Duran, Larry

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - The Complete Epic Series

With its campy combination of lightweight adventure and Spandex disco chic, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is a nostalgic throwback to post-Star Wars opportunism. Series co-creator Glen A. Larson was incapable of originality, and former soap star Gil Gerard (in the title role) was a bland incarnation of the comic-strip hero, so the much-anticipated series premiered on September 20, 1979, with serious disadvantages. Although the two-hour pilot "Awakening" had tested successfully as a theatrical release, Gerard and the show's producers could never agree on a stable tone for the series, which presents Capt. William "Buck" Rogers as a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate, where his closest colleagues are Dr. Huer (Tim O'Connor), squadron leader Col. Wilma Deering (former model Erin Gray, looking oh-so-foxy), the wisecracking robot Twiki (voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc), and a portable computer-brain named Dr. Theopolis, who's carried by Twiki like oversized bling-bling.

The series struggled through an awkward first season, with routine plots elevated by decent special effects and noteworthy guest stars including Jamie Lee Curtis, ill-fated Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten (appearing, with her voice dubbed over, less than a year before her tragic murder), Batman alumnus Julie Newmar, Buster Crabbe (veteran of vintage Buck Rogers movie serials), and several others in a show that favored vamps and vixens over credible science fiction. A full-scale overhaul resulted in a disastrous second season, but devoted fans still gravitate to Hawk (Thom Christopher), the charismatic alien "birdman" who was introduced with new characters and a new, space-faring search for lost tribes from Earth (with echoes of Larson's own Battlestar Galactica). Behind-the-scenes squabbles continued, and by mid-season of 1981, NBC pulled the plug on a breezy, still-engaging series that suffered from uneasy chemistry and never realized its full potential. Existing somewhere between Galactica and Lost in Space in the TV sci-fi food chain, this Buck--with a dearth of DVD extras--now functions as a cheesy stroll down memory lane. --Jeff Shannon

The Hallelujah Trail

Acclaimed director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven, Bad Day at Black Rock, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral) turns the legends of the West upside down in this rip-roaring western comedy about the year Denver was nearly devastated by a droughtof whiskeyand had to have fortywagonloads imported through very harshand very thirstyterritory! Academy AwardÂ(r) winners* Burt Lancaster and Martin Landau team with OscarÂ(r) nominee** Lee Remick inthis beautifully filmed epic adventure that "wins both laughs and thrills" (The Hollywood Reporter)! Also starring Jim Hutton, Brian Keith and Donald Pleasence, this irreverent and literally dry look at frontier life is "possibly the funniest western ever made" (Los Angeles Times)!

Charlie Chan and The Curse of the Dragon Queen

The inscrutable detective matches his legendary wit against his old nemesis The Dragon Queen! Follow Chan through the most unlikely of obstacles as he watches over his klutzy grandson and his fianc e rushing to save them from a fate worse than death! Featuring an all-star cast.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 692865136330 Manufacturer No: T-1363

One-Eyed Jacks

ONE EYED JACKS (DVD MOVIE)

Good Times

In their one and only movie together singing duo Sonny and Cher star in this happy (The Hollywood Reporter) affectionate (Los Angeles Times) and lovably surreal (American Cinematheque) film about who else? Sonny and Cher! An impressive directorial debut (The Hollywood Reporter) from Oscar® winner* William Friedkin with a hilarious script by Tony Barrett Good Times is good great and downright groovy! Husband-and-wife singers Sonny and Cher couldn t be hotter they even have an offer to star in a movie! Trouble is Cher doesn t want to do it and the script stinks. Now Sonny has ten days to write a new script. He has great ideas he could be a cowboy king of the jungle or a private eye. But he still has to convince his dynamite babe to sing the same tune!System Requirements: Running Time 92 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 027616909046 Manufacturer No: 1006755

Cage

If you've seen TV wrestling you know what a "caged" bout is. In Cage it's for real; two testosterone-pumped behemoths are placed in a cage where they duke it out to the death. Lou Ferrigno plays the muscle-bound Vietnam vet who is finagled into cage-fighting by a group of mobsters. Reb Brow the man whose life Ferrigno saved in Nam finds himself (through a series of ludicrous plot twists) facing his former savior in the dreaded cage.System Requirements:Running Time 100 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 692865141334 Manufacturer No: T-1413

One Eyed Jacks

Early in 1959 Marlon Brando began one of his most unique projects of his career - directing himself in One-Eyed Jacks. Taken from Charles Neider's novel One-Eyed Jacks is a tale of revenge set in Mexico. Stanley Kubrik was originally signed to direct but he and Brando failed to agree on much of anything and he was dismissed four weeks prior to filming. Marlon decided to direct the movie himself. The movie went well over budget. On completion Brando the director had set a new world record by exposing over one million feet of film stock. --- It's the Old West of 1880 and Brando stars as Kid Rio who along with his partner Dad Longworth (Karl Malden) are bank robbers who are caught holding up a Mexican bank. Longworth gets away and allows his partner to get caught and go to jail. When Rio is released five years later he goes out to seek revenge however he is surprised to find his partner is married with a stepdaughter and a sheriff of a town. Complications set in when Rio himself falls in love with the stepdaughter.System Requirements: Running Time 141 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 787364441198 Manufacturer No: 44411-9

One-Eyed Jacks

One Eyed Jacks

One-Eyed Jacks

One-Eyed Jacks, Marlon Brando's first and only directing venture, is a stirring Western classic featuring breath-taking cinematography and a magnificent musical score. Not only did Marlon Brando direct this motion picture masterpiece, lauded as Martin Scorsese's favorite Western, but Brando also took on the premiere role of Rio, a man betrayed by Dad Longworth, his one-time partner in crime.