Stanley Kubrick's 1987, penultimate film seemed to a lot of people to be contrived and out of touch with the '80s vogue for such intensely realistic portrayals of the Vietnam War as Platoon and The Deer Hunter. Certainly, Kubrick gave audiences plenty of reason to wonder why he made the film at all: essentially a two-part drama that begins on a Parris Island boot camp for rookie Marines and abruptly switches to Vietnam (actually shot on sound stages and locations near London), Full Metal Jacket comes across as a series of self-contained chapters in a story whose logical and thematic development is oblique at best. Then again, much the same was said about Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a masterwork both enthralled with and satiric about the future's... Learn More
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As accomplished as it is superfluous, Willard is a stylish horror film with plenty of style and precious little horror. Genre buffs will appreciate it as a visually superior sequel/remake of its popular 1971 predecessor, giving Crispin Glover a title role perfectly suited to his uniquely odd persona, in the same league as Psycho's Norman Bates. This time, Willard's the psychotically lonely son of the original film's now-deceased protagonist; a milquetoast introvert who befriends an army of obedient rats--lethal allies when Willard's pushed to his emotional breaking point by his abusive boss (R. Lee Ermey). In keeping with his memorably macabre episodes of X-Files, writer-director Glen Morgan excels with dreary atmosphere and mischievously morbid humor (including an... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Crispin Glover - R. Lee Ermey - Laura Harring Director(s): Glen Morgan DVD Release Date: Released the 07 October 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Prefontaine is a great movie about a track legend Steve "Pre" Prefontaine. He has inspired several youths in thier attempt to run faster. This is the best story that tells his life with archival footage from the 1972 olympics and other University of Oregon races.
Lets see if a another university athelete can say "I ain't thinking about making the US Olympic Team, I'm thinking about GOLD in Beijing" More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Jared Leto - R. Lee Ermey Director(s): Steve James (II) DVD Release Date: Released the 03 September 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Stanley Kubrick's 1987, penultimate film seemed to a lot of people to be contrived and out of touch with the '80s vogue for such intensely realistic portrayals of the Vietnam War as Platoon and The Deer Hunter. Certainly, Kubrick gave audiences plenty of reason to wonder why he made the film at all: essentially a two-part drama that begins on a Parris Island boot camp for rookie Marines and abruptly switches to Vietnam (actually shot on sound stages and locations near London), Full Metal Jacket comes across as a series of self-contained chapters in a story whose logical and thematic development is oblique at best. Then again, much the same was said about Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a masterwork both enthralled with and satiric about the future's... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Matthew Modine - Vincent D'Onofrio - R. Lee Ermey Director(s): Stanley Kubrick DVD Release Date: Released the 06 November 2001 This item is currently not available.
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