Vincent-Schiavelli Movie Reviews

VHS movie reviews for "Vincent-Schiavelli" sorted by average review score:

Miracle Beach

Released in VHS Tape by Columbia/Tristar Studios (30 September, 1992)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Director: Skott Snider

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Ami Dolenz

This is the only movie I've ever seen that made me fall in love with the leading actress. Ami Dolenz is a goddess and this is her best portayal out of all the movies she was in. I just found a site that lists all her movies at amidolenz.com...plz plz plz release this on DVD!!

DVD please!

Here's another request for this exquisitely enjoyable comedy to be remastered and released on DVD. Hopefully our requests will be processed like what's been done with other great movies ("Roman Holiday" for one).... Thank you.

mriacle beach .. this is good movie funny

this is babyangel.. im from califroina. i would like to speak whosever about make a movie on dvd for miracle beach plus caption closed please.. you can do it for put caption closed with in dvd (miracle beach) please you can make a movie on dvd more than vhs.. dvd is more good clear.. thanks dont wait so long. just short coming in dvd as soon. thanks

Prince & The Surfer

Released in VHS Tape by Unapix (01 August, 2000)

MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Directors: Arye Gross and Gregory Gieras

This thoroughly enjoyable update of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper draws its prince from the fictional kingdom of Gelfland and its "pauper" from the beaches of Palm Bay (a.k.a. Santa Monica). The pair, ably played by film newcomer Sean Kellman, meet when the prince travels to a Southern California resort to help negotiate a better trade agreement. Anxious for opportunity and adventure, skateboarder Cash rolls onto the estate only to meet the frustrated prince chafing from the shackles of royal obligation. Inevitably, they arrange a trade agreement of their own. Although Cash's street-smart friends and the prince's minions, mom, and arranged fiancée (Katie Johnson) are puzzled by the changes they see in the boys, they have distractions of their own. Queen Mom (Jennifer O'Neill) is bothered by the peremptory manner of her government official Minister Kratski (Robert Englund of Freddy Krueger fame) and sidetracked by the new security guard, a former cop who just happens to be Cash's dad (Timothy Bottoms). The malevolent Kratski learns of the switch and attempts to use it to his advantage to turn a part of Gelfland into Golfland, but the boys and friends have other plans. This pleasant mix of film veterans and newcomers is helmed by Arye Gross, in his directorial debut. Gregory Poppen's script is infused with a sly sense of humor and has enough realism to keep kids through their mid-teens interested. Although rated PG, there is amazingly little violence and no sexual content. The story may not interest the very young, but this film is safe for family viewing. --Kimberly Heinrichs

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Way cool fun!

I rented this movie for my whole family to watch, because there aren't too many opportunities for some wholesome family fun anymore in this crazy, violent world. I gotta say, it was hilarious! Mark Twain would be prouder than a peach! My two little girls thought the star was quite a hunk, and little Donnie talked like a prince for a week. I hope the star takes up a modern send-up of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" next! In two words, this movie was "Toooootally rad!" Surfers definitely rule!

Real California Teens, with a touch of classic

As the guardian of a California Teen Age Boy, I found this movie fun with a lot of positive overtones. Arye Gross is listed as director in the actual movie 'credits' and I saw him directing on the beach scenes I am curious how Gregory Gieras came to be listed, as director, here on Amazon?

A wickedly entertaining update of Twain's classic story!!!

Went to a screening of the movie with my two kids (my daughter(age 7) and my son (age 11) and we all loved it!!! It is funny, touching and reminded me of the kind of movies I loved as a child. Robert Englund is excellent as the bad guy and former screen icon, Jennifer O'Neal is touching as a queen from a magical country. After the movie, I told my children about the original Twain classic and they immediately wanted to read it themselves. Let me say that anytime a movie makes children want to read the source material, it makes a movie worth watching. Go see it!!!

The Prince and the Surfer

Released in VHS Tape by Unapix (30 May, 2000)

MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Directors: Arye Gross and Gregory Gieras

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Way cool fun!

Real California Teens, with a touch of classic

A wickedly entertaining update of Twain's classic story!!!

The Prince and the Surfer

Released in VHS Tape by Unapix (21 December, 1999)

MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Directors: Arye Gross and Gregory Gieras

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Way cool fun!

Real California Teens, with a touch of classic

A wickedly entertaining update of Twain's classic story!!!

3 Ninjas-Kick Back/Knuckle Up

Released in VHS Tape by Columbia/Tristar Studios (17 August, 1999)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Director: Sang-ok Shin

Starring: Victor Wong (III), Max Elliott Slade, Charles Napier, and Michael Treanor

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ROCKY LOVES EMILY

ROCKY LOVES EMILY, ROCKY LOVES EMILY!

3 ninjas RULE

the 3 ninjas is DA best movie. michael treanor, max slad and chat powers did an awesome. job. this movie got a lotta action. it's great. so watch it some time. it'll be your fav movie. plus. is't rocky a hunk? lol

Dorf on Golf

Released in VHS Tape by Ventura Distribution (01 June, 1998)

MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Director: Roger Beatty

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You'll Need Band-Aids for This :)

When I first saw Tim Conway in his character role as 'Dorf' on the Carol Burnette Show I thought I'd die with laughter. I wonder if Randy Newman got the idea for 'Short People' from some of Conway's wild routines. His wacky, insane skits of Dorf is a memorable classic. In this video 'Dorf on Golf' Dorf shows us how to play golf. Oh, my! Really? Tahew! Tahew! Tahew! (thank you, Mr. Tuddball) He teaches us to drive, putt-putt and find the 19th hole? His assistant doesn't have a clue what he's doing either. It's a laugh a minute! Also for the fisherman/woman there is a companion video, 'Dorf Goes Fishing.' I'd say forget about the Pesci/Glover film, 'Gone Fishin'.' Go for this! Alot of Conway's natural comic genius can make any dull moment funny. Alot of that was his later work with Don Knotts. Remember 'The Apple Dumpling Gang,' 'Private Eyes' and Prize Fighter.' This has got to Conway's funniest character ever. All his Dorf videos on Golf, Fishing, Baseball, Auto Racing and the Olympic Games are classics to treasure. It's good clean comedy you won't feel guilty in owning.

Road Home

Released in VHS Tape by Republic Studios (17 June, 1997)

MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Director: Dean Hamilton

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Excellent Movie !

This movie has something for everyone. It's a story about two orphan brothers striving to get to a better life in Boy's Town, in Omaha Nebraska. It'll make you laugh, make you cry, inspire and uplift you. The best part is you can watch it with the whole family.

The Frisco Kid

Released in VHS Tape by Warner Studios (02 August, 1993)

MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Director: Robert Aldrich

Starring: Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford

Gene Wilder takes his most unusual role, a naive 19th-century rabbi sent from his native Poland to the fledgling Jewish community in San Francisco, in this warm-hearted comic adventure. The trusting soul is easy prey for the con men and criminals who prey on the immigrants arriving in the Philadelphia port and the rabbi, beaten but unbowed, continues his trek West solo: broke, underequipped, and hopelessly lost. Harrison Ford, fresh from Star Wars, is the roguish outlaw who adopts the determined traveler and the two become unlikely friends as they make their way through one scrape after another. Wilder makes a sincere and sympathetic hero, his faith and courage seeing him through one crisis after another, and fresh-faced Ford makes an endearing scamp of a bank robber. The meandering adventure, overlong at two hours, takes its time as the duo traverses the gorgeous American countryside and end up in the bustling Barbary Coast San Francisco of the Gold Rush era. Legendary hard-edged action director Robert Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly, The Dirty Dozen) brings a gentle touch and easygoing humor to this family-oriented adventure, but old habits die hard. While staying within PG parameters, Aldrich adds a little grit to the Old West fistfights and gunfights. --Sean Axmaker

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FUNNY!

Gene Wilder turns in a hysterical tour de force performance as a bumbling rabbi trying to make his way to San Francisco in the 1850's. Of coarse, he needs a little help from Harrison Ford, who proves he's no slouch at comedy as Wilder's outlaw buddy. Director Robert Aldrich provides us with enough cute humor to make this a family film, but just enough depth and violence to keep adults from feeling it's to sappy (no small feat). If you look behind the laughs, this is a very moving story about a man staying true to his roots despite the obstacles he faces. And if you can't see behind the laughs, they should be enough to keep you entertained anyway.

Kosher Spaghetti Western

This incredible comic adventure provides a wonderful meeting of two great cultures-that of the Wild West and that of the Yiddish (East European Jewish) with Gene Wilder playing the role of a Polish Rabbi who must make his way across the 19th century USA to bring a Torah scroll to a Jewish community in San Francisco.
Feeling something like a fish out of water, he soon acquits himself well with his Jewish chutzpah, and with the help of a swashbuckling bankrobber and cowboy played by Harrison Ford.
Lots of fun and wit.

Where's the DVD?????

This is absolutely one of the best character development comedies ever made. Where is the DVD?

I have to guess there is a copyright issue here or one of the stars is holding it back.

This is a fun film for all and provides comical insight into some Jewish customs and traditions.

Harrison Ford gives one of his top performances while Gene Wilder seems to fit into his role like "white on matzah."

Not a film to miss.

Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The

Released in VHS Tape by Anchor Bay Entertain (01 March, 1990)

MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Director: W.D. Richter

Starring: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, and Ellen Barkin

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension is one of the most agreeably insane movies ever made. Peter Weller stars as Buckaroo, an acclaimed neurosurgeon, particle physicist, and, of course, rock star. He travels with the Hong Kong Cavaliers, a band of hard-rocking scientists who are also really good dressers. Buckaroo's interdimensional experiments with his Operation Overthruster throw him (and the Earth) straight into the middle of an alien war, and before you know it, he's got just a few hours to save the world. Confused? Hang on, we're only 10 minutes into the movie. Buckaroo Banzai hurls you right into the middle of its comic-book universe and keeps going at a breakneck pace. It's chock-full of overlapping jokes (even as we're trying to make sense of Dr. Lizardo's hospital room, a voice calmly announces that "lithium is no longer available on credit" over the PA system), hilarious throwaway dialogue ("You're like Jerry Lewis: you give me hope to carry on."), and weirdness just for the sheer joy of it ("Why is there a watermelon there?" "I'll tell you later."). You'll want to watch it at least twice--there's just no way to catch everything the first time around. Ellen Barkin has a terrific time doing a dead-on film noir moll parody as Penny Priddy, and John Lithgow turns in a brilliant manic performance as Dr. Lizardo/John Whorfin. There is no reason not to own this movie unless you are cold and dead inside. Laugh while you can, Monkey Boys. --Ali Davis

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what a BAAAAD surprise!

I'm 28 years old and until yesterday, I've never seen this "famous" movie.
Incredible, it's simply awful on every points, really hard to watch from debut to end; the only interesting element is the music, but unfortunately, most of tracks from the score are not present in the film or mixed at minimum volume!!
That's all I can tell you, I think people who loves this movie
must be happy and smile everytime without know why!
Tomorrow I will have to destroy this DVD with my car.

Camp classic send up of Doc Savage like hero ahead of time

Surreal, off the wall and down right gut splitting funny, BB was a full decade of its time. The cast is clearly having fun with the material. You'd think that the folks from Planet 10 would learn something from Superman's experience with the Phantom Zone--limbo can't keep nasty, evil and weird aliens out of your hair forever.

This deluxe DVD has a beautiful wide screen transfer of the film, 14 outtakes taken from the workprint (and integrated into the sequences they were cut from so they actually make sense)and the alternate opening with Jaime Lee Curtis as Buckaroo's mom (that explains this film!). THe cast is a who's who of cult films and odd ball performances; Peter Weller plays the brain surgeon/rock star/agent for good (ala Doc Savage)with wit and a sparkle in his eye; Ellen Barkin sparkles in one of her first major screen roles as Penny Pretty the despondent, sexy secret twin sister of Buckaoo's late lover; Jeff Goldblum helped define quirky with his straight faced performance as "New Jersey"; John Lithgow shines as the possessed scientist Dr. Lizzardo playing Lizzardo as an over the top melodrama villian (with a bizarre Italian accent no less!). The cast also includes Christopher Lloyd, Clancey Brown and a watermelon...

The inclusion of the trailer for the never made television series from 1998 is a gem although it doesn't quite convey the quirkiness of the film. I kept wondering, who else besides Peter Weller (who's much too old to play BB nearly 20 years later) could pull the role off?

My only complaint is that since I don't have a nuon enhanced DVD I can't enjoy this weird feature. Still, with the running commentary from Richter and pop up factoids of Pinkie, this deluxe edition of a great cult classic finally gets its due. It gives me hope that MGM went to as much effort as they have at putting this fine DVD together.

My only complaint (the movie is 5 stars; the DVD 4 1/2) is the lack of new cast and crew interviews about the project.

First Impressions Can Be Deceiving

There is no way I would have ever seen this movie if it hadn't been recommended to me. Let's face it, it just doesn't look good. Now, however, I am thankful for just being able to view it. This movie is great! Yes, it does look like a cheesy B-movie, but that is part of its appeal. It shows humor in that the film makes fun of itself and so do the characters in it. Peter Weller as the all-knowing, all-achieving Buckaroo Banzai is wonderful and so is Ellen Barkin as Penny Priddy. But the best thing in the entire movie is John Lithgow as the evil Lord John Whorfin. His accent and sayings are absolutely hilarious! His sidekicks Christopher Lloyd and Vincent Schiavelli are just as great. Yes, the plot is very implausible, but who cares? It's all good fun. There are only two things wrong with this re-release: the new cover and title. The cover does nothing to show how cool this movie really is. Plus, what happened to the original title, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension? With only those two little things wrong, how can anyone not see this movie?

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai

Released in VHS Tape by MGM/UA Video (06 February, 2001)

MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Director: W.D. Richter

Starring: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, and Ellen Barkin

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