Austin Powers in Goldmember (Widescreen Infinifilm Edition)

Amazon.com

Despite symptoms of sequelitis, Austin Powers in Goldmember is must-see lunacy for devoted fans of the shagadelic franchise. Unfortunately, the law of diminishing returns is in full effect: for every big-name cameo and raunchy double-entendre, there's an equal share of redundant shtick, juvenile scatology, and pop-cultural spoofery. All is forgiven when the hilarity level is consistently high, and Mike Myers--returning here as randy Brit spy Austin, his nemesis Dr. Evil, the bloated Scottish henchman Fat Bastard, and new Dutch disco-villain Goldmember--thrives by favoring comedic chaos over coherent plotting. Once they've tossed Austin into the disco fever of 1975 (where he's sent to rescue his father, gamely played by Michael Caine), Myers and director Jay Roach seem vaguely adrift with old and new characters, including Verne Troyer's Mini-Me and pop star Beyoncé Knowles as Pam Grier-ish blaxpo-babe Foxxy Cleopatra. A bit tired, perhaps, but Powers hasn't lost his mojo. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Not as good as the first two........2007-08-26

I'm a fan of the Austin Powers series. The jokes are over the top, the characters are hilarious, what's not to like? So when Austin Powers in Goldmember came out, I just had to watch it. As you can tell from my 3 star rating, I was not that impressed.

At the time this movie came out, I was a fan of Beyonce's so that added to my excitement. Regardless of how much I liked Beyonce, I just couldn't disregard the fact that her presence in the film almost completely ruined it. The fakeness, the bad acting-it almost made me uncomfortable to watch the scenes that she was in.

Further, the jokes just weren't that great. The humor in the two previous movies had changed dramatically in Goldmember. The jokes in Goldmember are more obvious and silly. I even remember when I first watched this in the theatres, there were hardly any laughs coming from the audience. And the usually funny characters lack their typical "punch". The jokes are similar to the ones in the first two movies and they get old rather quickly. The new character, Goldmember, is nothing special. If I had to come up with an adjective to describe him it would be "gross".

The movie moves along steadily although it seems that the scenes were just thrown together. If you're a fan of the first two films in the Austin Powers series and you feel as though you must watch this one, it's important to know that it's entertaining in its own way but it's simply not good enough.

good movie and funny b/c it's Austin Powers, but lacks.......2007-07-09

i think there will never be an unfunny or boring Austin Powers. the writers are good. but I'm the kind of person that usually only likes the first movie. the first austin powers was the best! liz hurley was beautiful in it, and the fembots. i didn't like the 2nd one b/c Heather Graham did not look attractive, and it seemed the dullest of all 3. i wanted to watch this b/c i'm a fan of Beyonce and think she is beautiful. unfortunately it is she that brings the movie down. austin powers is suppposed to be about 2 elements: Austin and his essential accompanying humor and the hot babe who supports him. i feel that Beyonce was not a good supporting actress. she is not a good actress in this and thus weakens the movie. she seems artificial and overacts. she is not natural; like she knows the camera is on her and this is a movie e.t.c. maybe she needed time to practice more and maybe it wasn't the right movie for her b/c in Dreamgirls she was awesome; her acting was really good and believable in that. i think she needed time b/c i do think they essentially chose her for this movie b/c of her star power and the fanbase she'd bring. but at least she does look hot in it! but i did like the ending of it. i think she wasn't so bad at the end. my verdict is that this is still watchable and shows off hot beyonce. Yeah baby!

Received in great condition.......2007-02-19

Everything worked out great. No problems what so ever, thats why I love purchasing through amazon

austin.......2007-01-18

austin powers is my favorite secret agent... so i ought to have liked it... just that... you've seen one and you've seen them all... the product arrived in great condition... amazon service has been excellent...

Pretty funny, but not as funny as Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me.......2006-07-03

Austin Powers in GOLDMEMBER

Not a bad movie at all. Pretty funny, but not as funny as Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

Should've given more dialog to Foxy Cleopatra (Beyonce Knowles from Destiny's Child); instead, she's just the next girlfriend for Austin, and not a more fleshed-out character, like Heather Graham or Elizabeth Hurley before her.

The character of Goldmember, while not in the film a lot, could've been cut down a bit more. He isn't particlularly interesting. He's not as evil as Dr. Evil, and not as disgusting as Fat [...], and comes off as a washed out amalgam of the two.

Fred Savage, from TV's "The Wonder Years," is good in his two scenes as "the Mole." It's Dr. Evil, as usual, who steals the show, however. And it's a pretty good show.
* * * * * * * * * *

Rating: B

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
F.Y.I.: While in the movie we hear ELO's "Evil Woman," King Floyd's funk classic "Groove Me," and Bobby Darin's "Beyond the Sea," Darin's song is not on the soundtrack, and absolutely awful cover versions of the first two make the album. Avoid this soundtrack at all costs!

Average customer rating:

Left behind by business (ie. the rich get richer).
A Good Movie
Terrible transfer from film to DVD
It was called the "Sleeper of the Year"

End of the Line
Starring: Kevin Bacon , Barbara Barrie , Michael Beach , Wilford Brimley , and Trey Fancher
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

4-for-3 Art House & International | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video

4-for-3 Drama | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video

4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video

DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video

( E ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

ASIN: B0000ADXET
Release Date: 2003-01-07

Customer Reviews:

Left behind by business (ie. the rich get richer)........2007-02-22

I believe Wilford Brimley is a great actor because he seems to just be himself. He plays a brakeman on the "Southland Railroad". The railroad is being reorganized and the small town he lives in will be devastated so some rich folks in Chicago can roll in more "dough". He and another worker take a locomotive to Chicago to try and convince the "powers that be" to think twice about the reorganization. Instead the company clones try to use them in an advertising campaign to make the changes go smoother. Brimley won't have it. You watch the rest. You have the sad and inevitable conflict of young and old, rich and poor played out in the heartland. Great film.

A Good Movie.......2007-01-10

This was a very good movie if your into train movies. Although if you know your stuff about railroads you'll find that it has a lot of Hollywood in it. It did have a lot of good railroad shots in it.

Terrible transfer from film to DVD.......2004-04-26

The picture quality is the worst I have seen yet on a DVD. It is worse then a fifth generation VHS. The image is so bad that I don't know why they bothered releasing the DVD.

It was called the "Sleeper of the Year".......2004-02-16

End of the line opened in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1987 with Wilford Brimley heading an All Star cast: Kevin Bacon, Levon Helm, et. al. I can not believe that this movie was put on film. The Director, Jay Russell, was filming his first feature film. The reason this movie was made in and around Little Rock Arkansas was because of the Director and Mary Steenbergon. Both are from Arkansas. It is a horrible story, with an awesome cast. I do not know the politics of movie making, and I don't want to....this movie stinks.

The End of the Line - Rochester's Subway

Average customer rating:

Informative
The End of the Line - Rochester's Subway
Thumbs up for The End of the Line
Subway DVD Special Features

The End of the Line - Rochester's Subway
Director: Fred Armstrong , and James P. Harte
Manufacturer: Animatus Studio
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Art House & International | Genres | DVD | Video

General | Special Interests | Genres | DVD | Video

Art House & International | Independently Distributed | Stores | DVD | Video

Documentary | Independently Distributed | Stores | DVD | Video

Special Interests | Independently Distributed | Stores | DVD | Video

General | Foreign & International | Stores | DVD | Video

Independently Distributed | Indie & Art House | Stores | DVD | Video

( E ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B000BJKWOY
Release Date: 2005-10-21

Description

The story of Rochester, New York's subway is one of hope and disappointment, pride and conflict. Using archival photos and film clips, interviews and contemporary footage, "The End of the Line" is a high speed ride through an American city's transit history, from the days of the Erie Canal to the present.

Customer Reviews:

Informative.......2007-05-12

As a Rochestarian, I think this is a bit of our history that we should not forget. For example, if someone proposes a new light rail system, what can we learn from the last time we tried and failed?
It's also a good general example of what happens when government tries to get involved in transportation. Sometimes it works (Erie Canal, NYC Subway) and sometimes it doesn't (Rochester Subway, Rochester-Toronto Ferry). Can we tell why?
Nice production.
I especially enjoyed the DVD extra of the promo film produced in the early 1950's.

The End of the Line - Rochester's Subway .......2006-11-03

An excellent tour through the past.

Thumbs up for The End of the Line.......2005-10-26

I'd seen The End of the Line - Rochester's Subway several years ago on The History Channel and enjoyed it enough to purchase my own VHS copy. Originally produced in 1994, the film compresses the story of Rochester, NY's ill-fated subway from its birth in the abandoned Erie Canal to its own abandonment in 1956. Along the way, it details the line's thirty years of operation with photos, film clips and interviews with people who were directly involved in its history. What impressed me most about the film was the sheer volume of images, probably because of Rochester's connection with its best-known company, Kodak. In forty-five quick minutes The End of the Line travels the first half of the twentieth century and brings us up to date on its finish. It's a great documentary of how things changed from the days of trolleys to the transportation systems of today. Near the end of the film we see rush hour cars and one bus leaving the city in the highway that replaced the canal and subway's route. Watching it made me think of this summer's hurricanes and how dependent we've all become on cars.

More than ten years after the film was produced the Subway is still in the news. During Rochester's mayoral campaign plans were announced to fill in the subway's abandoned tunnel with dirt. Suddenly, Rochester's underground history has taken a life of its own, making it all the way to the pages of The New York Times. Groups have been formed to save the tunnel and Rochester's mayoral candidates have had to back away from the fill-in plan, at least until after the election. It's a perfect time for Animatus Studio, producers of The End of the Line, to come out with a Special Edition DVD. It's a good deal for the money, since the price is the same, $29.95. But the best part is that there is so much more; forty-five minutes of new material, enough about The Rochester Subway to satisfy any railfan for a lifetime.

The extras start with the cover. The insert, made to look like a subway timetable, breaks the original film down into chapters. Flipping it over reveals a detailed map of the subway's route. This is a great aid for following the system and the extra features, which are many. But first about the film. The producers have left it exactly as it was in 1994, but the images look better on the DVD format. There is also the option of closed-captioned subtitles, which make things nice for the hard-of-hearing, or in my case, the hard-to-understand. These features enhance the original production without changing its impact or focus.

After watching the film, with it's all its what-ifs, it's a real delight to open the extras. The first one on the menu is simply called, "The Archive" and consists of over 150 still photos and other images of the subway. They go by too fast and I took the producer's suggestion to slow down my DVD player. Again, there's a subtitle option, which details the exact location of the photos.

The next feature on the menu is "The Steel Wheel", a silent color film about the subway made in 1956. As the producers explain, it has been combined with the soundtrack from a lost 1950 film about the same subject. The effect is of watching a 1950's industrial film, complete with corny stock music and a narrator who sounds like a local radio announcer. Its a little like watching "Last of the Giants" made on a much smaller budget. I especially liked the part where kids (probably the cameramen's) walk on tracks and wave as the subway passes by. How things have changed.

Next is a piece called "Prodigal Son", a combination of the story of Car 60, the subway's last surviving passenger car and Don Espenmiller, one of the last men to run it. The first part is a montage of Car 60 in operation, how it escaped the fate of its brothers, was moved several times and eventually returned home for restoration. The second part is an extended interview with Don Espenmiller seated in front of Car 60. Born in 1917, Mr. Espenmiller explains the day-to-day workings of the subway with detailed, funny and tragic stories. He also gives his own opinions on the current state of Car 60 and the subway's tunnel. It's a great piece of first-person history.

After that comes perhaps the strongest of the new features, "Motherless Child", a moody piano backed montage of the abandoned tunnel. Watching these images made me think of something from a horror movie like "Phantom of the Opera". Fans of abandoned places will love it. The montage finishes on a spider web in an abandoned station then proceeds to the most impressive feature I've seen in a railfan video. Starting from a period film clip shot inside a subway car entering the tunnel we are suddenly transformed to a point-of-view of the car itself in what must be the most bizarre and extreme head end shot ever filmed. The filmmakers managed to somehow replicate the perspective of a motorman driving through the entire mile and a half of the abandoned tunnel. Dreamlike and unreal, it is at the same time completely convincing. Only the missing tracks remind you that it is somehow impossible. The impressive stunt gives new meaning to the term, "Phantom Run" and is alone worth the price of admission.

After catching your breath, the DVD's next feature is a welcome relief. Two outtakes are presented in which the filmmakers reveal the frustrating, hilarious and sometimes dangerous steps they took to make the film.

There are a few other extras that I'll let viewers discover for themselves. Suffice it to say this DVD is a lot more than the VHS original with some extra stuff thrown in. It is a full immersion into a strange world and as much of the Rochester Subway as you'll ever need to know. I enjoyed it very much.

Subway DVD Special Features.......2005-10-06

As originally seen on the History Channel and WXXI-TV, PBS Rochester.

Animatus Studio has remastered the original documentary (previously only available on VHS) and included 45 minutes of new features.

Soundtrack music by folk group The Dady Brothers. Additional music by renowned pianist Philip C. Carli.

THREE ALL NEW FEATURETTES

* The Steel Wheel
Experience a round trip ride on the subway as it existed in the 1950s.

* Prodigal Son - Rochester Car 60
Video of the subway's last surviving passenger car and an all new interview with one of the last motormen.

* Motherless Child - Remnants of the Subway
A look at the subway as it exists today. Includes a "phantom run" through the abandoned Broad Street tunnel.

PHOTO ARCHIVE
A library of 150 still images.

CLOSED CAPTIONING

CHAPTER SELECTION

OUTTAKES

SUBWAY MAP INSERT

Average customer rating:

Prophetic Time Line of the End Times

Manufacturer: Aaron C Ministries
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Special Interests | Genres | DVD | Video
ASIN: B0009TKQLK

Product Description

Audio/Visual Slide Presentation. The Prophetic Time Line for the events of the End Times is based solely on Scripture, no speculation. Dr. Dawson explains the alignment of events from the Rapture and Ezekiels War, through the Great Tribulation, the Second Advent to the New Heaven and Earth. The exact number of days from the Signing of the Covenant by the Antichrist till Christ stands on Zion is shown from Scripture and when Christ returns it is 965 days until He puts down His enemies.

Average customer rating:

Extinction: End of the Line DVD

Manufacturer: Educational Video Network, Inc.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Kids & Family | Genres | DVD | Video

General | Educational | Genres | DVD | Video

( E ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video

Kids & Family | Independently Distributed | Stores | DVD | Video

Special Interests | Independently Distributed | Stores | DVD | Video

Independently Distributed | Indie & Art House | Stores | DVD | Video
ASIN: B0006KZEC8
Release Date: 2004-04-12

Description

Keeping the earth habitable for people and for other species may be the biggest challenge that faces us in the 21st Century.

Average customer rating:

A PROPER BALANCE OF HUMOUR AND PATHOS.
The protest as valid fight' s mechanism!
Todays Flim Flam Man.

End of the Line [Region 2]
Starring: Bob Balaban , Barbara Barrie , Michael Beach , Judy Benson , and Carroll Dee Bland
Director: Jay Russell
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

( E ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B0000649JL

Customer Reviews:

A PROPER BALANCE OF HUMOUR AND PATHOS........2006-10-23

This delightful piece relates of an unscheduled jaunt aboard a locomotive "borrowed" by veteran trainmen Will Henry (Wilford Brimley) and Leo Pickett (Levon Helm) after their employer, Southland Railroad, shifts its manner of freight transport to the airlanes, resulting in the closure of a railyard in Clifford, Arkansas, with a subsequent loss to many in the small town of their livelihood. Freshman director Jay Russell, invited while attending a similarly fledgling Sundance Institute's workshop to develop his script, does so very effectively, with most of the filming taking place near his hometown of Little Rock, enabling Russell's strongly regional feeling for the South to aid him in composing a very personal, well-executed work. The locomotive is being taken by Will and Leo to Chicago, wherein the pair hope to present their grievances to the parent corporation's board chairman, and Russell formulates a recipe for some delicious humour, some satirical, during the adventure, with blessedly minimal slapstick, focussing not only upon the two railroaders but their waiting families, as well. A well-selected cast is aptly directed, with particularly strong performances from Kevin Bacon, Mary Steenburgen and Holly Hunter, the last two of whom gift the scenario with delicious comedic timing. With talented supporting players helping to make possible a successful blend of whimsy and the didactic, END OF THE LINE belies its rather low budget, assisted to a large extent by cinematographer George Tirl, who here intensifies the standard colour scale while utilizing a wide range of facial lighting to help in representing performers' thoughts.

The protest as valid fight' s mechanism! .......2006-06-15

A railroad worker decides to steal a train engine to protest the closing of the freight depot where he was working for thirty years.

Looking back in our memory, we should remind the most important contribution in this sense, was given by Jiri Mentzel in "Closed watched trains", in the middle of those troubled years of the Czech resistance, to understand how the railroad men live in absolutely different coordinates of time and space.

Memorable performances make of this first film of Jay Russell a must-see.

Todays Flim Flam Man........1998-12-21

This film is akin to The Flim Flam Man, starring George C. Scott. You'll recognize characters from your childhood, that you admired, but prayed you wouldn't duplicate. Nevertheless the heroes in this film, have the qualities in people you know you admire for the values you're not willing to fight for. You just love it when they appear in movies.

The Beverly Hillbillies-16 Episodes(2 discs) (TV Classics)

Average customer rating:

The Beverly Hillbillies-16 Episodes(2 discs) (TV Classics)
Starring: End of the Line , and Trapped in Silence
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

General | Television | Genres | DVD | Video

( B ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video

4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video
ASIN: B0007XG20M
Release Date: 2005-04-05

Average customer rating:

A Real American Hero/End of the Line

Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

DVDs Under $14.99 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video

All Deals | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video

( R ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B0000CNY1P
Release Date: 2003-09-16

Average customer rating:

Russkies and End of the Line
Starring: Russkies , and End of the Line
Manufacturer: Velocity / Thinkfilm
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

General | Indie & Art House | Stores | DVD | Video

Charlie Rose with Kevin Spacey; Leslie Cauley (October 13, 2005)

Average customer rating:

Charlie Rose with Kevin Spacey; Leslie Cauley (October 13, 2005)

Manufacturer: "Charlie Rose, Inc."
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

( C ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video

Description

Actor Kevin Spacey discusses his work as the artistic director at The Old Vic theatre and their new production of Richard II. Leslie Cauley discusses her book End of the Line: The Rise and Fall of AT&T.

DVD:

DVD

DVD