This faithful broadcast TV remake of the classic Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim musical looms as a career triumph for top-lined Bette Midler--and a bittersweet measurement of how far mainstream film and TV have retreated from the glories of musical theater. By the time Midler, as the mother of all stage mothers, observes, "I was born too early and started too late," it's only too obvious that the star's words are an ironic inversion. Had Midler been born earlier, she certainly would have reigned as a major musical comedy star. In a role form-fitted to Ethel Merman's brassy persona and brassier voice, Midler more than holds her ground musically and, especially, dramatically.
Titled partly for its source, the life of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy alludes as well to the itinerant life of her family. The show's focal point isn't the titular character, but rather her manipulative mother, Mama Rose (Midler), who channels her own frustrated dreams of stardom into Baby June, the curly blonde daughter who always eclipses sister Louise. The story follows Rose's machinations as she tirelessly reinvents June to defy the passage of time and even puberty itself. By the time Louise herself conqurs the marqU as Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose's single-minded focus has alienated her long-suffering lover and agent, Herbie (a well-cast Peter Riegert), and surrendered to the inherent compromise of burlesqu.
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In the dusty heart of the American southwest, innocent country boy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar of MYSTERIOUS WAYS) is seduced by a beautiful girl (Jenny Wright) into joining a roving pack of vicious drifters led by the enigmatic Jesse (Lance Henriksen of THE TERMINATOR and ALIENS). But this is no ordinary band of outlaws; Caleb is now trapped in a nightmare of soulless evil that waits in the shadows, hellish mayhem that thrives on blood and absolute horror that begins NEAR DARK. Bill Paxton (TWISTER) and Jenette Goldstein (ALIENS) co- star in this extraordinary shocker co-written and directed by Kathryn Bigelow (STRANGE DAYS).
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Wanted: five strangers to spend six months in a house, with their every move broadcast on the web. If no one leaves, they'll split a million dollars. It's the newest in reality entertainment, but it may be the last thing these five people ever do. Each of them is being put to the test by outside forces, which prey on their worst fears. Is it all a challenge to see if they'll last? Or, is someone playing a deadly game with their lives?
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Fans will go ape over this classic - along with an instructional from China on the Monkey Style of Kung fu. Monkey Kung Fu is a kung fu movie fan favorite and has been used in many films including Drunken Master, Snake in the Monkey's Shadow and many more
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At the end of his senior year of high school, Tommy (Michael Morgan) finds his education in the form of Diana (Joan Collins). His friend Ralph learns the lesson from Ms. Jackson (Lee Purcell). Without knowing what would soon be awaiting them after meeting the older women, Tommy and Ralph form a rock band as a path to unlimited sexual opportunity. The story unfolds, through the promiscuous, funny and sometimes touching lives of the young band members. By the end of Tommy's senior year, he's ready to take on the world. Bonus Features: Interview with legendary producer Max Rosenberg| Preview Trailers| Scene Selection. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital Stereo; 90 minutes; Color; 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - R: Year - 1982; SRP - $5.99.
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Sometimes, to follow your dreams?you've go to bend the rules! Audiences and critics alike are cheering wildly for this "exhilarating?terrific comedy" (Entertainment Weekly) about a young girl who is torn between adhering to family traditions and attaining super-stardom on the soccer field. Hailed as the year's must-see crowd pleaser that "makes you feel good and laugh out loud" (Chicago Sun-Times), "Bend It Like Beckham" scores! (Time Magazine)
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"...a very classy piece of work...gripping adaptation..." - Daily Mail Every man has his price!
The Price family are privileged by most people's standards. Then, one terrible Sunday, their sullen seventeen-year-old daughter, Hannah, does not come home. Two days later, a ransom note demanding half a million pounds comes through their fax machine.
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Animated series produced by Scholastic Entertainment, award-winning producers of Clifford The Big Red Dog, Dear America, Goosebumps and Scholastic's The Magic School Bus. This new interactive stop motion animated series airing on HBO Family, inspired by the magical book series, brings I Spy to an entirely new audience. Two delightful new "claymation" characters, Spyler and CeCe, lead young viewers through search and find adventures set in an imaginary world. The series' eclectic soundtrack musically complements the visual assortment of bright objects in the series, incorporating sounds made by everyday objects as musical notes, further encouraging young viewers' imaginations and engagement in the game. Includes: A Runaway Robot; A Little Lost Lamb; A Starry Sky; Circus Things In Three Rings; A Mumble Monster Picture Day; Clouds Roll By
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Keanu Reeves (The Matrix) and Alex Winter (The Lost Boys) deliver "spirited performances" (The Hollywood Reporter) in the original righteous comedy about the two ditzy dudes from San Dimas, California. Also starring George Carlin, this hysterically funny historical comedy is a "snappily directed" (Time), "bouncy good time" (The Boston Globe) and a party that goes on and on!
Bill (Winter) and Ted (Reeves) have spent so much time forming their rock band, The Wyld Stallyns, that they're flunking history. Whoa, duuuude! And when Ted's dad threatens to send him away to military school, Bill and Ted realize it could mean the most heinous end of The Stallyns! Luckily, a guardian angel from the future, Rufus (Carlin), has come to them with a most bodacious solution: a time-traversing phone booth to take them into the past to learn about the world from some of history's most influntial personalities. Their journey through time turns out to be a blast but will they learn enough to pass their class?
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