Customer Reviews:
Skippy leaps into action!.......2007-09-29
I haven't seen this movie since the early 1970s. And surprisingly it's just as thrilling as it was then!
This spin-off from midway of the classic 2nd season of the TV Series stars all the regular cast. It's more like a feature length episode but with a terrific edge to it. In some scenes of the film you forget it's a childrens adventure and goes into some serious thrilling drama especially towards the conclusion of the film.
As for the DVD itself the picture quality is surprisingly sharp and vibrant and could have been made today! Unlike the TV series 'Skippy and The Intruders' was made on 35mm film and the TV Series on 16mm. The picture is in full-frame and no picture is lost. For the Cinema release it was matted out to present a widescreen ratio.
The Sound is very very interesting for a 1969 film: It was made in 2 track stereo, though a bit crude, dialogue is heard on the left, where as incidental music and other sound effects are displayed on both channels. However it is not electronically process stereo, but true stereo sound!
The DVD cover is wonderful.
The DVD has also got 2 extras: a 25 min 'Skippy's playground' made for Australian TV and a full length TV episode called 'The Long way Home' hence the DVD time- 146 mins.
If you are a fan of the nostalgic TV show, you will love this movie.
Highly recommended.
Customer Reviews:
Total disappointment.......2006-01-12
Why is there a picture of our favourite 1960s´ Sonny Hammond (Garry Pankhurst) on the DVD cover? All the stuff in this item belongs to the recent series of the 1990s!!! It´s not fair to advertise certain contents and then receive something else!
several episodes edited to make film.......2004-11-25
this dvd is deceiving,! it shows original actor on front cover!! & on the back cover it mentions all the original actors from the 60,s series of Skippy!! However it is New skippy! & not a patch on Original!! skippy doesnt seem to do anything in this series unlike Original!
Customer Reviews:
THE BEST BIG BAND MOVIE?.......2007-11-30
The 2nd Glenn Miller film and I think the better of the two. This film looks inside the tensions that arise in a band and the stresses that frenetic tours of one night stands places on the band & their families.The music is featured a lot more than in Sun Valley Serenade & not just Glenn, but Tex and Moe Purtill also get speaking parts.The shots of the band in the recording studio & then playing in various venues really capture the atmosphere of the time and , if for no other reason this film is a must just to see the Nicholas Brothers dance routine to "I got a gal in Kalamazoo"- they really do dance up a vertical pillar & do a back flip! (unlike Donald o'Connor in Singing in the Rain which used a visual & camera trick)
Amazon.co.uk Review
An exercise in film noir fairytale, 1955's Killer's Kiss was Stanley Kubrick's second feature film (he had the first buried forever) and shows just how powerful a filmmaker he was right out of the gate. Followers of Kubrick's career will note the appearance of themes and images that recurred (a final axe-fight in a warehouse full of disembodied mannequin parts would not be out of place in The Shining), but this is also notably unlike later Kubrick films in its use of authentic locations and its 65-minute running time.
The plot is a tiny anecdote about a washed-up boxer (Jamie Smith), a dance hall dame (Irene Kane) and a slimy hood (Frank Silvera) during one crowded weekend of brutality and romance.
There's a sense of a young director playing games: the boxing match (a definite influence on Raging Bull) is all low-angle close-ups and subjective shots with plenty of thump and dazzle, and the traditional Expressionist look of noir is exaggerated with many a tricky shot or doomy plot twist. The three unfamiliar leads are all excellent as small-timers struggling with big passions, and there is already a potent use of raucous source music and subtle sound design to augment the stark, haunted black and white imagery.
On the DVD Killer's Kiss on disc features no extras other than a blaring trailer ("a picture as brazen as the naked lights of Broadway, as hard as the New York streets in which it was shot!"). The black and white picture is 4:3, and comes with soundtracks in English, German, Italian and Spanish; subtitles in English, German, Italian, French, Dutch and Spanish. --Kim Newman
Customer Reviews:
nice film.......2008-02-08
A good narrative which is smoothly shot and shows early signs of Kubrick's virtuosic qualities. hard not to enjoy as it grabs you immediately, I would recommend this Film to Kubick fans and film noir enthusiasts.
An enjoyable watch.
killer's kiss too far.......2003-04-23
There is much to admire in this movie. The way it presents the boxing sequence probably influenced the stunning subjective techniques used in classic sports films like 'This Sporting Life' (rugby) and 'Raging Bull' (boxing). Comparisons with 'Mean Streets' in its documentary portrayal of the city landscape and its exploration of romance within the ugly urban sprawl are also appropriate.
So, 'Killer's Kiss' is an influential movie, but does it stand alone as a decent film? I must admit, if I hadn't known it was a 'Kubrick movie', I would probably have written it off as nothing special. But there's the paradox, I DID know it was by Kubrick, and he is one of my favourite directors. He is treated with similar reverence by most film critics. In many ways, it is a 'Citizen Kane'-like situation: I want to say I hate this movie, but risk being outcast by those professional critics who claim to know what they are talking about.
That said, I enjoyed the film. It was well paced and refreshingly short, so there wasn't time to get too irritated with it. I recommend this movie to Kubrick fans, to film noir fans, and to fans of low budget 'cult' style cinema.
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- So Dear To My Heart [1948]
- Spongebob Squarepants - Lost In Time
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- The Bishop's Wife [1947] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- The Calculus, Vol. 1 and 2 Tutor: 8-Hour Video Course
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- The Curse of Frankenstein/Taste the Blood of Dracula [1970] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- The Family Holiday [2007]
- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness [1958] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
- The Lion King Read-Along DVD[1994]
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