Comedy VHS Movies
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How The Grinch Stole Christmas
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 Publisher: Universal Studios Starring: Christine Baranski, Jim Carrey, David Costabile, Michael Dahlen, Josh Ryan Evans Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Under a thick carpet of green-dyed yak fur and wonderfully expressive Rick Baker makeup, Jim Carrey is up to all of his old tricks (and some nifty new ones) in this live-action movie of Dr. Seuss's holiday classic. He commands the title role with equal parts madness, mayhem, pathos, and improvisational genius, channeling Grinchness through his own screen persona so smoothly that fans of both Carrey and Dr. Seuss will be thoroughly satisfied. |
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Planes Trains & Automobiles
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Publisher: Paramount Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon Directed By: John Hughes Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Given the presence of both Steve Martin and John Candy, one would expect this John Hughes comedy to be much, much funnier than it is. Certainly it's not for lack of effort on the part of its stars. Martin is an uptight businessman trying to get home from New York for the holidays. But one thing after another gets in his way--most of it having to do with Candy, a boorish but well-meaning boob who takes a liking to him. |
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From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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Publisher: Hallmark Starring: Lauren Bacall, Jean Marie Barnwell, Jesse Lee Soffer, Miriam Flynn, Mark L. Taylor Directed By: Marcus Cole Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Lauren Bacall plays the title role (which is actually a supporting role) in this smart and snappy children's film adapted from the newberry Award-winning book. As Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, she's a very wealthy individual auctioning off a statue that may or may not have been sculpted by Michelangelo. |
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Crazy from the Heart
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Publisher: Turner Home Entertainment Starring: Christine Lahti, Rubén Blades, William Russ, Louise Latham, Tommy Muñiz Directed By: Thomas Schlamme Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Lauren Bacall plays the title role (which is actually a supporting role) in this smart and snappy children's film adapted from the newberry Award-winning book. As Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, she's a very wealthy individual auctioning off a statue that may or may not have been sculpted by Michelangelo. |
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King of Hearts
Price: $23.97
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Starring: Jacques Balutin, Alan Bates, Jackie Blanchot, Robert Blome, Pierre Brasseur Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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This film was a touchstone of the late 1960s, when it was seen as an antiwar allegory for a world in which madness seemed to reign. Of course, that would probably be true whenever this movie was shown, wouldn't it? Directed by Philippe de Broca and set during World War I, King of Hearts stars Alan Bates as a Scottish soldier separated from his unit in France. He wanders into a small French village that has been abandoned by its residents in the face of oncoming combat. Instead, the town is populated by the residents of a nearby insane asylum, whose keepers have fled--a fact that escapes the innocent soldier, who assumes these are the regular folks. |
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Stuart Saves His Family
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Publisher: Paramount Starring: Al Franken, Laura San Giacomo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Shirley Knight, Harris Yulin Directed By: Harold Ramis Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Though it seems like a one-joke premise, this spinoff of Al Franken's Saturday Night Live character, self-help nerd Stuart Smalley, actually has some substance. And, in fact, it offers a message that wouldn't be out of place at an Al-Anon meeting (although with the laughs). Stuart, fired from his cable TV self-help show, goes home to resolve a family crisis. Dad (Harris Yulin) is an abusive drunk, Mom (Shirley Knight) is an enabler, Sis is an over-eater, and Brother has a problem with his temper. |
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Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Price: $18.50
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Goldhil Home Media Starring: Benny Baker, Vivian Bonnell, Hamilton Camp, Keene Curtis, Richard Deacon Directed By: Peter Baldwin Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Though it seems like a one-joke premise, this spinoff of Al Franken's Saturday Night Live character, self-help nerd Stuart Smalley, actually has some substance. And, in fact, it offers a message that wouldn't be out of place at an Al-Anon meeting (although with the laughs). Stuart, fired from his cable TV self-help show, goes home to resolve a family crisis. Dad (Harris Yulin) is an abusive drunk, Mom (Shirley Knight) is an enabler, Sis is an over-eater, and Brother has a problem with his temper. |
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Wishbone: Dog Days of the West
List Price: $14.99 Now Only: $7.99 You Save: $ 7.00 (47%)
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Publisher: Lyons / Hit Ent. Starring: Amy Acker, Chamblee Ferguson, Joe Marchman, Kathleen McClaine, Trey Walpole Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Though it seems like a one-joke premise, this spinoff of Al Franken's Saturday Night Live character, self-help nerd Stuart Smalley, actually has some substance. And, in fact, it offers a message that wouldn't be out of place at an Al-Anon meeting (although with the laughs). Stuart, fired from his cable TV self-help show, goes home to resolve a family crisis. Dad (Harris Yulin) is an abusive drunk, Mom (Shirley Knight) is an enabler, Sis is an over-eater, and Brother has a problem with his temper. |
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A New Leaf
Price: $69.95
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Paramount Starring: Rose Arrick, James Coco, David Doyle, Trent Gough, Graham Jarvis Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Elaine May wrote, directed, and starred in this acidic comedy about a wealthy playboy (Walter Matthau) who discovers that he has nearly spent all of his fortune. Casting about for a solution to his money problems that won't actually involve work, he finds a desperate solution: He'll marry an heiress (May) for her fortune. The hitch: She's a social maladept ("The woman is feral," Matthau growls). Indeed, Matthau finds marriage so intolerable that he decides there's only one course of action, which is to actively pursue making himself a widower by bumping her off. |
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Elf (Full Screen Edition)
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Publisher: New Line Home Entertainment Starring: Edward Asner, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Peter Dinklage, Patrick Ferrell Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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This hilarious Christmas film tells the tale of a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts on Christmas Eve and is transported back to the North Pole and raised as an elf. Years later Buddy learns he is not really an elf and goes on a journey to New York City to find his true identity.. |
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