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101 Dalmatians (Walt Disney's Classic)

starring: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O'Malley, Martha Wentworth, Ben Wright
directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman

September 15, 1992
This is a classic movie to add to any Disney collection. It is best to buy it now while it is out of the "vault" because otherwise the Disney movies are hard to find anywhere, including Amazon.com. My nephews enjoy this movie and want to watch it whenever they come over.

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The Little Mermaid (Fully Restored Special Edition) (Disney's Masterpiece)

starring: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat Carroll
directed by: John Musker, Ron Clements

March 31, 1998
I bought this used and there is nothing wrong with it! It is in great shape and plays beautifully!

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The Little Mermaid (A Walt Disney Classic)

starring: Rene Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Paddi Edwards
directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker


he only thing that I don't like about these Disney DVDs is that they're all SO expensive!!!

Some new DVDs are 15 bucks, but the Disney ones are always 19 bucks +. I don't understand it. Can't a kid buy a Disney DVD for 15 or so bucks anymore? Guess that answer is NO.

Disney's "The Little Mermaid" mostly takes place in the sea.

Ariel, who is 16, is very stubborn and headstrong, and disobeys her Father, King Triton at every opportunity.

She's lovely though; smart, curious and representing for the pretty, red-heads. :P

She meets the dashingly handsome prince, Eric, and falls head over heels. She even makes a "fatal" deal to give up her sweet, uplifting and downright beautiful voice ... Read More:

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101 Dalmatians (Disney's Masterpiece)

starring: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O'Malley, Martha Wentworth, Ben Wright
directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman

March 09, 1999
This is a classic movie to add to any Disney collection. It is best to buy it now while it is out of the "vault" because otherwise the Disney movies are hard to find anywhere, including Amazon.com. My nephews enjoy this movie and want to watch it whenever they come over.

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All That Jazz

starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking, Cliff Gorman
directed by: Bob Fosse

March 22, 1995
Bob Fosse's thinly-veiled autobiographical homage is everything a movie musical should be -- lively, tuneful, funny and even poignant.

With a cast which includes the wonderfully sexy Roy Scheider of Jaws (Widescreen Anniversary Collector's Edition) fame, Fosse acolytes Ann Reinking and Ben Vereen, and a fabulous pre-plastic surgery Jessica Lange as the gorgeous, ever-present Angel of Death, this musical story of a genius Broadway director with a death-wish, is nothing short of mesmerizing.

The story follows Fosse's own life story closely enough to be almost eerie -- even foreshadowing his ultimate demise from heart failure at an out-of-town new play try-out in Washington, D.C., which happened years after this movie was released. ... Read More:

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Into the Woods

starring: Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg
directed by: James Lapine

May 07, 1997
Into the Woods DVD arrived promptly and in great shape. This is a great story. One of my favorite musicals.

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Pippin

starring: Ben Vereen, William Katt, Leslie Denniston, Benjamin Rayson, Martha Raye
directed by: David Sheehan

November 18, 1992
Background: I've seen Pippin 3 times on B'way, worked as make-up artist for over a dozen regional productions, and taught the play for years as the culmination of a course on poetry. In its original incarnation, Pippin is a production rich in allegory and metaphor, both visual and verbal, which becomes more meaningful with each viewing.

That said, executive producer David Sheehan's truncated televersion of the play cuts--no, slashes--so much of the production that it becomes devoid of both continuity and logic. First, the music: almost every number has a verse deleted, and one complete song (Catherine's "I Guess I'll Miss the Man") has been excised. As this song immediately foreshadows the events of the finale, its elimination is unforgivable.
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Husbands

starring: John Armstrong, Bill Britten, Arthur Clark, Delores Delmar, Peter Falk
directed by: John Cassevetes

February 02, 1999
This is an excruciating, frustrating, painful comedy of men, and amazing in retrospect. Cassavetes was an authentic cinematic genius of American film, regardless of the philistine like comments I've seen in these reviews. What I don't undertand is why they haven't made it available on DVD. Are they restoring it? Are there legal tie-ups? What? I've only ever seen it in pieces on television. I would love to be able to examine fully, without commerical interruption or deletion....

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Pippin (Clam)

starring: Ben Vereen, William Katt, Leslie Denniston, Benjamin Rayson, Martha Raye
directed by: David Sheehan

October 10, 2000
Background: I've seen Pippin 3 times on B'way, worked as make-up artist for over a dozen regional productions, and taught the play for years as the culmination of a course on poetry. In its original incarnation, Pippin is a production rich in allegory and metaphor, both visual and verbal, which becomes more meaningful with each viewing.

That said, executive producer David Sheehan's truncated televersion of the play cuts--no, slashes--so much of the production that it becomes devoid of both continuity and logic. First, the music: almost every number has a verse deleted, and one complete song (Catherine's "I Guess I'll Miss the Man") has been excised. As this song immediately foreshadows the events of the finale, its elimination is unforgivable.

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Invasion of the Bee Girls

starring: William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri, Cliff Osmond, Wright King
directed by: Denis Sanders

March 07, 2000
This re-release "movie title" has nothing to do with what the movie is about.

FYI the true title is "Invasion of the Bee Girls." It is quintessential 70's . If you like 70's femme fatale films... you will love this.