Category: Adventure

Time Bandits

Time Bandits VHS cover art. Movie starring John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Sean Connery, Michael Palin, David Warner, Craig Warnock, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Jack Purvis, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Mike Edmonds, Malcolm Dixon, Tiny Ross. Directed by Terry Gilliam. 1981.

Time Bandits on VHS. Starring John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Sean Connery, Michael Palin, David Warner, Craig Warnock, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Jack Purvis, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Mike Edmonds, Malcolm Dixon, Tiny Ross. Directed by Terry Gilliam. 1981.

From the box:

…they didn’t make history, they stole it!

This adventure-fantasy-comedy is a wildly imaginative trip to a new dimension in time and space crammed with humor, action and spectacular special effects. A young time traveler (Craig Warnock) encounters Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon, as well as the sinking of the Titanic, in this spaced-out romp through the heavens and history, produced and directed by Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam. The musical score by ex-Beatle George Harrison adds to the excitement of castles, legends, battles between good and evil and the capricious rewriting of history.

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou? VHS cover art. Movie starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter. Inspired by Homer ("The Odyssey") and written by the Coen Brothers, Ethan and Joel. Directed by the Coen Brothers. 2000.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? on VHS. Starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter. Inspired by Homer (“The Odyssey”) and written by the Coen Brothers, Ethan and Joel. Directed by the Coen Brothers. 2000.

From the box:

A Film By The Coen Brothers
The Academy-Award Winning Creators Of Fargo

Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill busts loose. Except that he’s still shackled to his two chain-mates from the chain gang — bad-tempered Pete and sweet, dim-witted Delmar. With nothing to lose and buried loot to regain — before it’s lost forever in a flood — the three embark on an adventure of a lifetime in this hilarious offbeat road picture. Populated with strange characters, including a blind prophet, sexy sirens and a one-eyed Bible salesman, it’s an odyssey filled with chases close calls, near misses and betrayal that will leave you laughing at every outrageous and surprising twist and turn.

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Space Cowboys

Space Cowboys on VHS cover art. Movie starring Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 2000.

Space Cowboys on VHS. Starring Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 2000.

From the box:

Bonus Footage! A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Special Effects

Clint Eastwood, directing for the 22nd time and starring for the 42nd, leads a stellar cast into orbit in the exhilarating, high-tech adventure, Space Cowboys. Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner join Eastwood as old-school test pilots whose grasp of outdated technology make them the only ones able to repair a primitive, deorbiting Russian satellite that imperils Earth.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Planes, Trains and Automobiles VHS cover art. Movie starring Steve Martin, John Candy. With Laila Robins, Olivia Burnette, Kevin Bacon, Diana Castle, Michael McKean. Written and directed by John Hughes. 1987.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles on VHS. Starring Steve Martin, John Candy. With Laila Robins, Olivia Burnette, Kevin Bacon, Diana Castle, Michael McKean. Written and directed by John Hughes. 1987.

From the box:

Neal Page is an advertising executive who just wants to fly home to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family. But all Neal Page gets is misery. Misery named Del Griffith — a loud mouthed, but nevertheless loveable, salesman who leads Neal on a cross-country, wild goose chase that keeps Neal from tasting his turkey.

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The Hunt For Red October

The Hunt For Red October VHS cover art. Movie starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin. With Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Gates McFadden, Tim Curry. Directed by John McTiernan. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1990.

The Hunt For Red October on VHS. Starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin. With Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Gates McFadden, Tim Curry. Directed by John McTiernan. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1990.

From the box:

A new, technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery). The American government think Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Alec Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it–because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on!

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The Abyss

The Abyss VHS cover art. Movie starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn. With Leo Burmester, Todd Graff. Written and directed by James Cameron. 1989.

The Abyss on VHS. Starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn. With Leo Burmester, Todd Graff. Written and directed by James Cameron. 1989.

From the box:

When divers from a deep-sea oil rig are called in to help with the rescue of a nuclear submarine, their perilous mission becomes a wondrous odyssey into the unknown after they make contact with a mysterious force living on the ocean floor.

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The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow VHS cover art. Movie starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum. With Ian Holm, Arjay Smith, Austin Nichols, Sela Ward, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 2004.

The Day After Tomorrow on VHS. Starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum. With Ian Holm, Arjay Smith, Austin Nichols, Sela Ward, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 2004.

From the box:

In this pulse-pounding action-thriller, global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age. As tornadoes flatten Los Angeles and a tidal wave engulfs New York City, the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive.

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Ghost Chase

Ghost Chase VHS cover art. Movie starring Jason Lively, Tim McDaniel, Leonard Lansink. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 1987.

Ghost Chase on VHS. Starring Jason Lively, Tim McDaniel, Leonard Lansink. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 1987.

From the box:

Teenage filmmakers Warren, Fred and Lori know that money makes movies and that they desperately need more of it. They are counting on a hefty insurance from Warren’s grandfather, but receive only a pawn ticket, which they exchange for a suitcase full of junk and an old clock.

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The Searchers

The Searchers VHS cover art. Movie starring John Wayne. With Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. Directed by John Ford. 1956.

The Searchers on VHS. Starring John Wayne. With Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. Directed by John Ford. 1956.

From the box:

Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, a believer more in bullets than in words. He’s seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won’t surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive, five-year search, Ethan encounters something he didn’t expect to find: his own humanity.

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2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey VHS cover art. Movie starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke. 1968.

2001: A Space Odyssey on VHS. Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke. 1968.

From the box:

Moving from the prehistoric birth of intelligence to the emergence of man as pure thought, 2001 is a remarkable achievement.

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