Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film
- NIGHTMARES IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE: THE EVOLUTION O (DVD MOVIE)
Horror and sci-fi veteran Lance Henriksen (Alien, Near Dark) takes you through a fascinating look at the history of the American horror film, analyzing the early monster movies of the silent era up to the scariest modern-day masterpieces. Highlights include interviews with genre masters Roger Corman, John Carpenter and George A. Romero, plus clips from classic films like The Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Hostel, Rosemary’s Baby and many more!
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Plastic Disasters: An HBO Documentary Film
Plastic Disasters: An HBO Documentary Film
- Closed Captioned
- TV-MA
DVD Documentary dealing with ” The real fallout from America’s cosmetic surgery craze”. This takes the viewer through 3 harrowing stories of surgery gone wrong. “Plastic Disasters tells a disturbing tale of scars that last a lifetime”. “Compelling…as gripping as any horror movie”-N. Singer/The New York Times
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American Experience – The Donner Party: A Film by Ric Burns [VHS]
American Experience – The Donner Party: A Film by Ric Burns [VHS]
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The Donner Party tells the story of the ill-fated celebration of pioneers and their doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival, the Donner Party’s nightmarish journey penetrated to the very heart of the American dream at a crucial phase of the nation’s “manifest destiny.” Touching some of the most powerful social, economic and political currents of the time, this breathtaking narrative remains one of the most compelling and enduring episodes to come out of the West.While brother Ken Burns was redefining mammoth entertainment with his public TV events, brother Ric was creating tighter, more definitive documentaries such as The Donner Party, whose tragic subject has seemed more a punch line than a historical event. Yes, members of the Donner celebration ate human flesh when they were caught snowbound in the Sierra Nevadas just 150 miles away from the end of their 2,500-mile trip crossways the United Says in 1846. But there’s more to the story, and Burns uses the customary array of old pictures, current landscapes, and readings of historic dispatches and letters by actors (including Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, and Eli Wallach) to create a vivid portrayal of the pioneers’ tough life. The heartbreaking circumstances of and miscues by the Donner celebration turned a common migration into one that is remembered as a landlocked Titanic tragedy. What if the snow had come one day later? What if the winter was not the worst on record? And most importantly, what if Lansford Hastings had not advertised a “shorter” West Coast route that he had never seen? Other details bring to light the human accomplishment of the survivors, including the intriguing fact that the women and kids survived in greater number than the men. Anchored by the eerie music of Angelo Badalamenti’s “Dark Spanish Symphony,” the film constructs the fate of the Donner celebration as the gloomy side of the American dream. –Doug Thomas
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Lions – THE Greatest Drag Strip (Part Two/1962-’66) By Don Gillespie: Historical Documentary’s 2nd Volume on One of Drag Racing’s Greatest Tracks; Rare Film, Photos, Interviews with Its Pioneers
Lions – THE Greatest Drag Strip (Part Two/1962-’66) By Don Gillespie: Historical Documentary’s 2nd Volume on One of Drag Racing’s Greatest Tracks; Rare Film, Photos, Interviews with Its Pioneers
- More than two dozen leading pioneers recount Lions Drag Strip’s important history!
- Hundreds of vivid pictures and scores of ‘attic’ film clips transport you back to the glory days!
- Professionally done, 1-HR, 40-MIN DVD took more than six years to compile!
- Covers wide range of dragters, stockers, AFX/funny cars, stockers, bikes, etc.!
- omBeautifully designed cover and DVD disc art cpliments a terrific gift on anyone’s list!
In-depth documentary combines rare film clips and astounding photography with firsthand accounts. Long Beach, CA-based track was pivotal in the sport’s primeval growth, with many of the great obloquy taking part in carving history.
The latest installment by veteran motorsports journalist Don Gillespie picks up speed in 1962, when nitro automobiles returned after a 5-year ban under founding manager, Mickey Thompson. The (1-HR, 40-MIN) presentation concludes near the end of ‘66, with explosive growth in dragsters, supercharged coupes, primeval funny cars, etc.
In 1962 newly formed 7-second dragster teams included Greer-Black & (Don) Prudhomme, plus “TV” Tommy Ivo, both among more than two-dozen interviewed on camera.
Roland Leong recounts his happening in the “Hawaiian”. Don Garlits recalls a colorful match race involving Chris Karamesines. Rick Stewart, shown in a breathaking finish line crash, recounts waking up in the hospital as the Watts Riots began. “Wild Willie” Borsch explains how he drove his fuel modified using one hand, from uncovered audiotape.
Other appearances include Tom McEwen, John Force, Gene Mooneyham, Larry Sutton, C.J. Hart, Ed Iskenderian, Ralph Guldahl, Jr., Don Prieto, Dave Wallace, Pat Foster, Paula Murphy, Ronnie Rapp, Dale Armstrong, Chris Karamesines, and many others.
Top Fuel dragsters also reached 200 MPH. Match race draws included the Willys coupes of Stone-Woods-Cook versus “Big John” Mazmanian, the stands packed to capacity. Stockers evolved into modified wheelbase machines; carbs to injectors, gas to nitro, then blowers – and funny automobiles were born.
Emerging, too, were incredible streamliners, exhibition cars, junior fuelers, gas and fuel altereds, coupes, motorcycles, etc.
Mickey Thompson’s departure saw C.J. “Pappy” Hart take over, whom promptly ended NHRA sanction. Soon, epic, rival AHRA dual stocker/dragster championships took place, plus the racer-formed UDRA held a series of events of similar national caliber.
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Yellow Roses Documentary Film and Soundtrack
Yellow Roses Documentary Film and Soundtrack
- Feature Length Documentary Film
- 11-Song Soundtrack
Today’s teenage girls and young women live in a world far different from the one their moms grew up in. Their self-esteem is often at the mercy of the media, technology and their peers. How is it shaping who they are, how they feel about themselves, and the kind of women they will become?
“Yellow Roses” takes you into their world and lets you watch and listen as they courageously share their fears, their struggles, even their most individualized experiences and feelings, with a candor that is both touching and refreshing. This compelling hour-long documentary is an emotional and sometimes shocking look into the each day lives of ordinary girls who live on any street in any city in the country.
“Yellow Roses” is a must-see for teenage girls and young women, as well as their parents. But anyone who cares about young people and contemporary culture will find watching it a moving and memorable experience.
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