Deep Cover

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Bill Duke (A Rage in Harlem) directed this edgy action yarn that stretches the barriers of the genre. It explores the fine line between good and evil, while testing the resolve of a moral man seduced by an easier, more pleasurable lifestyle. Although the plot eventually becomes too overblown and earnest, Deep Cover proves far more intelligent than the average action pic. Laurence Fishburne is the straight-arrow undercover cop who gets so far into his assumed identity that he has trouble recognizing the good guys from the bad. The characters, all flawed, are fleshed out and believable as they face their decisions with questions and doubt, unlike most in this genre. Jeff Goldblum provides smarmy comic relief as an eccentric mid-level drug dealer/attorney who is probably a psychopath and most definitely paving his path to hell. –Rochelle O’Gorman

Deep Cover

Icons of Evolution 3-DVD Set

• The Privileged Planet
• Unlocking the Mystery of Life
• Icons of Evolution

Product Description
These three critically acclaimed films are at the heart of a debate that is sweeping the nation. Is Darwinian evolution an accurate scientific explanation of the origin of the universe? Or is the true source of life and the cosmos an intelligent, purposeful designer?

Through computer animation and interviews with leading scientists and scholars, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Icons of Evolution and The Privileged Planet answer these questions as never before.

Icons of Evolution 3-DVD Set

Cat Ballou

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Long before Unforgiven deconstructed the Western, or Blazing Saddles lampooned it, Cat Ballou poked the genre in the eye. An altogether enjoyable comedy, the film is full of small surprises, big laughs, and wonderful character turns. Catherine Ballou (Jane Fonda) is a schoolteacher until a hired thug kills her daddy. To protect what she loves, she collects two petty criminals, a wisecracking hired hand, and a hired killer, Kid Shelleen (Lee Marvin). Unfortunately, Shelleen is a raging drunk who is so inebriated and unsteady with a gun he literally misses the broad side of a barn. However, Cat, has, as they used to say in those days, a mind of her own, and she masterminds a spectacular train heist that puts them all on the lam. Marvin won an Academy Award for his role as the derelict Shelleen, and his performances (he actually has two) are still topnotch and on target. The framing device, two wandering minstrels, played by Stubby Kaye and Nat “King” Cole, are the maraschino cherries on the top of this Wild West confection. –Keith Simanton

Cat Ballou

Privileged Planet 3-DVD Set

• The Privileged Planet
• Unlocking the Mystery of Life
• Icons of Evolution

Product Description
These three critically acclaimed films are at the heart of a debate that is sweeping the nation. Is Darwinian evolution an accurate scientific explanation of the origin of the universe? Or is the true source of life and the cosmos an intelligent, purposeful designer?

Through computer animation and interviews with leading scientists and scholars, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Icons of Evolution and The Privileged Planet answer these questions as never before.

Privileged Planet 3-DVD Set

Egypt: Engineering an Empire – Signature Series

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Specially designed package features a 3-D pop-up pyramid. One side of the pyramid opens to reveal the interior of the structure and is lit from within. In addition to the Egypt: Engineering An Empire program the set also contains two bonus programs — Modern Marvels: Egyptian Pyramids and The Sphinx of Egypt. Additional items in the set are a 20-page book on Ancient Egypt, as well as a 2-sided poster. One side of the poster is a list of great Egyptian monuments, the other is a timeline of Egyptian history. Poster measures 36^ L x 12″ W.

Egypt: Engineering an Empire – Signature Series

The rebirth of Rostam

• Story of Rostan and Sohrab from the Book of Kings, Shahnameh
• In Farsi language with English subtitles
• Ancient Persian mythology
• Suitable for children and adults of all ages

Product Description
An epical masterpiece remodeled. A story of love, betrayal, bravery and sacrifice comes to life for the first time in this 3D animation motion picture.

Using the latest technologies of computer animation and cinematography , motion capture for natural and stylized human and horse movements, over 140 artists, technicians, engineers and computer animators have been involved in making of this film for more than 3 years, to bring this 50 minutes of animated feature film to your home.

Based on Rostam and Sohrab from Shahnameh – book of Kings by Hakim Ferdowsi, Dreamor takes you onto a journey of culture and history full of adventures, surprises and twists.

The rebirth of Rostam

Shrek / Shrek 3D – Party in the Swamp

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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/08/2007Amazon.com
William Steig’s delightfully fractured fairy tale is the right stuff for this computer-animated adaptation full of verve and wit. Our title character (voiced by Mike Myers) is an agreeable enough ogre who wants to live his days in peace. When the diminutive Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) evicts local fairy-tale creatures (including the now-famous Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and the Gingerbread Man), they settle in the ogre’s swamp and Shrek wants answers from Farquaad. A quest of sorts starts for Shrek and his new pal, a talking donkey (Eddie Murphy), where battles have to be won and a princess (Cameron Diaz) must be rescued from a dragon lair in a thrilling action sequence. The story is stronger than most animated fare, but it’s the humor that makes Shrek a winner. The PG rating is stretched when Murphy and Myers hit their strides. The mild potty humor is fun enough for 10-year-olds but will never embarrass their parents. Shrek is never as warm and inspired as the Toy Story films, but the realistic computer animation and a rollicking soundtrack keep the entertainment in fine form. Produced by DreamWorks, the film also takes several delicious stabs at its crosstown rival, Disney. –Doug Thomas

Shrek / Shrek 3D – Party in the Swamp

The Purple Rose of Cairo

• FARROW/DANIELS/AIELLO/METZMAN/

Product Description
Farrow is a depression-era waitress whose fantasy comes true when her screen idol steps off the screen to be with her. The actors are left in a sceneAmazon.com
One of the high points of Woody Allen’s career. Cecilia (Mia Farrow), a depression-era waitress married to a brutish husband (Danny Aiello), finds her only escape at the movies, her current favorite being a light comedy about an explorer among socialites, called The Purple Rose of Cairo. She sees it so many times that the main character, Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), falls in love with her and steps off the screen to woo her. When news of this gets back to the movie studio, the producers send the actor who played Baxter (also Daniels) to convince Baxter to get back on the screen. The script is one of Allen’s funniest, but underlying the whole story is a current of sadness that gives the movie’s ending a surprising impact. Allen himself considers The Purple Rose of Cairo to be his personal favorite of his own films. A gem. –Bret Fetzer

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Big Top Pee-Wee

• HERMAN/GOLINO/KRISTOFFERSON

Product Description
When a storm blows an entire circus into farmer Pee Wee’s yard, he finds an important use for his secret botanical experiments, and falls in love.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 9-AUG-2005
Media Type: DVDAmazon.com
There’s nothing wrong with Randall Kleiser’s Big Top Pee-Wee that Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure director Tim Burton wouldn’t be able to fix. Take the scene in which entwined farmer and botanist Pee-Wee and ravishing circus performer Gina (Valeria Golina) blissfully ponder the shapes of the clouds. One can only imagine the wondrous forms Burton would have animated in the heavens. In Kleiser’s sequel, they are mere cumulus. A talking pig and a sympathetic gallery of outcast circus performers (including a young Benicio Del Toro as the Dog-Faced Boy) notwithstanding, Big Top squanders much of the first film’s magic and goodwill. Blame it on the script, which places arrested adolescent Pee-Wee in a small town that is unaccountably hostile to him. Blame it on Paul Rubens, who, perhaps rebelling against his own iconic creation, puts Pee-Wee in some disquieting libido-fueled situations, such as jumping his schoolteacher girlfriend Winnie (Penelope Ann Miller). “The children,” Winnie fights him off as her class looks on. Indeed. –Donald Liebenson

Big Top Pee-Wee

Piranha 3d

Piranha 3d