DVD: Richard Burton

DVD: Richard Burton

DVD:

Richard Burton

Richard Anderson, Royce D. Applegate

Turner Home Ent, 2004

A Little Long but an Impressive Achievement
"Gettysburg" is a film best watched in parts as it is very long (it needed to be lenghty though). This is one of the most accurate civil war films I have seen and an impressive number of reeactors were used in some of the battle scenes. Picket's Charge is ...

Blazing Saddles [Blu-ray]

Carol Arthur, Richard Collier

Warner Home Video, 2006

classic comedy
Blazing Saddles is such a classic. From "candygram for Mongo!" to "it's twoo! it's twoo!" it's nonstop laughs. To save money, the railroad needs to go through the town of Rock Ridge, and governor's right-hand man, Hedley--not Hedy!--Lamarr (Harvey Kormann) come up ...

Spy Who Came in from the Cold - Criterion Collection

Richard Burton, Claire Bloom

Criterion Collection, 2008

Criterion delivers again
Having read the book and seen this movie in its earlier, original DVD release (a bargain, still, for those not wanting to shell out for this new edition), I knew what to expect in the way of story. This new transfer is, however, much more better, especially in its ...

Moonlighting - Seasons 1 & 2

Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis

Lions Gate, 2005

Funny and interesting
My husband and I are trying to find shows that has little to no profanity. Moonlighting is a show that can be on when my little grandson comes to stay. It is lighthearted comedy and yet it is also interesting. Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepard make a good acting team. ...

Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition)

Richard Collier, Carol DeLuise

Warner Home Video, 2004

classic comedy
Blazing Saddles is such a classic. From "candygram for Mongo!" to "it's twoo! it's twoo!" it's nonstop laughs. To save money, the railroad needs to go through the town of Rock Ridge, and governor's right-hand man, Hedley--not Hedy!--Lamarr (Harvey Kormann) come up ...

Clint Eastwood Collection: Where Eagles Dare

Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood

Warner Home Video, 2003

"It's called the Castle of the Eagles, because only an eagle can get there."
Clint Eastwood probably mowed down more of Adolf Hitler's German soldiers in Brian G. Hutton's "Where Eagles Dare" than he did western outlaws as either Sergio Leone's Man with No Name in the "Dollars" trilogy or criminals as "Dirty Harry" in his five Warner Brothers ...

Anne of the Thousand Days / Mary, Queen of Scots

Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold

Universal Studios, 2007

One more and it would have been a hat trick!
Here we have two terrific films, appropriately packaged together. You get two DVDs packaged in a single case, each individually labeled. Perhaps if the distributor would have included Cromwell (1970, Richard Harris) it would have been the ultimate CD package ever, ...

The Longest Day (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

John Wayne, Robert Ryan

20th Century Fox, 2006

Great vehicle for exposing popular actors of the time.
This is a 1962 attempt to be an accurate rendition of D day, based on Cornelius Ryan's book, "The Longest Day", when the allied forces of world war two crossed the English Channel and fought their way up the beaches of France. The whole film is of the events of that ...

Becket

Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole

MPI Home Video, 2007

Dramatic History at its Best
Another "Burton" at his best, "Becket" gives us a superb Peter O'toole as Henry II. No better acting than these two give us has Hollywood ever produced and it's all there in this increibly important film. Thought provoking and ethiically important. The comlexity of ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton

Warner Home Video, 2006

Old Hollywood Shines!
For fans of old Hollywood, you'll love this movie! Burton and Taylor are just about at their best here. The constant jab and poke that these two go for is amazing, both looking the vocabular knock out punch! It remans one of my all time fav movies to watch. I ...

The Taming of the Shrew

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton

Sony Pictures, 1999

The Taming of the Shrew
Taming of the Shrew by Franco Zeffirelli allows its viewers to experience the epoch, in which the drama develops. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor bring the drama and the essence of comedy to this production. Again, Zeffirelli invited us through this espectacular ...

Cleopatra

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, 2006

Superb Superb Superb! Ancient Rome Brought to Life
For Roman history enthusiasts this is one of the best films to recreate the nearly-vanished glory and grandeur that was Rome. It brings to life the story of Julius Caesar and fall of the Republic followed by the rise of Augustus. This is familiar to everyone so I'll ...

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Richard Burton, Oskar Werner

Paramount, 2004

Criterion delivers again
Having read the book and seen this movie in its earlier, original DVD release (a bargain, still, for those not wanting to shell out for this new edition), I knew what to expect in the way of story. This new transfer is, however, much more better, especially in its ...

Tennessee Williams Film Collection (A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Two-Disc Special Edition / Cat on a Hot Tin ...

Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando

Warner Home Video, 2006

A Bit Of Heaven In This Southern Madness
Being a sucker for a good box set, I have accumulated quite a few. You end up with some great DVDs, but also some titles that you might not have purchased on their own. This Tennessee Williams collection is one that I wholeheartedly recommend--each selection might ...

David and Bathsheba

Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward

20th Century Fox, 2006

real quality, intelligent script, well realized
This is like a good stage play. The screen writer has created a small masterpiece. Each line reveals some aspect of Israelite culture as well as developing the character and advancing the plot. Not a word is wasted; and the actors, especially Peck, express the script ...