Riding The Bullet [2004]

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Riding the Bullet [2004].......2007-10-02

I liked this Stephen King adaptation of his short story taken from 'Everything's Eventual', the author's most recent collection. Mick Garris ['The Stand', 'The Shining (TV)'] has not strayed too far from the path with this macabre tale of a hitchhiker who is offered rides from a handful of weird and wonderful characters one Halloween night.

The year is 1969 and Alan Parker [Jonathan Jackson] learns that his mother [Barbara Hershey] is dying of cancer, so instead of going to see Lennon and McCartney, the troubled teenager is forced to hitchike back to his hometown. He is eventually offered a ride by a young man with a sinister secret. Parker is then forced to confront all the demons from his past if he is to survive what could be the last ride of his life.

Like the original story, the film has all the makings of a campfire tale. There are lonely stretches of highway flanked by tall pine trees - roads that are interspersed with graveyards and other dark places one shouldn't venture into after the sun sets. There are carnivals and rollercoasters. There are plenty of laughs as well as scenes that will chill your soul to the bone. Even Death himself makes an appearance.

Terrifyingly entertaining, 'Riding the Bullet' will also make you question what really is important in life.

Also stars David Arquette and Cliff Robertson.

Riding the Bullet [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Riding the Bullet [2004]

Riding the Bullet [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: David Arquette , Matt Frewer , Barbara Hershey , Nicky Katt , and Howard Kaylan
Director: Mick Garris
Manufacturer: Live/Artisan
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0007NFMB2
Release Date: 2005-04-19

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Riding the Bullet [2004].......2007-10-03

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A Tribute To Alvin Ailey [1990]
Starring: Gary Deloatch , Marilyn Banks , and Judith Jamison
Director: Thomas Grimm
Manufacturer: Arthaus Musik
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ASIN: B0000584SI
Release Date: 2001-01-29

Amazon.co.uk Review

The legendary American choreographer Alvin Ailey is the subject of this well-balanced Tribute. Three of the four dances--"For Bird with Love", "Witness" and "Memoria"--are Ailey's, and the programme concludes with Ulysses Dove's "Episodes". Each is eloquently introduced by Judith Jamison, and each demonstrates the joyous, affectionate atmosphere which Ailey's work always seemed to generate. "For Bird with Love", a dance interpretation of the life of the seminal jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, is probably the best known and best loved of the items presented here. Ailey always relied on an element of rather camp Broadway glitz to carry his ideas beyond the hardcore audience for modern dance, and much of the work presented here is closer to Cats than to Cunningham. Overall, though, these dances are superbly structured, graceful edifices which transcend their showbiz influences, and there are few examples of the craft that are so extrovertly welcoming to the viewer. --Roger Thomas

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