy for him and he left behind a cross for her to bear. Maybe she was just trying to save him, and after his death she had a normal reaction of anger and frustration. Even in the synopsis of this film they call her "Betty (Applegate) the psycho exgirlfriend"...living with a drug addict makes you psycho...that's not fair. What misogynist wrote that discription? To the screenwriter... were you there? Did you witness private moments between the two of them? How dare you say she would be responsible for his suicide. Do you have any idea what it's like to pick up the pieces after something like that happens? His death was a selfish, careless, loveless act. It was his choice, in the end. To include that line at the end, about how he did what he did to get away from Applegate's character did a disservice to all women involved with men with substance abuse problems. That line adds insult to injury. Maybe she was in for the long haul and he was a black hole and maybe she was just trying to pull herself out of the pit he dragged her into. Unless you lived her life, you have NO RIGHT to make that accusation against her. It doesn't help that he was famous and people sing his praises and basically forget that he had a substance problem. He killed himself, she had nothing to do with it... no one is defending her and the screenwriter should feel ashamed.

Original story lost in lousy movie.......2006-07-17

Recently I purchased Gram Parsons' Complete Reprise Session, which is great, and then heard that a movie had been made about his terrible death. What I ended up with is this junk. I give it two stars because of its attempt, albeit feeble, to tell the Parsons' corpse theft story. I don't give it any more stars because it is a bad movie -- lousy acting, stupid script. I haven't felt this sick since watching Forrest Gump.

One of the worst, most needlessly inaccurate - EVER........2006-06-22

The original story is so grand and rich - WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO TAKE LIBERTIES WITH IT?
This is seriously one of the worst movies I've ever seen, subject matter aside. The details are useslessly misarranged and the cast performance is simply garbage. Garbage.
Don't bother. Don't buy.
From a non-fan's p.o.v., there's nothing interesting about it, aside from the fact that you know it's BASED on a true story. If you can get past the vomit-inducing laziness of the production go read the real story and you will ask yourself "why didn't they just directly shoot from this?"

Not too grand, not really a theft, and not a lot of parsons.......2006-01-30

If you're a fan of Johnny Knoxville (whoever he is), then wild horses couldn't drag you away from this movie. If you're a Gram Parsons fan, particularly in the elderly set, this movie is likely to give you the deep blues. I was really excited to see that someone attempted to tell this weird tale of comradeship, love, and stupidity, and I hope that Phil Kaufmann earned a few bucks from it. Sadly, the movie just doesn't make it, whether as a buddy movie, as a comedy-drama, or as a tale of weirdness. The actors seem to be giving it an earnest effort, but the script is just so stiff (no pun intended) that no one could have carried it off effectively. The movie fails to shed much light on Gram Parsons, who, contrary to the film's depiction, was largely unknown to the masses at the time of his death (the Byrds' Sweetheart album was a commercial disappointment; the Burrito albums were commercial disasters; Gram's own first album was already in the cut-out bins when I bought it for $2 in early summer 1973. His death created some anticipation for his second solo album, but essentially no one bought it at the time. If you don't believe me, look at the Billboard charts, where it hardly measured in the top 200 LPs! Gram's legend would come later, thanks to large measure to Emmy Lou Harris' devotion). The film is success, however, in revealing that Parsons commanded an immense amount of respect from his friends and colleagues. One hopes that someone else tries to tackle this compelling story sometime in the future, hopefully with a better script and a stronger vision.

American Pie (Widescreen Rated Collector's Edition)

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American Pie
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so stupid it is funny
A pleasant teenage romp!
Surprisingly touching for its genre

American Pie (Widescreen Rated Collector's Edition)
Starring: Jason Biggs , Molly Cheek , Jennifer Coolidge , Shannon Elizabeth , and Alyson Hannigan
Director: Weitz, Chris
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ASIN: B000031WD8
Release Date: 1999-12-21

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Customer Reviews:

American Pie.......2007-03-17

Well I had all the other movies, but this makes my collection complete. This is the kind of movie you can watch over and over again and it never gets boring.

Just so over-rated.......2007-02-23

so stupid it is funny.......2006-10-17

A pleasant teenage romp!.......2006-08-08

Surprisingly touching for its genre.......2006-07-22

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Historically interesting film marred by production problems
Terrible DVD
no masterpeice paul
Wegener before the Golem

The Student of Prague
Starring: Grete Berger , John Gottowt , Lothar Körner , Alexander Moissi , and Lyda Salmonova
Director: Paul Wegener
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ASIN: B0001ZMX5E
Release Date: 2004-05-25

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Historically interesting film marred by production problems.......2004-12-02

This is the 1913--i.e., first silent--version of the film The Student of Prague and for that reason alone, is of great interest. Starring famed German silent actor Paul Wegener in the title role, it is a very short (40 minutes) rendition of a classic German tale of the supernatural, based on a short story by Hans Heinz Ewers, who wrote the great vampire novel Alraune.

In making this available, one would think that Alpha Video has done a great service. However, there are numerous problems with this release. Firstly, as previously pointed out in another review here, the video quality is only fair, marred by many of the typical scratches and visual blips common to non-remastered films from this period. Secondly, the title cards are so sketchy that there can be sizeable snatches of dialogue--i.e., we can see the actors' mouths moving--and only one title card is presented for the entire sequence. And thirdly, perhaps most importantly--this was also pointed out previously--the soundtrack music, apparently newly composed for this release, is organ music that has only two themes for the entire length of the film. Hence, the same series of notes is repeated almost endlessly. This, more than anything else, ruins the feeling, character, flavor, essence itself of the film.

While Alpha has made some great films available at low cost, and this is one of them, there is a huge difference between silent films and sound films. They should be very careful not to get rock bottom composers for their silent films who create slapdash soundtracks that either bore viewers to tears or make them want to throw things at the monitor.

The Alpha Video stable of sound films is a much better bet. This one, frankly, stinks. The two stars are for the availability of the film itself; that's it.

Terrible DVD.......2004-08-03

The film itself, although not a masterpice, is a very interesting one and genuinely eerie. However, the DVD is so poor that I could hardly appreciate this at all. I understand that the film is over 90 years old, but it had clearly been copied from what looks like a very poor quality videocassette. Kino's releases of the Lumiere brothers' films are of FAR better quality, and they were made nearly 20 years before 'The Student of Prague'! Avoid it, unless you really desperately want to see the film, and even then I wouldn't recommend it.

no masterpeice paul.......2004-07-19

THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE'is the first manifistation of german expressionist horror in cinema and is thus of more historical importance then artistic.Technically the film is typical of european movies of the pre world war one era before d.w griffith's editing patterns would introduce the montage principal to europe.ALPHA'S print seems to have been duped from an VHS copy and is murky and dark in places and is also missing the final shot of balduin's doppelganger sitting mournfully over his tomb;also the organ score is bloody monotonous;still at the price you cant reallly quibble.Lets hope that image or kino international release a decent copy in the future.

Wegener before the Golem.......2004-07-02

I really have to tip my hat to Alpha Video for releasing this beauty of early German cenema. They used a pretty good print and their copy is good.
The "Student of Prague" is a tale of a student/fencing master who sells his soul to the Devil and later must pay the price. The story has been filmed several times but this is the first attempt to capture the story of film and it is a very early effort. On one hand it has the primitive look of movies before about 1920. On the other hand there are great exterior shots and interesting trick photography. In all, keeping in mind that it is a very early film, Paul Wegener did a great job of telling a visually interesting story. I just hope that Alpha video will press on and give us the Conrad Veidt version of "Student of Prague."

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WOW--all around!
What more could anybody want?
one of the best of the early episodes
Faerie Tale Theatre on DVD!
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rapunzel

Faerie Tale Theatre - Rapunzel
Starring: Shelley Duvall , George Rossitto , Gena Rowlands , Jeff Bridges , and Phil Fondacaro
Director: Gilbert Cates
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ASIN: B00061UHW4
Release Date: 2004-11-16

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A young princess is kidnapped by an evil witch and stuck in a tower where her hair grows so long that she ultimately uses it as a rope for a handsome prince to come visit her.

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WOW--all around!.......2006-11-01

I love this addition to the series. Shelley Duvall is enchanting, in front of or behind the scenes. I am a huge fan of her work and have loved this series since I was a small boy.

This episode is stupendous! Gena Rowlands is phenominal as the witch. Wounded and human, this witch is more encompassing than most. Jeff Bridges is appealing to both children and adults in his effortless manipulation of charm. Shelley, well, she is as magnetic and stalwart as ever. The colors and gorgeously painted sets can transport back to a time when we all could believe in faerie tales.

There is a thread of magic which is rampant throughout these tales. The amazing casts, who basically GAVE their time and talents to make these projects come to life, never disappoint. I was a hardcore fan at 5 years old and I am still.

THANK YOU SHELLEY.

What more could anybody want?.......2005-09-21

The only flaws in this fairy tale, as the others in the series, come from a low budget. The costume changes are few, the sets usually leave something to be desired. And with Rapunzel, that goes double. So what? It's a fairy tale land, a realm where you use your imagination, and if you can't, maybe you should try harder.

Every actor does a splendid job. Shelly Duvall shines as the innocent, unwittingly charming Rapunzel. She also plays Rapunzel's mother, and does a credible job there too. Jeff Bridges plays both Prince and Father. As the father figure, he infuses a delightful humor into the role, and as the Prince, he brings a dashing romance that will have little girls and mothers everywhere sighing wistfully. Gena Rowlands plays the witch with range. One minute, she's a genuinely loving mother, the next she's a cold-hearted force of evil. She's a villainess with heart, one that will scare the kiddies, but not scar them for life.

Watch this with your kids, younger relatives, or watch it to connect with your inner child. It's a treasure to be sure.

one of the best of the early episodes.......2004-10-26

Shelley Duvall, creator and producer of the FAERIE TALE THEATRE series, takes centre stage in the lead role of RAPUNZEL, one of the best entries in the series.

Gena Rowlands is deliciously evil as the jealous old witch who takes the young girl from her parents and imprisons her in an impossibly tall tower in the middle of an enchanted forest.

Jeff Bridges is great as the dashing Prince who charms Rapunzel and plans to elope with her. Their scenes together are very beautiful, and their chemistry is evident for all to see.

Shelley Duvall and Jeff Bridges also portray Rapunzel's parents at the beginning of the tale, which is a nice touch.

Filled with dazzling costumes and an intelligent script, RAPUNZEL is worth a look, as are all the other great FAERIE TALE THEATRE's.

Faerie Tale Theatre on DVD!.......2004-09-17

After years of waiting, Faerie Tale Theatre fans can finally own the series on DVD. Shelley Duvall's series originally appeared on Showtime 20 years ago and featured well-known and rising stars of the time. The series' enthusiastic interpretations of beloved fairy tales has made it a cult classic. Better yet, the DVD prices are affordable, especially after the high prices the used VHS copies have been earning in recent years.

About this episode:

A couple loses their newborn daughter to a witch after stealing from her garden. When the daughter, Rapunzel, grows up she is kept prisoner in her own private tower by the witch until a handsome prince climbs up her ladder of hair one day.

Cast:
Gena Rowlands ... Witch
Jeff Bridges ... Prince
Shelley Duvall ... Rapunzel / Mother

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rapunzel.......2004-02-12

Probably my favourite episode from Faerie Tale Theatre is absolutely sweet! Shelley Duvall makes a magnificent and angelic Rapunzel, and Jeff Bridges is witty and charming as the Prince. Gena Rowlands is scary and stylish as the wicked witch. With a touching music score,a dedicated and romantic script and an intelligent narrator Roddy MacDowwell, you're bound to have a classic...and yes...you do!

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Psychomania
"It's not me that scares you...it's the world."
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Undead Biker Frog Cult

Psychomania
Starring: Nicky Henson , Mary Larkin , Ann Michelle , Roy Holder , and Denis Gilmore
Director: Don Sharp
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ASIN: B000B7QCUO
Release Date: 2005-10-04

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Somewhere in the English countryside a nihilistic biker (Nicky Henson) decides to make the name of his violent motorcycle gang ("The Living Dead") more than just a slogan. With the help of his dear old mum (Beryl Reid), who just happens to be a frog-worshipping occultist, he dives to his death only to leap out of his grave (still astride his motorcycle) like a black leather bat out of hell. This is one young rebel who makes the dictum "Live hard, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse" a reality. Soon he's recruiting for his undead biker army. ("Oh man, what are we waiting for?!" exclaims a restless gang member before driving headlong into a truck.) This zombie version of The Wild Angels is less horror film than biker nightmare, and Don Sharp, a former Hammer horror director, doesn't quite know how to straddle the line. The obscure supernatural elements feel creaky next to the restless violence of the rebels without a pulse and their sadistic reign of terror. Though he revels in gallows humor (the gang's "extreme sports" suicide montage is ghoulishly hilarious), Sharp never lets it descend into camp--though at times perhaps he should have. It's an inventive if not altogether successful genre mix highlighted with a sardonic turn by George Sanders as a shady servant who seems completely bemused by the entire spectacle. --Sean Axmaker

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Psychomania.......2007-01-04

This movie is a blast- 1970's motorcycle movie with a horror twist. Acadamy Award winner it isn't, but a lot of fun. One scene was an inspiration to the band Motorhead for their "Ace Of Spades" video (cemetery scene). A few friends and I saw this film in @1981 on a late-night local station and talked about it for years and I was very happy to get my hands on a few copies. Only one scene could I say was out of place (making the anti-hero main character look like the picked-on outcast) with a stupid song, but hey, what do you want for a 1970's English motorcycle horror "B" movie??? Buy it and enjoy!

"It's not me that scares you...it's the world.".......2006-11-22

From Elite Entertainment's Euroshock Collection comes the film Psychomania (1971) aka The Death Wheelers, a curious feature that followed the tail end of the motorcycle genre popularized in the mid to late 1960s (Amazon indicates the film released in 1974, but I suspect that was when it was released in America, as I believe it was originally released in England in 1971). Directed by Australian Don Sharp (The Kiss of the Vampire, Curse of the Fly, The Face of Fu Manchu), the film features Nicky Henson (Vampira), whom fans of the British television series "Fawlty Towers" will most likely recognize given he was prominently featured in a 1979 episode titled `The Psychiatrist' as the character Mr. Johnson (he played a swinger of sorts who snuck a chippie into Basil's hotel claiming it was his mother). Also appearing is Mary Larkin (The Razor's Edge), Ann Michelle (House of Whipcord), Robert `Cornelius Fudge' Hardy (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Beryl Reid (Dr. Phibes Rises Again), and George Sanders (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, A Shot in the Dark). Appearing in a bit part is John Levene, best known to `Dr. Who' fans as the character Corporal/Sergeant/RSM Benton from the long running series.

The film opens with a groovy, instrumental tune played against a slow motion motorcycle montage used as a backdrop for the opening credits. After this we meet a young mop head named Tom (Henson), the anarchistic, death obsessed leader of a coed motorcycle gang known as The Living Dead. Members of the gang include Tom's main squeeze Abby (Larkin), Jane (Michelle), Hatchet, Chopped Meat, Hinky, Bertram, and one or two others. Learning their names wasn't difficult, especially since they're spelled out in large letters upon their jackets, which, I must say, made them seem about as threatening as that gang of hoods Ritchie Cunnigham and his friends crossed in the television show "Happy Days", and needed the Fonz to save their cheese by the end episode. Anyway, Tom has gotten the notion it's possible to come back from the great beyond, most likely from his mother Mrs. Latham (Reid), who holds séances, and her butler Shadwell (Sanders), who appears exceptionally well versed in all things occult. Turns out there is a way, and it somehow involves a mysterious, locked room in Mrs. Latham's house, the same room Tom's father had ventured into some eighteen years earlier and never returned (um, okay). Tom enters the room and some weirdness follows involving a smoky mirror, some visions, and a...frog. The next day Tom and his cohorts set out to blow some minds, eventually leading up to a chase with the police and Tom launching himself off a bridge and ending up all dead and such...or is he? Apparently not, as a few days later, after a unorthodox memorial service, Tom rises from the dead with some strange, new powers, and is now intent on sharing the secret of his return with his friends as you see, once you die, you can't die again...

This was definitely one of the more peculiar films I've seen in a while, and I suppose that's probably why I enjoyed it as much as I did...from the outset there's difficulty in seeing where the story is going as the path is often muddled and frustratingly indistinct at times, and often open to a good deal of interpretation (I'm still in the dark with regards to the aspects of the story involving the frog). The film is listed in the horror genre, but one should know there's absolutely no blood and very little violence, although quite a few people do die throughout the feature (most all of the deaths are of the off screen variety). My favorite part of the film comes after Tom returns and starts convincing his friends to kill themselves (and they do, in various ways), if only so that they may share in the benefits acquired once one returns from the beyond. I won't detail the secret provided in the film of how to return from the dead, but know it doesn't seem all that difficult as long as you have a certain amount of faith. While the story does involve characters returning from the dead, this doesn't involve them becoming flesh eating zombies or anything like that. The characters are as they were before they passed, only now they seem to have a great deal more strength and lack any of the fears they possessed while living. Another great bit comes as Tom's friends, after his death, request from his mother to bury him in their own fashion, one that includes digging a hole in a field and placing Tom, atop his motorcycle, in full motorcycle gear, into the ground (this, of course, sets up a memorable bit once Tom returns from the dead and blasts his way out of the ground on his motorcycle). As far as the performances go there really wasn't much there, but in terms of a film like this they capable. A note of interest... George Sanders, who appeared in this film, took his own life about a year after the film was released, but, unlike the characters in this film, he did not come back (as far as I know), so either he didn't follow the path detailed in the film, or maybe he did and it just didn't work, you know, because this is just a movie. All in all I thought this a fun film, but then I'm partial to oddball features from the 1970s.

Seems there's a couple of DVD releases out there for this film, but the one I own is the Image Entertainment release, which appears to be out of print at the time of this review. The picture, presented in the original theatrical ratio of 1.66:1, looks decent enough, but minor signs of age are present from time to time. The clarity of the picture looks slightly dingy, but I've seen a lot worse. The Dolby Digital mono audio, available in both English and Spanish, comes across well. There are absolutely no extras on the disc, but chapter stops are provided. There's another, inexpensive DVD release out there from a company by the name of Geneon [Pioneer], but I haven't seen that release so I can't comment on the quality, but I suspect it probably isn't as good.

Cookieman108

Cult movie with an awesome soundtrack!.......2006-11-01

This film is one of my all-time favorites... There's just something about it that's so deliciously kooky it's completely priceless. It's the very definition of a cult film - it's certainly not for everyone, but those who love it love it with a passion. For me, it's part of a small group of films (including the likes of 'The Abominable Dr Phibes', 'The Omega Man', and the 'The Asphyx') that I saw on late-night TV many years ago and have loved ever since.

It's a virtually bloodless, blackly comic journey into the bizarre that concerns the leader of a gang of bikers - prophetically named The Living Dead - who discovers that the secret of eternal life is to commit suicide in a state of mind of absolute conviction that you will return. Once a couple of members of the gang pull this tr