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This review refers to the Anchor Bay DVD of “Nosferatu…The Vampyre” (1979 version/1999 DVD release)…..

I Love It!..I say this very enthusiastically, as normally I am slow to warm to remakes. Especially when the original is such a masterpiece itself. This German remake is magnificent. Written, produced and directed by Werner Herzog, and starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, and Bruno Ganz, it’s an intoxicating,and edge of your seat horror film, that you won’t want to miss a minute of.The images are beautifully photographed,the score is inticing,the story is brillantly acted and Herzog is artful in his direction.

The story takes place in the mid 19th century. Johnathan Harker, is about to leave his most beautiful and pure hearted wife Lucy to complete a big real estate deal. He must travel far to Transylvania, and not many are willing to lead him there. There are stories of wolves and spirits, and beautiful Lucy has a bad premonition of things to come.

Johnathon does not heed any of the warnings. He arrives, after a long journey, at the castle of “Count Dracula”. Dracula(Kinski) is horrifying to look at and mysterious as well. Harker, closes the deal, and, the vampire Dracula is off to spread the Plague and danger to Harker’s town and mostly his pure hearted wife! It’s as thrilling as any Dracula movie ever and even “Renfield” adds his charms!

Anchor Bay has made a nice transfer to DVD. The wonderful cinematography is done justice as it is presented in widescreen(1.85:1), with a nice picture and colors(although at times it seemed a bit grainey). It may be viewed in either the original German Language(Dolby surround) with or without English subtitles, or the English Language version(Mono),also widescreen. There are no subtitiles on the English side, but was helpful to view all the credits in English after I watched the German version. There is director commentary, behind the scene featurettes and U.S. and Spanish Theatrical trailers. It also came in one of the better DVD cases I’ve seen.

This masterful remake of an already classic German masterpiece, is a wonderful homage to F.W. Murnau. If you haven’t seen it yet, go for it, it’s well worth it.

Have dinner with “The Count”….enjoy…Laurie

“Nosferatu the Vampyre” is director Werner Herzog’s tribute to F. W. Murnau, whom he considers to be Germany’s greatest filmmaker, as well as a haunting gothic horror tale in its own right. It is a remake of Murnau’s 1922 film “Nosferatu”, which is the earliest surviving cinematic adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula”. Herzog has combined ideas from Murnau’s film, Bram Stoker’s novel, and his own imagination in creating a film that is, if anything, even more expressionistic and romanticist than the 1922 masterpiece. It is also more languid and pathetic than other “Dracula” adaptations.

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This version of the Dracula tale, like 1922’s “Nosferatu”, takes place in Germany and Transylvania. Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) is a real estate agent employed by a madman named Renfield (Roland Topor) to deliver a contract to Count Dracula in Transylvania, who wishes to purchase property in Wismar, Germany. When he reaches his destination, Jonathan finds a hideous, predatory Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski) eager to sign the deed to his new home. Several days later, ill and traumatized by horrors that he experienced at Dracula’s castle, Jonathan understands that his young wife Lucy (Isabelle Adjani) will be in grave danger if Dracula reaches Wismar and sets out to save her. Count Dracula’s arrival in Wismar coincides with the Plague. The city is overrun with rats and its population decimated by disease. Only Lucy comprehends the nature of the evil that has befallen the city and understands what she must do to stop it.

“Nosferatu the Vampyre” adheres pretty closely to Murnau’s storyline, rather than Stoker’s, except for the ending. The characters and actions have been embellished, however, sometimes with inspiration from the “Dracula” novel. Herzog’s film moves slowly but steadily and spends more time with the characters than any previous “Dracula” adaptation. Count Dracula closely resembles Murnau’s vampire but is even more grotesque and the least aristocratic of any cinematic Dracula. He is rodent-like and closely associated with rats and the Plague. But he departs from other Dracula interpretations in lamenting his permanent un-dead existence without light or love for centuries, which makes him a slightly tragic character. Although Count Dracula is the force that drives the narrative, the first half of the film is about Jonathan, and the second half concentrates on Lucy. Lucy Harker takes much inspiration from the character of Mina Harker in the novel “Dracula”. The film’s Lucy is more mystical and less methodical than the book’s Mina. But, like Mina, she is stronger and smarter than the characters who surround her, and she tries her best to save everyone in spite of their blindness. Isabelle Adjani’s Lucy Harker is the strongest heroine of any “Dracula” film.

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Like Murnau’s 1922 film, “Nosferatu the Vampyre” is visually expressionistic and romanticist. More of the film takes place outdoors than in other adaptations. There are lots of wide open spaces which are brightly lit, lending the outdoor scenes an airy feel, while scenes indoors tend to be dark and oppressive. This is clearly taken from the Murnau film, with its seaside scenes and bright sunshine. But the color cinematography and superior technology creates a sense of space that Murnau’s film doesn’t have. Colored lighting is lifted directly from Murnau’s film, however. 1922’s “Nosferatu” was filmed in black-and-white and tinted several colors to communicate time and mood. “Nosferatu the Vampyre”’s night scenes are bathed in blue light, and the inside of Dracula’s castle is close to sepia, producing much the same effects as Murnau’s toning.

English and German versions of “Nosferatu the Vampyre” were filmed concurrently. Werner Herzog shot the scenes with dialogue twice -once in German, once in English. The two versions differ by only seconds in length, but they are edited slightly differently. Whichever one you see, “Nosferatu the Vampyre” is one of the most interesting adaptations of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”, even if it is an indirect adaptation. It is also the slowest paced and highly expressionistic, which somewhat narrow its appeal.
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This DVD includes:
*8 Episodes from the Spongebob TV Show:
Ripped Pants, SB-129, Texas, Something Smells, Jellyfishing, Dying for Pie, Wormy, & F.U.N.
*2 Never before seen on TV Spongebob episodes:
The Graveyard Shift & Club Spongebob
*Violent Femmes Sing Spongebob Squarepants
*Backstage Pants Featurette
*More Spongebob Squarepants Secrets
*Dolby Digital: English Surround Sound
* Episode Selection
*Interative Menu & Motion Menus

This is an awesome DVD! It has 10 awesome episodes (including 2 never before seen ones), cool behind the scenes feature, and much more! I recommend this for any Spongebob fan!

Included on this disc are 10 hilarious episodes of Spongebob Squarepants. Once you buy this, you have 2 hours of Spongy-ness at your fingertips. Just pop it in and hit “play all 10″ and there’s an evening of entertainment right there! This DVD includes everything on the two VHS tapes (Nautical Nonsense & Sponge Buddies) available now so DVD is definitely the way to go. The episodes are as follows and in this order: “Ripped Pants”, “SB-129″, “Texas”, “The Graveyard Shift”, “Something Smells”, “Jellyfishing”, “Dying for Pie”, “Wormy”, “F.U.N.”, and “Club Spongebob”. The extra features are “Backstage pants” -an optional feature that you switch on before watching and at certain points in the episode you may go backstage to meet characters and crew, “More Spongebob Secrets” - a look at things like recording the voices, animation process, and sketching characters, and the Violent Femmes sing “Spongebob Squarepants”. The DVD is great fun and if you or your kids love it, its worth the buy! The only gripe I have is that I wish they (Paramount/Nickelodeon) would have just brought out the first season of the series and then subsequent series after that. I think they would have sold just as well that way. Anyway get this DVD soon!

Some things you will hear on this DVD:
“I BURNT MYSELF!!!…at night.”
“Are you ready now?, How bout now?, now?”
“Can we say that shoes from Texas are dumb?”
“Get a dog little oggie.”
“Am I ugly?…Am I ugly?…Am I ugly?”

Something you will learn from this DVD:
You may not be ugly, it could be your ketchup, onion, and dirt breath!

Something you will do while watching this DVD:
Laugh hard enough to rip your pants!
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the best show on TV, let me have it on great, commercial free DVD quality rather than waking up early to watch it on A&E. The faster this comes out, the better, get all of the seasons out, please!

I’m a huge fan of Third Watch and learned a while back that the reason it’s taken sooooooooooooooooo long for them to come out on DVD in the US is because of copyright issues on the AWESOME music that plays throughout the show. It’s been released in Japan for years. Sheesh! I can hardly wait to get my copy!
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The two-disc special edition of New Jack City is a great investment for fans of the classic hip-hop drama. Released in 1991, New Jack City was the first feature film Mario Van Peebles released. The film also was a breeding ground for actors who went on to have very successful careers. The music of the “New Jack” movie is almost as memorable as the movie itself. Ice T stars in the film as a “New Jack” cop who goes undercover to break down the “CMB” crime mob. Crack was running rampant. Wesley Snipes starred as Nino Brown and Allen Payne starred as his right hand man “G-Money.” It’s a great film and Chris Rock appears in the film as a crack head named Pookie. “New Jack City” is the first hip-hop gangsta movie classic. It wasn’t just a shoot em’ up bang bang movie, it really captures the essence of those mafia/organized crime movies. The DVD’s packaging is very nice.

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The Road To New Jack City-

This is hands down the best featurette on the special features.

Usually when you see these behind the scenes features, at lease one of the main actors is missing. Not so with New Jack City. Mario Van Peebles (actor/director), Ice-T, Chris Rock, Wesley Snipes, Allen Payne and Judd Nelson speak on the film. It’s really interesting to see the actors express their feelings about the film. Nino Brown is such a memorable character and Wesley Snipes seems very upbeat in reminiscing about the film. This featurette is really amazing because they get inside of every major character involved in the film. They even discuss certain scenes. This is great.

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NJC-A Hip Hop Classic

Fab Five, Nappy Roots, Truth Hurts, A DJ from Power 106, Ed Lover, Ice T, Warren G, and a few others speak about the film and the films soundtrack. Cassandra Mills-the soundtracks producer tells the story of the films soundtrack. She states this was the first soundtrack that featured rap, hip-hop and pop songs. She explained how Color Me Badd had a #1 song, the Christopher Williams song was doing it’s thing on the pop charts and the Ice T song was thing on the rap chart. She states they had three hit songs from the soundtrack prior to the film even coming out.

Music Videos

Ice T-New Jack Hustler

Color Me Badd-I Wanna Sex You Up

Don’t Wake Me (I’m Dreamin)-Christopher Williams

Two disc set also includes a feature title “Harlem World-A Walk Inside (Mario takes viewers on a tour of memorable locations seen in the film) and Director/Co-Star commentary by Mario Van Peebles.

Mario Van Peebles directed and co-stars in this influential and well filmed urban crime saga that surprisingly still holds up today. New Jack City, like King of New York, Boyz N the Hood and Menace II Society, has spawned a host of immitators to this day, but it’s Peebles heartfelt message that sets New Jack City apart from others. Peebles stars as one of the honest cops (along with pimp turned rapper turned actor Ice-T and Judd Nelson) trying to nail ruthless drug czar Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes) and bring down his empire of drugs and murder, to little avail. A young Chris Rock stars as a recovering addict who Ice-T and co. look upon to help them nab Nino, but it soon proves to be something that is much easier said than done. Unlike the “gangsta” films that followed, New Jack City offered a glimmer of hope under the violence and pounding hip-hop soundtrack, and it helped launch the career of the charismatic Snipes who would become an action star as the decade progressed. The rest of the cast does great as well, and it’s nice to see that the film gets the Special Edition treatment it has deserved. All in all, New Jack City remains a near classic of the genre, and still manages to hold up to this day.
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Quite easily a front runner for the title of best POW movie ever made, “Stalag 17″ is expertly directed by Billy Wilder to provide humour, drama, satire and sadness….and William Holden in his Oscar winning performance as the cynical POW sergeant, Sefton, makes this movie a class act from start to finish !

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American POW’s under the watchful eye of camp commander Von Scherbach (Otto Preminger at his sinister best) are suspicious of a traitor in their ranks…escape plans are going horribly wrong…lives are being lost….and the finger of guilt point’s to the crafty, opportunistic Sefton. William Holden was well deserving of the 1953 Best Actor Oscar as the somewhat unlikeable and moody Sefton. Taking advantage of his fellow POW’s and filling his footlocker with contrband purchased from the income off his “racetrack”, “moonshine” and “telescope” rackets, Sefton then suddenly finding himself the victim of circumstance and his own cynical nature. Holden took on a particularly difficult role, as Sefton is definitely not what you would call a likeable character…only looking out for his own welfare, negative of his fellow prisoners escape attempts and eager to pick up an extra dollar any way he can from other prisoners. The character of Sergeant Sefton is arguably one of the first anti-hero’s of film drama. Fine support is provided in the film by the hilarious comic talents of Robert Strauss & Harvey Lembeck (Animal & Harry Shapiro)…just love that dreamy Betty Grable dance sequence…plus the fine character actor, Sig Ruman is very funny as chess playing German guard, Schulz.

A quite youthful Peter Graves plays security officer “Price”, Gil Stratton narrates the tale as the meek “Cookie”…Sefton’s trusty sidekick…..and actors Richard Erdman & Neville Brand are solid as “Hoffy” & “Duke”, the two leaders of the POW barracks.

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“Stalag 17″ is thoroughly enjoyable on so many levels due to the fine balance of performances between the cast members and the equilibrium between tension and humour that Wilder maintains throughout this memorable movie….

I’ve noticed some reviewers have called this film a “time passer” or that it is “nothing spectacular”…are they sure we are discussing the same movie ??? “Stalag 17″ is top class entertainment and it’s release on DVD (albeit without any extra features) is long overdue and well received.

A high calibre production that deserves a place in any true film fans movie collection !

This is not your typical WWII war movie. Great acting by William Holden. He won the Oscar for best actor. Robert Strauss and Harry Lembeck are blazingly funny as 2 other POW’s along with Holden. The movie is set in a German prison camp during WWII a week before Christmas. Holden is suspected of being a nazi spy living with the POW’s. He’s not, but he’s going to find out who is. The other prisoner’s have already beaten him and and taken some of his possessions. Definitely the best POW movie ever. The DVD has no “special” features such as behind the scenes or information about the cast. It does have scene selection, Dolby Digital, and English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impared. This DVD is the “Standard version” aspect ratio. The movie came out in 1953 when the movie studios were going to “Widescreen” but I think it was shot before they adapted. So this DVD is basically how it looked in the theatre. The transfer to DVD is great. It looks as if they restored it some. This is definitely one for your DVD collection.
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Has it really been 25 years since this movie was released?

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That was my first thought when I heard this movie was being released on Blu-ray. My second thought was that my ever burgeoning Blu-ray collection would be increasing by at least one more movie in August.

I will discuss the plot later in this review but I am suspecting that most customers checking this Blu-ray catalog item out on Amazon are perhaps more interested in the Picture and Audio and the special features.

I have never seen the HD-DVD but have read that the HD-DVD transfer was simply horrible and was bracing myself to be disappointed with the quality of the Blu-ray release.

While the transfer is a far cry from anything that anyone would cite as reference quality with a lot of the scenes suffering a smoky look at times, the colors are OK with some distinct black and white levels, but on other occasions muted too much. Still it is an improvment over the previous DVD release, though it’’s questionable if this should be enough to double-dip.

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The audio has some nice surround and great bass but again is also somewhat average, so if you are expecting an audio track to rival more recent movies you will likely be disappointed.

The highlight of rhe special features is the audio commentary between director Nick Castle and production designer Ron Cobb. This is evidently an old audio track but the two seem to have an enjoyable time. There is also a Making of featurette called “Crossing the Frontier” and, as one would expect with a movie touring itself as a 25th Anniversary Edition, a new featurette that includes cast and crew looking back on the movie and their roles as mentors.

The movie follows the adventures of Alex Rogan (played by Lance Guest). Living in a trailer park and with a beautiful girlfriend Alex spends his time mastering a video arcade game in between doing oddjobs for his neighbors. However, after a particularly successful game at the controls, he is visited by a mysterious character. It turns out that the video game is used as a recruiting tool of sorts to locate those who would be great intergalactic fighter pilots.

Before Alex knows what has hit him the bewildered teen is whisked off across the galaxy and discovers that what was once just a video game is now all too real.

Yes, it’s good old 1980s cheese and the early CGI effects are much less impressive now than they were 25 years ago, but for a pure fun movie that does not take itself too seriously you can do much worse

The Last Starfighter is essentially a space opera hinged on the fantasy that video game skills will save the day. Obviously this movie was made for the young teen crowd (essentially 13 yr old boys with Ataris/ Intelivisions/ColecoVisions/etc) and has its share of action and comedy that, like most space operas in the 80’s, has more than one similarity to Star Wars (but then again Star Wars was a homage to the classic space operas of the golden age of television). So it’s not high caliber sci-fi, but it’s not B-movie fodder either.

The story is pretty simple: Evil leader of evil aliens wants to attack good aliens, so in walks a single hero who is the last hope for freedom. That’s about it. The movie doesn’t deviate too far from this premise other than to further flesh out the fish-out-of-water scenario of an 80’s Earthling thrust into space (as well as a little fun with an alien in 80’s Earth) as well as the inner battle of said Earthling to stay and fight for a Star League he doesn’t know or stay home and go to community college. A serviceable story, if not deep.

The acting does make the simple story enjoyable to watch. Lance Guest seems to have fun with the role, which works for the character. Biggest props go to esteemed Robert Preston’s Centauri, who plays the role with the style of a magician and the charisma P.T. Barnum. Another esteemed actor, Dan O’Herlihy, does a surprisingly good performance. Especially when you consider he is wearing full prosthetics with less facial mobility than the costumes from the original Planet of the Apes. Yeah there is a bit of theatrical “drama”, but that works with the whole space opera motif.

Special effects are a benchmark here because this is the first film to incorporate live action elements to computer generated animation. The CGA is pretty barbaric by today’s standards and even back then was noticeable. The biggest glare in this are the scenes flying in around asteroids, which look pretty “plastic” CG-wise. However the CG ships looked awesome and you can’t beat the camera angles and fly-byes that computer animation affords. Plus back then this was pretty state of the art.

The original DVD was released years ago and not too long ago an HD-DVD release was done. Both were pretty good in their format, but this Blu-Ray is a true remastering of the movie. It’s a MPEG-4 codec on a BD-25 (25 gigabyte single layer Blu-ray Disc) in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. It looks like a lot of the grain was taken out too, and for some that could be annoying if you are really into the true theater look. Still the images are a good deal sharper and look better than any previous release (including the HD-DVD release). The CG effects really stand out, and while I liked it that aspect also separated those scenes more from the live action shots as far as differences in detail, color and lighting. All in all it’s a great transfer/remaster in spite of it not being perfect (then again how many 15 year old movies can really stand up to current digital transfers?).

The Blu-Ray comes with the same features as the DVD release only the new documentary is in high definition and you get a few Blu-Ray centric features like BDLive and D-Box compatibility (that’s a motion control chair that responds to queues from the movie). Extras are as follows:

Commentary with director Nick Castle and production designer Ron Cobb - It’s informative and entertaining hearing the two banter between each other. You can tell they enjoyed making this movie.

Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter - This was in the original DVD release. Lance Guest hosts this half hour documentary going behind the scenes on the technical and other aspects of the movie.

Heroes of the Screen (in HD) - Essentially interviews with cast and crew talking about how the movie was made and how they felt about the production.

DTS-HD 5.1 in English and subtitled in English (SDH), Spanish and French - Can’t speak for the accuracy of the subtitles, but the English audio sounds great. Not a whole lot of surround sound stuff going on, but then again this is an older movie.

Theatrical and teaser trailer - Standard definition. Not much to say here.

Image gallery - Includes rare production photos, promotional stuff and content from an alternate ending.

This movie is definitely a time capsule for 80’s science fiction and is very much a product of that time. If you like that sort of charm then by all means pick this one up. If you already have the original DVD you were definitely enjoy the updated visuals and sound as well as the new interviews. It’s worth the double dip.
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I have to be different from most of the other reviewers and give this movie a full 5 stars. It is one of my favorites. As a former hookup man, crew chief, flight engineer, and door gunner, I have seen exactly the type of character assortment and wacky actions that this film portrays. There is always one that is afraid of dying. There is always AT LEAST one hung over person, usually with a barf bag within reach. There is always the one that tries to ride herd on the rest and keep them paying attention to their job. There is always one glory hound that feels he must get a shot at everybody’s job so he has bragging rights when he gets home. So this set of characters is totally credible and all were played with extraordinary skill. I love them all, even the jerk.

As for historical accuracy, it is not accurate. They based the story on the Memphis Belle, but incorporated all the incidents and accidents that happened to the flying fortresses. If it didn’t happen to the Belle, her crew witnessed it. In my opinion, the movie is made better for this. It also serves to educate people about the realities of WWII bomber flights. I’m all for that. The public needs to be made aware that these men went through a hell that most cannot begin to imagine. Thus, this movie performs a vital function.

As for the entertainment value … it is top of the line. You will feel the pain and dodge the shrapnel! The anti-aircraft rounds make me get in fast motion! I especially like the part about the monkey harness and can identify fully with it. The pilot always had to force me to put mine on, and like the guy in this movie, it saved my bacon once. There’s just no comparison to flapping in the breeze beneath an aircraft while other crewmembers try to haul you back aboard. (But you’ll never have to be told to put on your monkey harness again!) Thus, I identify and empathize with his position … literally!

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I watched this great movie with wonder at all the restored vintage B-17 bombers used in the filming. When one watches as they take off and land with such dangerous imprecision, it’s remarkable to realize how far we’ve come technologically since those dangerous days of daylight bombing by the Americans (the Brits went at night) and the murderous losses over German skies. All of this as depicted was before we developed the P-51 with its much longer range and its ability to escort the bombers to the target area to fend off Luftwaffe fighters who shot down so many bombers in 1942, 1943, and 1944.

This is a wonderful movie, very accurate, authentic, and quite appealing. Starring Matthew Modine as the Pilot of the fabled “Memphis Belle”, the first bomber crew to accomplish its mission tour and be returned to the states (to sell war bonds, among other things), is retells the amazing story of how thousands of kids as depicted here went off to England to fly thousands and thousands of planes through the perilous skies of Europe in a sustained effort to bomb the Third Reich into submission. Off they went, seeking the industrial and urban targets, knowing full well they might as well have had `bullseyes’ painted on their fuselages. The costs of flying the missions in terms of lost people and planes were almost overwhelming to the Allies.

The story is told in all its fullness, and one comes to recognize just how many of these plucky kids leaving the air field would never come back, as the daily losses to German fighters, flak and mishap were atrocious. Yet they went up again the next day and the next and the next, in a dazzling display of uncommon courage, tenacity, and maturity beyond their tender years. This is a poignant and well-told, scripted and acted story brilliantly photographed on location over the hills and dales of bonny olde England, where it all unfolded in its grand yet grisly magnificence fifty some years ago. Watch and remember
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Originally copyright by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, in 1951, only six years after the end of World War Two, this black and white film gives a shallow overview of the last years of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel: the Desert Fox.

Once you get past the opening rather stagey scenes, of British commandos raiding a German headquarters building in north Africa, hoping to kill the Desert Fox in his lair, the rest of the film is carried along guite well, by the great performance of James Mason, as Rommel. This performance is the only reason I rated this film as four stars, without Mason I would have been disapointed.

Other members of the cast do fine jobs too, notably Cedric Hardwicke and Leo G. Carroll. One can find good entertainment based on real events.

D-Day: the invasion of Normandy, is a highlight of this film. There are several minutes of what appears to be genuine newsreel footage of the storming of the beaches: the ships off shore, the guns, the planes, brave men falling. It’s all very real at this point.

“The Desert Fox” was made in an era when the directors, producers, and the Hollywood Establishment in general, were less preachy, and less likely to distort the truth in order to promote a social agenda. That is a big plus for this film.

On the down side: the film starts off with several undisclosed advertisements for other videos, of like kind, by Fox. This is borderline dishonest, as consumers have paid for entertainment and expect it to be commercial free. At the very least, the ads should be disclosed, before anyone makes a purchaseing decision.

All in all, “The Desert Fox” is good entertainment and deserves a look.

I recently saw an advance review copy of the DVD “The Desert Fox” and I was surprised at the nice quality of the transfer of what is an exceptional movie. Based on the exploits of the famed German general Erwin Rommel the DVD has a crisp clean transfer. Included on this disc is the original theatrical trailer which remarkably, considering it’s age, is also reproduced here in relatively good condition.
Considering it’s low price this addition to the Fox War Classics catalog is easy to recommend.
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Science fiction and romance collide in The Fountain, the ambitious third feature from director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream), who labored for four years to complete this epic-sized love story that stretches across centuries and galaxies. Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz (Aronofsky’s real-life companion) play lovers in each of the film’s three settings–16th century Europe and America (Jackman is a Spanish explorer searching for Incan magic), the present day (Jackman is a doctor attempting to cure his dying wife), and the 26th century (Jackman is a space traveler seeking a gateway to the afterlife)–who struggle mightily to stay united, only to lose each other time and again. Aronofsky may not have chosen the easiest presentation for audiences to absorb his theories on the lasting qualities of life and the transformative powers of death–the final sequnce, in particular, with a bald Jackman floating through space in a bubble, harks back uncomfortably to “head movies” of the late ’60s–but his leads have considerable chemistry (and look terrific to boot), which goes a long way towards securing viewers’ hopes for a happy ending. Critical reception for The Fountain has been nothing short of bloodthirsty, with Cannes audiences booing, but there are elements to enjoy here, even if the premise throws one for a loop. Ellen Burstyn (who earned an Oscar nomination for Requiem) delivers a typically solid performance as Jackman’s boss in the present day sequnce, and special effects (most done without the benefit of CGI) are also impressive given the film’s low budget (spurred by a mid-production shutdown after original stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett ankled the picture). And science-fiction fans whose tastes run towards the metaphysical (Asimov, Le Guin) will appreciate the attempt to present the genre in a serious light. –Paul Gaita

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