DVD: Burt Lancaster     DVD:     Burt Lancaster      The Rainmaker Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn Paramount, 2005 "Water! I recommend it" Bill Starbuck (Burt Lancaster) is a charlatan selling multi-flavored hopes of fulfilled dreams. Take your pick: early-warning tornado devices or cumulous nimbus over drought stricken cattle. It requires more than animated gestures and wild stories to satisfy the ...             Executive Action Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan Warner Home Video, 2007 Right on the mark! Top Notch! This film is so on the mark it almost looks like one of the assassins wrote the script! In the first place, anyone who believes the Warren Commission is an idiot! Lee Harvey Oswald couldn't hit the floor with his hat, much less cock a bolt-actiob rifle 3 times in six ...             Sorry, Wrong Number Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster Paramount, 2002 "There's someone on the stairs!" Leona (Barbara Stanwyck) is a rich invalid who is driving her husband (Burt Lancaster) crazy with her attempts to keep him dependent on her financially. When one night he doesn't come home, Leona attempts to call him. Picking up the receiver, she discovers the line in ...             The Professionals [Blu-ray] Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin Sony Pictures, 2008 Old Dog Tricks I've always loved Westerns, but The Professionals far exceeded my expectations. David Brooks both wrote the script and directed this 1966 adventure, based on a book by the great Western writer, Frank O'Rourke. The story takes place shortly after the Mexican ...             Come Back, Little Sheba Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth Paramount, 2004 Shirley, We Hardly Knew Ye I grew up with Shirley Booth as the sweet but annoying Hazel (who would have this busybody as their maid? And who in 2008 can afford a maid?) I saw this movie on an television station late night movie. Her performance as the needy, loving, but pitiful woman tore me up ...             Valdez is Coming Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark MGM (Video & DVD), 2001 the price of a mans life for what its worth A man, Valdez, kills a man in self defense though the man was falsely accused. Guilt, remorse, the only way he can make amends is get some money for the widow from the man he knows to be responsible for this tragedy. Easier said than done, as Valdez is determined to ...             Field of Dreams (Full Screen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition) Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan Universal Studios, 2004 Great Baseball Movies Baseball movies not only make great sports movies, they also make just Great Movies, period. If you have any questions about this or think otherwise, then just watch this movie. It will answer all your questions and doubts. Costner, Liotta, and Jones are superb in ...             Elmer Gantry Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons MGM (Video & DVD), 2001 Elmer "where are ya now, when we need you" Gantry Ah yes, when men were men, and Burt Lancaster was the best of all possible men! He has always breathed a quality of three-dimensional life into the characters that he portrayed that made him almost mythical. But clearly this was one of Burt's best acting performances. ...             The Rose Tattoo Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster Paramount, 2004 The Rose Tattoo Magnani was already an international star when lured to Hollywood to do this sterling adaptation of Tennessee Williams's play. The earthy, fiery Italian actress inhabits the central role of Serafina like a second skin. Magnani's powerfully expressive face betrays the ...             Sweet Smell of Success Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis MGM (Video & DVD), 2001 Sweet Smell of Success Turning from his comedic work at Britain's Ealing Studios to direct this noirish, all-American masterpiece about greed, ambition, and the perversity of power, Alexander MacKendrick relied on estimable playwright Clifford Odets and writer Ernest Lehman for their ...             Local Hero Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert Warner Home Video, 1999 It is written in the stars What do you get when you have an oil tycoon and a young businessman wanting to change a sleepy village into the "petrol capital of the free world?" The 1983 enchanting film, LOCAL HERO, written and directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam who is best ...             Run Silent, Run Deep Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster MGM (Video & DVD), 1999 A WW2 Submarine Classic This classic film features two strong leading men - Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster - in a realistic submarine movie. Lancaster was a producer on the project and pursued realism and authenticity in the production. Both men are tough and equally clear about their ...             Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition) Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan Universal Studios, 2004 field of dreams Field of Dreams...was about baseball,but in a fantasy way.I really love it.Kevin Costner,Amy Madigan,Earl Jones,and the rest of the cast were real great in this movie too.It's a family movie i would highly recommened everyone to watch it.             Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas Paramount, 2003 Still a Classic Movie Western Though historical innaccurate Gunfight At The OK Coral is still one of the great western movies fifty-plus years after it's initial release. This is pure entertainment --- forget the inaccuracies. Forget that the actors look nothing like their real-life counterparts. ...             The Leopard - Criterion Collection Luchino Visconti, Burt Lancaster Criterion, 2004 Well worth a second viewing with the English commentary on Other reviewers have provided plenty of information on this film which I won't repeat here. Nor will I indulge in a bout of political or philosophic pontification which does little justice to the viewer's independent judgement or the film itself. In response to some ...          products you might be interested in   search for DVDs anniversary, collection, criterion, executive, professionals, widescreen      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: The Favorite Uncle Remus