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Good Will Hunting (Miramax Collector's Series)
Robin Williams, Matt Damon
Miramax, 1998
Good will hunting by Brandon
+ Inspirational and Entertaining Drama
+ Original and touching
+ An `okay' script produces a `good' movie thanks to some `great' performances...
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My Fair Lady (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
Warner Home Video, 2004
My Fair Lady
+ Absolutely marvelous!
+ great
+ Two thumbs way up
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Conrack
Jon Voight, Paul Winfield
Playhouse Video, 1985
"Against-all-odds" teacher on a time-forgotten island
+ You Can't Believe How Good This Movie Is
+ Lost classic but still relevant
+ absolutely Voight's best performance
+ A little-known classic starring the young John Voight
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Up the Down Staircase
Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford
Warner Home Video, 2007
'THERE IS NO FRIGATE . . .' HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
+ super movie
+ Familiar But Surprisingly Resonant Look at a Young Teacher's Trial by Fire in an Urban High School
+ School Daze
+ Timeless and perfect...
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Music of the Heart (Miramax Collector's Series)
Angela Bassett, Kieran Culkin
Miramax, 2000
Very Inspiring
+ An Excellent Violin Story
+ Wonderful!
+ Play from your soul
+ An Awesome Story with a Majestic Ending
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The Emperor's Club (Widescreen Edition)
Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch
Universal Studios, 2003
Welcome To Western Civilization" ~ Character, Ethics And Winning At All Costs
+ Kevin Kline inspires
+ Mr. Hundert is a part of us all
+ Lasting effects
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Dangerous Minds
Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza
Walt Disney Video, 1999
Danger Never Looked So Good!
+ dangerous Minds
+ Great film with an awesome message
Or plodded along so predictably ... now I'm not trying to say Michelle Pfeiffer isn't convincing as a tough-as-nails, kick your tail instructor, because I don't have to. Anyone with an IQ over 120 will figure that out instantly.
Now, we all know that inner-city youths don't deserve as much ...
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The Browning Version (Criterion Collection)
Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent
Criterion, 2005
The Browning Version
+ An Elegant Sufficiency
+ first rate actor & first rate director & second rate author add up to an (almost) first rate film
+ THE LAST WORD
+ Portrait of a sad man
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The Great Debaters
Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker
Genius Products (TVN), 2008
Thought Provoking
+ Simply Awesome
+ Great Review
+ One of year's best
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Lean on Me
Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd
Warner Home Video, 1998
One of my All-Time FAVORITES!
+ This Movie is a great story and great acting
+ "Let me tell you something, the trouble with being a teen-ager is you don't know nothing"
+ LEAD THEM WITH A BAT AND A BULLHORN!
+ Lean on Me Video Review
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens
20th Century Fox, 2004
The Blanche Dubois of School Teachers
+ Great
+ The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
+ Maggie Smith's Biggest Role and Oscar Victory
+ One of the greatest performances of its era
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The Paper Chase
Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner
20th Century Fox, 2003
Excellent film!
+ Great Film, Decent DVD
+ Still great, but dated.
This is what should be coming out of Hollywood now! This film from 1973 is thought-provoking and truly entertaining without any silly special effects to blur the meaning!
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The Birds (Collector's Edition)
Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren
Universal Studios, 2000
What happens when our fowl feathered friends become...foul!!!!
+ The Birds
+ An Allegory in Search of Meaning
+ Scary -- but I'm still wondering what it was about!
+ Hitchcock's BEST...
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Teachers
Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams
MGM (Video & DVD), 2007
a cause for respect learned a long time ago
+ lots of fun
+ Teachers Redux
+ Scary and prophetic, but funny
+ One of the best movies I've ever seen
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Mr. Holland's Opus
Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly
Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Hollywood Pictures, 1999
dvd
+ Mr. Holland's Opus
+ Really worthwhile film
+ A Great Movie
+ Incredible
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