DVD: tennessee

DVD: tennessee

DVD:

Tennessee

The Best of Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales

Don Adams, Bradley Bolke

Classic Media, 2006

BEN STERN IS ON THIS!@#
You can here Howard Stern's Dad "Ben" on the outtakes. You should buy this now and "don't be stupid you moron". The cartoon itself is as I remembered it. Very enjoyable and representative of simpler times. The bonus features aren't that great but it's great to ...

A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando

Warner Home Video, 2006

Funny, heartbreaking and moving -- "Streetcar" is a classic.
After seeing a performance of Tennessee Williams' gripping play "A Streetcar Named Desire" at a local event, I immediately bought the award-winning film. I was unsure how a brutally powerful story about the demise of one woman's reputation could be translated into a ...

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie (Broadway Theatre Archive)

Katharine Hepburn, Sam Waterston

Image Entertainment, 2003

sheer brilliance
THE GLASS MENAGERIE is one of the theatre's great masterpieces. Originally opening on Broadway in 1944, the play established playwright Tennessee Williams as a force to be reckoned with and provided Laurette Taylor with her final great Broadway role as Amanda ...

Tennessee Williams Film Collection (A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Two-Disc Special Edition / Cat on a Hot Tin ...

Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman

Warner Home Video, 2006

A Bit Of Heaven In This Southern Madness
Being a sucker for a good box set, I have accumulated quite a few. You end up with some great DVDs, but also some titles that you might not have purchased on their own. This Tennessee Williams collection is one that I wholeheartedly recommend--each selection might ...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman

Warner Home Video, 2000

Who's going to get the money?
Big Daddy (Burl Ives) is dying of cancer and the family's going after 10M worth of inheritance. Brick (Paul Newman) and Cooper (Cooper) are Big Daddy's progeny. Cooper's the eldest, but Brick's the favorite. Unfortunately, Brick's married to Maggie the Cat (Taylor) ...

Suddenly, Last Summer

Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn

Sony Pictures, 2000

JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ, OPUS 16
***** 1959. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, this adaptation from Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer. earned three nominations for the Academy Awards and Elizabeth Taylor a Golden Globe. Outstanding screenplay by the American writer filled with symbols and ...

Walking Tall

Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman

Paramount Home Video, 2007

Walking Tall is a must see!!
"Walking Tall" (the orignal version), starring Joe Don Baker, is one of those movies you watch over & over again! This one has it all. Based on a true person; hard to believe something like this can really happen! This will bring out every emotion ya got! All the ...

Paper Clips

Peter Schroeder, Linda Hooper

Arts Alliance Amer, 2006

Paper Clips: A must see film for all who care about not only educating children, but changing their lives forever
PaperClips is a true story about the Principal of a middle school in a small, rural, farming community in Tennessee. Fully aware that most of the children have had little exposure to world history, and in particular, the Holocaust, her dream is to find a teacher who ...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Deluxe Edition)

Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman

Warner Home Video, 2006

Who's going to get the money?
Big Daddy (Burl Ives) is dying of cancer and the family's going after 10M worth of inheritance. Brick (Paul Newman) and Cooper (Cooper) are Big Daddy's progeny. Cooper's the eldest, but Brick's the favorite. Unfortunately, Brick's married to Maggie the Cat (Taylor) ...

Sweet Bird of Youth

Paul Newman, Geraldine Page

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 2006

Another Good Tennessee Williams Film Adaptation
Tennessee Williams' plays often adapt well to the cinema; "Sweet Bird of Youth" is no exception. Starring Geraldine Page as Alexandra Del Lago and Paul Newman as Chance Wayne in the role they created on Broadway, the film is chock full of what we expect from Mr. ...

Iron City Blues

Gemini Production Group, Inc., 2008

THIS is Pure Backwoods Americana.
I had been awaiting this documentary for several months. I grew up in a small town near Iron City, and used to spend a good deal of time in Iron City. This documentary done by blues artist Big Mike Griffin is a great telling of the legend, a great look at how the ...

Tennessee's Partner

John Payne, Ronald Reagan

Vci Video, 2002

'Classic Western Tale By Bret Harte!'
'Tennessee's Partner' is a terrific saga based on the novel by the famous Western author Bret Harte. Beautifully produced by RKO studios in 1955, and filmed in gorgeous Technicolor, this film stars the underated actor John Payne, as the shrewd, but honest card ...

Baby Doll

Karl Malden, Carroll Baker

Warner Bros. Pictures, 2006

They do not make movies like this any more
Often times when people think of director Elia Kazan, they think of his professional movie greats and his personal blunders during McCarthy era. This is the first film of his I saw on DVD and I was smitten by it from the start. Everything about this film is ...

Biography - Tennessee Williams: Wounded Genius (A&E DVD Archives)

Biography

A&E Home Video, 2005

Big On The Drugs, A Bit Thin On The Plays
On this A & E video bio of Tennessee Williams, there's plenty of talk of his drinking and drug-taking and sleeping around. There's not much on the plays, just snippets of the highly salacious trailers (of the movies made from them), and almost no analysis. Few clips ...

Three Dog Night - Live with the Tennessee Symphony Orchestra

Three Dog Night

Image Entertainment, 2002

Great DVD
Just watched the DVD.I am an old fan of Three Dog Night and was very pleased with the DVD.This was one of there latest gigs and am amazed how seasoned they are.