Writer-director Alan Parker's feature debut Bugsy Malone is a pastiche of American movies, a musical gangster comedy set in 1929, featuring prohibition, showgirls, and gang warfare, with references to everything from Some Like It Hot to The Godfather. Uniquely, though, all the parts are played by children, including an excellent if underused Jodie Foster as platinum-blonde singer Tallulah, Scott Baio in the title role and a nine-year-old Dexter Fletcher wielding a baseball bat. Cream-firing "spluge guns" sidestep any real violence and the movie climaxes cheerfully with the biggest custard pie fight this side of Casino Royale (1967). Unfortunately for a musical, Paul Williams's score--part honky-tonk jazz homage, part 1970s Elton John-style pop--lets the side down with a lack of memorable tunes. Nevertheless, Parker's direction is spot on and the look of the film is superb, a fantasy movie-movie existing in the same parallel reality as The Cotton Club and Chicago. A rare British love letter to classic American cinema, Bugsy Malone remains a true original; in Parker's words "the work of a madman" and one of the strangest yet most stylish children's films ever made. --Gary S. Dalkin
Written and directed by Alan Parker Bugsy Malone is a gangster musical set in New York a world of would-be hoodlums showgirls and dreamers. A world where you never see an adult - kids play the entire film including Scott Biao as Bugsy and Jodie Foster as Tallulah. Bugsy Malone is totally unique: quite simply there has never ever been a movie like it!
New York, 1929: a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan in Alan Parker's much-loved kiddie mob flick.
New York, 1929: a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan in Alan Parker's much-loved kiddie mob flick.
Diagnosis Murder: Season 3 (5 Disc)
Dick Van Dyke is on duty as Dr. Mark Sloane in one of the most successful contemporary mystery series of all time. With a lighthearted bedside manner and a nose for murder the good-natured unconventional and sometimes zany physician is one of TV's all-time favorite medical sleuths. Also starring Scott Baio (Happy Days Charles in Charge) Victoria Rowell (The Young & The Restless) and Barry Van Dyke (Airwolf) this collectable five-disc set of the complete first season of Diagnosis Murder is the perfect prescription for anyone who enjoys a suspenseful dose of felons foul play and forensics.
One of life's greatest blessings is the birth of a child. But unfortunately for many the pleasure of becoming parents does not come without hardship. Danielle Steel brings to life three interwoven stories of couples facing the joys and challenges associated with having children. Newlyweds Andy (Bruce Greenwood) and Diana (Gabrielle Carteris) are crushed to discover they can't have children. Searching for options they discover the delight and heartaches of adoption. Brad (James Nau
One of life's greatest blessings is the birth of a child. But unfortunately for many the pleasure of becoming parents does not come without hardship. Danielle Steel brings to life three interwoven stories of couples facing the joys and challenges associated with having children. Newlyweds Andy (Bruce Greenwood) and Diana (Gabrielle Carteris) are crushed to discover they can't have children. Searching for options they discover the delight and heartaches of adoption. Brad (James Naughton) and Pilar (Bess Armstrong) want to have children late in life. Although the risks are high they take the chance. Charlie (Scott Baio) longs for children but his wife Barbie (Julie Condra) doesn't. Is their marriage strong enough to keep them together? This powerful and uplifting drama is filled with inspirational and touching moments that every family will relate to.
A group of four teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley cope with the problems of being a teenager together. Diedre is fascinated by sex Madge is unhappily overweight Annie is into drugs and Jeanie has to take care of them all. They think that the school is crap their boyfriends immature and the grown-ups come from another planet....
New York, 1929: a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan in Alan Parker's much-loved kiddie mob flick.
A nostalgic look back at the TV series from its conception to its years as one of America's favorite sitcoms. Includes clips from the most unforgettable episodes and interviews with cast members Ron Howard (""Richie"") Henry Winkler (""Fonzie"") Marion Ross (""Mrs. C"") Tom Bosley (""Mr. C"") Erin Moran (""Joanie"") Anson Williams (""Potsie"") Don Most (""Ralph Malph"") and Scott Baio (""Chachi"").
The dead are talking... and Melinda Gordon is listening, helping to ease the passing of lost souls.
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