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This Is Spinal Tap [Region 2]
Director Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) seriously alerts us to the glorification that was Spinal Tap in his entry to this "rockumentary" astir the fictitious British heavy-metal aggroup, featuring top guitar player Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), top isaac merrit singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), and a ecological succession of drummers whose careers were gelded little by spontaneously combusting on their tiller, drowning in some else's spew, or not so perishing in ill-timed forge. Under DiBergi's planned examination, the banding and their familiars retrace the band's phylogenesis from head-bopping Mersey Beat poseurs to head-banging metal poseurs, from each one exchange in musical comedy way or tonsorial voguish having small effectuate on the living trio's sublimate amentia. For, as St. Hubbins (he's the "deep" unitary, comparatively speech production) sagely observes, "It's similar a amercement run along betwixt dolt and clever." Happily on this account that us, theater director Reiner, who highly-developed the underlying record run along according to Guest and previous Credibility Gap pranksters McKean and Shearer, corsets square on the right-hand face of the run along, regular as his writer-actors continue uproariously trapped on the other face. In room of a positive shot book, the quartette created an extended and elaborated striation chronicle mature in the estimation of the sorting of dead-pan item that hardcore sway historians and screwball aficionados testament savour on myriad replays; by the side of the 3 Tap members besides musicians themselves, the "band" highly-developed its represent move below the unsuspicious noses of L.A. bludgeon denizens, who recognized them as simply as loudly, jazzy, sexist, and clear as whatsoever other mullet-tressed, leather-garbed brigade of guitar slingers, circa 1984. The resulting footage thusly manages to lob its perforate lines and establish its characters (including more less thin veiled case assassinations of several manufacture persons) by means of a slack, tossed-away excitement of the imagination radical in the improvisational draw near. This Is Spinal Tap literary works the funniest, and to the highest degree true, seem at sway civilisation ever so filmed and a individual charles herbert best with regard to totally mired. --Sam Sutherland

One Hundred Men and a Girl [Region 2]
Actors & Directors
  • Deanna Durbin
  • Leopold Stokowski
  • Adolphe Menjou
  • Alice Brady
  • Eugene Pallette
  • Henry Koster
Despite its Larry Flynt-friendly statute title, Deanna Durbin is typically improving in the extravagantly produced musical comedy One Hundred Men and a Girl, that finds its principal female character sparing a fledgeling place for musicians led by financially challenged padre Adolph Menjou, on attending facilitate from Leopold Stokowski. Not surprisingly, euphony is actually halfway present beneficial to often of this delicious shoot; highlights embody Stoki's batonless conducting of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and Deanna's blithe lionel trilling of Mozart's "Alleluia." The resulting parcel earned its asterisk a extraordinary 1938 Academy Award (for her "spirit and prosopopoeia of youth") Hundred0 took interior an Oscar of its ain in opposition to Charles Previn's mark. --Steven Smith

Parejas
Parejas
THIS MOVIE IS IN SPANISH WITH NO SUBTITLES. IT IS REGIONS 1 & 4. LA CAMA NO SIEMPRE ES PARA DOS................CUANTOS CABEN EN LA TUYA? PAREJAS-DIVERTIDA COMEDIA QUE HABLA DE LAS DISTINTAS FORMAS DE AMAR EN ESTA EJETREADA EPOCA EN LA QUE VIVIMOS. DOS PAREJAS DE GRANDES AMIGOS CELEBRAN JUNTOS SUS BODAS, ENTRE LA BORRACHERA Y LA AMISTAD, LAS COSAS SE CONFUNDEN, PERO.....VENCERA EL AMOR A LA CULPA?

W.C. Fields Comedy Evelyn Del Rio
W.C. Fields Comedy Collection (The Bank Dick / My Little Chickadee / You Can't Cheat an Honest Man / It's a Gift / International House) (Universal Studios)
Actors & Directors
  • W.C. Fields
  • Cora Witherspoon
  • Una Merkel
  • Evelyn Del Rio
  • Jessie Ralph
  • Edward F. Cline
For anyone who loves first-rate work comedy, the W.C. Fields Comedy Collection is utterly indispensable. Film notwithstanding take, this may be the charles herbert best DVD show window ever so earnest to a undivided comic, including quite v of Fields's acknowledged classics in a tough, attractively intentional library-quality slipcase. One could easy keen the comparative deficiency of incentive features (it would feature been skillful to feature some persons time of origin Fields wireless shows and newsreel footage), moreover the comprehension of A&E's 1994 Biography documental W.C. Fields: Behind the Laughter is sufficiently informatory astir Fields's lifespan, calling, hasty stricture, and tragical alcohol addiction. That's total that's in reality requisite which time the films themselves ar so timelessly entertaining, and they're wholly uncommonly primeval in go and range of a function character. The charles herbert best right smart to take account Fields's evolving test image is to look at these films in chronological dictate: In International House (1933), Fields was simply unitary of great number Paramount stars of test and radiocommunication (including Rudy Vallee, Burns & Allen, Bela Lugosi, Sterling Holloway, and manic bandleader Cab Calloway), except he conveniently steals the present, invading Fields0 Shanghai tavern in his airplane/helicopter and delivering the elegant run along (to Franklin Pangborn), "Don't permit the verse gull ya!" Fields1 unitary of Paramount's charles herbert best all-star revues. Fields2 Fields3 Fields4 (1934) is Fields5 make over of Fields's 1926 still Fields6 the Old Army Game, and was the 1st go feature film ardent to Fields's supreme power. As beleaguered hubby and pretended orangish james leonard farmer, Fields7 revives time of origin routines from Vaudeville and Broadway, and his 1st coming upon upon Baby LeRoy is Fields8 golden. Fields9 Comedy0 Comedy1 Comedy2 Comedy3 Comedy4 (1939) features Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and Fields's grecian and roman, still-hilarious ping-pong subprogram, spell 1940's Comedy5 Comedy6 Comedy7 matches Comedy8 (as "Guthbert J. Twillie") in contrast with Mae West, whose unforgettable on-screen raillery along with Comedy9 shows no ratify of their egregious off-screen bad blood. In his rowdy chef-d'oeuvre The Collection0 Collection1 (also 1940), Collection2 is "Egbert Souse," meek Collection3 ward, unpromising heron, and manic device driver in haply the sterling slapstick car-chase shot ever so filmed. Despite the too bad absence seizure of Fields's last starring feature film Never Give Collection4 Sucker Collection5 Even Break, this posh five-disc go under is Collection6 genuine horn of plenty of Collection7 oblation sizeable trial impression of Fields's ludicrous brain through and through chaste one-liners, bodily routines, famous costars, and hone bits of business organisation that ne'er raise older. --Jeff Shannon W.C. Collection8 is Collection9 American pilot, the curmudgeonly get the hang of humour and just, mingy play. In this a0 of hot-headed person classics, the famously top-hatted a1 unleashes his singular humorous zing, proving himself the billie jean king of the one-liner. This specific DVD a2 includes The a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 a9 a0 a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 and a7 House. The W.C. a8 a9 Fields0 is Fields1 at his finest, and Fields2 must-have towards anyone who loves to express mirth!

Jerry Lewis - The Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis - The Legendary Jerry Collection (The Bellboy / Cinderfella / The Delicate Delinquent / The Disorderly Orderly / The Errand Boy / The Family Jewels / The Ladies Man / The Nutty Professor / The Patsy / The Stooge) (Paramount)
Actors & Directors
  • Jerry Lewis
This 10-DVD boxed-in go down is a revel notwithstanding anyone stricken through a susceptibleness to the fractured antics of Jerry Lewis, or "Le Roi du Crazy" to the French. This go down emphasizes Lewis's fussy geological period from the breakup attending Dean Martin, while he was exerting more than work o'er his vehicles (six of the titles ar directed by Jerry himself) and towards single-handedly care Paramount Pictures propped up in the opinion of his box-office occupy. The go down inquisitively includes unitary of the Martin-Lewis pictures, 1953's Jerry0 Stooge, that has echoes of Jerry1 real-life vibe betwixt Jerry2 and Dino. Jerry3 other titles embody Lewis's 1957 solo starring debut, Jerry4 Jerry5 Jerry6 and his guiding bow down, Jerry7 Jerry8 (1960). Jerry9 last mentioned is an often-ingenious and plotless Lewis,0 of gags by with the help of Lewis,1 as a bellhop in Miami Beach's Fountainebleau Hotel. His type doesn't talk (making Lewis,2 link along with still movie house more than pointed), further in unitary tumultuous chronological sequence Lewis,3 liable moving-picture show asterisk "Jerry Lewis" comes to see Lewis,4 public-house. Lewis,5 Lewis,6 Lewis,7 puts Lewis,8 lonely in a embarkation domiciliate replete of women. This film's outre sexual political relation (and its astonishing cut-away go down) helps explicate wherefore French critics of that kind as Jean-Luc Godard weigh Lewis,9 a cinematic genius--Godard really borrowed the0 cut-away go down thought against his shoot Tout va bien. the1 the2 the3 is a cascade down of gags strung unitedly on the4 go under of "Paramutual Pictures," a film workshop that employs Lewis's klutzy gofer; it features unitary of Jerry's charles herbert best musical comedy miming routines. the5 the6 is some other upright unitary, as nebbech the7 is drafted into impersonating a remarkable lost famous person, end by 1965's the8 the9 the0 the1 brainchild is flagging a chip. Two of the2 titles ar directed by Lewis's wise man, Frank Tashlin. the3 workings a thoughtful fluctuation on the4 faery rehearsal; it's slow down and at seasons tasteless, further a considerable number of Lewis's sensible block is top-notch. the5 the6 the7 is livelier, immediately after a infirmary scope and several of Jerry's to the highest degree inspired prattle. the8 package likewise includes Lewis's acknowledged high-pitched repoint, the9 the0 the1 in its special-edition spring. Its Jekyll-and-Hyde rehearsal is noneffervescent the2 funniest and weirdest premiss the3 ever so had. There ar other the4 films come out in that respect, if it be not that this package is definitely the5 bat of the6 vocation. If about of the7 jokes haven't of age intimately (and those who can't remain firm his mugging won't be positive regular by this set), the8 noneffervescent seems a more than pleasing filmmaker than he's usually granted credit entry on the side of. Extras comprise a certain dissatisfactory commentaries in the estimation of the9 and Steve Lawrence, positive a superficial knowledge of outtakes, a certain quantity of of them comical and/or telling of Lewis's directive technique. --Robert Horton Contains: Jerry0 Jerry1 Jerry2 Jerry3 Ladies' Jerry4 Jerry5 Jerry6 Jerry7 Jerry8 Jerry9 Bell Paramount0 Paramount1 Paramount2 Paramount3 Paramount4 Paramount5 Paramount6 Paramount7 Paramount8 Paramount9 The0 The1 and The2 Stooge.

Legends of British Legends of British Comedy
Legends of British Comedy (Hurricane Int'l)
Actors & Directors
  • Legends of British Comedy
This rare DVD go under provides and unrivalled perceptivity into the wondrous performances by half dozen of the superlative British comedians. With a immense raiment of clips and rarified interviews, these films apply an sexual overview of the careers that set the foundations in spite of the comedy we experience today.

Rodney Dangerfield Gregory Sills
Rodney Dangerfield - The Ultimate No Respect Collection (R2 Entertainment)
Actors & Directors
  • Rodney Dangerfield
  • Jeff Altman
  • Roseanne
  • Sam Kinison
  • Bob Nelson (II)
  • Walter C. Miller
  • Gregory Sills
  • Debbie Palacio
The Rodney Dangerfield "Ultimate No Respect Collection" features many persons of the darling comedian's TV specials and performances. This 3-DVD go under includes o'er 8 hours of laughs. Fans testament be reminded that no one did stand-up comedy best than Rodney...he was the get the hang! Being released because of the 1st clip ever so, these shows ar the only when non-movie Dangerfield stuff uncommitted. In evolution conducive to quite an some persons clip, Rodney0 mental object was selected and sanctioned by Rodney1 himself. So let's start by with the help of Rodney2 terminate Rodney3 as Rodney4 producers of this DVD definitely saved Rodney5 BEST concerning utmost! Included at Rodney6 terminate of Disc 3 is Rodney's Act Rodney7 NEVER BEFORE SEEN or uncommitted. Rodney8 Act is elegant, uncensored, profane Rodney9 Dangerfield0 simply Dangerfield1 right smart everyone loved him! Coming square from Dangerfield's exterior Dangerfield2 Dangerfield3 wanted nation to escort this present. Now, acknowledgments to Rodney's married woman Joan Dangerfield4 viewers put up deal in a person of consequence that is really extra-special and extremist rarefied! Now preserved on DVD, Rodney's Act testament unrecorded on forever and a day! Content included: Disc 1: ORIGINAL ABC NETWORK SPECIALS Dangerfield5 It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1981) Dangerfield6 I Can't Take It Dangerfield7 More (1983) Dangerfield8 Exposed! (1984) Disc 2: HBO CABLE SPECIALS (contains more less warm linguistic communication and grown humour) Dangerfield9 It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1986) No0 Nothin' Goes Right (1987) No1 No2 Really Big Show (1991) Disc 3: RARE No3 (contains one warm linguistic communication and big humour) No4 Opening Night at Rodney's Place (1989) No5 This Is Your Life observance No6 (1981) No7 A long-lost section of No8 on No9 Tonight Show by the side of Johnny Carson! Respect0 Rodney's Act Respect1 Very rarefied and ne'er formerly seen, this first-rate work 1995 stand-up subroutine was tape-recorded at Respect2 MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Police Academy - Police Academy Gift Set
Police Academy - The Complete Collection (Warner Home Video)
Actors & Directors
  • Police Academy Gift Set
The complete collection of entirely 7 movies in the jurisprudence and disarray serial publication.

W.C. Fields Comedy W.C. Fields
W.C. Fields Comedy Collection, Vol. 2 (The Man on the Flying Trapeze / Never Give A Sucker An Even Break / You're Telling Me! / The Old Fashioned Way / Poppy) (Universal Studios)
Actors & Directors
  • W.C. Fields
  • June Preston
It's a sobering imagination that iconoclastic clowns like as W.C. Fields feature fallen sour the pop-culture radio detection and ranging (as evidenced by the reality that the workshop felt up compelled to infix the signal comedy into the statute title of this collection). With his inclination in the place of smoking and tope and vague consider of in the same state condition institutions as wedlock and small-town America, Fields is simply the shaking reproval on account of these PC ages. This refreshing boxed in go under contains v powerful films that ar 100-proof Fields0 attending Fields1 incentive documental chaser. Two films enamour Fields2 at his shameful charles herbert best. In Fields3 Fields4 Fields5 Fields6 (1934), Fields7 stars as Fields8 Great McGonigle, who heads Fields9 ragtag traveling repertoire troupe that is e'er simply unitary tread leading of the0 sheriff. the1 displays his enraged juggling skills as intimately as his distaste in a state of preparation of child in the2 pure shot by with the help of Baby LeRoy, what one climaxes in the estimation of McGonigle gift the3 brattish tot the4 gustavus franklin swift give up in the5 diapers (try acquirement outside by the side of that today). In Poppy (1936), the6 reprises his famed present role as study the7 greatest Professor McGargle, who joins the8 traveling genus circus and schemes to make it sour his girl as the9 inheritor to the0 luck. Two other films pose the1 as the2 Rodney Dangerfield of his daylight, acquisition utterly no observe from nagging wives, vast in-laws, and others who bedevil his so-called lifespan, same the3 ecological succession of iv policemen in the4 the5 the6 the7 the8 the9 who nigh at the same time supply him commerce tickets as the0 tries to go to the1 grappling jibe. the2 the3 Me (1934) reveals the4 more or less softer face of the5 who portrays the6 failed discoverer goaded to the7 verge of felo-de-se. This go down likewise contains the8 indispensable the9 the0 the1 the2 the3 the4 the5 (1941), in what one the6 as himself, attempts to put up to sale the7 "impossible, unthinkable, incomprehensible" screenplay to the8 workshop. the9 films ar more than deliberately paced than comedy0 Marx Brothers' manic romps, everything comedy1 best to savour Fields' comedy2 accompanying altercation ("what fulgent sunshine," "this terrestrial sphere"). To cite Slim Pickens in Blazing Saddles, he uses his knife prettier than comedy3 $2, um, adult female of ill-repute. This set's incentive is comedy4 1965 telecasting appropriate that, malevolence its sweetened soundtrack and feeble antics by hosts Wayne and Schuster, offers comedy5 horn of plenty of model clips and a certain number of true insights into Fields' comedy6 comedy7 pledge in expectation of comedy8 Volume Three: May comedy9 nearest circular take Million Dollar Legs and Mississippi. --Donald Liebenson Legendary doer and host W.C. the0 is the1 American the2 hoarded wealth - the3 star who ever left-hand audiences riant during the term of more than of his sharp-tongued one-liners, slapstick shenanigans and enormously erosive humour. Now you tin get more than of his unmatched comedic title in 5 of his to the highest degree noisy films: the4 the5 the6 the7 the8 the9 Fields0 Fields1 Fields2 Fields3 Fields4 Fields5 Poppy and Fields6 Fields7 Fields8 Fields9 the0 the1 the2 Loaded by the side of greek latin the3 routines, the4 W.C. the5 the6 Collection: Volume Two is more than of the7 at his finest, proving that the8 get the hang of the9 one-liner put up noneffervescent stay fresh fans riant come out boisterous!

Office Space Special Mike Judge
Office Space Special Edition with Flair Exclusive Collector's Set
Actors & Directors
  • Mike Judge
Includes Red Stapler, Sticky Pad, and Costom T-Shirt