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title: Rocky Mountain Christmas
text: Product Description Sarah Davis heads to her uncle's struggling ranch to escape New York and the spotlight from a recent breakup. Returning home for the first time since her aunt passed, complications arise when Graham, an entitled Hollywood star, arrives at the ranch to prepare for his next film. As Sarah and Graham start to bond, Sarah may get more for Christmas than she bargained for. Product Description Sarah Davis heads to her uncle's struggling ranch to escape New York and the spotlight from a recent breakup. Returning home for the first time since her aunt passed, complications arise when Graham, an entitled Hollywood star, arrives at the ranch to prepare for his next film. As Sarah and Graham start to bond, Sarah may get more for Christmas than she bargained for.

title: The Addams Family/Addams Family Values 2 Movie Collection
text: Product Description Two-disc set includes: The Addams Family (1991) The ghoulish clan made famous in Charles Addams' cartoons and the '60s TV show make their big-screen debut in this horrifically funny hit comedy. Has long-lost Uncle Fester come back after 20 years in the Bermuda Triangle, or is the bald stranger at the Addams door an impostor? Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Dan Hedaya, and "Thing" star; directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Addams Family Values (1993)The creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky brood is back in a hilarious sequel that finds Gomez and Morticia welcoming Pubert, a new Addams, into the world; Uncle Fester getting hitched to a seductive, conniving nanny; and Wednesday and Pugsley disrupting a happy summer camp. Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, and Joan Cusack star. Product Description Two-disc set includes: The Addams Family (1991) The ghoulish clan made famous in Charles Addams' cartoons and the '60s TV show make their big-screen debut in this horrifically funny hit comedy. Has long-lost Uncle Fester come back after 20 years in the Bermuda Triangle, or is the bald stranger at the Addams door an impostor? Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Dan Hedaya, and "Thing" star; directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Addams Family Values (1993)The creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky brood is back in a hilarious sequel that finds Gomez and Morticia welcoming Pubert, a new Addams, into the world; Uncle Fester getting hitched to a seductive, conniving nanny; and Wednesday and Pugsley disrupting a happy summer camp. Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, and Joan Cusack star.From the manufacturer Read more Addams Family Synopsis: Come join The Addams Family for the most hilarious scarefest of this season or any other! When long-lost Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) reappears after twenty-five years in the Bermuda Triangle, Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) plan a celebration to wake the dead. But Wednesday (Christina Ricci) barely has time to warm up her electric chair before Thing points out Fester's uncommonly "normal" behavior. Could this Fester be a fake, part of an evil scheme to raid the Addams fortune? Read more Addams Family Values Synopsis: It's love at first fright when Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) welcome a new addition to the Addams household -- Pubert, their soft, cuddly, mustachioed baby boy. As Fester (Christopher Lloyd) falls hard for voluptuous nanny Debbie Jilinksy (Joan Cusack), Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) discover she's a black-widow murderess who plans to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands. The family's future grows even bleaker when the no-good nanny marries Fester and has the kids shipped off to summer camp. But Wednesday still has a Thing or two up her sleeve. Read more Stills from the Movies: Read more 

title: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends: The Complete Series
text: Product Description The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends introduced some of the most unforgettable characters in TV history! Premiering in 1959 from Jay Ward Productions, the original series was comprised of 163 episodes featuring Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties, Aesop and Son, Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody's Improbable History and more. Starring Rocky, Bullwinkle, Boris, Natasha, Dudley Do-Right, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, this comprehensive collection includes every unforgettable adventure, insightful bonus features and an episode guide! Product Description The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends introduced some of the most unforgettable characters in TV history! Premiering in 1959 from Jay Ward Productions, the original series was comprised of 163 episodes featuring Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties, Aesop and Son, Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody's Improbable History and more. Starring Rocky, Bullwinkle, Boris, Natasha, Dudley Do-Right, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, this comprehensive collection includes every unforgettable adventure, insightful bonus features and an episode guide!From the manufacturer The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends: The Complete Series The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends introduced some of the most unforgettable characters in TV history! Premiering in 1959 from Jay Ward Productions, the original series was comprised of 163 episodes featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties, Aesop and Son, Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody's Improbable History and more. Starring Rocky, Bullwinkle, Boris, Natasha, Dudley Do-Right, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, this comprehensive collection includes every unforgettable adventure, insightful bonus features and an episode guide! Read more 

title: Rambo: First Blood / Rambo: First Blood - Part 2,RAMBO III, RAMBO THE FIGHT CONTINUES
text: Product Description For over 25 years, Sylvester Stallone's "mythic commando" Rambo (VARIETY) has thrilled audiences worldwide. From "ragged and flashy" FIRST BLOOD (THE NEW YORK TIMES) to the "shockingly entertaining" RAMBO (SEATTLE TIMES), the series chronicles a reluctant killing machine as he wages war against corrupt global forces – all while facing a battle within his own soul. RAMBO: COMPLETE COLLECTION has everything the ultimate Rambo fan needs, including all 4 films together for the first time! Product Description For over 25 years, Sylvester Stallone's "mythic commando" Rambo (VARIETY) has thrilled audiences worldwide. From "ragged and flashy" FIRST BLOOD (THE NEW YORK TIMES) to the "shockingly entertaining" RAMBO (SEATTLE TIMES), the series chronicles a reluctant killing machine as he wages war against corrupt global forces – all while facing a battle within his own soul. RAMBO: COMPLETE COLLECTION has everything the ultimate Rambo fan needs, including all 4 films together for the first time!From the manufacturer Rambo Complete Collection Directors: Ted Kotcheff, George P. Cosmatos, Peter MacDonald, Sylvester Stallone Writers: David Morrell, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Kozoll, Kevin Jarre, Art Monterastelli, William Sackheim Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Julie Benz, Brian Dennehy, Charles Napier, Marc de Jonge Producers: Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna, Buzz Feitshans, Danny Dimbort, Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short Read more 

title: Rocky 1-4 4-Film Coll (DVD)
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title: Family Favorites: 10-Movie Collection
text: Product Description Cloak & Dagger: Fantasy video gamer Davey (Henry Thomas) suddenly finds his imaginary Cloak & Dagger world has come to exciting and perilous life and he must team up with his game’s hero to defeat enemy spies. The Wizard: Two runaway brothers (Fred Savage & Luke Edwards) join forces with a resourceful girl (Jenny Lewis) on an adventure of a lifetime when they head to California for a video game competition. Cop and a Half: Devon’s dreams of becoming a cop when he grows up suddenly come to life after he witnesses a horrific crime and is paired with a reluctant police veteran (Burt Reynolds). King Ralph: After the royal family is accidentally wiped out, a rude and crude Las Vegas lounge singer (John Goodman) is discovered to be a distant relative and the next king of England! Matinee: Movie promoter Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) brings his unique brand of flashy showmanship to the unsuspecting residents of Key West in this hilarious tribute to a more innocent (and outrageous) time in American cinema. Sgt. Bilko: Leading the sorriest group of soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces, the outrageous Sgt. Bilko (Steve Martin) must prevent his base from being shut down… and clear his name. Ghost Dad: In this spirited family comedy, a workaholic father (Bill Cosby) crosses over to a different world and must learn how to be seen and heard as a ghost in order to care for his three kids. Ed: Minor league pitcher Deuce Cooper (Matt LeBlanc) gets a major league boost in good fortune when the team’s new star player – an amazingly talented chimpanzee – becomes his roommate and buddy. A Simple Wish: When Anabel (Mara Wilson) wishes for a fairy godmother, her wish takes the form of magical misfit Murray (Martin Short) who helps to rescue her dad and thwart a wicked witch (Kathleen Turner). The Borrowers: A family of four-inch people living beneath the floorboards must save their home from being destroyed by an evil real estate developer (John Goodman). Product Description Cloak & Dagger: Fantasy video gamer Davey (Henry Thomas) suddenly finds his imaginary Cloak & Dagger world has come to exciting and perilous life and he must team up with his game’s hero to defeat enemy spies. The Wizard: Two runaway brothers (Fred Savage & Luke Edwards) join forces with a resourceful girl (Jenny Lewis) on an adventure of a lifetime when they head to California for a video game competition. Cop and a Half: Devon’s dreams of becoming a cop when he grows up suddenly come to life after he witnesses a horrific crime and is paired with a reluctant police veteran (Burt Reynolds). King Ralph: After the royal family is accidentally wiped out, a rude and crude Las Vegas lounge singer (John Goodman) is discovered to be a distant relative and the next king of England! Matinee: Movie promoter Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) brings his unique brand of flashy showmanship to the unsuspecting residents of Key West in this hilarious tribute to a more innocent (and outrageous) time in American cinema. Sgt. Bilko: Leading the sorriest group of soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces, the outrageous Sgt. Bilko (Steve Martin) must prevent his base from being shut down… and clear his name. Ghost Dad: In this spirited family comedy, a workaholic father (Bill Cosby) crosses over to a different world and must learn how to be seen and heard as a ghost in order to care for his three kids. Ed: Minor league pitcher Deuce Cooper (Matt LeBlanc) gets a major league boost in good fortune when the team’s new star player – an amazingly talented chimpanzee – becomes his roommate and buddy. A Simple Wish: When Anabel (Mara Wilson) wishes for a fairy godmother, her wish takes the form of magical misfit Murray (Martin Short) who helps to rescue her dad and thwart a wicked witch (Kathleen Turner). The Borrowers: A family of four-inch people living beneath the floorboards must save their home from being destroyed by an evil real estate developer (John Goodman).From the manufacturer Family Favorites: 10-Movie Collection C loak & Dagger: Fantasy video gamer Davey (Henry Thomas) suddenly finds his imaginary C loak & Dagger world has come to exciting and perilous life and he must team up with his game’s hero to defeat enemy spies. The Wizard: Two runaway brothers (Fred Savage & Luke Edwards) join forces with a resourceful girl (Jenny Lewis) on an adventure of a lifetime when they head to California for a video game competition. Cop and a Half: Devon’s dreams of becoming a cop when he grows up suddenly come to life after he witnesses a horrific crime and is paired with a reluctant police veteran (Burt Reynolds). K ing Ralph: After the royal family is accidentally wiped out, a rude and crude Las Vegas lounge singer (John Goodman) is discovered to be a distant relative and the next king of England! Read more M atinee: M ovie promoter Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) brings his unique brand of flashy showmanship to the unsuspecting residents of Key West in this hilarious tribute to a more innocent (and outrageous) time in American cinema. Sgt. Bilko: Leading the sorriest group of soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces, the outrageous Sgt. Bilko (Steve Martin) must prevent his base from being shut down… and clear his name. Ghost Dad: In this spirited family comedy, a workaholic father (Bill Cosby) crosses over to a different world and must learn how to be seen and heard as a ghost in order to care for his three kids. Ed: Minor league pitcher Deuce Cooper (Matt LeBlanc) gets a major league boost in good fortune when the team’s new star player – an amazingly talented chimpanzee – becomes his roommate and buddy. A Simple Wish : When Anabel (Mara Wilson) wishes for a fairy godmother, her wish takes the form of magical misfit Murray (Martin Short) who helps to rescue her dad and thwart a wicked witch (Kathleen Turner). The Borrowers: A family of four-inch people living beneath the floorboards must save their home from being destroyed by an evil real estate developer (John Goodman). 

title: Little Shop of Horrors: The Director's Cut (DVD)
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title: Rocky / Rocky II / Rocky III / Rocky IV
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title: Rambo - The Complete Collector's Set (First Blood - Ultimate Edition / Rambo - First Blood Part II - Ultimate Edition / Rambo III - Ultimate Edition / John Rambo - Special Edition)

title: Rocky: The Undisputed Collection [DVD]
text: Product Description The underdog. The champ. The icon. Sylvester Stallone is the illustrious boxer Rocky Balboa, in a role all of his own. Now, the Oscar-winning (1976) original and its equally powerful and action-packed successors are presented with their best-ever picture and sound in Rocky - The Complete Saga . Rocky Balboa is an unlikely winner. At the outset, hes a second-rate boxer whose trainer has given up on him. That all changes when he "goes the distance" with the reigning champ. In the ensuing saga, Rocky battles the toughest of the tough and weathers even harder bouts outside the ring. With its riveting fight sequences and stirring performances, these six films tell the awe-inspiring story of one heros unforgettable journey. Product Description The underdog. The champ. The icon. Sylvester Stallone is the illustrious boxer Rocky Balboa, in a role all of his own. Now, the Oscar-winning (1976) original and its equally powerful and action-packed successors are presented with their best-ever picture and sound in Rocky - The Complete Saga . Rocky Balboa is an unlikely winner. At the outset, hes a second-rate boxer whose trainer has given up on him. That all changes when he "goes the distance" with the reigning champ. In the ensuing saga, Rocky battles the toughest of the tough and weathers even harder bouts outside the ring. With its riveting fight sequences and stirring performances, these six films tell the awe-inspiring story of one heros unforgettable journey.

title: Rocky Balboa
text: Product Description Product Description When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ ROCKY BALBOA (Sylvester Stallone), reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon (Antonio Tarver) retaliates by challenging the Italian Stallion to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son (Milo Ventimiglia, TV's "Heroes") and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior. With the odds stacked firmly against him, Rocky takes on Dixon in what will become the greatest fight in boxing history, a hard-hitting, action-packed battle of the ages! Amazon.com The sixth installment of the Rocky series picks up the story of the Italian Stallion 16 years after the morose Rocky V . And sure, at his advanced age, Sylvester Stallone now looks like one of those sides of beef his character used to pound on. No matter. Somehow you buy the premise after all these years, even if it takes forever for Rocky Balboa to stop wallowing in self-pity (Adrian is dead, his old haunts are demolished) and get down to the business of drinking raw eggs and running up staircases. The business at hand is an unlikely exhibition fight with champion Mason Dixon (Antonio Tarver), which the near-sexagenarian Mr. Balboa has no business accepting. Of course, just as sure as the horns of Bill Conti's theme music are even now trumpeting through your head, the ol' Rock might have a punch or two left in him. Stallone wrote and directed, and there isn't much to say except that the movie steps in its pre-determined paces with a canny sense of what has come before (it's practically an homage to all the previous Rocky pictures, complete with fleeting flashbacks). Burt Young is around again, and Geraldine Hughes makes an appealing, rather chaste female companion for Rocky. Stallone's Rocky has gotten suspiciously articulate over the years, but he still knows how to slouch. If Stallone never forgets that, he can probably keep the franchise rolling. -- Robert Horton Stills from Rocky Balboa (click for larger image) -- end6pak --> Beyond Rocky Balboa on Amazon.com On Blu-ray The Amazon.com Rocky Store The Films of Sylvester Stallone Product Description Product Description When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ ROCKY BALBOA (Sylvester Stallone), reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon (Antonio Tarver) retaliates by challenging the Italian Stallion to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son (Milo Ventimiglia, TV's "Heroes") and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior. With the odds stacked firmly against him, Rocky takes on Dixon in what will become the greatest fight in boxing history, a hard-hitting, action-packed battle of the ages! Amazon.com The sixth installment of the Rocky series picks up the story of the Italian Stallion 16 years after the morose Rocky V . And sure, at his advanced age, Sylvester Stallone now looks like one of those sides of beef his character used to pound on. No matter. Somehow you buy the premise after all these years, even if it takes forever for Rocky Balboa to stop wallowing in self-pity (Adrian is dead, his old haunts are demolished) and get down to the business of drinking raw eggs and running up staircases. The business at hand is an unlikely exhibition fight with champion Mason Dixon (Antonio Tarver), which the near-sexagenarian Mr. Balboa has no business accepting. Of course, just as sure as the horns of Bill Conti's theme music are even now trumpeting through your head, the ol' Rock might have a punch or two left in him. Stallone wrote and directed, and there isn't much to say except that the movie steps in its pre-determined paces with a canny sense of what has come before (it's practically an homage to all the previous Rocky pictures, complete with fleeting flashbacks). Burt Young is around again, and Geraldine Hughes makes an appealing, rather chaste female companion for Rocky. Stallone's Rocky has gotten suspiciously articulate over the years, but he still knows how to slouch. If Stallone never forgets that, he can probably keep the franchise rolling. -- Robert Horton Stills from Rocky Balboa (click for larger image) -- end6pak --> Beyond Rocky Balboa on Amazon.com On Blu-ray The Amazon.com Rocky Store The Films of Sylvester Stallone

title: Rocky Anthology
text: Product Description Rocky The only remaining evidence that Sylvester Stallone might have had a respectable career, this 1976 Oscar winner (for Best Picture, Director, and Editing) is still the quintessential ode to an underdog and one of the best boxing movies ever made. Rocky II Beginning precisely where Rocky left off, the surprisingly effective 1979 sequel takes the saga of Rocky Balboa to its logical next step, as the palooka turned public idol and media darling returns to his "normal" life in Philadelphia with his newlywed bride Adrian (Talia Shire) and some degree of material comfort. Rocky III Rocky III: The third installment in the Rocky saga is the last one to matter, and in this case only marginally. The now rich and famous Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) triumphantly pummels a succession of boxing challengers until he encounters Clubber Lang (Mr. T), a human wall of brick who wants a piece of Rocky's action. Rocky IV It was time for Sylvester Stallone to say "enough, already" to the boxing hero he plays in the popular Rocky film series, but instead Stallone kept the saga going by pushing Rocky into Rambo territory. The 1985 Rocky IV finds the Italian stallion pitted against a seemingly unbeatable Russian monster named Drago (Dolph Lundgren) who lets his wife (Stallone's then-wife, Brigitte Nielsen) do all the talking. Product Description Rocky The only remaining evidence that Sylvester Stallone might have had a respectable career, this 1976 Oscar winner (for Best Picture, Director, and Editing) is still the quintessential ode to an underdog and one of the best boxing movies ever made. Rocky II Beginning precisely where Rocky left off, the surprisingly effective 1979 sequel takes the saga of Rocky Balboa to its logical next step, as the palooka turned public idol and media darling returns to his "normal" life in Philadelphia with his newlywed bride Adrian (Talia Shire) and some degree of material comfort. Rocky III Rocky III: The third installment in the Rocky saga is the last one to matter, and in this case only marginally. The now rich and famous Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) triumphantly pummels a succession of boxing challengers until he encounters Clubber Lang (Mr. T), a human wall of brick who wants a piece of Rocky's action. Rocky IV It was time for Sylvester Stallone to say "enough, already" to the boxing hero he plays in the popular Rocky film series, but instead Stallone kept the saga going by pushing Rocky into Rambo territory. The 1985 Rocky IV finds the Italian stallion pitted against a seemingly unbeatable Russian monster named Drago (Dolph Lundgren) who lets his wife (Stallone's then-wife, Brigitte Nielsen) do all the talking.

title: Rocky (RPKG/DVD)
text: Product Description Product Description Amazon.com The only remaining evidence that Sylvester Stallone might have had a respectable career, this 1976 Oscar winner (for Best Picture, Director, and Editing) is still the quintessential ode to an underdog and one of the best boxing movies ever made. After writing the script about a two-bit boxer who gets a "million-to-one shot" against the world heavyweight champion, Stallone insisted that he star in the title role, and his equally unknown status helped to catapult him (and this rousing film) to overnight success. The story is familiar, but it has been handled with such vitality and emotional honesty that you can't help but leap and cheer for Rocky Balboa, the chump turned champ (despite his valiant defeat in the ring) who stuns the boxing world with the support of his timid girlfriend, Adrian (Talia Shire), and grizzled trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith). Oscar nominations went to all the lead actors (including Burt Young as Adrian's hot-tempered brother), but four sequels could never top the universal appeal of this low-budget crowd pleaser. --Jeff Shannon Product Description Product Description Amazon.com The only remaining evidence that Sylvester Stallone might have had a respectable career, this 1976 Oscar winner (for Best Picture, Director, and Editing) is still the quintessential ode to an underdog and one of the best boxing movies ever made. After writing the script about a two-bit boxer who gets a "million-to-one shot" against the world heavyweight champion, Stallone insisted that he star in the title role, and his equally unknown status helped to catapult him (and this rousing film) to overnight success. The story is familiar, but it has been handled with such vitality and emotional honesty that you can't help but leap and cheer for Rocky Balboa, the chump turned champ (despite his valiant defeat in the ring) who stuns the boxing world with the support of his timid girlfriend, Adrian (Talia Shire), and grizzled trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith). Oscar nominations went to all the lead actors (including Burt Young as Adrian's hot-tempered brother), but four sequels could never top the universal appeal of this low-budget crowd pleaser. --Jeff Shannon

title: Mask
text: Product Description Acclaimed filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich directed this heartwarming and inspirational film based on the real-life story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a terribly disfigured but highly sensitive and intelligent teenager. Motivated by his loving mother, Rusty (Cher), and her boyfriend, Gar (Sam Elliott), Rocky ultimately overcomes pain, loneliness and prejudice to become a role model to his classmates and teachers alike. Bonus Content: Mask Revealed: A Conversation with Director Peter Bogdanovich Feature Commentary with Director Peter Bogdanovich Product Description Acclaimed filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich directed this heartwarming and inspirational film based on the real-life story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a terribly disfigured but highly sensitive and intelligent teenager. Motivated by his loving mother, Rusty (Cher), and her boyfriend, Gar (Sam Elliott), Rocky ultimately overcomes pain, loneliness and prejudice to become a role model to his classmates and teachers alike. Bonus Content: Mask Revealed: A Conversation with Director Peter Bogdanovich Feature Commentary with Director Peter BogdanovichFrom the manufacturer Mask: Director's Cut Synopsis Acclaimed filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich directed this heartwarming and inspirational film based on the real-life story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a terribly disfigured but highly sensitive and intelligent teenager. Motivated by his loving mother, Rusty (Cher), and her boyfriend, Gar (Sam Elliott), Rocky ultimately overcomes pain, loneliness and prejudice to become a role model to his classmates and teachers alike. Read more General Info PG-13 Drama Cast Cher Eric Stoltz Sam Elliott Read more 

title: Errol Flynn Westerns Collection (Montana / Rocky Mountain / San Antonio / Virginia City)
text: Product Description Product Description Amazon.com Errol Flynn is primarily recognized for his swashbuckling roles, but let's adjust that. As Frank Thompson notes in his characteristically droll and well-informed commentary on Virginia City , Flynn was born to star in period pictures, and that included Westerns. This son of Tasmania slipped into Stetson and six-gun mode without strain, and without having to conceal his somewhere-in-the-British-Empire accent. Which is only fair: the director of his first three Wild West outings was the Hungarian-born, English-language-mauling Michael Curtiz. Not to beat about the sagebrush, the best of Flynn's Westerns--the Curtiz-directed Dodge City (1939) and Santa Fe Trail (1940), plus Raoul Walsh's They Died With Their Boots On (1942)--are not included in this set. Of the four films that are, Curtiz's Virginia City (1940) is much the liveliest, and certainly the most handsome. Set in the closing months of the Civil War, it's about Confederate loyalists making one last effort to stave off defeat on the battlefields back East by transporting five million dollars in gold from the Nevada mining town of the title. Union spy Flynn spars with Rebel counterpart Randolph Scott, as both also vie for the love of saloon songstress and gold-plot mastermind Miriam Hopkins. Warner Bros. hoped to replicate the Dodge City hit formula, even recycling the same town set (albeit in black and white instead of Technicolor) and re-teaming cinematographer Sol Polito (who was better at black and white anyway), screenwriter Robert Buckner (strewing illogic and coincidence with abandon), and composer Max Steiner, as well as Flynn sidekicks Alan Hale and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. But who thought of (mis)casting Humphrey Bogart as a Mexican bandito--possibly the nadir of Bogie's life as a contract player? On the upside, extensive location shooting around Flagstaff, Arizona, gave Virginia City by far the most striking scenery of any Flynn Western. Flynn spent the WWII years concentrating on war-related films, but 1945 found him saddling up again for San Antonio (or did it?--he's clearly doubled in horseback longshots). He plays a Texas rancher turned de facto outlaw by virtue of losing his land in a cattle war and being driven into Mexican exile. Never fear, he's soon finessed his way back across the border and set about undermining those who wronged him and his friends. San Antonio was Flynn's fifth Western but only the second in Technicolor--bright, bold color, and lots of it. Truth to tell, it's a bit of a mishmash, with so much skulking around upstairs, downstairs, and backstage at chief villain Paul Kelly's Bella Union music-hall saloon that it begins to resemble Feydeau farce. The script is credited to Alan Le May ( The Searchers ) and W.R. Burnett, and the direction to David Butler--though Raoul Walsh is known to have lent a hand (surely "Get that drunken cat off the bar" is a Walsh touch). Leading lady Alexis Smith sings a few songs and her brassy red hair is grand for Technicolor, but her romance with Flynn is a pale shadow of their delightful pairing three years earlier in Gentleman Jim . Warner Home Video has yet to release Walsh's Silver River (1948), the last Flynn Western to boast grade-A production values and co-stars, so that leaves two virtual B movies from 1950 to round out the set. In the 76-minute Montana , an Australian sheepman ventures into Big Sky country, "where cattle was king," and overcomes years of bloody resistance to the idea that sheep and cattle can coexist not only peacefully but profitably. Alexis Smith, who had earned her first billing opposite Flynn in 1941's Dive Bomber and is paired with him for the last time here, inveigles him into a frontier duet. The somewhat better Rocky Mountain (83 minutes) borrows a leaf from Virginia City to propose another Confederate adventure in the West, an Army patrol attempting to join with Rebel sympathizers in California and foment an armed uprising. The mission gets sidetracked at Ghost Mountain, where the presence of hostile Shoshone Indians urges Rebs and Yankee cavalry to make common cause. Flynn plays it low-key throughout, as though his character, a man of honor in a world that scarcely recalls the notion, had already accepted the lostness of his cause. Each member of Flynn's small command has enough of a backstory to sit around and philosophize about--a narrative tactic anticipating how 90 percent of screentime in the coming decade of Westerns on TV would be filled. William Keighley (who would direct Flynn's last Warner film, The Master of Ballantrae , in 1953) breaks things up as best he can with the multi-tiered rockscape setting. Incidentally, Flynn's leading lady this time is his third and final wife, Patrice Wymore, cast as a Union officer's fiancée whose stagecoach gets ambushed nearby. Each of the films rates its own disc, with accompanying "Warner Night at the Movies" shorts and trailers from the season when the movie was released. Only two boast a commentary, and of these, only the one on Virginia City is worth the listen. Visual and technical quality is excellent overall. --Richard T. Jameson Product Description Product Description Amazon.com Errol Flynn is primarily recognized for his swashbuckling roles, but let's adjust that. As Frank Thompson notes in his characteristically droll and well-informed commentary on Virginia City , Flynn was born to star in period pictures, and that included Westerns. This son of Tasmania slipped into Stetson and six-gun mode without strain, and without having to conceal his somewhere-in-the-British-Empire accent. Which is only fair: the director of his first three Wild West outings was the Hungarian-born, English-language-mauling Michael Curtiz. Not to beat about the sagebrush, the best of Flynn's Westerns--the Curtiz-directed Dodge City (1939) and Santa Fe Trail (1940), plus Raoul Walsh's They Died With Their Boots On (1942)--are not included in this set. Of the four films that are, Curtiz's Virginia City (1940) is much the liveliest, and certainly the most handsome. Set in the closing months of the Civil War, it's about Confederate loyalists making one last effort to stave off defeat on the battlefields back East by transporting five million dollars in gold from the Nevada mining town of the title. Union spy Flynn spars with Rebel counterpart Randolph Scott, as both also vie for the love of saloon songstress and gold-plot mastermind Miriam Hopkins. Warner Bros. hoped to replicate the Dodge City hit formula, even recycling the same town set (albeit in black and white instead of Technicolor) and re-teaming cinematographer Sol Polito (who was better at black and white anyway), screenwriter Robert Buckner (strewing illogic and coincidence with abandon), and composer Max Steiner, as well as Flynn sidekicks Alan Hale and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. But who thought of (mis)casting Humphrey Bogart as a Mexican bandito--possibly the nadir of Bogie's life as a contract player? On the upside, extensive location shooting around Flagstaff, Arizona, gave Virginia City by far the most striking scenery of any Flynn Western. Flynn spent the WWII years concentrating on war-related films, but 1945 found him saddling up again for San Antonio (or did it?--he's clearly doubled in horseback longshots). He plays a Texas rancher turned de facto outlaw by virtue of losing his land in a cattle war and being driven into Mexican exile. Never fear, he's soon finessed his way back across the border and set about undermining those who wronged him and his friends. San Antonio was Flynn's fifth Western but only the second in Technicolor--bright, bold color, and lots of it. Truth to tell, it's a bit of a mishmash, with so much skulking around upstairs, downstairs, and backstage at chief villain Paul Kelly's Bella Union music-hall saloon that it begins to resemble Feydeau farce. The script is credited to Alan Le May ( The Searchers ) and W.R. Burnett, and the direction to David Butler--though Raoul Walsh is known to have lent a hand (surely "Get that drunken cat off the bar" is a Walsh touch). Leading lady Alexis Smith sings a few songs and her brassy red hair is grand for Technicolor, but her romance with Flynn is a pale shadow of their delightful pairing three years earlier in Gentleman Jim . Warner Home Video has yet to release Walsh's Silver River (1948), the last Flynn Western to boast grade-A production values and co-stars, so that leaves two virtual B movies from 1950 to round out the set. In the 76-minute Montana , an Australian sheepman ventures into Big Sky country, "where cattle was king," and overcomes years of bloody resistance to the idea that sheep and cattle can coexist not only peacefully but profitably. Alexis Smith, who had earned her first billing opposite Flynn in 1941's Dive Bomber and is paired with him for the last time here, inveigles him into a frontier duet. The somewhat better Rocky Mountain (83 minutes) borrows a leaf from Virginia City to propose another Confederate adventure in the West, an Army patrol attempting to join with Rebel sympathizers in California and foment an armed uprising. The mission gets sidetracked at Ghost Mountain, where the presence of hostile Shoshone Indians urges Rebs and Yankee cavalry to make common cause. Flynn plays it low-key throughout, as though his character, a man of honor in a world that scarcely recalls the notion, had already accepted the lostness of his cause. Each member of Flynn's small command has enough of a backstory to sit around and philosophize about--a narrative tactic anticipating how 90 percent of screentime in the coming decade of Westerns on TV would be filled. William Keighley (who would direct Flynn's last Warner film, The Master of Ballantrae , in 1953) breaks things up as best he can with the multi-tiered rockscape setting. Incidentally, Flynn's leading lady this time is his third and final wife, Patrice Wymore, cast as a Union officer's fiancée whose stagecoach gets ambushed nearby. Each of the films rates its own disc, with accompanying "Warner Night at the Movies" shorts and trailers from the season when the movie was released. Only two boast a commentary, and of these, only the one on Virginia City is worth the listen. Visual and technical quality is excellent overall. --Richard T. Jameson