Category: Drama

Merlin

Merlin on VHS. Adventure drama fantasy movie starring Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, John Gielgud, Rutger Hauer, Isabella Rossellini, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, James Earl Jones. Directed by Steve Barron. 1998.

Merlin on VHS. Starring Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, John Gielgud, Rutger Hauer, Isabella Rossellini, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, James Earl Jones. Directed by Steve Barron. 1998.

From the box:

The Most Magical Adventure Of All Time.

In a time long past, when magic was fading from the world of men, the malevolent sorceress Mab summoned forth a mighty wizard to keep the power of the Old Ways alive. The wizard’s name… was Merlin. But when his heart is touched by the love of the beautiful Nimue, Merlin turns away from Mab’s dark enchantments. Allying himself with the young warrior who will rise to become the legendary King Arthur, Merlin pledges his mystic skills to Arthur’s visionary cause: bringing peace and justice to the realm haunted by monsters and ravaged by war–and setting the stage for the ultimate clash of Good versus Evil.

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The Dish

The Dish on VHS. Comedy drama movie starring Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Roy Billing, Bille Brown, Tayler Kane, Genevieve Mooy. Directed by Rob Sitch. 2000.

The Dish on VHS. Starring Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Roy Billing, Bille Brown, Tayler Kane, Genevieve Mooy. Directed by Rob Sitch. 2000.

From the box:

The First Step On The Moon Nearly Stumbled On Earth.

It’s the biggest event since sheep invented wool! Apollo 11’s astronauts will walk on the moon — and the 1,000-ton satellite dish in tiny, sheep-farming Parkes, Australia, will beam that historic first step around the globe. But as giddy citizens prepare for the moment when the entire world will depend on them, the dish flatlines. And its unconventional Aussie crew and its by-the-book NASA supervisor from the U.S. have very different ideas about how to fix it.

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House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog on VHS. Drama movie starring Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley. With Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher, Kim Dickens. From the novel by Andre Dubus III. Directed by Vadim Perelman. 2003.

House of Sand and Fog on VHS. Starring Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley. With Ron Eldard, Frances Fisher, Kim Dickens. From the novel by Andre Dubus III. Directed by Vadim Perelman. 2003.

The VHS cover’s description:

Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly deliver stunning performances as two strangers whose conflicting pursuits of the American Dream lead to a fight for their hopes at any cost. What begins as a struggle over a rundown bungalow spirals into a clash that propels everyone involved toward a shocking resolution.

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Better Than Chocolate

Better Than Chocolate on VHS. Comedy drama romance movie starring Wendy Crewson, Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Marya Delver, Kevin Mundy, Peter Outerbridge. Directed by Anne Wheeler. 1999.

Better Than Chocolate on VHS. Starring Wendy Crewson, Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Marya Delver, Kevin Mundy, Peter Outerbridge. Directed by Anne Wheeler. 1999.

From the box:

“Better Than Chocolate” is a sexy romp of love and lust with surprising results. Maggie meets the woman of her dreams, Kim, just hours before her mother, Lila, and brother, Paul, move in with her. When the four end up sharing a loft, Maggie believe she must keep her affair a secret but it is Maggie’s clandestine romance that inadvertently introduces her family to a host of new experiences, all of which are potentially better than chocolate.

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The Death Kiss

The Death Kiss on VHS. Homemade VHS box for the movie starring Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Adrienne Ames, John Wray. Directed by Edwin L. Marin. 1932.

The Death Kiss on VHS. Starring Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Adrienne Ames, John Wray. Directed by Edwin L. Marin. 1932.

From the box:

HOLLYWOOD AS THE HEADLINES SCREAM — WITH THE MYSTERY — THE ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE OF THE STUDIOS!!!

(Odd homemade box with newspaper clipping complete with official store-bought VHS cassette.)

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The Dead Pool

Dirty Harry In The Dead Pool on VHS. Action crime drama movie starring Clint Eastwood. With Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt, Jim Carrey. Directed by Buddy Van Horn. 1998.

The Dead Pool on VHS. Starring Clint Eastwood. With Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt, Jim Carrey. Directed by Buddy Van Horn. 1998.

From the box:

Dirty Harry In The Dead Pool

What happens when you put criminal scum behind bars? You become famous, that’s what. TV people want sound bites for the evening news. Writers want your life story. And sleazoid creeps want you dead.

Being famous isn’t San Francisco Detective Harry Callahan’s style. He doesn’t appreciate being lumped in with a rock star, a film critic and a talk show host. Especially because those three are dead. They’re murdered celebrities whose names are in an underground betting pool called The Dead Pool. Now Harry’s found another well-known name on the list: his.

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Dead Calm

Dead Calm on VHS. Drama thriller movie starring Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane. With Rod Mullinar, Joshua Tilden. Directed by Phillip Noyce. 1989.

Dead Calm on VHS. Starring Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane. With Rod Mullinar, Joshua Tilden. Directed by Phillip Noyce. 1989.

From the box:

High Seas. Deep Terror. Try To Stay Calm.
A Voyage Into Fear.

The suspense begins on the high seas when John and Rae Ingram (Sam Neil of A Cry in the Dark and radiant newcomer Nicole Kidman) rescue a half-delirious stranger (Billy Zane). He says he’s the only surviving crew member of a crippled schooner, but he’s really a demented killer. And he’ll soon plunge his rescuers into a terrifying battle of cat and mouse. And life or death.

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The Bone Collector

The Bone Collector VHS cover art. Movie starring Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah. Directed by Phillip Noyce. 1999.

The Bone Collector on VHS. Starring Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah. Directed by Phillip Noyce. 1999.

From the box:

He takes his victims’ lives and leaves behind mysterious pieces of a bizarre puzzle. And the only person who may be able to make sense of the serial killer’s deranged plan is Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington), a onetime top homicide investigator. But after a tragic accident changes his life forever, Rhyme can only watch as other cops bungle the case… until he teams up with a young rookie, Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie), who bravely searches out the clues that help them solve the case.

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Ginger and Fred

Federico Fellini's Ginger and Fred VHS box cover art. Italian comedy drama movie starring Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina. With Franco Fabrizi. Directed by Federico Fellini. 1986.

Federico Fellini’s Ginger and Fred on VHS video. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina. With Franco Fabrizi. Directed by Federico Fellini. 1986.

From the box:

Masina and Mastroinna play ex-dancers Ginger and Fred. Forty years ago they made their living imitating the incomparably graceful Rogers and Astaire in Italian dance halls. Now, thirty years later, they are reunited for a nostalgic TV variety show, part of a bizarre cast that includes dwarfs, transvestites, necromancers and a retired admiral. Fred is the same as ever, drinking and chasing women. Ginger has grown up and gotten married, yet fond remembrances of more romantic days still gleam in her eyes. Two innocents adrift in the surreal world of television, they travel to a rediscovery of their importance to one another and together learn that they can never leave the past behind. Bittersweet, funny, and ultimately moving, Ginger & Fred is Fellini at his provocative and magnificent best.

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Casablanca

VHS covers: Casablanca. Classic romance war drama movie starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. With Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre. Directed by Michael Curtiz. 1942.

Casablanca on VHS. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. With Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre. Directed by Michael Curtiz. 1942.

From the box:

50th Anniversary Celebration

Remastered Collector’s Edition

The time: World War II. The place: Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon. The film: Casablanca, “the best Hollywood movie of all time” (Leonard Maltin).

The legends loom larger as time goes by. In the 45th film of his career, tough guy Humphrey Bogart at last becomes a romantic leading man (in a role originally intended for Ronald Reagan). He and luminous Ingrid Bergman portray former lovers briefly reunited in the chaos of war. They’ll “always have Paris.” And we’ll always have their incomparable on-screen magic. Bogart is Rick, a world-weary nightclub owner who claims, “I stick my neck out for nobody.” Bergman is Ilsa, fleeing the Nazis with her Resistance-hero husband. Only Rick can help the pair escape, but he refuses… until Ilsa reawakens his idealism.

This 50th anniversary limited edition of Casablanca has been restored and digitally remastered, and includes a “making of” documentary narrated by Lauren Bacall plus the original theatrical trailer. Here’s lookin’ at you, Casablanca.

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