a lot of familiar faces who have relatively little screen time or business to attend to. Set in smoggy Los Angeles, the film opens with a radio announcer's voiceover, "Hey, hey, L.A. It's a brand new day." And the camera pans the street, zooming in on the Dee-Luxe Car Wash, which is owned by the ultimate cheapskate, Mr. B (Sully Boyar). In rapid succession, we're introduced to a dizzying array of characters who all work or hang out at the car wash: drag queen Lindy (Antonio Fargas), brothers Floyd and Lloyd who want to be in show business, a hip brother, an angry brother, a taxi driver (George Carlin), cashier Marsha (Melanie Mayron), and a plethora of "types" who wash, dry, and polish everything in sight while making time to make time. Car Wash doesn't do much or have a lot to say, the laughs aren't particularly original, and the actors don't have much to do save for Fargas, whose role as a drag queen was groundbreaking because the character wasn't discriminated against or killed at the end. Even Richard Pryor is wasted in his single scene as a wealthy preacher named Daddy Rich. Car Wash , which was written by mainstream director Joel Schumacher ( Batman and Robin , Falling Down , The Client ), is ultimately uneventful. Its revival on DVD is puzzling because it looks about as faded, dated, and undistinguished as a rusty old car. --Paula Nechak  (less)

tool of the 20th century. We trace the fascinating history of the ubiquitous patrol car and details the developments that have turned it into a fortress, command center and shield on wheels. Revisit the early days of law enforcement, when cops were unable to keep up with the expensive sedans favored by 1920s crooks and gangsters. See how the popularization of the V8 Ford and the two-way radio were the key to making police cars into effective crime-fighting tools. The combination finally allowed the police to catch up to legendary criminals like Bonnie and Clyde (gunned down at a police roadblock). And get an up-close look at the technology and capabilities of a modern police cruiser and the developments that will propel these vital vehicles into the next century.::From the streets of gangland Chicago to the special vehicles labs where the future of law enforcement is shaped, this is a bumper to bumper look at THE POLICE CAR.  (less)

a lot of familiar faces who have relatively little screen time or business to attend to. Set in smoggy Los Angeles, the film opens with a radio announcer's voiceover, "Hey, hey, L.A. It's a brand new day." And the camera pans the street, zooming in on the Dee-Luxe Car Wash, which is owned by the ultimate cheapskate, Mr. B (Sully Boyar). In rapid succession, we're introduced to a dizzying array of characters who all work or hang out at the car wash: drag queen Lindy (Antonio Fargas), brothers Floyd and Lloyd who want to be in show business, a hip brother, an angry brother, a taxi driver (George Carlin), cashier Marsha (Melanie Mayron), and a plethora of "types" who wash, dry, and polish everything in sight while making time to make time. Car Wash doesn't do much or h...  (less)

is credited with establishing new wave as a viable and very profitable music form. Included here is Take What You Want, a song never released on vinyl.Track Listing: Good Times Roll Bye Bye Love Night Spots I'm In Touch With Your World My Best Friend's Girl Candy-O You're All I've Got Tonight Take What You Want Don't Cha Stop Just What I Needed  (less)

Next) that he has the listeners best interests at heart with the music he is playing. Freeknik: Every year in Atlanta, hundreds of students from the country's biggest and best black colleges convene to party in the streets! FREAKNIK is a documentary film detailing the debauchery of 2000's hip-hop infused event! Pumps & Dumps: This film takes you deep into the urban car culture.  (less)

murder of a crook. 16mm RADIO RANCH (1935) Gene Autry, Frankie Darro. Gene and the boys uncover the weird underground city of Murania. Great 16mm print. BEHIND THE GREEN LIGHTS (1935) Norman Foster, Judith Allen. A tough cop gets a big-time gangster thrown in jail! From 16mm. This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.  (less)

base a few miles away. After they get back on the road, Dylan turns on the radio...and the only broadcast he can find is a speech by Hitler at the 1936 Olympic Games. Suddenly their car dies, and Megan, Dylan and the broken-down Lincoln are left alone in the dark, desolate desert. Out of the night, a visitor appears in the rear window of the car...a visitor from another moment in time. Scared for their lives, Megan and Dylan run from the car into the lonely darkness, where their incredible journey is only beginning...  (less)

through a backwoods dirt road, and winds up in a head-on collision with a group of teenage campers. As the cars are totalled, the group has no option but to trek through the woods and seek help. Stumbling upon a mysterious cabin, the unhappy campers soon realize they are in grave danger when they happen upon a mixture of grotesque oddities and body parts, soon followed by the return of the freakish inhabitants of the disgusting abode. The intensity builds as the inbred, kill-crazy cabin dwellers go after Chris and the campers, leading to some grisly scenes in the dense woodland, and a series of brutal, bloody set-pieces from director Rob Schmidt.JOY RIDE: Director John Dahl knows his way around a thriller as few contemporary filmmakers do. He revitalized the film noir with his darkly witty films, RED ROCK WEST and THE LAST SEDUCTION. With JOY RIDE, Dahl streamlines the plot and ratchets up the tension. Two brothers, Lewis (Paul Walker) and Fuller (Steve Zahn), are driving home cross-country. Fuller bullies Lewis into using the CB radio ('Prehistoric internet,' Fuller calls it) to play a mean-spirited practical joke on a trucker, and it backfires horribly. The psychotic trucker comes after them, but they get away. Foolishly thinking they're out of danger, they pick up Venna (Leelee Sobieski), the girl Lewis has been pining for, on the way home. The mysterious trucker, who they know only by his CB handle, 'Rusty Nail,' goes further than they could ever imagine to exact his revenge. Zahn is pitch-perfect here, capturing both Fuller's charm and his stupid recklessness. Dahl builds the suspense beautifully, creating a real sense of being out on the highway in the middle of nowhere. The script, by Clay Tarver and J.J. Abrams, brings three strong characters to life with sharp, funny dialogue, fleshing out the bare bones of the plot.  (less)

Waldron and inspired by his own 1975 bootlegging comedy, Moonrunners , Dukes milked seven seasons of material from the tale of a Deep South family of reformed whiskey-makers and their running feud with a greedy impresario and his chief lackey, a buffoonish, venal sheriff. At the center of the action is Sheriff Coltrane's nemeses, cousins Bo Duke (John Schneider) and Luke Duke (Tom Wopat), a couple of wild boys buzzing through the backwoods in the "General Lee," a souped-up Dodge Charger. Bo and Luke are good at heart but have to behave themselves while on indefinite probation, complicating but not halting their efforts to vex Roscoe and his patron, diminutive bigwig Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke). The enmity runs both ways: Roscoe and Boss Hogg, with the aid of witless Deputy Enos Strate (Sonny Shroyer), dream up ways of eliminating the Dukes--including their wise old Uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle)--but their efforts always backfire. While every episode is a variation on the previous one, predictability is a virtue. The series pilot, "One Armed Bandits," finds Luke and Bo, with help from their sexy cousin, Daisy (Catherine Bach), diverting slot machines (smuggled into Hazzard County by Roscoe and Boss Hogg) to sundry watering holes where they can raise money for Bo's girlfriend's charity. In "Money to Burn," Boss Hogg tries to frame Bo and Luke for robbing an armored truck, while in "Deputy Dukes," the unarmed guys are forced by Roscoe to escort a deadly prisoner from one town to another. The Dukes hit back in "Daisy's Song," investigating a scam that took Daisy for $50 and implicates, of course, Boss Hogg and Roscoe. By season 2, the show, originally shot on location in Covington, Georgia, was permanently produced on a backlot in Burbank, California. While a couple of cast members (Ben Jones, who plays mechanic Cooter Davenport, and James Best, who portrays Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane) briefly boycotted the series in its second year, the actors relaxed into their now thoroughly cartoonish characters. Highlights include a funny fan favorite called "The Ghost of General Lee" (also co-star Schneider's favorite episode), in which Bo and Luke are assumed to have drowned when their stolen car ends up at the bottom of a pond. NASCAR legend Cale Yarborough makes an appealing guest in a story about the development of a secret turbo charger and Hogg's effort to steal it, while Loretta Lynn turns up as herself in a damsel-in-distress tale, featuring the country superstar as a kidnapped hostage. "Witness for the Persecution" introduces a recurring theme on Dukes: Occasions in which the vile Hogg must be protected from his enemies by hiding out with (gasp) the Dukes. The best of the se...  (less)

Gaga + Hammer To Fall and previously unreleased Live Aid interview with the whole band. The Montreal concert is presented in high definition, while the Live Aid and all bonus materials will remain in standard definition. Tracklisting: 1. Intro 2. We Will Rock You (fast) 3. Let Me Entertain You 4. Play The Game 5. Somebody To Love 6. Killer Queen 7. I'm In Love With My Car 8. Get Down Make Love 9. Save Me 10. Now I'm Here 11. Dragon Attack 12. Now I'm Here (reprise) 13. Love Of My Life 14. Under Pressure 15. Keep Yourself Alive 16. Drum & Timpani Solo 17. Guitar Solo 18. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 19. Jailhouse Rock 20. Bohemian Rhapsody 21. Tie Your Mother Down 22. Another One Bites The Dust 23. Sheer Heart Attack 24. We Will Rock You 25. We Are The Champions 26. God Save The Queen Bonus Features: * Brand new audio commentary by Brian May and Roger Taylor * The full Queen Live Aid performance * Never before seen full performance footage of Queen rehearsing for Live Aid: Bohemian Rhapsody + Radio Gaga + Hammer To Fall * Previously unreleased Live Aid interview with the whole band * 1982 news feature from US TV series PM Magazine * "Before & After" restoration comparison * Weblink to microsite.  (less)

hospitalized, a desperate Kowalski speeds cross-country with police from four states, a vengeful trooper [Steve Railsback of HELTER SKELTER and ED GEIN], and the FBI in hot pursuit. Now with the help of an outspoken radio DJ [Jason Priestley], the man a nation hails as `the last American hero' and the Feds label a `possible terrorist' rockets toward a final roadblock where the speed limit is the floorboard, and life, death and freedom all come together at the VANISHING POINT. Christine Elise [ER], Keith David [ARMAGEDDON] and Peta Wilson [LA FEMME NIKITA] co-star in this explosive Fox-TV remake of the legendary cult classic that fans call `the ultimate car chase movie'!  (less)

someone breaks into his car and steals his radio, he and his friend William (Slater) begin staking out the neighborhood in hopes of catching the thief. This new operation gives birth to the S.O.S. (Save Our Streets) organization that ultimately gives Jimmy a sudden taste of fame.  (less)

concocting wild schemes, looking for love and having as much fun as they can. In this complete first season of 13 episodes, sweet-talking schemer Scott tries to sneak into the girls' sleepover; dorky Weasel becomes radio's "Dr. Love"; Tommy D must earn an A to get a car; the girls battle for a single spot on the cheerleading squad and much, much more! Episodes include: The Date Lottery, The Slumber Party, A Kicking Weasel, Home Shopping, Love Is on the Air, George Washington Kissed Here, Homecoming King, Belding's Baby, Good-Bye Megan, Swap Meet, Weasel Love, Tommy A, Running the Max.  (less)

Dziga Vertov, Russian audiences were enchanted by fast-moving American films starring serial queens like Pearl White, swashbuckling heroes like Douglas Fairbanks, and comedians from the Keystone Cops to Lloyd, Keaton and Chaplin. Miss Mend meets them all head-on and hardly stops for breath. It features beautiful location photography, impressive stunt scenes; horse, car and boat chases, radio towers, jazz bands and even a spectacular train wreck, interspersed with visual references to German film classics like Nosferatu, Caligari and Dr. Mabuse, The film s heroine, Vivian Mend, is an elegant urban professional who earns her own living and raises a child without the help of any man. But the film, partially set in an imagined America where everything is new and progressive (from technology to social relations and lifestyles) also includes a few more-than-pointed comments on labor relations, racism, excessive wealth, gratuitous violence and even rape. Based upon a 1923 pulp novel allegedly written by an American, 'Jim Dollar' (actually the nom-de-plume of a Russian woman, Marietta Shaginian), the film adaptation is directed by Fedor Ozep and Boris Barnet, each at the start of long and distinguished filmmaking careers. Although it responded to an official call for a new art that could win over mass audiences, Miss Mend was condemned by the Soviet press of the time as ideologically lightweight and a prime example of shameless 'Western-style' entertainment. It was nonetheless a huge popular success and after more than eighty years, it remains as exhilarating as it is fascinating. Mastered in high definition from superb 35mm film elements, this English-titled edition of Miss Mend is accompanied by a newly-recorded large-orchestra score by Robert Israel. Soviet culture specialists Ana Olenina and Maxim Pozdorovkin wrote the new English titles as well as an included booklet, Miss Mend and Soviet Americanism and made a bonus 25-minute documentary, Miss Mend: A Whirlwind Vision of An Imagined America. The Music Behind Miss Mend: The Invisible Orchestra is a behind-the-scenes look at one of Robert Israel's recording sessions in the Czech Republic. This edition was produced by David Shepard and Jeffery Masino, with digital restoration and editing carried out by Eric Lange of Lobster Films, Paris.  (less)

fights and numerous other thrills all take place before Captain Midnight brings the threat to a satisfying conclusion and once again makes the world safe for Democracy. Bonus Features: Bonus Original Serial Trailers| Actor Bios| Photo Gallery| VCI Serial Promo| Chapter Selection Menu. Specs: 1-DVD5 + 1-DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 270 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1941; SRP - $19.99.  (less)

Dourif), but then flees what seems to be an attack, only to find the real threat in her backseat: a hooded killer with an ax who takes her head off with a well-aimed swing. You've heard the story before? Not surprising, given that it's one of the more famous urban legends borrowed for Urban Legend , a post- Scream exercise in self-referential horror. The students at an ivy-covered New England college are turning up dead, the victims of a serial killer who murders in the fashion of the "apocryphal" modern myths. It's all for the benefit of good girl with a dark secret Alicia Witt, the sole witness to most of the killings. Doe-eyed Rebecca Gayheart, as her gullible best friend, and Jared Leto, the ambitious campus journalist who tracks down the secret that hangs over the school, lead a cast of pretty young women, hunky guys, and campus characters, notably the suspicious professor Robert Englund, a genre legend in his own right as the star of seven Nightmare on Elm Street films. Take away the cheeky remarks and self-awareness and it's a throwback to the 1970s' rash of teen slasher movies, where sexually active teens are sliced, diced, and otherwise slaughtered in elaborate and ingenious ways. The increasingly preposterous film is no Scream , but the modestly stylish production has its moments. --Sean Axmaker Urban Legends: Final Cut While Urban Legends: Final Cut is not nearly as terrifying or inventive as some of its predecessors, the film does offer up a fairly suspenseful whodunit that fans of the teen horror genre will likely appreciate. Amy Mayfield, the film's heroine (played by fresh-faced Jennifer Morrison), is the daughter of an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker trying to make a name for herself at Alpine University, "the greatest film school that ever existed." Along with several other students she is competing for the coveted Hitchcock award, which virtually guarantees the winner a successful career in Hollywood. When the film school's resident genius and likely winner of the award is found dead, suspicions arise. As other film students are killed off one by one, everyone becomes a suspect. Would someone kill to win the prestigious award? While striving to be Hitchcockian in theme (as evidenced by its multiple references to the director himself), the film never quite moves beyond cliché. Many scenes are a little too reminiscent of other popular teen horror flicks like Scream (the anonymous masked killer, though not nearly as frightening), The Blair Witch Project (Amy is chased through desolate woods by her stalker), and Friday the 13th (Amy hides from the killer in a lake setting eerily similar to the one where Jason died so many years ago). These elements seem just a little worn out. Morrison gives a serviceable performanc...  (less)

cafe where they learn about the infamous "Area 51" secret government base a few miles away. After they get back on the road, Dylan turns on the radio... and the only broadcast he can find is a speech from Hitler at the 1936 Olympic Games. Suddenly the car dies, and Megan, Dylan and their broken-down Lincoln are left alone in the dark, desolate desert. Out of the night, a visitor appears in the rear window of the car... a visitor from another moment in time. Scared for their lives, Megan and Dylan run from the car into the lonely darkness, where their incredible journey is only beginning...  (less)

foray into toy train production. Also included in this boxed set collection are vintage Lionel features Iron Ponies, The Railroad Story and 1962 Calvacade of Trains. There is also a collection of rare color film from The Wonderful World of Trains that shows the 1957 Super O Showroom Layout in operation. Plus dozens of original commercials and additional video examining Lionel's various Postwar locomotives. Also included is a series of never-before-seen bloopers collected over the years of shooting layouts across the country. Sku: 1249510043  (less)

and a queasy feeling under the belt for its ghoulish portrayal of the unnatural. A Girl seeking refuge from ghouls finds herself in the company of others who are in the same boat - or more correctly the same safe house. Ghouls find them and have them for dinner one at a time until only one of them, Ben survives. But would the posse led by the sheriff be able to tell Ben apart from the ghouls? The story underlines the ghoulish philosophy that "sinners" must die.  (less)

hands of America's enemies around the world and trying to convince a hell-raising radio correspondent to join the fight.DANGER ZONE: When you deal with dames you are in the Danger Zone as the character of crime detector Dennis O'Brien (Hugh Beaumont) learns in his inaugural mystery-drama. The private eye first cracks a case involving smuggling ring then tackles an assignment that involves blackmail murder and film noir's top bad guy Tom Neal. THE BIG CHASE: As his expectant wife (Adele Jergens) enters the hospital in anticipation of the blessed event cop Glenn Langan is off to the races trailing payroll robbers (including Jim Davis and Lon Chaney Jr.) on a mad chase that goes from cars to rowboat to motorboat to helicopter. The chase sequence captured in all its bullet-to-bullet glory comprises a third of the movie. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/FILM NOIR UPC: 089859058721 Manufacturer No: KPF-587  (less)

circuses were America's favorite form of entertainment, they traveled the country on some of the most colorful trains ever built. The whistle of the circus train meant an unofficial holiday.::THE CIRCUS TRAIN is a nostalgic look at a largely-vanished icon, from the specialized cars that carried the animals to the culture that grew up around the traveling circus. See how the train made it possible to do everything from set-up to take-down in a single day. Extensive footage captures the glory day of the circus trains, when they criss-crossed the nation bringing entertainment to big cities and out-of-the-way towns alike. Discover why they disappeared in 1956, and why the "Greatest Show on Earth" returned to the rails just four years later. Meet the folks who make the modern train go, and hear from veterans of the old-time traveling circuses.::All aboard for a colorful ride through the history of a uniquely American institution.  (less)

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the radio, which forewarns about "teenicide the fine art of killing yourself and maybe someone else, before you're twenty...with a car." Throwing caution to the wind, Nick speeds out of control and crashes, leaving Jeanne disfigured. Thanks to sharp direction from Lewis Collins, Last Date is an absolute stand out film. Campy, weird, and full of demonizing the "fast" and "bad" young hot rodding men. Dick York is especially fun as the ultra bad boy who would be the hero in today's films. Teen car accidents and reckless driving have been around a long time, and Last Date brings to life brings safe driving tips into a clear focus for viewers today.  (less)

Chamillionaire breaks down how he came up in the rap game with Paul Wall; from passing out flyers, chasing down radio plays, selling CD's out the truck of their cars, to both of them becoming regional stars and why fans are so dedicated to south music. DVD is packed with videos like Ridin' Dirty featuring Papoose and Jae Millz, interviews and a new segment titled what people talk about in the hood .System Requirements:Running Time: 60 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE  (less)

Waldron and inspired by his own 1975 bootlegging comedy, Moonrunners , Dukes milked seven seasons of material from the tale of a Deep South family of reformed whiskey-makers and their running feud with a greedy impresario and his chief lackey, a buffoonish, venal sheriff. This three-disc set includes all 13 initial episodes of Dukes from 1979, a period fans fondly recall because some of the programs were shot on location in Covington, Georgia, rather than a Burbank backlot. Also noteworthy is that a couple of key characters, particularly Hazzard County's corrupt lawman, Roscoe P. Coltrane (James Best), hadn't gelled yet into permanent hayseed stereotypes and were arguably more interesting at the begin...  (less)

just an introduction to the surprises ahead. And each new technological development, whether a car for the masses or a worldwide computer network, brings profound changes to homes across the country and the globe - and to the lives of the people in them. Highlights include: The Wright brothers. France and the US compete for first flying honors. Cal Rodgers, the "Vin Fiz" Flyer, and the first trans-American flight. The airplane goes to war. Henry Ford and the Model T. Mass production - and consumption. Technology pushes social change. Radio. The 1939 World's Fair. Breaking the polymer barrier. Wallace Carothers and nylon. The Whirlwind. NASA and the space race. The Internet and the World Wide Web.  (less)

us informed about breaking news. Satellite signals supply our television sets with programming from faraway places. The Internet has put a world of information at our fingertips; we can access documents about almost anything in mere moments. Learn how the Information Age has changed life on our planet and see how it has turned our communities into global villages. Speculate about where we may go from here.  (less)