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Alice in Wonderland & Alice Through the Looking Glass [VHS]

Alice in Wonderland & Alice Through the Looking Glass [VHS]

Rated: Unrated
Staring: Natalie Gregory , Sheila Allen , Sharee Gregory , Red Buttons , Sherman Hemsley
Director: Harry Harris
The king of 1970s disaster movies, producer Irwin Allen, brought together novelist Paul Zindel, songwriter Steve Allen, and a host of celebrities for a pair of 1985 TV movies paying homage to Lewis Carroll's Alice. In this first installment, the 7-year-old girl dreams of being grown up enough to join the adults for tea, only to shrink to miniature size, climb through a hole beneath the door, and follow a twitchy Red Buttons in big white rabbit ears. Whether arguing with the Mad Hatter (Anthony Newley), or trying to keep her head in the company of the Queen of Hearts (Jayne Meadows), Alice is constantly running into a host of '70s and '80s personalities like Telly Savalas, Ringo Starr, Scott Baio, and Shelley Winters. If this roster isn't enough to make a poor girl trippy, she also meets up with Sammy Davis Jr. as the caterpillar, and the pair perform an entertaining hip-hop-esque tap number to "Father William." An enjoyably campy version of Alice's wondrous journey, it features detailed sets, marvelously tacky costumes, and mildly clever musical numbers. This 90-minute TV movie's pleasant goofiness will amuse children 4 and older as well as nostalgically mind...
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Portrait of a Lady [VHS]

Portrait of a Lady [VHS]

Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Nicole Kidman , John Malkovich , Barbara Hershey , Mary-Louise Parker , Martin Donovan (II)
Director: Jane Campion
Leave it to New Zealand director Jane Campion (The Piano, Angel at My Table) to begin an adaptation of Henry James's great novel (set in the late 1800s) with a group of late-20th-century women from Down Under talking about the importance of a kiss. Like any good film adaptation (and it's a very good one, indeed), this exquisitely framed and mounted Portrait of a Lady is at least as much Campion as it is James. The story of strong-willed, independent-minded Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman, whose skin here is photographed like delicate porcelain) is a tricky one to dramatize, since it's largely about good intentions going awry, roads not taken, misguided decisions made for good reasons. Headstrong American orphan Isabel rejects the proposal of a decent, sensible English suitor, Lord Warburton (Richard E. Grant), because she wants to find her own destiny and identity first. Instead, she is seduced by Gilbert Osmond (John Malkovich), an effete collector of art (and women) whom one character describes as a "sterile dilettante." How Isabel's life, and the lives of those who love her, are affected by this fateful (but irreversible?) decision is what the bulk of the f...
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Purple People Eater [VHS]

Purple People Eater [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Ned Beatty , Thora Birch , John Brumfield , Chubby Checker

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Pete's Dragon [VHS]

Pete's Dragon [VHS]

Rated: G (General Audience)
Staring: Sean Marshall , Helen Reddy , Jim Dale , Mickey Rooney , Red Buttons
Director: Don Chaffey
Disney loved to mix live action with animation (Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks), but this 1977 effort falls on its face. The turn-of-the-century story concerns an orphaned boy whose only friend is a cartoon monster. While the latter is entertainingly rendered, the rest of the film strains to be enchanting and the cast overreaches in a big way. Not for anybody over the age of ten. --Tom Keogh
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Stepping Out [VHS]

Stepping Out [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Liza Minnelli , Jane Krakowski , Bill Irwin , Ellen Greene , Sheila McCarthy
Director: Lewis Gilbert (II)

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Pete's Dragon (clamshell pkg)

Pete's Dragon (clamshell pkg)

Rated: G (General Audience)
Staring: Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, Jane Kean Mickey Rooney
Director: Don Chaffey
This heartwarming musical blends animation and music to highlight the story of a young boy who is befriended by a delightful dragon. The film features charming performances from Mickey Rooney, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Shelley Winters, and the great Red Buttons. An ITA Award winner. Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Song ("Candle on the Water"), Best Original Song Score.
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Alice in Wonderland [VHS]

Alice in Wonderland [VHS]

Rated: Unrated
Staring: Natalie Gregory , Sheila Allen , Sharee Gregory , Red Buttons , Sherman Hemsley
Director: Harry Harris
The king of 1970s disaster movies, producer Irwin Allen, brought together novelist Paul Zindel, songwriter Steve Allen, and a host of celebrities for a pair of 1985 TV movies paying homage to Lewis Carroll's Alice. In this first installment, the 7-year-old girl dreams of being grown up enough to join the adults for tea, only to shrink to miniature size, climb through a hole beneath the door, and follow a twitchy Red Buttons in big white rabbit ears. Whether arguing with the Mad Hatter (Anthony Newley), or trying to keep her head in the company of the Queen of Hearts (Jayne Meadows), Alice is constantly running into a host of '70s and '80s personalities like Telly Savalas, Ringo Starr, Scott Baio, and Shelley Winters. If this roster isn't enough to make a poor girl trippy, she also meets up with Sammy Davis Jr. as the caterpillar, and the pair perform an entertaining hip-hop-esque tap number to "Father William." An enjoyably campy version of Alice's wondrous journey, it features detailed sets, marvelously tacky costumes, and mildly clever musical numbers. This 90-minute TV movie's pleasant goofiness will amuse children 4 and older as well as nostalgically mind...
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Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell [VHS]

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Gina Lollobrigida , Shelley Winters , Phil Silvers , Peter Lawford , Telly Savalas
Director: Melvin Frank

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Winchester 73 [VHS]

Winchester 73 [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: James Stewart , Shelley Winters , Dan Duryea , Stephen McNally , Millard Mitchell
Director: Anthony Mann
Winchester '73 is the first in a remarkable string of five classic westerns that James Stewart made with Anthony Mann in the 1950s (followed by Bend of the River, The Man from Laramie, The Naked Spur, and The Far Country). It is also distinguished for having helped revive the Western at the box office, and for being the first film in which the star forsook a huge up-front salary in favor of a share of the profits--a strategy that made Stewart rich and forever changed the way that Hollywood does business. The movie itself is pretty darned impressive, too. Stewart traces a stolen Winchester rifle through several owners until he finds the man he's looking for. The final spectacular shootout in craggy, mountainous terrain is justly famous. --Jim Emerson
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Pete's Dragon (Restored Edition) [VHS]

Pete's Dragon (Restored Edition) [VHS]

Rated: G (General Audience)
Staring: Helen Reddy , Jim Dale , Mickey Rooney , Red Buttons , Shelley Winters
Director: Don Chaffey
A heartwarming musical adventure about the friendship between a young boy and his invisible pet, PETE'S DRAGON casts a magical spell with thrilling plot twists and a delightful blend of live action and enchanting Disney animation! Pete, a young orphan, flees from his cruel guardians to a Maine fishing town with a lovable but mischievous dragon named Elliott -- his one true friend! Fortunately for Pete, they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her Father. But Elliott's flair for flying and disappearing at will continually get Pete into trouble. The adventure heats up when the townsfolk try to capture Elliott for their own gain -- only to discover that a fire-breathing dragon may be the only solution to an unexpected problem!
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