Category: Drama

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Treasure of the Sierra Madre on VHS. Classic action adventure drama film starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt. With Bruce Bennett, Alfonso Bedoya. Directed by John Huston. 1948.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre on VHS. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt. With Bruce Bennett, Alfonso Bedoya. Directed by John Huston. 1948.

The stinking box says:

Pure cinematic gold! This triple Academy Award-winner well deserves its status as a renowned classic. Both a riveting adventure story and a richly sardonic fable, Treasure of the Sierra Madre digs deep into the depths of the human soul, producing one of Hollywood’s all time richest finds.

Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt play a trio of Americans on the bum in 1920’s Tampico. Pooling their resources, they strike off into the mountains of Mexico in search of gold. Hounded by jungle Indians, a fortune-hunting Texan (Bruce Bennett), and cold-blooded banditos (led by Alfonso “I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!” Bedoya), they finally must confront they most dangerous adversaries of all… themselves.

As the crusty Fred C. Dobbs, who succumbs completely to his lust for gold, Bogart’s performance stands as a high point in his grand career. But it was the Huston father-and-son team who won the film’s three Academy Awards — Walter for Best Supporting Actor and John for Best Director and Screenplay.

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Lost Highway

Lost Highway VHS cover art. Mystery drama thriller movie starring Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Robert Loggia. Directed by David Lynch. 1997.

Lost Highway on VHS. Starring Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Robert Loggia. Directed by David Lynch. 1997.

VHS covers roll on:

A David Lynch Film

Haunting sexuality, ricochet action and fleeting, murderous shadows await you on a journey that begins and ends on the Lost Highway. The successful jazz musician whose marriage is on the rocks… The man in black who threatens to expose him… The young mechanic with links to a powerful mobster… The mobster’s moll who knows what she wants and the people who can get it for her. These are the riders on the Lost Highway, trapped in their worlds of desire, destiny and unknown destination, where the truth is always just a short way further down the road. Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Robert Blake, Balthazar Getty and Robert Loggia star in a powerful, sensual and extraordinary new movie from the director of “Twin Peaks” and “Blue Velvet”: David Lynch.

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The Road Killers

The Road Killers VHS box cover art. Action crime drama movie starring Christopher Lambert, Craig Sheffer, David Arquette, Josh Brolin, Michelle Forbes, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Directed by Deran Sarafian. 1994.

The Road Killers on VHS. Starring Christopher Lambert, Craig Sheffer, David Arquette, Josh Brolin, Michelle Forbes, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Directed by Deran Sarafian. 1994.

The VHS covers collection says:

The Highway To Hell

A group of psychotic joyriders terrorizes a vacationing family in this riveting star-powered action thriller featuring Christopher Lambert and Craig Sheffer.

While on a road trip, Jack Lerolland (Lambert) and family are horrified when a young boy is nearly run down by a carload of troublemakers. The group’s ringleader, Cliff (Sheffer), challenges the boy’s father to a deadly game of chicken. Intent on eliminating witnesses, Cliff orders his friends to kill Jack while he kidnaps the family. The bizarre gang’s plans begin crumbling as they fight among themselves, revealing volatile tempers and shocking secrets. Meanwhile, Jack, propelled by fury, has cheated death and sends Cliff on a one-way trip down hell’s highway.

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Natural Born Killers

VHS covers: Natural Born Killers. Crime spree movie starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis. With Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield. Directed by Oliver Stone. 1994.

Natural Born Killers on VHS. Starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis. With Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield. Directed by Oliver Stone. 1994.

From the box:

The Media Made Them Superstars.

They didn’t win a Nobel Prize, throw a record fastball or travel another acceptable path to fame. What fugitive lovers Mickey and Mallory did was kill people. Lots of people. The media took care of the rest.

Three-time Academy Award winner Oliver Stone (JFK, Platoon) delivers a powerful movie experience unlike any he’s ever made and you’ve ever seen: Natural Born Killers, a visually dazzling, wickedly funny slam of violence and media obsession that’s “the most radical film any major studio has released since A Clockwork Orange” (Stephen Schiff, The New Yorker). As Mickey and Mallory, Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis portray the kind of crazymixedup kids a demon has nightmares about. And Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Sizemore and Rodney Dangerfield make vivid impressions in this wild ride that packs a wallop. “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” Not till you see Natural Born Killers.

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The Way of the Gun

The Way of the Gun VHS cover art. Movie starring Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis. With Taye Diggs, James Caan, Sarah Silverman. Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. 2000.

The Way of the Gun on VHS. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis Taye Diggs, James Caan, Sarah Silverman. Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. 2000.

From the box:

From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Usual Suspects, this wickedly off-beat mix of crime, comedy and gunplay stars Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro.

Convinced they’ll score big money fast by kidnapping a young surrogate mother (Juliette Lewis) carrying the child of a wealthy Southwestern couple, the two small-caliber crooks soon run into major problems. Realizing too late that they’re in over their heads, the kidnappers fight to keep their plan from unraveling amid a rising tide of bloodshed, mind-games and greed.

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Bullitt

Bullitt VHS cover art. Action crime drama movie starring Steve McQueen. With Jacqueline Bisset, Simon Oakland, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Robert Vaughn, Norman Fell, Vic Tayback, Suzanne Somers. Directed by Peter Yates. 1968.

Bullitt on VHS. Starring Steve McQueen. With Jacqueline Bisset, Simon Oakland, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Robert Vaughn, Norman Fell, Vic Tayback, Suzanne Somers. Directed by Peter Yates. 1968.

From the box:

Steve McQueen As “Bullitt”

Detective Frank Bullitt has just received what sounds like a routine assignment: keep a star witness out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours, then deliver him to the courtroom on Monday A.M. But before the night is out, the witness will lie dying of shotgun wounds. And Bullitt, a no-glitter, all-guts cop, won’t rest until he nabs the gunmen… and the elusive underworld kingpin who hired them.

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Rebel Without A Cause

Rebel Without A Cause VHS box cover art. Movie starring James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo. With Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Edward Platt, Dennis Hopper. Directed by Nicholas Ray. 1955.

Rebel Without A Cause on VHS. Starring James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo. With Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Edward Platt, Dennis Hopper. Directed by Nicholas Ray. 1955.

From the box:

Jim Stark is another good kid gone bad — and no one knows why. Not his teachers or the cops who arrest him on drunk and disorderly charges. Not even his parents. To all, Jim — like thousands of other middle-class kids — is just another Rebel Without a Cause.

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Hero And The Terror

Hero And The Terror VHS cover. Action movie starring Chuck Norris, Steve James, Jack O'Halloran, Brynn Thayer, Ron O'Neal, Jeffrey Kramer, Billy Drago, Murphy Dunne, Karen Whitter. Directed by William Tannen. 1988.

Hero And The Terror on VHS. Starring Chuck Norris, Steve James, Jack O’Halloran, Brynn Thayer, Ron O’Neal, Jeffrey Kramer, Billy Drago, Murphy Dunne, Karen Whitter. Directed by William Tannen. 1988.

From the box:

Heroes Hit Hardest.

L.A. cop Danny O’Brien’s got a score to settle. With himself. He knows he was lucky when he put a mammoth-sized psycho behind bars. Now the psycho’s escaped. And Danny’s ready to prove if the first time was luck… the second time is war!

Hero and the Terror gives you everything you expect from superstar Chuck Norris and American Ninja II‘s Steve James: blazing-fisted, bone-jarring, one-man-SWAT-team action — and plenty of it! And it give you some things you might not expect: a web of suspense that pulls the action taut… and Norris as a very human hero with a pregnant girlfriend who won’t marry him. It’s a new combination that’s pure blow-the-lid-off dynamite!

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The Outlaw

The Outlaw VHS cover art. Action drama western romance movie starring Jane Russell, Jack Buetel, Thomas Mitchell, Walter Huston. Directed by Howard Hughes. 1943.

The Outlaw on VHS. Starring Jane Russell, Jack Buetel, Thomas Mitchell, Walter Huston. Directed by Howard Hughes. 1943.

From the box:

Howard Hughes shocked the film world in 1943 with this high-voltage western adventure that featured the steamy screen debut of voluptuous Jane Russell. Notorious for its time, this provocative retelling of the sagebrush saga of Billy the Kid and Doc Holliday — and their heated rivalry for the love of the sultry Rio — explodes in a gripping and unforgettable climax as their fateful destinies collide with the legendary Sheriff Pat Garrett.

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Two Coyotes

Two Coyotes VHS box cover art. Action crime drama movie starring Jorge Cordova, Nicholas Guilak, Joe Estevez, Ricardo Molina, Jorge Soriano. Directed by Jose Reyes Bencomo. 2001.

Two Coyotes on VHS. Starring Jorge Cordova, Nicholas Guilak, Joe Estevez, Ricardo Molina, Jorge Soriano. Directed by Jose Reyes Bencomo. 2001.

From the box:

Two Coyotes is the story of two men — friends since childhood — navigating the rough terrain of the Los Angeles/Tijuana cocaine trade; of two nations struggling to control a blight that could destroy them both; of wealth and prestige and their power to obliterate even the deepest family loyalty.

Jorge E. Cordova (That Summer in L.A.) stars as Rafael, right hand man to a Mexican drug lord. His mentor, Sr. Acosta (Joe Estevez — Demolition Highway, No Rest for the Wicked, Fatal Pursuit) has treated Rafael as a son, and as a brother to his own reckless son Carlos (Nico Guilak — English for All, Cruel Intentions 2). As the more responsible of the two, Rafael is chosen to inherit the reins of the Acosta empire — and keep Carlos out of trouble.

Rafael defies Acosta’s orders and allows Carlos to broker a lucrative drug deal. When the deal goes bad, Carlos becomes the prime suspect in a gruesome double homicide. Finding his new position in jeopardy, paranoia overtakes Rafael as he sets out to purge suspected traitors from his organization. His closest associates as well as his wife, a poor Mexican girl traded by her parents for an SUV, are under suspicion, and none are safe from Rafael’s loyal hit man Chupacabra (Jorge Soriano).

With Carlos under surveillance by the police, Rafael relocates his operation, distancing himself from Carlos and leaving a dead end for law enforcement. But Carlos won’t be ignored, and Rafael must now decide between friendship and survival.

Goodfellas meets Traffic in this complex and often violent tale of loyalty and betrayal in the Mexican Mafia.

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