Tim-Matheson Movie Reviews

For me films like this one just don't come around as often as i'd like. It has just every thing I could wish for in a film like this I do so LOVE this film! My only regret is that I didn't see it when I was younger, when I first learned about leprechauns. Lucky is SO cute! After Molly meets him she has a dream where he is a very unlucky leprechaun, but when she awakens she finds that he really is lucky after all. And the music that is played over the beginning is just perfect for it. I heard music a lot like that played over the beginning of "Circle of Friends"

My girls (ages 9 and 6) watched this movie for the first time and fell in love with it. We have watched it over and over again. There are alot of good messages in this movie and is very enlightening. I think it will go down as one of our classics that we will go back to watch time and time again.

This is a great childrens movie. It will make you laugh, how this Leprachaun brings bad luck, not good to a girl who has just moved to a small town, then come to find out, he does help her out. Buy this movie for your small children right here at amazon.com.

For me films like this one just don't come around as often as i'd like. It has just every thing I could wish for in a film like this I do so LOVE this film! My only regret is that I didn't see it when I was younger, when I first learned about leprechauns. Lucky is SO cute! After Molly meets him she has a dream where he is a very unlucky leprechaun, but when she awakens she finds that he really is lucky after all. And the music that is played over the beginning is just perfect for it. I heard music a lot like that played over the beginning of "Circle of Friends"

My girls (ages 9 and 6) watched this movie for the first time and fell in love with it. We have watched it over and over again. There are alot of good messages in this movie and is very enlightening. I think it will go down as one of our classics that we will go back to watch time and time again.

This is a great childrens movie. It will make you laugh, how this Leprachaun brings bad luck, not good to a girl who has just moved to a small town, then come to find out, he does help her out. Buy this movie for your small children right here at amazon.com.

This is a remarkably funny and scathingly sarcastic tale of a dreamer, "Milwaukee" Steve (Steve Burrows), who's bound and determined to make it in Hollywood as a writer/director. Locations are based between LA and Milwaukee, and the contrast couldn't be more ideal. Traci Lords is excellent as the unlikely love interest, as is the surprisingly well-known and first-rate supporting cast for an indie of Tim Matheson, (Otter in Animal House, playing a hyper-lunatic composite of every sleazy producer Milwaukee Steve's dealt with in Hollywood), Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Fred Willard and A.J Benza as Steve's hilarious ass-kissing and fair-weather-friend agents, even Abe Vigoda as a French Spy. We grew up in the Milwaukee area, so we couldn't get enough of hundreds of quirky location shoots, eccentric corner quarter-tap bars and hangouts (Hollar House, tons more) that truly made the city fun and famous, and it doesn't matter if you're not from the area -- we brought friends with that weren't who still thought it was the funniest film they'd seen in years. To top it off, Steve spoke at the premiere and said the film is "roughly 98% true." I'm buying several copies of the DVD for gifts. Steve Burrows is a rare fresh force in comedy, his style unlike anything else in the tired stand-up/sitcom-star field. To paraphrase Tim Matheson, "I just love you, love your film...what was it called again?" What an incredible debut, expect great things from this guy.

Saw this on Showtime (it's a Showtime Original movie). Very well made. Exciting, and apparently fairly accurate, as far as they'll let us know, anyway. This was the first (only?) movie CIA ever cooperated with. (...)Maybe SHO will play it again sometime...

Tom Berenger (Kevin Jefferson) plays a retired CIA agent (and current owner of a fine Asian restaurant) who reluctantly returns to the job when Jack Marco, a former colleague (while posing as an engineer in North Korea), is kidnapped by a North Korean government in a blackmail scheme.

Kevin offers to tell Jack's wife about his kidnapping... then with her desperate urging, he agrees to stay involved in the case. In the meantime, Jack is being tortured by the North Korean kidnappers for information.

While Kevin gets the team together of former and new colleagues, to save Jack... we are introduced to some fascinating characters and events along the way. The tiny details that provide the CIA agents' with clues are fascinating; it's amazing someone could even think these up! The steps that are taken to pull the team together, and detailed intelligence and techniques that you watch occur to save Jack Marco, and discover what the North Korean government is actually working to do, makes this movie a must see!

Suspenseful, full of hard decisions, intense action... greed, political indifference, and deceit - along with friendship, loyalty and romance. You'll be proud to be an American!

Romance blossoms throughout the chaos, proving this movie will be enjoyable for men and women!

In my opinion this one is the best. They are early episodes but show how come Jonny Quest was the greatest cartoon of the 60's. Too bad only one season aired.

The episodes featured here are the classic MYSTERY OF THE LIZARDMEN and DOUBLE DANGER. Both are consideried some of the finest episodes. Plus a bonus world premier toon and a classic episode of Space Ghost featuringthe Molten Monster! Cool huh?

I would reccommend that you get this before it goes out of print! These are true classic that onlycome around once every 20 years. So I suggest you get it.

This is the best cartoon that ever existed. When I was growing up, every little boy wanted to be Johnny Quest. This is SOOOO much better than JQ:TRA because the new stuff is so geared to the POKEMON generation.

Buy this so they'll release more!!

Peter Coyote stars as an Army commander harrassing a married woman on base when her husband is out of town but not without a fight.It's a nicely done movie!!

This along with the other 3 videos were released in about 1995. Based on the popular 1964 t.v. cartoon show Jonny Quest. Which still remains one of my favourite cartoons of all time.

Among the 2 episodes featured on this video there is the classic CALCUTTA ADVENTURE and PIRATES FROM BELOW. Both are great episodes and will bring back good memories for sure. Plus there are 2 bonus toons, a world premier toon as well as a classic episode of Space Ghost featuring Spider Woman and the Lizard Slavers! It doesn't get any better than that does it?

This video along with the other 3 are classic gems and would fit nicely in any collection. Highly reccommended!!!

i love to whathch this every day cause,it makes me not feeel lonely

Why did you leave us Tommy boy? After watching this comedy duo over 40 times I finally got a little sick of it but that's b/c I quit drinking. So it probably deserves 5 stars.

This movie is funny as hell. Make sure you pick it up.

Chris Farley is a wonderful physical comedian and knows how to work a skit or situation like a master. This movie works well because it features a delightful marriage of physical comedy (courtesy of Farley) with cerebral comedy (courtesy of Spade).

An entertaining "road trip" story with a bit of soul!

Very highly recommended.

The quality and presentation of this restored version of FANTASIA is wonderful. Finally restored, unseen since the initial release, are the complete introductory sequences, including a chimes player's accident with his instrument, the orchestra applauding Mickey Mouse, and the orchestra shuffling out for the intermission. Even the original title card has been returned to its proper place, during the intermission. (Some of the narration was rerecorded due to original voice tracks being no longer available.) But there is CONSIDERABLE CONTROVERSY over the continued censorship of the "Pastorale" sequence. Circa 1969, the seemingly racist shots of a black centaurette (similar to Our Gang's "Buckwheat") attending on the white centaurettes were cut from the film. Allegedly, the 1980 release's new soundtrack covered up the clumsy edit. Subsequent releases to video have used optical tricks to remove the appearance of black centaurs. In this "restored" version, some of the optical edits are still glaringly obvious.

The film survives as a masterpiece of filmic art, and this presentation of a "politically correct, original version" (my description) is tempting. But Disney does this release, and all customers and fans, a disservice by inappropriately calling it a "restored" and "uncut" version, when in fact it is NOT the version that was seen in the 1940 road shows. Let your buying conscience be your guide, but consider the significance of buying an "uncut version" that is not uncut.

I noticed that a lot of the reviews for Fantasia say it's for adults or older children. I disagree. I think it depends on the child. We have this VHS tape and my 3 1/2 year old has almost worn it out from playing it so much. He adores about 90% of the film (although the dinosaur part and the Dance of the Hours are his favorites) and does not seem particularly scared or bothered by "Night on Bald Mountain" which he will watch by himself. He also loved to listen to the audiotape in the car. At this point if any of the Fantasia or Fantasia 2000 music comes on the classical radio station we listen to he can recognize it and tell you which film and what part it's from. I think that some small children will really like this movie and you need to give them a shot by exposing them to it rather than assuming they will be bored.

Fantasia has always been my favorite Walt Disney film, and I was delighted when I found it on DVD. The DVD release features the original 125 minute form with narrators' introductions between the acts, in a full screen 1.33:1 aspect ratio which is the same as the original film.

The style of this film is quite varied, ranging from the traditional Disney animation used in the "Sorceror's Apprentice" to the almost impressionistic artwork used with the Nutcracker suite and the abstract art used with Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. There is beautiful artistry throughout, and Disney clearly took pains to make the visual work appropriate for each selection of music. In order, the selections are:

- Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J. S. Bach: a symphonic form of this classic work is accompanied with animated abstract artwork.

- The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky: to this ballet suite, leaves, flowers, and even mushrooms dance, illustrated with ethereal artistry. Those familiar with the ballet will see that the character of each dance in the suite is captured beautifully.

- The Sorceror's Apprentice by Paul Dukas: this piece of program music is accompanied by an animated version of the story illustrated by the music - with Mickey Mouse as the protagonist who animates ensorcelled brooms, but then is unable to control them.

- The Rite Of Spring by Stravinsky: in a mild departure from the traditional ballet interpretation, the animation uses the music to accompany a trip through prehistoric earth, from the formation of the planet, through the volcanic period, to the development of the dinosaurs. While the technique is traditional Disney animation, the style is much more realistic - an interesting mix.

- Symphony No. 6, Pastorale, by Beethoven: a movement of this symphony is accompanied by an animated interpretation of fantastic creatures - unicorns, centaurs, and pegasi - along with half a dozen greek gods in their traditional role. The action reflects the program of the music, including the storm.

- Dance of the Hours, Amilcare Ponchielli: This ballet music is used by some very nontraditional ballerinas - ostriches, hippos, elephants, and crocodiles. They still dance elegantly, with rather humorous effect.

- Night On Bald Mountain, Moussorgsky / Ave Maria, Schubert: Traditionally, the devil and his worshipers gather on Bald Mountain on Walpurgisnacht - and here, we get an impressive demon and a raft of profane followers. As the night ends, the Moussorgsky piece segues into the sacred music of the Ave Maria, with a holy procession ending in a beautiful dawn.

Perhaps the best summary of this movie is that it's like an animated evening of dance or ballet - some dances abstract, some with story lines - with the added freedom that the use of animation brings. This timeless classic will appeal to lovers of animation, music, and dance alike.