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PR What Happened To Jack Kerouac? on DVD Nov 6

Jack Kerouac was the father of the Beat Generation, author of On The Road and pivotal figure of the 1950s countercultural revolution. This portrait is a lively and revealing investigation into the man's personal history and creative process. Kerouac speaks for himself most eloquently in television appearances with Steve Allen and William F. Buckley, along with a fine visual tribute featuring his poetry.

Shout! Factory

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Posted by: News Editor - October 20, 2012, 11:08 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

PR Magic of Belle Isle on DVD & Blu-ray Sep 18

Reuniting with director Rob Reiner from the hit film, The Bucket List, Freeman plays Monte Wildhorn, a famous Western novelist whose struggle with alcoholism has sapped his passion for writing. He takes a lakeside cabin for the summer in picturesque Belle Isle.

Magnolia Home Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - September 12, 2012, 7:23 am - PR
Keywords: drama

Article Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp - It Sure Is.

There was a simpler time. There was a time gone by. Somewhere before the summer of 2008, most of us had blissfully only heard the name of Palin in the context of Michael of Monty Python fame. Now you can try as you might and you cannot avoid the juggernaut media domination that is Palin-nation. Her, him, them - all on TV. Help.

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Posted by: Joseph Burke - June 24, 2012, 2:30 pm - Article
Keywords: reality, television

PR On The Bowery on DVD & Blu-ray Feb 21

When the film opened it 1956, it exploded on the screen, burning away years of Hollywood artifice, jump-starting the post-war American independent film movement and earning an Oscar nomination. Now gloriously restored by the Cineteca di Bologna, On the Bowery is both an incredible document of a bygone era and a vivid and devastating portrait of addiction that resonates today just as it did when it was made.

Milestone Film & Video

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Posted by: News Editor - January 26, 2012, 8:40 am - PR
Keywords: drama, restoration

PR 23rd Psalm on DVD Apr 19

...ushers in a new generation of urban transcendental cinema. An evolving, empathetic, African-American police detective, unconsciously channels his intuition to transcend his shortcomings and unravel the enigmatic murder of a transformed prostitute...

MVD Visual

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Posted by: News Editor - April 15, 2011, 10:22 am - PR
Keywords: mystery

DVD Review THE EXILES

What would you call a movie that has been an inspiration to several generations of film students, telling the story of a lost generation with gorgeous cinematography, though it was never given a theatrical showing until nearly 50 years after it was completed? With a largely unheard but killer rock score by The Revels? Well, "revelation" would seem an appropriate word.

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Posted by: Mark Zimmer - November 12, 2009, 7:22 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: indians, native americans, los angeles, bunker hill, alcoholism