About this product: The critically acclaimed story of a young man seduced by a religious cult chronicling his chilling transformation into a mindless shadow of his former self..And his ultimate salvation when friends & family launch a plan to kidnap & deprogram him. Studio: Platinum Disc Llc Release Date: 04/03/2007 Starring: Nick Mancuso Kim Cattrall
About this product: Gary Starke (Andy Garcia) is New York City's supreme scalper. Tickets for the Knicks, MOMA, the pope--you name it, he can get it. To mainstream society, however, Gary doesn't exist. He doesn't work 9 to 5, he doesn't have either a driver's license or a Social Security number, and he isn't even sure he was born in a hospital. Just the Ticket, Richard Wenk's wonderfully understated, well written and ultimately touching romantic comedy, is the story of how Gary finally finds identity. The movie's central premise has Gary trying to score big by scalping tickets for the pope's New York City appearance in order to win back his ex-girlfriend (Andie MacDowell). Both MacDowell and Garcia have been mired in career ruts, so their sexual chemistry is Just the Ticket's biggest surprise. Wenk knows and loves these characters (he based the protagonist on a scalper he met 20 years ago, and he spent five more years pitching the script to numerous studios), and that warmth provides an energy that's so often missing in many Hollywood romantic comedies. Also engaging (and at times heartbreaking) is Richard Bradford, who plays an aging runner who serves as Gary's father figure. MGM inexplicably dumped this picture in the dead of winter in 1999. The DVD--which features audio commentary by Garcia and Wenk, deleted scenes, and a four-page booklet about the making of the film--gives the film the second chance it deserves. --Dave McCoy
About this product: One of the saddest times for Deadheads since the death of Jerry Garcia is New Year's Eve. The Dead's legendary performances in the Bay Area ushered in a couple of decades worth of new years, and even if you couldn't make it, it was comforting to know the band was carrying on the tradition. Well, that tradition is gone, but there's a video experience that comes pretty darn close--The Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's, taped on New Year's Eve 1987 at the Oakland Coliseum. It's a creatively photographed and extraordinarily performed concert film that ranks among the best Dead performances on video, packed with delightful surprises. Some of the best: a robust "Terrapin Station," a rare rendition of the stoner fave "Dark Star," and an unflinchingly bluesy "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." The effect of the whole performance is that of a bittersweet valentine to a way of life that may be gone but is still beloved. --Anne Hurley
About this product: It won't come as much of a surprise to anyone familiar with Hunter S. Thompson to learn that his life and work were inseparable, even indistinguishable, but that's the principal revelation in director Tom Thurman's Thompson documentary, Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride. In the 1960s and '70s, Thompson created what he called "gonzo journalism," mixing truth and fiction in a kind of superheated prose in which the writer, more often than not fueled by his copious intake of drugs and alcohol, not only reported stories but made himself an integral part of them. When he took his own life in 2005 at the age of 67, he left behind lots of bemused friends, peers, and collaborators, many of whom are on hand here. Johnny Depp, who portrayed Thompson in the film adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, his most famous work, describes him as a man "capable of a verbal menace… I've seen people reduced to mist in a matter of seconds." Actor John Cusack calls him "a deeply serious, deeply moral person… who loved orgies," and author Tom Wolfe says Thompson was "(the 20th) century's greatest comic writer in the English language." There are also clips from both Fear and Loathing and Where the Buffalo Roam (with Bill Murray as Thompson). But while Thompson himself appears in several interview bits (there are brief excerpts from his writings as well), little here is, well, gonzo enough to fully do the man justice--it would be nice if there were more odd moments like the one where conservative pundit William F. Buckley, Jr., of all people, recites Thompson's description of Richard Nixon as "a man with the integrity of a hyena and the style of a poison toad." The film is clumsily edited; even at just 77 minutes, it feels too long, and while the bits detailing his funeral and suicide note are interesting, the final parade of sentimental encomiums from the various talking heads is disappointingly pat. Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride is OK, but actually reading Thompson's work would be more revelatory. --Sam Graham
About this product: This is truly a great collection of shows presented in a single package for a very reasonable price. It is somewhat rare to find a collection like this in one package of any artist, least from an artist of the caliber and showmanship of Elton. I encourage those who like myself are true followers and collectors of Elton John to purchase this. It is likely that this is a limited type of offer that will not be available in great quantities or indefinately.
About this product: Mark (John C. McGinley: "Scrubs", Platoon), McGriff (D.B. Sweeney: The Cutting edge, Fire in the Sky) and Jason (Paul Hipp: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil) are three high-school buddies whose glory days are long gone and who are still stuck in their small Pennsylvania hometown. To break free and escape their much-too-ordinary lives, they embark on a cross-country road trip to the College Football Championship Bowl. The journey takes them through hilarious twists and turns, boozing and misbehaving every step of the way. Throughout the wild adventure, they discover the most important thing in this crazy, uncertain world is friendship.
About this product: Baseball's epicenter sits at 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, New York. For more than 80 years, fans and ballplayers have congregated on sultry summer days and chilly October nights to witness history. They cheer their hearts out, realize their dreams and heal their souls in this ultimate baseball cathedral. Yankee Stadium has meant so much to so many, and Yankees players and fans will enjoy one final season in the House That Ruth Built before making their way to the new Yankee Stadium in 2009.
Yankee Stadium: Baseball's Cathedral will celebrate the entire spectrum that makes this ballpark the most talked about sports structure in the entire world. Contains an exclusive 85-Year Yankee Stadium Commemorative Ticket with Yankee Coin.
Bonus Features:
Lou Gehrig Speech Mickey Mantle's 1964 World Series Game 3 Walk-Off HR The 9th Inning Of The 1999 World Series The 9th Inning Of Jim Abbott's No Hitter Yankees Return After Thurman Munson's Funeral George Brett And The Pine Tar Game Don Mattingly's HR In The 1995 ALDS Game 2 The 11th Inning Of The 2003 ALCS Game 7 Chris Chambliss' 1976 ALCS Game 5 Walk-Off HR Derek Jeter's 2001 ALDS Dive Hideki Matsui's First Career Grand Slam Aaron Boone's 2003 ALCS Game 7 HR Tour Of Yankee Stadium From "Cathedrals Of The Game"
About this product: Malibu ExpressA young good looking investigator becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue murder and five beautiful women when he tries to uncover a scandalous murder.Hard Ticket to HawaiiSexy undercover agents must battle a smuggler s henchman explosions and a mutant snake as thry try to uncover a diamond smuggler s plot.Fit To KillDonna and Nicole are out for revenge against their nemesis Marin Kane when they all cross paths trying to recover the stolen Alexia diamond from Russia.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: 787364658398
About this product: Bruce Willis returns in this fourth film in the successful DIE HARD franchise, LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD. This exclusive edition includes the unrated widescreen 2 disc cut of the film (as well as the theatrical version), plus a limited edition "steel book" packaging, digitial download of the film for your computer (for the first time on ANY movie!), and a movie ticket to see the film HITMAN in theaters!
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