"Mama, when was Santa Claus born? Why doesn't he ever die?" Based on the popular children's book by L. Frank Baum (author of The Wizard of Oz), this 75-minute animated version of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus provides answers to these and other pressing questions from the 3- to 8-year-old set. As in Baum's book, the quiet, moderately paced video steers clear of Christian ...
Manufacturer: Universal StudiosStarring: Robby Benson, Dixie Carter, Hal Holbrook, Carlos Alazraqui, Jim CummingsDirected By: Glen Hill
Not the egregious foul it seemed to be in theaters, Hercules stands up as an entertaining spritzer of an animated feature. The continual peppering of in-jokes and cultural references becomes less irksome on video. That there's no majesty or awe invested in the beloved Greek legends also seems less of an error. Also on the plus side is the bounciest Alan Menken music since Little Shop of ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home VideoStarring: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Josh Keaton, Roger BartDirected By: John Musker, Ron Clements
Michael Douglas won an Oscar for perfectly embodying the Reagan-era credo that "greed is good." As a Donald Trump-like Wall Street raider aptly named Gordon Gecko (for his reptilian ability to attack corporate targets and swallow them whole), Douglas found a role tailor-made to his skill in portraying heartless men who've sacrificed humanity to power. He's a slick, seductive role model for the ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century FoxStarring: Frank Adonis, John Capodice, Franklin Cover, Michael Douglas, Faith Geer
Manufacturer: Sony PicturesStarring: Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Carla Gugino, Simon Baker, Gil BellowsDirected By: Sebastian Gutierrez
Manufacturer: Goodtimes Home VideoStarring: Hal Holbrook, Eva Marie Saint, Courteney Cox, Peter Gallagher, Nancy TravisDirected By: Marvin J. Chomsky
Another reliably well-crafted, generally engrossing documentary from Ken Burns, Lewis & Clark employs the director's now-familiar approach to his subjects, from its elegant juxtaposition of period illustrations and portraits against newly filmed footage of historic sites to Burns's repertory of accomplished actors to provide gravitas for quotes from the key figures. Granted the formula has ...
Manufacturer: Pbs Home VideoStarring: Hal Holbrook, Adam Arkin, Murphy Guyer, Sam Waterston, Matthew BroderickDirected By: Ken Burns
An outrageous odyssey of fun, fantasy, and adventure unfolds in the hilarious hit film HERCULES, Disney's 35th animated triumph "brimming with comic surprise!" (Entertainment Weekly) Taken from the gods as a newborn, adopted on earth, Hercules becomes an awkward teenage pillar of strength. Trying to fit in, he discovers his dad is Zeus and home is Mount Olympus -- if he can move from "zero" to ...
Six months after the Japanese destroyed the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Americans discovered the Japanese were planning to seize the Naval base at Midway Island--a perfect staging point for invading Hawaii or the mainland. Outnumbered four to one, the Americans won a surprise victory and shattered the backbone of the Japanese Imperial Navy. This 1976 film feels more like a history ...
Manufacturer: Universal StudiosStarring: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Edward Albert, James Coburn, Glenn FordDirected By: Jack Smight
Come meet Mark Twain. OK, true, the humorist has been dead for more years than we care to remember, and not many of us around today were alive to hear what he sounded like. But Hal Holbrook is so spectacular in his one-man performance that you could swear you were listening to Twain himself. The gravelly voice, the lined face, the slow shuffle, and cigar-induced throat clearings seem so natural ...
Manufacturer: Kultur VideoStarring: Hal HolbrookDirected By: Paul Bogart
It helps to have one of history's greatest scoops as your factual inspiration, but journalism thrillers just don't get any better than All the President's Men. Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford are perfectly matched as (respectively) Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, whose investigation into the Watergate scandal set the stage for President Richard Nixon's ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal HolbrookDirected By: Alan J. Pakula
