A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Customer Reviews:

Save money.......2006-08-23

I bought this DVD direct from AMAZON-UK and it played flawlessly in my multi-region DVD player. After figuring the exchange rate it cost me less than $18.00, shipping included, and I received it about a week from placing my order.

Yes, a tear jerker (A beautiful One).......2005-12-20

Peggy Ann Garner was a very under rated child star. She was a top notch actress. The scene where she cries after reading the note from her deceased father is the one that brought tears to my eyes. And I was 48 when I saw it for the first time. (I'm 50 now.) Of course, James Dunn is always good. And Dorothy McGuire is as lovely as usual. To make a long story short, you will not go wrong buying this film. I promise you'll love it.

NOT ON REGION 1 DVD BECAUSE. . ........2005-12-11

Like many who have taken the time to write about A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN I too would love to have this title available on DVD. Fox had scheduled it for release and then pulled it. Why? I believe the reason is that they sub-leased this title for release in Europe and thus can not release it until the lease runs out. They are not interested in putting it out in just a Region 1 version, so will hold off until all rights revert back to them. Too bad as this is one that I would dearly like not only to have, but to share with others.

Life is a constant struggle.......2005-12-08

This is a wonderful picture about a poor family trying to get by in pre-WW I Brooklyn. James Dunn is excellent as the good-hearted father who just can't seem to make a go of it; Dorothy McGuire is his cold, practical wife, the rock of the family; and Peggy Ann Garner is the daughter Francie who loves her father dearly. The relationship between Francie and her father is beautifully depicted and is one of the best things about the movie.

The movie is ripe for sentimentality, but it's a credit to director Elia Kazan (his first movie) that it never stoops to that level. In fact, the movie is filled with very realistic scenes, filmed with both eyes wide open: a woman (and her baby) is stoned for being an unwed mother, and after Francie is molested Katie shoots her attacker. The last 20 minutes are a bit of a letdown, but the acting and script (by Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis) are first-rate and engrossing. This movie is one of the finest ever made based on a popular novel. Definitely worth a watch.

I OWN THIS DVD HIGHLY RECOMMENED I OWN THE REGION 2 UK VERSION RELEASED FEB 2005.......2005-10-28

I LOVE THIS MOVIE I OWN THE VHS AND THE REGION 2 UK DISC AVAIALBLE SINCE FEBUARY 2005 WHEN WILL THE REGION 1 DISC BE RELEASED IN THE US? 5 STAR RATING UPDATE 0314/06.A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN CONTINUES TO BE IN THE TOP TEN SELLING VIDEOS!!!DO YOU THINK SOME STUDIO EXECUTIVES COULD COLLECTIVLY TURN ON THEIR LIGHT BULBS,AND SAY HEY THE DEMAND IS THERE,FOR A DVD RELEASE.THE MOVIE HAS BEEN AVAILBLE IN EUROPE FOR OVER A YEAR.WHY NOT RELEASE IT HERE ON REGION ONE? OH THE USA AND THE CANADIANS,CAN ONLY BUY THE VIDEO...SHOULD WE GIVE THE PUBLIC WHAT THEY WANT?...HELL NO WE HAVE TO RERELEASE RADARMEN ON MARS TOO BAD,ARE THE US EXEC. RESPONSE RIGHT. COMEONE YOU CAN DO IT..i THANK YOU STEWART L.

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I Got's FOUR now gimme more!

Kung Faux, Vol. 4
Starring: Queen Latifah , Afrika Bambaataa , Elephant Man , Fatman Scoop , and The Guru
Director: Mic Neumann
Manufacturer: Tommy Boy Films
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ASIN: B000E5KQKA
Release Date: 2006-06-06

Description

The "Kung Faux" TV series can be described as a "REMIX" of classic kung fu films from the 1970's which have been cut down to half hour length then re-combined with new music and voice over dialogue from classic hip hop artists & pop culture icons. This is Volume 4 of this hot series!

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I Got's FOUR now gimme more!.......2006-03-15

I love this whole dang series and now that I have copped Volume 4 I just need you all at Kung Faux to make me some more!

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More,More,More !!!

Kung Faux, Vol. 3
Starring: Queen Latifah , Afrika Bambaataa , Elephant Man , Fatman Scoop , and The Guru
Director: Mic Neumann
Manufacturer: Tommy Boy Films
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ASIN: B000E3L7JG
Release Date: 2006-04-04

Product Description

The Tommyboy label is one of the oldest, most established, and respected hip-hop labels around. KUNG FAUX sees some of the labels greatest MC's taking the mic and overdubbing some of their favorite kung fu movies, with spectacular results! Originally shown on Comedy Central and Much Music, this innovative show features Afrika Bambaataa, De La Soul, and Biz Markie.

System Requirements:
Running Time: 100 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

More,More,More !!!.......2006-01-08

I have got to be "Kung Faux" fan #1, otherwise why would I take the time to write these fanatical reviews, and now that I know that I am not going to stop until I get all of them on DVD, I really need your help "Kung Faux" DVD man, which is kind of scary, so please keep making more, more, more! or I will break into your hizzy.

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If you can't beat the system...Break it !!!

Kung Faux, Vol. 5
Starring: Queen Latifah , Afrika Bambaataa , Elephant Man , Fatman Scoop , and The Guru
Director: Mic Neumann
Manufacturer: Tommy Boy Films
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ASIN: B000E5KQKK
Release Date: 2006-06-06

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If you can't beat the system...Break it !!!.......2006-03-15

Finally! Voloume Five and my little man "Break Boy!" is seeing the light of day...now if they would only make that "ill master" action figure into a minimate for me to add to my collection I will be straight...oh yeah, and maybe a "queenie" action figure too, so my man B-Boy can have a shorty to hang out and lamp with.-Grip!

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Yo! That's My Word!
Twice as nice for half the price!

Kung Faux, Vol. 2
Starring: Queen Latifah , Afrika Bambaataa , Elephant Man , Fatman Scoop , and The Guru
Director: Mic Neumann
Manufacturer: Tommy Boy Films
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ASIN: B000CSUNSY
Release Date: 2006-04-04

Product Description

Kung Faux is a series of classic kung fu films that have been individually re-cut down to half hour lengths, re-scored with hit music, re-dubbed with comedic voice overs of hip hop personalities, and re-combined with comic book style graphics and video game theme pacing for a completely sensory blast! Volume Two has the episodes 'Pinky' & 'Mini Lee', plus hit video from NZ number one Hip Hop Artist, Scribal.

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

Yo! That's My Word!.......2006-06-12

Let me preface this by stating that I grew up watching the films of the Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, so I am a major Kung Fu movie fan and collector. Kung Faux however is not traditional "chop socky" fair. It actually makes fun of some of the less than excellent flicks that I saw as a child in the "grind houses" and on television in the late 70's and early 80's. So if your looking for traditional Old School Kung Fu movies, you must look elsewhere (many of the Shaw Brothers classics have been remastered by a company called Celestial Pictures and are available from various vendors online. You will need a multi-region DVD player to view them though as the ones with English subtitles are produced for regions other than region 1).

Now that that's out of the way, let me tell you, I've been waiting forever for this particular volume of Kung Faux to drop. Outside of "Box Cutta", "Pinky" is my favorite episode of Kung Faux. Not only is "Pinky" funny but it is also daring. They took a big chance with that episode by calling a character a Spanish slang term for the female anatomy (which somehow got by the censors). It adds a whole other level of humour if you get the in-joke but it's still funny if you do not. Jean Grae is excellent as the voice of Pinky as well. If you are a fan of the Old School Kung Fu flicks and don't mind laughing again at some of the bad ones, get this. THAT'S MY WORD!

Twice as nice for half the price!.......2005-12-30

I have been waiting for this damn release of Kung Faux Volume 2 for over two years and I even resorted to buying a copy off of some questionable website for about twice the price in what was obviously a tv to pc "do it yourself" copy job that someone did of the episodes featured on this volume, but man I just couldn't wait that long for another dose of "Mini Lee", but i am making up for it by buying this official copy as soon as it hits the streets.- Now if they would just hurry the hell up with Volume 3, 4, & 5 so I can fix my jones for these damn things!

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Great Show - Terrible DVD Setup
Absolutely FUNNY!
Kung Faux is Cutting Edge Comedy, Classic Cuts, & Kung Fu!

Kung Faux - Vol. 1
Starring: Queen Latifah , Afrika Bambaataa , Elephant Man , Fatman Scoop , and The Guru
Director: Mic Neumann
Manufacturer: Tommy Boy Films
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ASIN: B000C6NP9A
Release Date: 2006-02-21

Product Description

The Tommyboy label is one of the oldest, most established, and respected hip-hop labels around. KUNG FAUX see's some of the labels greatest MC's taking the mic and overdubbing some of their favorite kung fu movies, with spectacular results! Originally shown on Comedy Central and Much Music, the MC's participating in this innovative show include Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Prince Paul, Force MD's, and many more!

System Requirements:

Running Time 100 Mins.

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

Great Show - Terrible DVD Setup.......2007-04-11

There's no doubt that you will almost die laughing while watching these Kung Faux DVDs. They're smart, witty, and so unexpected. However my main complaint is that there are COMMERCIALS! Yes, commercials! Advertisements for various products run two to three times within one episode and then there's about 5-10 minutes of commercials between each episode. Another problem is that there is only two episodes on each DVD, which would be extremly pricey if you paid the full $17.99 Amazon asks for each of the 5 DVDs. I suppose you could say the many extras on the disc make up for there only being two episodes but spending $90 to own the complete series is outrageous!

Absolutely FUNNY!.......2006-06-20

When I was first introduced to this DVD, as a birthday gift, with the disclaimer: 'You're going to really dig this', I was instatly hooked the moment the first episode started. After the first 2 minutes I was laughing so hard, tears streamed from my eyes. The hip-hop element and street slang, wrapped around a kung fu movie is brilliant! This is the MOST "original" display of cinematography I have ever seen. The video game setting, mixed with a comic book style and the re-telling of classic karate flicks is something to see! I'm hooked! The first episode "Ill Master" is so funny, that I have watched this no less than a dozen times; only to see/hear something I missed previously. THANK YOU Tommyboy Films for an awesome product!

Kung Faux is Cutting Edge Comedy, Classic Cuts, & Kung Fu!.......2005-11-26

Man if you love comic books, classic cuts of music from the golden age of hip hop, kung fu flicks, & video games,
this TV series will put you on seventh heaven for real.

The dialogue is so fresh and so funny and so fly with bumping tracks, it feels like something that has been around for years while also feeling somehow new each time I watch it, and I can't say that about much of anything except maybe the movies "Sin City" or "Kung Fu Hustle", but "Kung Faux" kills them when it comes to scoring with massive tracks from artists like "De La Soul", "Grooverider", & "Stetsasonic".

I can't wait to own the whole seires on dvd and I love that is finally being released.

Now they just need to start releasing some soundtracks on CD from the series for me to be ready to die happy.-chuuurch!

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The Brooklyn Boys
Starring: Anthony Gerace , John Bianco , Johnny Desalvo , William DeMeo , and Michael Gerace
Manufacturer: Spectrum Entertain
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ASIN: B0000633TC
Release Date: 2002-04-30

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A good 'Start'
I Don't own it
Not quite what I expected
THE GOOD OLD DAYS IN THE HUDON RIVER &NYC
Ten Blurs

'Neath the Brooklyn Bridge
Starring: Jr. Noah Beery , Stanley Clements , Gabriel Dell , Ann Gillis , and Leo Gorcey
Director: Wallace W. Fox
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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ASIN: B00008Z48J
Release Date: 2003-06-10

Customer Reviews:

A good 'Start'.......2007-08-04

Remembering the Bowery Boys from my Saturday afternoon matinee memories of 1950s and 1960s, I was kind of disappointed in this set. The East Side Kids pre-dated the Bowery Boys, and even their names are different. No Satch, Whitey, etc. No Malt Shop headquarters. But, all-in-all the movies are entertaining, although somewhat dragged out in the plots. I was expecting a bit more comedy.

I Don't own it.......2007-05-11

I'm an East Side Kids, Dead End Kids, and Bowery Boys fan. One of the biggest reasons I won't buy it is they don't tell you what movies you're getting. I have the other collection sold here called "The East Side Kids 10 Bowery Classics" and it's good and would suggest getting that one instead of this one. Especially after reading other reviews about how poor the picture quality is and the logo in the lower right hand corner through the whole movie stinks also.

PBC
Amarillo, TX

Not quite what I expected.......2006-08-18

I thought this would include at least some of the Bowery Boys movies, based on the title. But it turns out none of those movies are available legally. No matter, the East Side Kids are still pretty funny, and you can see how they evolved into the famed Bowery Boys. My other complaint is that the overall picture and sound quality are not the best!

THE GOOD OLD DAYS IN THE HUDON RIVER &NYC.......2006-07-17

WOW THESE DVDS ARE GREAT BRINGS BACK THEGOOD OLE DAYS DOWN IN BROOKLYN & NEW YORK CITY ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE ON THE HUDSON RIVER,THESE DVDS ARE A MUST IF YOU LOVED TO WATCH MUGSY & HIS CREW SATCH WHO WAS A GREAT STAR OF THESE MOVIES WAS 1 OF THE FUNNYEST GUYS TOO WATCH ON SATURDAY MORNING .I AM NOW 50 BUCKWHEAT LIVED BY ME IN NEW JERSEY HE LIVED IN NEWARK.
YOU GET 5 GREAT DVDS FOR A SUPER GREAT PRICE SHOW YOUR KIDS WHAT A REAL CARTOON WAS NOT LIKE TODAY THESE CARTOONS MADE TODAY BELONG IN THE GARBAGE SLIP MOHONEY WAS MUGSYS NAME ON T.V.THOSE WAS THE GOOD DAYS THAT WILL NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN.I ALSO GREW UP ON THE LOWER HUDSON RIVER IN BAYONNE WE HAD A BLAST ON ALLTHE OLD BARGES WE MADE MANY CLUB HOUSES WE CRABBED AND FISHED ALL DAY LONG WE EVEN SWAM UP TO THE ROBBINS REEF LIGHT HOUSE.BUY A SET OF THESE DVDS YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED NEVER THEY WERE THE BEST KIDS TODAY KIDS CARRY GUND AND DRUGS ITS A TOTAL MESS TODAY FROM THE DAYS OF THE BOWERY BOYS OR EAST SIDE KIDS TAKE CARE ROBERT AKA BABE FROM BAYONNE NEW JERSEY

Ten Blurs.......2006-04-22

The Passport editions of ten of the East Side Kids movies is a cheap way to get to know one of the fun series of the early 1940's. Cheap is in both senses.

I had already collected a set of Alpha Video and Platinum Disc Corporation editions but had hoped to find editions with better picture and sound quality. Passport didn't do it.

Only occasionally would the quality even equal that of Alpha or Platinum. Usually the quality was markedly worse. There was even missing footage. For example, the opening scene of "Bowery Blitzkrieg" on Alpha and Platinum has Danny (Bobby Jordan) drilling his economics lesson while using a punching bag. Passport starts the movie from a later scene, Muggs (Leo Gorcey) bullying the bad guy.

Passport puts a faint "Bowery Boys / East Side Kids" logo in the lower-right corner throughout. The other two editions do not do this.

No edition has any meaningful extras. I have little hope these films will be cleaned up, Criterion style.

Alpha Video tends to have the best quality on its single-film DVD's, but Platinum's four-paks come close and are more cost-effective. Passport runs last on all counts.

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Brooklyn Boy Makes Good in Japan

Manufacturer: Ishi Press International
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000CPKEZY

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The Heartwarming Story of how a 17 year old boy from the Bedford Stuyvesant Section arrived in 1946 as one of the first occupation soldiers and rose to prominence and wealth in Japan.

The White Gorilla/ Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla(AKA The Boys From Brooklyn)

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The White Gorilla/ Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla(AKA The Boys From Brooklyn)

Manufacturer: PC Treasures, Inc.
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