Fun’s in fashion when Fred, Ginger, Irene Dunn and Randolph Scott enter the world of Paris fashions. Marvelous Jerome Kern music graces standards like Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and I Won’t Dance.
Frank Sinatra “Classic Duets” features an incredible roster of many of the greatest and most influential jazz and pop singers of all time. Compiled from Sinatra TV specials that originally aired between 1957-1960, this highly collectable program includes complete musical performances and special interviews and commentary from the Sinatra family, Tina, Nancy and Frank Sinatra Jr. Highlights include Frank Sinatra performing with Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Louis Armstrong, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Lena Horne, Nancy Sinatra, Elvis Presley and more.
Sheryl Crow excites, delights and leaves the crowds at The Palace begging for more. Her music reaches new heights as she performs with optimum energy to promote her Grammy Award-winning album The Globe Sessions. Each song, classic and new, is delivered with her mesmerizing charm, catchy riffs and syncopated rhythms. The singer/songwriter extraordinaire is at her finest as she claims her ground as one of the best rock artists in history. This program offers the rare opportunity to see all of her hits live as she rocks her way to perfection! Available in three audio formats on one DVD–Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, and Stereo. 83 minutes.
In this outrageously hilarious spoof that has become a cult classic a desperate young filmmaker tries to resuce his studio by making a porno musical! youve never seen anything like this as the elaborate style of a 30s musical is mixed with contemporary tackiness producing risque showstoppers. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 06/25/2002 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 - Acoustic Reality Experience [7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Disc] [Blu-ray]
Author: Music Lover // Category: Music Videos on DVD
THIS BLU-RAY SURROUND MUSIC DISC DELIVERS AN AMAZING ACOUSTIC REALITY EXPERIENCE THROUGH ANY BLU-RAY (PS3) PLAYER WITH AN HDMI 1.3 OR OPTICAL (core only 5.1 and 6.1) OUTPUT CONNECTED OR ASSEMBLED WITH DTS-HD MASTER AUDIO OR DTS (core only 5.1 and 6.1) CAPABLE PLAYBACK SYSTEM THE FULL RANGE 7.1 (6.1;5.1) SURROUND SPEAKER SET-UP IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR FULL PERCEPTION OF ACOUSTIC REALITY AND LOW FREQUENCY CHANNEL (LFE) THAT IS VERY CRITICAL FOR THIS RECORD. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RECORD WAS ORIGINALLY PRODUCED FOR 5.1 AND PRESENTED FOR 7.1 SURROUND SOUND REPRODUCTION TO PROVIDE YOU WITH UNIQUE ACOUSTIC REALITY EXPERIENCE.
This Disc is Audio Only
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Outkast - B.O.B./ Ms. Jackson (DVD Single)
Author: Music Lover // Category: Music Videos on DVD
On the strength of the surrealistic, irreverent videos for “B.O.B.” and “Ms. Jackson,” from the multiplatinum Stankonia (2000), it isn’t hard to see why these Atlanta natives have become one of today’s most successful rap acts. “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)” features hyperspeed vocals and an infectious beat. The video is a kinetic whir of dancing, driving, and running set against eye-popping shades of purple and green. “Ms. Jackson” is a melodic plea to the mother of a child born out of wedlock. The highlight of the video is the way in which the cats and dogs in the house get in on the act with Dre (Andre Benjamin) and Big Boi (Antwan Patton). Both videos were directed with flair by F. Gary Gray (Friday, Set It Off), who seems to have taken inspiration from the prolific Hype Williams, the innovative rap director who helped catapult Outkast’s compatriot Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot to fame with the video for “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly).” The DVD includes a six-minute interview in which Dre and Big Boi discuss the making of Stankonia, the inspiration behind “B.O.B.” and “Ms. Jackson,” and their evolution as musicians and producers. –Kathleen C. Fennessy
The award winning Life After Tomorrow, a film by Julie Stevens and Gil Cates, Jr., reunites more than 40 women who played orphans in the original Broadway production of Annie and reveals the highs and lows of their experiences as child actresses in a cultural phenomenon. Once the curtain came down, many found it could be a hard-knock-life, fraught with out-of-control stage mothers, separation anxiety, and worst of all, pubescent growth spurts that could find the moppets being replaced by smaller, younger editions just waiting in the wings. As one cast member in the film remarks, The younger ones are coming to take your place and you’re 12. It’s not like you are getting downsized at 50…you’re 12!. While their lives moved on, the impact of the experience remains. Features behind-the-curtain footage from the original Broadway production and performances with the re-united orphans.
John Renbourn’s unique stylistic fusion of British folk music with elements of country blues, modern jazz, ragtime, classical and pre-Renaissance music has led to his becoming one of the foremost fingerstyle guitarists performing today. John explores all the facets of his music in this 75 minute solo concert, recorded 1990 in Toronto, Canada. He plays a classic rock instrumental by Booker T. The MGS and follows this with a gospel tuned learned from a recording by the great Bahamian guitarist, Joseph Spence. Traditional Irish melodies are played as easily as a jazz composition from the South African pianist, Dollar Brand. John Renbourn is a “complete guitarist” and a highly evolved musician. This video presents a rare night which combined great guitar playing, John’s unique humor and a captivated full-house. Titles include: Sweet Potato, Medley: Abide With Me/Great Dreams From Heaven, Lord Franklin, Little Niles, Lindsay, From Sandwood Down To Kyle, Medley: The South Wind/The Blarney Pilgrim, Kokomo Blues, Medley: Lament For Owen Roe O’Neill/Mist Covered Mountains Of Home/The Orphan, Medley: Bunyan’s Hymn/I Saw Three Ships/The English Dance and Cherry.
This blue-toned, straightforward visit with a mellow Tony Bennett is a grown-up rock video complement to the CD, with a small, cabaret-style intimacy that gives the illusion that Tony’s in the living room, singing only to us. The casual, languid Bennett style is omnipresent as Bennett croons and skats his way through some of the greats, including “Body and Soul,” “A Foggy Day,” and of course that old standby, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Old and new styles collide in the second half when Bennett introduces his guest k.d. lang, whom he adds to his list of personal bests Billie Holliday, Edith Piaf, and Andy Williams. They duet on an undistinguished version of “Moonglow” that makes us wonder if Tony might not be mistaking lang for someone else. Fortunately Elvis Costello arrives to kick things into a higher gear and as the lights dim red, Costello and Bennett heat up the track with a nice, spirited rendering of “They Can’t Take That Away from Me.” Bennett then encores with “Autumn Leaves/Indian Summer” and dedicates the whole ball of wax to Duke Ellington. It’s a smooth, practiced affair that has little sense of spontaneity, though Bennett tries hard to imbue it with his trademark throwaway ease. Of course, it helps immeasurably if you watch this entertaining DVD in full surround stereo. –Paula Nechak
Actors/musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring their infamous rock duo Tenacious D to the big screen! The hilarious story of how “The D” became the self-proclaimed greatest band on earth, Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny follows the pair’s plan to steal a supernatural guitar pick on display in a rock-and-roll museum in order to create a masterpiece song that will cement their place in music history.