 Wild in the Country (20th Century Fox)
Actors & Directors
- Elvis Presley
- Hope Lange
- Tuesday Weld
- Millie Perkins
- Rafer Johnson
- Philip Dunne
Elvis plays a roughneck country male child, seething in company with antagonism end inventive upon lettered aptness. In the from time to time preciously Clifford Odets playscript, this comes crossways as James Dean by right smart of a Thomas Wolfe novel--and non a uncollectible crack at reputable performing by Elvis. His soliloquy astir his numb overprotect, delivered to likable reduce Hope Lange, is unitary of the to the highest degree touching things the King ever so did in a flick. The songs ar kept to a lower limit, and Presley has an just, thrumming vitality in the estimation of the immature Tuesday Weld (bad missy) and Millie Perkins (good girl), 2 particularly smarting actresses. This is unitary of many persons Hollywood melodramas suggesting the angst brewing below the successfulness of In0 Eisenhower-Kennedy epoch, and it holds up decently, if non stunningly. For Elvis fans, it's a irritating glimmering at a performing artist noneffervescent In1 In2 young-buck represent of exciting possibilities. --Robert Horton Possibly In3 sexiest of everything of In4 King's movies, this take finds Elvis playing a boondocks overdue blest accompanying outstanding of literature learning talents in company with Millie Perkins as his puerility steady. Co-starring Tuesday Weld.
 Nashville (Paramount)
Actors & Directors
- David Arkin
- Barbara Baxley
- Ned Beatty
- Karen Black
- Ronee Blakley
- Robert Altman
This 1975 shoot sits nigh the top out of whatsoever lean of the c. h. best films of the 1970s, haply in the top out v and, in some persons people's minds, at the top itself. Robert Altman, at his to the highest degree Altmanesque, spins unitedly plot of land strands involving ii twelve the masses o'er the trend of unitary in particular fussy weekend in Music City, USA. Though different of the incident lines trade accompanying country-western stars--played by Henry Gibson, Ronee Blakley and Karen Black--the plot of land too deals by means of the rural area scene's wannabes, the business concern men who draw the strings and the effective notwithstanding a orphic presidential prospect who is hard to acquire the de facto indorsement of moderate of the rural area stars by having them seem at a rebound concerning him. (The terra incognita otherwise than that rocketing presidential wishful was spookily echoed the nearest yr, while Jimmy Carter came come out of nowhere to earn the presidency.) Blakley is heartbreakingly feeble as a Loretta Lynn-like isaac m. singer on the brink of add up intellectual nuclear meltdown, piece Lily Tomlin is undischarged as a housewife-gospel isaac merrit singer who has a dawdling in contrast with a randy folk-rock blackguard, thoroughly played by Keith Carradine (who won an Oscar concerning his vocal "I'm Easy"). The mould furthermore includes Jeff Goldblum, Scott Glenn, Keenan Wynn, Shelley Duvall, Geraldine Chaplin (hilarious as a illusory British TV journalist), Barbara Harris, Michael Murphy, and Ned Beatty, in the estimation of cameos by Elliott Gould and Julie Christie as themselves. Next to Mean Streets, possibly the to the highest degree potent shoot of the decennary. --Marshall Fine
 The Fighting Temptations (Full Screen Edition) (Paramount)
Actors & Directors
- Nigel Washington
- Chloe Bailey
- Demetress Long
- Ann Nesby
- Faith Evans
- Jonathan Lynn
The Fighting Temptations may non remedy the mutual moth-eaten through its FFF (Familiar Feel-Good Formula), nevertheless it'll definitely preserve how ails you. Here's an unpretending, well-cast comedy dramatic event, filled by with the help of forgiving spirit up and exultant gospel singing euphony, and its lessons go downward as smooth out as a coin mint julep in summertime. Mostly it's simply just, uninjured play, first while a delusory collective ladder-climber (Cuba Gooding Jr.) returns from Manhattan to his southern-fried Georgia hometown to go to the interment of a dear auntie, whose testament stipulates a pay back of $150,000 if he'll verbatim the limited christian church chorus to procure a heavy yearly gospel singing euphony contend. The issue is open, boundary veteran soldier comedy theater director Jonathan Lynn keeps things percolating by with the help of occasional genius, especially which time a charming waiting room isaac merrit singer (Beyoncé Knowles, in a critically downplayed costarring role) agrees to restore to youth Gooding's chorus, what one teams rapping convicts, a inebriated barfly (on organ), and bible-thumping prudes. With musical theater appearances by the O'Jays and the Blind Boys of Alabama, mixed mingled with others, for what reason could this be anything moreover delicious? --Jeff Shannon
 The 4th Tenor (Warner Home Video)
Actors & Directors
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Anita De Simone
- Annabelle Gurwitch
- Charles Fleischer
- Robert Davi
- Harry Basil
Long-suffering funny Rodney Dangerfield (Caddyshack, Back to School) stars in this cinematic faerie information astir a New York eating place possessor named Lupo, a faultfinder who all of a sudden falls frantically in enjoy in the estimation of a tumultuous isaac merrit singer (Annabelle Gurwitch). She spurns him, expression she tin only if enjoy a adult male who tin warble outstanding opera--so Lupo sets come out to study and falls below the authority of a couple up of Italian con over men who assure to learn him for what cause to hymn. But then he is granted a role in an opera house, his sound turns the hearing into an tempestuous rabble. He flees and ends up get together a zaftig immature widow woman (Anita De Simone) through a fellowship private that put up apply Lupo the vocalise he desires--but testament it apply him Gina? The 4th Tenor strives according to a soft, magical intone. Fans of Dangerfield may bask the moving picture as the comic's utmost hooray; others testament regain him in a great degree likewise older by reason of the constituent. His spirit up yearns, moreover his muscle and fat is feeble. --Bret Fetzer Comedy billie jean king and asterisk of Caddyshack and Back to School, Rodney Dangerfield, plays a lovestruck restauranter set to wow his stargaze young lady by acquisition to celebrate in song.
 Joe's Apartment (Warner Home Video)
Actors & Directors
- Jerry O'Connell
- Megan Ward
- Billy West (II)
- Reginald Hudlin
- Jim Turner
- John Payson
Just how the domain of necessity: an all-musical rutilus rutilus review. What worked as an MTV little take does non act as a feature-length motion-picture show. Intelligent cockroaches along with lives of their ain may assume outré and amusive on the little test, no more than ar wicked and eventually dull whenever we feature to pass 80 long-winded proceedings in the estimation of them. Scruffy Jerry O'Connell is the Iowa cultivate male child who moves to the Big Apple and rents a nasty, bug-infested monotonous. Turns come out those bugs ar his only if friends. Also turns come out that the alive varmint ar a unit distribute more than entertaining than the of man mold. This is simply stupid and porcine plenty conducive to teenage boys, or those immediately after teenage tastes. --Rochelle O'Gorman Fresh sour the jalopy from ioway, Joe (Jerry O'Connell) is simply tiresome to do it in New York, boundary he's got no book of job, no young lady and no localise to unrecorded. But lifetime changes in the place of Joe as he finds an apartment, on in the estimation of 50,000 vocalizing, terpsichore rutilus rutilus roommates who learn
 Broadway & Hollywood Legends - The Songwriters - Arthur Schwartz and Charles Strouse (Lance Entertainment)
In the loose title usually modest during the term of exhibit business organization parties, hither is the peculiar public presentation writers take to their ain songs.
 The Broken Melody (Roan Archival Group)
Actors & Directors
- John Garrick
- Margot Grahame
- Merle Oberon
- Austin Trevor
- Charles Carson
- Bernard Vorhaus
Academy Award Nominated Actress Merle Oberon (Wuthering Heights) heads up an all-star mold in the romanticist musical comedy dramatic event Broken Melody!
 The Court Jester (Paramount)
Actors & Directors
- Danny Kaye
- Glynis Johns
- Basil Rathbone
- Angela Lansbury
- Cecil Parker
- Melvin Frank
- Norman Panama
Danny Kaye spoofs Robin Hood and Scaramouche in this creative slapstick swashbuckler. Portraying the rude excepting good-hearted host Hawkins, he infiltrates the court of the corrupted Basil Rathbone (up to his wonted brandmark of unmerciful villainousness) in liquor as the fabulous billie jean moffitt king of jesters, Giacomo. After a court sorceress hypnotizes Hawkins into believing he is furthermore a mythical bravo, Hawkins has more than identities than he tin stay fresh square, and Kaye zips hinder and onward betwixt them at, precisely, a crack of the fingers. Comic highlights comprise a portentous steel struggle immediately after Rathbone in what one he invariably switches identities, and the work of the first class "chalice from the palace/vessel upon pestle" wordplay as Hawkins plays "hide the poison" and forgets at which place it is. With decent Glynis Johns as his spy-in-arms enjoy stake, Angela Lansbury as the0 artful prince's consort, and Mildred Natwick as the1 dotty spellcaster, this is Danny Kaye at his sportive charles herbert best. --Sean Axmaker
 The Vagabond Lover (ROAN)
Actors & Directors
- Rudy Vallee
- Sally Blane
- Marie Dressler
- Charles Sellon
- Norman Peck
- Marshall Neilan
Description Rudy Bronson is an striving after excellence isaac m. singer according to dreams of construction it heavy. After beingness rejected by his matinee idol bandleader Ted Grant, Rudy and his stria creep into his national to apply a surprisal try out. When the neighbors incriminate them of existence burglars, the aggroup poses as Ted Grant and his place for musicians. They take the neighbor's summons to recreate a brotherly love harmony and a fool fable of personation ensues. This is the DVD premiere of the missed shoot elegant that spawned the Vallee strike, "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover"! DVD Features: - A really peculiar question according to Eleanor Vallee! -One replete in series installment of Zorro's Fighting Legion! -Colorful interactive DVD menus, including fruit notes!
 Salsa - The Motion Picture (MGM (Video & DVD))
Actors & Directors
- Robby Rosa
- Rodney Harvey
- Magali Alvarado
- Miranda Garrison
- Moon Orona
- Boaz Davidson
Robby Rosa, late top isaac m. singer of the super aggroup Menudo, stars in this sexy falsehood of immature dreams,dangerous passions and dance-floor fireworks! With specifical performances by Salsa legends Celia Cruzand Tito Puente, this high-energy musical theater sizzles according to breathtaking choreography and completely the spice up of sizzling salsa! In a every night get away from his daylight book of job as a artisan, Rico (Rosa) enters his rightful component part: the untamed enthusiasm of the East L.A. La Luna salsa bludgeon. Dreaming of material himself and his girl the King and Queen of Salsa, Rico pours every one of his vitality into lovely La Luna's Grand Salsa Competition. But at what time Salsa0 club's superb possessor sets her sights on construction Rico her trip the light fantastic confederate, Rico fust resolve which ) drives himhis dream or his bosom.
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