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The Road Warrior (Special Edition)
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Studios (06 February, 2001)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: George Miller (II)
Starring: Mel Gibson
A strong candidate for the designation of most thrilling action movie ever made (the turbo-charged exhilaration of its full-throttle highway chases has never been equaled), the second part of George Miller's post-apocalyptic trilogy is also a magnificently imagined movie myth. Like the Star Wars trilogy (by that other George) the Mad Max films draw their inspiration from the works of mythologist Joseph Campbell. In the 1979 original, Max (Mel Gibson) is a policeman, the last guardian of civilization and order in a devastated world reduced to chaos. But when a leather-clad gang of sadomasochistic speed demons mows down Max's family, his remaining connections to humanity are also permanently severed. After brutally exacting his revenge, Max wanders off into the wasteland alone, "a burned out shell of a man" who (to paraphrase The Searchers) is destined to wander forever between the winds. In The Road Warrior, Max rediscovers a sliver of his shattered humanity, and a spark of redemption, when he helps an embattled colony of pioneers fight off the savages who are after that most precious of all commodities: "guzzline." Max is transformed into a legendary hero, just as Mel Gibson was catapulted to international movie stardom. With its final stirring images, The Road Warrior transcends its genre (whatever that may be--science fiction? Western? action adventure?) and becomes something timeless. It's a great movie. --Jim Emerson
Average review score:

road rules
You want to get out of here, you talk to me!
I never got this one but here's a bunch of crazy bastards in black leather racing around an island with only one cop to stop them!

Best of the Mad Max movies
The Road Warrior is a fantastic sequal to the very good Australian film Mad Max.It takes place a few years after the first film,and Max is wandering the desolate wasteland searching for gasoline,which there is very little of left.He runs across a man called the Gyro Captain,who tells him about a place where they have lots of gasoline.When they find the place,they find that a strange bunch of characters,led by the ruthless Humungus,is also after the gasoline.That's all I'll say about the plot.Of course Mel Gibson is back as Max,and the film has a lot of other interesting characters including the Gyro Captain(Bruce Spence),Warrior Woman(Virginia Hey),Feral Kid(Emil Minty),Papagallo(Michael Preston),and the Humungus(Kjell Nilsson),just to name a few.There is lots of action,and the last twenty or twenty-five minutes of the fim is one of the best movie chases ever.The musical score by Brian May is good and adds a lot to the movie.I could be mistaken,but I think the reviewer named Peter Webster from NH is mistaking this film for the first Mad Max(which was obviously dubbed)as far as the dubbed soundtrack goes,as the diologue for the most part sounds pretty Australian to me.At any rate,this is an excellent movie,and one of the most exciting action movies ever.The Road Warrior is followed by Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,which is a pretty good film.

The Classic
In 1982 this epic action film was released here in America as The Road Warrior.. In Australia and Europe it was Mad Max 2. The film that made Mel Gibson a movie star. A landmark action film that has been emulated considerably since it's release.

The world has finally caved in after wars and social decay. Australia has become an epic wasteland where it's remaining survivors hunt down the remaing gasoline. A bizarre and vicious pack of barbarians led by Lord Humongous kill any and everyone who gets in their way of the precious fuel. Max now a loner and roams the land for the fuel becomes a reluctant ally with a motley but tight knit group that has established a small fuel depot. An epic battle ensues when the ragtag group decides to transport its fuel to "The Promised Land"

This explosive and spectacular film still lives up to the critical and public applauds here in 2000. Mel Gibson's Max is a futuristic take on Clint Eastwood's Man with no name. Bruce Spence as the Gyrocaptain, Mike Preston as Papagallow, Virginia Hey as The Warrior Woman and Emil Minty as the memorable feral kid are some of the standouts in the film. Brian May's exciting music score adds to the tension and action of the film. George Miller created an epic masterpiece and all but the greatest "sequel" ever made. This DVD edition is a must have for action film fans

The Road Warrior (Widescreen Special Edition)
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Studios (06 February, 2001)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: George Miller (II)
Starring: Mel Gibson
A strong candidate for the designation of most thrilling action movie ever made (the turbo-charged exhilaration of its full-throttle highway chases has never been equaled), the second part of George Miller's post-apocalyptic trilogy is also a magnificently imagined movie myth. Like the Star Wars trilogy (by that other George) the Mad Max films draw their inspiration from the works of mythologist Joseph Campbell. In the 1979 original, Max (Mel Gibson) is a policeman, the last guardian of civilization and order in a devastated world reduced to chaos. But when a leather-clad gang of sadomasochistic speed demons mows down Max's family, his remaining connections to humanity are also permanently severed. After brutally exacting his revenge, Max wanders off into the wasteland alone, "a burned out shell of a man" who (to paraphrase The Searchers) is destined to wander forever between the winds. In The Road Warrior, Max rediscovers a sliver of his shattered humanity, and a spark of redemption, when he helps an embattled colony of pioneers fight off the savages who are after that most precious of all commodities: "guzzline." Max is transformed into a legendary hero, just as Mel Gibson was catapulted to international movie stardom. With its final stirring images, The Road Warrior transcends its genre (whatever that may be--science fiction? Western? action adventure?) and becomes something timeless. It's a great movie. --Jim Emerson
Average review score:

road rules
You want to get out of here, you talk to me!
I never got this one but here's a bunch of crazy bastards in black leather racing around an island with only one cop to stop them!

Best of the Mad Max movies
The Road Warrior is a fantastic sequal to the very good Australian film Mad Max.It takes place a few years after the first film,and Max is wandering the desolate wasteland searching for gasoline,which there is very little of left.He runs across a man called the Gyro Captain,who tells him about a place where they have lots of gasoline.When they find the place,they find that a strange bunch of characters,led by the ruthless Humungus,is also after the gasoline.That's all I'll say about the plot.Of course Mel Gibson is back as Max,and the film has a lot of other interesting characters including the Gyro Captain(Bruce Spence),Warrior Woman(Virginia Hey),Feral Kid(Emil Minty),Papagallo(Michael Preston),and the Humungus(Kjell Nilsson),just to name a few.There is lots of action,and the last twenty or twenty-five minutes of the fim is one of the best movie chases ever.The musical score by Brian May is good and adds a lot to the movie.I could be mistaken,but I think the reviewer named Peter Webster from NH is mistaking this film for the first Mad Max(which was obviously dubbed)as far as the dubbed soundtrack goes,as the diologue for the most part sounds pretty Australian to me.At any rate,this is an excellent movie,and one of the most exciting action movies ever.The Road Warrior is followed by Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,which is a pretty good film.

The Classic
In 1982 this epic action film was released here in America as The Road Warrior.. In Australia and Europe it was Mad Max 2. The film that made Mel Gibson a movie star. A landmark action film that has been emulated considerably since it's release.

The world has finally caved in after wars and social decay. Australia has become an epic wasteland where it's remaining survivors hunt down the remaing gasoline. A bizarre and vicious pack of barbarians led by Lord Humongous kill any and everyone who gets in their way of the precious fuel. Max now a loner and roams the land for the fuel becomes a reluctant ally with a motley but tight knit group that has established a small fuel depot. An epic battle ensues when the ragtag group decides to transport its fuel to "The Promised Land"

This explosive and spectacular film still lives up to the critical and public applauds here in 2000. Mel Gibson's Max is a futuristic take on Clint Eastwood's Man with no name. Bruce Spence as the Gyrocaptain, Mike Preston as Papagallow, Virginia Hey as The Warrior Woman and Emil Minty as the memorable feral kid are some of the standouts in the film. Brian May's exciting music score adds to the tension and action of the film. George Miller created an epic masterpiece and all but the greatest "sequel" ever made. This DVD edition is a must have for action film fans

The Road Warrior - Special Edition (Widescreen)
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Home Video (01 May, 2001)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: George Miller (II)
Starring: Mel Gibson
A strong candidate for the designation of most thrilling action movie ever made (the turbo-charged exhilaration of its full-throttle highway chases has never been equaled), the second part of George Miller's post-apocalyptic trilogy is also a magnificently imagined movie myth. Like the Star Wars trilogy (by that other George) the Mad Max films draw their inspiration from the works of mythologist Joseph Campbell. In the 1979 original, Max (Mel Gibson) is a policeman, the last guardian of civilization and order in a devastated world reduced to chaos. But when a leather-clad gang of sadomasochistic speed demons mows down Max's family, his remaining connections to humanity are also permanently severed. After brutally exacting his revenge, Max wanders off into the wasteland alone, "a burned out shell of a man" who (to paraphrase The Searchers) is destined to wander forever between the winds. In The Road Warrior, Max rediscovers a sliver of his shattered humanity, and a spark of redemption, when he helps an embattled colony of pioneers fight off the savages who are after that most precious of all commodities: "guzzline." Max is transformed into a legendary hero, just as Mel Gibson was catapulted to international movie stardom. With its final stirring images, The Road Warrior transcends its genre (whatever that may be--science fiction? Western? action adventure?) and becomes something timeless. It's a great movie. --Jim Emerson
Average review score:

road rules
You want to get out of here, you talk to me!
I never got this one but here's a bunch of crazy bastards in black leather racing around an island with only one cop to stop them!

Best of the Mad Max movies
The Road Warrior is a fantastic sequal to the very good Australian film Mad Max.It takes place a few years after the first film,and Max is wandering the desolate wasteland searching for gasoline,which there is very little of left.He runs across a man called the Gyro Captain,who tells him about a place where they have lots of gasoline.When they find the place,they find that a strange bunch of characters,led by the ruthless Humungus,is also after the gasoline.That's all I'll say about the plot.Of course Mel Gibson is back as Max,and the film has a lot of other interesting characters including the Gyro Captain(Bruce Spence),Warrior Woman(Virginia Hey),Feral Kid(Emil Minty),Papagallo(Michael Preston),and the Humungus(Kjell Nilsson),just to name a few.There is lots of action,and the last twenty or twenty-five minutes of the fim is one of the best movie chases ever.The musical score by Brian May is good and adds a lot to the movie.I could be mistaken,but I think the reviewer named Peter Webster from NH is mistaking this film for the first Mad Max(which was obviously dubbed)as far as the dubbed soundtrack goes,as the diologue for the most part sounds pretty Australian to me.At any rate,this is an excellent movie,and one of the most exciting action movies ever.The Road Warrior is followed by Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,which is a pretty good film.

The Classic
In 1982 this epic action film was released here in America as The Road Warrior.. In Australia and Europe it was Mad Max 2. The film that made Mel Gibson a movie star. A landmark action film that has been emulated considerably since it's release.

The world has finally caved in after wars and social decay. Australia has become an epic wasteland where it's remaining survivors hunt down the remaing gasoline. A bizarre and vicious pack of barbarians led by Lord Humongous kill any and everyone who gets in their way of the precious fuel. Max now a loner and roams the land for the fuel becomes a reluctant ally with a motley but tight knit group that has established a small fuel depot. An epic battle ensues when the ragtag group decides to transport its fuel to "The Promised Land"

This explosive and spectacular film still lives up to the critical and public applauds here in 2000. Mel Gibson's Max is a futuristic take on Clint Eastwood's Man with no name. Bruce Spence as the Gyrocaptain, Mike Preston as Papagallow, Virginia Hey as The Warrior Woman and Emil Minty as the memorable feral kid are some of the standouts in the film. Brian May's exciting music score adds to the tension and action of the film. George Miller created an epic masterpiece and all but the greatest "sequel" ever made. This DVD edition is a must have for action film fans

The Road Warrior - Special Edition
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Home Video (01 May, 2001)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: George Miller (II)
Starring: Mel Gibson
A strong candidate for the designation of most thrilling action movie ever made (the turbo-charged exhilaration of its full-throttle highway chases has never been equaled), the second part of George Miller's post-apocalyptic trilogy is also a magnificently imagined movie myth. Like the Star Wars trilogy (by that other George) the Mad Max films draw their inspiration from the works of mythologist Joseph Campbell. In the 1979 original, Max (Mel Gibson) is a policeman, the last guardian of civilization and order in a devastated world reduced to chaos. But when a leather-clad gang of sadomasochistic speed demons mows down Max's family, his remaining connections to humanity are also permanently severed. After brutally exacting his revenge, Max wanders off into the wasteland alone, "a burned out shell of a man" who (to paraphrase The Searchers) is destined to wander forever between the winds. In The Road Warrior, Max rediscovers a sliver of his shattered humanity, and a spark of redemption, when he helps an embattled colony of pioneers fight off the savages who are after that most precious of all commodities: "guzzline." Max is transformed into a legendary hero, just as Mel Gibson was catapulted to international movie stardom. With its final stirring images, The Road Warrior transcends its genre (whatever that may be--science fiction? Western? action adventure?) and becomes something timeless. It's a great movie. --Jim Emerson
Average review score:

road rules
You want to get out of here, you talk to me!
I never got this one but here's a bunch of crazy bastards in black leather racing around an island with only one cop to stop them!

Best of the Mad Max movies
The Road Warrior is a fantastic sequal to the very good Australian film Mad Max.It takes place a few years after the first film,and Max is wandering the desolate wasteland searching for gasoline,which there is very little of left.He runs across a man called the Gyro Captain,who tells him about a place where they have lots of gasoline.When they find the place,they find that a strange bunch of characters,led by the ruthless Humungus,is also after the gasoline.That's all I'll say about the plot.Of course Mel Gibson is back as Max,and the film has a lot of other interesting characters including the Gyro Captain(Bruce Spence),Warrior Woman(Virginia Hey),Feral Kid(Emil Minty),Papagallo(Michael Preston),and the Humungus(Kjell Nilsson),just to name a few.There is lots of action,and the last twenty or twenty-five minutes of the fim is one of the best movie chases ever.The musical score by Brian May is good and adds a lot to the movie.I could be mistaken,but I think the reviewer named Peter Webster from NH is mistaking this film for the first Mad Max(which was obviously dubbed)as far as the dubbed soundtrack goes,as the diologue for the most part sounds pretty Australian to me.At any rate,this is an excellent movie,and one of the most exciting action movies ever.The Road Warrior is followed by Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,which is a pretty good film.

The Classic
In 1982 this epic action film was released here in America as The Road Warrior.. In Australia and Europe it was Mad Max 2. The film that made Mel Gibson a movie star. A landmark action film that has been emulated considerably since it's release.

The world has finally caved in after wars and social decay. Australia has become an epic wasteland where it's remaining survivors hunt down the remaing gasoline. A bizarre and vicious pack of barbarians led by Lord Humongous kill any and everyone who gets in their way of the precious fuel. Max now a loner and roams the land for the fuel becomes a reluctant ally with a motley but tight knit group that has established a small fuel depot. An epic battle ensues when the ragtag group decides to transport its fuel to "The Promised Land"

This explosive and spectacular film still lives up to the critical and public applauds here in 2000. Mel Gibson's Max is a futuristic take on Clint Eastwood's Man with no name. Bruce Spence as the Gyrocaptain, Mike Preston as Papagallow, Virginia Hey as The Warrior Woman and Emil Minty as the memorable feral kid are some of the standouts in the film. Brian May's exciting music score adds to the tension and action of the film. George Miller created an epic masterpiece and all but the greatest "sequel" ever made. This DVD edition is a must have for action film fans

Shane
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Home Video (07 April, 1998)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Director: George Stevens
Starring: Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur
Consciously crafted by director George Stevens as a piece of American mythmaking, Shane is on nearly everyone's shortlist of great movie Westerns. A buckskin knight, Shane (Alan Ladd) rides into the middle of a range war between farmers and cattlemen, quickly siding with the "sod-busters." While helping a kindly farmer (Van Heflin), Shane falls platonically in love with the man's wife (Jean Arthur, in the last screen performance of a marvelous career). Though the showdowns are exciting, and the story simple but involving, what most people will remember about this movie is the friendship between the stoical Shane and the young son of the farmers. The kid is played by Brandon De Wilde, who gives one of the most amazing child performances in the movies; his parting scene with Shane is guaranteed to draw tears from even the most stonyhearted moviegoer. And speaking of stony hearts, Jack Palance made a sensational impression as the evil gunslinger sent to clean house--he has fewer lines of dialogue than he has lines in his magnificently craggy face, but he makes them count. The photography, highlighting the landscape near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, won an Oscar. --Robert Horton
Average review score:

NOT P&S!!!!!
I just wanted to address the reviewer below who bemoaned the fact that Shane is presented in a pan & scan format - It IS NOT Cropped, but is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (or 4x3). Most older movies were shot in this format....So enjoy it in all its splendor as it was intended to be seen.

This disc is a great deal too....good to see Paramount coming down out of the clouds with their pricing finally.

Fine film in original aspect ratio
After having only heard about this film, I bought this DVD and watched "Shane" for the first time recently. I have to say that this film deserves the reputation and all the positive reviews it has earned over the years; it is definitely a keeper that I will watch again and again over time. Ordinarily I haven't much cared for Paramount DVD's, as they are usually lacking commentary or other vital features, and their multidisk sets are typically ill-packaged, but I am very much satisfied with this release of "Shane."

First, to correct the reviewer who complained that this DVD is "pan-and-scan" and missing part of the picture, this issue may be misleading. "Shane" was actually filmed in the Standard 4:3 ratio, not wide-screen; so the version on this DVD *is* the original aspect ratio, and with this disk you will be getting the entire picture. Early on, the studio tried to appeal to the emerging wide-screen trend at the theaters by converting the original film to wide-screen by chopping off the tops and bottoms of the frame to make to fit that ratio; so, in effect, that was just as bad as pan-and-scan conversions going the other way. Second, this release also includes a fine commentary by the director's son (who worked on the film with his father) and the Associate Producer, who give valuable inside information about conscious decisions that were made to give the movie the look, sound, imagery, realism, and character developments that went in to make Shane the quintessential American classic that it is today.

I'm trying to catch up on good films from the past that I may have missed over the years. After hearing a local newspaper critic praise "The Searchers" recently, I went out and rented it and am glad I saw it, but I didn't think it was good enough for me to own and probably won't watch again. On the other hand, I heartily recommend "Shane," both the movie and the DVD package.

Cinematic masterpiece
Shane is certainly one of the finest Westerns ever made and it is the archetype for many other pictures, some good and some not. One of the things that sets Shane apart from other films is its amazing cinematography. The shot of Shane's silhouette framed within the antlers of the deer at the beginning of the picture is more amazing than any CGI effects you'll see today. The chemistry between the actors is excellent and their performances are convincing. This is a great movie everyone should see.

Robin Hood
Released in VHS Tape by Disney Studios (23 July, 2002)
MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Starring: Brian Bedford and Phil Harris
A minor classic from Disney, this 1973 all-animal, all-animated musical version of the familiar story is more charming than one might expect. Perhaps it's the warm, chummy take on key relationships within the legend--the way Robin Hood (Brian Bedford) gets twitterpated whenever the subject of Maid Marian (Monica Evans) comes up or the way best pal Little John (Phil Harris voicing a variation on his own Baloo from The Jungle Book) admonishes the Sherwood Forest hero, "Aw, Rob, why dontcha just marry the girl?" (Then, of course, there's the canny "casting" of the romantic leads as foxes: Robin the sly one and Marian the, well, foxy one.) The rest of the vocal cast is lively and eclectic: Peter Ustinov, Andy Devine, Terry-Thomas, George Lindsey. Roger Miller provides the songs and voice for the minstrel character Allan-A-Dale. The film is ably directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, whose decades of work in Disney's animation division helped create the studio's rich legacy. --Tom Keogh
Average review score:

AAAAAA NAAAW!!!
This movie kick ass. Im 15 and i still watch this movie with my brother (3). Someone was a freeken genius. Great movie for kids no dought. And all you haters out there how think i'm too old to watch this movie, shove it.

How the animals tell the Robin legend
As rooster-minstrel Allan-a-Dale (voiced by the late country singer Roger Miller) explains in the introductory sequence, the animal kingdom has a slightly different take on the story of Robin Hood than we humans do. And how wonderfully Disney has told it! What *would* wily Robin be but a red fox? Or Little John but a big, good-natured bear? Or King Richard and Prince John but a pair of rival lion brothers (in a fascinating foreshadowing of "The Lion King")? The voice talents are especially fine--Brian Bedford as Robin, Phil Harris as Little John, Andy Devine as Friar Tuck (a badger), Peter Ustinov as Prince John, Terry-Thomas as his sinister snake-advisor Sir Hiss, Monica Evans as Maid Marian, Carole Shelley as her lady-in-waiting Kluckie (a hen), Pat Buttram as the Sheriff of Nottingham (a wolf), George Lindsey and Ken Curtis as his vulture-deputies Trigger and Nutsy. Though somewhat more inclined to slapstick than most Disney animation, it will charm even those who don't care for that kind of humor (and being one myself I can speak with authority): the wild chase that ends the shooting match at Nottingham Fair will have you rolling on the floor. There's also plenty of intrigue, swashbuckling adventure, and clever scheming, and--as in any version of this legend--ample opportunity to start a discussion with your kids about right and wrong. One of my favorite cartoon features and one that should find favor with all ages.

YAHOO!
I LOVE this movie , And I'm 31 years old!

Robin Hood
Released in VHS Tape by Buena Vista (13 July, 1999)
MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Starring: Brian Bedford and Phil Harris
A minor classic from Disney, this 1973 all-animal, all-animated musical version of the familiar story is more charming than one might expect. Perhaps it's the warm, chummy take on key relationships within the legend--the way Robin Hood (Brian Bedford) gets twitterpated whenever the subject of Maid Marian (Monica Evans) comes up or the way best pal Little John (Phil Harris voicing a variation on his own Baloo from The Jungle Book) admonishes the Sherwood Forest hero, "Aw, Rob, why dontcha just marry the girl?" (Then, of course, there's the canny "casting" of the romantic leads as foxes: Robin the sly one and Marian the, well, foxy one.) The rest of the vocal cast is lively and eclectic: Peter Ustinov, Andy Devine, Terry-Thomas, George Lindsey. Roger Miller provides the songs and voice for the minstrel character Allan-A-Dale. The film is ably directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, whose decades of work in Disney's animation division helped create the studio's rich legacy. --Tom Keogh
Average review score:

AAAAAA NAAAW!!!
This movie kick ass. Im 15 and i still watch this movie with my brother (3). Someone was a freeken genius. Great movie for kids no dought. And all you haters out there how think i'm too old to watch this movie, shove it.

How the animals tell the Robin legend
As rooster-minstrel Allan-a-Dale (voiced by the late country singer Roger Miller) explains in the introductory sequence, the animal kingdom has a slightly different take on the story of Robin Hood than we humans do. And how wonderfully Disney has told it! What *would* wily Robin be but a red fox? Or Little John but a big, good-natured bear? Or King Richard and Prince John but a pair of rival lion brothers (in a fascinating foreshadowing of "The Lion King")? The voice talents are especially fine--Brian Bedford as Robin, Phil Harris as Little John, Andy Devine as Friar Tuck (a badger), Peter Ustinov as Prince John, Terry-Thomas as his sinister snake-advisor Sir Hiss, Monica Evans as Maid Marian, Carole Shelley as her lady-in-waiting Kluckie (a hen), Pat Buttram as the Sheriff of Nottingham (a wolf), George Lindsey and Ken Curtis as his vulture-deputies Trigger and Nutsy. Though somewhat more inclined to slapstick than most Disney animation, it will charm even those who don't care for that kind of humor (and being one myself I can speak with authority): the wild chase that ends the shooting match at Nottingham Fair will have you rolling on the floor. There's also plenty of intrigue, swashbuckling adventure, and clever scheming, and--as in any version of this legend--ample opportunity to start a discussion with your kids about right and wrong. One of my favorite cartoon features and one that should find favor with all ages.

YAHOO!
I LOVE this movie , And I'm 31 years old!

Robin Hood (Disney)
Released in VHS Tape by Walt Disney Home Video (04 July, 2000)
MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Starring: Brian Bedford and Phil Harris
A minor classic from Disney, this 1973 all-animal, all-animated musical version of the familiar story is more charming than one might expect. Perhaps it's the warm, chummy take on key relationships within the legend--the way Robin Hood (Brian Bedford) gets twitterpated whenever the subject of Maid Marian (Monica Evans) comes up or the way best pal Little John (Phil Harris voicing a variation on his own Baloo from The Jungle Book) admonishes the Sherwood Forest hero, "Aw, Rob, why dontcha just marry the girl?" (Then, of course, there's the canny "casting" of the romantic leads as foxes: Robin the sly one and Marian the, well, foxy one.) The rest of the vocal cast is lively and eclectic: Peter Ustinov, Andy Devine, Terry-Thomas, George Lindsey. Roger Miller provides the songs and voice for the minstrel character Allan-A-Dale. The film is ably directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, whose decades of work in Disney's animation division helped create the studio's rich legacy. --Tom Keogh
Average review score:

AAAAAA NAAAW!!!
This movie kick ass. Im 15 and i still watch this movie with my brother (3). Someone was a freeken genius. Great movie for kids no dought. And all you haters out there how think i'm too old to watch this movie, shove it.

How the animals tell the Robin legend
As rooster-minstrel Allan-a-Dale (voiced by the late country singer Roger Miller) explains in the introductory sequence, the animal kingdom has a slightly different take on the story of Robin Hood than we humans do. And how wonderfully Disney has told it! What *would* wily Robin be but a red fox? Or Little John but a big, good-natured bear? Or King Richard and Prince John but a pair of rival lion brothers (in a fascinating foreshadowing of "The Lion King")? The voice talents are especially fine--Brian Bedford as Robin, Phil Harris as Little John, Andy Devine as Friar Tuck (a badger), Peter Ustinov as Prince John, Terry-Thomas as his sinister snake-advisor Sir Hiss, Monica Evans as Maid Marian, Carole Shelley as her lady-in-waiting Kluckie (a hen), Pat Buttram as the Sheriff of Nottingham (a wolf), George Lindsey and Ken Curtis as his vulture-deputies Trigger and Nutsy. Though somewhat more inclined to slapstick than most Disney animation, it will charm even those who don't care for that kind of humor (and being one myself I can speak with authority): the wild chase that ends the shooting match at Nottingham Fair will have you rolling on the floor. There's also plenty of intrigue, swashbuckling adventure, and clever scheming, and--as in any version of this legend--ample opportunity to start a discussion with your kids about right and wrong. One of my favorite cartoon features and one that should find favor with all ages.

YAHOO!
I LOVE this movie , And I'm 31 years old!

Adventures in Babysitting
Released in VHS Tape by Touchstone Video (20 July, 1990)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Elisabeth Shue
Way before she grabbed an Oscar nomination for her searing performance as a world-weary prostitute in Leaving Las Vegas, Elisabeth Shue was known as one of the squeaky-clean actresses of the '80s. Having made a splash in The Karate Kid and the '60s-nostalgia TV series Call to Glory, Shue cemented her good-girl reputation with the charming but badly titled Adventures in Babysitting. Set in the John Hughes-style suburbs of Chicago, the titular adventures follow babysitter Chris (Shue), who agrees to watch the Anderson kids (Keith Coogan and Maia Brewton) when her boyfriend cancels their anniversary date. All is quiet on the home front until Chris is called upon to rescue her best friend (Penelope Ann Miller, also doing good-girl duty) from the seedy downtown bus station. She can't leave the kids, and she can't leave her friend alone in the big bad city, so she packs everyone in the station wagon and heads into Chicago. Screwball craziness begins as they encounter car thieves, knife-wielding gangs, gun-toting truck drivers, and, worst of all, Chris's duplicitous boyfriend. It's hardly mature entertainment, but Shue makes it work; when she wins over the audience at a blues club with her improv singing, you'll be won over, too. In his directorial debut, Chris Columbus (who later when on to helm the sap-fests Mrs. Doubtfire and Home Alone) gently skewers the suburbia white-bread mindset of the main characters, and plays up the comedy over the schmaltz with a subtlety of which he now seems incapable; the near romance between Shue and Coogan is played lightly and adorably. Look for brief appearances by art-house faves Lolita Davidovich as a college party girl and Vincent D'Onofrio as an unlikely savior. --Mark Englehart
Average review score:

Brenda's waiting in the bus station while Liz sings Blues!
The scene where Elizabeth Shue sang the Babysitting Blues will remain in enfamy. Well-executed cute film ! nothing deep here... no earth shattering social mores discussed; society's ills are not cured. It;s just a feel-good, sit back and enjoy it kind of movie.

Baby! Baby! Babysittin' blues!
In the tradition of Uncle Buck, Home Alone, and Trains Planes and Automobiles, Adventures in Babysitting is another screwball comedy that has become a "Chicago Classic."

Babysitting Is Dangerous!
Chris Parker is in for one hell of a night!

A babysitter, Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) was looking forward to a date with her boyfriend, but he decides to cancel, and she's left feeling disappointed, of course. But, more importantly, she decides to keep an eye on kids Brad (Keith Coogan) and Sara (Maia Brewton) while their parents attend a gathering. However, Chris is suddenly faced with a challenge when her friend Brenda (Penelope Ann Miller) is scared to death, as she lands in a seedy downtown Chicago bus station, during her attempt to runaway from home. Chris has to make a choice: stay home with the kiddies, or go downtown to rescue her friend. Of course, she chooses the latter option, and takes the kids with her. Meanwhile, Brad's sex-obsessed best friend, Daryl (Anthony Rapp) happens to blackmail the gang into letting him come along for the ride. And from there, the action begins.

The kids bump into one misadventure after another in the mean streets of urban Chicago. From flat tire accidents, to auto theft, to gang fights, to secret criminal operation headquarter drop-ins, and then some -- somehow, no matter where they turn, these kids find themselves caught up in one catastrophe after another, so to speak. And, of course, their biggest challenge - other than making it through all the chaos in one piece - is to rescue Brenda, and make it back home before the parents arrive.

While the attributes of the film that were mentioned above sound pretty disturbing -- at least for a film aimed at the younger audience, there's very little that's dangerous in this film -- all of these elements are made to be kid - or rather - pre-adolescent-friendly. It's quite interesting and compelling how Chris Columbus made so many gritty elements appear fun and lighthearted, without sinking into sheer parody and silliness.

You can find guest appearances from many who would go onto more acclaimed projects. All in all, a lighthearted, fun, adventurous (pun excusable), charming and utterly poignant film. A guilty pleasure? Absolutely not - just a pleasure, as I have no shame in enjoying this film.

George of the Jungle
Released in VHS Tape by Disney Studios (16 July, 1997)
MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Director: Sam Weisman
Starring: Brendan Fraser and Leslie Mann
Disney scored an unexpected hit with this goofy live-action remake of Jay Ward's Saturday-morning cartoon, a zippy Tarzan parody with topical references and absurd gags. Disney's big-screen version, starring Brendan Fraser as the sweet, hopelessly inept jungle hero, puts the emphasis on slapstick and silly fun. The klutzy hero, still swinging into trees and stray boulders, saves a lost L.A. socialite (Leslie Mann) on safari and, completely smitten, leaves behind his tree-house home and simian best friend (an Oxford-accented ape voiced by John Cleese) to accompany the socialite back to the concrete jungle of LA, much to the frustration of her conniving fiancé (Thomas Haden Church). Fraser's enthusiastic performance enriches our hunky hero with endearing innocence and energetic pluck. The humor is spotty and consistently more juvenile than the original cartoon, but the unending parade of visual gags (including George's pet elephant Shep, transformed into an overexcited six-ton puppy by inventive digital effects) keeps the tone light, frothy, and winningly fun. --Sean Axmaker
Average review score:

What a body
The story is too silly for words. I turn the volume down and drool over a half naked Brendan Fraser. What a HOTTIE!

hehe
my only complaint with this movie is the annoying Usurla. her voice just grates on my nerves. hilarious otherwise though.

the rockin movie
This movie is to good for words! I loved it. it's so hallarious! 5 stars all the way!

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