The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest VHS cover art. Movie starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran. Directed by Archie Mayo. Based on a play by Robert E. Sherwood. 1936.

The Petrified Forest on VHS. Starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran. Directed by Archie Mayo. Based on a play by Robert E. Sherwood. 1936.

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Bette Davis Signature Collection

Bogie plays Duke Mantee, a thug on the lam, who’s spent most of his life in jail. And, he growls, “It looks like I’ll spend the rest of my life dead.” At the Black Mesa Bar-B-Q, he holds hostages at gunpoint while waiting for his moll to show up with the getaway car. Among his captives are Alan Squier (Leslie Howard), a writer looking for something worth living or dying for, and Gabby (Bette Davis), a sweet-natured waitress who dreams of abandoning her nowhere existence for life as an artist.

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Jailhouse Rock

Jailhouse Rock VHS cover art. Movie starring Elvis Presley. With Judy Tyler, Dean Jones, Mickey Shaughnessy. Directed by Richard Thorpe. 1957.

Jailhouse Rock on VHS. Starring Elvis Presley. With Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy. Directed by Richard Thorpe. 1957.

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Elvis Commemorative Collection

Sent to prison for accidentally killing a man, young Vince Everett (Elvis) takes up signing behind bars. But everything gets “All Shook Up” when he crosses paths with a beautiful record label talent scout in this fast-paced musical drama featuring seven dynamic classics including “I Want To Be Free,” “Don’t Leave Me Now,” “(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care” and the blistering smash “Jailhouse Rock.”

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Eat The Rich

Eat the Rich VHS cover art. Movie starring Ronald Allen, Sandra Dorne, Jimmy Fagg, Lemmy Kilmister, Lanah Pellay, Nosher Powell, Fiona Richmond, Ron Tarr. With Kevin Allen, Dave Beard, Rowena Bently, Robbie Coltrane, Angela Bowie, Bill Wyman, Steve Walsh, Paul McCartney, Shane MacGowan, Hugh Cornwell, Miles A. Copeland III, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, Jools Holland, Koo Stark, Dawn French, Kathy Burke, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson. Directed by Peter Richardson. 1988.

Eat the Rich on VHS. Starring Ronald Allen, Sandra Dorne, Jimmy Fagg, Lemmy Kilmister, Lanah Pellay, Nosher Powell, Fiona Richmond, Ron Tarr. With Kevin Allen, Dave Beard, Rowena Bently, Robbie Coltrane, Angela Bowie, Bill Wyman, Steve Walsh, Paul McCartney, Shane MacGowan, Hugh Cornwell, Miles A. Copeland III, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, Jools Holland, Koo Stark, Dawn French, Kathy Burke, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson. Directed by Peter Richardson. 1988.

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You are what you eat!

“You are what you eat,” is given new meaning when a trendy London restaurant is suddenly taken over by maniacal subversives in the outrageous Eat The Rich. Nosher Powell stars as an ex-boxer, beer-gulping bully elected to the elitist position of Home Security, second in command to the Prime Minister. Tired of watching his country be terrorized by undesirables, Nosher kicks butts…bashes baddies…and still finds time to flirt with the Queen. Meanwhile, a surly but sensitive ex-waiter Alex (Lanah Pellay) has assembled a small band to join his people’s uprising-while suave Commander Fortune (Ronald Allen), a Soviet double agent, and his sidekick Spider (Lemmy), are plotting Nosher’s downfall. It’s might versus mincemeat, where the strongest, sexiest, or just plain silliest wind up eating eating their words-or each other-in this unforgettable spoof of the upper crust featuring music by “Motorhead,” and cameos by Paul McCartney, Koo Stark and Bill Wyman.

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Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors VHS cover art. Movie starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin. With Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell-Martin, James Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, Bill Murray. Directed by Frank Oz. 1986.

Little Shop of Horrors on VHS. Starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin. With Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell-Martin, James Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, Bill Murray. Directed by Frank Oz. 1986.

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“The looniest, nuttiest, most outrageous movie musical comedy in years.”

Business is blooming at Mushnik’s Flower Shop. Customers are rushing in to see the exotic potted plant called Audrey II. But if they knew the truth, they’d rush right out. Audrey II is more vampire than vegetable. It’s a “mean, green mother from outer space” who’s about to fill Mushnik’s little shop with kooky horrors.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Planes, Trains and Automobiles VHS cover art. Movie starring Steve Martin, John Candy. With Laila Robins, Olivia Burnette, Kevin Bacon, Diana Castle, Michael McKean. Written and directed by John Hughes. 1987.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles on VHS. Starring Steve Martin, John Candy. With Laila Robins, Olivia Burnette, Kevin Bacon, Diana Castle, Michael McKean. Written and directed by John Hughes. 1987.

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Neal Page is an advertising executive who just wants to fly home to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family. But all Neal Page gets is misery. Misery named Del Griffith — a loud mouthed, but nevertheless loveable, salesman who leads Neal on a cross-country, wild goose chase that keeps Neal from tasting his turkey.

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Pushing Tin

Pushing Tin VHS cover art. Movie starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton. With Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Jake Weber. Directed by Mike Newell. 1999.

Pushing Tin on VHS. Starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton. With Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Jake Weber. Directed by Mike Newell. 1999.

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“A High-Flying Comedy”

In the tradition of Grosse Point Blank comes an unconventional comedy about two air traffic controllers whose intense rivalry and penchant for one-upmanship causes hilarious havoc with their careers, their marriages–and the planes in their airspace!

Nick Falzone (John Cusack) is the busiest, and the best, air traffic controller on Long Island — until Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton) roars into town like a motorcycle-riding cowboy. Fueled by caffeine and machismo, the two men embark upon an uproarious contest of wit and wills that can ultimately only have one winner.

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Better Off Dead

Better Off Dead VHS cover art. Movie starring Starring John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby. With Curtis Armstrong, Demian Slade, Amanda Wyss. Directed by Savage Steve Holland. 1985.

Better Off Dead on VHS. Starring Starring John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby. With Curtis Armstrong, Demian Slade, Amanda Wyss. Directed by Savage Steve Holland. 1985.

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Teenage life has never been darker… or funnier.

After his girlfriend (Amanda Wyss) ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane (John Cusack) decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more and more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares, a family you can’t help but identify with and a host of wonderful comic characters, Savage Steve Holland’s directorial debut is a masterful look at those painfully funny teen years.

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Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich VHS cover art. Movie starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener. With John Malkovich, Ned Bellamy, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean. Directed by Spike Jonze. 1999.

Being John Malkovich on VHS. Starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener. With John Malkovich, Ned Bellamy, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean. Directed by Spike Jonze. 1999.

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Ever want to be someone else? Now you can.

[obscured by sticker] …clerk. One day he accidentally discovers a door — a portal into the brain of John Malkovich (played by John Malkovich)! For 15 minutes, he experiences the ultimate head trip–HE is being John Malkovich! Then he’s dumped onto the New Jersey turnpike! With his beautiful office mate Maxine (Catherine Keener) and his pet-obsessed wife (Cameron Diaz), they hatch a plan to let others into John’s brain for just $200 a trip.

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Sleepy Heads

Sleepy Heads VHS cover art. Movie starring Eugene Nomura, Toshiya Nagasawa, Takihiro Fujita, Nick Feyz, Sayuri Higuchi Emerson. Directed by Yoshifumi Hosoya. 1997.

Sleepy Heads on VHS. Starring Eugene Nomura, Toshiya Nagasawa, Takihiro Fujita, Nick Feyz, Sayuri Higuchi Emerson. Directed by Yoshifumi Hosoya. 1997.

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“A cross between ‘Stranger Than Paradise’ and ‘After Hours.'”

24 hours to escape the mob, fall in love, and bury his dead friend’s body.

Sleepy Heads is a comedy about young Japanese living in NYC caught between two different cultures. It portrays their dreams and struggles and the differences between young Japanese.

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Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow VHS cover art. Movie starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci. With Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lee. Directed by Tim Burton. 1999.

Sleepy Hollow on VHS. Starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci. With Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lee. Directed by Tim Burton. 1999.

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A Tim Burton Film

Master storyteller Tim Burton weaves an eerie, enchanting version of this classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci is Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror.

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