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Mulan (Disney's Masterpiece)

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starring: Miguel Ferrer, Harvey Fierstein, Freda Foh Shen, June Foray, James Hong
directed by: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook

February 02, 1999
Forget the armchair critics. If you're a Disney fan. you'll love this one, about a Chinese girl who joins the army to fight maurading Huns. There's a little dragon friend (Eddie Murphy), a romantic captain of the guard (Donny Osmond provided the singing voice), an evil-looking Hun chieftain, an irritating minister and 3 soldier friends. Despite what others may say, the songs are terrific - not soul (ala Hercules) or jazz (ala Jungle Book), just normal. It's not a kiddies' film - it's for the whole family. Frankly, I'm not really a Disney fan and have little patience to watch most animated films. But this one's worth it.

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The Century-America's Time (Boxed Set)

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starring: Peter Jennings, Linda Hunt, Elinor Sullivan, Carolyn Porco, Col. Stuart Herrington

March 23, 1999
As for the person who complained that Martin Scorcese called the '80's the "me" decade, that was a popular theme of the time. Maybe you should go back and look at 80's and the literature about it from all kind of sources. Just like the 20's was often refered to as the "Roaring" 20's. 80's was often called the "me" decade. I also think it is not a liberal or conservative designation. Following the internalization of values and desires in the 70's, the 80's was when technology, growth, income and development all led to the application of the 70's trend of an individual ethic. People DID become more selfish and self centered, more complacent, in need of more instant gratification.

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101 Dalmatians (Walt Disney's Classic)

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starring: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, Cate Bauer, Lisa Daniels, Ben Wright
directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman

September 15, 1992
I bought this for my granddaughter's birthday and she laughs all the way through it. She calls it the doggies, she is two years old.

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Gone with the Wind

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starring: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford
directed by: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood

October 27, 1998
"Gone with the Wind" is a fabulous film, the film by which all others are gauged. It debuted in 1939, perhaps the year that produced the most high quality films of all time. Watching this film is like viewing a great painting. Every time I watch it I get something new. I also detect subtleties and insights I never recognized when I was younger.

I won't attempt to summarize this well-known film, because I see that there have been over seven hundred reviews before this one. I will tell you about a personal experience that some reviewers might find interesting.

Many years ago when I was a medical student, I spent three months as an observer on a psychiatric ward containing patients with mixed diagnoses. One of the patients ... Read More:

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Mindwalk

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starring: Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, John Heard, Ione Skye, Emmanuel Montes
directed by: Bernt Amadeus Capra

January 01, 1998
"A stroll around Mont St Michel, France brings together three highly successful and educated people with disparate worldviews; a politician, a poet and a physicist. A conversation ensues about the nature of reality and the new physics that challenges what we perceive to be the tangible world around us.

The '91 film `Mindwalk' is a New Age lecture presented in the guise of a motion picture. It's really quite painless, informative and even enjoyable at times. The tour around St. Michel is wonderful and a stellar cast consisting of Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston and John Heard make the movie well worth a watch.

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Turning Point

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starring: Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie Browne, Tom Skerritt
directed by: Herbert Ross

May 19, 1993
I hadn't seen this movie in over 10 years, but even though there were some slow scenes, I'll still watch this movie again and again. The dancing was wonderful, and Leslie Brown's dancing sparkled. Youthful, Mikhail Baryshnikov was fantastic, as usual. I also loved the rest of the cast. I'm very happy with my purchase.

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The Aristocats (A Walt Disney Masterpiece)

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starring: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Liz English, Gary Dubin, Dean Clark (II)
directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman

April 24, 1996
I'm happy to say that the new 2008 Special Edition has the original Spanish audio with German Valdez "Tin Tan" and other of the most exceptional dubbing actors of all time, despite what Amazon's technical details say. It is truly a joy to revisit my childhood by hearing the original voices I heard so long ago, with masterful performances that make you yearn for the golden age of Disney dubbing in Mexico.

Esta nueva edición de 2008 contiene el doblaje original con Tin Tán en el papel de Thomas O'Maley, además de muchas otras voces maravillosas con las que todos crecimos en Latinoamérica viendo las películas ahora clásicas de Walt Disney.

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Treasure Island (1990)

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starring: Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee, Richard Johnson
directed by: Fraser Clarke Heston

December 18, 2001
This is one of the best versions of "Treasure Island". It has a really wonderful cast with Charlton Heston, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee and Christian Bale. To whom it may concern: please put this on DVD, nice extras would be commentary with Lee, Bale and director Fraser Heston.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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starring: Avery Brooks, Kate Burton, Bruce Dern, Paula Kelly, Phylicia Rashad
directed by: Stan Lathan

November 17, 1997
This is a 90's film adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's important novel by the same title. This story, and the message of the story, is of utmost significance. It is a tale in 1850's America of slave trading -- buying and selling people like they were property, and of cruel treatment that would be unacceptable for even zoo animals. Obviously, plantation life for the slaves could vary from reasonably comfortable to incredbly inhumane, depending mainly on the owner. The film story demonstrates this well.

There are glimpses of light: the strong Christian belief system and ethics among the slave population, and the good Samaritan acts and sacrifices of those who would aid them. But the general environment and theme is dark and the horror of ... Read More:

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Sweatin' to the Oldies 3: An Aerobic Concert with Richard Simmons

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starring: Richard Simmons
directed by: E. H. Shipley

January 01, 1993
Having started my adventures in home work-out videos with Richard Simmons' Sweatin' to the Oldies, I promptly picked up this third "aerobics concert" in the "Oldies" series. This tape is considerably more difficult (and longer, at about 50 minutes) than the first Sweatin' to the Oldies, but it is still well within the grasp of a very overweight beginner like me. Like the others, it will take the viewer a few runs through to begin to get the moves down, as Richard gives pretty minimal cues. This tape begins with an easy warm up tune, followed by two easy-paced numbers to stretch and warm up the upper and lower parts of the body. Then the dancing takes off with four up-tempo dance pieces. The intensity of your work-out very much depends on the energy you put into it, and the many exercisers ... Read More: