Military & War VHS Movies
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Gone with the Wind
List Price: $8.98 Now Only: $2.90 You Save: $ 6.08 (68%)
Category: VHS Movies
 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Starring: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford Directed By: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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David O. Selznick wanted Gone with the Wind to be somehow more than a movie, a film that would broaden the very idea of what a film could be and do and look like. In many respects he got what he worked so hard to achieve in this 1939 epic (and all-time box-office champ in terms of tickets sold), and in some respects he fell far short of the goal. While the first half of this Civil War drama is taut and suspenseful and nostalgic, the second is ramshackle and arbitrary. |
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Canterville Ghost (1944)
Price: $44.50
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: MGM (Warner) Starring: Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien, William Gargan, Reginald Owen Directed By: Jules Dassin, Norman Z. McLeod Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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David O. Selznick wanted Gone with the Wind to be somehow more than a movie, a film that would broaden the very idea of what a film could be and do and look like. In many respects he got what he worked so hard to achieve in this 1939 epic (and all-time box-office champ in terms of tickets sold), and in some respects he fell far short of the goal. While the first half of this Civil War drama is taut and suspenseful and nostalgic, the second is ramshackle and arbitrary. |
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Odyssey
Price: $34.95
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Hallmark Entertainment Starring: Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Rossellini, Bernadette Peters, Eric Roberts Directed By: Andrei Konchalovsky Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Andrei Konchalovsky's expansive television mini-series production of Homer's epic poem gets off to clumsy start as he tries to squeeze the Trojan War into a mere half hour, but once the arrogant but honorable Odysseus (strikingly played by Armand Assante) and his loyal crew begin their doomed voyage home, this film turns into a fantastical adventure. Integrating often-stunning special effects with inventive art design, Konchalovsky achieves a beautiful look on a limited budget as he follows the 10-year ordeal of Odysseus from his battles with the Cyclops and the magical Circe (Bernadette Peters) to his secret homecoming and his confrontation with the treacherous Eurymachus (Eric Roberts). Isabella Rossellini appears as his spiritual guide, the goddess Athena, with Greta Scacchi as Odysseus's faithful wife and Vanessa Williams as the seductive Calypso. The rest of the cast includes Geraldine Chaplin, Jeroen Krabbé, Christopher Lee, and Irene Papas. |
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No Time for Sergeants
Price: $45.44
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Warner Home Video Starring: Andy Griffith, Nick Adams, Don Knotts, Murray Hamilton, Howard Smith Directed By: Mervyn LeRoy Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Andy Griffith burst to stardom with this surprisingly funny film adaptation of the Broadway comedy (by, of all people, Ira Levin of Rosemary's Baby fame). Griffith plays a hillbilly who is drafted into the army where, among other things, he has to wear shoes regularly for the first time. Griffith brings an engaging glee to the role of this likable bumpkin, whose happy-go-lucky demeanor is impervious to insult. Ask him to clean the latrines and he rigs the toilet seats to stand up and salute. |
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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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Andy Griffith burst to stardom with this surprisingly funny film adaptation of the Broadway comedy (by, of all people, Ira Levin of Rosemary's Baby fame). Griffith plays a hillbilly who is drafted into the army where, among other things, he has to wear shoes regularly for the first time. Griffith brings an engaging glee to the role of this likable bumpkin, whose happy-go-lucky demeanor is impervious to insult. Ask him to clean the latrines and he rigs the toilet seats to stand up and salute. |
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Sun Valley Serenade
Price: $29.99
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Starring: Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, Lynn Bari Directed By: H. Bruce Humberstone Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Andy Griffith burst to stardom with this surprisingly funny film adaptation of the Broadway comedy (by, of all people, Ira Levin of Rosemary's Baby fame). Griffith plays a hillbilly who is drafted into the army where, among other things, he has to wear shoes regularly for the first time. Griffith brings an engaging glee to the role of this likable bumpkin, whose happy-go-lucky demeanor is impervious to insult. Ask him to clean the latrines and he rigs the toilet seats to stand up and salute. |
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Mortal Storm
Price: $69.95
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: MGM (Warner) Starring: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan, Robert Stack Directed By: Frank Borzage Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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One of the best American pre-war films to attempt to explain the crisis brewing in Europe, this 1940 MGM film documents the effects of the new Nazi regime on a small, peaceful Alpine village. James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan struggle to understand the unjust changes being forced upon their community by the growing Nazi influence. Helpless to avert the horror unfolding before them, Stewart and Sullavan witness old friends becoming fearful and suspicious. Others cast their lot with the new order and become cruel, jealous, and vengeful--even drunk on Nazi power. |
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Bedknobs & Broomsticks
List Price: $19.99 Now Only: $6.90 You Save: $ 13.09 (65%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video Starring: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson Directed By: Robert Stevenson Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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When a mail-order apprentice witch (Angela Lansbury) is saddled with three sibling refugees from London during World War II, the outlook is grim. But the kids soon discover her secret and sign on for adventure in the name of England. With the aid of a magical bed, they track down her fraudulent headmaster (David Tomlinson) to find the spell that will aid the Allies. Fascinated that she has actually achieved results with his lessons, he joins forces. |
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Purple Hearts
Price: $69.95
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: Warner Home Video Starring: Ken Wahl, Cheryl Ladd, Stephen Lee, Annie McEnroe, Paul McCrane Directed By: Sidney J. Furie Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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During the Vietnam War, a doctor and nurse meet and fall in love.. |
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Sound of Music
List Price: $19.98 Now Only: $3.99 You Save: $ 15.99 (80%)
Category: VHS Movies
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood Directed By: Robert Wise Prices subject to change. Please verify pricing during checkout. |
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Some people may sneer at this 1965 musical, but the truth is the film has earned its status as a perennially watchable romantic-drama, largely on the strength of a fun story and chemistry between stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Veteran filmmaker Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood Still) mostly stays out of the way of the film's appealing elements, which include a based-on-fact tale of Austria's von Trapp family, who fled their Nazi-occupied country in 1938. Andrews is delightful and even fascinating as Maria, who sheds her tomboyish ways as a novice nun to accept the mantle of adulthood, becoming matron of the motherless von Trapp clan. Plummer is matinee-idol handsome and gives a smart performance to boot, and the cast of young people and kids who make up the singing von Trapp children make a strong impression. Based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical, the score includes such winners as "Maria" and the future John Coltrane hit "My Favorite Things." --Tom Keogh. |
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