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Swan Lake
Released in VHS Tape by (28 October, 1997)
MPAA Rating:
Directors: Peter Mumford and Matthew Bourne
Starring: Adam Cooper, Scott Ambler, and Fiona Chadwick
Swan Lake became an unexpected popular hit when radical choreographer Matthew Bourne took Tchaikovsky's traditional ballet by the scruff of the neck and reworked it with a myriad of modern influences and themes to astonishing effect. Seldom have the dark psychological riptides at the heart of so many classical ballets been so brilliantly exposed. The Prince (Scott Ambler) is a wretched and dissolute young man dominated by his mother, the Joan Collins-like Queen (Fiona Ambler). Shades of Tennessee Williams, indeed. Von Rothbart becomes a press secretary, more sinister eminence grise than hissable villain. Most startling of all, the Swan (Adam Cooper) is a muscular, emphatically masculine male.

Bourne has stressed the universality of his interpretation, which proved such a success for his Adventures in Motion Pictures dance company. And indeed this is never an overtly "gay" Swan Lake, although the electricity of the pas de deux at the height of Act 2 delivers a palpably homoerotic charge. Its universal threads--as Bourne suggests, the need to be held and understood is common to us all--are synthesized in the utterly moving conclusion as the Swan cradles the lifeless Prince and raises him to a better place. Swan Lake becomes a human, rather than simply romantic, tragedy. --Piers Ford

Average review score:

The Swan as Animus
This is a filmed version of a widely-acclaimed production of Swan Lake done by London dance company Adventures in Motion Pictures, as staged in both London and New York. It was filmed at a live performance, but other than moments at the curtain calls, and during one specific scene in the ballet, where the live audience can be seen (appropriately in all cases), it could easily have been filmed in a studio. The camerawork and editing are the best I've ever seen of a live performance, coming as close as I can imagine is possible to conveying the sense of being present at the performance. The soundtrack, a slightly edited version of the full ballet score, is full-blooded, well played, and of studio quality. (It is identical to the sound on the separate audio CD release of this version of the ballet.) The packaging contains extensive liner notes, including an interview with Matthew Bourne explaining how he came to this re-visioning of a classic ballet. High marks for technical quality of this DVD.

It is fair to warn people of the content of the performance: this is *not* the traditional ballet most people would be familiar with, and does not contain the original Petipa choreography. Instead, it is a wholly new ballet, retaining the Tchaikovsky score. Bourne has abandoned the traditional "beautiful maidens trapped in a spell by an evil magician desperate to be saved by the handsome prince" scenario. Instead, we have an exceptionally moving depiction of a young man, a prince -- in an unidentified land, though its monarchy, class structure and mores suggest a 1930s Britain, albeit one with jazz-den waterfront dives -- who is forced to live a life for which he is ill-suited and who finds himself increasingly unhappy, until the spirit of the life he could or should have had, the one that was denied him by the fate of his birth, bursts into his consciousness in the form of a vibrantly-male swan, smashing his equilibrium. A note here: just ignore the alarmists who gasp at the fact that all the swans are male; there is a reason for them being so, and this is not a gay love story. It is a powerful depiction of a man trying to come to terms with his own true self, and it contains wit and beauty, some remarkable dancing and often breathtaking imagery. It owes a great debt to Jung and is better suited to a modern world far more oriented to psychotherapy and internal vision than to the romantics of Tchaikovsky's time.

I found the ballet intensely moving and quite beautiful, and I rate this DVD highly.

A total success
Swan Lake is one of the most representative pieces of the ballet. With wonderful music by Tchaikovsky and a good story it is one of the great pieces of ballet in the IX century.

In this new version of Swan Lake Matthew Brooke gives it a few new touches,the main one is off course the fact that the swan are males.This is, in my opinion, a refreshing touch to a classical with one of the best dancers of ballet in the UK,that is Adam Cooper, the great performance by Scott Ambler and one of the best choreographies I've ever had the fortune to see.

The other cast is also great, Fiona Chadwick is not a bad dancer at all, Emily Piercy play the girlfriend very well and gives an amazing turn to the story later on. Barry Atkinson fit perfectly for the part of the cynical old man and the company of swans give a touch of humanity to the swans, making them not just a decoration.

In this production there's also the change of time,as the story is now presented in a modern era and not in an old time with carriages, crossbows and old-fashioned castles. This is also a good change, its a touch of delicacy in the way of making this a sort of "fairy tale" in a modern time,in a modern city,among the "jungle of metal".

So what I'm trying to say is don't be a fool, master works like this are not produced in every generation, and the chance to see Odette/Odile perfom 32 fouettés,I bet Cooper is still cursing Pierina Legnani, is not seen everyday.

So buy it,you won't regret it.

Imaginative and original
At first I was skeptical about watching this DVD, but once I saw the first act I was glued to the screen. First of all, you get a feeling that there's a real story being told, not just a bunch of dancers hop, skip, and jumping around. You grasp emotions behind concepts otherwise buried in a lot of pirouettes and whathaveyous, not that the original is bad, I'm a fan of Swan Lake, but this version knocked my socks off. The fact that the swans are men fits entirely; swans are proud creatures with power and strength behind their elegance, and this is shown very well in the choreography, not frail sickly creatures. The themes appeal simply because many people can relate to them, rather than the classics which very few people in this day and age can learn to appreciate. But even fans of the classic can find something worth watching in this production, be it the innovative style, story-line, or the 40's-50's theme.

Swan Lake
Released in VHS Tape by Wea/Atlantic Classics (28 October, 1997)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Directors: Peter Mumford and Matthew Bourne
Starring: Adam Cooper, Scott Ambler, and Fiona Chadwick
Swan Lake became an unexpected popular hit when radical choreographer Matthew Bourne took Tchaikovsky's traditional ballet by the scruff of the neck and reworked it with a myriad of modern influences and themes to astonishing effect. Seldom have the dark psychological riptides at the heart of so many classical ballets been so brilliantly exposed. The Prince (Scott Ambler) is a wretched and dissolute young man dominated by his mother, the Joan Collins-like Queen (Fiona Ambler). Shades of Tennessee Williams, indeed. Von Rothbart becomes a press secretary, more sinister eminence grise than hissable villain. Most startling of all, the Swan (Adam Cooper) is a muscular, emphatically masculine male.

Bourne has stressed the universality of his interpretation, which proved such a success for his Adventures in Motion Pictures dance company. And indeed this is never an overtly "gay" Swan Lake, although the electricity of the pas de deux at the height of Act 2 delivers a palpably homoerotic charge. Its universal threads--as Bourne suggests, the need to be held and understood is common to us all--are synthesized in the utterly moving conclusion as the Swan cradles the lifeless Prince and raises him to a better place. Swan Lake becomes a human, rather than simply romantic, tragedy. --Piers Ford

Average review score:

The Swan as Animus
This is a filmed version of a widely-acclaimed production of Swan Lake done by London dance company Adventures in Motion Pictures, as staged in both London and New York. It was filmed at a live performance, but other than moments at the curtain calls, and during one specific scene in the ballet, where the live audience can be seen (appropriately in all cases), it could easily have been filmed in a studio. The camerawork and editing are the best I've ever seen of a live performance, coming as close as I can imagine is possible to conveying the sense of being present at the performance. The soundtrack, a slightly edited version of the full ballet score, is full-blooded, well played, and of studio quality. (It is identical to the sound on the separate audio CD release of this version of the ballet.) The packaging contains extensive liner notes, including an interview with Matthew Bourne explaining how he came to this re-visioning of a classic ballet. High marks for technical quality of this DVD.

It is fair to warn people of the content of the performance: this is *not* the traditional ballet most people would be familiar with, and does not contain the original Petipa choreography. Instead, it is a wholly new ballet, retaining the Tchaikovsky score. Bourne has abandoned the traditional "beautiful maidens trapped in a spell by an evil magician desperate to be saved by the handsome prince" scenario. Instead, we have an exceptionally moving depiction of a young man, a prince -- in an unidentified land, though its monarchy, class structure and mores suggest a 1930s Britain, albeit one with jazz-den waterfront dives -- who is forced to live a life for which he is ill-suited and who finds himself increasingly unhappy, until the spirit of the life he could or should have had, the one that was denied him by the fate of his birth, bursts into his consciousness in the form of a vibrantly-male swan, smashing his equilibrium. A note here: just ignore the alarmists who gasp at the fact that all the swans are male; there is a reason for them being so, and this is not a gay love story. It is a powerful depiction of a man trying to come to terms with his own true self, and it contains wit and beauty, some remarkable dancing and often breathtaking imagery. It owes a great debt to Jung and is better suited to a modern world far more oriented to psychotherapy and internal vision than to the romantics of Tchaikovsky's time.

I found the ballet intensely moving and quite beautiful, and I rate this DVD highly.

A total success
Swan Lake is one of the most representative pieces of the ballet. With wonderful music by Tchaikovsky and a good story it is one of the great pieces of ballet in the IX century.

In this new version of Swan Lake Matthew Brooke gives it a few new touches,the main one is off course the fact that the swan are males.This is, in my opinion, a refreshing touch to a classical with one of the best dancers of ballet in the UK,that is Adam Cooper, the great performance by Scott Ambler and one of the best choreographies I've ever had the fortune to see.

The other cast is also great, Fiona Chadwick is not a bad dancer at all, Emily Piercy play the girlfriend very well and gives an amazing turn to the story later on. Barry Atkinson fit perfectly for the part of the cynical old man and the company of swans give a touch of humanity to the swans, making them not just a decoration.

In this production there's also the change of time,as the story is now presented in a modern era and not in an old time with carriages, crossbows and old-fashioned castles. This is also a good change, its a touch of delicacy in the way of making this a sort of "fairy tale" in a modern time,in a modern city,among the "jungle of metal".

So what I'm trying to say is don't be a fool, master works like this are not produced in every generation, and the chance to see Odette/Odile perfom 32 fouettés,I bet Cooper is still cursing Pierina Legnani, is not seen everyday.

So buy it,you won't regret it.

Imaginative and original
At first I was skeptical about watching this DVD, but once I saw the first act I was glued to the screen. First of all, you get a feeling that there's a real story being told, not just a bunch of dancers hop, skip, and jumping around. You grasp emotions behind concepts otherwise buried in a lot of pirouettes and whathaveyous, not that the original is bad, I'm a fan of Swan Lake, but this version knocked my socks off. The fact that the swans are men fits entirely; swans are proud creatures with power and strength behind their elegance, and this is shown very well in the choreography, not frail sickly creatures. The themes appeal simply because many people can relate to them, rather than the classics which very few people in this day and age can learn to appreciate. But even fans of the classic can find something worth watching in this production, be it the innovative style, story-line, or the 40's-50's theme.

School Daze
Released in VHS Tape by Columbia/Tristar Studios (15 January, 1992)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Laurence Fishburne and Giancarlo Esposito
Spike Lee's follow-up to his unlikely hit She's Gotta Have It was this ambitious--some would say too ambitious--attempt at a musical about college life. But Lee, ever the provocateur, doesn't settle for a simple college comedy. Rather, he wants to make a point about the social divisions within all-black colleges: between the socializers and the socially conscious, and between light and dark-skinned blacks. Laurence Fishburne plays a politically aware student trying to bring his fellow students together; Giancarlo Esposito plays the fraternity boss who constantly seeks to insert a wedge between the haves and have-nots. Lee himself plays a pawn in the middle, a would-be frat boy undergoing a wicked Hell Week as a pledge. The story doesn't pull together and the musical numbers--more spoof than anything else--only serve to fragment it. While it offers interesting points, it never does so in a particularly cohesive way. --Marshall Fine
Average review score:

Getting to the Root of Yesterday's and Today's Problems
I have to totally disagree with the editorial review stating the movie doens't come together. The movie does come together speaking of divisions on different planes. Whether it's on the campus of an HBCU or urban city, people of color have come across that division of "wannabees" & "jigaboos". In so many movies, we point our fingers at "them" for not treating us as equals but this movie made us to forcible point at ourselves. It made us look at how we discriminate among ourselves that white is right and black in bad. What is the real purpose of sororities & fraternities. We need to be reminded why HBCUs were built - because we couldn't attend elsewhere because of discrimination - yet we discriminate ourselves. Spike is reminding us to not become lulled into a deep sleep with material trappings (cars, jewelry, etc.) and wake up to reality. We can't stand together if divided among ourselves. I highly recommend this movie. It also allows you to see stars in their early years. I also cherish scenes of the late Phyllis Hyman.

New DVD Edition Sparkles
When I first saw this movie, like most people, I couldn't really appreciate it. Years later, after my college days had swiftly passed, I recognize the movie's true genius.

The new DVD edition is a must (make sure you're buying the right edition on Amazon), because it includes Spike Lee's commentary throughout the movie. Watching the movie with the commentary makes for a fascinating journey into filmmaking. Without spoiling it too much, Mr. Lee discusses everything from his contentious relations with the Morehouse administration to the relationships between cast and crew members. One insight he offered stuck with me. He said that he housed the crew members of the competing factions in separate hotels (the jigaboos got the worst hotel), so that they could stay true to their roles and to foster role competition. Apparently, it worked a little too well. I'll let you buy the DVD to find out why.

In short, School Daze is a picture into a life that the large majority of us, of all backgrounds, will never get to experience directly. Its value is to take unfamiliar observers into one facet of the African-American experience and to do so with remarkable realism and insight.

Brings Back Memories!
I saw this film when I was in fifth grade elementary school. It was great seeing it again especially after the black college experience. Mission College...hmm I was there in Atlanta, in "the bottom" and I actually went to the KFC where Samuel L. Jackson's encountered. Brilliant performances by all characters especially at the step show. A must have dvd!

Under Siege
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Studios (02 April, 2002)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Andrew Davis
Starring: Steven Seagal, Gary Busey, Tommy Lee Jones, and Erika Eleniak
Steven Seagal can consider himself lucky if he ever makes a better movie than this one, which was appropriately dubbed "Die Hard on a battleship" when released in 1992. Seagal handles the heroic duties with his usual wooden efficiency, but the movie's greatest assets are a punchy script and the scene-stealing performances of Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey. The two play leaders of a terrorist group who take over the venerable battleship USS Missouri during its final commissioned voyage. They're crazed psychotics who seize control of the ship's nuclear arsenal, but they don't know that Seagal--as the ship's cook, no less--is a former Navy hero, lurking in the shadows and waiting to spoil their nefarious scheme. Director Andrew Davis (The Fugitive) helms the action with skillful style, and as the cheesecake stripper who proves handy with a hand grenade, Playboy Playmate-turned-actress Erika Eleniak gives Seagal another reason to strut his macho stuff. Under Siege is hormonal hokum for gun-happy viewers, but as action movies go, this one's a definite guilty pleasure. --Jeff Shannon
Average review score:

Outstanding!
A very good movie with perfect actors for the parts that they play. Steven Seagal does an out- standing job as the Seal who saves the day. Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey are excellent villains. The action is nonstop. Seagal uses his Seal skills to handle the forces of evil. Tommy Lee Jones plays the bad guy very well. The bad guys fall in droves when Seagal makes his move. The movie has an exciting ending. This is a must buy movie.

Seagal's best flick
THis is an outstanding flick. Not so much because of Seagal's action but because of TOmmy Lee Jones and Gary Busey roles as villians. THey steal the show and make it worth watching. The need for a good villian to counter the hero is something often missed in Hollywood but this time, they got it right.
Seagal is a cook, former SEAL, on the battleship Missouri on its final cruise (which is a damn shame). Terrorists, not really (more like mercenaries), take over the ship and its skeleton crew. Only Seagal can save the day. Plenty of action and great dialogue from Jones and Busey.
I don't know what Erika is doing there. She adds nothing to the flick. Sometimes, you just don't need a female role.

Overall, its a good flick. Probably his best. Much better than the sequel.

FOR AN AIKIDOKA STEVEN SEAGAL IS A MASTER ...!...
Ryback ! Who's a simple chef aboard a gigantic vessel in the deep-sea is almost invisible when he fight its enemys, because AIKIDO is a curious discipline witch represent the better martial art ! HOW MANY DANS HE HAS ? It's not important ! He is swift rapid and mostly effective with only its hands and his mind UNDER SIEGE PROVE THAT : " IT'S NOT OBLIGATORY TO BE AN ASIATIC TO BE A MASTER OF AIKIDO " A VERY GOOD STORY MOVIE DVD SURELY !!!

The Sacketts
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Studios (21 October, 1991)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Director: Robert Totten
Louis L'Amour's easy voice with its gentle rhythm sets the tone and pace of the film in a spoken introduction to this loping, rambling three-hour-plus TV-movie adaptation of his novels The Daybreakers and Sackett. Sam Elliot stars as the elder Sackett, a nomad hunting and trapping in the mountains who happens upon an ancient treasure. Tom Selleck and Jeff Osterhage are his younger siblings, forced to leave home to avoid a Hatfield and McCoy situation. As the Sackett brothers wind their way across the Midwest prairies and mountains we join them on cattle drives and gold hunts, in gunfights and fistfights, and in a climactic showdown as they find their place in the world. This 1979 film rambles and meanders like a lazy river winding through a beautiful landscape of peaks and plains and forests, punctuated by the occasional gunfight and enlivened by a story that celebrates both the open range and the taming of the towns. Elliot looks almost young but flashes his savage eyes behind a thick black beard, while Selleck's easygoing manner is backed up with a stony-faced determination. The excellent cast includes a veritable who's who of Western character actors: Glenn Ford, Ben Johnson, Gilbert Roland, Gene Evans, Jack Elam, Slim Pickens, L.Q. Jones, Mercedes McCambridge, and Pat Buttram. Followed in 1982 by The Shadow Riders, which reunited the three stars and even a few members of the supporting cast in a tale of three different brothers. --Sean Axmaker
Average review score:

Disappointing.......
I've had this video for several years, and watched it again last night, after a break of about a year. I am a die hard fan of both Louis L'Amour books, and western movies, and thought a Louis written movie with this strong a cast would be totally first class.

Wish I could say it was. It's too long by about a third, which gives it a plodding, almost boring feel in places. It's obvious why this excessive padding had to happen. This was a TV project, not a theatrical movie, and they had to make it long enough to cover two nights viewing. With a few exceptions the actors seem to be pretty much just going thru their paces, waiting for somebody else to seize the moment. The one exception to this was Glenn Ford - he did a superb job. Of the other actors, Sam Elliot was probably the most believable.

The movie is very predictable for the most part. The obligatory love interests for all 3 Sacketts, for example. Then there is the final showdown: 3 good-guy brothers, with best buddy, take on the bad guy brothers, accompanied by numerous backup bad guys. In and around the livery stable, no less. Did the Sacketts change their first names to Wyatt, Morgan, and Virgil, with Doc thrown in for good measure? Then all four good guys stroll triumphantly down the street, side by side. Couldn't see Gary Cooper anywhere, tho.

Also a good part of the script is devoted to building up the racist, rich Anglo as number one bad guy, and the suspense builds as he prepares for war against the Spanish speaking citizens of Santa Fe. Then a couple of his hired guns sing like canaries to Sheriff Sacket and racist rich Anglo bad guy is meekly led off in handcuffs by the Feds, and this entire plot switcheroo happens and is over within about a minute. Soaring plot line ends with a resounding thud. And his more beautiful than life blonde daughter? One of the Sackett love interests? What happens to her? Left standing on the sidewalk as daddy is led away........ Hollywood abandoning a damsel in distress? Heresy.......

Most disappointing, tho, for me, was the lack of attention paid to historical accuracy, especially for a Louis project. Model 1873 and 1892 Winchesters in 1869? Don't think so.....

It IS well filmed, with gorgeous settings. All in all, this is an ok movie, but could and should have been so much more.

KILLIN DONT MIX WELL WITH A MANS SUPPER BUT THIS MOVIE DOES.
THIS TV MINI SEIRES MAY WELL BE THE LAST GREAT ROUND UP OF WESTERN CHARACTER ACTORS, AND WHAT A LOSS THAT IS.
THE SUPPORTING CAST READS LIKE A WHOS WHO OF COWBOY GREATS; SLIM PICKENS, JACK ELAM, BEN JOHNSON, GLENN FORD, BUCK TAYLOR AND OTHERS, MOST OF WHICH HAVE GONE TO THAT GREAT CORRAL IN THE SKY.
CONTEMPORARY ACTORS SAM ELLIOTT AND TOM SELLECK STAR IN THIS STORY OF BROTHERS DISCOVERING THE AMERICAN WEST AND EACH OTHER IN THE PROCESS.
BASED ON LOUIS LAMOURS NOVEL "THE DAYBREAKERS" 'THE SACKETTS'
IS A CLASSIC SHOOT EM UP WITH ROMANCE AND SUSPENSE THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE.
THE DIALOUGE IS GREAT, ESPECIALLY THE SCENES WITH SAM ELLIOTT.
AS ELLIOTS CHARACTER ENJOYS A STEAK WITH FELLOW PROSPECTOR BEN JOHNSON, A YOUNG UPSTART GUNSLINGER INTERUPPTS CHALLENGING THEM TO A WALK DOWN.
WITHOUT LOOKING UP FROM HIS PLATE ELLIOTT WARNS THE WANNE BE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF PUSHING HIS LUCK.
BUT THE PUP IS INSISTANT TO WHICH ELLIOTT REPLIES, FINALLY LOOKING AT THE KID."YOURE FIXIN TO MAKE ME TAKE HOLD OF THAT PISTOL (WHICH SITS ON THE TABLE) AND THEN ILL HAVE TO KILL YA.....AND KILLIN DONT MIX WELL WITH A MANS SUPPER."
IT DONT GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT.
GLENN FORD PLAYS CONVINCINGLY AS AN EX LAWMAN GUNFIGHTER WHO BECOMES OBSSESSED WITH HATRED AND DIES BECAUSE OF IT.
THE ONLY DOWNSIDE TO THIS HORSE OPERA IS THE 1979 T.V. CINEMATOGRAPHY WHICH LEAVES A LOT TO BE DESIRED. OTHER THAN THAT IT IS TOP NOTCH WESTERN ENTERTAINMENT.

Response to Disappointed
I am watching a very fuzzy VHS recording from the early 90's and basically all I am getting is the audio, I decided I wanted it all and visited this site to purchase a copy of the video (hoped DVD) and encountered this review which I couldn't resist responding to. The movie follows what I remember of the L'Amour books (about to pull out of storage) which took their own sweet time in describing the characters & scenery. I admit, I didn't watch the whole recording, but from what I heard I thought it followed true to tradition, as well as a movie could.
Tim.

Ice Cream Man
Released in VHS Tape by Unapix (26 August, 1997)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Paul Norman
Average review score:

the ultimate b movie
this movie is an a example of what hollywood is all about. it is one of the worst atrocites in human history that clint howard did not recieve an oscar for his portrayl of a pyscopathic mass murder ice cream man. this is the kind of movie that you can sit down anytime anywhere and watch with a friend.

Ice Cream Man By Andrew
This movie is probably the funniest movie I've ever seen. Me and my friend went to the video store to rent stupid horror movies for a sleepover and well we were looking found Ice Cream Man. When we saw the cover we fell on the floor laughing because it was so stupid. When we watched it it was so stupid we were cracking up. Like one part where the Ice cream man is chasing a kid through the supermarket and the kid hits the paper towel rack and it falls on him. Thats only one funny part, theres probably 40 different parts that are hilarious. I've rented this movie about 6 times and a couple of days ago I bought it. You will love this movie if you laugh at stupid horror movies. It is my favorite movie of all time and if your like me it will be your favorite.

i think it's the best and awesome
i loved ice cream man i think it's a cool good movie

Ice Cream Man
Released in VHS Tape by Unapix (30 April, 1996)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Paul Norman
Average review score:

the ultimate b movie
this movie is an a example of what hollywood is all about. it is one of the worst atrocites in human history that clint howard did not recieve an oscar for his portrayl of a pyscopathic mass murder ice cream man. this is the kind of movie that you can sit down anytime anywhere and watch with a friend.

Ice Cream Man By Andrew
This movie is probably the funniest movie I've ever seen. Me and my friend went to the video store to rent stupid horror movies for a sleepover and well we were looking found Ice Cream Man. When we saw the cover we fell on the floor laughing because it was so stupid. When we watched it it was so stupid we were cracking up. Like one part where the Ice cream man is chasing a kid through the supermarket and the kid hits the paper towel rack and it falls on him. Thats only one funny part, theres probably 40 different parts that are hilarious. I've rented this movie about 6 times and a couple of days ago I bought it. You will love this movie if you laugh at stupid horror movies. It is my favorite movie of all time and if your like me it will be your favorite.

i think it's the best and awesome
i loved ice cream man i think it's a cool good movie

Ice Cream Man
Released in VHS Tape by Unapix (02 July, 1996)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Paul Norman
Average review score:

the ultimate b movie
this movie is an a example of what hollywood is all about. it is one of the worst atrocites in human history that clint howard did not recieve an oscar for his portrayl of a pyscopathic mass murder ice cream man. this is the kind of movie that you can sit down anytime anywhere and watch with a friend.

Ice Cream Man By Andrew
This movie is probably the funniest movie I've ever seen. Me and my friend went to the video store to rent stupid horror movies for a sleepover and well we were looking found Ice Cream Man. When we saw the cover we fell on the floor laughing because it was so stupid. When we watched it it was so stupid we were cracking up. Like one part where the Ice cream man is chasing a kid through the supermarket and the kid hits the paper towel rack and it falls on him. Thats only one funny part, theres probably 40 different parts that are hilarious. I've rented this movie about 6 times and a couple of days ago I bought it. You will love this movie if you laugh at stupid horror movies. It is my favorite movie of all time and if your like me it will be your favorite.

i think it's the best and awesome
i loved ice cream man i think it's a cool good movie

Fierce Creatures
Released in VHS Tape by Universal Studios (27 January, 1998)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Directors: Robert Young (III) and Fred Schepisi
Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin Kline
Never one to play by the rules, Monty Python alumnus John Cleese reunited the cast of A Fish Called Wanda for this farce about a multinational corporation's attempt to turn a public London zoo into a moneymaking concern. "It's not a sequel, it's an equal," explained producer-screenwriter-star Cleese, for the actors play completely different characters. Cleese stars as a military veteran turned ruthless corporate hatchet man sent by Australian media baron Kevin Kline to drum up business in the zoo. His plan: the "fierce creatures" policy, in which the zoo keeps only the most dangerous specimens (much to the frustration of the zookeepers). But Cleese soon finds himself up against an ambitious manager (Jamie Lee Curtis) and the owner's overanxious but dim son (Kevin Kline again), all working at cross-purposes and generally creating havoc. Perhaps it's not the equal to the hilarious Fish Called Wanda, but the stars overcome the convoluted plot with terrific comic performances and the film lands its share of comic zingers. Anyway, who wants their comedy safe? --Sean Axmaker
Average review score:

Calm down, people. The movie wasn't that bad.
I'm reading some of the reviews on here, and some of them are just a little nasty. I mean, this wasn't a great movie, but it wasn't a bad one either. I loved "A fish called Wanda," but I think the super quality of that movie set expectations a little too high for this one, which is part of what is causing these nasty comments. It's very hard to recreate something of the same caliber as "Wanda," especially when you've got the same cast, without repeating yourself. But give it a break! This movie was funny, the acting was good, it wasn't that bad! It just wasn't as good as it's prequel. I think fans of the first movie should see this, if only to see John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin all reuinted again - and because of the fact that it was GOOD!

Kline is very good but Cleese and Curtis aren't in bad form.
Only four stars because one tends to compare it with "A FISH CALLED WANDA" (wich is perfect slapstick), but if it was'nt for that could have rated five stars.
Anyway a good laugh without been overtly offensive or gross (qite a trick nowadays mind...)

A flop? PAH!
I thought this "sequel" to "A Fish Called Wanda" was far superior and funnier than the original. Complete with the orignial cast to "Wanda", John Cleese stars as Rollo Lee who is in charge of an English Zoo financed by an insideous American company known as Octopus Ink which has told the Zoo they either make the animals more exciting or they'll be shut down. Jamie Lee "I'm in love with my body" Curtis and Kevin Kline play Willa and Vince, a couple of Octopus Ink exects who have come to oversee the companies demands on the zoo are carried out. Although, Vince would rather spend the time overseeing Willa. Michael Palin also returns as Bugsy, a chatterbox zoo worker that has a fascination with creepy crawly insects. This movie kept me laughing from beginning to end. Some of the best scenes are the most suttle and even the sexual innuendo's were tastefully done which I think is a rarity for a movie to achieve something like that nowadays. And Kevin Kline does a fantastic job as the conniving Vince. John Cleese also shamelessly pays homage to both Monty Python and Fawlty Towers which makes this movie a treat for fans to watch. So I recommend this movie highly.

Fierce Creatures (Widescreen Edition)
Released in VHS Tape by Universal Studios (27 January, 1998)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Directors: Robert Young (III) and Fred Schepisi
Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin Kline
In an attempt to catch lightning in a bottle, Monty Python veteran John Cleese wrote this slapstick farce for the purpose of reuniting the comedic cast of A Fish Called Wanda. Fierce Creatures is all about a media mogul (Kevin Kline) who owns a London zoo. He demands that the park raise more profit, so the new zoo director (Cleese) orders that only dangerous animals be displayed in order to maximize ticket sales. In a dual role, Kline also plays the mogul's son, who plans to run the zoo with the help of displaced employees (including Michael Palin) and zoo programmer Willa Weston (Jamie Lee Curtis). The situation lends itself to comedic confusion and split-second timing, and for a few good laughs the film is a pretty safe bet. It's not as hilarious as A Fish Called Wanda (that's a pretty tall order), but Cleese knows comedy, and his efforts are worth a look. --Jeff Shannon
Average review score:

Calm down, people. The movie wasn't that bad.
I'm reading some of the reviews on here, and some of them are just a little nasty. I mean, this wasn't a great movie, but it wasn't a bad one either. I loved "A fish called Wanda," but I think the super quality of that movie set expectations a little too high for this one, which is part of what is causing these nasty comments. It's very hard to recreate something of the same caliber as "Wanda," especially when you've got the same cast, without repeating yourself. But give it a break! This movie was funny, the acting was good, it wasn't that bad! It just wasn't as good as it's prequel. I think fans of the first movie should see this, if only to see John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin all reuinted again - and because of the fact that it was GOOD!

Kline is very good but Cleese and Curtis aren't in bad form.
Only four stars because one tends to compare it with "A FISH CALLED WANDA" (wich is perfect slapstick), but if it was'nt for that could have rated five stars.
Anyway a good laugh without been overtly offensive or gross (qite a trick nowadays mind...)

A flop? PAH!
I thought this "sequel" to "A Fish Called Wanda" was far superior and funnier than the original. Complete with the orignial cast to "Wanda", John Cleese stars as Rollo Lee who is in charge of an English Zoo financed by an insideous American company known as Octopus Ink which has told the Zoo they either make the animals more exciting or they'll be shut down. Jamie Lee "I'm in love with my body" Curtis and Kevin Kline play Willa and Vince, a couple of Octopus Ink exects who have come to oversee the companies demands on the zoo are carried out. Although, Vince would rather spend the time overseeing Willa. Michael Palin also returns as Bugsy, a chatterbox zoo worker that has a fascination with creepy crawly insects. This movie kept me laughing from beginning to end. Some of the best scenes are the most suttle and even the sexual innuendo's were tastefully done which I think is a rarity for a movie to achieve something like that nowadays. And Kevin Kline does a fantastic job as the conniving Vince. John Cleese also shamelessly pays homage to both Monty Python and Fawlty Towers which makes this movie a treat for fans to watch. So I recommend this movie highly.

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