Documentaries on VHS
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The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Price: $21.50
Category: VHS Movies
 Publisher: Warner Home Video Starring: Orson Welles, Philip L. Clarke, Ray Laska, Bob Ruggiero, Roy Edmonds Directed By: Robert Guenette Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Orson Welles narrates an incredible look at the prophecies of Nostradamus, whose amazing accuracy in predicting the future compels us to consider what his writings foretell us. Year: 1981 Director: Robert Guenette Starring: Orson Welles: Narrator. |
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The Century-America's Time (Boxed Set)
Price: $89.94
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: ABC News Starring: Linda Hunt, Peter Jennings, John Aaron, Harold Agnew, Steve Allen Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Covering the entire 20th century in one video series is an ambitious project, but one that Peter Jennings and ABC News are up to. In The Century: America's Time, a 12-part documentary on six videotapes that is a companion to the book of the same name, Jennings guides us through a century of technology and advancement like no other. As he says in his introduction to episode 1, "Seeds of Change," "Unlike previous centuries where leadership was defined by royalty and other rulers, the 20th century more than any other was shaped by the will and actions of the common man." The series is a sweeping presentation of the United States of the 1900s and tries to encompass a mind-boggling amount of history. And while at moments the videos may leave you longing for more, Jennings does an excellent job of creating smooth segues between disparate pieces. |
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Sarah Plain And Tall
List Price: $14.98 Now Only: $7.25 You Save: $ 7.73 (52%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Republic Pictures Starring: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Lexi Randall, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Jon DeVries Directed By: Glenn Jordan Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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The most-watched made-for-television movie of the 1990s (50 million viewers upon first broadcast in 1991), this fine adaptation of Patricia MacLachlan's novel stars Glenn Close as Sarah, a Maine schoolteacher who responds to a Kansas farmer's newspaper ad seeking a bride. Set in 1910, the story follows Sarah's trial run as stepmother to the children of the widowed Jacob Witting (Christopher Walken). The tough part of the experiment is the conflicting expectations the would-be couple have over Sarah's role in the household. The kids, too, have their doubts about a substitute for their mother, and Jacob isn't ready, emotionally, for a new beginning. |
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The Perfect Weapon
Price: $129.99
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Paramount Starring: Jeff Speakman, John Dye, Mariska Hargitay, James Hong, John Koyama Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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The most-watched made-for-television movie of the 1990s (50 million viewers upon first broadcast in 1991), this fine adaptation of Patricia MacLachlan's novel stars Glenn Close as Sarah, a Maine schoolteacher who responds to a Kansas farmer's newspaper ad seeking a bride. Set in 1910, the story follows Sarah's trial run as stepmother to the children of the widowed Jacob Witting (Christopher Walken). The tough part of the experiment is the conflicting expectations the would-be couple have over Sarah's role in the household. The kids, too, have their doubts about a substitute for their mother, and Jacob isn't ready, emotionally, for a new beginning. |
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The Best of On the Road With Charles Kuralt
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Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Fox Video, Inc. Starring: Charles Kuralt Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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The most-watched made-for-television movie of the 1990s (50 million viewers upon first broadcast in 1991), this fine adaptation of Patricia MacLachlan's novel stars Glenn Close as Sarah, a Maine schoolteacher who responds to a Kansas farmer's newspaper ad seeking a bride. Set in 1910, the story follows Sarah's trial run as stepmother to the children of the widowed Jacob Witting (Christopher Walken). The tough part of the experiment is the conflicting expectations the would-be couple have over Sarah's role in the household. The kids, too, have their doubts about a substitute for their mother, and Jacob isn't ready, emotionally, for a new beginning. |
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Guyana Tragedy: Story of Jim Jones
Price: $17.95
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Vci Video Starring: Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Irene Cara, Veronica Cartwright, Rosalind Cash Directed By: William A. Graham Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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The most-watched made-for-television movie of the 1990s (50 million viewers upon first broadcast in 1991), this fine adaptation of Patricia MacLachlan's novel stars Glenn Close as Sarah, a Maine schoolteacher who responds to a Kansas farmer's newspaper ad seeking a bride. Set in 1910, the story follows Sarah's trial run as stepmother to the children of the widowed Jacob Witting (Christopher Walken). The tough part of the experiment is the conflicting expectations the would-be couple have over Sarah's role in the household. The kids, too, have their doubts about a substitute for their mother, and Jacob isn't ready, emotionally, for a new beginning. |
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Baseball - A Film by Ken Burns
List Price: $149.88 Now Only: $19.95 You Save: $ 129.93 (87%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Pbs Home Video Starring: Hank Aaron, Bud Abbott, Roger Angell, Arthur Ashe, Red Barber Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Ken Burns tops himself with this epic of American history, told in "nine innings," with a skilled narration by John Chancellor and the voices of Paul Newman, Jason Robards, Billy Crystal, and other stars. The series spans 150 years, starting with the myth-debunking tale of baseball's true beginnings -- when it was a game "one degree above mayhem." Then follow the growth of America's National Pastime through the decades of glory and record-setting achievements, as well as the scandals, the bigotry, and the big money. The series portrays the game as a mirror of America itself -- the passions, prejudices, and ambitions that have shape the country.. |
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Walt Disney's True Life Adventures - The Living Desert
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Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Walt Disney Video Starring: Winston Hibler Directed By: James Algar Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Ken Burns tops himself with this epic of American history, told in "nine innings," with a skilled narration by John Chancellor and the voices of Paul Newman, Jason Robards, Billy Crystal, and other stars. The series spans 150 years, starting with the myth-debunking tale of baseball's true beginnings -- when it was a game "one degree above mayhem." Then follow the growth of America's National Pastime through the decades of glory and record-setting achievements, as well as the scandals, the bigotry, and the big money. The series portrays the game as a mirror of America itself -- the passions, prejudices, and ambitions that have shape the country.. |
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War Room (Sp)
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Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Vidmark / Trimark Starring: James Carville, George Stephanopoulos, Heather Beckel, Paul Begala, Bob Boorstin Directed By: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker (Don't Look Back) and Chris Hegedus shot behind-the-scenes at command central for Bill Clinton's 1992 election campaign and came up with this film. You won't find the kind of daily damage-control and skirt-chasing indirectly alleged in Primary Colors, but the filmmakers do give us a strong sense of the uphill battle of a presidential campaign. The center of the film is really James Carville, who steered the machine for Clinton's '92 run and who comes across in this film as a deeply passionate, complex, and somehow timeless man who could have fit into any chapter of American history. --Tom Keogh. |
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The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns (Boxed Set)
List Price: $99.88 Now Only: $76.50 You Save: $ 23.38 (23%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Pbs Home Video Starring: David McCullough Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Hailed as a documentary masterpiece without parallel, Ken Burns' filmed chronicle of America's most terrible and destructive conflict will hold you in thrall as it portrays the strategies and action of the war's famous battles, and tells the stories of illustrious generals and ordinary field soldiers, politicians and rogues, heroes and a beleaguered President. Winner of two Emmy Awards, the series begins by looking at the fateful causes of the war that led to the firing on Fort Sumter, to the devastating battles of Shiloh, Antietam and Gettysburg, climaxing with Lee's surrender and the assassination of President Lincoln. Vivid photographic imagery and narration by many of today's most acclaimed performers highlight this epic program. Titles are: "The Cause of 1862," "A Very Bloody Affair 1862," "Forever Free 1862," "Simply Murder 1863," "The Universe of Battle 1863," "Valley of the Shadow of Death 1864," "Most Hallowed Ground 1864," "War Is All Hell 1865," and "The Better Angles of Our Nature 1865 .". |
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