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Inconvenient Truth, AnGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 05/21/2013 Rating PG Production Year: 2006 Run Time: 96 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Al Gore A movie based on a PowerPoint presentation by a former presidential candidate may not sound exciting, but once AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH hits its stride viewers may be surprised how compelling the subject matter proves to be. While many high-ranking political figures continue to argue about global warming, Al Gore has plunged headlong into a serious wake-up call for the planet with a series of lectures about the problem. It's on one of these lectures that this movie from director Davis Guggenheim is based. Guggenheim breaks up Gore's delivery by illustrating his points with film footage, much of which features the former Democratic nominee exploring the globe as he examines the effects of global warming. Gore's speech is neatly divided between calm recitations of the facts about the issue and several stories of a personal nature. His skills as an orator are considerable, and it's hard not to be alarmed by most of what he has to say. Indeed, as Gore relates tales of melting polar icecaps, rising global temperatures, and the reluctance of political leaders to do something about the problem, the film takes on an air of hopelessness and doom, especially as no easy solutions are offered. Gore's advice is for individuals to take steps to reduce their own inadvertent poisoning of the atmosphere, and to persuade others to do likewise. It's a powerful message, and one that is likely to remain in non-cynical minds long after the film comes to a conclusion. … more less -
Easy Come, Easy GoGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 05/21/2013 Rating PG Production Year: 1967 Run Time: 94 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Elvis Presley, Pat Priest, Elsa Lanchester, Frank McHugh, Skip Ward Elvis stars as a Navy frogman who, in his spare time, goes on an underwater adventure to look for buried treasure. Along the way, he befriends a manic disco dancer (Dodie Marshall) who also takes yoga classes. A mean-spirited playgirl (Pat Priest) enlists the help of her boyfriend to help her foil the frogman's attempt to find undersea riches. Features the songs "Love Machine," "I'll Take Love," and the title tune. … more less -
Fun in AcapulcoGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 05/21/2013 Rating PG Production Year: 1963 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Paul Lukas, Elsa Cardenas, Larry Domasin Elvis has his hands full as a would-be cliff diver and former aerialist attempting to simultaneously cure his acrophobia and win the hand of an aloof displaced royal (Ursula Andress). Add to the mix a pint-sized impresario hoping to break our hero as a lounge act, the inevitable swarthy romantic rival, and a sultry lady bullfighter, and you'll see why "You Can't Say No To Acapulco." … more less -
G.I. BluesGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 05/21/2013 Rating PG Production Year: 1960 Run Time: 103 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse, Robert Ivers, Leticia Roman, Arch Johnson The first film Elvis made after his stint in the army, G.I. BLUES tells the musical tale of Tulsa (Presley), a singing G.I stationed in West Germany who dreams of opening his own club when he gets out of the service. He has very little money, though, so he makes a large bet with fellow serviceman Dynamite--Tulsa must spend the night with beautiful and hard-to-get dancer, Lili (Juliet Prowse). Songs include, "Blue Suede Shoes," Shopping Around," and "Pocketful of Rainbows." … more less -
Half a SixpenceGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 05/21/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 1968 Run Time: 145 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Tommy Steele, Julia Foster, Cyril Ritchard, Penelope Horner, Elaine Taylor A penniless draper's assistant (Tommy Steele) inherits a fortune and soon has his pick of society's belles in this musical based on H.G. Wells' novel KIPPS. Directed by George Sydney (SHOW BOAT, BYE BYE BIRDIE), the classic comedy promises great laughs and songs. … more less -
RoustaboutGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 05/21/2013 Rating R Production Year: 1964 Run Time: 101 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Raquel Welch, Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson Elvis stars as tough-but-tender singer Charlie Rogers, a singer who believes he has finally found a steady job at Maggie Morgan's (Barbara Stanwyck) carnival. To Maggie, popular Charlie is a way out of her financial difficulties. Trouble brew, however, when Charlie begins a romance with Cathy Lean (Joan Freeman), and Cathy's carnival supervisor brother, Joe (Leif Erickson), disapproves. Charlie attempts to take his talent elsewhere, but his business with Joe and Cathy isn't finished yet... Raquel Welch makes her screen debut in a bit part as a college girl. Includes the songs "Hard Knocks," "One Track Heart," "It's a Wonderful World" and "Big Love Big Heartache." … more less -
Omnibus: The Great Gatsby - Midnight in ManhattanGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating Production Year: 2000 Run Time: 49 mins Released By: BBC Video Cast: Jason Priestley, Kelly Culpin This documentary examines the life of American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose work, including his most celebrated novel The Great Gatsby, came to symbolize the excess of The Jazz Age. The program seeks to reveal the truth about the writer's often fraught life, making plain his troubled marriage and his final years as a screenwriter in Hollywood. … more less -
One Night StandGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 75 mins Released By: Passion River Directors Elisabeth Sperling and Trish Dalton document four different groups, who each have 24 hours to write from scratch and stage a 20-minute Broadway musical. Among the talented performers who pitch in are Richard Kind, Alicia Witt, and former SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE standout Rachel Dratch. … more less -
Rainbow - Live In Munich 1977Genre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating Production Year: 1977 Run Time: 146 mins Released By: Eagle … more less -
Five Heartbeats, TheGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 04/02/2013 Rating R Production Year: 1991 Run Time: 121 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Cast: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells Actor-director Robert Townsend came to fame depicting the pitfalls of the Hollywood experience for black actors with his 1987 film HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE. Four years later, he took on the mid-'60s music scene with THE FIVE HEARTBEATS. After doing extensive research with long-lived pop/R&B group the Dells, he painted a cinematic scene of five young friends in the 60s who share the dream of making music. They journey together through three decades, experiencing all the ups and downs show business had to offer, intensified by the difficulties faces by black acts in the era of civil-rights protest. Interacting as everything from a close-knit musical family to occasional bitter rivals, the fictional Five Heartbeats experience both success and tragedy in this excellent film. The multi-talented Townshend functions as both director and star, alongside compelling performances by a cast that includes Leon and Diahann Caroll. Featuring a mix of original songs and classic Motown material, THE FIVE HEARTBEATS is an irresistible combination of music and drama that captures a unique period in American cultural history. … more less -
Hello, Dolly!Genre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 04/02/2013 Rating Production Year: 1969 Cast: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong, Marianne McAndrew In early-20th-century Yonkers, a wealthy local merchant, Horace Vandergelder (played by Walter Matthau), hires matchmaker Dolly Levi (Barbra Streisand) to find a mate for him--but instead she decides to win him over for herself. His life is further complicated by his young niece, Ermengarde, who is determined to wed an artist Horace finds entirely unsuitable, and by his two hapless employees, who against Horace's wishes leave work to venture into New York so each can kiss a girl. Miserly, curmudgeonly, irascible Horace finds that matters have gotten completely out of his control--and the only person who seems to know exactly what is going on is the widowed Dolly Levi. The film is based on a succession of source material, beginning with the 1835 British play A DAY WELL SPENT by John Oxenford, Thornton Wilder's 1938 play THE MERCHANT OF YONKERS, and Wilder's successful 1954 adaptation of his own play, renamed THE MATCHMAKER, rewritten for Ruth Gordon and then made into a film by the same name in 1958 starring Shirley Booth. In 1964, Carol Channing starred in the story's next incarnation on Broadway: Michael Stewart's play HELLO, DOLLY! on which this film's screenplay is directly based. … more less -
Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming ChildGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 03/19/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 72 mins Released By: First Run Features Filmmaker Lisa Kirk Colburn offers a detailed look behind-the-scenes look at the Israeli Opera's 2010 production of Child Dreams, which was based on a work by famed Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin, and designed by renowned Austrian artist Gottfried Helmwein. … more less -
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 03/12/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 82 mins Released By: Lorber Films It wasn't more than a couple decades after the invention of motion pictures that a number of artists began embracing cinema as a medium of creative expression, rather than just a tool for narrative storytelling or recording events. In the 1920s, European artists influenced by the abstract and surrealist movements began making films that applied a new visual and philosophical perspective to the moving image, and after World War II the experimental film movement began to grow in the United States, as directors such as Stan Brakhage, Ken Jacobs, Jonas Mekas and Robert Breer created works that attracted the attention of adventurous cineastes. Pip Chodorov was raised by parents who were passionate followers of experimental cinema and became friends with some of the leading underground filmmakers of the day; his documentary FREE RADICALS: A STORY OF EXPERIMENTAL FILM offers a look into the history of experimental filmmaking, including interviews with some of the key figures in the movement (including the last interview Brakhage would ever give) and lengthy excerpts from a handful of key films. FREE RADICALS was an official selection at the American Film Institute's 2010 AFI Fest. … more less -
We Go Together - 2-PackGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 03/12/2013 Rating Production Year: 1978 Run Time: 224 mins Released By: Warner Home Video A special collector's gift set featuring the nostalgic musicals GREASE and GREASE 2. See individual titles for details. … more less -
Pioneers of Television: Season 3Genre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 03/12/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2013 Run Time: 240 mins Released By: PBS Video This release contains all four episodes from the third season of PIONEERS OF TELEVISION, a Ryan Seacrest-narrated documentary series that profiles legendary small-screen performers. These installments focus on female comics, superheroes, famous miniseries, and primetime soaps. Included among the celebrities discussed are Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore, Adam West, and the cast of ROOTS. … more less -
Queen - Live at Wembley '86Genre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 03/12/2013 Rating Production Year: 1986 Run Time: 275 mins Released By: Eagle Rock Entertain Cast: Queen Pioneering glam-rock band Queen truly shined in the setting of the full arena. A true stadium rock band, their live show was always spectacular -- propelled by the enthusiastic showmanship of legendary lead singer Freddie Mercury. This July 1986 concert, performed at London's huge Wembley Stadium to an audience of 150,000 people, highlights the fact that Queen's natural habitat truly was the stadium. The band performs twenty-one songs, including "Brighton Rock," "One Vision," "Another One Bites the Dust," "Bohemian Rhapsody" and more! … more less -
Sparkle/DreamgirlsGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 03/12/2013 Rating Production Year: 2013 Run Time: 228 mins Released By: Warner Home Video … more less -
Yellow Brick Road and Beyond, TheGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 03/05/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2008 Run Time: 50 mins Released By: Ent. One Music Cast: Joan Leslie, Mickey Rooney, Joel Grey, Mervyn LeRoy THE WIZARD OF OZ is a story that speaks to every generation and also inspires them to offer their own version of going down the Yellow Brick Road. This comprehensive documentary covers the tale’s many interpretations, from the 1939 film that set the standard for all attempts to follow, all the way up to Broadway’s revisionist production of WICKED. … more less -
Classic All Star CommercialsGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 02/26/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2013 Run Time: 71 mins Released By: Legend Films This collection of television commercials from the fifties and sixties features many of the biggest stars of the day (Bob Hope, Ronald Regan, Lucille Ball, John Wayne) hawking a number of well-known products including Cheerios and Coke. … more less -
Voice of Firestone: Lauritz Melchior - The Art of Heldentenor in Opera and Song, Vol. 1 & 2Genre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 02/26/2013 Rating Production Year: 2013 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Kultur Films Inc. … more less
