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Gene Kelly possessed many talents--an amazing dancer, an expressive actor, a deft comedian, an innovative choreographer, and a gifted visual artist. His many tools enabled him to gain the popularity necessary to revitalize the musical film genre and become one of the most memorable movie stars in the history of the art form. This documentary looks at the dancer's life and films using film clips and interviews with family members and collaborators such as Cyd Charisse and Leslie Caron. Originally broadcast on PBS, this biographical portrait is narrated by Stanley Tucci.DVD Features:Region 1Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Molecular Geometry may not be the easiest subject to understand, but fortunately the STANDARD DEVIANTS team are here to provide some help. David Rowley, Ph.D., and David Ramaker, Ph.D., present their words of wisdom on the subject, with this easy-to-follow guide. Broken down into vital subject areas, this lesson in chemistry covers kinetic modular theory, intermolecular forces, equilibrium, and a whole lot more.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Examining the 1970s, the decade that has come to be seen as North American cinema's most revolutionary and experimental, this reverent documentary directed by Richard LaGravenese and the late Ted Demme interviews a handful of the key players and survivors of that fertile time. Beginning with EASY RIDER (1969) and other offshoots of producer/director Roger Corman's virtual training ground for young directors at b-movie studio American International Pictures, DECADE traces the trajectory of filmmakers such as Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, William Friedkin, and Paul Schrader. With clips from TAXI DRIVER, SHAMPOO, MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER, THE GODFATHER, and many more, the film conveys the richness of talent that the 1970s film world possessed. But the birth of the blockbuster (namely JAWS and STAR WARS) raised the studios' expectations for financial performance in the industry, virtually killing the chances of riskier productions--a development which gave birth to the thriving independent scene we know today. While even the filmmakers go out of their way to point out that their film is by no means all-inclusive, A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE is flashy and informative, a trip well worth taking for both the novice cinema-goer and film scholar alike.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Additional Interview Footage - 1. Robert Altman - Director


























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5. Roy Scheider - ActorInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Biographies
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In Hollywood, screenwriting failures are so common that bars in the city are strewn with down-on-their-luck writers drowning their sorrows over broken dreams. Documentary filmmakers Mark Brian Smith and Tony Montana begin their movie in such an establishment--a Hollywood bar called J. Sloan's. OVERNIGHT focuses on 25-year-old J.Sloan's bartender Troy Duffy, whose movie script, THE BOONDOCK SAINTS, has been picked up by Harvey Weinstein at Miramax. Weinstein is so impressed by the confident, self-assured Duffy that he gives him the go-ahead not only to direct his own movie, but also to score the soundtrack with his own band, The Brood. To Duffy's delight, Weinstein also buys the bar, making them co-owners. Propelled to A-list status, stars such as Mark Wahlberg and Matthew Modine start hanging out with Duffy at J. Sloan's. But as his ego spirals out of control, the interest from Miramax ends as abruptly as it started. No one at the company returns his calls, and with Duffy floundering in a sea of recriminations between himself and the friends he brought along for the ride, the movie is promptly dropped by Weinstein. In the end, THE BOONDOCK SAINTS does end up getting made. But with a low budget and minimal distribution, it disappears without a trace. The future for Duffy appears uncertain at the end of OVERNIGHT and J. Sloan's closes down as the credits roll. Duffy is reduced to a solitary figure whose blame for his misfortune rests somewhere between the fickle wiles of the film industry, and his own personal shortcomings.
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A profile on the work of director, Rob Reiner.
His movies include Ghosts of Mississippi, A Few Good Men, The Princess Bride, This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me and The Story of Us.
Includes interviews with Annette Bening, Billy Crystal, John Cusack, Michael J. Fox, James Woods and more.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseFilmography of DirectorScene AccessWeb-LinksInteractive Menus
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