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September 2003 Take One DVDsDistributed by
Momentum Pictures
Posted: July 12th, 2003.
MORE GREAT VALUE FILMS ON DVD FROM MOMENTUMPICTURES IN THE SEPTEMBER TAKE ONE COLLECTION
Momentum Pictures is releasing more great films at unbeatable prices as anothernine titles become available in the Take One budget DVD collection on September8th 2003. Representing fantastic value for money, all titles in the collectionremain priced at just £12.99 each.
Maximum Overdrive – The first and only movie that Stephen King everdirected, the film is based on the novel of the same name and stars EmilioEstevez as ex-convict Bill Robinson. The Earth has just passed through thetail of a rogue comet, which leads to an increasing number of strange occurrencesin which machines seem to have a mind of their own and are taking over. Ashumans are terrorised by the machines they have created, it is down to Billand the group he has become enslaved with to try and find a way to stop themachines and escape.
The film was released in 1986 has a running time of 94 minutes, an 18certificate and is presented in widescreen 16×9 1:2.35 anamorphic. Extrasinclude: trailer, photo gallery.
Mountains Of The Moon – Based on William Harrison’s biographical novel,Burton and Speke, Mountains Of The Moon tells the story of 19th century explorers,Captain Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke’s 1854 expedition to Africato find the source of the river Nile. Shot in the actual locations where theevents unfolded, the protagonists sustain injuries and illness and encounteranimosity from tribes as they struggle with the uncompromising Africanwilderness. The film also plots the emerging friendship of the two men againstsuch hardness and the subsequent acrimony when Speke betrays Burton by takingall of the credit for their discoveries.
The film was released in 1989, has a running time of 130 minutes, a15-certificate and is presented in widescreen 16×9 1:2.35 anamorphic. Extrasinclude: trailer & featurette.
The Onion Field – A compelling true story, The Onion Field is a superblyacted thriller based on the novel by Joseph Wambaugh. Set in the 1960s, thefilm follows the heart-breaking consequences that ensue when LAPD officersKarl Hettinger and Ian Campbell (John Savage and Ted Danson) pull over a carone night in a routine check. Driving the car is a disturbed ex-con, GregPowell, and his partner in crime, Jimmy Smith, who panic and decide to kidnapthe cops.
Driven out to a deserted onion field in California, Campbell is brutally shotwhile Hettinger escapes. The convicts are eventually caught but the tormenthas only just begun for Hettinger. Forced once more to deal with Powell andSmith and the slow process of justice, he suffers from profound guilt aboutthe fact that he survived and begins to spiral downhill into a nervousbreakdown.
The film was released in 1979, has a running time of 121 minutes, an 18certificate and is presented in widescreen 16×9 1:2.35 anamorphic. Extrasinclude: trailer, audio-commentary, documentary.
Extreme Prejudice – Walter Hill’s action packed Western stars NickNolte as modern day Texas Ranger Jack Benteen, once best friend of local drugkingpin Cash Bailey (played by Powers Boothe). Now linked only by Jack’s loverSarita (Maria Conchita Alonso) who was once Cash’s mistress, the men come faceto face once more when Sarita tires of Jack’s thrifty lifestyle and returns toCash as a voluntary hostage to keep Jack away from his operation. The conflictbetween the two men is then complicated further when a group of soldiers, registeredas killed in action arrive and become involved in the existing drug war and allthree parties come head to head in a meticulously planned drugs bust.
The film was released in 1987 has a running time of 101 minutes, an 18 certificateand is presented in widescreen 16×9 1:2.35 anamorphic. Extras include:trailer, teaser, making of.
Crimes Of The Heart – A tender, touching and often funny drama aboutthree southern sisters, Crimes Of The Heart boasts a stellar ensemble as DianeKeaton, Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek star as the reunited Lenny, Meg andBabe. Drawn together again in the MaGrath family home, the youngest of thethree, Babe, has just been released on bail for shooting her abusive senatorhusband. The reunion reveals just how different they have each become. Lenny,the eldest takes care of their grandfather, Meg is a failed actress but ispopular with men and Babe is now in serious trouble.
As intrigues, secrets and scandals are revealed, tensions inevitably rise tothe surface but, although eventful, the reunion is poignant and ultimatelyfilled with warmth and love.
The film was released in 1986, has a running time of 100 minutes, a 15 certificateand is presented in widescreen 16×9 1:2.35 anamorphic. Extras include:trailer, making of, behind the scenes, photo gallery.
The Cotton Club – Directed by Francis Coppola and with a superb castincluding Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins and Gregory Hines, The Cotton Club is adazzlingly stylish musical about the legendary club in Harlem where crimelords rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous. Set at the end of Harlem’sroaring twenties and featuring the music of Duke Ellington, the film tells thetale of struggling jazz trumpeter, Dixie Dwyer (Gere) whose fortune changeswhen he saves the life of gangster Dutch Schultz (James Remar).
Owned by Owney Madden (Bob Hoskins), the club plays host to a spectacular mixof mobsters, molls, action and romance, all set to the jazz music that made itso famous.
The film was released in 1984 has a running time of 124 minutes, a 15certificate and is presented in widescreen 16×9 1:2.35 anamorphic. Extrasinclude: trailer.
Rambling Rose – Starring Laura Dern in the title role, Rambling Rose isa touching drama about the lives of the Hillyer family during the 1930s whenthey take in a loose woman as their housemaid so that she can avoid fallinginto a life of prostitution.
Rose is innocent and has a heart of gold but knows that her appearance andcharged personality have a power over men and she can?t help herself fromgetting into trouble with them. Rose’s outrageous sexual behaviour challengesthe sensibilities of the proper southern family, yet she becomes like adaughter to them as they grow to love the rambling spirit of the beguilingyoung woman.
The film was released in 1991 has a running time of 107 minutes, a 15 certificateand is presented in widescreen 16×9 1:2.35 anamorphic. Extras include: trailer
Nickelodeon – Loosely based on the early career of Cecil B. De Mille,Nickelodeon pays homage to the childhood days of the motion picture when, in1910, young attorney Leo Harrigan is invited to become a film writer followinga chance encounter with a motion picture producer. Going from bashful lawyerto writer and then film director, Leo shoots one silent movie after anotherbut the competition is tough and Leo encounters problems when his leading manBuck Greenaway sets out to sabotage him and gets married to the girl with whomhe is hopelessly in love.
The film was released in 1976 has a running time of 117 minutes, a U certificateand is presented in widescreen 16×9 1:2.35 anamorphic.
The Lion In Winter – Based on James Goldman’s Broadway play, The Lionin Winter stars Peter O’Toole (Lawrence of Arabia, How to Steal a Million) asKing Henry II, who, while holding Christmas court in France in 1183, attemptsto choose a successor from among his plotting sons. Henry favours John (NigelTerry), his youngest, and hopes that John will marry Henry’s mistress, Alais (JaneMerrow), who is the sister of France’s King Phillip (Timothy Dalton), in orderto maintain England’s French holdings. His estranged Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine,played by Katharine Hepburn (who won an Oscar for Best Actress for this role)favours Richard (Anthony Hopkins). Also jostling for position is Geoffrey (JohnCastle), their third son.
The Lion in Winter portrays the love-hate relationships between the family members,the political wrangling and cunning as much as the historical aspect of theplot.
The film was released in 1968 has a running time of 129 minutes, an 15certificate and is presented in widescreen 16×9 1:2.35 anamorphic. Extrasinclude: director’s audio commentary.
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.