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'" z Uam Neesen (center) In the title role of "Schindler's
Ust," Steven Spielberg's moving Ho!aC3!ist drama.
"SCHINDLER'S UST"
"THE TEN COMMANDMENTS"
You'll notice that Steven Spielberg hasn't said any
thing publicly about "The Passion of the Christ" or
the Holocaust-denying comments of Mel Gibson and
his dad. Perhaps it's because Spielberg said every
thing he possibly could with this penetrating, shatter
ing 1993 drama ($26.98, Universal) about Oskar
Schindler and the Jews he helped save during World
War II. But talk about heavenly timing! Cecil B. De
Mille's 1956 kitschy joy of an epic "The Ten Com
mandments" ($19.99, Paramount) couldn't have come
out at a better time.
THE CHAPUN COllECTION: VOLUME lWO
It·s impossibl e to fault the terrific presentation of
these movies. Still, just like Volume One, this is a
mixed bag, albeit a bargain ($99.92, Warner Bros.).
"The Circus," "City Lights" and "The Kid" are essen
tials, with "The Chaplin Revue" a grab-bag of shorts
made for First National (which sounds like a bank).
But "A Woman of Paris," "A King in New York" and
UMonsieur Verdoux" are mere curiosities in compari
son. And the only reason to watch Richard Schlck
el's unrevealing documentary "Charlie: The Life and
Art of Charles Chaplin" is to see the clips.
liTHE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW": SWOt. THREE
"The Dick Van Dyke Show" continues to get the
loving treatment that all great shows deserve with
this third-season set ($69.99, Image). It includes more
great extras (including a complete episode of "The
Danny Thomas Show" with Morey Amsterdam ), and
one great moment after another -especially Laura
(Mary Tyler Moore) mortified over a nude drawing
of her appearing in an art gallery and the classic sea
son opener in willch Rob is convinced they've
brought the wrong baby home from the hospital.
"TO SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS"
This delightful13-part miniseries from 1980 ($79.99,
Acorn) is virtually the model for every show that
aired on "Masterpiece Theatre." It's set in a British
boarding school between the wars, has a sterling cast,
a modest budget, and a propensity for dramatic plot
twists that would shame a daytime soap. Adapted by
the terrific Andrew Davies from a beloved novel, it
tells the warm. touching story of a poor Welsh coal
miner's son who overcomes shellshoek to fall in love
with the elite school Bamfylde.
Also out:
Clive Owen -as good a pick as any for the next
James Bond -in the absorbing 2000 crime flick
"Croupier" ($19.99, Image); "NIona Lisa Smile"
gives both a1l-girl schools and chick flicks a bad
name; "Starsky & Hutch:" Season One ($49.95. Co
lumbia TriStar), the cop show that spawned the
amusing new movie starring Ben Stiller and Owen
Wilson; "Futuram a" Vol. 3 ($49.98, Fox) is the sci-fi
spoofs best season and if enough people buy it, they
might revive the show; U.K. drama "The Second
Coming" ($24.98, Shout) intelligently a.nd intrigu
ingly imagines how people would react ifJesus came
back; the original 1979 zombie nick/anti-capi,alist di
atribe "Dawn of the Dead" ($19.98, Anchor Bay)
comes out just in time for the remake.
Out next week:
Sean Penn's other marvelous performance from
2003 in "21 Grams"; the boldly unconvention al '705
TV show "Kung Fu"; and the Swedish idea of big TV
fun, lngmar Bergman's "Scenes From a l\'Ia.rriage."
:;:
'" z Uam Neesen (center) In the title role of "Schindler's
Ust," Steven Spielberg's moving Ho!aC3!ist drama.
"SCHINDLER'S UST"
"THE TEN COMMANDMENTS"
You'll notice that Steven Spielberg hasn't said any
thing publicly about "The Passion of the Christ" or
the Holocaust-denying comments of Mel Gibson and
his dad. Perhaps it's because Spielberg said every
thing he possibly could with this penetrating, shatter
ing 1993 drama ($26.98, Universal) about Oskar
Schindler and the Jews he helped save during World
War II. But talk about heavenly timing! Cecil B. De
Mille's 1956 kitschy joy of an epic "The Ten Com
mandments" ($19.99, Paramount) couldn't have come
out at a better time.
THE CHAPUN COllECTION: VOLUME lWO
It·s impossibl e to fault the terrific presentation of
these movies. Still, just like Volume One, this is a
mixed bag, albeit a bargain ($99.92, Warner Bros.).
"The Circus," "City Lights" and "The Kid" are essen
tials, with "The Chaplin Revue" a grab-bag of shorts
made for First National (which sounds like a bank).
But "A Woman of Paris," "A King in New York" and
UMonsieur Verdoux" are mere curiosities in compari
son. And the only reason to watch Richard Schlck
el's unrevealing documentary "Charlie: The Life and
Art of Charles Chaplin" is to see the clips.
liTHE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW": SWOt. THREE
"The Dick Van Dyke Show" continues to get the
loving treatment that all great shows deserve with
this third-season set ($69.99, Image). It includes more
great extras (including a complete episode of "The
Danny Thomas Show" with Morey Amsterdam ), and
one great moment after another -especially Laura
(Mary Tyler Moore) mortified over a nude drawing
of her appearing in an art gallery and the classic sea
son opener in willch Rob is convinced they've
brought the wrong baby home from the hospital.
"TO SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS"
This delightful13-part miniseries from 1980 ($79.99,
Acorn) is virtually the model for every show that
aired on "Masterpiece Theatre." It's set in a British
boarding school between the wars, has a sterling cast,
a modest budget, and a propensity for dramatic plot
twists that would shame a daytime soap. Adapted by
the terrific Andrew Davies from a beloved novel, it
tells the warm. touching story of a poor Welsh coal
miner's son who overcomes shellshoek to fall in love
with the elite school Bamfylde.
Also out:
Clive Owen -as good a pick as any for the next
James Bond -in the absorbing 2000 crime flick
"Croupier" ($19.99, Image); "NIona Lisa Smile"
gives both a1l-girl schools and chick flicks a bad
name; "Starsky & Hutch:" Season One ($49.95. Co
lumbia TriStar), the cop show that spawned the
amusing new movie starring Ben Stiller and Owen
Wilson; "Futuram a" Vol. 3 ($49.98, Fox) is the sci-fi
spoofs best season and if enough people buy it, they
might revive the show; U.K. drama "The Second
Coming" ($24.98, Shout) intelligently a.nd intrigu
ingly imagines how people would react ifJesus came
back; the original 1979 zombie nick/anti-capi,alist di
atribe "Dawn of the Dead" ($19.98, Anchor Bay)
comes out just in time for the remake.
Out next week:
Sean Penn's other marvelous performance from
2003 in "21 Grams"; the boldly unconvention al '705
TV show "Kung Fu"; and the Swedish idea of big TV
fun, lngmar Bergman's "Scenes From a l\'Ia.rriage."