While Japan undergoes tumultuous transition to a more Westernized society in 1876-77, The Last Samurai gives epic sweep to an intimate story of cultures at a crossroads. In America, tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is coerced by a mercenary officer (Tony Goldwyn) to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this "progress" is a rebellion of samurai warriors, holding fast to their traditions of honor despite strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader (Ken Watanabe), Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honor to the ultimate test. All of which makes director Edward Zwick's noble epic eminently worthwhile, even if its... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Ken Watanabe - Tom Cruise - Billy Connolly Director(s): Edward Zwick DVD Release Date: Released the 04 May 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Just enough of Michael Crichton's novel survives in Timeline to make it a passable popcorn thriller. It's likely that Crichton fans will lament the shallowness of director Richard Donner's film, and its gee-whiz style of acting lays waste to any scientific credibility that Crichton's scenario might have retained. Still, the Crichton formula is a sturdy one, following the model of Westworld and Jurassic Park by involving a small band of adventurers in a fantastical realm of danger and death. In this case, a group of archaeologists and combat experts (led by Paul Walker and Frances O'Connor) use a "3-D fax machine" (so much for technobabble!) to time-travel back to France in 1357, in hopes of retrieving Walker's father (Billy Connolly) and returning safely to the... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Paul Walker - Gerard Butler - Billy Connolly Director(s): Richard Donner DVD Release Date: Released the 13 April 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Just enough of Michael Crichton's novel survives in Timeline to make it a passable popcorn thriller. It's likely that Crichton fans will lament the shallowness of director Richard Donner's film, and its gee-whiz style of acting lays waste to any scientific credibility that Crichton's scenario might have retained. Still, the Crichton formula is a sturdy one, following the model of Westworld and Jurassic Park by involving a small band of adventurers in a fantastical realm of danger and death. In this case, a group of archaeologists and combat experts (led by Paul Walker and Frances O'Connor) use a "3-D fax machine" (so much for technobabble!) to time-travel back to France in 1357, in hopes of retrieving Walker's father (Billy Connolly) and returning safely to the... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Paul Walker - Gerard Butler - Billy Connolly Director(s): Richard Donner DVD Release Date: Released the 13 April 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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An interesting biography piece with excerpts from his stand up routines, if you're not interested in hearing what Dustin Hoffman, whoppie Goldberg, Robin Williams and others have to say about Billy I would recommend just getting the "Greatest Hits" DVD, but if you want to know more about the man behind beard this is a comical and interesting look at him. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Billy Connolly DVD Release Date: Released the 03 September 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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and stock up on Kleenex. This will have you laughing until it hurts, unless you're offended by offensive things in which case drop this one like a hot rock.
I laughed until I cried, may have wet myself, and became totally immoral for the next few hours... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Billy Connolly DVD Release Date: Released the 03 September 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This gently satirical British comedy chronicles the quixotic reunion of a late, arguably not-so-great, and unlamented '70s rock band, Strange Fruit, with a winning mix of humor and poignancy. The "Fruits," as the survivors call themselves without irony, had disbanded after the tragic loss of one member, the mysterious disappearance of another, and the aftershocks of internal rivalries, but 20 years later they warily reassemble for a Dutch club tour, a warm-up for a proposed festival appearance. Between that seemingly hare-brained proposal and the fateful festival, director Brian Gibson, working from a sharp script by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais, captures the absurdities of middle-aged rockers trying to recapture that lost cockiness.
