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To Sir, with Love Novelist James Clavell wrote, produced, and directed this 1967 British film (based on a novel by E.R. Braithwaite) about a rookie teacher who throws out stock lesson plans and really takes command of his unruly, adolescent students in a London school. Poitier is very good as a man struggling with the extent of his commitment to the job, and even more as a teacher whose commitment ...... Price: $28.95 36 Merchants Used & new
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The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns (Boxed Set) The most successful public-television miniseries in American history, the 11-hour Civil War didn't just captivate a nation, reteaching to us our history in narrative terms; it actually also invented a new film language taken from its creator. When people describe documentaries using the "Ken Burns approach," its style is understood: voice-over narrators reading letters and ...... List Price: $99.88 Price: $76.50 You Save: $23.38 (23%) 27 Merchants Used & new
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Our Friend Martin This animated time-travel adventure features a stellar cast and is a delight for kids and adults alike. When Matt, a black teenager, has to go on a class field trip to the museum of Martin Luther King Jr., he thinks that he'd rather play baseball. But the trip turns into an exciting adventure when he and his best friend, Randy, who's white, are sent back in time to meet Dr. King. ...... Price: $8.95 25 Merchants Used & new
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Jazz - A Film by Ken Burns Accompanied by a menagerie of products, Ken Burns's expansive 10-episode paean, Jazz, completes his trilogy on American culture, following The Civil War and Baseball. Spanning more than 19 hours, Jazz is, of course, about a lot more than what many have called America's classical music-.-especially in episodes 1 through 7. It's here that Burns unearths ...... List Price: $149.88 Price: $44.85 You Save: $105.03 (70%) 28 Merchants Used & new
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Roots 6 Video Box Set From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from this most shameful chapter in U.S. history to the 20th-century author Alex Haley, a Kinte descendant. The late Haley's acclaimed book Roots was ...... List Price: $54.98 Price: $38.00 You Save: $16.98 (31%) 22 Merchants Used & new
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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Price: $79.66 17 Merchants Used & new
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Bill Cosby, Himself After I Spy and before The Cosby Show, Bill Cosby left his own inimitable mark on the arena of stand-up comedy in this live concert showcasing his down-to-earth observations on the rigors and joys of family life. Cosby, using only a microphone and a chair, discusses his take on raising kids and the illogical nature of children and the futility of trying to argue with ...... List Price: $6.98 Price: $3.84 You Save: $3.14 (45%) 97 Merchants Used & new
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Bebe's Kids Used Price: $5.75 14 Merchants Used & new
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Low Down Dirty Shame List Price: $9.99 Price: $2.88 You Save: $7.11 (71%) 39 Merchants Used & new
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Preacher's Wife This tedious remake of the classic Christmas movie The Bishop's Wife falls on its face by significantly altering the careful design of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert E. Sherwood's story for the original film. In Sherwood's version, a rather wooden, inept bishop and his lonely wife unknowingly take into their lives a heaven-sent angel who aids the former and ends up ...... List Price: $9.99 Price: $1.98 You Save: $8.01 (80%) 84 Merchants Used & new
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