This is the eighth of a likely 700-odd part
series of capsule notes on various DVDs; all are ones I own or have owned in
the past so I may be able to check on any disagreements. In many cases other editions may be available
(e.g. a separate Fullscreen and Widescreen version). Once I reach the end of
the alphabet, if I'm still alive then, I shall tackle newer additions missed
during the first pass through the alphabet. All DVDs are NTSC Region 1 unless
otherwise noted.
A note about Ali G material: Due to the
semi-literate nature of the Ali G character, spelling errors in the movie,
series titles, and a few episodes of season 2 are as the writers/DVD packagers
intended.
ALI G INDAHOUSE: THE MOVIE
VERSION: Universal; Widescreen
CAST: Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael Gambon,
Charles Dance, Martin Freeman
DIRECTOR: Mark Mylod
WRITER: Sacha Baron Cohen, Dan Mazer
GENRE: Comedy
NOTES: A would-be hood learns of an attempt
to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain
LANGUAGES: English (spoken); Japanese,
Korean, Portuguese, Spanish (sub-titles)
COMMENTARY: Actors Sacha Baron Cohen,
Martin Freeman (both in character)
OTHER FEATURES: Deleted Scenes, Outtakes,
Video Diary, Talking the Talk, Photo Gallery, Trailers (this, Ali, Tupac)
DATE/TIME/RATING: 2004, 88/1h28, R US/18A
Can
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284837/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ali-g-indahouse-the-movie/
DA ALI G SHOW: DA COMPLEET SEEREEZ
VERSION: HBO; Fullscreen as Aired; slipcase
CAST: Sacha Baron Cohen
DIRECTOR: James Bobin
WRITERS: Sacha Baron Cohen, Dan Mazer,
Anthony Hines (except Science), Jamie Glassman, James Bobin
GENRE: Comedy, Documentary
NOTES: Three fictional characters interact
with real people: “gangsta” “black” journalist Ali G, Kazakhstan tourist Borat,
gay fashion expert Brüno
BOOKLET: 1 page each season
LANGUAGES: English (spoken/sub-titles)
TIME/RATING: 180/3h each season, TV-MA
US/14A Can
Da Ali G Show: Da Compleet First Seazon
DATE: 2004
Disc One:
EPISODES/WRITERS ALSO:
·
Law/Tommy Blancha, Jeff Stilson, Evan Goldberg, Craig DiGregorio, Rich
Dahm, Michael O’Rourke, Seth Rogen; COMMENTARY: Actor/Co-Writer Sacha Baron
Cohen, Co-Writer/Producer/Director James Bobin
·
War/Tommy Blancha, Seth Rogen, Rich Dahm, Michael O’Rourke
·
Politics/-
OTHER FEATURES: Bonus Clips
Disc Two:
EPISODES: Art, Science, Belief
FEATURES: Spyz Movie, Ali G Glossary
Da Ali G Show: Da Compleet Second Seazon
DATE: 2005
Disc One:
EPISODES: Respek, Rekognize, Peace
FEATURES: Ali G’s Harvard Commencement
Speech
Disc Two:
EPISODES: Realize, Jah, Realness
FEATURES: Deleted Skits
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367274/
http://www.tv.com/shows/da-ali-g-show/
(series)
ALIVE
VERSION: Touchstone; Widescreen; 30th
Anniversary Edition
CAST: Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh
Hamilton, Bruce Ramsay, John Newton, David Kriegel
DIRECTOR: Frank Marshall
WRITER: John Patrick Shanley (screenplay);
Piers Paul Read (book)
GENRE: Drama
NOTES: Story of actual plane crash in the
Andes Mountains
LANGUAGES: English, Spanish (spoken); no
subtitles
FEATURES: Introduction (Frank Marshall),
Alive: 20 Years Later, Return to the Andes
DATE/TIME/RATING: 1993, 126/2h6, R US/14 A
Can
Alive: 20 Years Later
CAST: Martin Sheen, Laura Canessa, Roberto
Canessa, Sergio Catalan, Pancho Delgado, Peter James, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank
Marshall
DIRECTOR/WRITER: Jill Fullerton-Smith
GENRE: Documentary
NOTES: Crew and subjects look back on the
Alive incident
DATE/TIME: 1993, 51
Return to the Andes
CAST: Nando Parrado, Abel Vino Chaneton,
Carlos Cardoso, Jeff Marcus, Kelly Davis, Emilio Tuneu, Estevan Pino, Gabriel
Cabrera, Tomas Bogo, Melissa Cabrera
GENRE: Documentary
NOTES: More recent reflections from
survivors
DATE/TIME: 2002, 13
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106246/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1042538-alive/ (main movie);
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206544/ (20
Years Later);
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1042363/
(Return)
ALIVE OR DEAD
VERSION: Maple/Lionsgate; Widescreen
CAST: Ann Henson, Angelica Magana, L. Flint
Esquerra, Gretchen Busenitz, Diego de Vargas, Masao Kitamura, Thomas Crnkovich
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Stephen Goetsch
GENRE: Horror
NOTES: A woman finds herself trapped on a
bus with another captive, driven by a madman
LANGUAGES: English (x2) (spoken); English
(x2), Spanish (subtitles)
COMMENTARY: Writer/Director/Editor Stephen
Goetsch, Producer Paul Kosolo, Actor L. Flint Esquerra
OTHER FEATURES: Behind the Scenes
DATE/TIME/RATING: 2008, 83/1h23, R US/18A
Can
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1224436/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alive-or-dead/
ALLEY CAT
VERSION: Madacy; Fullscreen
CAST: Karen Mani, Robert Torti, Britt
Helfer, Michael Wayne, Timothy J. Cutt
DIRECTOR: Edward Victor
WRITER: Robert E. Walters (screenplay)
GENRE: Action
NOTES: Unintentionally funny film (due in
no small part to the courtroom scenes) about a martial artist and her
confrontations with a group of thugs who can't seem to make a move without
involving her directly or indirectly
BOOKLET: 4 pages; 2 pages ads
LANGUAGES: English, Spanish (spoken); no
subtitles
CHAPTERS: 8
FEATURES: This/Other Film Trailers
DATE/TIME/RATING: 1982, 82/1h22, R US
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0083541
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alley_cat/
ALL IN GOOD TASTE
VERSION: Hollywood DVD; PAL Region 0 (may
not play on all NTSC players); Fullscreen
CAST: Jonathan Welsh, Harvey Atkin, Jack
Creley, James B. Douglas, Joanne Kirwan-Clarke, Linda Rennhofer, Jim Carrey
DIRECTOR: Anthony Kramereither
WRITER: Rick Green, Anthony Kramereither
GENRE: Comedy
NOTES: An aspiring filmmaker finds his
script becoming more erotic than he had intended to get it distributed
LANGUAGES: English (spoken); no sub-titles
FEATURES: Other Releases
DATE/TIME/RATING: 1983, 84/1h24, 18 UK
(about 18A Can)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128037/
THE ALL NEW SUPER FRIENDS HOUR SEASON ONE
VOLUME ONE
VERSION: WB; Fullscreen as Aired; Slipcased
CAST: Norman Alden, Michael Bell, Danny
Dark, Shannon Farnon, Casey Kasem, Olan Soule, Louise Williams, William Woodson
DIRECTOR: Charles A. Nichols
WRITERS: Dick Conway, Willie Gilbert, Owen
Harris, Elana Lesser, Duane Poole, Dick Robbins, Cliff Ruby, Jeffrey Scott,
John Strong
GENRE: Children’s Fantasy
NOTES: Animated adventures of DC
superheroes
LANGUAGES: English (spoken); English,
French (subtitles)
Disc One:
EPISODES: The Brain Machine/Joy
Ride/Invasion of the Earthors/The Whirlpool; Invasion of the
Hydronoids/Hitchhike/City in a Bottle/Space Emergency; The Marsh Monster/Runaways/Will
the World Collide?/Time Rescue; Doctor Fright/Drag Race/Day of the Plant
Creatures/Fire
Disc Two:
EPISODES: The Monster of Dr.
Droid/Vandals/Super Friends vs. Super Friends/Energy Mass; The Secret
Four/Tiger on the Loose/The Mysterious Time Creatures/The Antidote; The
Enforcer/Shark/Planet of the Neanderthals/Flood of Diamonds
FEATURES: One Dimensional Goodness: The
Super Friends and the Good Old Days, Origins of the Guest Stars, Trailer
(Justice League: The New Frontier)
DATE/TIME/RATING: 1977, 323/5h23 total, G
Can
One Dimensional Goodness: The Super Friends
and the Good Old Days
CAST: Jerry Beck, Alan Burnett, Rich Fogel,
Mark Waid
DATE/TIME: 2008, 14
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075473/
(series);
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1225294/
(One-Dimensional)
THE ALL NEW SUPER FRIENDS HOUR SEASON ONE
VOLUME TWO
VERSION/CAST/DIRECTOR/GENRE/NOTES/LANGUAGES/DATE/RATING:
as Volume One
WRITERS: Dick Conway, Willie Gilbert, Owen
Harris, Elana Lesser, Duane Poole, Dick Robbins, Cliff Ruby, John Strong
Disc One:
EPISODES: Invisible
Menace/Initiation/Coming of the Arthropods/River of Doom; Attack of the Giant
Squid/Game of Chicken/Water Beast/Volcano; The Collector/Handicap/The Mind
Maidens/Alaska Peril; The Fifty Foot Woman/Cheating/Exploration Earth/Attack of
the Killer Bees
WRITER ALSO: Jeffrey Scott (The
Collector/Handicap/The Mind Maidens/Alaska Peril only)
Disc Two:
EPISODES/WRITER ALSO:
·
Forbidden Power/Pressure Point/The Lion Men/The Day of the Rats/Mark
Jones
· Man-Beasts of XRA/Prejudice/Tiny World of
Terror/Tibetan Raiders/Mark Jones
·
Frozen Peril/Dangerous Prank/The Mummy of Nazca/Cable Car Rescue/-
·
The Protector/Stowaways/The Ghost/Rampage/-
FEATURES: The Wonder Twins Phenomenon,
Trailers (Wonder Woman animated, The Smurfs, Challenge of the Superfriends)
TIME: 366/6h6 total
The Wonder Twins Phenomenon
CAST: Jerry Beck, Alan Burnett, Paul Dini,
Rich Fogel, Doug Goldstein, Andy Mangels, Olivia Munn, Kevin Pereira, Tom Root
DATE/TIME: 2009, 13
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075473/
(series);
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1350519/
(Wonder Twins)
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