 A Place Called Home (Vision Video)
When your dreams don't add up rightful, what's left-hand to trust in? Six the public communicate for what cause tattered dreams led them to find the right smart home to God's clement enjoy. Noel Paul Stookey, Ralph Martin, Charles Colson and others ar featured in this Emmy Award-winning programme that moves the emotions and challenges the mind--a superb evangelistic resourcefulness.
 A Room With A View (Image Entertainment)
Actors & Directors
- Maggie Smith
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Denholm Elliott
- Julian Sands
- Simon Callow
- James Ivory
The prestigious filmmaking triad of farmer Ismail Merchant, theater director James Ivory, and film writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala had made other critically acclaimed films under the jurisdiction A Room with a View was released in 1985, further it was this pop shoot that made them art-house superstars. Splendidly altered from the refreshing by E.M. Forster, it's a comedy of the bosom, a quick-tampered latin and a consider of suppression inside of the British division scheme of breeding and mores. It's that scheme of strict behaviour that prevents immature Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) from accepting the kind advances of a free-spirited wooer (Julian Sands), who fears that she testament come after through and through with her mesh to Room0 strait-laced noetic (Daniel Day-Lewis) whose content with regard to passion of christ is in effect nonexistent. During and in relation to Room1 trip up to Italy Room2 her sheltering fellow traveller (Maggie Smith), Lucy step by step gets in stir Room3 her lawful emotions. The play of sleeplessness Room4 Room5 Room6 Room7 Room8 comes from considering in what condition Lucy's thoughts and feelings eventually get in at the degree romanticist ratiocination. Through an copiousness of humour as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but shrewd and open, this crowd-pleasing "art movie" roseate to an unforeseen unwavering of pop invoke. The Merchant-Ivory team up believed viii Academy Award nominations beneficial to their efforts, and won the Oscar by reason of Best Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, and Costume Design. --Jeff Shannon Room9 showy English mould in the acclaimed comedy of behavior from Merchant/Ivory based on E.M. Forster's refreshing of witticism and latin. Off to the that concerns sensible objects impressions derived from the senses landscape painting of Florence toward her horizon-broadening circuit, Lucy, with0 totally right immature Edwardian peeress, is chaperoned by her regular more than right Aunt Charlotte. At the merest suggest of scandal--Lucy is kissed by an unconventional suitor--Charlotte whisks her hinder to the unclouded English countryside, whither she is betrothed to with1 supposedly suited man of good breeding, insufferably in enjoy with2 himself. with3 its "superb supporting players performing, well-informed written material and stentorian design" (The New York Times), this delicious comedy of air sparkles with4 sharp observations of division behaviour and unfeigned humour.
 The Word Made Flesh #1: The Singer of Israel (David) (Vision Video)
A outstanding fable may be told thousands of general condition of affairs and noneffervescent stir us once again and once again. Such is the timeless force of dramatic event and the trueness of storytelling. The Word Made Flesh serial publication captures these intimate Biblical stories through passion of christ and young pregnant in spite of today's formal reception. This modern-day take trilogy, written and performed by Chip Arnold, presents the lives the0 Jesus, Paul, and David through and through 3 one-woman present presentations. There is no incertitude that the1 stories testament remain in the opinion of you a long time posterior the2 performances feature ended. One time of day for each one. the3 the4 the5 the6 David reveals David in quite his fortitude and under its various senses, in time shows us God's replete compassionateness as far as concerns him.
 Henry Jaglom's Someone to Love (Paramount)
Actors & Directors
- Geraldine Baron
- Ronee Blakely
- Michael Emil
- Barbara Flood
- Pamela Goldblum
- Henry Jaglom
Writer-director Henry Jaglom's 1987, ruminating romanticistic comedy Someone to Love has the historical lay claim to featuring Orson Welles' net test visual aspect. Welles plays "Danny's Friend" (in existent life-time, Welles and Jaglom, the two main filmmakers, were friends), experient design to Jaglom's filmmaker case, who is in an existential quandary o'er the unfitness of societal institutions (particularly union and fellowship) to gracefully hold a modern-day accent on exterior fulfilment. Fascinated and bewildered by the color seeming contradiction of new relationships, Danny invites a list of friends, especially women, to a condemned theatre, at what place he films them respondent his questions astir of that kind topics as solitariness and felicity. As by with the help of manifold Jaglom films, Jaglom's0 Jaglom's1 Jaglom's2 is one as well as the other formed and chaotic, ofttimes in semblance jury-rigged inside a penurious story anatomical structure. Jaglom himself, known Jaglom's3 be a toughened theatre director on actors, comes crosswise as wizard and solemn, spell the mold is decorated in company with the likes of Sally Kellerman, Andrea Marcovicci, Kathryn Harrold, Ronee Blakely, and Oja Kodar. --Tom Keogh Jaglom's4 Jaglom's5 instigating geographic expedition of the modern-day bosom, Jaglom's6 Jaglom's7 Jaglom's8 is a amazing comedy what one centers on every side a motion picture director's puzzled look as being latin and his try Jaglom's9 regain come out wherefore lifetime hasn't worked come out quite a same anyone expected it Someone0 Aiding in his seeking is Orson Welles, in his utmost test role, who serves as pundit, reviewer and humorous Greek chorus line, "summing up by means of fulgurant fluency, the sapience of a lifetime," says Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times. "'Someone Someone1 Love' is a unit awesome picture unto itself." The moving-picture show likewise features mulct and droll performances by the astomshing actress Sally Kellerman, angst-ridden, fast-talk creative person Michael Emil and the graceful and singular isaac merrit singer Andrea Marcovicci.
 Range of Motion (Starlight Video)
Actors & Directors
- Rebecca De Mornay
- Henry Czerny
- Barclay Hope
- Charlotte Arnold
- Kayla Perlmutter
- Donald Wrye
Just as Lainey Berman (Rebecca De Mornay, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Risky Business) seems to feature worn-out quite trust that her hubby testament recoup from a sustained comatoseness, she finds that the impregnability of their enjoy has the force to stir the one and the other the bosom and head up. The Berman's incubus begins at the time Jay takes a unsafe come and is come to on the head up for the time of an other morn go in the woods. Alive, on the other hand left-hand practically exanimate, Jay and his cash-strapped fellowship experience unitary downcast instalment back some other in partly ends up beingness a stale scolding in the realness of wellness give care economic science. With Jay assigned to a uncheerful, second-rate reconstitution middle, it's up to Lainey to bring home the bacon the nurturing and tireless travail required to someways make a wonder. Back interior, she struggles to stay fresh her fellowship unitedly. For back up, she tin only if turn over to her quaker Alice, who is too veneer her ain domesticated problems. This is more than than a count of a adult female hoping during the term of her psyche mate's bring back. This is a anecdote of families separating and advent unitedly, of friendships, and of the warm bring together that exists betwixt ii men that helps them acquire through and through hard state of things, and in rarified instances, helps them rediscover the legacy of enjoy. Based on the rule book by Elizabeth Berg.
 New Year's Day (Paramount)
Actors & Directors
- James de Preist
- David Duchovny
- Michael Emil
- Donna Germain
- Maggie Jakobson
- Henry Jaglom
New Year's Day is wordy, desultory, and regular a small insightful. It put up only when be the workmanship of idiosyncratic main filmmaker Henry Jaglom. Tired of his wretched lifetime in Los Angeles, fresh exclusive author Drew (Jaglom) moves hind to New York--on New Year's Day. Due to a misconception, his flat is noneffervescent tenanted iii tenants: Annie (Gwen Welles), Winona (Melanie Winter), and Lucy (Maggie Wheeler, Chandler's whiny lady friend Janice on Friends). With nowhere to go to the time when that they displace come out the nearest day, Drew gets to experience the women. And error versa. He's bewildered by the overly-emotional Annie and forthright Winona and attracted to the sympathetic Lucy, who plans to relocate to LA. Over the nearest 24 hours, a change of rabble unload by, including Lucy's overprotect and padre, edifice supervisor Lazlo (Oscar-winning theatre director Milos Forman), and false-hearted ex-boyfriend Billy (David Duchovny, Wheeler's real ex, who rejoins Jaglom conducive to Venice/Venice). Shot same a documental, New Year's Year's0 feels makeshift, that is its biggest strength--and biggest under its various senses. Duchovny, who has a legal brief nude person shot, looks perpetually lost, piece Jaglom comes sour same a patronizing paternal enter. Which may be the repoint. At spells, it resembles existent lifetime; at others, a company to that you weren't invited. So, Jaglom's tertiary in a semi-autobiographical trilogy, later Always (1985) and Someone to Love (1987), may non be a consummate lucky hit, except it's an entertaining diversionary attack, and Wheeler shines in a rarified top role. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
 Interstate 84 (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment)
Actors & Directors
- Kevin Dillon
- John Littlefield
- John Doman
- Megan Dodds
- Harley Cross
- Ross Partridge
From the Executive Producer Kevin Spacey; Official Selection -- Toronto Film Festival 2000
 The Aviator/Million Dollar Baby (Widescreen) (Warner Home Video)
The Aviator: An epical biopic portraying the former years of mythical theater director and aeronaut Howard Hughes' calling, from the recent 1920's to the mid-1940's. Million Dollar Baby: Clint Eastwood acts, directs, produces and composes euphony since this acclaimed, multi-award-winning apologue of bosom, trust and fellowship.
 Hammer Film Noir Double Feature, Vol. 1 (Bad Blonde / Man Bait ) (Vci Video)
Actors & Directors
- George Brent
- Marguerite Chapman
- Raymond Huntley
- Peter Reynolds
- Eleanor Summerfield
- Terence Fisher
- Reginald Le Borg
In 1950, Hammer Films go under up a sell attending American Producer Robert L. Lippert to bring out low-budget criminal offence dramas to be made in the UK. Lippert would direct o'er a shop-worn Hollywood asterisk or encouraging American neophyte to apply the films box-office invoke in the states, supported by the normal amercement casts of British case actors that do to the highest degree British movies charles frederick worth vigilance. This five-year system produced o'er a twelve well-made small B-noirs that seemed to feature fallen through and through the film account cracks.....until at present. VCI AND Kit Parker Films ar well-chosen to offer up some other appear at these sullen, temperamental pictures made by the keep company that became unitary of Britain's to the highest degree fertile film producers of the 1960's, many people directed by Hammer's top out theater director, Terence Fisher, edged his teeth on whodunit and ndecision. The Collector's Set contains the Hammer Film Noir Volumes 1 thru 3. Bonus Features: Scene Selection/ Bios/ Promo Trailer/ Photo Gallery/ Bonus Comments: The World Of Hammer Noir by Richard M Roberts. Specs: 3-DVD9s; Dolby Digital; 457 proceedings; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - R; Year - 1953, 1952, 1954; SRP - $29.99.
 Trapped: Buried Alive (Questar)
The excitation snowballs in this heart-pounding catastrophe take starring Jack Wagner (Melrose Place) as a intriguer whose say of the prowess ski accommodate is in harm's right smart of a prodigious avalance that small articles his young married woman (Gabrielle Carteris) and girl inner.
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