Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona VHS cover art. Movie starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson. With  John Goodman, William Forsythe, Frances McDormand. Written and directed by The Coen Brothers. 1987.

Raising Arizona on VHS. Starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson. With John Goodman, William Forsythe, Frances McDormand. Written and directed by The Coen Brothers. 1987.

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Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman star in Ethan and Joel Coen’s acclaimed screwball love story filled with mad chases, unexpected plot twists and wild pyrotechnics. Vowing to go straight, a convenience store bandit (Cage) proposes marriage to the police department’s photographer (Hunter). All is well in wedded bliss until they discover she’s unable to get pregnant and are turned down by every adoption agency in town. It doesn’t take long before they realize the only solution is to kidnap one of the town’s celebrated quintuplets and hit the road!

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The Man They Could Not Hang

The Man They Could Not Hang VHS cover art. Movie starring Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox. Directed by Nick Grinde. 1939.

The Man They Could Not Hang on VHS. Starring Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox. Directed by Nick Grinde. 1939.

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Filmdom’s Master of Horror, Boris Karloff, stars in this thriller in which a brilliant scientist is transformed into an insane killer. Doctor Savaard, who has invented a mechanical heart designed to restore life to the dead, kills a student volunteer in order to test the device. Midway through the experiment, the police break into Savaard’s lab and discover the dead body.

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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off VHS cover art. Starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara. With Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Ben Stein. Written and directed by John Hughes. 1986.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on VHS. Starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara. With Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Ben Stein. Written and directed by John Hughes. 1986.

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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off chronicles the events in the day of a rather magical young man, Ferris (Matthew Broderick). One spring day, toward the end of his senior year, Ferris gives into an overwhelming urge to cut school and head for downtown Chicago with his girl (Mia Sara) and his best friend (Alan Ruck), to see the sights, experience a day of freedom and show that with a little ingenuity, a bit of courage, and a red Ferrari, life at 17 can be a joy!

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The Blade Master

The Blade Master on VHS. Starring Miles O'Keeffe, Lisa Foster. 1984. Written and directed by Joe D'Amato.

The Blade Master on VHS. Starring Miles O’Keeffe, Lisa Foster. 1984. Written and directed by Joe D’Amato.

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The castle of knowledge in a land of contradiction houses the ultimate weapon. Should it fall into the hands of evil, the land would surely die. The Blade Master (Ator), a hero of mythical strength, leads a small band in defense of good against the overwhelming forces of evil.

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Caddyshack

Caddyshack on VHS. Starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe. Directed by Harold Ramis. 1980.

Caddyshack on VHS. Starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Ted Knight, Michael O’Keefe. Directed by Harold Ramis. 1980.

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Greenskeeper Carl Spackler is about to start World War III — against a gopher. Pompous Judge Smails plays to win, but his nubile niece Lacey Underall wants to score her own way. Playboy Ty Webb shoots perfect golf by becoming the ball. And country club loudmouth Al Czervik just doubled a $20,000 bet on a 10-foot putt. Insanity. No. Caddyshack.

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Dead End City

Dead End City on VHS. Starring Dennis Cole, Robert Z'Dar, Gregory Scott Cummins, Christine Lunde. Directed by Peter Yuval. 1988.

Dead End City on VHS. Starring Dennis Cole, Robert Z’Dar, Gregory Scott Cummins, Christine Lunde. Directed by Peter Yuval. 1988.

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A million people, a dozen gangs, and only one law: SURVIVAL!

It’s an urban nightmare come true in Dead End City, as gang warfare rules the streets. Dennis Cole (Pretty Smart) plays a corrupt police officer who allows the gang led by Robert Z’Dar (Maniac Cop) to terrorize the city.

Jack Murphy (Greg Cummins) is a street-tough resident who won’t be bullied. He organizes a vigilante resistance force and prepares to fight for control of the city. Battling against the gang’s non-stop beatings, gunfire and explosions, Murphy leads his guerrilla troop into the sewer tunnels for one, last, futile attempt.

“Colors” meets “Deathwish” …there’s no way out of DEAD END CITY!

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Ruthless People

Ruthless People on VHS. Starring Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater. With Bill Pullman, Frank Sivero. Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. 1986.

Ruthless People on VHS. Starring Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater. With Bill Pullman, Frank Sivero. Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. 1986.

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In this fiendishly funny comedy from the creators of Airplane!, loathsome millionaire Sam Stone is RUTHLESS. How ruthless? When his shrill wife Barbara is nabbed by inept kidnappers. Sam cries tears of joy… and refuses to pay the ransom. And when the abductors threaten to kill the abrasive heiress, Sam takes immediate action–he celebrates! Ruthless People. Raucous… outlandish… one of the top box office hits of the year!

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The Hobbit

The Hobbit on VHS. Starring Orson Bean, John Huston, Brother Theodore. Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. 1977.

The Hobbit on VHS. Starring Orson Bean, John Huston, Brother Theodore, Richard Boone, Otto Preminger, Hans Conried, Cyril Ritchard, Glenn Yarbrough. Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. 1977.

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The place is Middle Earth. The time is long ago, when man shared his days with elves, wizards, goblins, dragons, heroes… and hobbits. Bilbo Baggins is a hero and a hobbit, a roundish, peaceable homebody who sets off on a dangerous quest–even though adventures make hobbits late for dinner!

The adventure begins when the great wizard Gandalf enlists Bilbo’s aid in retrieving a fabulous treasure stolen from friendly dwarves. All Bilbo must do is brave dark forest, towering mountains, hobbit-eating trolls, a slimy Gollum, gigantic spiders, a flame-breathing dragon and more terrors that would alarm any hobbit who’d much rather be home eating buttered muffins. But, reluctantly, off Bilbo goes — so dragons beware!

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Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes on VHS. Starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, Linda Harrison. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 1968.

Planet of the Apes on VHS. Starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, Linda Harrison. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 1968.

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Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this fascinating first entry of this extremely popular series. This initial story features Heston as astronaut Taylor, who crash lands on a distant planet. The world is similar to earth, but here intelligent apes rule, hunting primitive speechless humans for sport and conducting scientific experiments on the ones they don’t kill. Soon Taylor himself is among the hunted, his life depending on a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall).

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Waiting For Guffman

Waiting For Guffman on VHS. Starring Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Bob Balaban, Lewis Arquette, Matt Keeslar, Brian Doyle-Murray. Directed by Christopher Guest. Written by Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy. Music by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer. 1996.

Waiting For Guffman on VHS. Starring Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Bob Balaban, Lewis Arquette, Matt Keeslar, Brian Doyle-Murray. Directed by Christopher Guest. Written by Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy. Music by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer. 1996.

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Blaine, Missouri, may be little, but that will not stop Corky St. Claire from dreaming big. He’s determined to get back to the bright lights of Broadway, and he thinks he has the ticket. He’s created Red, White and Blaine, an ambitious musical celebrating the town’s 150th anniversary. This is Spinal Tap’s Christopher Guest plays Corky in the acclaimed comedy. Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard and Bob Balaban co-star as stagestruck residents who pin their hopes of being discovered on Corky’s hilariously hapless theater production…and on reports that big-time talent scout Mort Guffman will be in the audience.

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